Come and enjoy one of Turkey's all inclusive family friendly resorts, the Land of Legends in Antalya. It is a hotel, theme park and shopping avenue all in one. This resort is perfect for the kids. It offers everything!! It has a water park, an aquarium, a selection of chidlren's activities and clubs, themed events and concerts, plus plenty of shops and a variety of places to eat and drink and this is...
The Tunekyepe cable car was first thought of back in 2013 and has been many years in the making, the first section finally opened in 2017. It sits west of Antalay city centre and takes 650 passengers. It cost around 15 million Turkish lira to build, which was a relatively small amount when comparing to some of Turkeys other major projects. It has It has been labelled the cheapest cable car ride...
Come and enjoy one of Turkey's much loved tourists destinations. If you and your family are looking for a bit of outdoors fun and adventure then look no further. Cappadocia's primary attribute it its incredible lunar landscape. Enjoy exploring its fairy chinmeys, cave churches, deep valleys and rock cut-out monasteries. The highly recommended activity here is the hot-air balloon trip followed by...
Turkish Airlines has announced that they will be offering direct flights from London to Bodrum Milas Airport, which is very big news for tourism, as well as property investment and the local economy. Reports showed early bookings to Turkey soar over the Christmas and January period. Now that Turkey is on the up, trips to Bodrum will be very popular as the beautiful coastal town has always been a fond place...
We may be seeing Antalya break a new record as officials are expecting 620,000 rounds of golf to be played by the end of 2018. Back in 2015 and 2016 Turkey's golf industry as well as the rest of tourism took a hit, but it looks like it is all on the up. It has been reported that hotels in Belek, which is Turkey's golf capital will be full. In 2017 Belek missed the opportunity to rebound after the...
It has been reported that cruise ships are going to be sailing back into the ports of Turkey. It has been announced that they will be returning to destinations such as Kusadasi, Bodrum,Izmir and Antalya and it is said that leading tourism officials are hoping the industry will be back to its full potential by the year 2019. The number of cruise tourists decreased to 306,000 in 2017 from almost two...
Growth in Population As of last year the population in Istanbul grew by more than 400,000 pushing the city's population to 15 million, as people from around Turkey and all over the world are moving into the city for job opportunitites and properties. Latest statistics show that more than 17,000 of internal migrants came to Istanbul from Ankara, while a similar amount came from Ordu, the Black Sea city...
Turkey has announced they will bid to host Euro 2024, this comes after a previous three unsuccessful attempts in which Turkey had made bids to host the finals back in 2008, 2012 and 2016. The official application has been made and accepted as a bid, and the winning bid will be revealed in September 2018. Turkey has made as many as 32 stadium investments in the past few years and according to the...
Istanbul is leading the way with Turkey's increase in air traffic, as it receives half of the country's air passengers each year. Visitors arriving at Turkey's airports increased 11 percent in 2017, with Turkey's leading airports serving 192 million passengers. Last year Ataturk Airport served over 63 million passengers, a 6 percent increase over 2016, that then added to the numbers of Sabiha Gokcen...
Kleopatra Beach, Alanya This beautiful sandy beach is located west of the peninsula in front of Damlatas cave. The small bay of the beach extends to the peninslua and is made up of stones, but the true feature of this fabulous beach is its crystal clear water. According to the mythology it is said that Egyptian Queen Kleopatra stopped by in Alanya for a swim in the bay when on a voyage in the...