I am going to visit oludeniz again next week - really looking forward to it, and means i can get away from Marmaris for the day!

Dont get me wrong, Marmaris is beautiful - e.g pineclad mountains, sea views etc but i dont like what it has turned into. I would love it to go back to the way it was 10 or more years ago

Has anyone else visited oludeniz?

çok comic ve çok çok deli!!!!

Im here to add my t'pence worth again!

Bod I totally agree with what you said about Marmaris and i have to admit that i sometimes feel like im living in miniture England. All they have done is cater for the needs of English people with the wide screen tvs showing football, greasy spoon takeaways and 'Eastender' english bars - whats that all about? personaly i want to see more of the turkish culture here but i think that it will be impossible to ever get that back again - Marmaris has changed for the worst and it wont be on my list of places to settle down. Koycegiz is lovely my husbands father has a villa there and its so beautiful, he grows all his own vegetables and it is just the place to go to get a taste of the 'real Turkey' As much as i have had my fair share of bad times in Istanbul,i still love the place and it has a certain characteristic that Marmaris and all these other tourist resorts will never have..that is - A Culture

Meant to say you cant get Turkey in your living room!

Lol I agree if people are just coming to Marmaris for the cheap drink then dont bother, isnt a holiday about experiencing a new culture, tasting new cusines, and meeting new people oh and not to mention taking in the local history and sites? You can sit at home and have a cheap four pack of larger but you can get Turkey in your living room..

wow yes imagine that a TC meet up!

I would certainly like to meet up with you Deli hopefully if we are not too busy? Come and liven Marmaris up! it needs it

Marmaris is one of the biggest tourism places in turkey its probably up there with Bodrum and Antayla - its full every year only this year is very very quiet compared to all other years..but i have since found out that they are hundreds of flights to Germany for the footie - That might explain it.

I know its quiet as i live here.

Our hotel has yet no bookings until mid July.

Hi

Any guesses as to why Marmaris/ Turkey in general is so quiet? do you think it might have a lot to do with the football season or a combination of the bird flu?

Any comments!

Laura

Thank you very much for taking the time to do those - I appreciate it.

Laura