🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on cities, food and getting around. Indonesia leads on the sea and nature.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $75 in Indonesia.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇮🇩 Indonesia
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $90A normal day$75
- 4h 50m to IstanbulNonstop from Dubai9h 15m to Bali
- Very goodBeaches and seaExceptional
- ExceptionalCities and cultureNot the draw
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingExceptional
- ExceptionalValue for moneyExceptional
- Very goodEasy to get aroundGood
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundScooters and private drivers on Bali, short flights and ferries between islands
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidJuly and August in south Bali, when the traffic becomes the trip
Pick by what you want
🇹🇷 Choose Türkiye if
you want a city that has been the centre of everything for two thousand years, with a coastline attached to it, on a small budget.
🇮🇩 Choose Indonesia if
you want volcanoes, reefs and rice terraces for very little money, and you are willing to leave the busy south to find them.
Full Türkiye guide →Full Indonesia guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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