🇹🇷 Türkiye or 🇵🇹 Portugal
Which one, honestly
Türkiye leads on cities, food and value for money.
A normal day costs about $90 in Türkiye and $125 in Portugal.
Side by side
- 🇹🇷 Türkiye🇵🇹 Portugal
- Apr, May, Sep, OctBest monthsApr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct
- $90A normal day$125
- 4h to IstanbulNonstop from London2h 45m to Lisbon
- Very goodBeaches and seaVery good
- ExceptionalCities and cultureVery good
- ExceptionalFoodVery good
- Very goodNature and hikingVery good
- ExceptionalValue for moneyVery good
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Cheap domestic flights and long distance buses, both goodGetting aroundCheap trains along the coast, a car for the wine country
- Istanbul in August, and the coast at the peak of the school holidaysWhen to avoidThe Algarve in August, when it fills up and doubles in price
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 Portugal if
you want Europe on a smaller budget, with the ocean, and you do not mind cool water.
Full Türkiye guide →Full Portugal guide →
And what the world thinks
🇹🇷 Türkiye leads by 1 vote.
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