REVIEWS AND TESTIMONIALS
Tour Reviews of Our Former Guests
Although our experience in general Turkish tourism
dates back to mid 1990's years, we have been organizing
tours and travel related services in Turkey since
2003 exclusively for gay and lesbian guests coming
from all around the world. We are more focused on
independent and customized tours and travel services
for individuals and for groups rather than typical
scheduled gay tours, because of the limited
potential of gay visitors and also because the
people need a personal touch in a country full of mysteries for new comers.
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Tour Date: June 2023 Tour Type: Tailor Made Turkey Tour Review: "Hi friends…We really enjoyed the 4 day tour you organized from June 5 to 8. The guides were very knowledgeable about all the parts of Türkiye we visited. The drivers were all great too. We only had one hour flight delay back to IST; everything else was on time. Thanks for organizing. We loved your country very much and hope to return in the not so distant future. Cheers, Dennis Roy" |
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Tour Date: July 2022 Tour Type: Turkey Tour Review: "The tour agency is absolutely amazing, all the the tours were on time, tours guide very kind and friendly, also good Spanish speaking. Transfers and hotel bookings in each city also was very good everything on time. Last thing ballons is a must, they are experts on that and they prepared everything for you! Do not hesitate to book tours with them to explore Turkey." |
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Tour Date: April 2022 Tour Type: Turkey Tour Review: "My husband and I went on a 12-day/11-night trip to Turkey, and I must say that was the best decision we made because we would definitely not have been able to see everything that we did in the short span of time that we were there if we tried to do this on our own using public transport. From creating a customised itinerary for us to see the sites that we most wanted to see, to organising everything within the trip, Bulent was a delight to work with. They send you all the information you need about the authenticity of their agency. They are efficient with communication and always willing to help. And the rates are entirely reasonable. We saw everything from the sites of Istanbul to Capadoccia, Pamukkale, Ephesus, Pergamon, Troia and Gallipoli. Internal transport was fully arranged and included in the price. We were also given recommendations for things to do on our free day and the best places to try specific foods at Istanbul, for which we would like to thank both Bulent and our Istanbul tour guide Mutlu" |
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Tour Date: September 2021 Tour Type: Daily Istanbul Tour Review: "excellent tour guide Okan and Hotel staff Million Dollar. Amazing Staff very attentive and helpful. Will be back and recommend this hotel and the tour overall." |
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Tour Date: December 2019 Tour Type: Daily Istanbul Tour Review: "Tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly, discussing different things on our tour . I enjoyed the tour.". |
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Tour Date: July 2019 Tour Type: Turkey Tour Review: "Everything worked as planned. We schedule a tour to Cappadocia via email and everything turned out as we agreed. Taxis were on time as well as tours. The provided food was very good" |
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Tour Date: November 2018 Tour Type: Turkey Tour Review: "Excellent service, high standard hotels, good coordination/timing, well experienced guides, polite drivers. We had a fantastic time. Great coordination. This agency is highly recommended." |
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Tour Date : September 19
2012 Tour Type : Private Istanbul Tour #3 for 1 person Guest Name: Ms. Giatrakis from USA Review: "'I wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed my tour guide, Mine Orcel. I would highly recommend her to my friends. M. Giatrakis" |
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Tour Date : August 28-29-30
2012
Guest Name: Various people from Atlantis Gay
Cruise |
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Tour Date : August 26
2012 Tour Type : Bodrum Gokova Blue Cruise Guest Name: Mick N. and his friend (2 pax) Review: "'Hi friends, I just wanted to write and say a big tessekur ederim.....we had an absolutely fantastic holiday. The transfers and organisation in Bodrum was perfect. Your boat operator were great and we had excellent service at all times. I will post feedback on Tripadvisor and intend to make another booking next year. Once again, many thanks for sorting a fantastic Blue Cruise. Mick" |
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Tour Date : July-18-2011 Tour Type : Turkey Tour #6 Guest Name: Dr. Silvio B. from Brasil Review: " Friends, I'm writing to thank you for the wonderful excursion you offered me around Turkey. I've been in places which I used to dream since I was a child, like Troy, Capadocia and Pergamun. I really liked all the hotels you selected to me. The tours were fascinanting too, with well prepared guides and drivers. People on the streets are very sweet in Turkey, like in Brazil... Before discovering Turkish people during these vacation, I thought only we, Latin Americans, could be so kind with foreigners... But your country and people really conquered my heart. Thanks for everything. I will recommend your agency to my friends." |
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Tour Date : October
19/20 2010 Tour Type : Istanbul Tour #6 and #3 for 3 people Guest Name: Mr. John S. (from US) Review: Kay, Karen and I visited your lovely city Oct. 19-21. We had a private tour with Mine Oncel. Mine was an excellent tour guide. She was very kind and thoughtful to our needs. Her knowledge of Istanbul was amazing we learned many things about your city. Hope to return again. Thank you for giving us Mine for a day. John. |
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Tour Date : August 20 2010 Tour Type : Private Istanbul Tour for people arriving with All Gay Cruise of Atlantis Events PS: In 2010 a total of 130 guests from Atlantis Cruise booked private city tours from our agency Guest Name: Mr. Thomas F. from US and 4 friends. Review: I wanted to let you know how much my friends and I enjoyed the private tour I booked with your company. The tour guide met us as scheduled at the dock and the entire day was enjoyable and very informative. The guide took time to explain very well everything we saw. We were very impressed that he took about 20 minutes at Topkapi Palace where there was a map and provided a brief history of Turkey and Istanbul. This was definitely a highlight of our cruise. Because of the tour we would like to visit Turkey again in order to see more of your beautiful country and would definitely use your company for this extended visit. Again, thank you very much for providing such a wonderful experience for us in Istanbul. |
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Tour Date : May 2010 Tour Type : Accommodation and Various Tours Guest Name: Ms. Carol G. Review: Hi Friends Sandy and I have had a terrific trip with adventures and many magic moments. We are back now at our Istanbul home....the Megara Palace and will write you more from our Toronto home. Traffic here is more congested than normal because Ishak Pasa Cad is closed under the railway bridge so we are requesting pickup to the airport at 8:00 am instead of 8:30 to accommodate potential delays getting in and out of the area. If you get this email, please confirm so I won't phone. Thanks for all your work. We were amazed at the smoothness of all your arrangements. Carol. Sent from my iPod |
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Tour Date : March 06 2010 Tour Type : Private Gay Bar & Club Tour for 3 pax Guest Name: Mr. Chris Berns (US) and 2 friends Review: "I just wanted to thank you for the great service. Seljuk did a wonderful job. We all had a great time and got to see people, places and things that would not be possible on our own. Exactly what I had hoped for - Please pass my thanks on to Seljuk well - he was great. I'll certainly recommend you guys in the future. My Best, Chris" |
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Tour Date : October 22 2009 Tour Type : Private Gay Bar & Club Tour for 4 pax Guest Name: Mr. Derek (New Zealand) Review: "Just wanted to pass on our thanks for helping make our stay in Istanbul truly memorable. Our guide was amazing and gave us an excellent insight to the gay scene in Istanbul, and would ask that you let him know how much we appreciated his time with us. He was just the best ! ! ! ! Keep up the good work. Many thanks. Derek" |
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Tour Date : September 06-26 2008 Tour Type : Customized Turkey tour covering Istanbul and Cappadocia for 2 pax Guest Name: Dr. J-P. Christopher Jackson and Mr. Ray Robertson. Dr Jackson and his partner Mr. Robertson are both Turkey lovers & supporters. Although they were not fully satisfied with some of the hotels they stayed, they seem to have enjoyed their trip a lot and have reflected their impressions and published the photos they have shot during their Turkey tour on Flickr's Photo set pages. Please click here to see these great photos and their additional comments. (Slide Show option recommended)  Review:
Dear FriendsThanks to you and all of your staff for making our trip a special holiday. You deserve a great deal of praise for establishing the first gay-oriented travel agency in Turkey. I am sure it was not an easy task. And although my partner and I did not avail ourselves of the "gay" specific tours and club guides, choosing instead for you to help us with a more traditional, but customized tour of two specific areas of Turkey, namely Istanbul and Cappadocia, we can say that your agency performed in a very responsive manner. Your internet manager is the most responsive communicator I have encountered in the Internet world, and your sister and other staff addressed the problems that arose promptly and without complaint. You have an excellent team, and the problems that did arise were not of their making..... |
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September 02-2007 Tour Type : Customized Istanbul and Turkey Travel Package for 4 pax Guest Name: Mr. Lois and his friends, USA Review: Dear Company: I arrived home in New York on Sunday afternoon, 09/16, leaving Louis, Robert and John still touring in Turkey (those lucky people). I just wanted to drop this note to say a very heartfelt "Thank You" to you and your staff for the excellent accommodations and tour plan you put together for us. There were many variables in our itinerary and everything was executed flawlessly. My first visit to Turkey was fantastic and memorable and I will certainly recommend your agency to any friends of mine who might be considering travel to Turkey. I wish you every success in your business. Thanks again. Steve |
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April 29-2007 Tour Type : Private Gay Bar & Club Tour Guest Name: Mr. Christophe Durand, France, who is a well known artistic director, event organizer, and studio make-up artist http://www.christophedurand.com Review: Hello the nice family, I just want to tell you that I spent a magic night with your very good guide. he is good in English, cool nice to talk with and I hop I will do it again. please let him know it. he is so professional he even came to pick me up late at night to be sure every thing was ok. Please say hello to his friend to, and give to Kenan, my contact, so I can guide him once in Paris. it was one of the best night in Istanbul. I hope to do it again sooooon! so we keep in touch, and if I come back to Istanbul I ll let you know. I left on Monday to Rio for more sun and heat at the beach.... I will com in turkey in July for a cruise with some friend. magic country Tesekkur ederim (thank you) Gorusuruz (see you again) |
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April 25-24 2007 Tour Type : Customized Tour of Turkey + Athens Guest Name: Mr. Ian Campbell and his friend Max, Australia Review: Dear Friends. We would like you to know that we were pleased with the itinerary and that we saw the parts of Turkey we hoped to. We were pleased with the quality of hotels during our tour. The Hotel Helen, Atinc, Pearle Mare were satisfactory and their menu and service was adequate to our needs. The Gordion in Ankara is a good hotel we would happily recommend. Our travels to the various itinerary locations was satisfactory, we were well looked after by the various bus companies we encountered and our journeys ended satisfactorily. The bus station pickups were very very good and were pleasing to meet. Many had waited patiently for late buses. They should be thanked. We both are very happy with our travels in Turkey. Your organization of our itinerary proved most successful. Thank You for your help. Our only crisis, the departure time on our itinerary for first tour day. We heard no more from Gurkan? The Hotel Amaryllis in Athens – it's a dump. However it does have reasonable location. The room standard is very low, (not even a small fridge in the room). The breakfasts were limited in size and range. Athens is a filthy dirty city. If it was not for the antiquities, you would not go there. I hope everything works out with the elections for President. Ian Campbell & Max |
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July 20-25 2006 Tour Type : Turkey Tour covering Istanbul Bodrum and Cappadocia  Guest
Name: Mr. Max Snow and Frank J.Ellison. Log Angeles - USA:We had very important guests from Hollywood in July 2006. Frank and Max are important figures in American film industry and they have been in charge as financial controller, production accountant and producers in very famous films such as Swordfish, Lake Placid, Father of the Bride, Mississippi Burning etc. Frank was about to start a film with Angelina Jolly soon after. They surprised us with their modesty and treated us as friends. Review: Just a quick note to say hello and thank you again for everything. We hope that you are well. We arrived home safely 12 days ago and started back in to our routine. We hope that you will be able to make it to Los Angeles one day soon. Please send our best wishes to everyone. I am attaching the picture of me, you and Max. Hugs, ......... Frank and Max |
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July 22-August 01 2006 Tour Type : Turkey Tour covering Istanbul and Antalya for 2 guests. Guest Name: Mr. Peter Mauceri, USA: Review: Dear Friends, just wanted to send you a note of thanks for your excellent work in setting up our trip to Turkey. Both hotels were terrific... the one in Antalya a real mind blower!! (I didn't know daily dinner was included as well so that was a very pleasant surprise). Your personal tour was also very helpful and a nice way to orient ourselves to the city, though we really didn't have much time to go back to most of those places! We're already thinking about our next trip. hopefully sometime toward the end of the year. This time in addition to Istanbul we'd do five nights in Bodrum. what hotels do you recommend there ? Again thanks ! you guys were terrific. We are telling all our friends to talk to you before they plan a trip to Turkey Peter |
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June 05-07 2006 Tour Type : Customized Istanbul Package for Mr Marcos, who is a travel agent himself. Guest Name: Mr. Marcos Da Silva-BFirst Travel Australia Review : I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for arranging my short break in the beautiful Istanbul.Everything was perfect and my stay was a memorable one.I don't have Ozzy's email address (the tour guide who did my private day tour in Istanbul). Could you please forward the attached picture to him for me, thank you. Kind regards, Marcos |
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May 06-07 2006 Tour Type : Private Guided Istanbul Tour for 34 guests Guest Name: 34 Guests calling themselves "Mature Friends" leaded by Mr. Jerry Jordheim, Seattle-USA, who came to Istanbul with Perla Cruise-ship of Louis Cruise Lines Review: Back in Seattle last night with no problems. You were right there beginning and end. Good to have met you and will keep my eye out for your magic lipstick princess. Enjoyed working with you all. Jerry |
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August 05 2005 Tour Type : Private Guided Istanbul Tour for 32 guests Guest Name: 32 Guests visiting Istanbul with a gay cruise of Celebrity Millenium leaded Mark Lehman from West Hollywood - CA- USA Review: .... we thank you again for a marvelous introduction to your fantastic city. We all enjoyed it thoroughly. Mark |
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