Here are some links that we have found useful.........

General Information about Turkey

Turkey Travel Planner - Tom Brosnahan’s excellent all-round guide

Turkish Tourism Office - Tourist Office - UK site

Turkish Tourism - Ministry of Tourism - official site

Ministry of Culture - Turkey’s rich heritage in detail

Turkish Daily News - Turkey’s English daily. Other newspapers include Zaman, Hurriyet and TurkishPress.

Turkish Music - a huge resource to enjoy, even if you don’t understand the words!

Turkish Tourism TV advertisements - some excellent TV adverts by the Tourist Office in recent years - see them here and here and here.

Bodrum Info

Trip Advisor - excellent resource with review and links to guides, articles etc.

Bodrum Life - a comprehensive guide to Bodrum. Discover Bodrum is another good guide

Bodrum Castle - the Castle and Museum of Underwater Archaeology website

Bodrum Peninsula - an excellent article about the towns and villages of the Peninsula

Getting There

Try Airflights - a good starting point that allows an easy day-by-day search. showing times and prices. Also try Cheapflights or Skyscanner. It’s usually worth checking with the charter airlines themselves, as not all appear in the search-engines above.

Easyjet now fly 3 times a week from Gatwick to Bodrum from £72 return. Flythomascook, Thomsonfly, MyTravel and Aegean Flights all fly direct to Bodrum (Aegean also do a limited winter service). British Airways can be very competitive if booked well in advance (up to 12 months), and you don’t mind the drive down from Izmir. Easyjet also fly to Dalaman. Both Izmir and Dalaman are 3 hour drives from the villas.

It’s always worth looking at Turkish Airlines or Cyprus Turkish Airlines who can be surprisingly competitive on flights from the UK to Bodrum, Izmir, Dalaman and Istanbul. There are also plenty of low cost flights down to Bodrum from Istanbul with Turkish Airlines,  Atlasjet,  OnurAir and Pegasus. The flight takes about an hour. A cheap Easyjet flight to Istanbul, and onward to Bodrum is a real option.

Car Hire

We have found Propercar to be reliable and good value. Alternatively, try HolidayAutos or CarRentals.

Weather

BBC Weather - BBC (you can always try Weather.com as well)