🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇮🇹 Italy
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on value for money and the sea.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $165 in Italy.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇮🇹 Italy
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsApr, May, Sep, Oct
- $90A normal day$165
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London2h 35m to Rome
- Very goodBeaches and seaGood
- ExceptionalCities and cultureExceptional
- ExceptionalFoodExceptional
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyGood
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundFast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advance
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidThe middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shut
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 Italy if
you want three cities in ten days, you care about food and museums, and you would rather take a train than a ferry.
Full Türkiye guide →Full Italy guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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