Originally Posted by Vaitrucci

Rather than starting a new thread, just wanted to jump quickly off this recent one (if the OP doesn't mind). My wife and I will be in Paris next spring for a week and wanted to head from there over to Istanbul as we've never experienced that area before.

She would like to end our vacation with a laid-back, beach-type of experience. After spending 4-5 days bustling around Istanbul (certainly not enough, I know), does anyone have suggestions of a nice beach-type atmosphere to head towards that's easily reachable within a few hours?

Ideally we'd be able to get there from Istanbul and spend another 3-4 days taking in scenery, strolling, relaxing on the beach, etc. I've heard of the Princes' Islands, but wasn't sure if that really fit the bill or was worth several days.

Any help is much appreciated!