Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Property For Sale in Calis Beach & Turkey => Moving To Turkey => Topic started by: davewalsh on April 16, 2008, 13:51:32 PM
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Well, 7 more days to go and then I finish work for three months 'unpaid leave'. Marie packed in last week and she is now packing whats left of our stuff up ready for the big drive to Turkey. We will be staying at our place in Hisaronu for 8 weeks and then driving back to the UK in a four week stint stopping off at many points on the way and then I will complete a few more months at work before more than likely packing it all in. This is a bit of a pre-early retirement trial for us really. We have sold our property in the UK so, here goes. Any tips on the drive would be gratefully appreciated, we will be doing the obvious route in a UK registered saloon, with a few pots and pans and clothes as baggage. The only question I have is after Hungary, whether to go through Serbia or Bulgaria, advice on the forum seems to be a bit contrary. Any tips on the drive would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks to all for all the tips I have picked up so far from this site.
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Dave, I used the Budapest,Nis, Sofia, Plovdiv, Erdirne route a couple of years ago and didn't have any problems, except that quite a few places had Visa/Mastercard signs but weren't accepting the cards because the phonelines weren't working.
Look forward to seeing you out here in a couple of weeks.
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good luck davewalsh on your epic drive
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we thought about driving there last year.took another look at the kids and booked our flights.enjoy yourselves.
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hi davewalsh
keep us updated with your journey and hope everything works out great for you! all the best and good luck in your new venture.
o/b
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:)Sounds great, hope all goes well for you, Good luck, ;)
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We are making this drive in October, we are also using a ferry.
From Calais, we go via Brugge, Liege, Heildelburg, Ulm, Vento and down to Ancona; halfway down Italian east coast.
We then have a 3 night ferry to Izmir (Cesme), it is then a 6 hour drive south.
We think this is a safer way to go, plus the cruise. Driving distance between Calais and Ancona approx' 1500 miles, we are doing two stops enroute.
I hope this helps. 8)
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very interesting - it would be good to know what the ferry costs are like? Sounds like a great trip!
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why not post us some photos of the journey down i am sure it will be quite an experience
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John,
Here are the prices, cars are extra. There is a discount on the return leg if both booked.
Marmara Lines(one word) dot com - website
Standard prices per person and strech (in Euro)
Breakfast is included!
Take care about our various reductions!
Accomodation Type Interieur Amadeus Season
2 berth suite with TV, refrigerator shower/WC/AC SUI 365
2 berth luxury cabin with TV, refrigerator shower/WC/AC LUX 335
2 berth comfort outside cabin with TV, refrigerator shower/WC/AC A2L 320
3 berth comfort outside cabin with TV, refrigerator shower/WC/AC A3L 275
4 berth comfort outside cabin with TV, refrigerator shower/WC/AC A4L 240
1 berth outside cabin upper deck shower/WC/AC A1 410
2 berth outside cabin upper deck shower/WC/AC A2 280
3 berth outside cabin upper deck shower/WC/AC A3 240
4 berth outside cabin upper deck shower/WC/AC A4 205
2 berth inside cabin upper deck shower/WC/AC B2 260
3 berth inside cabin upper deck shower/WC/AC B3 215
4 berth inside cabin upper deck shower/WC/AC B4 195
2 berth inside cabin lower deck bassin/AC C2 205
4 berth inside cabin lower deck bassin/AC C4 165
2 berth inside cabin lower deck AC D2 200
3 berth inside cabin lower deck AC D3 170
4 berth inside cabin lower deck AC D4 155
Pullman sleeper chair PS 150
Deck (only in combination with a 2/3 berth cabin) DEC 100
Deck (only in combination with a 4 berth cabin) DE4 50
Dogs, cats (only on deck in boxes allowed) U 50
Port Due per person TAKS 55
Fares for vehicles per strech (in Euro)
The websites gives a tour of the ship, it has a good range of facilities.
I hope it is of use. 8)
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Just checked out the Ancona-Cesme ferry price for the 3rd May, which is the nearest date to our departure, cheapest available was 1070 euros, bit of a rip off. Will take the recommenmded KKOB highway. Signing off for now, will report when we get the wireless up and running at the other end. Put the kettle on Alan!
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Have a great time when you travel you lucky people.
Let us know how you get on
Heather
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Aww!! Heather. I was hoping that this would be you moving to Turkey when I saw your name on the reply. Any progress? Or have you changed your mind about coming? Good luck Dave. Although I know that you won't need it.
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Thanks for info Alan - wow!
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davewalsh
you lucky thing we are at brooklands 1 on 1st june, how long will it take you to drive over, will look out for your car, good luck keep us updated lots of pics please