ENRICHING TRAVEL EXPERIENCE
Turkey is a great destination for an enriching travel
experience. In our tours we want to give you the best that an independent
minded visitor can hope for, mixing the ease and guidance of group travel with
the sense of adventure and discovery exploring Turkey on your own.
Read comments by tour
members.
Tour description by a tour member
EDUCATIONAL
We believe how much you know does not necessarily depend on
how much you read, but on how much you travel. You will learn about a culture
which is the synthesis of many cultures that have existed for thousands of
years on the same land - Anatolia. On every tour, whatever the theme, we make
sure that history, art and interaction with locals are important features of
the tour.
TRAVEL WITH LIKE MINDED PEOPLE
Melitour offers special interest tours attracting people of
similar interest. It might be the theme of the tour or the style of traveling
that bonds our tour members.
HOME VISITS AND INTERACTION WITH THE
LOCALS
The most significant difference between Melitour tours and
other tours is the constant opportunity to interact with locals. We visit
homes, go into classrooms, sit and chat with the imams in the mosques, learn
about medical care from midwives and visit doctors in one room hospitals in
villages. A
GUIDES
All Melitour guides are carefully chosen from among those who
have at least 10 years of guiding experience. They then receive additional
training by Meli so they meet all Melitour criteria for guiding.
PRICE
Generally the tour members say they have received their
money's worth by the end of the third day. Once you arrive at the airport in
Istanbul you will not worry about having to pay for surprises. Tips at all
hotels, restaurants, train stations, tips for guides and drivers are all
included in the price of the tour. All siteseeing is included so there will be
no extra excursions for extra money that you would be tempted to take. If there
are any dinners or lunches not included in the price (generally 2 or 3 on each
tour), the reason will be to give the tour members a break from group dining so
they can be on their own. For your convenience all bathroom entrance fees are
included in the price of the tour. All you need money for is what you want to
spend for your purchases, drinks and other personal purchases. Most tour
members need no more than $200 for these items.
ENDLESS PHOTO OPS
Along the way we are never short of time to take good picture
on our tours. Several tour members have set up web sites based on their
experience during a Melitour. For a first
hand view of what it is like to travel with Melitour check below for links
to these sites. A member of Meli's "Eclipse Tour" in August 1999 shares his
Thirty Magic Hours in Turkey. Another member of the
Eclipse Tour has posted his impressions of traveling with Melitour at:
http://www.aao.gov.au/local/www/sdr/turkey/main.html
Check our photo
album of pictures taken by tour members.
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