Antalya: to drive or not to drive; that is the question. Well, we’re big fans of public transport in Turkey and Fethiye to Antalya by bus (and vice versa) is a perfectly simple (and cheap) exercise. But when we went to Antalya in March we decided to take a hire car with us so we …
Every spring, for three days, the pretty hillside village of Yeşilüzümlü that sits above Fethiye plays host to thousands of festival goers. How many years have we been doing an annual troop up to the village centre for the Yeşilüzümlü Mushroom Festival? A good few, now. 2010 was the first time and wow, has it …
If you read Turkey’s For Life a lot, you’ll know that since January 2014, we’ve been doing little monthly roundups of random news from Fethiye. Not so much news as things we’ve been up to, and little happenings around town that might not otherwise make their own blog post. Anyway, February’s roundup didn’t happen because …
There are many cities and regions in Turkey that are famous for particular recipes or foods – and Antalya is no exception to the case. And if you’re in the city centre, a visit to Topçu Kebap is very rewarding! We’re there most years for the Runtalya Marathon event so we get to enjoy this …
Çalış Beach in winter always interests us because you get the odd business or two that seem much more lively in the daytime than they do in the busy summer season. Calisto is one of those places. Yeah, we know it’s the change in weather and all that but you just get used to seeing …
Already, it’s the end of the first month of 2015 and, as with last year, we’re going to continue with our monthly Fethiye news roundups. These will be a little recap of what we’ve been up to throughout the month – but they’ll also include little bits and bobs of goings on that otherwise might …
We love to experiment with pasta bake recipes because they’re not only good, wholesome comfort foods in winter; they’re also easy to play around with. And, you can also make enough so that you can either portion it out and save some for another time, or you can reheat leftovers the day after for a …
After a recent drive to the snow in the mountains around Kırkpınar, we wanted to show our friends the village of Üzümlü. Further down the mountain, so much warmer, but still higher than Fethiye. The air is cooler but we still had enough daylight left to have a quick wander around before the sun went …
We’re continuing a bit of a tale, here; the tale from when our friends were over for New Year – when we hired a car to enjoy the rare occurrences of sunshine that graced us at least for a couple of days while they were in Fethiye. On the first day, we went down to …
So there we were, sat in Cafe Park Teras, and we were just chatting to owner, Tayfun, about different places we like to eat around Fethiye. “Köfteci İmadettin,” says Tayfun. “Where?” “Köfteci İmade… Don’t tell me you’ve never heard of Köfteci İmadettin.” “Nope. A new one on us.” “Köfteci İmadettin. Can’t believe you don’t know …