One of our reasons for choosing the Dodecanese as our home base is that we get Turkey as our next door neighbour. So we get to sail in both countries, a wonderful variety!
However, just because we are so geographically close does not mean that we can simply zig-zag between countries (if only!). One still has to go through customs procedures, and this can only be done at certain Ports of Entry. Still, it’s a whole lot easier to take our own floating home between countries, rather than messing around with bags, queues and customs officials, as you would on a ferry.
However, it still takes our skippers time to deal with paperwork, hence our usual suggestion of 10 days as a minimum timeframe. Hence, ou ‘standard’ Grece – Turkey Combo trip is 12 days.