Oct 19, 2024
The Ancient sites with the best guide - Yalcin! - What a fabulous overnight trip from Dalyan to Ephesus and Pamukale with the best guide ever - Yalcin! Yalcin’s enthusiasm was infectious and his knowledge extensive. He kept us all entertained and informed throughout the two days at sites which are staggering in their scope and beauty! The tour was really well organised with two delicious very inexpensive optional lunch stops and an overnight stop in a very decent hotel with pool and hot spring. The drives were really scenic too! Highly recommended - but insist on being guided by Sir Curly!!
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Oct 12, 2024
Amazing tour with the best Tour Guide ever! - We had an amazing time on this tour. The tour guide Sir Curly really made the experience an unforgettable one. He made the history come alive and also made us laugh. His knowledge was amazing. Thanks so much for the best memories of Turkey. This was my second time visiting both places and this tour with Sir Curly was so much more informative and fun!
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Oct 11, 2024
Ephesus and Pamukkale 2 days - What an amazing trip with Yalcin (curly) he went above and beyond to make this trip the best. His knowledge and expertise on the history and his passion is infectious and mind blowing. Definitely the best excursion after visiting turkey more than 20 years. 💯💯💯recommend
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Sep 26, 2024
Gret Trip Great Tour Guide - Brilliant historical trip amazing locations in both Ephesus & Pamukkale
This was all made extra special with thegreat tour guide Yalcin
He is so passionate about the history of these place and so knowledgable & informative not just about the places visited but also local history
All this but funny & entertaining as well great night at the hotel
We would 110% recommend this trip
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Sep 23, 2024
Highly Recommended, Enjoyable and Interesting - Three of us booked on this trip and were very impressed. Yalcin is an excellent guide and his organisation was first-class, sorting out breakfasts, lunches, meeting points, the purchase of tickets so we didn’t have to queue, and so much more. A genuinely lively and lovely man, passionate about the history of the amazing places we visited. We had more time than many of the other tours, and lots of background stories of the history and people. The lunch stops were both reasonably-priced for a vast array of delicious foods and three courses at each. Ephesus was amazing, Pamukkale was well worth the visit and a paddle in the waters, but Hieropolis was the highlight for us- so many ruins, at a wonderful location, and with Greek, Roman, Biblical, and Byzantine history to see. Travelling through the different Turkish landscapes was also interesting, with the cotton fields and pomegranate orchards both things we don't have in the UK. The hotel was just outside Pamukkale village and had comfy beds, a good shower, and helpful staff. It is a bit tired and the food was ok; not as good as the lunch places but it was absolutely fine for one night. We were a group of ten which I believe is usual with this company, and makes for a better experience than the big group tours. The minibus was great, comfy and good air-conditioning, and our driver, Mr Ebo, was very professional, with safe and smooth driving. Bear in mind that the entrance fees and cost of lunches are extras - this is not clear in the brochure so check the website carefully. Overall, excellent value for the price, and our thanks to Yalcin aka “Curly” and Mr Ebo.
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Sep 22, 2024
Informative and historical - The 2 day tour of Ephesus and Pamukkale is worth it specially if you got a funny, full of energy and very informative tour guide like Yalci😊
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Oct 16, 2023
Outstanding - Tour guide and driver were excellent.
All sites were simply awesome , kept informed throughout with excellent facts.
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Jun 15, 2023
Amazing tour with Yalcin - Brilliant brilliant tour with our guide Yalcin. Our driver was lovely and careful. They picked us up exactly on time even though we were in an apartment and not an easy location to find. Yalcin was full of energy and as a historian clearly has a lot of information and knowledge, but not only did he cover the subject matters, he also knew so much about the area we were driving through. He looked after us so kindly as we had a 9 month baby with us. He recommended us some local strawberries and got some for the group which were delicious. He told us where and where not to buy souvenirs and food and drink and where was more economical. He has so much knowledge about Ephesus and Pamukkale and heiropolis. He was kind enough to arrange a hot air balloon ride for us and checked we enjoyed ourselves. He really is excellent at what he does and I would love to go on another tour with him. The only down side was I couldn’t hear everything he said because we had to give attention to looking after our baby, who was running to his own times and ideas!
The bus was really comfortable, the driver was excellent, the main sites we saw were beautiful, and the food was fine also. The locals and everyone we met were so so kind. I would go again. Thank you Yalcin from the kazmi family.
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Jun 30, 2023
Brilliant tour with Yalsin - Absolutely brilliant experience, the tour guide Yalsin was very knowledgeable and a very outgoing happy person definitely recommend.
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Sep 5, 2024
Miss-sold boat trip, food not great undercooked chicken hair on plate in pasta - Booked 12 island sail boat trip with sails, we were specific on our booking only wanted the sail boat trip, guy showed us the sailing boat with sails and we agreed and paid. Boat trip we got was not a sailing boat but normal boat, very over crowded, food not great, pink chicken hair in pasta salad. Crew although those that could speak any English were polite, announcements made in Turkish crew forgetting they had English and Russian tourists on boats. Crew having ram people around tables to enable us to eat lunch. Thoroughly annoyed we were miss-sold this boat trip and did not get what we paid for
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