Ugar traveled with us to each city and took care of every detail. We never had to worry about a taxis, flight times, meals, tipping or anything.  

He helped us get nice hotels at prices lower than we could book ourselves online. His cave hotel in Cappadocia was one of the nicest I've ever stayed in and was very reasonable. He also got us an amazing private yacht in Istanbul  for less than what we would have paid for a crowded group tour. 

We are a family of six with kids 13 to 23.  Ugar hiked, biked and ATV'd with us. He  made the trip fun for the whole family. We squeezed a 10 day tour into 6 days.  

I almost made the mistake of hiring a company that had a slightly lower quote, but when everything was factored in, they would have been more expensive and they would have used different guides in each city. 

Ugar has perfect English and knows everything about Turkey. We asked him a million questions . He is a true professional and a person of high integrety.  

We will hire Ugar again the next time we're in Turkey if we can get him.  

If you are considering a guide in Turkey, look no further than Uğur Bey. I have traveled to Turkey several times over the past decade and I am fortunate to have met and become friends with Uğur. He is simply the best tour guide in Turkey. He is friendly, knowledgeable, energetic, humble and most of all he is a true representative of Turkish culture and hospitality. Uğur goes the extra mile to make sure that his clients get the most value for their time and money. I went on a small group tour with an internationally renowned adventure tour operator and during that trip I was fortunate enough to have met him. On later trips, I reached out to Uğur personally and he designed custom tour packages for me and my family. Although he is a tourism professional, I consider Uğur my personal friend and my primary contact in Turkey and the Mediterranean region. Thank you Abi for your efforts and hospitality, see you soon my brother! 

We appreciated Ugur's depth of knowledge about social, cultural and religious history. We were a group of four and spent three days with Ugur in Istanbul and one in Çanakkale (the ancient site of Troy). Some of our group had a slower pace than others and he always made sure we that we were each attended to. That kind of customization is difficult with a group such as ours! He was friendly, informative and very pleasant to be around. We also liked that he took us on the public transportation. When I return to Turkey, he will be my guide again. Very professional!