Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Other Local Resorts & Areas => Uzumlu Discussion Forum => Topic started by: H on June 27, 2015, 12:35:09 PM
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Hello, I am just wondering if anyone can help me please? I am a single woman looking to move to Turkey with my cat, but don't want to live anywhere that is overrun with tourists. I am looking for somewhere that has a bohemian feel and I would still like a bit of life and social activities.. .. I recently visited the Bodrum peninsula which I liked but found far too steep and the driving a bit scary. Any suggestions? Thank you H
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Fethiye, Calis, and the surrounding area are on a fertile " plain " , which is bordered to one side by" Fethiye Korfezi ", ( Fethiye Bay ), and to the North and East by hills and mountains. It is a tourist destination however ! The area has extremely high temperatures in the Summer months, 8) but very cold, as soon as the sun starts to set, in the Winter months !! It also gets a LOT of rain in the Winter as well , some of it " horizontal " !! :( I would never suggest that the area had a " Bohemian " feel to it, but, then again, in the 6 years that we lived there, a Bohemian lifestyle was not on our particular agenda ! Perhaps the Cappadocia Region would be a better destination for that kind of lifestyle, ? I hope you find your " Utopia " , Good Luck, and Happy hunting .
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Have a look at Dalyan - it is a little bit Bohemian but does have the tourists which I think you will find anywhere along the Mugla coastline or alternatively Kas which I much prefer over the grossly over rated and steeper Kalkan :-)
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I couldn't agree with you more Ian - might have written that myself.
(Although we live happily in Deliktas !!)
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How about Kayakoy. Quite chilled out, lovely stone houses, not to commercialised and they even have Yurts there for your hippy blood.
I would advise you come to the area and start to look around.
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You don't say if you would want to rent or buy. Not sure you can buy in Kayakoy, if you are a foreigner, think not. Lots of areas around Fethiye where you can both buy and rent, maybe look at Uzumlu? Not so many tourists there but has a community, some restaurants and bars. Maybe somebody who lives in Uzumlu can enlarge on this?
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Thank you all, for your replies, they are very much appreciated. I was initially looking to buy a villa, but a lot of folk have advised that I should rent first in case I don't like it in Turkey, although one of the reasons I have been drawn to Turkey is the hospitality that I had received each time I visited. I realised quite early on that this is not going to happen as quickly as I first anticipated. Mainly due to finding the right area with the right balance of all year round living, and somewhere that does have a community that I could blend in to. I was in Fethiye this March just gone but didn't get a chance to visit Uzumlu or many other areas around and about. An agent, showed me around Hisaronu, Ovacik & Calis, but I wasn't really taken by any of those areas. I also visited Kalkan, which as Ian mentioned is very steep. Somewhere like that but flatter is kind of what I am looking for. Anyway I plan to come out again towards mid September, so any suggestions would be very helpful. Have a nice Sunday and thanks. H
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Defiantly rent for a year or so wherever you eventually choose so you get the feel of the place through all the seasons.
A couple of thoughts..
Uzumlu is a great laid back sort of place with several bars and eateries that stay open all year round. However being in the mountains it does get a lot colder in the Winter months.
Kalkan I personal think has been too overdeveloped with more and more villas being built further up the mountain and surrounding area. In fact it's hard to believe it was once just a small fishing village. Also the vast increase in tourism has pushed the prices up a lot.
Kas although fairly touristic it becomes much less so in the off season and probably comes closest to the "bohemian feel" you mentioned, it also has the advantage that you can take a 45 minute boat trip and visit the Greek island of Kastolerisso (Mais) if you fancy a change of scene...
You might want to also take a look at the villages of Ciflik, Kargi and Yaniklar which are just outside of Fethiye/Calis but much more rural and only a short bus ride to the Fethiye...
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I agree with philrose that having thought about what you want, Kas fits the bill best. Bodrum has a bohemian feel but is more expensive. I'd also consider renting for a year. What's to lose? You will get a good feel for the area with no real ties if you are not completely happy. ;D
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Thanks for that.....I will definitely look into the places you mentioned, and hopefully I will find somewhere soon that I can start to make a new life in the sun. H :-)
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You don't say if you would want to rent or buy. Not sure you can buy in Kayakoy, if you are a foreigner, think not.
Foreigners can buy in Kayakoy but it's expensive in comparison to other areas. As for being "Bohemian", I don't think so. There may be yurts there, but they're aimed at the tourist trade. Furthermore, unless you live on the surrounding slopes of the valley, you'll have to put-up with flooding for about 4 months of the year. Several hundred square metres of our land are under more than a metre of water for weeks at a time in the winter.