Patara Hotels

... wish you can go Gemiler Cove, St. Nicholas, Ölüdeniz, Kalkan, Kas, Kekova too. ROUTE Ölüdeniz - Gemile - Kalkan (Patara - Xantos - Letoon) - Çayagzi (Myra - St. Nicholas) - Gökkaya - Kaleköy - Kas - Bayindir - Karacaören - Göçek - Kizil ...

... is longer but Olympos' dramatic setting and cool river option gives it the edge in our opinion. Our other complaint about Patara is how expensive it is. The 'town centre' is one small street lined with restaurants and none of them will ...

... of walking along the riverfront until we found somewhere to stay. We walked the entire length of the town riverfront with no hotels evident. Some idea! Evidently I had chosen the wrong end to park in because all the hotels and pensions are at the other ...

... our afternoon meal sprawled out in the shade in one of these Ottoman chill spaces we have fallen in love with. Last stop is Patara which offers the dual attractions of an immensely long sand beach as well as very substantial ruins. We aren't sure why, ...

... an hour and headed back to the hotel. We decided enough was enough, we did needed to swim in the Mediterranean so headed off to Patara, it took us a dolmus into town, a bus for 1 and half hours then another dolmus to the beach, and yes at last, sand, 27 ...

... with the occasional swim under a hot sun by a cool sea. Big hellos to all my friends at the Grand Bali and Wasa hotels and Cleopatras Beach. Cok tessekur ederim and kolay galsin. On the June 17th we all made our separate ways after a tearful farewell. ...

... South West Turkey, met other Exodus travellers, watched my package friends struggle to head off to their cruise ship and full board hotels in their 4inch heels, and hopped in the bus for a three hour drive to Kas on the Turquoise Coast where we are ...

... up to make a perfectly special "Blue Voyage". Life on Board The modern gulets are equipped as comfortably as many small hotels, with generators and deep freeze. They offer the perfect atmosphere for a lazy holiday in which you are expected to do ...

... early to conserve energy for our big day. Tuesday July 16-- The area of Dalyan, featuring Tlos, Saklikent, Letoon, and Patara The overriding theme for the day was dirt: How much dust and mud can we both cover ourselves in and ingest? ...