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Blue Cruises

by Weissdorn

I am a little hard-put about listing 'Blue Cruises' here, because it is and it isn't a tourist trap. Specifically it depends on what you expect when you take a boat trip.Basically the 'Blue Cruises' are not much different than the sailing trips we take. While we sail modern European Yachts, the 'Blue Cruises' take place mainly on beautiful Turkish traditional ships, called 'Gülets'.These boats are actually good for people who want to take a short cruise on the coastline, and shoot some pictures, maybe go snorkeling or anchor overnight in a bay - stage a party on board - an do a little windsurfing and jetskiing on the side.They are not for people who want to explore the secrets of the Turkish waters on their own, nor for sailing enthusiasts, or for people who like the intimacy and solidarity to share the boat with a 'weld-together' crew.Yachties are not particular fond of these 'party...

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Turkish Rugs are best purchased from .......

by SteveOne

If you fall in love with the handcrafted Turkish Carpets, I suggest you buy it from a Govermant sponsored Co-operative Factory/Shop.You will no doubt be taken to one of these on most of the Daily sight-seeing trips.Bargain hard as the prices drop quite considerably, for example we bought one which started at £600 and we paid £250 including delivery to our home address!We are not saying that the shops will give you a bad deal but the choice is enormous at a factory shop and they do incude FREE delivey to your home address within 6 weeks.You will be asked for a small deposit and the balance on a Cash On Delivery basis.

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Shoe shine boys

by SirRichard

In many streets you will find boys with a box shining the shoes of locals and turists.In this occasion I was wearing clothe shoes, so it didn't have any sense trying to clean them, but the boy insisted so much, that I accepted. The next day I had to throw them away...

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Taxi DRiver!

by 80-bettyboo

some of them sometimes could be dodgy by changing the money that u give them..u know we have heaps of zero at the end and 1.000.000 sounds too close to 10.000.000 so they sometimes claim that u give 1 million istead 10 million.. just watch out your money and all the time be careful even u are shopping around in Turkey. just insist on that u give the exact money and try to tell them that u will call for police,could be helpful...

Shopping in big factories

by ania70pl

I'll repeat here what I wrote in my shopping tip. Don't buy anything in big jewellery, leather or carpets factories, even so they tell you that their products are the best and they'll give you a certificate. In every shop in the city you can buy exactly the same but much cheaper.

Trips

by ania70pl

When you spend your holiday in Turkey and you want to go for any additional trip go to the travel office outside your hotel because there you can buy it much cheaper. Your resident surely will tell you that it's unsafe, they will cheat you etc, but don't listen to him. For a trip you can pay when you get to the bus and they surely will bring you to all the places they promised.

It's all fake

by iandsmith

How fortunate was I? Enroute to Turkey I was sitting next to a lady, originally from Iraq, who had spent a required two years in Turkey before being considered for entry into Australia. She was on her way back to pick up some relatives who had just qualified also. Much of her time in Turkey had been spent in 'sweat shops' (garment factories to the uninitiated) and she regaled me with tales of how dodgy the whole industry was. Thus, armed with this information and on my last day in Selcuk I wandered in to the markets. God I love the atmosphere in markets. Makes you want to buy all that crap you'd never glance sideways at normally! Anyhow, I came across a Versace shirt that I really wanted, just as they were starting to pack up. The vendor, working out that I was English speaking, repeated continually, 'Genuine Versace, you see the different numbered buttons.' I, just as often, replied...

Here i am enjoying Turkish food.

by rachel_sun

Restaurants in Kalkan were all for tourists,but i found them very tasteful and not expensive and very relaxing.How i dream of going back to beautiful Kalkan.This restaurant was set back alittle from the sea front and done proper Turkish local food wgich was fantastic.If you want to find it,just walk along the harbour front and you will see an open restaurant with trees and plants inbetween sone buildings with a slight harbour view.Food here,,10 out of 10...

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Here is the Ottoman House bar...

by rachel_sun

Here is the Ottoman House bar and restaurant,,which done beautiful meals.This place had a wondeful atmosphere with great Turkish music playing.Very traditional,i loved it.Another restaurant i enjoyed was the Aubergine on the harbour front.The service and food was fab.Also,the Doy Doy done great food. Its a tourist trap but a vert tasteful tourist trap,classy and relaxing.

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Watch out for your money, not...

by dedeckerm.

Watch out for your money, not for pickpockets just for buying a lot of stuff. There is a lot to buy and the businessman knows how they can lure you to their shops.But if you have enough money with you : NO PROBLEM !!!

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