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Average Temperatures for Major Regions (IN CELSIUS)
Average Temperatures in Celsius (Farenheit)
City
x
Month |
Istanbul |
Izmir |
Antalya |
Cappadocia |
| JAN. |
5 (41) |
9 (48) |
10 (50) |
0 (32) |
| FEB. |
6 (43) |
10 (50) |
11 (52) |
1 (34) |
| MAR. |
7 (45) |
11 (52) |
13 (55) |
5 (41) |
| APRIL |
12 (54) |
16 (61) |
16 (61) |
11 (52) |
| MAY. |
16 (61) |
20 (68) |
20 (68) |
16 (61) |
| JUNE |
21 (70) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
20 (68) |
| JULY |
23 (73) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
23 (73) |
| AUG. |
23 (73) |
27 (81) |
28 (82) |
23 (73) |
| SEP. |
20 (68) |
23 (73) |
25 (77) |
18 (64) |
| OCT. |
16 (61) |
18 (64) |
20 (68) |
13 (55) |
| NOV. |
12 (54) |
15 (59) |
15 (59) |
8 (46) |
| DEC. |
8 (46) |
10 (50) |
12 (54) |
2 (36) |
What Happens if you loose your passport?
Please take a photocopy of your passport with you and keep it in a different place than where yo keep your passport. Having a record of passport makes it easier to get new passport. ( this does not happen often but it is nice to be prepared) |
Emergency Contact
In case of emergency, you can always be reached on Meli's cell phone. 011 90532 345 9987 or Asli 011 90 533 3683113
We can check e-mail every day at melitour@yahoo.com Message can be sent to this e mail address.
In case of emergency, for us to reach your contact back at home , please fill give us a contact number/e mail address.
Special Dietery Requests
Food in Turkey is excellent. we are sure you will enjoy it thoroughly. however, if you have any restrictions for food , please let us know in advance.
What to wear
Don't forget your swimming suits. A scarf for mosque visits will be handy,
also since we take our shoes when we enter the mosques and people's homes,
easy slip on and off type of a shoe will be more comfortable. The women
will need to wear a long skirt or long pants in the mosque .Through out the
tour shorts are O.K.
Laundry
You can have laundry done in all the hotels where we have more than one
night stay. Please check the price of the laundry before you give your laundry bag to the reception.
Extra Expenses
Virtually everything on the tour is included except for your drinks. Your
daily average expenditure while on the tour will be about US $20-$25 a day per
person (mostly for drinks and souvenirs), though your actual expenditure
could be far lower. People on shoe string budgets have spent as a little as
$100 during the entire tour, while others have spent thousands of dollars
(usually on carpets.)
Personal Checks
ATMs are available. US$ currency can be used through out the country. If you
need to change US$ to Turkish Lira, .you can do it at the airport very
easily. The rates almost all the same. Personal Checks are honored if you
should do a big purchase ( 200 US$ and over) and are treated like cash.
Credit cards
Yes you can use your credit card in many places in Turkey but please remind
your bank or credit card organization that you are going to be in Turkey for
a while. Because for some reason the banks or credit card companies block
the card when they see purchase is made in Turkey
Electricity
240 V . Since there are so many things to be charged, we recommend you to bring an extension cord for several plugs and one adopter for round European plug.
Shopping
This tour is quite hectic. So you will have very little time for shopping.
But amazingly people find enough time to shop .One of my groups had shopped
so much in the seconds that we had time for shopping we had a garage sale at
the end of the tour.
If you are interested in buying kilims and or carpets make sure you have
your dimentions and colors with you. Very few leave Turkey with out a Kilim
or a Carpet on these tours.
------- KILIM, CARPET, TOWELS, FELT
The Turkish Carpets are so inviting it is very difficult to resist
the temptation. If you already have the bug for the Turkish,Kurdish and
Central Asian KILIMS you will find your self in heaven. If you have not yet
developed a taste ,this might be the place to get aquatinted with that
incurable bug.
----- PESTEMAL
In the Turkish Bath, the pestamal is used like a wrap around the body. We
will be able to buy the pestemals off from a loom
------ WOODWORK IMBEDDED WITH MOTHER OF PEARL
Gaziantep is known for this craft which used to be favorite art/craft of the
Ottoman Sultans. Mirrors,jewelery boxes, shelfs,chairs and many more
tempting and carriable pieces hand made in Gaziantep are available in the
souvenier shops.
-------- BRASS WORKS
Very delicately carved trays, pots and shish kebab scewers and statuetts
will be nice Christmas gifts.
--------- MINIATURE PAINTINGS
Replicas of Ottoman paintings are favorite shopping theme for most of
Melitour tour members. They are available only out side the Grand Bazaar in
Istanbul
---- --- SILVER JEWELERY
Authentic or replicas of old jewelery are available at few places along the
tour. Especially the jeweler at Ephesus has excellent examples of old
jewelry.
-------- TEXTILES
Material with wood block prints, scarves with OYA, lace, suzanis |
