What do I need to prepare for Turkey? Turkey travel guide 20 17

Turkey's impression of Bian Xiao may only be a hot air balloon and a song. However, you will never be disappointed when you travel to Turkey. This place has beautiful scenery, so you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Turkey from high altitude.

Preparation 1. visa

Online application, 60$ visa fee +0.7$ service fee, valid for 6 months, there are many tutorials online, you can refer to them yourself.

2. Round-trip air ticket 2038+23 16=4354 yuan.

Azerbaijan Airlines stops for 3.5 hours on the way from Beijing to Baku to Istanbul.

September 24th Beijing 01:15-05:15 Baku

Baku 08: 45- 10: 50 Istanbul

Return flight Astana, Istanbul-Almaty-Beijing, connecting stop 16h+

65438+1October 6th tabour21:55-06: 05 (+1) Almaty.

Almaty 22: 30-04: 55 (+ 1) Beijing (10.8)

3. Local transportation

September 24th Turkish Airlines Istanbul 16: 00- 17: 30 Kesseli 1 15 lira per person.

65438+1October 3rd Pegasus Airlines Izmir 14:40- 16:00 Istanbul 70 lira per person.

Turkish air tickets can be purchased directly in the airline official website and paid by filling in the information. The email address will be sent to the travel itinerary, which is very convenient. If the price is similar, I suggest buying Turkish Airlines. Don't ask me why, everyone sitting here knows.

PS: If you haven't received the ticket for travel lineage after purchase, and you can't contact the Beijing and Shanghai offices of TUC, or someone says that you haven't found the purchase information, don't panic. You can send an email to Beijing Office, as long as you manage TUC official website's email to Beijing Office. If you receive a receipt that the other party's mailbox is full, TUC staff will see it and reply, and travel to travel itinerary will receive it soon.

4. Currency

Euro exchange: hot air balloon per person 150.

Turkey's local currency is lira, which cannot be exchanged at home. You need to prepare a bank card and withdraw money from the local ATM. It is recommended to bring a UnionPay card for free, such as Huaxia Bank. In addition, many places can also spend in euros. Hot air balloons must be paid in euros. On other occasions, the store will convert it into lira, which is equivalent to paying in lira. Moreover, the exchange rate exchanged by the store is slightly pitted, and it is not recommended to use the euro in other places except hot air balloons. It is more convenient and cost-effective to get lira at ATM. The price of hot air balloon is about 80~ 130, so it is enough for everyone to prepare 150 euros.

5. Insurance

Taobao bought AIA's "Travel Around the World" overseas travel guarantee, while 360 yuan's hot air balloon does not guarantee paragliding.

Turkey has no requirement for the amount of travel insurance, and can choose other types of insurance according to its own situation.

stay behind

Book in advance or agoda, and detailed hotel information will be introduced in the travel notes.

7. Telephone cards and transportation cards

I bought a calling card from Taobao in advance, 120 pieces of 4GB.

Traffic, when you get off the plane, you can use it directly by turning on your mobile phone. The internet speed is average, and it will be changed to 3G, 2G or even no network signal, which is far less than my 4G network. Sit down and get ready. A friend bought a calling card with his passport at the airport after he arrived, but it seems that it will take several hours to activate, and the price is more expensive than Taobao. I haven't heard how fast the internet speed is, for reference only. As for transportation cards, they are sold in subway stations and other places, and many people can use them. There are also discounts, which are very cost-effective and necessary for travel.

The unique geographical location and pleasant climatic conditions make Turkey a tourist destination for tourists. The author shared his travel experience in Turkey and led us to appreciate the magical charm of this country.

First of all, is it with a group or free travel?

I join the group, the tour fee is 1 1000 for one person, 10 days.

The route is from Shanghai to Tehran-Ankara-Kappa-Antalya-Mi 'anbao-kusadasi-Kanakalai-Istanbul, and finally from Istanbul to Tehran for a connecting flight back to Shanghai.

Advantages of group tour: the hotel is all five-star, with comfortable rooms, swimming pool, gym, world buffet, Turkish local specialties, MAN bus (more comfortable than Mercedes-Benz and full wifi) and many scenic spots. Without compulsory consumption and shopping visits, tour guides will appropriately increase interesting and cheap activities such as going to sea.

Disadvantages of joining a group: the degree of freedom is weak. Although most scenic spots are free activities, you need to say hello to the tour leader if you want to leave the group and play by yourself. The tour guide may disagree. Istanbul's two-day trip is quite tight, and there is not much time in the Grand Bazaar.

My view on free travel in Turkey: I originally wanted to travel freely, but my friends experienced free travel. After comparing the strategies of online free travel, I have my own views.

First of all, the cost of free travel is not cheaper than traveling with a group, and living is definitely not as good as traveling with a group. Small hotels in Turkey often cost 50 or 60 euros a night, and a small restaurant can eat dozens of lira for two people. Tossing and turning between cities, you often encounter annoying experiences of being left outside the car halfway.

Secondly, don't trust any free travel notes. I suspect that it was all written by gunmen, because my friend came back from Turkey and said that freedom in Turkey was self-abuse. The night bus is not as beautiful as others' travel notes. I sat on the bus all night and stopped halfway, so I couldn't sleep at all.

Third, Turkish English can be said to be rotten to the extreme. Except for people in big scenic spots who can speak English, others basically try to figure it out by body language. In addition, the Turks openly ask tourists for high prices. If you make a counter-offer, he will play dumb in Turkish even if he understands. I'm not afraid of losing business.

To visit this remote Mediterranean town in depth, you can only surf the Internet in the hotel or take photos in the surrounding towns with your camera. The town is full of Turkish speakers, so you have to plan for half a day to buy an ice cream and black tea. Not to mention bargaining for olive oil or talking about history and football with local people over black tea.

Of course, free travel is still beneficial, such as Kappa's red and green grand slam, which is definitely out of reach with the group. If you want to live comfortably in Istanbul, you must travel freely and stay for at least 3 days. Other tours, such as Crocus City Turkish bath, fethiye paragliding and Cotton Castle paragliding, are also difficult to enjoy. One of the biggest advantages of free travel is the convenience of shopping, because the fixed location for group tours is often more expensive in the surrounding shopping areas, and free travel can go shopping in some cheap places such as small markets and hypermarkets.

In a word, don't trust other people's free travel notes, save effort with the group, play more, live well, take a good car, eat well, and the price is reasonable, but always feel that time is not enough. You have to spend time and mind on shopping to find small markets and hypermarkets in the town.

If you are free, you won't live well. If you eat, the price is not cheap. The night bus intercity bus is not as beautiful as described on the internet and is often cheated by Turks. But you can play what you want and skip what you don't want to play.

The next step is to prepare for the trip.

You can travel to Galanti with Huaxia Card for free, but please note that there are no ATMs in kusadasi, and it is difficult for Kappa to find ATMs. There is no Galanti in Ahmed and Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, so other places should prepare enough cash in advance, such as Taksim Square. Only Antalya and Izmir can easily find the ATM in Galanti.

If you join a tour group, take US dollars with you and change more when you get off at the airport, otherwise it is not cost-effective to settle shopping in US dollars. It is not recommended for tour groups to deposit UnionPay and take it from Garanti. Basically, only one stop in Antalya will see two Garanti within reach, and there is no Garanti in other places 1 hour walking distance.

The next step is to eat. Many people in Turkey are not used to eating. There is a simple reason. Their dishes lack the essence of cooking-salt.

Therefore, whether you are traveling freely or with a group, you usually pay more attention to taste when eating. It is recommended to bring some snacks or a bottle of sauce similar to Laoganma, which can help you when you are not used to it.

If you can eat fried rice with salt at home, it will be delicious. If you can't stop eating a few bowls like me, you can eat all the turkeys without any strategy!

There are many kinds of barbecue rolls in Turkey, such as chicken, beef, vegetables and French fries. You can find your own raiders to do your homework when you have time, but don't believe the price in any raiders, it's a lie. For your reference, in Bambi, a chain barbecue restaurant in Istanbul, a basic chicken skewer costs 4.75 lira, and a large noodle contains chicken and French fries. For a girl with a small appetite, one snack can be eaten all afternoon, and one snack is definitely not enough for dinner. And a veal burger with 3 lira. Let me have a look. If it's a dinner, I have to eat at least 12 to get full.

Pizza, Turkey's specialty is the pizza with mutton sprinkled on the cake, which is very thin and delicious, but because I ate it with a group meal, the price is not clear.

Cheese and cheese control the world, but some kinds of super salty cheese are commonly known as European sufu, others are delicious, and you can eat well in restaurants with free bread. I'm afraid there is no cheese meal for free travel.

Bread, European bread is really super delicious! Anyway! However, unlike domestic bread, most of them are relatively hard whole wheat bread, that is, the kind of bread whose shell and inside are as hard as stones. In a Turkish restaurant, you can eat steamed buns for free.

Starbucks, Turkey, latte 6.75 lira medium cup. Coke cans range from 1.25 to 6 lira, and most supermarkets and convenience stores charge 2.5 lira. As for Istanbul City Cup, unlike free travel, you can almost buy it at Starbucks, and Starbucks near Istanbul Grand Bazaar can also buy cups from other cities. It is a good choice to give them away. The cup of espresso is 15 lira. The big one is 45 lira.

Turks drink a small cup of black tea, the cheapest is 0.5 lira, most places are 1.5 to 2 lira, and the more expensive wine is not capped.

Pomegranate juice, in Dozias, Kappa drinks it desperately. If you leave Kappa, you can only buy a glass of 10 lira in Istanbul. It is difficult to find pomegranate juice in other places.

Cherry, 5-6 lira can buy one kilogram, and higher quality 15 lira is also available.

Strawberries that can only be seen in supermarkets in Istanbul are also very cheap.

Yogurt, add honey if you don't like salty! Amitabha doesn't add honey, because every meal with the group tour has yogurt and honey.

Dessert, except rice pudding, is so sweet that it hurts. Try it, buy the smallest portion, and continue to buy if you can eat.

Eggplant and Turkish eggplant can be said to be a must. We must try different kinds of eggplant practices, which are completely different from those in China.

Shopping, first of all ceramics. Don't trust the ceramic shop in Mianbao Town in the online free travel guide. Although the price is already cheap, it is still very expensive. Only two places are recommended for ceramics, souvenir shop and small shop in front of Kappa Dozias Natural Museum. The smallest bowl is 3 lira, the larger one is 7 lira, and the larger one is 15 lira. The quality and workmanship of souvenir shops are better. The distinctive Turkish blue is slightly more expensive, but it is also the cheapest official souvenir shop in Turkey.

Followed by the Grand Bazaar, the first shop selling porcelain at Gate 1, with a small bowl of 2.5 lira, a medium bowl of 5 lira and a large bowl of 7.5 lira.

These are the only two points for buying porcelain, and you don't have to look at other places.

Wool scarves are mostly produced in Yiwu, but you should know that you can't buy them in Yiwu, because people don't retail them and only export them to the Middle East, so you can still start with beautiful patterns. 27 lira is the cheapest I have ever bought. The Grand Bazaar costs 40 lira, less than 30.

Sheepskin products, Kappa Dozias buy the right ones, and then the farther away from Kappa, the more expensive it is. A decent leather coat can be won for 3000 to 5000 RMB.

Wool carpets, handmade things, the price is not outrageous at all. Just looking, unless you're in a ditch.

Olive products, olive oil, olive soap, etc. The oil in the supermarket is the cheapest in Turkey. It is packed in iron drums. Every time the tour leader in China comes to empty a box, he has to carry several boxes of oil back. MMigros has a supermarket chain, which is cheaper than Carrefour. Olive soap is basically 2-3 lira, and beautifully packaged is a little more expensive, but I don't think it's interesting to pack it, and unpacking it is just as useful.

If you want to travel freely, you can go to a small town called Ayvalik, where olives are abundant. There are many oil-squeezing workshops in the town. After oil-squeezing, they are directly labeled and sold in the store. The price is cheap and the packaging is exquisite.

All the other sugar and tea are bought in the supermarket.

Blue eyes, Kappa Dozias is the cheapest, and you can buy them as soon as you see them, especially those with exquisite knitting skills. Other pendants with single blue eyes can be bought directly from Taobao. . . . Small 1-2 lira, big price is hard to say, depending on technology, material and size.

Joy, nuts and tea are the cheapest and most reliable in the supermarket.

Sepiolite products and the sepiolite pipe of Grand Bazaar are basically 400 Dorila, which is not much, but this thing is worth the price. The souvenir shop of Antalya Museum also has a sepiolite pipe, 380 lira. For your reference, you can ask Dochado if necessary. Other scenic spots also have so-called sepiolite pipes, each of which is dozens of lira, all of which are fake plastic.

Hot air balloons, whether with a group or free travel, can be booked online by themselves, but at least three days in advance, otherwise it will be a tragedy if they are not booked.

Recommend royal, butterfly,

Kappadocia, the three big companies, can find other small companies if they want to be cheap. There is not much difference, but the departure time and reception service are good and bad. Hot air balloons are cold in the morning, so wear enough clothes. If you are traveling with a group, you need to confirm the hotel in advance to make a reservation. The first group of people who take off will be able to return to the hotel after 7 o'clock, and they will certainly be able to catch the team breakfast and leave.

Going out to sea, going out to sea in Antalya, Mediterranean, I am a team charter, 2 hours, very fun, 45 dollars a person. Malahi also went out to sea to see two Eurasian continental bridges. Personally, I don't think it's interesting, so I don't have to go. The Bosporus Strait can be ferried, which is of little significance.

The beach, the resort in Antalya and the seaside in Kusadasi are all must-see places. Remember to keep out the sun.

Cotton candy, team tours are all from the top entrance, don't worry. The suggestion of free travel is to enter from the foot of the mountain, and then return to the original road after playing. Don't try to climb from the foot of the mountain to the top. It will take four hours this time, and you will be completely dry. There is a platform on the top of the cotton fort, where there is a back garden and a very clear and comfortable pool. There are few people, and there are benches by the pool. Sitting on it can just soak your feet. If you don't want to be crowded with Russians, you can consider going there to enjoy yourself. Antiques in the cotton fort

Swimming pool, no one is available before 9: 00 am, you can go in and take a dip, 32 lira tickets plus 5 lira safe. The environment is great. After 10, the Russian army will come to the bathhouse, so you don't have to go in to soak. There are also several water traps in it. What comes out of the pool is clean and pure natural soda water. Be sure to taste it! Russians always pack a whole bottle and put it back to drink.

Sun protection, be sure to bring more! The Mediterranean sun is terrible!

Slippers, toothbrushes and towels are available. Free travel will definitely be used. If you join a group, your toothbrush will be used. You can wear slippers on the plane.

Istanbul, the traffic jam can only rely on prayer. Istanbul has many ultra-detailed online strategies, which have certain reference value. But the price and comments of food can be ignored, and it is helpful to know the tour routes and attractions.

Roasted corn in the square in front of the Blue Mosque is a good food to satisfy hunger, 2 lira each, and it tastes good. Don't try China restaurant easily. The taste is similar to that in China. It's not bad or delicious. But the price of a bowl of spaghetti with scallion oil is 50 lira, and you won't regret it if you sit in it.

Duty-free shops in airports are generally duty-free shops in Istanbul and Ankara, and cosmetics will be cheaper, especially perfume. Others are not cheap either. There are many kinds of cigarettes, especially cigars and cut tobacco. Playing with handmade noodles, GV 7 lira 1 bag. For those who play fighting, Dunhill series fighting silk is also complete and cheap.

Locals, a little too enthusiastic, can't speak English and drag you to chat and take pictures. Pay attention to distinguish between Turks, Syrian refugees and Gypsies. Most Turks are not bad. Let's chat and be polite to each other. You can also take a photo when the other party invites you to take a photo. Gypsies are the type where everyone is my friend. There is a great chance of meeting a liar. Be careful.