All the four seasons in Turkey are favorable and provide tourists with various kinds of opportunities to have exciting time in Turkey. In the hot summer, you can have a good time at the beautiful beaches and in cool winter, you can enjoy yourself with snowboarding and skiing among other popular winter sports.  Spring season and fall is marked with slightly warm weather with occasional rain.

While planning a visit to Turkey, it is advisable to get a good map from bookstores or from tourism office. The maps from tourism department usually provide detail information about the country. Turkey is situated in the northern hemisphere with 790,200 square kilometers of its area located in Asia and 24,378 square kilometres in Europe. In the European side, it shares border with Greece and Bulgaria, while on the Asian side, it shares border with Iran, Iraq, Syria and commonwealth of Independent States. Turkey has 8,333 kilometres long coastline along the Mediterranean Sea, Aegean sea and Black sea on the northern side.

The best and popular season for tourism is during the months of July, August, and early September, when the weather is hot and summer is at its glorious peak. This is the ideal to time to have fun swimming and cruising lazily along the top beach areas in Turkey lined with mesmerizing azure coastal lines.

You can visit the beach at Ölüdeniz near Fethiye which is very famous and has some of the best hotels, resorts and even clubs. Alanya is another top rated destination with very long beaches, providing space for everyone, while Olimpos beach near Antalya is small,  serene with a green forest background and Roman ruins. Other well known beaches that can be visited during summer are located at Bodrum Peninsula and Pamucak near Ephesus.

However, if you plan to visit ancient ruins and important archaeological sites during summer, then you should start your tour early in the morning. With rising temperature in the day, the marbles and stones around the ruins become significantly hot and you might feel the need to scampering off looking for shelter under the tree.

Weather is much cooler during April and May, and also during late September and October, more so in Istanbul. The slight chill during early morning and cold breeze in the evening might tempt you to wrap a sweater or cardigan around you. Weather in the month of June is much better for visit to Turkey. You can easily enjoy a tour across popular destinations in Turkey such as Ankara, Istanbul, Urgup and Cappadocia.
During this season you can also get good bargain in best boutique hotels, cave hotels and resorts.

In spring the weather is pleasant and you can enjoy rafting in Cappadocia or go for hiking and camping across the Turkish coastal villages during fall. You can roam around the popular and well known cities in the Turkish Aegean coastal region such as Izmir, Canakkale, Ephesus and Marmaris.  Armed with information about weather, tourist destinations and map of Turkey you can create a good plan to enjoy your stay in one of the hottest tourist destination of Europe.