just returned from our holiday in icmeler
stayed at Clubtokmak as many times before.
having visited icmeler over 15 times in previous years i was very surprised buy how it felt half empty around resort, even thou it was peak season. all the bars and shops were commenting.
lira was good, shops and bars were changing from 2.75-2.77 ytl
banks slighty more.exchange offices were 2.72-276 ytl but less commision. marmaris exchange offices were 2.70-2.72 ytl when we visited.
Meals out
Travellers rest nice food
Temel kofte set meals from 20ytl includes drink nice meal
Karderlan restaurant very nice turkish food visited twice
Mahal restaurant in centre of icmeler visited twice and very much enjoyed. about 120 ytl for 4 with drinks
Buffalo had meal their price ok and food.
Friends bar (by taxi rank) meal for 4 with drinks 146ytl for steak
meals , was ok but found expensive.
Garden restuarant by beach nice meal
Shopping around resort
I found prices for t-shirts and general clothes were more expensive , i think that might be due to no under ground market or canel stalls (less competition) , many were saying price of cotton has gone up , but last years t-shirts and other clothes left over from previous year.:) had gone up. even haggling lol
trips booked with april travel agency past tansas
boat trip very good value for money around £5 each
quad bikes cost around £15 each nice few hours getting muddy and wet , you have opition of having pictures and video.
waterpark on hill worked out about £12 each good value for money .
i did hear some people complaining who booked with another agency they ended having the little waterpark in marmaris and not the big one, so be careful and double check when booking.
Bars around icmeler drink prices
visited buffalo which is 2.5 ytl for efes,
many were offering 3 ytl for efes so many to choose from.
shows around bars
micheal jackson
devil show ?
stavaros
tina turner
robot show
cocktail show
belly dancers male and female lol
karoake
so all same from previous years , could do with abit more imagination , so bars stick out from one and another.
flights out from bournemouth were very good and on time ,
will use airport again defo.
downside to holiday finding out that my next years flights have gone bust. and all the other companies are cashing in and charging what they like.
hope you find this ok
Part of the reason that some resorts are quieter is because it is Ramazan now (Aug 1st for a month). Turkish people tend not to take their holidays during that time and prefer to be at home. I was passing a bus station in a resort just before it started and the buses going off to Ankara, Izmir and Istanbul were full of people going home. The Seker Bayram (Sugar festival) will mark the end of Ramazan at the end of the month and then everywhere will be very busy again with a 3 day holiday full of celebrations.
JMK wrote:Part of the reason that some resorts are quieter is because it is Ramazan now (Aug 1st for a month). Turkish people tend not to take their holidays during that time and prefer to be at home. I was passing a bus station in a resort just before it started and the buses going off to Ankara, Izmir and Istanbul were full of people going home. The Seker Bayram (Sugar festival) will mark the end of Ramazan at the end of the month and then everywhere will be very busy again with a 3 day holiday
jmk i think you miss-understood me when referring to icmeler being half empty
by the lack of tourists around nothing to do with local people around resort.
hope this clarifys it.
Yes I understood. Turkish people can be tourists too. They come to the resorts for their holidays just the same as foreigners. Many come from Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara and other big cities. Some of them have holiday homes by the coast and others stay in hotels just as foreigners do, they are not locals in these areas. Anyway as I said loads have gone home for Ramazan but they will be back to the resorts for their holidays once the suagr festival begins.
Good report, thanks for posting, that rate is looking very healthy at the minute
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