Hot air balloon, Limousines, and hammams: A luxurious ₹5 lakh Turkish Holiday
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Kolkata-based Paayel Sengupta and Ankur Das have a ritual of taking a foreign holiday each year. Having travelled across Southeast Asia extensively, this year they set their sights on a different journey—one that would take them to the captivating crossroads of East and West, beginning with the rich history and stunning landscapes of Turkey.
As part of Mint’s travel series, Sengupta shares details of the couple’s 8-day holiday in Turkey, ticking off bucket list items and enjoying luxuries that are unique to the country. In this series, Mint captures the costs and experience of travelling in different countries through the personal stories of travellers. Also read: This couple spent just ₹1.2 lakh for a holiday in Azerbaijan. How? Between Ankur and I, I am the travel planner, be it within India or abroad.
I chose Turkey for our holiday this year out of my love for history and to check off a few bucket-list adventures, from staying in cave hotels to soaring above the stunning Love Valley in a hot air balloon. I always dive deep into research when it comes to planning our holidays, and I like to start well in advance. For our trip in mid-September, I started researching in May and booked everything, including flights, hotels and day trips by July.
This helped us get good deals. We had to book in advance also because of our membership with Caribbean Holidays International which locks hotel bookings two-months ahead of the travel dates. We had bought a 10-year membership for ₹1.5 lakh in 2023, which gives us 6 nights/7 days hotel bookings per year anywhere in the world.
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