Turkey: The home away from home 8 Days & 7 Nights

We booked our Turkey trip through Travel Triangle and through Travel Lykke. The trip went as planned. However, we felt that we could have been offered more than the standardized tour packages available in Turkey as we had taken a customized tour package. E.g. The Green Tour in Cappadocia covering entire day has hardly any sights, activities covered. The Selime Monastry is a regular cave like structure which is 1,5 hrs one way and totally not worth the time. Due to which we couldn't cover some of the nearest attractions like Uchisar Castle or activities like ATV ride which are way more engaging than the monastry. Even in Istanbul, the day tour covered only Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace and post lunch we were taken to Grand Bazaar where we were on our own. Galata Tower, Basillica Cistern like attractions were not included in the tour and had to be done on our own. The Antalya tour also had 5 hrs sitting in the bus out of 10 hrs of day travel and covered only the waterfalls and Mediterrnean sea boat ride. The old town was only a locality with no attractions worth the time. We wanted to cover paragliding in Fethiye, however, the transport offered by Travel agent was very expensive. We had to fund our own transfer and paragliding in Alanya instead of doing it in Fethiye.

Hi Travel Lykke team, Our trip to Turkey was one to remember. We had lots of fun and awesome memories to take back. Thanks for making all the arrangements for us. Here’s a detailed feedback of the trip so that you can improve upon a few things in an otherwise great itinerary. ANTALYA: Prime Hotel was a very good one with perfect location along seaside. Rooms were good with a great restaurant giving full panoramic view of the seaside. It also had a good swimming pool. Pamukkalle tour- had a great experience of mesmerising limestone landscapes with very good photo opportunities. Guide was good. Antalya city tour- overall very good tour . But somewhat cut short as we were tagged along big Indian family who were travelling with small kids. They did not cover the full tour as the family wanted to go to hotel and the guide also didn’t take our consent because we wanted to see old town also mentioned in our itinerary. But we were dropped back to the hotel along with the family. Guide was very good otherwise. CAPPADOCIA: ATV tour- our pick up was 1 hour late. We missed 1 valley as the tour had already started when we reached. But otherwise tour was very good. We were taken to other 3 valleys with breathtaking views of caves . Time was around 1 1/2 hours. It was an adventurous experience riding the ATV. Hot air ballooning- This was the highlight of our tour and we were lucky that the flight was not cancelled on our day. Really once in a lifetime experience to remember to enjoy. Totally recommended. The ballooning company was good. Green tour: Again we were tagged along the big Indian family for whom we had to wait one hour outside their hotel to start the tour as they were not ready. Wasted a lot of time. Otherwise the tour was very good with good guide. Azure cave hotel- very good hotel with good location ISTANBUL: Bosphorus dinner cruise- Very good with good entertaining local folk dances. Two continent tour- The places we went were good but the arrangement of transport and guide was not at all good. There were 2-3 tours going on along with our tour in the same bus. We had to change bus 2-3 times and had to wait for people from other tours as well as the bus arranged for everyone was same!! This was not what we expected which ruined our tour. Boat ride was not good as it was routine govt. operated boat which stopped at 2-3 stations. It was a very average experience. Nippon hotel- very small rooms being a 4 star hotel. Location was good but staff in restaurant were trainees with no experience in serving. All the airport transfers were very good. Very limited options for vegetarians. RECOMMENDATIONS: - Please do not tag couples along with big families especially who are travelling with kids. - The tours should be in one bus/ vehicle only and only one tour should be at a time to avoid wastage of everyone’s time. If you don’t have many people in the same tour we don’t mind paying a little extra for a private tour. - Timings for pick up should be fixed and maximum wait time should be 10 minutes so that others time is not wasted due to a few people. Some guides were strict and that is a good policy. We hope you make these suggested changes for an even better experience in future. Thanks once again.

It was a great experience traveling to Turkey through Travel triangle. The hotel staff was really kind towards our needs and the day tours were also amazing. It was an enjoyable trip overall.

Great help in booking and planning the Europe trip, will adapt to the budget and suggest great places. Only drawback I found was the last minute ticket updates, but understood that as there are some inconvenience if there are any cancellations. Nevertheless as the amount is paid well in advance, tickets can be booked well ahead and can be proactive in guiding the trip. It's critical as customers only opt travel planners because there are unaware of the place. Apart from that everything else was good booked good hotels, good travel suggestions in the initial itinerary. Thanks a lot.

Our trip to Turkey was very well organized and barring a few hiccups, everything went according to plan and we had an amazing experience. Let me elaborate on the great things first. Our cab pick ups were bang on time, I loved the punctuality of the drivers and the on time pick ups and drops made it so muc easier and convenient for us. The cabs were very comfortable especially the private transfers, we got a huge cab. Made us feel like royalty!

The coordination towards execution of each activity in the mentioned itinerary was amazing. Would like to go to another trip with TT in near future Hot air balloon at Kapadokya and Konyalti beach at Antalya both were amazing

The trip was very wel planned n i njoyed a lot…everythg from booking to hotels,day trips,pickup n drops ..al were on time n i was pre informed abt d schedule for nxt day…

Beautiful monuments, historical sites, churches, mosques, hot air balloon, underground caves, and many such natural wonders defines Turkey. Our trip to Istanbul, Cappadocia, Antalya has been the most memorable one and with a perfect planning by Knowravel Holiday Services. Aniket Rawat from the agency patiently worked on the itinerary 3 months prior & customized the plan to perfection as per our requirements. Right from tickets to visa to the final day, he was 24/7 available and full marks to him for planning & assisting so meticulously. We had 7 nights, 8 days of the tour and our complete stay & tour was smooth and amazing. Though these tours are pieced together with sub-contractors, be it the comfort or the punctuality, we never had any difficulty and everything was completely flawless & top notch. Thanks again to the team and highly recommend their services. Trip Highlights: Istanbul - Bosphorous dinner cruise, Blue Mosque, Hagia Sophia, Galata tower and city tour Cappadocia - Stay at Mithra Caves with breath taking views, Hot Air Balloon, Underground Caves Antalya - Pamukkale to Cleopatra's swimming pool & thermal water Thanks once again to Aniket & team for making this trip a memorable one. A must visit to Turkey!

We have had a good experience with Travel Lyke (and corbeico travels team) in regards to our recent Turkey Trip. Although they cut corners at some places, overall it was satisfactory and professionally managed. While Capadoccia aight seeing was thorough, Istanbul sightseeing not enough. Important places like Dolmabache palace and Basilica cistern was not included. Pamukkale-Hierapolis trip was memorable and despite our flight to Istanbul was delayed by 45 minutes, pick up was waiting for us.

Good: Abishek and Kanwaljeet Singh coordinated my trip. They were very supportive throughout. The tours in Istanbul, Capadoccia were great. Private transfers were excellent. Improve: expensive, private transfer team could speak english, could improve flexibility of tour options. I booked visa on own and sent it for confirmation to the team and it was confirmed a week ago. However, 2 hours before the trip i was told the visa had an issue and charged 6300 for instant visa. This could have been handled better

Overall experience was good Hotels that we stayed in istanbul and antalya were ok and not upto our expectations Tour guides in most tours were good , food provided was satisfactory during the tours Being vegetarians ,we faced lot of issues with food, there were not many options for veg food everywhere we stayed (in and around) so the hotel recommendations need to be better and around vegetarian restaurants Hot air balloon ride well conducted in goreme was our best memory