";s:4:"text";s:2673:"), so I’ve been able to have a read, but not see any of the images you’ve captured.I’d have to agree, Thrace is an under-visited region, but if you really want to get off the tourist trail, try a bit of eastern Turkey I’m glad your descriptions of the meals were quite deep, as despite not seeing them, they still had me salivating!Sorry for the inconvenience, Chris. Beautiful photos, Jon!I am a person who travels all around Turkey. Thrace is the European part of Turkey, bordering Greece and Bulgaria as well as three seas: the Sea of Marmara, the Aegean Sea, and Black Sea. However, if tourism can increase in the region, it may just be enough to breathe life back into small communities like this one.Lunch was in a small town next to the Marmara Sea – a very wholesome, simple, Turkish meal of fresh salads, olives, various mezes and a whole grilled sea bass. Thrace (/ θ r eɪ s /; Greek: Θράκη, Thráki; Bulgarian: Тракия, Trakiya; Turkish: Trakya) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe, now split among Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey, which is bounded by the Balkan Mountains to the north, the Aegean Sea to the south, and the Black Sea to the east. During the Balkan Wars (1912–13) Thrace suffered terribly. C. Samsaris, Les Thraces dans l’ Empire romain d’ Orient (Le territoire de la Grèce actuelle). upper and middle valley of Evros river). Edirne Edirne is a city in Eastern Thrace, in northwest Turkey.It lies on the gently rolling Thracian plains and just east of confluence of Maritsa, Tundzha, and Arda Rivers, known in Turkish as Meriç, Tunca, and Arda, respectively. jobs, he too felt the need to get out and see the rest of the world. Thrace (Thráki) Ancient se European country, now divided between Bulgaria, Greece, and European Turkey.From 1300 to 600 bc, the Thracian lands extended w to the Adriatic and n to the Danube.By c.600 bc, Thrace lost much of its e lands to the Illyrians and Macedonians, and the Greeks established the colony of Byzantium.In 342 bc, Philip II of Macedon conquered the country. According to the Bulgarian view, they are considered "Bulgarian 372D. Explore Thrace & Marmara holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. You have presented a relatively unseen face of turkey, goes to prove that there is much more to turkey beyond its normally hyped famous sights.