Hi all,
My husband and I are going to Turkey next week. First time for both of us, and yes, we're in want-to-see-them-all mood. We are leaving tomorrow evening so we have about 33 hours to finalize everything.
First of all, the routs.
Istanbul (night bus) - Cappadocia (stay 1 night and leave the next day by night bus) - Antalya - Kas (1) - Kekova - Fethiye (1) - Pamukkale (night bus) - Istanbul (2)
We only have one week in Turkey. Getting in on May 13 and out in the morning of May 21.
We are not too crazy about resort and water park man-made tourist place. So, thinking we'll pass through Antalya and not spend a night there. Pamukkale seem very interesting, but we'd kayak around sunken city than swim in a pool, so we'll spend some time during the day and catch a night bus to Istanbul.
Is this plan realistic???
And between Antalya, Fethiye, and Pamukkale in which place should I stay overnight? Or should we just stay in Kas two nights and pass the rest of the place? -I'm indecisive-
Secondly, we are thinking of renting a scooter in Cappadocia. Do I need a international drivers license? Or will a Canadian drivers license do? -someone told me English-written license should be okay-
Also, is the water temperature in Kas/Kekova/Fethiye warm enough to swim now?
If you have any other suggestions or tips or news, that'd be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!!!
In my opinion, you are trying to cover too much territory. One night in Cappadocia? You've just spent, like, 12 hours getting there. This is a crazy plan. You should cut an entire geographical segment out. Skip Cappadocia or skip the coast. Even taking night buses from one place to another doesn't leave you much time to enjoy wherever it is you end up. I don't envy your choice - all of Turkey is wonderful and one week is absolutely not enough time. But if that's all you have, make it easy and enjoyable - not an endurance trek.
You might want to add Ephesus to this plan. You forgat that one. Just kidding. This is really a crazy plan. Trying to do it all in one week.
Last week my friends were in Fethiye and they told me that weather was really hot and swimming was great.
You may want to leave the coast behind you in Antalya and go inland to Cappadocia, from there overnight bus to Pamukkale. Or can you fly direct between the two places? You must see Ephesus and then maybe more beaches in and around Kusadasi...with one week, you will have to factor in some flights to see more or hire a car and do the lot, sharing the driving along the way. Ýts certainly not impossible. Have a great time and help support the Pensions along the way listed in the L.P.
As 1 and 2 correctly said, you need to cut, not ad. Your itinerary is impossible unless you want to sleep straight through the entire holiday.
I agree. Tone it down. To travel somewhere just to see the sights but not actually enjoy the experience seems pointless.
Slow down and if you enjoy it, go again and visit the places you were unable to see this time.
Okay, I guess this is really tough schedule, but after coming back from our trip in Europe last year (from Toronto - Paris - Milan - Cinque Terre - La Spazia - Pisa - Firenze - Rome - Barcelona - Paris - and back to Toronto in 13 days) I thought we are taking it easy this time. :)
Cutting out places will be as tough as making that crazy plan happen...... but, thank you everyone for sharing your opinion!
I think that the problem is that Turkey doen't seem as big as it really is. So you think you can do a whole lot more mileage than is really sensible. We spent 3 weeks in Turkey and did basically your route, and it still wasn't anywhere near enough time. Of course we were driving - during the day - but even so, it was ridiculously ambitious. I'm glad we saw what we saw, but in one week? No way. There's something about that darn square-looking country that makes people think it's not as big as it is.
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