Uğur Ünal

I mean that literally.  I have been around the world on everything from a 2 hour city tour to an extended 2 week fully guided tour of a country, and Ugur still holds the position of Best Tour Guide Ever.  He was informative and engaging, showing obvious enthusiasm for his country's cultural history.  He was also helpful and available for assistance with daily sundries, hotel issues, food, etc.  His language skillls were great, as he easily slid between three languages constantly throughout our mixed background group, as well as dealing with the locals.  Although the entire tour was punctual and ran like clockwork on his side, Ugur demonstrated extreme patience with us, even when we were lost and made the whole tour late.  It snowed in the mountains one day on the tour, and while we were not scheduled to stop we did get to drive through it.  Knowing that it was the first time some of our group had seen snow, he had the driver stop on the side of the road for a snow ball fight.  The tour was FUN, much in part because of Ugur's humour and personable demeanor, which for me is key.  Ugur made us feel like we were the most fun group that he'd ever traveled with- and while I've heard that from a lot of guides, Ugur made it seem like he genuinely enjoyed showing us around his country.  He was like a friend.  I've tried to stay in touch on social media.  If I ever make it back to Turkey, I will definitely be looking for Ugur again!