About Us
"Tours Nobody Does Are The Ones For Us"
Meet your local connection in Marmaris-Datca, Shenda and Gerard of Titco Tour Travel Agency! Our agency is like a Yemenite fortress, tall and steady and always on the edge. Not on the edge of the desert, but on the edge of the world of mass tourism, where we are trying to find our place. We are a pioneering think-tank, where we create incredible, but responsible tours under the slogan: "Tours Nobody Does Are the Ones for Us"!
We seek out the remote areas which have not already been touched by the main stream tour operators, and as soon as the masses come in, we seek to find you another niche in the unspoilt nature, suitable for adventurous eco-tourism. Through our extended experience, we know that many travellers enjoy encountering local people and local culture, sometimes even more than only visiting beautiful areas and monuments of the past. We use hiking and trekking to bring visitors into sustainable encounters with local people and their culture and also offer some highly original tours throughout Turkey which (from 1990 onwards) have been organized by Titco Tours:
-Canoe trips on the Red River (Kızılırmak) and the Sakarantes River (Sakarya)
-Horse-cart trekking in Cappadocia
-Ottoman Cities Tours from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea
-Bird watching Tours in Eastern Anatolia
-Camping tours in Eastern and Central Anatolia
-Architecture Tours in the Black Sea Region around Safranbolu
-Gypsy Musicians Tours in Tracia (Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey)
-Turkish - Greek Island Hopping (Datça-Bodrum-Kos-Nissiros-Tilos-Simi-Datça).
-Train Tours to ski-resort Sarıkamış and Kars, and by bus to snow-covered Ani and
-Doğubeyazıt.
-Bidonville Tours in Diyarbakır and Istanbul (also in Mexico and Guatemala).
- Lake Van trekking (Southeastern Turkey)
-Trekking with the nomadic Yörük tribes to their summer meadows.
What We Do
Innovation and trial belong to the procedures of Titco Tour*. Like our customers, we are constantly looking for new challenges and consider it our job to create new possibilities in the field of travelling, using our imagination, skills and experiences to create a new traveller's paradise. As Marmaris-Datça Peninsula is not highly developed, we have to start many things from point zero; however, we can still guarantee you a comfortable stay in accordance with the local standards of technology and infrastructure. We are motivated by the fact that the hinterlands of Marmaris and Datça are relatively blank areas for travellers, and that the region is ideal for implementing sustainable tourism. This is why we are enthusiastic to be part of the WHL network, working with so many others from all over the world who are trying to make the business of sustainable hospitality successful!
With a history of more than 20 years, Titco Tour deals with all the common services of the hospitality business, including flight-tickets, car rentals, leasing services, hotel reservations, congresses and package tours.
Our Goals
Our aims are very simple. Firstly, we promote areas that are not already trampled by mass tourism, and create the foundation for sustainable developments. We have travelled intensively around Turkey since 1982, and we have witnessed the destruction of many areas where tourism was not controlled and went out of hand. So we see it as our responsibility to consider the views of the local people and integrate them with thoughts and practices in sustainable solutions, thus hoping to create a cleaner environment for the present and future generations. Secondly, we offer our customers unforgettable experiences by showing them parts of Turkey which still have a high degree of natural and cultural originality. Thirdly, we like to take the next step and emphasize intercultural interaction, because we know that positive exchanges with local people can create the most lasting memories of any travel experience. Finally, our last aim is to evaluate and compare the travellers' experiences with our own, in order to decide the future of sustainable destinations in Turkey.
But for now, we would like to invite all you ‘Mother Earth and Sustainability-Loving' travellers to visit us in the best preserved natural reserve along Turkey's 8000 km long coastline: the Marmaris-Datça Peninsula. We are looking forward to your visit!
Our Slogan concerning Slow Tourism is:
"The true traveller is (s)he who goes on foot, and even then sits down a lot" (Collette).
Feel free to contact us about any question or advice you may have about your holiday at the Marmaris-Datca Peninsula. We are available by phone, fax, e-mail and skype.
* Titco is an acronym for : Tüfekçioğlu International Transport Cie. Titco Tour is a licensed A-category Travel Agency, member of Türsab, Turkish Association of Travel Agencies (http://www.tursab.org.tr/ ) and as member of I.A.T.A. licensed to sell flight tickets of all airways companies around the world(http://www.iata.org/)
