This week’s dream: wonder and melancholy in eastern Turkey ...

Head to Turkey’s dazzling Turquoise Coast and treat yourself to a stay at Sherwood Exclusive Kemer, a luxury all-inclusive resort tucked between the rugged Taurus Mountains and sparkling Mediterranean

In the south-east of Türkiye, Mardin, Şanlıurfa and Gaziantep offer a gateway to an ancient region whose wonders are still being discovered. The winner of Wanderlust ’s Visions photography competition turns his lens on its historic sites

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THE PROVINCE OF RIZE, IN NORTHEASTERN TÜRKIYE, HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN AS THE COUNTRY’S TEA CAPITAL. PLANTATIONS CLING TO STEEP MOUNTAIN SLOPES OVERLOOKING THE BLACK SEA AND ARE TENDED TO BY REMOTE COMMUNITIES

ON THE BALTIC SEA IN POLAND’S FAR NORTH, THE TRICITY REGION COMBINES HANSEATIC SEAFARING HERITAGE WITH POLISH, GERMAN AND KASHUBIAN COOKING. CENTURIES-OLD RECIPES ARE BEING REVIVED AND THE CITY OF GDAŃSK CELEBRATED WITH A ‘CULINARY CAPITAL’ DESIGNATION