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Do not drink
tab water. Stay with the bottled water
it's safer and tastes much better. |
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Government
offices and banks are open Monday thru
Friday between 9:00 and 17:30 and have
lunch break between 12:30 and 13:30. |
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Shops in
Kusadasi are open between 9:00 am and
12:00 am, 11 hours a day during summer
season which starts May 1st and ends
October 31st. |
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Turkish post
and telephone offices are easily
recognizable by their ' PTT ' and 'Turk
Telekom' signs. The major post office in
Kusadasi operates between 8:30 am and
11:30 pm. |
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When making
a phone call you can either use coins
(not recomended for long distance), Turk
Telekom calling cards or your own credit
card. |
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The national
monetary unit is 1 Turkish Lira (TL).
The maximum bank note is 20.000.000 TL
(Twenty million). Make sure to be
carefull when you get your change back
during shopping. |
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Major credit
cards like VISA, Mastercard, Amex and
Dinners Club and traveler's checks are
accepted in almost all the businesses.
However, make sure to ask before you
purchase a product or service. You will
get a lower price on most of the goods
when paid by cash for two reasons: 1.
Shops pay 7 % commission on credit card
sales to banks 2. Tax |
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AYou are
better of changing your currency at an
exchange office since you are more
likely to get a better rate. Foreign
currency rates are due to change daily.
Please check out
exchange on our home page. |
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Here are some of the time differences
between Kusadasi and some countries:
Australia : +9 hours / England : -2
hours / France : -1 hour
Germany : -1 hour / Italy : -1 hour
/ Japan : +6 hours
Netherlands : -1 hour / USA (east): -7
hours / USA (west) -10 hours |
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Friday market is the place where one can
buy fresh vegetables and fruits for a
very low price. This market is held
every Friday and it's a pleasure to
catch a good bargain for food or textile
products. Watch out, prices are higher
in the morning and tend to fall down in
the afternoon since it's a one day
market and sellers are willing to let go
towards the end. |
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You can
listen to news in English, French and
German on Tourism Radio. Frequencies for
this station in Kusadasi is 101.9 and in
Izmir it is 101.6. |
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Annual
Kusadasi Festival takes event mid July
and International Izmir Fair takes event
between late August and beginning
September. |
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You can find and buy mini
English-Turkish dictionary. |
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Nightlife in Kusadasi tend to continue
until 5:00 am. |
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Shopping in
town requires bargaining. When buying a
Turkish Carpet your bargain range is
50%, leather products 40 % and jewelry
40 %. These ranges are the highest
discounts you can get depending on the
product of course. If you can get more
discount it means you get an amazing
deal or the business is going out of
business. |
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If you are
planning to visit
Ephesus and the
House of Virgin Mary during the
months of summer due to the hot weather
the best time to go is either early in
the morning, before 11:00 am or late in
the afternoon, after 5:00 pm. |
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Tipping in Kusadasi is more than
welcome. While dining out arround 10%
tip is normal. Some
restaurants,however, include service
charge in the bill. Do not tip if you
don't like the service you get. |
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English is spoken by many and German and
French are also commonly spoken by the
locals. |
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There are
many ATM machies arround town. You can
use your credit card to execute any
transaction you want. |
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Hospitality
is a common virtue in Turkish culture.
However, in the past customer harrasment
became common in the bazaar of Kusadasi
which has recently been stopped by
customer harassment law brought out by
the municipal government. |
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Today you can only window shop without
any sort of harrasment from sales people
in the shops. |
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Most Turkish citizens speak foreign
languages by translating directly from
Turkish in their minds. Therefore
completely strange and different
meanings can come out from what they
say. When involved in a conversation
with a native do not get upset of what
you think he or she is saying because it
is probably the opposite of what you
think it is. |
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Taxi meters
run double between 12:00 am and 06:00
am. Do not get surprised if you are
charged double for the same distance
after midnight. |
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If you are
not sure of any price you get for any
service or want to make sure beforehand
visit Online Reservation on our
home page. |
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