Mardin (magic city)
Language English, Turkish
Cost 30 USD for tour/excursion
Capacity Any number of people
Duration 8 hours
Mardin is a highly addictive and unmissable spot. Minarets emerge from a baked brown labyrinth of meandering lanes, a castle dominates the old city, and stone houses cascade down the hillside above the Mesopotamian plains. As a melting pot of Kurdish, Yezidi, Christian and Syrian cultures, it also has a fascinating cultural mix.