As the heat started to subside, everyone started to go somewhere with little getaways.
There may be some people who say how can Turkish people go abroad when they can’t even have a holiday in their own country, with excuses such as the economic crisis and the fear of people going abroad.
Going abroad is not as difficult as it seems.
Tour operators, who take advantage of the Turkish people going abroad for vacation in recent times, organize very different campaigns and encourage overseas holidays.
The most logical of these. ship tours are one of them.. The famous blue voyage!
The giant ships we are used to watching from movies and participating in the thousands of activities in them are not as expensive as it seems.. In Turkey, there are many tourism companies that depart from Kusadasi, Istanbul, Marmaris, Antalya, Cesme or Bodrum.
Especially the Greek islands tours are one of the tours that can be visited at affordable prices.. You can have the chance to see Greece’s most important touristic islands and Athens with an all-inclusive price of 400 Euros.
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I participated in a similar tour from Kuşadası.. The tour, which started with Patmos, one of the holy islands that should be visited after the Virgin Mary for Christians, continued with Santorini, Crete, Piraeus, Mykonos, and ended in Kuşadası. They were picking up the tourists of the contracted tour companies at that point and leaving the tourists who ended their trip at that point.. In this process, a constant flow of tourists was ensured, and the ship never emptied.. As you might think, there are not only old people but also young people on the tour where you meet new faces all the time.
There are great advantages to traveling by ship, while new types of people are constantly on board.
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First of all, while the ships travel at night, they anchor at the ports during the day and give free cruise hours.
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Your passport is handed over to the officers waiting in front of the ship before you get on board.. In the second stage, your personal travel card, which is your identity card on board, is presented to you.. Your name, surname, cabin and group number are on this card.. During your boarding, your photo is taken with the web cam and uploaded to this card.. As you have to use this card when you enter and exit the ship, you do all your shopping on board with this card.. When the departure day comes, your relationship is terminated with the card.. Your payment plan is being issued.
The attendants who will take you to your room are usually citizens of less developed countries.. As the tourists enter the ship, they wait in a single line and are guided and guided by the requests of the upper-level people.
A Mauritian (not Mauritanian) officer came across us.. His name was also Sachin.
This person is also a housekeeper.. There are rooms on their own responsibility. Every time you leave your room, no matter how messy the room is, everything is organized and put into place.. Perhaps one of the best parts of the trip is that you don’t have to collect anything.
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One of the best parts of the ship for meals; Open buffet meals are prepared in certain time zones on the ship’s deck or in the dining room.. Especially if you like sweets, I can say that you can have a sweet crisis on board.. Trying to taste each and every one of the dozens of kinds of sweets is quite difficult.. You may experience taste problems from time to time and get tired of meat for a short time, like me.
If there is no port of suitable size on the islands where it will dock, the ship anchors in the open and lifeboats come from the center of the island.. Everyone gets on the lifeboats and goes ashore like that.. You can walk freely after the last departure time warning is given from the island center.. In addition, you can buy tours called extra tours and take a tour with professional guides.
However, I don’t think it’s necessary to spend all that money.. Frankly, as someone who has not taken any extra tours, I have traveled to many places more than those who took an extra tour.
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You can enjoy the activities on the ship when you return to the ship, except for the cruise.. Activities such as salsa, step, Greek are completely free and fun. Events such as “Greek night” are organized according to your ship’s flag.. All the people of the ship dress, dress and watch the events in the meeting hall.. If you say you can’t eat pork, watch out for your friends on the ship.. They can make you eat the pork sandwiches they made by saying there was no food, without you knowing.. When they explain later, it may be too late.
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Let’s get to the rooms. Cabins are more luxurious than you would expect. Rooms facing the sea even have LCD TVs.. TRT INT, the only channel it shoots from Turkey. It’s separate, but there’s no point in watching TV while you’re there.. It makes more sense to look at the sea from your window.
Cabins are quite comfortable and away from gloom.. However, if you take one of the interior cabins, you will definitely not see the sea view, these rooms do not even have a window, be careful.
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I say give it a try while early booking opportunities are still available.. It’s not very expensive, it’s a livable blue voyage.
