October 9, 2006
Getting to know the Turkish Riviera
Turkey’s Aegean and Mediterranean coastlines has truly become popular with the British property buyers and so Paul Beasely took time to review the ‘Turkish Riviera’.
A great part of the infrastructure in Turkey is on a stretch of the Turkish coastline, running several hundred kilometres from the central Aegean resorts to the Mediterranean resort of Alanya, wholly known as the ‘Turkish Riviera’. On this area, summer temperatures can reach or even exceed 30°C and winter temperatures are rarely below 15°C, sea colour and quality of resorts considerably differ.
Turkey’s foreign tourism started in the central and southern Aegean coast, where tourists are enticed by its pine-green forests, turquoise waters and Ancient Greek archaeological sites.
Reaching a century of tourism, Cesme, the westernmost town in Turkey, is in close proximity to Hios in Greece. Unsurprisingly, Grecian influence is apparent in the town where it is built around two streets of old Greek houses, as well as other influences like the Ottoman-era fountains and a Genoese castle. Cesme’s value is as a low-key resort. The coves at Altinkum (‘Golden Sand’ in Turkish), nine kilometres of the town, are attractive and fairly free of large buildings. A three-bedroom semi-detached duplex villa a few minutes from Cesme’s town beaches costs almost £61,000.
A hundred kilometres directly south-east of Cesme and 50 kilometres south of Kusadasi resort, the other Altinkum has a wider choice of property, where 3,000 are already owned by Brits. The principal attraction is a kilometre of golden sand along a calm sea. Nadir Nuritidinov of ASEM Construction informed that the company is “involved in 12 different projects in Altinkum, with more to come”. It is “very attractive as it has the cheapest land prices keeping the cost for a property to a minimum, although the prices are constantly increasing”. Nuritidinov said that one of ASEM Construction’s most popular developments in Altinkum is Sunrise Apartments which are close to the town centre and beach. A two-bedroom apartment with a swimming pool view is priced at £41,382.
Bodrum is another famous resort in the Aegean coast. It is an attractive low-rise resort that has its own international airport.
Across the Gulf of Gokova from Bodrum and past Marmaris is Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. And from Ekincik in the west to Antalya in the east is the “Turquoise coast’. This coastline is shelter not only to humans. Loggerhead turtles live in a beach near Daylan, a low-rise resort and dominated by traditional Turkish architecture.
Near Augustus Village in Antalya is the resort of Belek where there are six golf courses in between pine forests and fine white sand beaches. Prices for a one-bedroom apartment start at £52,000, a detached three-bedroom villa is at -£130,000.
Turkey’s property market is in the advantage considering that there is much more coastline for property developers, the Easyjet arrival, the mortgage product launch of Nirvana International and eventual EU membership.
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