Holiday resorts in Turkey
Situated on the Gulf of Antalya on Turkey's Mediterranean coast,
Alanya has been a favoured seaside holiday resort for over 800
years. Today's European package tourist is drawn here for much the
sa...
moreLike Bodrum and Kusadasi, its neighbours on Turkey's south
Aegean Coast, Altinkum is heavily frequented by British holiday
package tourists, but unlike these other frenetic resorts Altinkum
is smal...
moreAntalya is the main city on the Mediterranean coast and one of
the most popular holiday spots, with an attractive harbour setting
and the picturesque old quarter of Kaleiçi enclosed within
a...
moreBelek is a sprawling holiday resort town specifically developed
for tourism, and over the last two decades has grown to encompass
the neighbouring village of Kadriye. Boasting 300 days of sunshine
...
moreThe popular holiday resort of Bodrum, called Halicarnassus in
ancient times, is the South Aegean's most attractive resort,
described by Homer as 'The land of eternal blue'. The hillside is
covered ...
moreThe holiday retreat of Calis (pronounced Chalish) is renowned
for its spectacular sunsets and its laid-back atmosphere. Situated
in the south west of the country on the beautiful Mediterranean
coas...
moreUnlike neighbouring holiday resorts, Dalyan is a largely
undeveloped, tranquil village offering a significant number of
natural and historical attractions, as well as classic Turkish
friendliness a...
moreThe small port town and holiday retreat of Fethiye occupies the
site of the ancient city Telmessos, with an impressive ancient
theatre and numerous Lycian rock tombs. Situated at the head of a
pret...
moreThe purpose-built holiday resort of Gumbet, on Turkey's
southwest coast, is a stone's throw away from the larger resort of
Bodrum and is spreading ever closer to its neighbour as it grows in
popula...
moreThe charming hill town of Hisaronu, a short distance inland from
Turkey's Mediterranean coast, has boomed into a popular holiday
resort bristling with hotels, bars, restaurants, shops and tour
oper...
moreSet on the southeast coast of Turkey where the Aegean Sea meets
the Mediterranean, the purpose-built beach resort of Icmeler has a
distinctly European flavour, with luxury yachts bobbing in the bay
...
moreIzmir is Turkey's third largest city, a busy port, commercial
centre and gateway to the Aegean Coast, but despite its size
(population around three million) and importance it still retains
enough h...
moreThe charming Mediterranean holiday resort and fishing town of
Kalkan is situated on Turkey's Turquoise Coast, and is sought after
by a crowd more in search of atmosphere and charisma than mere fun
...
moreDelightfully situated among towering vertical cliffs, Kas is the
region's second major holiday resort, and although lacking in
idyllic stretches of beach, the dramatic rocky coastline creates
easy ...
moreLike many resort towns, Kemer was purpose-built and thus has
little local flavour, with all of its amenities aimed at tourists
on holiday. Kemer's setting, however, is incredibly beautiful, and
it ...
moreKusadasi is one of the most swollen holiday resort towns on the
southern Aegean Coast, overflowing with shiploads of tourists in
summer who enlarge the year-round population several times over.
Onc...
moreOne of the larger holiday resorts, Marmaris is probably the most
European of the Turkish resort towns on the Mediterranean coast,
and a bustling cosmopolitan tourist centre in the summer months.
Ma...
moreThe Mediterranean holiday resort of Oludeniz is situated just a
few minutes drive from Fethiye and has an astonishing crystal-clear
lagoon and a beautiful photogenic grey-white beach that adorns
al...
moreSituated on a peninsula and flanked by two stretches of golden
beach, the pretty holiday resort town of Side is a jumble of old
and new, with an extensive range of tourist accommodation, shops,
lat...
moreTurunc was once a sleepy fishing village, but has grown into a
popular holiday resort over the years. Sheltered by forest-covered
mountains, the town is situated on a small, rounded bay and is near
...
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