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We are a boutique tour operator, Turkish/UK owned. We have been in business for 25 years designing fine trekking, biking, cultural and rail-based tours in all parts of the country. From our base in Kas, we can provide bike hire and riding notes. Please get in contact with us if you would like private guided or self-guided trekking on the Lycian way, St. Paul Trail or Carian Way. Guided and self-guided bike tours are a pleasure in Turkey with quiet, scenic roads passing frequent remains of near-forgotten civilisations. We love train travel and arrange sleeper train tours across this huge country, linking the cultural highlights of Turkey together in a relaxing and rewarding travel experience.
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Jan J
Gloucester, UK15 contributions
Jan 2020
My husband and I have 30 years experience of Turkey having both worked there for many years and taken holidays too many to mention. We have also travelled, mainly independently or with Turkish friends across this lovely country but, having just retired and in our early 60's we decided that a bit of an adventure was called for. The bottom line was that we decided to take the Dogu Express from Ankara to Kars to see what all the fuss was about. We found Amber Travel mentioned in The Lonely Planet Guide and as we didn't live too far from Kas, we decided to pop by and check out if they could help us put the trip together. We are so glad that we did - the small, but perfectly formed team were welcoming and helpful. We told them what we wanted and an itinerary was put together. It changed on numerous occasions for a variety of reasons but Paul and his team worked hard on our behalf. Full credit goes to Yesim who had to handle not only our changing requirements but that of the Dogu Express itself which changed it's service and offering twice during 2019 and directly affected our booking. Always polite and patient, informative and helpful, Yesim delivered on every level. We have just arrived back from a week away travelling from Fethiye to Ankara and then onto Kars on the Dogu Express. A week of memories and experiences we will never forget. Everything happened just as promised and we had a lovely time at a very affordable price. We have several Turkish bucket list experiences to achieve over the next couple of years and we will definitely be asking Amber Travel to arrange them.
Written 17 January 2020
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Katharina H
Canton of Bern, Switzerland2 contributions
Jul 2022
On our journey from Switzerland to Georgia, Amber Travel helped us greatly in purchasing all our train and bus tickets as well as reserving suitable hotel rooms throughout Turkey. Yesim made the impossible possible by getting us two beds on the unique Döguexpress from Ankara to Erzurum, a very lasting experience to us! The system of indicating our needs (e.g. we would like to travel from Trabzon to Istanbul departing the evening of a certain day), Amber travel then providing the options to chose from, as well as purchasing the tickets as soon as a payment was made by us through a very simple web-application, worked perfectly well. We also highly appreciated Yesims advice on hotel locations (all with a very good cost-benefit ratio), health and safety recommendations and simply his extremely friendly, patient and helpful attitude towards us with a rather unusal travel idea. We thank Yesim and Amber Travel whole heartedly and can entirely recommend them to any traveller to Turkey who wants to use public transport and thus wishes to travel in a sustainable and close to the local population way through this impressive country. Ella and Katharina, Switzerland
Written 30 August 2022
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jmp_bzh
Singapore, Singapore10 contributions
Dec 2021 • Family
We (3 of us) needed dogu ekspresi train tickets to ride from Kars to Kayseri. I contacted Amber for assistance and Yesim made the whole process really smooth: you can trust him ! I got tickets as soon as they were available (a month before the date) and he provided whatever additional info i needed with zero fuss.
Thank you !
Thank you !
Written 2 January 2022
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Vlad
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Apr 2021
At the end of March - beginning of April 2021 we did a week self-guided hike on the eastern Lycian Way, organized by Amber Travel.
Everything went fine: the weather was nice, the views of the sea and mountains were fantastic. It was very interesting experience, and many thanks to Amber Travel who realized our dream to visit such a beautiful place. They gave us very exact paper directions, made all hotels arrangements, drove our luggage.
Many special thanks to Yesim, who supported us during the journey. She was very professional; we could easily communicate with her via email, phone and SMS.
We will definitely use the service when visiting Turkey again and will highly recommend Amber Travel to our friends and relatives.
Everything went fine: the weather was nice, the views of the sea and mountains were fantastic. It was very interesting experience, and many thanks to Amber Travel who realized our dream to visit such a beautiful place. They gave us very exact paper directions, made all hotels arrangements, drove our luggage.
Many special thanks to Yesim, who supported us during the journey. She was very professional; we could easily communicate with her via email, phone and SMS.
We will definitely use the service when visiting Turkey again and will highly recommend Amber Travel to our friends and relatives.
Written 16 May 2021
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Many thanks for taking the time to write such a kind review. We were very happy to help you along the Lycian Way. We would, of course, be very happy to help you with the Western section of Lycia and also our new programme on the St Paul Trail.
Written 22 May 2021
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Scenic784178
1 contribution
Jan 2020 • Solo
It has always been on my mind to get on the Dogu Express. Knowing the hard process of getting a sleeper cabin especially during the winter, I contacted Amber Travel to get a single sleeper cabin from Ankara to Kars. As many people know, Dogu Express is one of the popular train route in Turkey. So it's understandable that tickets get sold out very fast. Amber travel handled the purchasing of tickets very professionally. Very prompt on all her emails in answering all my questions and assuring me that I'd get the sleeper cabin. Rest assured, I got mine. I'm writing this review comfortably in my sleeper cabin on my way to Kars. I highly recommend Amber Travel if you wish to visit Turkey. Thank you Amber Travel.
Written 13 January 2020
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MoD
Derby, UK1 contribution
Oct 2022
The journey from West to East of central Turkey, was very well planned by Amber travel. We were fortunate to have Yesim do all the planning and hard work behind the scenes. She responded promptly to all our queries and made useful suggestions to the itinerary. The details on the itinerary were well laid out with clear instructions.
All guides were on time, waiting for us. They were extremely knowledgable and were able to make changes to suit our requirements. They were all very pleasant and welcoming.
Overall, the entire travel and places visited was worth every moment of time.
We have confidence in Amber travel to arrange our next trip to Turkey and highly recommend them for a hassle-free explorative journey through Turkey.
All guides were on time, waiting for us. They were extremely knowledgable and were able to make changes to suit our requirements. They were all very pleasant and welcoming.
Overall, the entire travel and places visited was worth every moment of time.
We have confidence in Amber travel to arrange our next trip to Turkey and highly recommend them for a hassle-free explorative journey through Turkey.
Written 8 November 2022
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Thanks Modada for the generous review.
We are so happy that we were able to help you realize your dream trip across this ancient land, that our program was so appreciated and that our tour managers and guides were able to make you so happy.
We would hope to hear back from you next time you visit this great land, and the lovely people here!
Written 22 December 2022
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paulima100
Belfast, UK21 contributions
Sept 2020 • Solo
I used Amber travel to pre book train and bus journeys for travel throughout Turkey, and found them very dependable . Special thanks to Yesim, who was professional and friendly throughout, securing all tickets, keeping in touch and updating me, and obtaining a HES number required for bookings and bus travel in the current situation. I’d highly recommend Yesim, and Amber Travel, and I’ll definitely avail of their service’s again when visiting Turkey.
Written 9 October 2020
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Marmalade
4 contributions
Dec 2021
I hiked three days on the St Paul Trail with support from Amber Travel, heading south from Lake Egirdir to Anatalya. Paul allowed me to customize my trip — I didn’t have time to make the full trek — and facilitated connections with different pension owners, who picked me up and dropped me off at the end/start of each day and ferried my baggage behind me. The pension owners and their families were a real highlight of the trip — every one was lovely, welcoming, curious, and kind. (Do note, there are not a lot of COVID precautions you can take when dining together with a Turkish family.) The trek included helpful hiking notes for each day (with drawings and descriptions of the path) and GPS files for when I managed to get lost, despite the regular red and white blazes ;) I was a faster hiker than the team anticipated, so on my final day (a drive in to Antalya) Paul arranged for me to stop by the fantastic Aspendos Theater and the historical museum in Antalya. Besides the COVID caution, my only quibble would be that these three days (two nights) were the most expensive portion of my three weeks in Turkey, but that being said, I would not have been able to organize this kind of trip (especially not as seamlessly!) on my own, so feel it was well worth the cost, especially the chance to spend time with the pension owners and their families! A big thanks to Amber Travel.
Written 29 January 2022
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Evin M
2 contributions
May 2022
My wife and I (in our 50s) and two sons in their early 20s thoroughly enjoyed our self guided hiking (7 days) and kayaking (4 days) trip on the Lycian Way in May/Jun 2022. We were delighted to find Amber Travel who organised everything for us so efficiently. Paul and Yesim were extremely helpful, advising on the hiking and kayaking route but also tailoring the trip so that we could visit the places we wanted to. Everything was very well organised: all the necessary route information was provided; the accommodation was varied but just perfect for us with some real gems (e.g. in Faralya and SImena); the food was excellent; all transfers turned up promptly and vehicles were very comfortable; and bags were always at our hotels/accommodation when we arrived. Amber also provided everything we needed for the wonderful self guided Kayak trip from Kas to Demre. All this was done with minimum fuss. Finally the trip was very good value compared to some UK based companies offering self guided Lycian alternatives we looked into. With their specialist experience, on-the ground knowledge and fantastic service we would highly recommend Amber travel for anybody looking to hike or kayak in this part of Turkey.
Written 3 July 2022
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Thank you Evin, for your kind review and trust in us. It was great to help you along the way and we were glad you enjoyed it so much. If you wanted to visit Turkey again we have a great tour on the scenic St Paul Trail, and also self-guided bike tours we would like to invite you to. Very best wishes!
Written 4 July 2022
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konstantin c c
Moscow, Russia10 contributions
Oct 2020
I rent a road bike at Amber Travel for 5 days in October 2020 and had an excellent bike and quality service. I easy communicated with Paul via email and got very detailed info about cycling here. The other staff was also very helpful, and I got a well-prepared bike, with helmet and other things I needed. D400 road from Kas to Kalkan is wonderful for road cycling. Really recommend Amber Travel if you stay in Kas or Kalkan and want a bike to ride here. Thank you!
Written 5 December 2020
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We would like to arrange for an 8/10 day tour of a Turkey by train.
You have a great itinerary, but we would like the journey tailored to our specs. Is this possible.
We arrive (4 persons) on October 9th.
Written 12 September 2019
Hello. Many thanks for contacting Amber Travel.
We can adjust the itinerary in almost every way to fit in with your interests and the time available. Please drop me an email or use the contact form on our site. I hope to hear from you soon. Very best wishes, Paul
Written 12 September 2019
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