Having thought long and hard about our summer holidays to Turkey, the following report is an honest and at times frank opinion about our experiences of the last 3 weeks in the resort of Marmaris and nearby resorts. Firstly let me just say that we went to Turkey with an open mind having read various reports on here and choose our resort to give the kids as much fun as possible. We did have the misfortune to travel in August which quite frankly we would not do again due to the heat but school holidays determined that one. However,all things considered we thought Marmaris was a beautiful resort by day,but rather noisy and at times 'in your face' a bit at night. Most Turkish folk we met were polite,but business is business wherever you go and at times it showed when a polite 'no thank you' was followed by an abrupt replay in Turkish. We did however do 6 day trips in all,including the Jeep Safari,Go Carting for the kids and Horse riding. My particular favourite day out was on board the 'Mega Diana' boat trip. Very relaxing and good value for money plus, it gave us all some idea of just how beautiful the bay of Marmaris and surrounding islands where. Our Apartments where fine, but again in hindsight, we where situated a long way from beach and the resort itself but again,we choose it. As far as prices went, well it was definitely cheaper than say Cyprus or mainland Spain both of whom we love. We found the local food both enjoyable and tasty with a fine selection of sweets to follow. I loved the honey and local pastry,leaving Hubby and the kids to devour the Turkish meat,but we also found some simple dishes like locally baked bread,cheese bake,Olives,nuts and feta cheese a delight for lunch. The pasta meals were exceptional,and the local meatball dishes became a firm favourite. We managed to avoid the Burger/chips and HP sauce,but a full English was cheap as chips if you liked that sort of food.
As far as travelling went, we got as far as Dalyan(mudbaths and all) whilst in the other direction we went to Turunc via the boat trip but, by far the best beach we visited was right on our doorstep in Icmeler (Food for thought perhaps on our next visit). We also met some people from Sweden who gave us a very good insight into life on board a Gulet and it sounded just like something me and Hubby would enjoy(some feedback anyone?)...maybe next year.
Thats about it,dont want to bore you anymore stuff you no doubt already know. Flight was on time with Sky Airlines,our private Taxi was easy and affordable... and we all got one hell of a suntan !
TESEKKURLER TURKEY !
