Turkey - last minute hints & tips?
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We're off to Turkey during half-term. It's been a while since I've been there so I was just wondering if anybody had any useful hints, tips, suggestions (other than "don't go, it's horrible and have i seen Midnight Cowboy?"
Passports and E-Visas are all sorted, I have about £500 in Lira. Luggage is all checked, will be parking at Jetparks 3 at Manchester, none of us needed vaccinations. Phonewise - I think Vodafone works fine in Turkey but not Virgin?
Anything else I've missed out?
All advice gratefully received
Passports and E-Visas are all sorted, I have about £500 in Lira. Luggage is all checked, will be parking at Jetparks 3 at Manchester, none of us needed vaccinations. Phonewise - I think Vodafone works fine in Turkey but not Virgin?
Anything else I've missed out?
All advice gratefully received
What bit you visiting??
Exchange rate is good at the moment and decent food is pretty cheap. Stick to local brews (although I find Efes a bit ‘bloaty’).
Lovely country with lovely people.
Passport should be carried at All times when outside of your resort/hotel and you can be fined if you haven’t got it on you (whether they’ll bother an obvious tourist is another question...)
It is a bit knock-off central though but it can be fun haggling over obvious fakes.
Exchange rate is good at the moment and decent food is pretty cheap. Stick to local brews (although I find Efes a bit ‘bloaty’).
Lovely country with lovely people.
Passport should be carried at All times when outside of your resort/hotel and you can be fined if you haven’t got it on you (whether they’ll bother an obvious tourist is another question...)
It is a bit knock-off central though but it can be fun haggling over obvious fakes.
valiant said:
What bit you visiting??
Exchange rate is good at the moment and decent food is pretty cheap. Stick to local brews (although I find Efes a bit ‘bloaty’).
Lovely country with lovely people.
Passport should be carried at All times when outside of your resort/hotel and you can be fined if you haven’t got it on you (whether they’ll bother an obvious tourist is another question...)
It is a bit knock-off central though but it can be fun haggling over obvious fakes.
Cheers valiant - never knew about the "Passport at all times" bit Exchange rate is good at the moment and decent food is pretty cheap. Stick to local brews (although I find Efes a bit ‘bloaty’).
Lovely country with lovely people.
Passport should be carried at All times when outside of your resort/hotel and you can be fined if you haven’t got it on you (whether they’ll bother an obvious tourist is another question...)
It is a bit knock-off central though but it can be fun haggling over obvious fakes.
Isn't it a bit risky if we get mugged?
Countdown said:
Visiting Antalya (or Belek to be precise). Staying at the Susesi.
Just stay away from any Russian guests - that part of Turkey can be fairly popular with them. They are hideous holiday companions, very rude, zero manners and typically very ignorant.I've been going to Turkey for 25+ years, never taken my passport or e-visa out with me - even during the failed coup in 2016, and never had an issue.
Things are dirt cheap this year due to the exchange rate - most traders hadn't had a chance to re-price when I was out there in Aug/Sept, we really did struggle to spend meaningful money.
Countdown said:
We're off to Turkey during half-term. It's been a while since I've been there so I was just wondering if anybody had any useful hints, tips, suggestions (other than "don't go, it's horrible and have i seen Midnight Cowboy?"
Passports and E-Visas are all sorted, I have about £500 in Lira. Luggage is all checked, will be parking at Jetparks 3 at Manchester, none of us needed vaccinations. Phonewise - I think Vodafone works fine in Turkey but not Virgin?
Anything else I've missed out?
All advice gratefully received
Er, Midnight Express?Passports and E-Visas are all sorted, I have about £500 in Lira. Luggage is all checked, will be parking at Jetparks 3 at Manchester, none of us needed vaccinations. Phonewise - I think Vodafone works fine in Turkey but not Virgin?
Anything else I've missed out?
All advice gratefully received
had ham said:
Just stay away from any Russian guests - that part of Turkey can be fairly popular with them. They are hideous holiday companions, very rude, zero manners and typically very ignorant.
I've been going to Turkey for 25+ years, never taken my passport or e-visa out with me - even during the failed coup in 2016, and never had an issue.
Things are dirt cheap this year due to the exchange rate - most traders hadn't had a chance to re-price when I was out there in Aug/Sept, we really did struggle to spend meaningful money.
Cheers. Yes I'd heard that about the Russians. We were planning on going a few years ago when the Turks shot down the Russian bomber on the grounds that it would be a bit quieter, but we never got round to it.I've been going to Turkey for 25+ years, never taken my passport or e-visa out with me - even during the failed coup in 2016, and never had an issue.
Things are dirt cheap this year due to the exchange rate - most traders hadn't had a chance to re-price when I was out there in Aug/Sept, we really did struggle to spend meaningful money.
HOGEPH said:
Countdown said:
We're off to Turkey during half-term. It's been a while since I've been there so I was just wondering if anybody had any useful hints, tips, suggestions (other than "don't go, it's horrible and have i seen Midnight Cowboy?"
Passports and E-Visas are all sorted, I have about £500 in Lira. Luggage is all checked, will be parking at Jetparks 3 at Manchester, none of us needed vaccinations. Phonewise - I think Vodafone works fine in Turkey but not Virgin?
Anything else I've missed out?
All advice gratefully received
Er, Midnight Express?Passports and E-Visas are all sorted, I have about £500 in Lira. Luggage is all checked, will be parking at Jetparks 3 at Manchester, none of us needed vaccinations. Phonewise - I think Vodafone works fine in Turkey but not Virgin?
Anything else I've missed out?
All advice gratefully received
Paddy_N_Murphy said:
The fakes - to be fair - are genuine.
They are also very very good and not your usual tat.I was told by a friend in N.Cyprus that most of the watches are made in Italy by companies commissioned by watchmakers to make working copies that are used for window displays in shops. The companies are commissioned to make only a set number of pieces but make a nice line in over-runs. Often the casings and straps are genuine Rolex, Omega or whatever but the workings are Casio or a job lot from China.
I have no way of verifying this but does seem plausible.
StevieBee said:
They are also very very good and not your usual tat.
I was told by a friend in N.Cyprus that most of the watches are made in Italy by companies commissioned by watchmakers to make working copies that are used for window displays in shops. The companies are commissioned to make only a set number of pieces but make a nice line in over-runs. Often the casings and straps are genuine Rolex, Omega or whatever but the workings are Casio or a job lot from China.
I have no way of verifying this but does seem plausible.
Don't let the PH Watch Mafia catch you saying that...... I was told by a friend in N.Cyprus that most of the watches are made in Italy by companies commissioned by watchmakers to make working copies that are used for window displays in shops. The companies are commissioned to make only a set number of pieces but make a nice line in over-runs. Often the casings and straps are genuine Rolex, Omega or whatever but the workings are Casio or a job lot from China.
I have no way of verifying this but does seem plausible.
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