I'm from Egypt & I want to visit Turkey before end of year! any advise!?

Question

what is the currency there ?

& is it expensive for an egyptian?

how much money i need for a week there excluding the hotel? (visits, transportation, food...etc)

Answer 1

Ahlan, i am Egyptian and i visit turkey all the time because my girlfriend lives in Istanbul.

Its VERY expensive especially in Istanbul, turkey is no longer a cheap vacation for us Egyptians like it used to be. The turkish lira is now almost the same as the USA dollar, so a taxi cab can cost you $15 or 15YTL that is about 65EGP,

Take the BUS! if you will go somewhere or the metro, their system is very nice, and not horrible like ours in Egypt.

Food, well food is not too expensive, but compared to Egypt it will be very expensive, imagine this, a fool sandwich in Masr is about 1 EGP in Turkey about 1YTL  so in reality for you its 5.40EGP!

Try to be very conservative with the money!

Turks are very similar to us Egyptians, they are hospitable and nice people, many of their words are like ours, specially MASRY not ARABY, they say Ouda, Arabiya, many of the same things.

but be careful if any men approach you and ask you if you want to goto a bar to see women, they will take you there and bring you things, you think are free or cheap like tea or drinks and then give you a HUGE bill that you HAVE to pay or you will be in trouble.

in the end you WILL LOVE TURKEY and its PEOPLE, there are beautiful places in Istanbul to goto..if you need more info send me a message!

Answer 2

hi,

my favorite city in Türkiye is İstanbul.

http://english.istanbul.gov.tr/

http://www.sanalistanbul.com/virtualista...

http://english.istanbul.com

http://www.sacred-destinations.com/turke...

http://www.exploreistanbul.com

http://www.34tr.com/categories.php?cat_i...

http://www.ibb.gov.tr/en-US/Pages/Home.a...

http://www.istanbullife.org/

http://www.istanbulhotelsresorts.com/ind...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YAvfxA6a...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVcoDnlek...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qC1of3h9FA...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cHDRPzGAGj...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BeIOAnRe87...

the currency is  1 US $ appr. equal 1.30 YTL

as for me , 400 US $  is enough for a week in Ä°stanbul.

Answer 3

try to have thousand dollars with you. Go to Istanbul, if you have time go to Izmir, Bodrum and Antalya. You can find cheap flights from Istanbul. In Istanbul do not forget to see the Bosphorus, change your continent, visit Hagia Sophia, Blue Mosque and Grand Bazaar. Also there are dozens of shopping malls you can visit. Walk by the seaside, eat fish, drink bear or raki. Man I miss that city