Bodrum General
Bodrum is Investor’s Best Bet
Recent research carried out by Obelisk International, a major real estate company, has identified the Bodrum peninsula in Turkey as the top investment location for 2007. The area’s popularity with tourists is already well established with around 70% of Turkey’s tourists visiting Bodrum, including various celebrities. When this is combined with a promising emerging property market and increasing corporate investment, Bodrum ticks all the boxes for a sound investment. In ... Keep reading >>
Bodrum is fast becoming a boomtown
BODRUM, Turkey Known for Halikarnas, a disco that can hold 5,000 people, this town of 50,000 and the surrounding area are quickly becoming distinguished for the number of villas that overlook the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Once a small fishing village, Bodrum (pronounced BOAT-rum) is now a bustling tourist destination, with souvenir shops and neon lights along the main tourist strip. It is only an hour’s flight from Istanbul, and gets numerous flights from spots around Europe, pushing the population ... Keep reading >>
The Observer: Property Still Cheap in Turkey
The English Observer states the property prices have rose the most in Turkey, but it is still cheap to buy in Turkey. There is also some information relating to British people who have moved to various countries on the southern coast of Europe. The newspaper states 9,500 British people living in Turkey. According to the research of the Observer, Turkey ranks among the countries where there is high increase in property prices, with a rise at 30-40% in property ... Keep reading >>
Getting Around Bodrum
The narrow and one-way streets of Bodrum discourage the use of a car. Although the waterfront spreads out over two harbors, downtown Bodrum is easy to cover with a pair of comfortable shoes and a bit of stamina. A scooter is a good option, because aside from solving the parking problem, you can get away with tooling around aimlessly down side streets or weaving unexpectedly through the pedestrian traffic on the waterfront promenade. For those lodging outside the city ... Keep reading >>
Getting To Bodrum
By Plane -- Visitors to Bodrum actually fly into Milas, about 32km (20 miles) away and reachable in under a half-hour by way of the coastal road. Turkish Airlines (tel. 0252/536-6597 at the Bodrum airport) has five daily direct flights from Istanbul, as well as one direct flight from Ankara, and connecting flights from other major domestic cities. With airfares on the rise in Turkey, a flight from Istanbul should run you around $150 in high season (slightly ... Keep reading >>
Bodrum History
840km (521 miles) to Istanbul; 240km (149 miles) to Izmir; 180km (112 miles) to Marmaris; 25km (16 miles) to Bodrum Airport
Less than 100 years ago, Turkish writer Cevat Sakir Kabaagaçli was sentenced to exile in the dungeon of St. Peter’s Castle as punishment for his politically incorrect writings. Times under the paranoid Abdulhamid II were harsh -- except the sultan apparently didn’t know that the prison had been closed a ... Keep reading >>
Bodrum: The Next St.-Tropez?
With its white-sand beaches and shop-lined streets, the city of Bodrum has long been the favorite seaside retreat in Turkey. But now this ancient fishing village, set against the blue waters of the Aegean Sea, has crashed the global party circuit.A glance at the megayachts, some of them straight from the ports of Capri or Monaco, hint at its newfound fame. Paparazzi photos of Uma Thurman canoodling with the trendsetting hotelier ... Keep reading >>
