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Other Local Resorts & Areas => Uzumlu Discussion Forum => Topic started by: saoirse on August 02, 2008, 12:32:57 PM

Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: saoirse on August 02, 2008, 12:32:57 PM
Whilst I have only been in Uzumlu a short time (still back and forth from Ireland) I thought I really must post on here how friendly the wee village is.

Both the locals and ex pats are amazingly friendly. Many of them on here are just great to meet. From people stopping to give you a lift to always talking to you when we meet we have found Uzumlu very very welcoming.

Yes its a lot smaller than Fethiye and not as much happening as Calis etc but for a wee place to relax with superb people in gorgeous surroundings its hard to beat.



Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: calvin 1949 on August 13, 2008, 10:54:37 AM
Read and Learn!!!!!
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: kylkimry on August 13, 2008, 11:39:08 AM
cant wait to get there, (4 weeks) also looking forward to meeting people off the forum.
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: Rindaloo on August 13, 2008, 12:43:56 PM
Yes Phil, we find the visitors friendly too, when we can understand their accents, LOL *wink-wink*.  Kylkimry, I am sure you will love the place.
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: chris tippett on August 13, 2008, 19:53:53 PM
Kylkimry, good to hear you're coming here - do you need any advice on transport, food, beer, shops, barbers, the post office, taxis, local amenities, Fethiye, Gocek, Olu deniz, Oil wrestling - if so I'd suggest you go to the Wine House where it would appear that quite an interesting and knowledgable crowd hang out! If that does not appeal then make a request for info on here!
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: woollyback on August 13, 2008, 21:48:36 PM
Now about this oil wrestling Chris...
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: chris tippett on August 13, 2008, 22:34:22 PM
See my Seki thread! With all that cooking oil and the 40 degree heat I could have done a good line in fried egg and bacon!
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: woollyback on August 14, 2008, 08:44:45 AM
Probably explains why you're the darkest man in Uzumlu...
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: kylkimry on August 14, 2008, 09:06:44 AM
chris, will i find you in the wine house, i will be able to get info 1st hand, i dont really want to start another long thread, i have not got the time.
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: peecee on August 14, 2008, 10:56:23 AM
I wonder if you will find Chris in the Wine House??  Methinks not.
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: chris tippett on August 14, 2008, 21:20:00 PM
Have made it a rule of mine never to go near the Wine House - however I did watch all Turkey's Euro Cup matches there and had a very enjoyable time. Lots of football and no chat!
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: kylkimry on August 15, 2008, 15:13:51 PM
chris, why dont you go in the wime house? where else do you get a cold beer?
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: chris tippett on August 15, 2008, 19:51:06 PM
In my opinion there are several other better options for a beer/meal in the village. Each to their own. When you and your party get here do try to get to as many of the bars/restuarants as possible. If you have access to transport the choices down the mountain in Calis, Fethiye and even Gunlukbasi are enormous. Menus are varied and prices good - Main course 8ytl+, beer 2.5ytl+. You'll have a great time!
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: saoirse on August 15, 2008, 19:57:51 PM
Chris. In all my times out there I have never went about Gunlukbasi. Where would ya recommend? I only know the main road the dolus goes through on way to Uzumlu
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: bikerchickblonde on August 15, 2008, 21:25:33 PM
Chris ... sounds like you make rules that you mean to break!!
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: kylkimry on August 16, 2008, 09:15:18 AM
chris, what you say above is ok, but how do yhem prices compare with uzumlu?
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: chris tippett on August 16, 2008, 14:33:41 PM
kylkimry, Prices vary from cheap, the locantas (working men's cafes - none in Uzumlu) but a couple in Gunlukbasi and many in Fethiye, through pide (Turkish pizza)restaurants to more up market places - the Sat in Calis, the Arena in Fethiye to name but 2. You pays your money, you makes your choice! But compared to uk most, if not all eating places here are considerably cheaper and the food is usually good.
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: kylkimry on August 16, 2008, 17:12:07 PM
how far is Gunlukbasi from uzumlu by dolmus? if you can get there from uzumlu
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: Scunner on August 16, 2008, 17:17:23 PM
quote:
Originally posted by chris tippett

But compared to uk most, if not all eating places here are considerably cheaper and the food is usually good.



The obvious exception being Sat restaurant, which is expensive and dire.
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: chris tippett on August 16, 2008, 20:37:16 PM
Gunlukbasi is 10 mins by car from Uzumlu, 25 mins by dolmus? It certainly ain't the prettiest place in the world - just a bussling town set between Calis and Uzumlu. But the 2 locantas there are excellent - good Turkish food at very reasonable prices. If you want pretty go to Gocek or Kalkan!
To be fair I haven't eaten at the Sat this summer - sad to hear it may have gone downhill. The location is still pretty good.
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: philrose on August 16, 2008, 22:22:21 PM
quote:
Originally posted by chris tippett

Gunlukbasi is 10 mins by car from Uzumlu,

10 minutes? what the hell do you drive? :)
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: Rindaloo on August 17, 2008, 00:46:35 AM
Scunner makes Kirk Pinar in record time too! -Maybe there's a short cut  ;)
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: kylkimry on August 17, 2008, 09:13:04 AM
so can assume its quite a distance then.
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: pookie on August 17, 2008, 09:40:02 AM
Gunlukbashi = 10 minutes by skateboard from Uzumlu  - its all down hill,  just give it a kick and you'll be there in no time :D
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: chris tippett on August 17, 2008, 18:25:56 PM
10 minutes easy, free wheeling and getting the lights at green at the bottom!!!
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: Rindaloo on August 17, 2008, 22:17:35 PM
Surely this is Turkey and therefore you can go straight through red lights on a skateboard.  Problem yok.
Title: Very Friendly Place
Post by: ronzeus on August 18, 2008, 19:26:22 PM
Wait till you try to skateboard back up that bloody mountain.