Accommodations range from deluxe international properties, beachfront resorts, holiday villages and pensions to campgrounds and local hotels to absolute dives (which are increasingly rare in developed areas). Accommodation standards have shot up dramatically in the past decade—and so have prices, though Turkey is still a relatively inexpensive place to travel. Stay in as deluxe an accommodation as possible, particularly in rural areas. Also, be aware that many large hotels on the coast may be surprisingly expensive by the night, even though they're dirt cheap to the package-deal visitors who make up most of their clientele. In Istanbul, the Sultanahmet district has some lovely old Ottoman mansions that have been converted into bed-and-breakfasts. Accommodations along the southeast Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts are less luxurious than those found in the rest of Turkey.
