ANTALYA TRAVEL

I’ve traveled three times in Antalya until now, with business, but I had enough time to stroll in the city, to get in contact with the tranquil and filled with special charm life that you find there.

I don’t believe that Antalya needs recommendations, considered the pearl of Turkish seaside, it hosts the most 5 star resorts from the Mediterranean Sea. Year by year millions of tourists take their vacations in the ultra-modern complexes that you find here, everything is at very high standards and the satisfaction is met. There are very few cases in which the tourists are unpleased of a certain service, but generally, I have friends that were housed in different hotels in Antalya, everything is surrounded by professionalism, by the carefulness of the tourists needs.

The busses are very cheap, the only problem is that travel tickets aren’t found everywhere, and in the buss not all the drivers cash the tax for one ticket. We paid even 2 turkish pounds (approximately 1 euro), which seemed very expansive for a trip of a few stops. There are trams as well, which go through the center of the town, not through the middle of the street like they do in our country, but on the sides, but even through the zones that are more populated by tourists. It’s a travel method adored by tourists, because there are lines that go through the most important touristic and historical places of Antalya.

From the city’s center, the clock tower, found near Moscheea Mehmet Pasa, one of the biggest, a causeway takes you down to the city’s touristic port. On each side of the road, there are merchants that sell anything. This is one of the biggest bazaars, where you practically find anything you search for: from jeans, t-shirts, skirts, bags to shoes, sneakers and beach slippers. Many stores destined for perfumes, very strong essences which fuddle you from the street.

In the center we find successive jewelry stores, beautifully processed gold. Once the price was advantageous, but now it’s getting more and more expansive, but still cheaper than ours.

But if I should praise something more, these are the brand shops (sport-wear ones) from where I’ve completed my wardrobe at a price almost at half that you find it back here, original merchandise with control stamps. It’s true we’ve caught the discount season, discounts that get to almost 60% at some articles. Sadly, over there you can’t negotiate anything. In the bazaar or at other shops that are specifically Turkish, everything is negotiated.  My advice is to start negotiating from half the price they asked you of.

Everything is superlative, but when we’re talking about Antalya, superlative is limitless. Words, images, movies fade when faced with reality. When we’re talking about tradition, Antalya is unique. The tradition for tourism! The tradition to conquer the Golden Apple, year after year, for one of the best resorts!

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