Hotel Mavi Holiday Village
Travel Blogs from Güllük
Week One Blog
... of rain, coupled with some cracking thunder and lightning storms.
The rain is needed badly here in Turkey as we have only had a few inches
of rain in the last eight months. This has had a bad effect on the local
olive picking, with the crops down some 30% on normal levels. Now however,
as I am writing this we have just had nearly two inches of rain overnight so
that is good, well for us anyway.
The week started well with England playing ...
Jewels of Turkey
Saved for a whole year to take family on holiday to the lovely beach of Bardakci Bay on the Bodrum Peninsula in Turkey. Brilliant time was had by all especially our little 7 year old boy. Everything revolved around the beach and the pool with plenty going on day and night. Food was tasty and good plain food for kids. The ...
The Datca is good!
"Where's a bottle of water ?" Is pretty much how our day started. We had to catch the ferry at 9:30 to the head to the Datca Peninsula. Since we had our car we wanted to get there fairly early enough to ensure our car would be able to make the trip. When you have no clue where your going it is easy to get lost, we gave ourselves an hour to find the ferry port. My head defiantly felt like the size of a watermelon, and I was hoping that ...
Party on Wayne!
... the boat around 11:00AM where our fun fill day began. We stopped at 5 different lagoons, where we were allowed to jump off the boat and go swimming. I now know why it is called the Turquoise Riviera . The water was actually turquoise, and so many different shades of it. You could see the bottom of the sea, in spots where it was greater then 8M deep. It was awesome! The water was also ...
Yes Please
... are kept in very good condition. For the city being thousands of years old and its buildings and most structures still standing is pretty amazing.
My favorite of the city was the Theater, where St.Paul preached to the people , it is the largest outdoor theater of the ancient world. It was carved out into flanks from Mount Pion . It took them over 60 years to carve, and it could hold up to 40,000 spectators ( which is more ...
Location
Amenities
- Swimming pool
- Restaurant
- Beach
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Free parking