Anybody need some holiday advice?

Doffcocker and Hip Priest are the big Turkey goers they might know something about the place you are going.

Cheers lads.

It looks stunning and we're staying half way up a mountain and the views look specktacleear.

Looking forward to it.

i never imagined turkeys to be goers.  more of a task they have to do and get it done with

Sluffy wrote:Doffcocker and Hip Priest are the big Turkey goers they might know something about the place you are going.

More like turkey chokers!!
I went to a place called Sile many years ago and had a couple of days in Istanbul, it was all very nice but they were mithering all the time for you to buy rip off stuff.
Enjoyed it so much I've never been since!

Soul Kitchen wrote:

Sluffy wrote:Doffcocker and Hip Priest are the big Turkey goers they might know something about the place you are going.

More like turkey chokers!!
I went to a place called Sile many years ago and had a couple of days in Istanbul, it was all very nice but they were mithering all the time for you to buy rip off stuff.
Enjoyed it so much I've never been since!

I had the same problem in Side a few years ago. They call it the Turkish Riviera and it is very picturesque but they mither you to bloody death. If I was going back again then I would probably go to Olu Deniz because everyone I know who has been there has recommended it.

RT Sile and Side are two different place. Sile is on the black Sea in the Asian part of Turkey. Side is on the med if I remember correctly.
I went to Sile.

I should have stayed in Belek but the hotel had been closed due to Legionnaires Disease so we got transferred to the Hotel Arum in Side. The hotel was fine but I got fed up with all the pestering when you went outside the complex.

It was 89 when I went and we were on the bus in Istanbul about 7am and it was Cup Final day. The stadium was rocking outside over 8 hours before kick off time!
It was Besiktas versus Fenerbache and Les Ferdinand played in the match, on loan from QPR, for Besiktas. Can't remember the score.
I went in the Bazaar and one mon tried to heist a fake Omega watch onto me, to be honest it looked shite!!!!
Also took a wrong turn down a street in Istanbul and that was quite unnerving, getting mithered with the locals to go in their houses for a brew, feeling you'd get mugged anytime.

Oy, Mart!

Riu Bachata in Puerto Plata - any kop?

Just booked it for October, so if it's a dump, just lie please.

Cheers.

AD and Nat must have been.

“Perfect holiday!”
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First of all let me start by saying please ignore any bad reviews. We all know the kind of people that write those reviews (women who wear make up by the pool and men who pretend they earn £100,000 a year when really they're a bouncer from Bradford)

Must admit I read that myself and had the same thought, but with the additional line:

"...and quite often they're the same person."

Those optics in the room look good!

I think the optics are pretty standard in the DR, as the only other time we went there we had optics in the room that time too.

If Martin ever comes back to this thread (which seems unlikely seeing as he started it offering advice but then hasn't responded to anybody's questions) he can hopefully confirm this.

I don't remember seeing this thread, otherwise I'd have given you some info Bread on Oludeniz (or Ölüdeniz if you wanna be all Turkish about it).

My sister got married across from the Blue Lagoon at Oludeniz last year, and it's possibly the most spectacular place I've personally ever seen.

First thing to remember is the bus service in Turkey is second to none. Nobody in Turkey understands the devastation of missing a bus because there's always another one a minute or two away. And there's quite a few bus rides worth taking in Oludeniz. Although when I say bus, I really mean large minibus, which is probably why most tourists refer to them by the Turkish word for bus which is dolmus. And don't be surprised to find yourself on a bus 6,000 feet above sea level with the driver on his mobile.
First of all there's Oludeniz itself. There are two neighbouring resorts called Ovacik and Hisaronu. If you're staying in one of these - which by the way are nothing to write home about in themselves - it's easy as hell to get to and from Oludeniz by dolmus, albeit a bit scary if you're frightened of heights. Your ears might pop going up/down to the resort of Oludeniz. Here's a couple of pictures I took from the road down to it.





And a couple from the bottom.





You can get a dolmus to Kaya town (or Kayakoy) for a look through old ruins and/or a hike to Oludeniz, seeing the place from a height as you go (be warned, it's hell....think of a rocky Old Kiln Lane times by three)





You can also get the dolmus up Mount Babadag which is a bit of an anti-climax, but still worth seeing.



In the other direction is Fethiye which takes about 20 minutes on the bus. It's more a city type place than Oludeniz, no beach, just a harbour, market and endless streets of shops and bars.

Hope you enjoy it anyway. I don't know of many people that don't.

Cheers for that, Doff.

Just a shame it's about a month too late. 

We had a great time and you're right about the scenery - absolutely beautiful.

Breadman wrote:I think the optics are pretty standard in the DR, as the only other time we went there we had optics in the room that time too.

If Martin ever comes back to this thread (which seems unlikely seeing as he started it offering advice but then hasn't responded to anybody's questions) he can hopefully confirm this.

Hi Breaders, Riu Bachata is a favourite of mine as I worked there for a long time, to be honest the food is a bit of a let down, and yes optics in room is standard, nice gardens, and you also have the use of Riu Merengue's facilities, Weekends can be a bit of a mare as it attracts a lot of locals, and of course right beside the Riu complex is the new Cruise Marina, so you'll be balls deep with American tourist, but all in all great complex, if you want to PM me your booking details, I may be able to pull a few favours in, and get you a free upgrade to a JR suite.

Cheers for that, Mart.

I'll PM you later, mate.

You, sir, are a star and are now officially Mrs B's favourite Nutter.

(Sorry Bonce.....)

Women are so fickle.

Sshhhh, she might hear you!

And as I'm the only one currently in her "blast radius", it's me that'll cop it!

And I hate being locked in that cupboard......