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1.       roseb510
39 posts
 21 Jun 2009 Sun 06:25 pm

I am traveling to Fethiye next month, we have a short list of places to go see but I was wondering if any of you have been there and can tell us some other places that we can go see. Also, we are staying at the Sunshine Holiday resort. Anyone heard of it?

2.       catwoman
8933 posts
 21 Jun 2009 Sun 06:43 pm

I would use some of the organized trips that you can find in any of the travel places in Fethiye. They are cheap and well worth it. Do leave a few days by the end of your trip to go back to the places you liked most.

3.       sonunda
5004 posts
 21 Jun 2009 Sun 09:31 pm

What do you have on your list already?

 

Here are the hotel details-

 

http://www.sunshineholidayresort.com/



Edited (6/21/2009) by sonunda
Edited (6/21/2009) by sonunda

4.       libralady
5152 posts
 22 Jun 2009 Mon 10:30 am

 

Quoting roseb510

I am traveling to Fethiye next month, we have a short list of places to go see but I was wondering if any of you have been there and can tell us some other places that we can go see. Also, we are staying at the Sunshine Holiday resort. Anyone heard of it?

 

Pamukkale - Long trip though but well worth it

Butterfly valley - near Oludeniz

The ghost village (Kayakoy)

12 Island boat trip - you get to see Cleopatras bath

Saklikent gorge

 

http://www.travelagencyturkey.com/dailytours6.html

 

In fact here are some more - the usual touristy sort.

 

If you are adventurous you also have paragliding in Oludeniz (see my essay )

5.       roseb510
39 posts
 23 Jun 2009 Tue 06:09 am

We want to go paragliding but we are unsure if we can afford it. We also want to take a ferry to Rhodes, trying to find a cheaper option for that. He wants to go to butterfly valley and there is a canyon he wants to see as well. We will definately take the 12 island tour since its only about 8 euros. I also want to see some of the ancient cities.

 

ive tried to find everything i could on our hotel, but the cheap price with a 4 star rating worries me. I hope it is because they are still new and trying to get more people. The manager, Ihsan, has been reall helpful so far! Im just not looking forward to our bus trip from Izmir to Fethiye, but we leave Fethiya a few days before i come back to NYC so i can see my boyfriends hometown and spend a day or 2 in Izmir.

 

im so excited! I am also hoping our hotel will have information on where we can go.

6.       roseb510
39 posts
 23 Jun 2009 Tue 06:17 am

i was also wondering, do you think it is possible to get to the Pamukkale hot springs from fethiye?

7.       lady in red
6947 posts
 23 Jun 2009 Tue 11:04 am

 

Quoting roseb510

i was also wondering, do you think it is possible to get to the Pamukkale hot springs from fethiye?

 

Yes it is - and you can do a trip to Pamukkale and Ephesus at the same time but this is an overnight trip and as Izmir is only about half an hour from Ephesus you won´t really need to do that!

 

The canyon your boyfriend wants to see is Saklikent Gorge - which was mentioned in an earlier post.

 

I am sure your hotel will have lots of brochures and details of local trips.  I hope you have a wonderful trip.

 

Here are some lovely photos of, and some information on, the Fethiye area.

 



Edited (6/23/2009) by lady in red

8.       joycediane
2 posts
 23 Jun 2009 Tue 11:11 am

Yes I am sure you can there is trips to most places. I will be in Fethyie to next month for a month I bought a place there its so nice.

Please Try the Kaya winehouse in kaya village, My cousin works there Its a wonderful place. They do a service where they pick you up and drop you off. www.kayawinehouse.com there is also a Turkish restaurant near Migros supermarket very cheap and good. open 24 hours. I hope this helps . I am sure you will have a great time. 

9.       joycediane
2 posts
 23 Jun 2009 Tue 11:16 am

I think you can catch a dolmus (Bus) at the big mosque in Fethyie to the Gorge think its 10 lira that is each way I think. 

10.       roseb510
39 posts
 23 Jun 2009 Tue 06:08 pm

 

Quoting joycediane

Yes I am sure you can there is trips to most places. I will be in Fethyie to next month for a month I bought a place there its so nice.

Please Try the Kaya winehouse in kaya village, My cousin works there Its a wonderful place. They do a service where they pick you up and drop you off. www.kayawinehouse.com there is also a Turkish restaurant near Migros supermarket very cheap and good. open 24 hours. I hope this helps . I am sure you will have a great time. 

 

so you should be the expert then hehe mabe i will run into you while i am there i wish i could be there longer but i´ll be moving to turkey next year...hopefully.

 

so is it easyier to get to the Pamukkale hot springs from izmir? cause mabe we can stop on our way back there?



Edited (6/23/2009) by roseb510

11.       sonunda
5004 posts
 23 Jun 2009 Tue 06:21 pm

You can look here too

 

http://fethiye.turkbul.com/whereisfethiye.html

12.       sonunda
5004 posts
 23 Jun 2009 Tue 06:28 pm

so is it easyier to get to the Pamukkale hot springs from izmir? cause mabe we can stop on our way back there?

 

 

If I were you I´d go from Fethiye to Denizli(for Pamukkale) stay overnight in Pamukkale then go on to Izmir maybe via Selcuk (for Ephesus)

(Pamukkale is 217 Km from Fethiye and 183 Km from Izmir)

13.       catwoman
8933 posts
 24 Jun 2009 Wed 02:27 am

Unless it´s on your way to another place, I do not recommend visiting Pamukkale -- they are really not that impressive. I´d rather take a longer trip to Kapadokya.

14.       libralady
5152 posts
 25 Jun 2009 Thu 03:04 pm

 

Quoting catwoman

Unless it´s on your way to another place, I do not recommend visiting Pamukkale -- they are really not that impressive. I´d rather take a longer trip to Kapadokya.

 

 How can you say that!!!!!!!!! <img src='/static/images/smileys//lol.gif' alt='lol'> <img src='/static/images/smileys//lol.gif' alt='lol'>  Come back another year and do Kapadokya.

 

My journey to Pamukkale was 5 hours each way and well worth it.......... despite having hardly any sleep the night before.

 

Pamukkale, yes the travertines are not what they used to be and there are bus loads of tourists at every turn, but there is more to see than just the travertines.  Wander about in the old roman ruins, see caper bushes growing wild, just don´t follow all the other tourist groups..... when I went I was the only person except a lady picking capers and a group of Turkish teenage girls, anywhere near the ruins.

 

In a nutshell I am so pleased I went..... in fact the scenary on the way is also beautiful.

 

Only word of warning on the organised trips - they often end up at some point with purchasing opportunities, gold, onyx etc etc

 

I forgot to mention Dalyan and the mud baths .......... great fun!



Edited (6/25/2009) by libralady

15.       catwoman
8933 posts
 25 Jun 2009 Thu 06:40 pm

Haha, I thought that Pamukkale looked better in the pictures then in reality.. and it was a five minute thing to see them all!! lol The ruins were interesting, but no different then everywhere else... which is plenty.

16.       lady in red
6947 posts
 25 Jun 2009 Thu 06:56 pm

 

Quoting catwoman

Haha, I thought that Pamukkale looked better in the pictures then in reality.. and it was a five minute thing to see them all!! lol The ruins were interesting, but no different then everywhere else... which is plenty.

 

 It was good when we went there - but that was about 15 years´ ago - there was actually water on the travertines and you could ´bathe´ there as well as in the pool.  Then they stopped it altogether because the hotels were taking all the water.  Don´t know what the situation is now though.  We thought Hierapolis ruins were interesting but like you say CW (and no doubt certain members will be shooting us down for this lol ) - seen one ruin you´ve seen ´em all!

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