Gulet Cruise - Turkey?

[Dan_1981]

Morning all - after some advice on Gulet cruising in Turkey.

Currently looking at one week - end of september.

Anyone done this? Can reccomend a decent boat / company / cruise?

We'd prefer to book it all as a package from the UK rather than get there and have to haggle etc.

So any hints / tips / advice?

Cheers

[justtourin1]

Can’t given any real advice, sorry. We did it 20 years ago, when my future wife & I did it for 2 weeks and it was fantastic. I remember us discussing that if we ever have kids we’d love to return with them.
Fast forward 20 years & later today we’re off to Turkey for a weeks Gulet cruise & 1 week on land. The off spring (13 & 15) are all really looking forward to it too.
We booked it a while back through a local travel agent & unfortunately I can’t remember the company who we’re going with (I’m at work at the mo)! The week on the Gulet is advertised as ‘all inclusive’ (food) but drinks are extra!
More than happy to give a report & pictures when we return, but that’ll be some 2 weeks off.

[Dan_1981]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

Can't vouch for their "Gulet" cruises, but I have used these guys TOP YACHT to book yacht Charter through in Turkey and they will arrange the lock stock two smoking barrels for you as you requested.

I suspect it may be a bit more personal too than a Thomson version ?

Thanks P&M tried these guys but unfortunatly they only do whole gulet tours rather than on a per cabin basis.

[Dan_1981]

justtourin1 said:

Can’t given any real advice, sorry. We did it 20 years ago, when my future wife & I did it for 2 weeks and it was fantastic. I remember us discussing that if we ever have kids we’d love to return with them.
Fast forward 20 years & later today we’re off to Turkey for a weeks Gulet cruise & 1 week on land. The off spring (13 & 15) are all really looking forward to it too.
We booked it a while back through a local travel agent & unfortunately I can’t remember the company who we’re going with (I’m at work at the mo)! The week on the Gulet is advertised as ‘all inclusive’ (food) but drinks are extra!
More than happy to give a report & pictures when we return, but that’ll be some 2 weeks off.

Thanks - it woudl be great if you could let me know who you booked with - and how you get on!

Cheers

Dan

[bint]

Also try Tapestry Holidays, I can't remember if they are whole boats or partial but I have used them for other holidays and rate them highly.

[ramz]

One of my top 3 best ever holidays.

Unfortunately I was only 15 at the time so my parents planned everything. All I remember is that we started the cruise in Antalya and sailed west in the direction of Bodrum. Great food and glorious scenery.

Would love to go again someday.

Edited by ramz on Tuesday 3rd August 20:56

[Dan_1981]

bint said:

Also try Tapestry Holidays, I can't remember if they are whole boats or partial but I have used them for other holidays and rate them highly.

Thanks i'll check them out as well.

[justtourin1]

Returned on Monday evening from our trip to Turkey, can’t really go into details at the moment as we’ve lodged a claim in against the tour operator.
Let’s say the Gulet we initially boarded was full of faults & the engine seized after few days at sea.

We had to be rescued by this:-

http://www.guletyacht.net/private-charter/blue-cru...

Nice, but at 2k per day not cheap either

[Dan_1981]

justtourin1 said:

Returned on Monday evening from our trip to Turkey, can’t really go into details at the moment as we’ve lodged a claim in against the tour operator.
Let’s say the Gulet we initially boarded was full of faults & the engine seized after few days at sea.

We had to be rescued by this:-

http://www.guletyacht.net/private-charter/blue-cru...

Nice, but at 2k per day not cheap either

Ah.

Not brilliant then. Woudl you be able to PM me the name of the tour operater / cruise details just to ensure we're not in the middle of booking with them aswell!

Cheers

Dan

[justtourin1]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

O/T -

Looking a the Rescue Yacht website and photos, I have always assumed the below decks Cabins to be simply 'ok' -
Do I assume the cabin shown is the exception to rule (i.e. one like that per boat) and the majority of the cabins on board are more 'pokey' ?

You are correct!

[justtourin1]

Dan_1981 said:

justtourin1 said:

Returned on Monday evening from our trip to Turkey, can’t really go into details at the moment as we’ve lodged a claim in against the tour operator.
Let’s say the Gulet we initially boarded was full of faults & the engine seized after few days at sea.

We had to be rescued by this:-

http://www.guletyacht.net/private-charter/blue-cru...

Nice, but at 2k per day not cheap either

Ah.

Not brilliant then. Woudl you be able to PM me the name of the tour operater / cruise details just to ensure we're not in the middle of booking with them aswell!

Cheers

Dan

Done