Welcome to the Turkey Motorcycle Rentals and Tours page. Here you’ll find our recommended rental companies, prices, info and guides.
Motorcycle Travel Guides
TURKEY
Budget
Cheap: £15 -£25 per day
Mid: £25 - £50 per day
Money: ATMs are not hard to find and dispense lira, some will do USD and euros too. Card is accepted in most tourist places.
Currency: Turkish lira ₺
Food: Local street food £0.80 – £2. Café £2 – £6. Restaurant £5 – 15
Accommodation:
Very easy to wild camp and there are plenty of paid camping grounds too. Dorms £4 – £12. Mid-range hotel £10 – £30
Petrol: £0.76 litre
When to go
High: June - Aug Mid: April, May, Sep
High: June – Aug
Temperatures at their highest and so are prices. Expect larger crowds in tourist areas.
Mid: Late March – May and Sep
Our favorite time to travel. Comfortable heat and not as busy.
Low: Oct – Feb
Colder riding temperatures but good opportunity to ski in the mountains.
Paperwork
Visa: 90 days
Carnet required: No
Visa: You can get a visa on arrival at land borders, they last 90 days and are around £25.
Carnet: Not needed.
Temporary Import: Sorted at border.
International Driver’s Permit: Not required but worth having.
Insurance: You must have Green Card insurance to ride in Turkey. If you bought insurance from your home country and it covers you for Turkey, but it’s not a Green Card, they won’t accept it. You can buy it at a border but expect a very over-inflated price at most borders.
Check Motorcycle Travel Guide: Turkey for more info.
Facts
Capital: Ankara
Country code: +90
Emergency: 110 – fire, 112 – ambulance, 155 – police
Language: Turkish
Time: GMT/UTC plus three hours
Land Mass: 783,562 km²
Don't miss
Cappadocia
South Coast
Cappadocia: No visit to Turkey is complete without exploring the magical kingdom of Cappadocia. Check out the Ultimate Cappadocia Guide here.
The South Coast: Riding along Turkey’s southern coast and stopping to eat delicious food and sip sweet tea is what motorcycling is all about. We’re working on Turkey touring guides, so check back soon for updates. In the meantime have a read of The Top 10 Things to do in Turkey.
Getting in/out
Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia and Iran
You can enter and exit Turkey easily from Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia and Iran.
Turkey borders Armenia but there is no land border crossing.
Turkey also borders Syria and Iraq. Syria is a no-go at this moment in time. We have crossed the Iraq border before and it was a smooth-ish crossing, but the situation is volatile.
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