A good guide can make a big difference in hearing the echoes of the ancient Greeks and Romans among the ruins of their long gone world.

People, for example, in the 5th century BC, could not understand how their ancestors did what they did.

Of course the explanation back then was a lot more easier,

you know, giants with one eye game and did it.

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves and today on Travel with Rick Steeves,

experts from Egypt and Greece

bring a sightseeing tips for deciphering the layers of

history that litter the Mediterranean world.

And for a wonderfully relaxing alternative, we'll look at vacationing on Turkey's Black Sea coast.

Americans are so rare, just being there, going there, you'll attract people's attention.

And a native of Tangier points out the sights in his city's old town Medina, where every morning you're sure to get a whiff of freshly made bread from the neighborhood's communal ovens.

Before noon and stuff, you see a lot of breads going but later in the afternoon a lot of

homemade cookies. Rediscover the ancient world on Travel with Rick Steve's.

While wandering through yet another set of pillars and arches, when you tour the ancient sites in places like Greece, Turkey, or Egypt, you might be tempted to think it's just a pile of meaningless rubble.

But when you travel armed with information about the ancients and when you try to look at the remains of temples and cities through the eyes of people who actually lived there,

then the remnants of ancient Greece and Rome and even 7th century BC Macedonia can really take on a whole new life.

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves.

Experts from the Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, and Tangier join us in just a bit to show us how to resurrect the rubble of those ancient world sites.

And while Turkey boasts some of the best preserved ruins along its Aegean and Mediterranean shores,

we'll start out today's travel with Rick Steeves along Turkey's cooler Black Sea Coast.

It's where tourist crowds are rare and where you'll get a better chance at connecting with the locals

away from the usual tour bus routes.

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