Kalkan is small but rapidly growing resort tumbling down mountainside to a small harbour filled with yachts. The town itself only has a small stretch of pebbly beach, though the stunning beach at patara and the historical sights of the Xantos valley, are only a short drive away. Kalkan is particularly popular with British tourists , many of whom rent villas rather than stay in hotels.

Kalkan’s narrow streets leading down to the harbour are lined with restaurants shops , and bars. However many of these close for the winter, when there are just some basic shops a suyermarket and medical centre that remain open. On-going improvements to the main coastal highway have cut the journey time do Dalaman airport to around 2 hours. Kalkan gas grown explosively in recent years with major development on the mountainside above the toqn centre and along the coast. Local property is predominantly villas , although more apartment have been built recently. In the old town there are small stone houses. A two-bedroom cottage with courtyard sells from 75,000-110,000 Paunt .

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A small exclusive resort , the choice of property in gocek is fairly limited and prices are high.

Tucked at the head of a narrow bay surrounded by forested mountains. Gocek is one of the Turkey’s most up-market resorts. An important yachting center , the town has no less than four marinas , where many of the country’s wealthiest and most powerful people moor their yachts and gin places. The pedestrianised promenade is lined with restaurants and bars , with a selection of shops and a small supermarket on the main square. The resort lacks a good public beach, although the Swissotel manages a stretch of sand to the south of the port gocek marina. The opening of a new road tunnel scheduled for summer 2006 will bring dalaman airport within 20 minutes drive.

The lack of flat land and local building restrictions limit the amount of development possible , with most new property concentrated in the flat area between the town and the ring road. There are several new developments in the meadows and forests overlooking the resort also.

Not surprisingly prices are high in gocek with villas starting forum 135,000 Paunt though you must pay in excess of 250,000 Paunt for a spacious three-bedroom house with pool and garden overlooking the town. Plots for building are rare and expensive several developers have projects that include apartments with prices from 90,000 paunt for two-bedrooms.

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Kas and around

Tourism has transformed KAS , until 1923 the Greek-populated timber-shipping port of Andifli, which sprang to prominence after about 1850. It’s still beautifully situated, nestled in a curving bay – the name Kas means “eyebrow” or “something curved” – with a backdrop of vertical 500 metre high cliffs peppered with rock tomms, and startling , head on views of Greek Kastellorizo . But what was a sleepy fishing village until the early 1980s has become a holiday metropolis and ilçe (country seat), whose permanent official population of eight thousand is vastly outnumbered in summer by the vacationers on whom locals depend for a living. Attitudes towards outsiders have inevitably hardened – the otogar is predictably well patrolled by accommodation touts though they’re not yet like those encountered at Selcuk or Pamukkale. Kas is less snooty, more youth-oriented and more hoi polloi cosmopolitan than nearby Kalkan ; aspiring Istanbul and Ankara yuppies come here, and amongst foreigners its still, unlike Kalkan , firmly established on the backpackers trail.

Kas has always been a major halting point on “Blue Cruise” itineraries, and yacht and gulet culture is as important here as Kalkan with day-trips available on the latter craft for the less well-heeled. Plans are afoot to move all pleasure craft to a new marina being prepared at Bucak Limani (formerly Vathy), the long fjord west of town, wedged between Highway 400 ant the Cukurbag peninsula which extends 5 km south-west of Kas.

The beaches
Considering that Kas is a major Turkish resort , local natural beaches are surprisingly poor; a few on the north shore of Bucak Limani are muddy and give onto sumpy water. In town itself Küçükçakil ( small gravel) has in recent years been pretty much taken over by the hotels facing it , who have installed snack-bar and sunbed concessions and concreted over the shore as a lido. Büyükçakil just over a kilometer east of town, is a small , coarse-shingle cove that nevertheless gets crowded out.

There’s no beach to speak of in Kas itself, or anywhere nearby for that matter, which together with a lack of a really convenient airport , and a spotty water supply (finally remedied in 1988 by a pipeline from Saklikent ) has spared the town the worst excesses of modern torism. Indeed , if you are not looking for antiques and carpets , at first glance there seems little to keep you here the town does get lively at night, however mainly because shops stay open until 1am in season - the many bars much later. By day Kas makes a handy base from which to reach Kekova and nearby Patara if you dont have your own transport , and local boosters are working hard to make it a major springboard for various types of adventure and activity tourism. The modern town is built atop the site of ancient Antiphellos , whose remaining ruins still speckle the streets, as well as covering the base of the peninsula to the west.

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Cesme is a small resort overlooking the Greek island of Chios 45 minutes from  the city of Izmir. Many Turkish families have second-homes in the area and it has also become a fashionable holiday spot for young people from Istanbul and Ankara . Despite its domestic appeal , few foreigner visit or buy property.      

In the town , a large Genoese castle stands over the harbour , from where ferries leave for Chios and ports in Italy. Ilica 5 km east of the center , has the areas best beach , while nearby Alacati , formerly a small village of stone houses is popular with windsurfers . There are several marines in the area , as well as a hot spring and thermal centre.      

There are more beaches beyond the fishing village of ciftlikkoy , which is a pleasant year-round Turkish community. In the opposite direction , dalyankoy has a harbour surrounded by fish restaurant. The local dining is varied ad the nightlife is lively during the summer months.

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Kemer is a state planned resort of hotels and apartment complexes 35 km southwest of Antalya. Built since the 1980s the town center is well laid-out but lacks atmosphere. It has good facilities, including a modern marina , shops and several beaches , with a Blue Flag awarded stretch in the town itself.

The towns mountainous hinterland , much of it preserved within the Beydaglari National Park is exceptionally beautiful and has some excellent walking. The Lycian Way long distance footpath passes close to the town. Nearby sights include the remains of Phaselis , an important ancient city visited by Alexander the Great.      

Kemer is popular with Russian , British  tourists , although most of the areas property buyers come from Germany, British buyers are concentrated in the smaller resort of Camyuva , 5 km south of the town center. Kemer has a supermarket and private medical facilities. Regular public minibuses link the resort to Antalya , which in under an hour away by car.

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The coast south of Ayvalik
The coast road south from Ayvalik takes you near a number of undeveloped resort towns, although the best stretch of sandy beach is en route, beginning just south of Altinova and continuing for about 15km to Dikili. It is, however, only really accessible if you have your own transport, and in any case has very few facilities.

Dikili and around
DiKili is a sizable resort with a population of about 10,000, which offers a decent beach and a promenade lined with cafes and restaurants. Otherwise though, there’s lit¬tle of interest unless you arrive in early autumn when local farmers descend on the town with their harvests of raw cotton to sell to wholesalers. Cruise liners occasionally dock in the harbour, allowing their passengers to make day excursions to Bergama and Ayvahk, or head for the beaches to the north. Many of the accommodation possibili¬ties lie just beyond the otogar along the same road: among them, the Halat Pansiyon

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Sitting on a peninsular , 65 km east of Antalya , Side is a popular family beach resort that has grown up beside the atmosphere  remains of an ancient Roman city. The main street lined with touristy shops and boutiques , descends to a small harbour overlooked by restaurants and bars. The ruins of ancient Side , including an impressive amphitheatre an the Temple of Apollo , are scattered around the centre and there is a well-stocked local archeological museum.      

However the main attraction for thousands of European and Turkish holidaymakers are the excellent beaches. In addition to water sports. Leisure activities in the area include horse riding and white water rafting. The golf courses of Belek are a 30 minute drive away , with two new courses planned for the Side area itself.  

The nearby town of Manavgat is very nice .. There are nice beaches , hotels , five stars hotels in Side.
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On a wide bay backed by mountains , Fethiye is a bustling town at the heart of one the mos popular areas for foreign buyers. As the administrative center for the nearby resorts of oludeniz , ovacik / hisaronu and calis , the local economy is dominated by tourism , but few tourists stay in the town itself. Fethiye has a large harbour as well as the 400 berth Ece Saray Marina. It has a pleasant atmosphere with shops and services stayin open year-round. Inland from a waterside promenade is a lively bazaar district , known as Paspatur. Other tourist attractions include an amphitheatre and Lycian tombs. There are supermarkets and a huge weekly market as well as two private hospitals with English-speaking staff.

      

Istanbul is located in the north-west Turkey extending into the Marmara region and surrounded by the provinces of Tekirdag to the west, Kocaeli to the east, the Black Sea to the north and the Sea of Marmara to the south.

Istanbul famous for its history and its importance for the country as one of the most principal commercial centre today is a huge cosmopolitan metropolis connecting continents , cultures, religions and home of around of twelve millions of inhabitants. The Bosphorus (Bogaziçi) Strait divides the province in two parts: the European side and the Asian side, and that is why Istanbul is described as “the crossroads of Europe and Asia”.

Istanbul along its history was the capital of three successive empires: Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman. Today Istanbul still maintains remains of its glorious past which contrasts with the development of the region and the modernity. Turkey is worth to visit and where travellers will not be disappointed.
Istanbul is a cosmopolitan city located in the center of the Old World, in the northeast of the Anatolian Peninsula between the Black and Aegean Seas, boasting for a vast and glorious history and magnificent scenic beauties. Istanbul is the unique city in the world built on two continents divided by the Bosphorus strait.

Istanbul through its history was the capital, successively, of three important empires of the Old world, The Eastern Roman Empire (324-476), the Byzantine Empire (476-1453) and the Ottoman Empire (1453-1922) during each period the city acquired different names as Byzantium, Constantinople until take its actual name. Today Istanbul is a huge metropolis connecting continents, cultures, and religions contrasting its unrivalled heritage with the modernity.

Recent population census made in Turkey shows that Istanbul has a population of about 12 million people, from which almost 65% are inhabitants of the Asian side but with few remains and attractions to see. In contrast, the European side is the commercial and cultural center, further divided into two districts by the Golden Horn; the Old City and the modern downtown. Both extremes of the city, the European and Asiatic can be reached by two bridges, the Bosphorus Bridge, one of the world’s longest suspension bridges and Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge. The Old City and the New City in the European side separated by the Golden Horn; a natural channel 7km long, are connected by two bridges, the Galata Bridge and Atatürk Bridge.

The majority of historical monuments are located in the Old part of the city in the European side. The most famous are St. Sophia, Blue Mosque, Hippodrome, The Wall of Theodosius, Topkapi Palace, Suleymaniye Mosque, Underground Cistern, St.Eirene, St.Saviour in Chora, Archeological Museum, Grand Bazaar and the Spice Market; while in the new part can be appreciated the modern face of the city with its skyscrapers and luxurious shopping centers, and at the same time, visitors could be delighted by the wooden houses bordering the Bosphorus and historical sites such as Dolmabahce Palace, Ciragan Palace, Galata Tower, Nusretiye Mosque, Clock Tower and many others more.

Although the Asiatic side of the city, has no much to offer to see bears a mixture of modern houses, lovely wooden villas as well as some historical sites such as Anadolu Fortress, Beylerbeyi Palace, Leanders Tower, Cinili Mosque, etc.

Undoubtedly Istanbul has too much to offer for visitors delighting with its historical legacy.

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In last 20 years Kusadasi has grown into a major resort town popular with British , Irish , European and domestic holidaymakers. A port-of-call for cruise liners, passenger disembark to visit the nearby archaeological site of Ephesus which is one of Turkeys biggest tourist attractions. There are many other interesting sights nearby , and the Dilek National Park , 30 km south has good beaches and forest walks . There are also plans for a golf course north of the town at Pamucak. Kusadasi is one of the most popular holiday resorts of Turkey, located at 90km south of Izmir, in the Aegean region and close to the famous ancient city of Ephesus. Kusadasi is a famous tourist destination for its sandy and golden beaches and for its sunny and template days. The city also boasts one of the largest and modern marinas in Turkey, with a capacity for 600 boats.

The town centre is bustling year-round with a good selection of shops and services. The narrow streets of the old town and lined with touristy shops , restaurants , bars and clubs , crowded during the summer. There is a large marina and beaches just north and south of the center, where many of the largest hotel complexes and villa developments are situated .

Kadinlar denizi (Ladies Beach) , to the south of the center , is the towns best known beach .

Around the city there are still remains of Ottoman and Turkish mosques, like the “The Fortress Mosque” that is the most impressing mosque of the city where is possible to appreciate fine works in wood. The “Hanim Mosque” is another good example of the finest work of the Ottoman architecture. Also to the south of the city there are many historical cities to visit like the Ephesus, Temple of Artemis, Goddess Artemis, House of Virgin Mary, Seven Sleepers, Didyma, Priene, Miletos.

Thank to the tourist development, the city grew considerably and today has many facilities for the visitors as well as a great environment to enjoy the holidays. Around the city is possible to find many hotels, restaurants, shops, also counts with an increasing and lively nightlife.

Kadinlar Denizi beach is the most famous in the city and is located at 3km south from the town, but it is very crowded in high season, also is the Pamucak beach at 15 km north of the town on the road to Selcuk.

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