Sorting Your Lira for a Bodrum Beach Holiday

Bodrum blends whitewashed lanes and marina glamour with proper Turkish beach-town life, and the two halves handle money differently. The marina restaurants take cards; almost everything else prefers cash. Buy Turkish lira in advance through a commission-free provider such as Travel FX and you cover both.

Boats, beaches and bazaars

Daily gulet trips around the peninsula, sunbed hire, market mornings in nearby towns and dolmus rides between beaches are all lira territory.

Evenings out

Smaller lokantas and beach bars often run cash-only or add card surcharges, so notes in the pocket keep dinner simple. Tips for waiters and the musicians who drift between tables are cash by tradition too.

The easy way

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