Monday is the travel day. At the beginning of the week you will arrive ready to start the course on Tuesday morning. At the end of the week you will be resting and getting ready for the return flight. There will normally be no class on the last Monday morning.

Bodrum/Milas airport (BJV) has flights arriving from various UK airports including Gatwick, Cardiff, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Newcastle.  Also from Düsseldorf and many other places.  Most charter flights to Bodrum from the UK are on a Monday - this is why we start all our courses on Tuesdays. Tickets (May - October) are between £135 and £257 return as a rough guideline. The least expensive that we have found recently are on Easyjet or Pegasus. There is a great variation of price throughout the season so booking early is advised. Turkish Airlines fly twice daily to Bodrum changing at Istanbul.

Most nationalities need a VISA for entry to Turkey.  For most nationalities these can be purchased on arrival. (For British citizens it costs £10.)

TRANSFER: From Bodrum/Milas airport to Gölköy is about 45 minutes by road. A safe and reliable taxi service runs from the airport at any hour. You will see a list with a fixed price for Gölköy village just outside the terminal exit doors (about £38). Either show the map or say the name of the village and hotel. We always try to organize people to share a taxi with other course participants. We can’t send taxis from Gölköy because the airport taxi drivers’ union objects. During the daytime there is a ‘Havas’ airport bus service which meets Turkish Airlines flights and takes you into Bodrum (about £7.30). Then you would take a minibus to Gölköy (£1.50).  If your flight coincides roughly with a Turkish Airlines flight you can take this bus.

MONEY: The current bank exchange rate is 2.83 YTL per pound sterling (the tourist rate is a bit less). There may be a cash machine at the airport - it seems to come and go mysteriously. There are 2 cash machines in Gölköy and there are many in Türkbükü. Now there is also a bank in Gölköy where you can change money.  In Bodrum banks are open till 5.30 and exchange offices (Döviz) are open till late in the peak season. Taxi drivers are happy to take foreign currency as well as Turkish money.

Flights to Bodrum
www.flypgs.com (Pegasus)
www.airflights.co.uk
www.thomascook.com
www.thomsonfly.com
www.turkishairlines.com
www.easyjet.com
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Tulip Holidays	020 7734 0484
Alternative Turkey	020 7249 9800
Turkish Airlines	020 7766 9300