Apricot Hotel

... found a place about 100 million times better. The Old City is beautiful, although I think it should be called the Apricot City because that's what colour it is really. If you look above street level you will see the most amazing buildings - ...

... such a gorgeous place. The village comprised a series of narrow lanes interspersed with tiny huts, stone walls and orchards. Cherry, apricot, apple and pear trees were flowering and ancient proud walnut trees, some hundreds of years old, were still ...

... showers and big comfy beds.  We snuck over to D&D's for a couple celebratory brews. (Bob makes wonderful flavors like apricot, mango, and raspberry.)  For dinner, the wife cooked us a typical Honduran meal of grilled beef, beans, tortillas, ...

... a hotel room watching movies from the 110 channels. South America once again proved very liberal with its antibiotics, and I lived on bananas and apricot yoghurt for a few days. When I felt up to braving the outside world, I found I wasn't too fond of ...

... that we were anticipating with some trepidation. We had decided to rent a car for the next 2 and a half weeks, from Hakan at the Apricot Hotel and someone was going to bring it out to the airport to meet us and we were going to set off from there to ...

... one couple on the bus! Four people we knew from the previous days tour and 6 others were people who had also been at Apricot Hotel in Istanbul when we were there. Mehmet and Hakan are obviously doing well out of all these commissions! This was another ...

... looking. First we had to check out of the luxury room and find our budget accommodation for the next two nights at the Apricot Hotel. It turned out to be a pleasant place to stay, small hotel but comfortable, recommended by Rick Steves. Yesterday we ...

... either. But I'm getting ahead of myself. First a quick re-cap of where I've been so far: 1) Three nights at the Apricot Hotel in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul. 2) Overnight on the train between Istanbul and Ankara. 3) One night in ...

... Brooker to go to information. We had now been on the ground for about an hour, and had visions of the driver from the Apricot Hotel, abandoning us at the airport. Fortunately our stuff was on the baggage carousel and we were out in a flash. To our ...

... provided (let alone the air-con van!!). We did this tour with 2 lovely NZ ladies (Dot and Erin) that we'd met at Apricot Hotel, (!!!) plus a Spanish guy who was travelling around by himself. The 4 Nzers watched the sun go down from our balcony, with a ...

... of Solace) we arrived unscathed at Ataturk International Airport. We are staying in Sultanahmet (or "old town" I guess) at a little hotel called Apricot run by a nice former guide named Hakan. Our room was super small but had a nice balcony view of the ...

... it to our hotel about 6:30 pm.  Met the kind hotel staff who helped us order a take-out dinner to eat in the hotel breakfast area.  Jeff and Morganne did run to the corner market to pick up some bottles of water.  I'll include a ...

... out of bed.  I even slept through the 5:30 AM call to prayer.    We went on our guided tour with the hotel owner, Hakan today.  He took us in his car around the Golden Horn and onto the Asian side.  We visited a park on the ...

... great.    We came back to the room for about an hour to rest, and then we walked to a restaurant that our hotel had recommended.  It was an extremely good meal - even with vegetarian options.  My dish was baked in a hollowed out ...

... area had been very popular, and now the bazaar is just about deserted). As usual, we were the only customer. Ordered apricot juice, chicken vegetable soup, and chips. Read guide book and typed diary waiting while potatoes were procured, peeled chipped and ...

... Talisman, the Dar Al Yasmin shared many of the same features that make these hotels a special experience.   Gold, apricot and black striped stone walls surround double-story courtyards with fountains, trees, soft lights and rooms leading off ...

... river. It was now the earlier start of spring season so one can see the true greenery of the valley and the orchids of apricot, Nuts and almond beside other dry fruit         ...

... with strawberry and apricot jams, jasmine tea, greek yogurt with dried fruit, sliced, spiced tomatoes, salami, proscuitto, cheese, pureed apricot, mango and raspberry juices.  I yearned for my steel cut oatmeal, but this would do.  After the ...

... tells me they have no shaker; American-style cocktails a rarity here. He tries to tempt me with the hotel's signature offering consisting of gin with apricot brandy and something else, but I lost interest after the mention of the apricot brandy.) There's ...

...  4 capital cities. This valley is known for its vineyards that produce over 120 varieties of wines. Green terraced vineyards and apricot orchards grow along the riverbeds and up the hillsides. We saw the Gottweig Abbey from ...