whos been to olu deniz?

lol yea lads org day sounds good!

Viney im staying at the montebello hotel dude....

trying to get a map of the area now....any chance you have looked into paragliding? found it so far for £70 from 2000m fully insured....might be cheaper there tho

[Viney]

No way on earth would you catch me attached to a piece of silk jumping off a cliff...ever! So no, mate, i havent.

Apprently they like english money out there as well.

[JamesMio]

I went to Hisaronu (next village up the road) a couple of years ago and spent a few days down at Olu Deniz - great place, absolutely loved it!!

The paragliding was a bit of a let down for me, the view's amazing and it's good, but don't expect any adrenaline rush after you've jumped off the cliff (haha, I know how stupid that might look now I've read it back!).

Jeep Safari was a brilliant laugh - make sure you book it with Bloody Gorgeous (that's the name of the company), easily one of the funniest days I've had!

Enjoy! I loved Turkey and would go back tomorrow.

yes i found that in turgatries, and from lots of reading today on review sites it seems a common theme people saying take english pounds, so i think this is the way to go, better exchange rate out there if u wanted to change it, AND a lot of the pricing is priced in GBP and lira too, some really good cheap clothes out there (el fakio's of course!)

oh...dont buy after shave from anyone in the street carrying it in a carrier bag lol!! what a plonker i was.....

I got back from 2 weeks here in Sept last year. It's a great place, food is good down at the beach, the blue lagoon is nice although to be honest I was hoping for clearer water. Snorkelling is pointless as the water is so murky.

There are many fantastic restaurants in Hisaronu town (not the one at the beach) there is a chinese which is the best I've ever eaten, and one restaurant called the blue Swallow (or something like that) and the manager was awesome, really nice freindly guy and passionate about his job. A bit mental too. We stayed in a villa in Hisaronu and had our own pool which was awesome too. We did all the trips over the 2 weeks.

The following trips were awesome:

Island trips (on a boat visiting other islands - these vary in name from "5 to 10 island trip" but they are all the same) but it's a must do.

Jeep Safari trip - despite the name there is no real safari involved........but you do get to roll around in the natural mud baths, walk through a huge gorge in ice cold water, do river rafting (so much fun) and visit a beach that is on the edge of a desert! It is awesome also.

I also opted to do paragliding. In short, you travel up a mountain in a truck, the journey up is scary but when you get to the top you jump off with a parachute and pilot. It's about 6'000ft up as well and is one of the most exhilerating things I've ever done.

I did get ill on the second week but just be careful what you drink, bottled water only (goes without saying) and also be careful of restaurants that advertise prices in GBP. Caught us out a few times.

Have fun, I can't wait to go back!!

Here is a pic I took of the beach, rather nice eh!

[JamesMio]

Oh, and the local beer (Efes) is great!

If you venture up to Hisaronu for an evening, try the Piano Bar (it's along the main strip) for tea one night.

We had 3 courses (mine main was a Double Steak!), loads of drinks, cocktails etc and the bill came to under £40 for two of us. And the food was just excellent too.

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Great write up dan just what I was looking for, the island tour sounds good will do one of these, prob the 5 island as little man likes his naps, as does the paragliding was hoping someone had some positives on it, I cant wait to do that!!

I dont think we will be doing the safari as will have the little man with us and probably not best to do river rafting with a baby!, although canoe;ing down the main river looks alright from what I have seen.

turtle beach is something I have read about too anyone know what this is like?

dan, that pic looks pure heaven!!

disapointed in the murky water tho, I spend most of my time when on hols snorkelling , hopefully will find some good spots tho, thanks

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Oh, and the local beer (Efes) is great!

Aaah the mighty Efes, had many a hangover thanks to that great beer!

[JamesMio]

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Great write up dan just what I was looking for, the island tour sounds good will do one of these, prob the 5 island as little man likes his naps, as does the paragliding was hoping someone had some positives on it, I cant wait to do that!!

I dont think we will be doing the safari as will have the little man with us and probably not best to do river rafting with a baby!, although canoe;ing down the main river looks alright from what I have seen.

turtle beach is something I have read about too anyone know what this is like?

dan, that pic looks pure heaven!!

disapointed in the murky water tho, I spend most of my time when on hols snorkelling , hopefully will find some good spots tho, thanks

You get taken there as part of the Jeep Safari, although we didn't see any turtles on our trip

yea thats what it read like..."where turtles lay their eggs"..err ok brillaint so i see a beach where there may or may not be turtles eggs laid under the sand! lol

that answers my question james cheers fella, wont be going if you dont see the turtles! (you can do the turtle beach as a seperate excusion to the safari)