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apartement | Hot springs | Hotels | Horse riding | Hospitals | Incekum
| Internet cafe | Jeepsafari
Journeys in Turkey | Kale | Kaleici |
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Korkuteli | Kumluca |
Limyra | Manavgat Medicine for holiday | Mosque | Museum | Myra |
Narcotics | Nudism | Newspaper |
Opening hours | Olympos | Pamukkale
Patara | Perge | Petrol |
Pharmacies | Phone calls | Post office |
Radio | Rafting | Real_Estate/Properties | Religion Restaurants |
Taking of photographs | Travel in Turkey | TV | Sailing | Saklikent |
Selge | Shopping | Side |
Skiing |
Spice Sun | Taxi | Theft | Tekirova
| Termessos | Time zone | Toilets |
Turism police | Vaccination |
Wintersport | Yachttourism | Yarnatas
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Spices: There is hardly a spice that you cannot
find readily here. A spice trader
comes into the big hotel chains and clubs
and sets up his
market
for the tourists.You
can, however, purchase your spices more cheaply at one of the numerous weekly markets
or at spice shops.
Sun: We all know
that the sun is
very dangerou and we ahve not been able to
replenish the ozone layer.In the Turkish Mediterranean,
howver, the sun is much
stronger than at your home. Bear
that in mind and slowly let your skin get used to the strong ultraviolet
rays.
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Taxi: Taxi
fares are relatively cheap and the number of
cars is more than ample.
You pay approx. 70 cent per kilometer. For longer routes
you can arrive at a 'special
price" with some haggling. Always negotiate the fare before
any long routes! After 00..00 o'clock
a.m. it is usual to negotiate fares.
By law, the taxi
drivers must turn on the taximeter. Please insist on that!
The meters always have a strong yellow color
in the taxi.
Theft:In Antalya,you do not have to fear theft,
handbag robbery or
assaults, as in other tourism places
of the world.The relgion here
already dictates that theft is a very bad crime, but it is possible to be
robbed here.In hotels,
valuable objects should be placed in the hotel vault.
You should always
follow the usual
precautions not trust people blindly. The
police, Jandarma or the tourism
police help with greater thefts.
Tekirova: Small
tourist place near
Kemer. Well suitable for holiday-makers with or without children. The
beaches consist of grit/sand and the water is crystal-clear and completely
clean.
Termessos: The ruins of
Termessos are found at approx. 1.000 meters high on the
mountains of Antalya. Even Alexander the Large, in 334
B.C. could not overcome the walls of Termessos to
take the city. The story is that Alexander the
Large, to revenge this,deforested
entire
olive groves
around Termessos. In the 3th Century A.C.
the inhabitants left the settlement because of an earthquake. Only in the
year 1840 Termessos was rediscovered. As
it is hidden away,
the visitor finds Termessos today as an overgrown jungle. The well
extended road network of the city is to be seen.The well preserved
remains of a theater in the classical Greek style and the walls of an
Odeons are very impressive.. The seats of the theater were beaten
directly out of that one rock.
History has it that an earthquake in the 3th Century A.C.
destroyed graves of the 'Deadcity"
and devastated it, after which it was plundered by
robbers. One can observe many of the threatened animal and plant
species in the nature park of
Termossos. Bears and panthers can supposedly
be found here as well.
Time Zone: GMT +2.
The clocks for summer and winter time are moved synchronously as in
Europe.
Toilets: Another country,
another custom. The
origin loo is the
famous puncture in the earth! Women follow the sign "Bayan"
to the toilets and men follow
"Bay" . Although generally you
find European toilets, it can be
that you may bump
into these famous "original loos" outside of your hotel. Also, not every restaurant has its' own toilet! But, near every mosque
there is a public toilet and to use it you pay a small
fee upon leaving.
Tourism police:
Should you be defrauded or come into
other
difficult situations you can go directly to the tourism police
who overseers these matters exclusive to holiday-makers. They
are reached in
Antalya at this telephone number: 2431061
Vaccination: No
preventative vaccinations are
mandatory.
You should, however, ensure that
you follow the basic principles
of the hygiene, by washing your hands
frequently and be careful with fresh
fruits.By doing this you will avoid stomach and intestinal
illnesses.
Yanartas: Burning stones of Cirali (Olympos).
If you on vacation in Kemer you should not leave without
seeing it.
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