Yachting in Turkey

The land of the four seas, in other words Turkey. This itself gives a pretty good idea of how much yachting can be done in that region. The coast is 7200km long with a ton of islands along the way with the biggest of them being Imroz and Bozca. The Turkey’s coast of the Mediterranean is one of the most popular place visited by the sailors from Europe. The biggest marinas are located in Marmaris, Bodrum, Fethi and Antaly however, the best base for sailing is Marmaris. It is the best to rent a yacht beforehand to avoid any problems.

The weather during the summer is known to be amazing. It is very hot and sunny with low amounts of rain. A thing to consider when deciding whether you want to go to Turkey is the fact that the food there is considered to be one of the tastiest in the world. You can see the influence of European cooking style, mostly the one from Greece. The dishes are based on fresh meat, fish, vegetables, fruits and spices. One of the popular meals that you should definitely try when being in Turkey is meze. The most known Turkish dish is obviously kebab. However, there it is nothing like all those imitations you can buy on the corner of the street. Definitely something to try as well.

However, back to sailing and boat rentals. Those things are pretty similar to the way they are in Greece. The tourism is there at the top level. A thing to keep a note of is not to pollute water. The fines for that are very, very high and also why would you destroy such a beautiful place? It is always a good idea to follow what local people do. If they are all heading in the direction of the land there is a good chance something is up and you should also do that. The rule “be nice and we will be nice back” is also present as in most counties where there are a lot of tourists. However, you should be careful with money. There are quite a few places where people will be trying to cheat you and you have to be prepared for that. Main place to watch out for that is currency exchange. It is very popular activity there so keep a pay close attention when going to there or avoid them if possible.

Brining a lot of money with you right away is always a risk but you might want to take it in this case. Anyway back to yacht charters. As you would expect they are available in nearly all prizes including of course luxury yacht charter. When renting a boat it is good to get an advice from somebody who already sailed on those waters. As usually such people might give us some valuable insight. Reading forums might also come in handy as people have a good memory of bad things (especially on the internet) and you might learn what to avoid as well as how to do it. Despite the weather being very nice for the most part you should under no condition neglect warm cloths as the nature is truly always unpredictable and sometimes it can become this incredibly strong force that you should definitely respect. But you most likely will not have to deal with such weather so remember to have a great time and a lot of fun sailing!