What to bring from Turkey?

Selection of souvenirs and gifts in this country is wide enough, and limitits only your financial capabilities and personal preferences. But mostly from Turkey they bring either exotic items with oriental flavor, or oriental sweets. And in that, and in another case the tourist has a lot of options.

For example, you can bring from Turkey hookah and on winter evenings to smoke fragrant fruitytobacco, remembering the vacation. But when choosing a hookah you need to decide whether you will smoke it or it will simply decorate your interior. The fact is that richly decorated souvenir hookahs are often unfit for smoking. So, when choosing a hookah, be careful. And do not forget to buy tobacco, coal and just in case - a spare cup for tobacco.

If you want to bring an exotic note to your interior, you can bring the famous Turkish handmade carpet. The material, color and ornament of the carpet depend onthe region in which the carpet was made: in each region of Turkey - its secrets of making carpets. But keep in mind that handmade carpets can cost a lot.

In addition to carpets, you can bring pottery from Turkey, souvenir chess or backgammon, bed linen or tablecloths decorated with hand embroidery, luxurious bathrobes, silver and leather products. But choose souvenirs you need to carefullyso that you do not slip a counterfeit.

Women will certainly be interested in authentic Turkish dresses for oriental dances. In addition, dear ladies should pay attention to natural cosmetics and soap based on olive oil, which is famous for its benefit to the skin and forhair. Well, if you are fond of cooking - do not forget to buy a bottle or two of extra virgin olive oil. And do not pass by fragrant Turkish spices: where else can you buy so many different spices?

As "massive" souvenirs for colleagues or acquaintances you can buy Turkish amulets from the evil eye, called "nazar bonjuk" and similar to a blue-turquoise or blue-yellow eye. They are sold almost everywhere and have the appearance of charms, pendants, magnets, bracelets, necklaces, etc.

Turkey is famous for its coffee (despite the fact that coffee does not grow in the country itself). So do not forget to buy several varieties Turkish coffee with spices, and "in the makeweight" can be brought from Turkey anda beautiful copper craft decorated with chasing to make this coffee in it. Special coffee sets are sold: coffee, coffee grinder, dzhezva and coffee cup or several cups. Such a set will be an excellent gift.

Another famous Turkish drink - apple tea. You can buy cups in it in the formtulips or even a whole tea set. You can bring from Turkey and other fruit teas. And drinkers stronger can bring home a couple of bottles of famous aniseed vodka - rakia.

Do not forget about Turkish sweets - halva, baklava, lukuma and sherbet (lukum withnuts). Halva is of different types and is usually sold already packed in plastic containers, so there will be no problems with transportation. But with baklava things are more complicated: during transportation, it crumples, so it will have to be taken very carefully.

Well, how can you not bring from Turkey the famous Turkish Delight? There is a huge number of species of lucumawith various additives. It is sold either sliced ​​and packaged, or by weight. The only advantage of packed lukuma is a beautiful box. Loose rahat-lukum usually tastes much better, so it's better to buy lukum only in specialized sweets stores and only by weight. Still from sweets it is possible to get pismania (something is similar to a cotton candy) and almonds baked with honey or in a fig.

When choosing souvenirs, do not forget that Turkey is an eastern country in which bargaining. The price that you will be called by the seller, rathereverything will be overstated. So fierce trade will help you bring down the price of interest by 30-40, and it will bring great pleasure to the seller - you can be sure of it.

It's very difficult to leave Turkey with empty hands: when you come across an abundance of Turkish souvenirs, you will probably want to buy "everything and more." So we advise you to take a deep breath, count to ten and Decide which souvenirs you really need, otherwise you risk going home with a full bag, but with empty pockets.

And for those who are flying to Turkey for the first time, it was easier to determine the choice, we invite experienced tourists share your impressions about the rest in Turkey - What souvenirs did you bring back?