But the interior is still exquisite. Is this the legendary one-size-fits-all style? Turkish law stipulates that a licensed tour guide with formal tour qualifications must be a local Turkish person, so Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's tour guide is Turkish. As soon as they left the airport, a tall and handsome Turkish guy greeted them warmly.

He introduced himself to Yunluo humorously: "I am your tour guide, my Chinese name is Zhou Xiken, which means Zhou likes KFC." Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi were stunned. What does this have to do with anything? He was just playing the piano. Later, this was always a topic that Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi teased him about. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi took a 17-seat tourist bus, which was in good condition.

There is also a foldable table in front of each seat, which is very convenient. The sisters who are prone to motion sickness sit in the front. Zhou Xiken and Ding Dingmao gave up one of the seats for the tour guides in the first row, and the sisters were very touched. Last time when I went to Australia, an old sister who was prone to motion sickness wanted the Chinese tour guide to let her sit in the first row, but the tour guide refused, and they had a quarrel.

Zhou Xiken hung a map of Turkey on the carport above the driver's seat and began to introduce the general situation of Turkey to Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi. Turkey has a total land area of ​​about 783,600 square kilometers, making it the second largest country in Europe, and a population of about 76 million. It has a smaller population, but a much larger area.

(The population is about 80 million and the area is only 485,000 square kilometers), so Turkey has a low population density. The Turks account for 80% of the total population, and the Kurds account for 15%. 99% of the residents believe in Islam, of which 85% are Sunnis and the rest are Shiites (Alawites); 1% believe in Christianity and Judaism.

Ankara is the capital of Turkey (to be honest, people often know Istanbul but not Ankara). Ankara is located in the Anatolian Plateau, which is Asia Minor as Yunluo and Nalanshiqi often say. It became the capital of the Republic of Turkey in 1923 and currently has a population of more than 4 million. It is the second largest city after Istanbul.

Ankara was originally called Angola, named after the world-famous Angola wool trade. In fact, netizens generally do not advocate traveling to Ankara, and Yunluo also suggested that there is no need to stay here.

But the travel agency emphasized that this place is a must to go to Safranbolu, so it was put on the itinerary. There are few cars on the road. From the airport to downtown Ankara From the airport to downtown Ankara Passing through the city, everyone has a good impression of Ankara. There are not many people on the street, it is very clean. Street view Ankara The various buildings in Ankara are not big, this one seems to be a city hall.

It is incomparable to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Street view Ankara This is a street statue of Kemal, the founder of the Republic of Turkey. It is said that there are several such statues on the streets of Ankara. Kemal statue Ankara Yunluo and Naran Seqi had lunch at a Turkish restaurant next to the Ankara Railway Station.

Just as I was preparing to take a group photo with the sisters, Zhou Xiken suddenly sat in Yunluo's seat and entered the camera. What a naughty child. The little yellow man in his hand is a sign to guide Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi, which is very eye-catching. Naughty Zhou Xiken Ankara Turkish Restaurant Ankara This is the team serving Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi.

In the middle is the tour guide Zhou Xiken, on the right is the Chinese leader Ding Dingmao. On the left is the driver Mohammed. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's group originally had 19 people, but because of the Malaysia Airlines incident, there were only 10 people left. The small group was easy to unify opinions, which was one of the reasons why this trip was so enjoyable. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's service team Ankara, Turkey, in addition to Istanbul.

There are no Chinese restaurants in other cities. When traveling to other countries, there are Chinese restaurants in every city, and they all provide free boiled water. This restaurant charges 1 US dollar for a cup of boiled water. Everyone had to give up, but fortunately the travel agency provided a bottle of mineral water every day. The price list of Ankara Turkish food is basically like this.

A bowl of soup before the meal. A plate of raw vegetables, a plate of lamb (or beef) + cooked vegetables + rice. The rice is just a little bit in the plate, and you can eat as much bread as you want. To be fair, the soup and meatballs taste good, and the rice is fried rice. The taste is salty. For those who are used to spicy hot pot, it is definitely not satisfying.

Turkish food, which is known as one of the three major cuisines in the world, is not suitable for people's taste. Fortunately, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi brought various spicy pickles, so they can still deal with it. The Turkish restaurant Ankara is right next to the train station, but this is not a place that Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi want to visit in their itinerary. The sisters wanted to go shopping, and Zhou Xiken readily agreed. This is the exterior view of the restaurant.

Friends who travel independently may go to the railway station. Here is a brief introduction of the restaurant for your reference. Restaurant exterior view Ankara This is the Ankara Railway Station. The sports field opposite the railway station. The sports field opposite the railway station Ankara Railway Station There is a Turkish flag hanging in the Ankara Railway Station. The flag is red, with a white crescent moon and a white five-pointed star on the side of the flagpole.

Red symbolizes blood and victory; the white crescent and star symbolize the expulsion of darkness and the embracing of light, and also symbolize the Turkish people's belief in Islam, and also symbolize happiness and auspiciousness. In the next 10 days, the Turkish flag can be seen everywhere. A small episode happened here. A sister asked Zhou Xiken.

When will Yunluo and Nalanshiqi arrive in Safranbolu in the afternoon? Zhou replied that Yunluo and Nalanshiqi were not going to Safranbolu, but to Safranbolu, and the sister became anxious. Yunluo hurriedly told her that Safranbolu was Safranbolu, named after the saffron that was grown 22 kilometers away.

Chinese people like to call Safranbolu the City of Saffron. The translation of the Chinese travel agency is different from that of the Turkish travel agency. There are other differences caused by the translation of the two countries, which will be mentioned one by one later. However, Zhou Xiken, who was serious, quickly copied a copy of the Chinese itinerary explanation and tried his best to follow the Chinese explanation.

Interior of the train station Ankara Although it is the capital's train station, there are few people waiting in the waiting room, not as crowded as domestic train stations. Train station waiting room Ankara After dinner, we went to Safranbolu. In Ankara, we noticed that many overpasses have elevators. Zhou Xiken said that this is for the convenience of the disabled, which is very humane.

Street view Ankara Ankara to Safranbolu is 230 kilometers, and the driving time is about two and a half hours. However, according to regulations, the driver must rest every two hours, so it actually takes three hours. This is a rest stop on the way, with a place to relax. There are not many passengers. Rest stop on the way to Safranbolu Rest stop on the way to Safranbolu There are many earthenware pots in the shop.

The Turks like to use earthenware pots, and you can see this scene at almost every rest stop. Rest stop shop on the way to Safranbolu Rest stop shop on the way to Safranbolu passes by Turkey's largest steel plant, whose scale cannot be compared with that of Yunluo Country. This is a suburban town of Safranbolu City, and many employees of the steel plant have moved into this suburb.

The modern buildings have lost their former glory, and only the city center of Safranbolu has retained its ancient style. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi went straight to the city center. Steel Plant Safranbolu Safranbolu has arrived. Safranbolu is known as the most beautiful mountain city in Turkey, where more than 800 houses from the Turkish Ottoman era are preserved.

In the valley, the red-tiled and white-walled buildings are Ottoman-style houses. Safranbolu is like an ancient town that has stopped in another time and space. As early as the 13th century, Safranbolu was a must-go post for merchants and travelers from the East and the West. In the 17th century, the prosperous trade in the Black Sea region brought Safranbolu to its peak of fame and fortune.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the wealthy people in the town began to build mansions to show their status. At that time, it was the Ottoman Empire, and the buildings at that time are now called Ottoman houses. In the 19th century, about 20% of the residents of Safranbolu were Turkish Greeks. After the First World War, most of their descendants moved to Greece.

After years of vicissitudes and the test of climate, Safranbolu City has been completely preserved. It is said that it is the only city in Turkey that has been preserved in the form of a complete settlement. It is like a vibrant architectural museum and was named a World Cultural Heritage in 1994.

Small town scenery Safranbolu The essence of Safranbolu is hidden in such narrow streets and alleys. Every house is worth your stop and appreciation. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's accommodation is in this alley, next to the Safranbolu Folk House Museum. The road is bumpy. It seems that the style of the year is deliberately maintained.

The hotel staff helped Yunluo and Nalanshiqi to deliver their luggage to their hotel room. The tip was 1 lira. Yunluo and Nalanshiqi went directly to visit the Ottoman House Museum. This is the museum gate. The House Museum Gate The Safranbolu Museum is a typical Ottoman house.

There are four floors in total, including the ground floor. One of the basic architectural elements of Ottoman houses is the wooden structure. The floors are connected by corbels. After the wooden structure is built, it is filled with adobe bricks and finally covered with a mixture of plaster and hay. Rich houses will paint the exterior walls with white plaster and other decorations.

The second element of Ottoman architecture in Safranbolu is that it must contain a courtyard, which can have multiple uses. This is the courtyard of the museum, which is now a place for tourists to rest. Inside the museum courtyard Safranbolu This is the ground floor of the museum, which is now an exhibition hall. First floor exhibition hall The third element of Ottoman architecture in Safranbolu is the residential building.

Most of them have 10-12 rooms. They are divided into male and female quarters. The rooms are usually built with niches, cabinets, and exquisite plaster fireplaces with chimneys. The second, third and fourth floors of this museum have four rooms each. This room shows a wedding scene. There is more than one woman in black here.

Compared with the festive red color of traditional weddings in China, this is unacceptable. Wedding scene Saffron City This is a gathering place for men, and women are not allowed to enter. Men's gathering room Saffron City Two women are cooking, and the shape is very similar to the dumpling skin of Yunluo Country. There is a fireplace next to it.

Life Scenes The fourth floor of Safranbolu is a gathering place for the family. Women can attend. This is a dining scene for three generations of a family. Family gathering place Safranbolu This is the baby room. Baby room Safranbolu It is said that this is a statue of one of the owners of the house. Statue of the owner Safranbolu Today's itinerary should also include going to the top of Shidler Mountain to overlook the panoramic view of Safranbolu.

But it started to drizzle when they came out of the museum. Zhou Xiken hoped that the rain would stop, so he arranged for Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi to stay there first, have dinner, and wait for the weather to clear up. This is Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's hotel, which has a similar layout to the museum. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's hotel Saffron City Hotel Gate Saffron City has many guests today.

Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi were arranged to stay in another building, which only had three floors. The dining room was still downstairs in the main building. This was the restaurant. Restaurant Saffron City was here. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi unexpectedly found chili noodles, and everyone was very happy. This plate of lettuce became delicious. There was too much mutton at noon, so most people didn't order meat for dinner.

We only ate vegetables and fruits. Dinner in Safranbolu. Walking is the best way to travel in Safranbolu. After dinner, the rain was getting heavier. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi ignored the guide's advice. They insisted on walking in the ancient city and rushed downhill in the rain, but they couldn't resist the wind and rain of the Anatolian Plateau and retreated.

The sisters did not give up and agreed to go out at six o'clock tomorrow morning to make up for the loss tonight. Most of the hotel rooms were good. Almost all of them had a big bed and a small bed, and the rooms were spacious. However, Yunluo's room was not a standard room, but a big bed room. The room was too small and the bed was also small. The next day, she asked for a standard room for the rest of her stay.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

The bathroom in Safranbolu is small, and Yunluo and Nalanshiqi tied the toilet lid with a rope. Otherwise, it would not work. The Ottoman residence gave Yunluo and Nalanshiqi a taste of the accommodation of a "rich family" back then, but it was still a little worse than a modern hotel.

The hotel of Yunluo and Nalanshiqi in Safranbolu City is halfway up the mountain. At night, they saw the night view of Safranbolu City, which was quite nice. The night view of the small town Safranbolu City The night view of the small town Safranbolu City At 4 am, the music praising Allah in the mosque woke Yunluo and Nalanshiqi up. It was said that it was more than 9 o'clock last night. It was also more than 11 o'clock.

During these days in Turkey, we prayed five times a day. The minaret of the mosque was filled with the sound of praising Allah. I wonder if the Turkish people's sleep was affected. Because we agreed to go out at 6 o'clock, Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi went downstairs at 6 o'clock. Unexpectedly, everyone woke up early and went out, especially the energetic photographer who went out at 5 o'clock in the morning.

For safety reasons. The travel agency requires that they go out and come in together, but Yunluo and Nalanshiqi are now going alone. The town is not big, and they will meet most of the sisters in a while. This bakery opened the earliest, and the owner warmly invited the sisters to eat bread. Bakery Saffron City From the map, this is the mosque closest to Yunluo and Nalanshiqi's hotel.

It seems to be the Koprulu Mehmed Pasha Mosque. This mosque was built by order of the Sultan in the Ottoman era. It was built in 1662. Compared with the Istanbul mosque that Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi saw later, it is small and is one of the representative buildings of Safranbolu.

Mosque Safranbolu City Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi's hotel is on the slope of one side of the valley, and the buildings are built according to the mountain. Strolling in the small streets of Safranbolu City Small flowers on the wall Safranbolu City Everyone wants to see the Turkish bath, so go to the other side of the valley. Old city style Safranbolu City Everyone strolls in the small streets and alleys, and feels that this place is very similar to Lijiang.

Old city style Safranbolu Street shop Safranbolu old city style Some buildings in Safranbolu have signs that briefly introduce the history of the building. Unfortunately, it is too early now. Zhou Xiken did not come out with Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi could not understand. Old city style The triangle area of ​​the alley in Safranbolu.

An old Turkish man is feeding pigeons. The pigeons hear his call and fly down from the roof. They are very cute. An old man feeding pigeons There are many restaurants on the roadside in Safranbolu. It should be no problem to stay and eat in Safranbolu. Old town style At 6 o'clock in the morning in Safranbolu, there is basically no one on the street.

Old city style Safranbolu Old city style Safranbolu This is a mosque next to the city center square, not as famous as the Mohammed Pasha Mosque. There is a leisure square behind the mosque, and there should be a fountain in the middle. The church in the city center Safranbolu Leisure Square Safranbolu sisters are discussing whether to go up the mountain.

Yunluo knew there was a town hall on the top of the mountain, but worried that she didn't have enough time, so she decided to just walk around the central square. The old town view The shops next to the central square of Safranbolu City were already open, selling sweets, mainly maltose. I heard that the handicrafts in Safranbolu City were good and cheap, so Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi originally planned to buy some tablecloths, sofa towels, etc.

Unfortunately, none of them were open. Shops next to the central square Guide map of Safranbolu City Square. From the map, there are many attractions. Guide map Safranbolu City Central Square Safranbolu City This is the Junji Turkish Bath in Safranbolu City, which was built around 1322. It has a history of more than 700 years and is still in operation, mainly providing services to local residents.

Taking a Turkish bath is a big deal for the Turks. They have to wash their bodies before going to the mosque for Friday prayers, before men join the army, and before getting married. Yesterday, two sisters wanted to take a Turkish bath, but they couldn't because of the heavy rain. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi were more conservative because they heard that Turkish bath is a massage for men.

Friends who are interested can try it. The price is 16 liras + tip. The price announced by the travel agency is 70 US dollars per person. If you go here by yourself, it should be cheaper. There are many small holes on the dome of the Safranbolu bathhouse in Junji Turkish Bathhouse, in order to let the light penetrate naturally into the bathhouse, and also let the cool breeze from outside penetrate in.

Let the body surrounded by moisture and heat feel a little cool. Junji Turkish Bath It was raining again in Safranbolu. Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi took a shortcut back to the hotel from the small street behind the bathhouse. The small street behind the bathhouse The old city of Safranbolu The old city of Safranbolu The old city of Safranbolu Safranbolu from the hotel entrance of Yunluo and Nalan Shiqi.

You can clearly see the yellow building on the top of the mountain opposite. It is said that it is the town hall. Only the photographer had enough time to go there. Haussmann House Saffron City Today's breakfast is very rich. See the small cups of butterflies in the middle? The cup next to the apple contains chili powder, and the second and third butterflies contain strawberry jam and cherry jam, which are very delicious. (To be continued...)