Turkey Tips please

Pollycat

maman wrote: »

That's not the Turkey I recognise from annual trips over 20+ years.

Nor me.

Tom The Great Sebastian has also missed this advice out:

Deleted_User wrote: »

Why would anyone in their right mind want to holiday in Turkey ?
It's a loathsome country with ugly misogynistic men preening and leering and hassling tourists in equal measure.
Do Greece instead - far nicer country with civilised people and better food.

I guess the OP can pick and choose the advice he takes. :cool:

warehouse

Wear a hat and use a good sun cream. Haggle.

PompeyPete

Tom The..
Scroll down to the Tourist Statistics on this link...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Turkey

There's got to be a reason why the numbers increase year on year.:p

mew

For anyone traveling to Lara Beech area, they seem to favour Euros there. The Euro was the currency of choice at the Airport (Antalya), my hotel, the local shops and at the historical sites.

maman

mew wrote: »

For anyone traveling to Lara Beech area, they seem to favour Euros there. The Euro was the currency of choice at the Airport (Antalya), my hotel, the local shops and at the historical sites.

We always take any euros we have at home with us to Turkey and have taken dollars in the past. Often useful at markets as exchange rates in other currencies sometimes more favourable than sterling.

Agree jaybeetoo, that it is more secure to take a card.:)

gibson123

Take lira, eat traditional turkish food - gozleme, pide, kebap. Only eat the Lentil soup, all the other soups are made from innards and yucky stuff like brains. Leave plenty room in your suitcase for genuine fakes that you buy over there. Do NOT buy a carpet unless you know carpets, same with leather jackets. Learn the phrase " no hassling please" hassling is illegal, shopkeepers will back off. Have a Hammam and a Turkish Shave. Do not eat in restaurants and bars that do not display prices clearly. Drink local white spirits (gin and vodka) avoid darker local spirits (whisky and brandy). Spend time with Turkish people, drink the Turkish tea, try a Nargile pipe. Do not ask a Turk for directions as the answer will be something like - past Mehmets house on the road where the donkey collapsed in 1992 and crushed the oranges (ok slight exaggeration, but you get the picture). Use the dolmus buses. Have a great time, oh and if you fall in love with Turkey (as many do) you don't have to buy a holiday home. I am sure you will love Turkey, I do!

markgparker

Never been to Turkey, so we are of to Side, Dreamworld hotel. The tips have been great!:beer:

psstoverere

Make sure you eat before you get to the airport or take sandwiches with you on return journey nearly had a heart attack when i saw the prices at the airport, also found it cheaper to wait till i was on plane before buying a drink...enjoy your holiday

markgparker

Was told we have to give £10 note when we go through passport checks over there, is that true?

Backbiter

markgparker wrote: »

Was told we have to give £10 note when we go through passport checks over there, is that true?

Yes. It's been the case for several years.