Datca and Bozburun: Cash for Turkey's Slow Peninsulas

West of Marmaris, the Datca and Bozburun peninsulas offer almond groves, quiet harbours and a Turkey that moves at sailing pace. Infrastructure is charmingly thin, which makes cash essential. Buy Turkish lira before you travel through a commission-free provider such as Travel FX.

Village economics

Harbour fish restaurants, honey and almond stalls, pension guesthouses and the dolmus that winds along the peninsula all deal in notes. Boat skippers offering day sails around the bays quote cash prices as a matter of course.

Few ATMs, plan accordingly

Cash machines cluster in the main towns only, and foreign cards pay fees at each withdrawal. Carrying enough lira for several days is standard practice here.

Set off prepared

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