Entering The Balkans by sleeper train Alice Roberts is in Bulgaria's capital Sofia. She'll learn how the empire was controlled from Istanbul and how today, the landscape is almost entirely Soviet.

Alice Roberts finally arrives in Istanbul to learn about the clever Ottoman tactics required to wrestle the city from the 
Romans. 

Alice Roberts is on a train to Ankara on her Ottoman adventure. She visits the tomb of Ataturk who saw out the end of the empire. Next, a train to the tomb of Osman, the empire's founder, in Bursa. 

Alice Roberts begins her Ottoman adventure in Adana. She explores an historic mosque, finds out about the origins of Turkish delight, and takes a train across the Taurus Mountains to Konya.