The trip started with a flight from Monarch airlines from Gatwick at 07.20 am. The flight was on time and a comfortable Airbus 3-4-3 configuration. Extra leg room seat can be purchased at an additional cost if you wish to have the most comfort as the leg room is not very generous generally. The flight was only a little late and 4 hours later we arrived in Dalaman. Visas are £10 per person and they prefer a nice crisp £10 note and advise correct money or no change will be offered!!!
We were a nice small group of 10 and were transferred the 1 and a half hours to our first hotel, the Oasis Hotel in Kalkan. The group was put into a variety of rooms; I was lucky to have 1 of 2 suite rooms with porthole window looking down to Kalkan, large terrace area with table and chairs and 2 sunbeds (in need of a little staining to the wood and sunbed covers stained) but the room inside was spacious and clean with beams to ceiling and nice furnishings. Jucuzzi bath was fun and shower on bath or seperate walk in shower. Tea/coffee making facilities, hardryer, safe, air conditioning and satellite tv. We ate at the rooftop restaurant with fabulous views over Kalkan and the food was lovely.
The hotel is in a good position just a few minutes walk to restaurants and bars and Kalkan itself has great character with steep narrow streets and superb views over the Turqouise coast.The breakfast was very good with a selection of cereals, salad, cheese, and sliced meats, fruit as well as a hot choice with mushrooms, eggs(scrambed or boiled) We then set off to visit a few hotels in Kalkan, starting with the Oasis to see other room types,some with private pools
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| My room in Oasis Hotel |
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| Jacuzzi bath and separate walk in shower |
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| View from large balcony |
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| View from pool area with unusual sunbeds flat on floor and difficult for us oldies to get up from! |
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| Kalkan is all steep cobbled streets - not good for stilettos! |
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| Another street in Kalkan - very picturesque and full of character |
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| View from breakfast room of Oasis |
We then moved on to the Likya Residence which was my favourite hotel (Aykan Group)of the day but with a price tag to match with lead in prices of £1200 for a week. It has an eco feel to it with lots of plants and very chic. There were 2 room types deluxe and deluxe plus and we viewed a deluxe which had its own access to the infinity pool from the balcony (room 100) very good spa, small gym, steam room and second pool with superb views.(min age 16 years) We did see the retreat rooms (annexe buillding separate) but I did not like them so much and there is a building in between with a pool which was not being maintained at the time of inspection and balconies overlooked green pool - perhaps not in season! This is a popular hotel so need to book early and rarely has offers. They have a lovely relaxing spa offering a range of facilities.
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| Infinity pool |
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| Other pool in lovely setting |
The next hotel the Rhapsody Hotel (a good hotel in its day but a little dated) It is due to undergo a large renovation programme but at present is very simple and basic in style, lacking in character though rooms were not too bad and there are a selection of room types which include jacuzzi suites, those without jacuzzi had larger balconies, 4 duplex sleeping up to 4 (min age 12 years)
The next hotel was the Asfiya Hotel which has no lift and ever suite is different so best to stipulate what you want from a room ie big balcony, jacuzzi bath etc. (ie if you dont have a jacuzzi in deuxe suites, you have a bigger balcony). Oldest in Aykan group of hotels. Viewed master deluxe where 3 rooms share private pool. Both this hotel and Likya Residence have use of the Yali area with pontoon into sea.
We then moved on the to Elixer Hotel which offered us a lovely lunch which was a good standard 4 star hotel with nothing in particular which makes it unique but had a very pleasant and friendly feel to it with a good standard of room, a more modern feel to it and nice pool, bar area and friendly staff. We viewed deluxe and superior rooms, deluxe have jacuzzi with the exception of ground floor which does not. There is a lift and some interconnecting rooms. Photos unavilable for this hotel.
More to follow as we travelled to Antalya, Kaleici, Datca, Olu Deniz............................................
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