marmaris turkey travel

Marmaris sits on a slumming bay protected by steep pine-forested mountains. Sultan Süleyman the magnificent built the town’s tiny castle before invading Rhodes in 1522 but little else remains of the quiet fishing village of yesteryear Modern Marmaris is a large toqn and one of Turkey’s main resorts, receiving over a million visitors each year. It boasts excellent services entertainment and shopping as well as several large marinas including the 750-berth netsel marina one of the largest in the eastern Mediterranean . Marmaris is surrounded by beautiful countryside with plenty of options for excursions . Although the baches in the town aren’t good the nearby suburb of Icmeler has a stretch of sandy beach with water sports and other activities in season. Icmeler’s promenade is backed by large hotels , behind which ara a grid of touristy shops , restaurants , villas and small apartment. In Contrast to other parts of town the area is near with good roads , carefully kept communal gardens and a well-developed infrastructure.


There is very little new land available for development in Marmaris. Prices look set to continue rising in the face of strong demand from both domestic and foreign buyers. The town centre is dominated from by re-sale apartments mostly over 5 years old. Close to the main concentration of restaurants shopping and nightlife basic two-bedroom apartments start from 35,000. The tiny old stone houses around the castle range from 75,000 to over 125,000 depending on location and condition. The suburb of Armutalan is popular with wealthy Turks and counts a former Turkish president Kenan evren as one of its seasonal residents. The area has villas and new complexes with prices for a three-bedroom apartments from 65,000 – 75,000 or a new four-bedroom house with a pool from 140,000. The new suburb of Beldibi has cheaper property and good transport links to the centre. Prices in Icmeler are higher due to strong foreign and domestic demand. Expect to pay from 150,000 for a new four-bedroom villa over 95,000.

kemer travel

Kemer is a state planned resort of hotels and apartment complexes 35 km southwest of Antalya. Built since the 1980s the town center is well laid-out but lacks atmosphere. It has good facilities, including a modern marina , shops and several beaches , with a Blue Flag awarded stretch in the town itself.
The towns mountainous hinterland , much of it preserved within the Beydaglari National Park is exceptionally beautiful and has some excellent walking. The Lycian Way long distance footpath passes close to the town. Nearby sights include the remains of Phaselis , an important ancient city visited by Alexander the Great.
Kemer is popular with Russian , British tourists , although most of the areas property buyers come from Germany, British buyers are concentrated in the smaller resort of Camyuva , 5 km south of the town center. Kemer has a supermarket and private medical facilities. Regular public minibuses link the resort to Antalya , which in under an hour away by car.

cesme travel

Cesme is a small resort overlooking the Greek island of Chios 45 minutes from the city of Izmir. Many Turkish families have second-homes in the area and it has also become a fashionable holiday spot for young people from Istanbul and Ankara . Despite its domestic appeal , few foreigner visit or buy property.
In the town , a large Genoese castle stands over the harbour , from where ferries leave for Chios and ports in Italy. Ilica 5 km east of the center , has the areas best beach , while nearby Alacati , formerly a small village of stone houses is popular with windsurfers . There are several marines in the area , as well as a hot spring and thermal centre.
There are more beaches beyond the fishing village of ciftlikkoy , which is a pleasant year-round Turkish community. In the opposite direction , dalyankoy has a harbour surrounded by fish restaurant. The local dining is varied ad the nightlife is lively during the summer months.

fethiye travel

On a wide bay backed by mountains , Fethiye is a bustling town at the heart of one the mos popular areas for foreign buyers. As the administrative center for the nearby resorts of oludeniz , ovacik / hisaronu and calis , the local economy is dominated by tourism , but few tourists stay in the town itself. Fethiye has a large harbour as well as the 400 berth Ece Saray Marina. It has a pleasant atmosphere with shops and services stayin open year-round. Inland from a waterside promenade is a lively bazaar district , known as Paspatur. Other tourist attractions include an amphitheatre and Lycian tombs. There are supermarkets and a huge weekly market as well as two private hospitals with English-speaking staff.
Fethiye is close to tourist attractions , such as the Saklikent gorge and ancient Xanthos. The beaches at Oludeniz and Calis (see below) are even nearer , with regular minibus services to both.
This ancient town originally was occupied by Lycians, and then came the Carians, the Romans, and finally the Ottomans. Although, Telmessos (as was known in the antique times) perhaps had its origins during the Trojan War, but there are no evidence of this fact.
Fethiye is famous for boasting a stunning landscape of rocky cliffs and pine forests meeting with the turquoise sea, as well as golden beaches and exquisite remains of ancient civilizations. The main attractions of Fethiye are the rock tombs carved into the faces of the cliffs by the Lycians, the Lycian Sarcopaghi, the fortress and the roman theatre.
Around Fethiye there are fantastic places with ancient ruins of different periods of its history and lovely landscapes to enjoy. The Blue Lagoon (Ölüdeniz) offers beautiful scenery with golden beaches and crystal waters ideal for swimming and other water sports.

travel bodrum turkey

WELLCOME TO TURKEY, LAND OF THE SUN ... GREAT TRAVEL, GREAT TIMES !

Bodrum counts approximately 30,000 inhabitants, and get about 500,000 tourists concerning itself in the High Season, after Istanbul and Antalya, Bodrum is the most popular Place in the Turkish Tourism.Bodrum is Located on a splendid bay of the Aegean coast of Turkey in the northwest of the Gulf of Gökova and less than 4 hours drive from the south of Izmir City. Bodrum, known in ancient times as Halicarnassus, was the birthplace of Herodotus and the site of King Mausolus's Tomb (4th century B.C.), one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World....

Bodrum is the site of the ancient city of Halikarnassus, the location of the famous Mausoleum of Halikarnassus (built after 353 BCE) - one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Unfortunately, the ancient monument was destroyed by earthquakes in the Middle Ages - some of the remnants can be seen in London's British Museum.

View of the castle and the marina
Modern Bodrum strangely seems to have two contrasting sides to it.
The east half of the town has a long thin but reasonable beach. Behind the beach lay all the bars restaurants and night clubs that are typical of Mediterranean resort towns. This means open fronted bars that do not come alive until 10pm when everybody goes out. As well as some nice beach fronted bars (e.g. cafe del mar being a reasonably chilled out and attractive bar, with attractive staff so that helps) it also has some terrible ones. Think the worst version of club 18-30s. It does have some reasonable clubs. Halikarnas being the obvious one as it is huge (4000 people). It also is mostly outdoors and hosts foam parties on regular occasions.
The other half of the town is the west side. This manly revolves around the harbour and yacht club. Here life is a little more sedate with shops catering mainly to those who have stepped of their boats. Expensive supermarkets with proper wine and olive oil as well as the obligatory Henley Hanson to be able to purchase your new jacket. There are a couple of nice restaurants if you look hard enough and some nice clothes shops

istanbul turkey travel

Istanbul is one of the most important tourism spots of Turkey. There are thousands of hotels and other tourist oriented industries in the city, catering to both vacationers and visiting professionals. In २००६a total of 23,148,669 tourists visited Turkey, most of whom entered the country through the airports and seaports of Istanbul and Antalya.[47] The total number of tourists who entered Turkey through Atatürk International Airport and Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul reached 5,346,658, rising from 4,849,353 in 2005.[48]
Istanbul is also one of the world’s most exciting conference destinations and is an increasingly popular choice for the world’s leading international associations।[49] Istanbul’s conference appeal developed with three separate conference and exhibition areas: The Conference Valley (Istanbul Convention & Exhibition Center, Istanbul Hilton Convention & Exhibition Center, the Military Museum Cultural Center and the Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall); The Airport & Exhibition District (150,000 m2 (1.6 m sq ft) of exhibition space around the CNR International Expo Center); and the Business & Financial District (with many distributed centers). These cluster areas feature a combination of accommodations, meeting facilities, and exhibition space. They can be used individually, or collectively through transportation with the Istanbul metro, and are linked together for accommodating events with 10,000 or more participants.

Art & Culture
See also: List of museums and monuments in Istanbul
Istanbul is becoming increasingly colorful in terms of its rich social, cultural, and commercial activities. While world famous pop stars fill stadiums, activities like opera, ballet and theater continue throughout the year. During seasonal festivals, world famous orchestras, chorale ensembles, concerts and jazz legends can be found often playing to a full house. The Istanbul International Film Festival is one of the most important film festivals in Europe, while the Istanbul Biennial is another major event of fine arts.

Pera Museum during the Rembrandt exhibition in 2006
Istanbul Modern, located on the Bosphorus with a magnificent view of the Seraglio Point, resembles Tate Modern in many ways and frequently hosts the exhibitions of renowned Turkish and foreign artists. Pera Museum and Sakıp Sabancı Museum have hosted the exhibitions of world famous artists like Picasso, Rodin, Rembrandt and many others, and are among the most important private museums in the city. The Rahmi M. Koç Museum on the Golden Horn is an industrial museum, largely inspired by the Henry Ford Museum in the United States. It exhibits historic industrial equipment such as cars and locomotives from the 1800s and early 1900s, as contains the late Roman and early Byzantine floor mosaics and wall ornaments of the Great Palace of Constantinople. The nearby Turkish and Islamic Arts Museum, originwell as boats, submarines, aircraft, and other similar vintage machines from past epochs.
Istanbul Archaeology Museum, established in 1881, is one of the largest and most famous museums of its kind in the world. The museum contains more than 1,000,000 archaeological pieces from the Mediterranean basin, the Balkans, the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia. Istanbul Mosaic Museumally the Ibrahim Pasha Palace (1524) on Sultanahmet Square, displays a vast collection of items from various Islamic civilizations. Sadberk Hanım Museum on the Bosphorus contains a wide variety of artifacts, dating from the earliest Anatolian civilizations to the Ottomans.
Occasionally, in November, the Silahhane (Armory Hall) of Yıldız Palace hosts the Istanbul Antiques Fair, which brings together rare pieces of antiques from the Orient and Occident. The items are sold either directly, or through auction. The multi-storey Mecidiyeköy Antikacılar Çarşısı (Mecidiyeköy Antiques Bazaar) in the Mecidiyeköy quarter of Şişli is the largest antiques market in the city, while the Çukurcuma neighbourhood of Beyoğlu has rows of antiques shops in its streets. The Grand Bazaar, edificed between 1455-1461 by the order of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror and later enlarged in the 16th century during the reign of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent also has numerous antiques shops, along with shops selling jewels, carpets and other items of art and artisanship. Historic and rare books are found in the Sahaflar Çarşısı near Beyazıt Square, which was known as the Forum Tauri in the Roman period. It is one of the oldest book markets in the world, and has continuously been active in the same location since the late Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods.
A significant culture has been developed around what is known as a Turkish Bath (Hamam), the origins of which can be traced back to the ancient Roman Bath, which was a part of the Byzantine lifestyle and customs that were inherited first by the Seljuk Turks and later the Ottomans, who developed it into something more elaborate. It was a culture of leisure during the Ottoman period. The hamams in the Ottoman culture started out as structural elements serving as annexes to mosques, however quickly evolved into institutions and eventually with the works of the great Ottoman architect Sinan, into monumental structural complexes, the finest example being the Çemberlitaş Hamamı (1584) in Istanbul, located on the Çemberlitaş (Column of Constantine) Square.[64]
Live shows and concerts are hosted at a number of locations including historical sites such as the Hagia Irene, Rumeli Fortress, Yedikule Castle, the courtyard of Topkapı Palace, and Gülhane Park; as well as the Atatürk Cultural Center, Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall and other open air and modern theater halls. For those who enjoy night life, there are many night clubs, pubs, restaurants and taverns with live music. The night clubs, restaurants and bars increase in number and move to open air spaces in the summer. The areas around Istiklal Avenue and Nişantaşı offer all sorts of cafés, restaurants, pubs and clubs as well as art galleries, theaters and cinemas.

Tourism in Turkey is focused largely on a variety of archaeological and historical sites, and on seaside resorts along its Aegean and Mediterranean coasts. In the recent years, Turkey is also becoming a popular destination for the SPA and health care tourism.

Istanbul is one of the most important tourism spots of Turkey. There are thousands of hotels and other tourist oriented industries in the city, catering to both vacationers and visiting professionals.Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, has a number of major attractions derived from its huge historical status as capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires. These include the Sultan Ahmed Mosque (the "Blue Mosque"), the Hagia Sophia, the Topkapı Palace, the Basilica Cistern, the Dolmabahce Palace, the Galata Tower, the Grand Bazaar, and the Pera Palas. Istanbul has also recently became one of the biggest shopping centers of European region by hosting malls and shopping centers like Metrocity, Akmerkez and Cevahir Mall (which is the biggest mall in Europe and seventh largest shopping center in the world).

Beach vacations and Blue Cruise, particularly for Turkish city-dwellers and visitors from Western Europe, are also central to the Turkish tourism industry. Most beach resorts are located along the southwestern and southern Aegean coast, especially along the Mediterranean coast near Antalya. Antalya is also accepted as the tourism capital of Turkey. Major resort towns include Bodrum, Fethiye, Marmaris, Kuşadası, Cesme, Didim and Alanya.


Major cultural and historical attractions elsewhere in the country include the sites of Ephesus, Troy, Pergamon, House of Virgin Mary, Pamukkale, Hierapolis, Konya (where the poet Rumi had spent most of his life), Didyma, Church of Antioch, religious places in Mardin (such as Deyrülzafarân Monastery), and the ruined cities and landscapes of Cappadocia. (see List of Archaeological Sites Sorted by Country-Turkey)

Characteristics of Turkey's Tourists
Foreign tourists mainly come from the United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and Japan, but tourists from Arab countries, Iran, the USA, France and Scandinavia are not uncommon. There seems to be a trend in which British tourists tend to go on holiday to Aegean resorts such as Bodrum or Marmaris, whilst German and Russian tourists almost exclusively go to resorts on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey (e.g. Antalya) and Japanese tourists mainly visit Istanbul and historical sites such as Ephesus (although in both cases, tourists from almost all over the world can be found in these places, Japanese tourists visit them in very large numbers


Statistics of Tourism in Turkey
Foreign tourist arrivals increased substantially in Turkey between 2002 and 2005, from 12.8 million to 21.2 million, which made Turkey a top-10 destination in the world for foreign visitors. 2005 revenues are US$17.5 billion which also made Turkey the top-10 biggest revenue owners in the world.