Turkey

[mozencesme]

neyse,,saol.

 

[xdayzgrr]

dear mozen;
can u contact with me plz?
[email protected]
i need some info bout edinburgh.
şimdiden teşekkürler.

 

[mozencesme]

email gonderdim

 

[xdayzgrr]

email gonderdim

çok teşekkürler en iyisi liverpool olacak sanırım.

 

[Malcolm Leick]

Is three weeks long enough to do a round trip to Turkey? Hoping to head off this weekend through Slovenia, Albania etc. Would it leave any time to travel in Turkey itself.

Starting in Nottingham and avoiding toll roads where possible.

Malc

 

[ExpatinIstanbul]

3 weeks is plenty, but to see Turkey properly you need 3 months.

 

[Malcolm Leick]

That's great thanks. Sadly it will be a while before I afford to retire!

 

[Pathologic]

Is three weeks long enough to do a round trip to Turkey? Hoping to head off this weekend through Slovenia, Albania etc. Would it leave any time to travel in Turkey itself.

Starting in Nottingham and avoiding toll roads where possible.

Malc

Depends how you want to do it. I did London to Lebanon and back in three weeks. It was quite easy, ut only had four days not doing serious miles. so three weeks should allow you to see some of Turkey. No chance of any of doing all of it in one lifetime

I did albania, Montenegro and macedonia and Greec on the way back with Danilo of this Parish. Great fun. Albania in the dark is not recommended, but we survived Insurance is a pain.


Regards,

Path.

 

[Malcolm Leick]

How much were you paying for insurance, and at which borders?

 

[DA1ES]

Yes.




Oh, i see. It's approx 800-900km. Sounds like a lot, but it's now quite literally one long road between Igoumenitsa and Istanbul. The motorway in Greece (called the Egnatia Odos) is brand new, empty and a good road all the way....well, other than when you get to Thessaloniki when it becomes part of the city's ring road. It'll take you all the way to the Turkish border the other side of which is a 2 into 3 lane motorway the rest of the way. I did it in a day last year, with 2 hours worth of stops along the way.

It's worth noting that there was only one service station on the entire Greek section of the road (Igou-Turkey side), so you'll have to plan to leave the road if needing fuel. There are sign posts at each junction telling of how it is to the nearest petrol.

hi expat/ anybody else that knows
realistically how long would this take? you say you did it in a day, was that a 12hr day or somewhat less, i'm planning a day for Igoumenitsa to Istanbul and then a further day from Istanbul down to Side. google maps says approx 12hrs for both days, does that sound about right or could you blast along and do it quicker. more so thinking about the route back to get to igoumenitsa for an 1800hr boarding,thanks in advance

 

[Sharik]

It's worth noting that there was only one service station on the entire Greek section of the road (Igou-Turkey side), so you'll have to plan to leave the road if needing fuel. There are sign posts at each junction telling of how it is to the nearest petrol.

Be warned, not all the signs are up to date and can lead you on a fruitless search, as I found to my cost. You should be reasonably safe if looking for fuel in close proximity to a large town.

 

[ExpatinIstanbul]

From memory It'll be a 10-12 hour ride, with an hour or so of stops. The Greece/Turkey border could be the fly in the ointment though, as it can get very busy in the summer. Fill up in Greece when you land, so you won't need to wander away from the motorway too soon.

 

[petkostas]

Although you won't find fuel as stated above in Egnatia, you will definitely find nearly in every town along the way, from Igoumenitsa to the borders there are plenty of big town / cities where you can fuel up, do mind that around Pindos (Metsovo, Grevena) area there are often bear accidents! bears climb the road fence as they try to reach southern parts of the area and there have been numerous accidents because of them.

 

[ExpatinIstanbul]

do mind that around Pindos (Metsovo, Grevena) area there are often bear accidents! bears climb the road fence as they try to reach southern parts of the area and there have been numerous accidents because of them.

From a trip in 2009