Turkey Travel Guide 2025 4K

Turkey Travel Guide 2025 4K

Today we’re going to talk about everything 
you need to know when visiting Turkey. All right, let’s talk about arrival into Turkey. 
So, I actually arrived two different ways on two different occasions. The first time I came here 
was on the plane from Mykonos from Greece. That was on a plane, international arrival, into Istanbul 
airport, one of the biggest airports in the world. This time I arrived from Bulgaria. There’s several 
different land border crossings, another one with Georgia. There is none with Armenia. There’s a 
tension there. And then there’s one with Greece, but it’s usually from one of the islands like 
roads. Now, if you’re coming from the US, Canada, or the UK, you will be given 90 days. There’s a 
lot of cruise ships that arrive here in Istanbul. Actually, depends on where you’re arriving. 
There’s two main airports in Istanbul. Some people arrive into Antalya and uh other places, 
but uh Ankara, if you want to get to Cappadocia, you’re probably going to end up routing through 
Istanbul anyways, one of the busiest in the world. But you’re going to get 90 days out of 180 day 
period, and you don’t have to fill out anything online. The e visa thing is gone away. So, that’s 
good, right? Let’s talk about the places to go. obviously is Tambbul where I’m making this video 
right now, but Antalya, the Turkish Riviera is beautiful. So much to see along the Turkish 
Riviera. Uh you can easily go to Fethiye Bodrum. We’ve also got Pamukkale. It’s a beautiful kind of 
like uh water area with these white stones. Lots of history here. Cappadocia if you want to see the 
hot air balloons and this this amazing mountains how people were living many many moons ago. But 
uh the Turkish Riviera is amazing. Lots of Roman and Greek ruins that I’ve seen here especially 
along the Turkish Riviera. You also have places like Mount Ararat has a incredible place. Um, you 
know, you can go to Ankara if you want. It’s not as touristic, but it’s more of a local place in the 
middle of Turkey. The truth is Turkey has many of the hidden gems or the gems of the Mediterranean, 
including some of the best Greek and Roman ruins. Kas is a beautiful place, Oludaniz, you’ve got 
a Now, let’s talk money and currency. So, the Turkish Lira is what they use here for currency. 
I’ve actually used Mastercard. I’ve used Visa, obviously, not so much American 
Express, but the Turkish LIRA can be very affordable for some of you in some areas of Turkey 
and then very expensive in other areas. If you’re staying at a chain hotel or you’re staying at a 
chain or going to uh maybe one of the palaces, you’re going to notice the prices are skyhigh. If 
you’re eating regular food where the locals eat, you’re gonna be like, “Hey, Turkey is very 
efficient and affordable. Uber, taking taxis, uh, well, Uber is cheap. Taking taxis, you’re 
going to get euro prices.” In some cases, I’ve paid uh or I’ve been offered to take 
a taxi for five times what Uber said. So, we’ll talk about that more in the transportation. 
So, let’s talk about transportation a bit more. So most of you will be able to go long range with 
airports cheap frequent flights, right? Going from one of the two airports in Istanbul or taking a 
bus. They even have a high-speed train that goes from Istanbul to Anara. You can take that also. 
Mini buses, Uber exists here. Uber and taxis, they should be the same price if you run the meter, but 
taxi drivers, they like to uh charge tourist prices and charge you in euros. And those prices 
have been as high as five times the price of what Uber is. There’s another app called Buy Taxi, BITAXI. Maybe consider downloading that. But try to have the Uber app when you get here. Just save 
some money. And yeah, not every city in Turkey is going to have that though. It’s not just about 
Istanbul, right? I know some of you are thinking that, but try and agree on the price before 
you leave. There’s also many fairies. Try and get the city card in Istanbul for getting around 
on ferry and public transport like one of those trams you just saw. Now, let’s talk safety. So, 
I’ve been to Istanbul twice. Been to Antalya. I’ve been to Fethiye been to Oludaniz All over. Istanbul is 
definitely the one that maybe has the most risk of crime. Mostly it’s just scamming, petty theft, 
not like violent crime. There isn’t really a lot of violent crime here for tourists. Uh but the 
scamming, it’s not really a scam, I guess. I mean, if you’re comparing it against UK, I guess then 
you would say the UK is a scam because it’s so much more expensive. But if you’re talking about 
scamming being that you’re paying 3 to five times what the locals pay as a tourist tourist tax, you 
know, then you could think it was a scam. But, uh, I mean, it’s still cheap. Still cheaper 
than dessert, still cheaper than Paris, still cheaper than London. But, uh, just realize 
they’re going to charge you like you’re in Europe. So, I don’t know how you feel about that, but uh 
or if you’re in the US, they’re going to give you US prices here. Anyway, safety, that’s about the 
main thing. Other than that, pretty good to go. Not too much violent crime. One thing I want to 
say about shopping, um you will see there is a lot of knockoff products, but they try to sell 
to you like it’s not a knockoff. So, it’ll have like the designer logo on it and then it’ll give 
you less price than what it would be like to buy it from say Prada or Gucci, but way more than what 
you would pay if it didn’t have that just one logo or color on it. Also, if you look like you’re not 
from here, let’s just say if you look like you’re American or Aussie or European, you’re going to 
pay a lot more for that item than someone who’s uh local. And it’s up to you if you want to buy. 
I’m not saying don’t buy. I mean, some people find that to be a deal that they’re getting something 
that looks like Prada that’ll last about 6 months before it starts to fade for a price that they’re 
happy with. Okay, that’s up to you. I’m not saying one way or another, but um just keep that in mind. 
It’s going to be a high price and it’s not going to be real. Some of the things they have that are 
real, like the tea, the uh silver, gold. Most of the time that’s real. Good deals. I mean, you 
can get some good deals. It’s just uh probably be ready to negotiate. That’s the main point. Just 
realize that whatever price they’re saying, if you walk, they’ll probably lower the price. It’s 
part of the culture here to negotiate. Yeah. So, my best advice when it comes to saving money in 
Turkey, always confirm the price ahead of time, cuz if you don’t afterwards, you’ll be surprised 
what you could pay. Let’s talk about weather here. So, it gets hot summers. I mean, even today here 
in August, late August, it was hot. So, I would say April to June, mild weather. Winters can get 
cold, very cold. If you don’t mind a little bit of a chilly uh January, come to Istanbul. Maybe 
you’ll get some snow. September, October shoulder seasons. That’s what I recommending for 
Istanbul if you want to save money, limit the crowds, and not have to deal with extreme heat. 
That’s summer, man. Summer heat is brutal. Also, cold winters. You can check the temperature when 
you’re coming right before you arrive. See if it’s something that you like. But that’s what 
I recommend. Those shoulder seasons, September, October, and April, May, maybe even into June. 
As far as connectivity, there’s Wi-Fi in all the hotels. I’ve had very fast Wi-Fi. I’ve had some 
slow Wi-Fi. Uh they’ve got data plans. You can get an e SIM before you arrive. I personally am 
using Yes Sim. It’s up to you. I’ll put a link down below uh if you want to sign up for that. But 
I’ve used other ones like Holafly. I’m not a big fan of that one yet. I don’t know how to use 
it as well as the other ones. But uh yeah, Wi-Fi pretty readily available. You can even get from 
one of these booths here. I’ve seen you got to have a passport when you actually get the Wi-Fi. 
That’s why EIM seems to work best cuz you don’t have to like deal with like bringing your passport 
around trying to find someone who can get you an EIM and all that. But uh language communication 
Turkish English is widely spoken though widely spoken here. Give you some general facts about 
Turkey. So it is a transcontinental country. That means Anatolia is where Asia is and then part 
of Istanbul going towards Bulgaria is Europe. It’s surrounded by three seas. Black Sea to the 
north, Agean Sea to the west and then Mediterranean to the south. The Bosphorus Strait is where the 
Black Sea connects to the Mediterranean. Now, there was a lot of history here. There was 
the Greeks, the Romans, the Byzantines, and the Ottoman Empire, which was the most recent 
one. Nowadays, you have the modern Republic of Turkey, which was founded in 1923 by Ataturk. The 
population is 86 million. The capital is Anara. The largest city is Istanbul. And then the most 
famous place to go with the famous fairy chimneys and hot air balloons, Cappadocia. Now for my 
final tips for visiting Turkey, I would say 7 to 10 days. Just depends on how much time you have. 
But if you want to see more than just Istanbul, at least 7 days. Head down to the Turkish Riviera. 
Check out Ephesus, check out Bodrum, Kas, Fethiye, Aludines, Analia. If you really want to check out 
all that, you’re going to need 7 to 10 days. If you go up into Cappadocia and you want to see 
Mount Ararat, where Noah’s Ark is located, you’re going to need even more time. That would 
be two plus weeks, sometimes even approaching 3 weeks. Cheap domestic flights. Take advantage of 
that. And then realize Turkeyy’s a big country. We’ll see you on the next one. Best things to 
do in Istanbul. I’ll put a link right here.

In this Turkey travel guide we provide tourist information and vacation planning. If you are planning a trip to Turkey, you will want to know about the arrival process, local culture, safety, currency and money and much more about visiting Turkey.

This complete Turkey Travel Guide 2025 covers everything you need to know: top destinations like Istanbul, Cappadocia, Pamukkale, Antalya, and Ephesus, plus travel tips on visas, transport, safety, food, culture, and costs. Discover the best time to visit, must-see attractions, and essential advice for first-time travelers to Turkey. Perfect for planning your ultimate Turkey vacation. If you are curious about safety this Turkey vlog will help you understand the risks and concerns. Also the Turkey video talks about transportation, places to go and weather. Turkey is also spelled Turkiye by local people.

Turkey Travel Guide
(Timestamps)
0:00 Intro
0:21 Arrival
1:25 Places To Go
2:28 Money
3:33 Transportation
4:45 Safety
6:00 Shopping
7:46 Weather
8:46 Connectivity
9:37 General Facts

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