Where to go after Turkey

jacnorm

Where can we go that is like turkey was 10/15 yrs ago? We go to turkey usually twice per year but, have had enough of the resorts that are now just bumping up the prices for tourists and, the service is no where near what it used to be. The turkish people are lovely but, the big resorts are just getting so greedy now.

deva

sounds like you need to try some of the quieter greek islands... paxos, lesvos etc.

www.olympicholidays.co.uk has a good site with plenty of information and offers

Voyager2002

Try exploring the parts of Turkey that have not yet been developed for tourism. How about the Black Sea coast? Or even the far East (but not too close to the border with Iraq)?

jacnorm

Thanks for the replies both OH and myself quite like the idea of the black sea coast.

ttoli

jac/norm wrote: »

Thanks for the replies both OH and myself quite like the idea of the black sea coast.

Do yourself a big favour visit a good independant travel agency, they will have far more choice than the Miniples/multiples.

potfish

Turkey's a big place. Are you talking exclusively about beach holidays?

jacnorm

I do prefer a beach holiday but, we also like to take ourselves off to visit places of interest. We went to a place named yashi beach in turkey many years ago and it was fab hardly any tourists, lovely little turkish village, huge beach and a regular dolmus service to bodrum and surrounding area.

jacnorm

A friend also told my daughter about Gumusluck today and they say it`s lovely I will google it and get a little info thankyou.

propertyhelpturkey

Turkey is still a wonderful country.

My advice is stay out of the main resorts.

take Kusadasi for example,travel 12 miles down the coast and you will come across places like Guzelcamli .

A typical turkish town-village where the locals are friendly ,the prices probably a third of resort prices.

Spivs in the resorts are spoiling things but will cut their own throats ,so to speak.

rightz

you could always try north cyprus (turkish owned - sort of!).

edna_clouds

Took a trip to the occupied northern part of Cyprus earlier this year and it was like a throw back in time. Very run down. We went to the resort of Kyrenia(I think) and felt really uncomfortable with the constant pestering of the restuarants/cafe and boat trip operators trying to get you to part with your money. I don't think we're that strange but the locals kept stirring at us. Not a place I would like to walk around at night. Really put us off going to Turkey.. We was really pleased to get back to the very nice Cyprus that we love.. It was a shame to see because every Greek Cypriot we spoke told us the northern part of the island was the most beautiful.. Hopefully it will become that again very soon.
I know this is not the place to discuss this but because rightz suggested the occupied nothern part of the island I would give my own personal experience.