Driving from England to Turkey

[Eric]

quote:Originally posted by c1

I have driven over twice in the same car and have been told via this site that you can only bring the same car in twice, with an over six month gap between each visit. however I have heard of people who have brought the same car in many times what is the true postion, is it law that the customs turn a blind eye to or are those who bring the same car in more than twice pushing their luck

I think they may be telling you fibs, or very very lucky.

[Shishcojackson]

quote:Originally posted by Scunner

Please post new topics in the appropriate section - this one is for member introductions, you introduced yourself a while back now.

[Shishcojackson]

quote:Originally posted by Shishcojackson

quote:Originally posted by Scunner

Please post new topics in the appropriate section - this one is for member introductions, you introduced yourself a while back now.

I am sorry i dont mean to post in the wrong places, i just seem to get it a bit wrong, i cant seem to find the replies if there are any to my questions,

Jackson

[Pompeylil]

We did it, took 4.5 days  47 driving hours and 2400 miles
Came through France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and then into Turkey.

The road through Romania was horrendous, roadworks all the way, took us 8 hours to do 200 miles!  The viaducts along side the Danube are all in a state of 'disrepair' and the whole stretch is being resurfaced, stop and go boards all the way.

We have had 3 good weeks here in the Calis area and heading back to the UK on Sunday via Greece and Italy etc.

The information we took from the threads on this site were most helpful, thanks to everyone who posted.

Our 2 daughters were angels travelling down and not once asked the 'are we there yet'.
It opened their eyes as we travelled through Romania as to how their lives in the UK might not be so bad after all!

Liz - I can not access e mail through the lap top (not sure why) but all is ok as we speak with your complex.

Carol

[Old Daffodil]

Good to hear that you did the journey and arrived safely. I hope that you have a good trip back via Italy etc.  

[starman™]

Remember a couple of important points.
The car can enter for 6 months but you will only get a 3 month visa.
The car details will be registered in your passport.
You can not leave the country without your car unless you impound it at customs.
After the car has been here for 6 months then it must leave and stay out of Turkey for 6 months.
Dont listen to friends of friends who say that you can keep your car here or can come in as many times as it wants. This is not true.
If you dont have a green card or your insurance only covers for European part of Turkey then you can purchase traffic insurance very easily from the border.

[dreamon]

Excellent topic, Thanks to all for posting, interesting information.

Please keep posting, I Am sure there must be thousands of little incidents along the way and loads more information we would all like to know about, price of petrol, breakdowns, hotels, campsites,food, loos, getting lose ect.

[Old Daffodil]

There is a Burgher King open during the day just before you turn off for the Ipsala border crossing in Turkey.One of the first things you see when entering Turkey!
If you do enter Greece at Ipsala there are no services on the motorway across Greece.Komotini is a good place to pull off for a comfort break, there is a garage,supermarket with a little cafe and toilets there, at least in during the daytime.
Italy has plenty of services on the motorways.
In France the SuperU supermarkets sell petrol at 1.32 euros a litre,garages are about 10 cents a litre dearer. If you want to stop overnight in France a lot of French farms now do Chambre d'hotes accommodation which is bed and breakfast. They usually advertise with a little sign by the road somewhere. A very individual experience and gives you an insight to French farming life.

[lizdev]

Thanks Carol - glad you made it ok and have had a great holiday - safe journey back.  We're out next Friday, can't wait.

[Pompeylil]

We made it back to the UK last Thursday, travelled back through Greece, (car ferry to) Italy and then decided to go back the Austria, Germany route.  Although the Italian tolls were expensive it gave us chance to take the girls through the mountains!  What a beautiful route - we thought the scenery in Scotland took some beating but this route was beautiful.
The new mountain pass in Greece is open although some of the tunnels are not quite finished.

Would we do it again, well hubby and Maddy yes - me and Jenny - well we loved it saw lots of sights.  I would do it again but take longer, drove past too many cities and was not allowed to stop and take them in.
I was constantly reminded that "this is a drive to Turkey, not a tour of Europe"!

To everyone who posted on this site and topic with hints and ideas - thank you so much, I had my folder of info available should we have needed it.

We got stopped once - that was in Seki (on a day out) we took Dafodils route and took in the mountain passes.  Beautiful.  The police checked we had our green card, read it upside down looked at Marcs passport and waved us on!

Thank you