Blue Odyssey

Personalized exploration of Turkey's rich history and landscape in the care of expert leadership. We specialize in a different kind of travel to Turkey, not the usual"float and bloat"tour. Our goal is to provide an active, rewarding travel experience that will leave guests renewed, refreshed, and enriched with knowledge about Turkey's history, culture, and people. We offer a hands-on educational experience, not a museum tour. We arrange tea with local families, organize special dinners with local music and dancing, and so much more. Blue Odyssey is a company small enough to bring personal touches to the tours and big enough to organize well-planned travel programs from beginning to end. Jale Boga and Perry Robertson operate and lead these trips. Working as a team ( Jale is Turkish and Perry is American ), they bring a special combination of skills to the trip. Jale is a licensed professional guide with a master's degree in political science. She has been guiding trips in Turkey since 1992 and has the ability to make the past come alive with her enthusiasm and knowledge of Turkey. Perry has managed and operated adventure trips around the globe for the past eighteen years. He fell in love with Turkey over a decade ago and has a wonderful rapport with the local people. Perry and Jale live in Turkey, in the summer months and Marin County, California in the winter. They have two sons; Clavey Ali and Jordan Cem. Istanbul - Gateway to the Orient. Explore the mosques and minarets, bazaars and cafes of this enchanting city. Witness the monumental works of successive civilizations from ancient Roman to Ottoman. Cruise the Bosphorus Straits between Europe and Asia. Ephesus - Visit one of the most exquisite Roman cities of the Old World. Stroll the marble streets and marvel at the two-story library of Celsus.