Welcome to the forum. I only joined this week, so I am also a novice. I have been going to
Icmeler since 1995, and am still not tired of it, in fact it gets worse cos you just want to go back for more.
I had not done the Ephesus trip until last year as my husband and I thought it might be boring for the children, so we waited until last year as it was the first time without the kids. Well what an experience, it was absolutely fantastic. The atmosphere there was electric (must warn you to take plenty of water and a hat as it gets really really really hot midday) This trip is well worth the money. It includes a stop for breakfast on the way (you need to pay for this as extra), entrance fee into Ephesus, a visit to the Virgin Mary house, a visit to a ceramic factory and a meal at lunchtime.
We also did the Rhodes trip last year and that was a disaster. I feel I must warn you beforehand. (I wish somebody would have warned us last year). We left the harbour in
Marmaris for Rhodes and about twenty minutes into the crossing everybody started being sick (it was a nightmare!) However, we got to Rhodes feeling quite sick and only wanting to sit down and drink water. Eventually we found a rooftop restaurant and something light to eat, this was very poor quality but by then we were really hungry. We walked around the old town, which was beautiful and decided that we would go for a drink just before going back to catch the Hydrofoil in the harbour. Then disaster struck, my husband and his mate asked for a large beer (having been used to ordering large been in Icmeler) and myself and my friend were asked if we would like to have a fresh fruit juice 'fish bowl' - we thought that would be really nice and refreshing as it was very very hot. Well, my God our order arrived. I have never seen anything like it in my life, the boys had a pair of glass wellingtons each filled with lager (and I mean exactly the same size as proper wellingtons) and the 'fish bowl' arrived - it was twice the size of a normal 'fish bowl'. It was vile, the colour was disgusting, God knows what they had put in it, and the lager according to the boys was flat, hot and horrible. However, we decided to leave and asked for the bill and this is when we had the shock of a lifetime. The bill came to a staggering £40. We had been conned right left and centre. So please beware when visiting Rhodes. This is not a trip we would do in a hurry again. We had to laugh about it when the photos arrived though.
We shall be descending on Icmeler for four weeks from the 1st August. Hope you have a lovely time.
Helen
by Lorr » 29 Jun 2008 19:05 
4 sleeps and counting
