Akbuk Travel Guide

Akbuk will get busier in summer as people visit it as it is so beautiful. There are a few hotels here to stay in or you can rent a villa. Derby Hotel, Caprice Hotel. If you are going to visit Akbuk, try visiting before it does get the summer rush. April time is a good time as the weather is warming up, but it is still peaceful. I believe there are watersports in the summertime . Some shops and taxi people will except payment in Sterling and you may get a small discount paying in Sterling. In Turkey, you basically haggle for everything, apart from food and drink. I found people very friendly and helpful. Especially on the public buses. Willing to give seats up and willing to give directions and advice. Some people will try and get money from you and you have to be aware and know what things should cost. Taxi drivers etc may try it on, so know how much you should be paying roughly. All in all I had a great time and the only negative thing was the hastle we got at Kusadasi, shop owners and restuarant people wanting us to go into their place, it was quite hard to walk up a street there without being jumped on. But Akbuk we did not get this once, which I liked.

I fell in love with Akbuk straight away. After looking at several properties we found one on a really nice complex. The complex was set well back from roads and had wonderful mountains all around with pine trees. The complex has been built in a really nice way. Really wide roads and houses are nicely spread out. There are lot's of green areas with trees and plants. The complex is well kept and has a nice pool area and a shop and restuarant that opens summertime. The houses have also been designed well and mine has seaviews from lounge, garden, terrace, balconies and roof terrace. You can sit on your sofa and see the sea. These houses also have good size gardens. My house needs a tidy up, but I am looking forward to putting my stamp on it. It is ok for now, holidays etc. Most house on the complex have good seaviews. I cannot wait to go back and see it all in the summertime, pool open etc. The location is quiet and peaceful and the complex really nice, I can imagine living here in the future. Time will tell.

Akbuk has an amazing coastline and you can walk for miles. The roads are good and you can smell the pine trees in the air. The people here( shop owners etc) do not hastle you like in some big resorts( Kusadasi etc). We were not hastled once and we felt totally relaxed and safe. We had a meal at a local restuarant which was open all year. Will add name later. It overlooked the sea and the food was amazing. We will be going back for sure as the entire meal, with bread and drinks was ?10 for 2 people( this place was next to a netball court.). The people were really nice and they had the biggest tv I had ever seen there. They said they watch football matches on it,lol. Another place we went to was Jokers Bar. This place only opens in summer and had only opened a few days before we visited it. It opens begining of April. It has a stunning location and is also a disco. It looks like a castle. It does good food too. I can imagine chilling out there for hours. Two beers here were 5tl or about ?2.20.

Akbuk is known for it's low humidity and high oxygen levels. People visit for health benefits such as relief from arthritus and it helps people's blood pressure lower and stress levels go down. People who want to get away from it all and relax visit and or retire here. The public transport is good and you can catch a dolmus bus from Altinkum about every 30 mins in the winter upto 8pm at night( return) and about every 10-15 minutes in the summertime until about 2am I believe. The buses are good and cheap. We paid about 8tl both ways, so about ?3.20 for two people. You can also use taxi's which are sensible prices( haggle and sort price out before getting in). Akbuk has a doctor, police station, dentist, bank, anything you may need. The crime rate is very low and eating out here is very good value. For example we had a meal in Altinkum for ?20 and the same kind of thing in Akbuk was ?10 on the seafront. The prices have not inflated like mass touristiy places. Also Akbuk is under strict building and development rules so it keeps this way( I so hope it does).

Akbuk is surrounded by mountains covered in pine and olive trees, which are luckily all protected. As you drive into Akbuk you will be blown away by the stunning colour of the ocean. I am glad they have not built on the ocean side of the road. It has been left natural and there are many fantastic places to pull over and have a picnic or to swim or fish. The town center in small, but has a good selection of shops, ranging from internet cafe, to diy store, to grocery stores and a meduim size supermarket. There are shops selling electrics and air-con units and such. There are about 4 restuarants opened all year and during the summer, about 12 in total. So enough to keep people happy, but not too much to make the place a tourist trap and spoilt.