Inci Apartments, Kusadasi

Advantages: something for everyone
Disadvantages: the shopkeepers and stallholders who hassle you incessantly

...Kusadasi is a tourist-dependant large town/small city on the south western coast of Turkey. It is about an hour and a half's drive from the nearest airport at Dalaman, and is very lively and friendly, with plenty of things on offer to occupy your time. There are many hotels and villas in Kusadasi, with prices that range for all budgets. The hotels there tend to be quite big and the rooms and apartments are average-sized. Because tourism is such a vital part of the economy there, everything is fairly close together, and the hotels are packed with people. This can sometimes be slightly claustrophobic, but it's not that bad and you get used to it. Kusadasi itself is a bustling place, with a market held every day late into the night, and special clothes markets on certain days, such as Fridays and Saturdays. These markets are very cheap... Read review

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Advantages: Absolutely gorgeous weather! Lovely beach & friendly people!
Disadvantages: Being hassled by all shop owners/market workers to come and buy something from them!

...***MY HOLIDAY THIS YEAR*** This year me & 3 friends settled on Kusadasi in Turkey (on the Aegean coast - about an hour from Izmir airport) for our holiday. We booked our tickets in July (this year -2005) & then saw on the news the week after that a bomb had gone off there - felt a bit anxious at this point but decided to still go on the holiday as I really feel that anything can happen at any time anywhere so any place is safe/dangerous as any other (well you know what I mean?!) ***THE JOURNEY THERE** So we set off on the 2nd August (me & 3 other girls).. we got a flight from Manchester Airport which took off at 1am!! wanted to have a little nap on the plane but it was quite noisy. The plane was full of chav-like people (sorry if i caused any offence) that insisted on shouting across to each other - grr!!! We arrived in the early... Read review

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Advantages: Value for money, weather, atmosphere
Disadvantages: the odd stray dog

...Before my first trip to Turkey I was basing my expectation on stories of very forward locals and some generally unpleasant rumours.I could barely have been more wrong. As a group of 15 people, 21-22 years old, I can safely say for everyone that our holiday couldnt have gone better. We weren't looking for an Ibiza type holiday, and Kusadasi is perfect in that it offers good nightlife, cheap food and beautiful beaches, but allows you to relax and unwind without worry of hugely drunken tourists. The excursion boat trip was the highlight of the holiday, for around £11 we spent 8 hours in glorious sunshine with free drinks and food, topped off by dolphins racing the boat home. The locals were extremely friendly, especially the staff at Halikarnas on Ladies Beach, who were picking us up from our villa and driving us to town by the end... Read review

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