Camping in Turkey near Istanbul and Ankara

Jeff Thompson
August 2015

Following a summer motorhome tour of Turkey, Jeff Thompson provided the following very useful information on camping near Istanbul and near Ankara. He is also reassuring about wild camping in Turkey. Jeff wrote:

Mistik Camping near Istanbul

http://mistikcamping.com/sitebuilder/home.aspx

 “In Istanbul we stayed 3 nights at Kilyat or Mistik Camping in Kilyos, north of Istanbul, a 'few' blocks from the Black Sea coast. It seems to be called both names, on different maps. It has a basic web page at mistikcamping.com which says it is 100 metres from the beach, and that it is 45 min by bus to Istanbul. Neither one is correct. I would say it is more like 500 m to the beach, and the 45 min bus ride just gets you to the closest Metro stop - then it's another 40 min by subway to the centre of tourist stuff. We paid 18 euros per night for a camper van and 2 people. It is very basic, sometimes no water in the showers. It does have enough shade to survive.”

Ulasan Hotel and Camping near Ankara

http://www.ulasanhotel.com/en/

“In Ankara we stayed 2 nights in the Ulasan Hotel campsite south of Ankara - bad for mosquitoes. They have a nice pool but watch out - they close it at 6 pm. Classy restaurant - good but pricey. No public transportation from there to the centre of Ankara, can take a taxi 2-3 km to get to a bus. I have a small van so we just drove in and parked and walked.”

Wild Camping

“In the rest of Turkey, mostly we wild camped and were not bothered in any way.”