Classical music to color Bodrum nights
The D-Marin Turgutreis International Classical Music Festival, which is marking its second year, will gather musicians from all over the world in Bodrum’s Turgutreis district under the theme “Classical Music for All, Pure Classical Music.†Sponsored by the Dogus Group and Garanti Bank, this year’s festival will host four symphony orchestras under the guidance of art director Kemal Küçük. Scheduled for Aug. 25-28, the festival will feature two concerts in its daily program under the name of ... 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 >>
Buying a Home With Resale Value
Location - Local Community, Town or City Before you can actually pick out a house, you need to choose what cities or communities you would like to live in. There are many factors you should pay attention to, not only for yourself, but because you intend to eventually sell the home to someone else. Carefully choosing your community is the first step in "location, location, location" and can help maximize your future potential resale value. Economic Stability When choosing ... Keep reading >>
Proper Pricing on New Listings
Should You Start Out with a HIGH Listing Price? Because of the change in real estate market conditions, more sellers are competing for fewer buyers. So once again, it seemed important to challenge a long-standing "myth" of real estate. "The initial listing price isn’t that important because the price can always be adjusted down later." Many homeowners believe this. It is a myth. Not true. If most buyers first ... Keep reading >>
Watersports
There’s nothing like a walk through the Underwater Archaeology Museum to inspire the diver in you. The waters off Bodrum are full of caverns, caves, and reefs. Aegean Pro Dive Center, Neyzen Tevfik Cad. 212 (tel. 0252/316-0737; fax 0252/313-1296; http://aegeanprodive.com; open Apr-Oct), provides a safe and easy way to get you there. Dives with your own equipment run around $40 ($50 without), including lunch. They also offer 3- and 5-day packages, group rates, snorkeling for nondiving tagalongs, and PADI ... 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 >>
