Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Places to Visit => Topic started by: Jacqui Harvey on January 13, 2009, 16:34:56 PM
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Thinking of going to Istanbul for a few days on our next holiday to Calis this year. Can anyone advise if we should book flights in Fethiye? if so where? or would it be better to book in the U.K. before we go? Any idea of the price of flights?
Thanks
Jacqui.
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Unfortunately, there are not many flights a day from Dalaman to Istanbul so I would not leave it until you arrive here as they might be full.Depending on time of year of course. The flight prices vary from 60 Lira to 175 Lira for a single depending on the time of day you want to fly.The train to Istanbul from Denizli is worth considering. :)
WW
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Not sure what constitutes as not many, but Turkish Airlines currently run 2 flights a day from Dalaman to Istanbul, one around 9am and the other around 9pm. Since Turkish Airlines tend to be cheaper the nearer you book to your travel day, around £70 if you book a couple of days before for example, I would leave it until you got here.
Hows that for a total contradiction of advise? :)
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I would consider 2 as not many compared to the 12 or so a day from Antalya to Istanbul.I can only give my experience in that a couple of days last summer I tried to get a flight to Istanbul at a few days notice and found that they were all full.They were not public holidays either. But maybe that was just my luck. :)
WW
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Last June we came back through Istanbul from Manchester and stayed a there for a few days before coming on to Dalaman . The last leg was "thrown in" by Turkish Airlines. I only managed this by using the bespoke holiday section of Anatolian Sky with whom I booked the hotel in Istanbul as I couldn't find anyone in the UK who could give cheap flights between Istanbul and Dalaman; indeed the Turkish Airlines office in Manchester told me to wait until I was in Turkey as they could not discount internal fares in the UK
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Thanks for the advise, will start to look now.
Jacqui.
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WW - where is Denizli? We'd love to travel by train to Istanbul and spend a few days there, but how do we get from Calis to Denizli, and how far away is it? Thanks for any advice. :)
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Have a look at the website for the Fethiye Times and search for Traveling in Turkey-Train to Istanbul it will give you all the info you need. You may need to create an account with Fethiye Times to access the page from the archives but it is very simple. :)
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Denizli is about 80 miles / 130 kms north of Fethiye. It'll take you about 2 and a half hours to get there by bus.
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There are two flights a day from Dalaman to Istanbul (Turkish Airlines)one in the morning at around 9.30am and the other in the evening around 6.30pm but not sure of the exact time.Its best to book in advance to get the cheap seats as they get booked up,they then have more exspensive seats.You can book at any of the travel agents in Fethiye or on the Turkish Airline web page yourself. Can anyone reccommend a hotel to stay at in Istanbul thats not to exspensive.Also which would be the best side to stay the Asian side or European side.
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Depending on the time of year, there are as many as 5 flights a day between Dalaman and Istanbul.
The hotel Tashkonak, just behind the Blue Mosque is very good.
http://www.hoteltashkonak.com/
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The Sultanahmet district is a favorite area to stay in as it has some of the main tourist attractions, the Blue Mosque, Topkapi Palace, the Hippodrome, Kapali Carsi (covered market) etc. Plus plenty of hotels and bars.
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Went and had a look at the Hotels on www.tripadvisor.com There seem to be so many good ones we are spoilt for choice. Even the B.&.B.'s look great one in particular is a Boutique Hotel that gets a very good write up. The one mentioned by KayaKoyuOldBoy is number 26 in popularly and looks good too. Don't know where to start.
Jacqui.
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So jacqui, where did you end up staying ? Tell us all about your trip ! We are planning a 3 or 4 day trip in April and we'd love any recommendations you can give.
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Hi Pookie stayed in the Sirkeci Konak http://www.sirkecikonak.com/ which was fabulous cannot fault it. Great room with balcony. Lovely roof terrace with bar and restaurant with sun loungers views across the gardens to Topkapi Palace and also lovely views of the cruise liners in the opposite direction. Swimming pool, sauna and fitness centre in basement and free afternoon tea from 3pm to 5pm every day.
Book three days or more and get free taxi pick up at airport and free three course meal the first night with a choice of their two restaurants. Also visited their sister hotel the Orient Express and had a fab dinner at their roof restaurant looking out over the water and bridges. Loved the Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace, also there is a gift shop in the grounds of Topkapi run by the government that was extremely cheap and everything was price tagged. Hated the Grand Bazzar too in your face. Need to go back to Istanbul as four days is not enough.
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Thanks Jacqui - we had actually looked at that particular hotel and thought it looked lovely. Can't wait now......but need to boost the spending money first !!!
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The site www.turkeytravelplanner.com has details of how you can travel by metro, bus and ferry around the city. The metro runs to Ataturk Airport and it cost about 3TL to get to the Sultanhamet area. The Havas bus runs every 20-30 minutes from the Sabihe Gokcen airport into the city, this service starts about 4a.m.
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Just come back from spending 5 days in Istanbul.Stayed in the Sultanahmet area.Absolutely fantastic. The hotel was within 5mins walk of all the Tourist attractions.We also did a city tour on open decked bus and a cruise down the Bosphorus. Need to go another time though and stay in Taksim Square area, still plenty to do.
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i have recenytly booked pegasus return to istanbul end of the month 150tl return inc all taxes etc. to go to a boat show there. booked it online so you should be able to do it from uk if you wanted.
be careful if your going check out which airport you want to go to as there are two main ones very far apart!
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The 29th is Republic Day when there are celebrations with street concerts and a huge firework display.