Retreat-Holidays
Turkish Gulet
If you have ever had a holiday on the Turkish coast, you will almost certainly have looked longingly at the gulets (traditional wooden boats similar to ketches) and thought, "That's the way to do it!" Then perhaps you were put off by the prospect of finding yourself stuck on a boat for a week with a group of lager-louts. This is one of the great advantages of travelling with Retreat- Holidays: you will be with other Christians who are there to still down and savour the beauty of God's creation.
We shall be sailing in the wake of St Paul on two of his journeys, including the dramatic final journey to Rome. Our exact route will depend on weather conditions at the time.
This cruise is the ultimate in relaxation: you don't have to do anything!
October is a good month for sailing in Turkey. The average maximum temperature then is 25°C (79°F). Although the air has cooled down from the blistering temperatures of summer, the seawater retains its warmth and is very comfortable for swimming. There are also far fewer other boats around, so we often have a whole bay to ourselves.
The boat is equipped with snorkels and masks - and the underwater scenery ...
is as spectacular as the scenery above water:
What do our clients say?
Here are extracts from two of the letters we have received following retreat-holidays on the gulet :
"I wanted to write and thank you VERY much for what was for me an amazing, memorable, extremely happy and interesting holiday on the Prenses Begüm. It was all great fun. I so loved swimming in the warm sea and the pattern of the days seemed perfect.
The prayer time in the morning was so beautifully thought out by you and I really appreciated all the hard work you must have put in to each day’ thought-provoking ‘hand-outs’. I have kept them to read again and love the photographs on them.
It was lovely for me meeting [name] – we had so much in common and I so enjoyed the group.
I hope your retreat-holidays do very well in 2010, and may God bless all that you do.
With love and so many thanks for such a wonderful retreat,"
"THANK YOU. You have given me, and so obviously the others, a most wonderful and imaginative week. The boat, the sea, the delicious meals, the amazing swimming, the very special company of such deep and mature Christian fellow retreatants, the brilliant choice of our Captain and his gentle crew; BUT ABOVE ALL, the way you created and led such a wonderfully blended Retreat-Holiday. The integration of those two words was woven into an experience of deep delight and wonder. I had known that the idea grabbed me from the moment I first saw your publicity. But your leading of it, and your enabling the thoughts for each day to overflow into all that we were and did was exceptional."
Turkish gulet: the Prenses Begüm
Turkish gulet: Dates, price and flights