Any holidays we should know in 2013?

Jan. 1 Tuesday New Year’s Day – All administration buildings, schools and post offices, as well as most businesses are closed on this day. Overall a calm, family oriented day in large cities (Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir) with crowds focusing on shopping and public areas if the weather is not too cold. Many people use the day off …

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Bodrum

Bodrum is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Turkey.  It is on the southern side of the Aegean Sea. It offers many beautiful beaches, lots of nearby attractions. And it is best known for its night life. There is always something going out there, any time of the day. Beaches There are multiple nearby beaches. …

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Flights to Turkey

Finding cheap tickets to Turkey is becoming more and more difficult considering that Turkey is currently the 7th most popular touristic destination to visit in the world. I would strongly recommend checking the price of your individual flight segments using Google and Bing’s flight search engine. As of March 2013, best ticket prices can be found between LAX …

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Beaches of Antalya

Antalya is one of my favorite cities in the world. My dream retirement city. It is mostly a coastal city developed in parallel to the sea. There are a bunch of amazing small towns administratively connected to Antalya. Each one of them easily deserves a blog post of their own. Here I will talk about the …

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Mardin

First time travelers will often ask me about the one major place to go. Based on what I know about them I will recommend a few places. Istanbul is almost always on top of that list. It is a great place for sure and serves to many interests. However there are many other, smaller places …

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What time is it there?

tl;dr Easiest way for finding out the current local time is to make a Google search. Let’s say you need to call someone in Turkey. A loved one, or someone who is helping you with organizing your trip. You need to know the time there before you can call them. It might get a bit …

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Istanbul – Preparing for Your Trip

There are four almost distinct seasons in Istanbul. Beware you are not traveling to the Arabian dessert, it does get quite cold and snow in Istanbul during the winter season. The Bosphorus (the water channel that goes through the city setting the boundaries for the Asian and European continents) has even frozen couple of times in the city’s history. If this …

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