Hi,

I may soon be flying to Istanbul with my girlfriend.

Are there any small seaside towns somewhere we could rent a car and
drive to? To stay at and escape the city and just relax at the beach?
(And hopefully with even-lower priced accomodation instead of in
Sultanahmet?)

Doesn't matter if the town is a bit sleepy, as long as it's near a
beach and we can (within 40 mins?) drive back to the city for a day
out when we get bored...

Interested to hear...

Thanks!

> I may soon be flying to Istanbul with my girlfriend.
>
> Are there any small seaside towns somewhere we could rent a car and
> drive to? To stay at and escape the city and just relax at the beach?
> (And hopefully with even-lower priced accomodation instead of in
> Sultanahmet?)
>
> Doesn't matter if the town is a bit sleepy, as long as it's near a
> beach and we can (within 40 mins?) drive back to the city for a day
> out when we get bored...

It looks like you are unclear on the concept of Istanbul traffic.

40 minutes driving *might* get you as far as the city wall from
Sultanahmet. A nice relaxing drive along the multiple carriageways
might get you somewhere like that in two or three hours, a third of
which would be waiting in tailbacks breathing in exhaust fumes.

Kiyikoy might be the nearest such place. Accommodation will be about
double teh price of low-end Sultanahmet at this time of year, if you
can find anywhere that's not booked up (it's small and popular).

Get a ferry to somewhere the other side of the Sea of Marmara.

How anybody could *ever* get bored with Istanbul beats me.

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Make credence recognised that on 27 Apr 2007 17:29:29 -0700, Phillip
<[email protected]> has scripted:

>Hi,
>
>I may soon be flying to Istanbul with my girlfriend.
>
>Are there any small seaside towns somewhere we could rent a car and
>drive to? To stay at and escape the city and just relax at the beach?
>(And hopefully with even-lower priced accomodation instead of in
>Sultanahmet?)

Oddly, Sultanahmet is actually cheap, given its desirable location
near things tourists want to do. I can't thing of a better place to
stay in Istanbul.

>Doesn't matter if the town is a bit sleepy, as long as it's near a
>beach and we can (within 40 mins?) drive back to the city for a day
>out when we get bored...

40 mins? Are you aware of just how big Istanbul is? Think London or
New York.

If you want to chill out by the sea, stay in Sultanahmet, and find a
rock somewhere to relax on. Then you can wander back to eat some good
food, and have a smoke with some carpet sellers in the evening.
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On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:55:35 +0200, Deeply Filled Mortician
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

>If you want to chill out by the sea, stay in Sultanahmet, and find a
>rock somewhere to relax on. Then you can wander back to eat some good
>food, and have a smoke with some carpet sellers in the evening.

You really know how to have a good time :-)

Did you spend your evenings in UK with double glazing salesmen?
--

Martin

hehe

Thanks guys - ok, she'll have to just find a rock then.

On 2007-04-27 19:29:29 -0500, Phillip <[email protected]> said:

> Hi,
>
> I may soon be flying to Istanbul with my girlfriend.
>
> Are there any small seaside towns somewhere we could rent a car and
> drive to? To stay at and escape the city and just relax at the beach?
> (And hopefully with even-lower priced accomodation instead of in
> Sultanahmet?)
>
> Doesn't matter if the town is a bit sleepy, as long as it's near a
> beach and we can (within 40 mins?) drive back to the city for a day
> out when we get bored...
>
> Interested to hear...
>
> Thanks!

You could take a ferry up the Bophorus. I don't think they're very
beachy, though.

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On Apr 28, 2:29 am, Phillip <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I may soon be flying to Istanbul with my girlfriend.
>
> Are there any small seaside towns somewhere we could rent a car and
> drive to? To stay at and escape the city and just relax at the beach?
> (And hopefully with even-lower priced accomodation instead of in
> Sultanahmet?)
>
> Doesn't matter if the town is a bit sleepy, as long as it's near a
> beach and we can (within 40 mins?) drive back to the city for a day
> out when we get bored...
>
> Interested to hear...
>
> Thanks!


You could stay on one of the Princes Islands (Budakaya (sp?)) in the
Sea of Marmara. They are easily reachable from Istanbul by passenger
ferry, have lovely ornate wooden buildings, have beaches, and no cars
but horse drawn carriages. I personally would stay in Istanbul and
just take a day trip to them, probably the largest one being best.
Ferries are cheap, and if you need a rest day from walking around,
just hop on one and go to th islands or even up almost to the Black
Sea, it's nice, relaxing and enjoyable to just sit and watch the
scenery go by.

George