Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Turkey Related Subjects => Turkey Discussion Forum (Not Calis specifically) => Topic started by: MrT on September 06, 2017, 10:29:14 AM
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Thinking of visiting Turkey over Christmas, we have never seen Turkey out of season so were going to give it a try. Looked at Ovacik and Calais but have also seen what there is near Antalya and looking at the prices for some hotels in Side it would be cheaper than staying at home. And as they are all massive hotels with indoor pools even if the weathers poor there's something to do. and if its fine we will do what we usually do and travel around a little. and see a bit more of this beautiful country.
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If you are travelling when there, you might go down to the south coast of the Tepe Peninsula, past Kalkan and Kas, to Demre (formerly Myra), where Father Christmas alias Santa Claus alias St Nicholas, Bishop of Myra is buried (in a little church). Or if you don't want to go that far you could go to Patara - where he was born. That will go down a treat as a little anecdote: "This year, on Cristmas Day, we went to visit Father Christmas' grave." Don't tell the little ones though.
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I made my girls venison once. They enjoyed it until I told them they'd just eaten Bambi.
:)
JF
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I made my girls venison once. They enjoyed it until I told them they'd just eaten Bambi.
:)
JF
My mate once changed the pub daily special board from Beef and Venison pie to Daisy and Bambi pie.
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The hotels at Lara beach.. Antalya all cater for Xmas.. Barut Lara is our favourite because they have export drinks and it had a wonderful atmosphere.. The beaches are gorgeous and we have spent many a Xmas day on it.. It is usually mid 20's so warm enough to sit out too eat during the day.. I would book flight and hotel seperately if it is cheaper.. Sunshine holidays.co.uk.. Side was a lot further for us to travel from Fethiye..
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We visited Baba Noel's home last October.. wasn't that impressed but it was extremely busy..
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It usually is spoilt once the commercial market gets hold of it. :)
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The hotels at Lara beach.. Antalya all cater for Xmas.. Barut Lara is our favourite because they have export drinks and it had a wonderful atmosphere.. The beaches are gorgeous and we have spent many a Xmas day on it.. It is usually mid 20's so warm enough to sit out too eat during the day.. I would book flight and hotel seperately if it is cheaper.. Sunshine holidays.co.uk.. Side was a lot further for us to travel from Fethiye..
It was a Barut hotel we have been looking at the Barut Cennet @ Arcanthus in Side, I will have a look at the Barut Lara we usually do book everything separately surprised to hear it can get up to 20 degrees we were anticipating mid teens.
At first we were thinking of a break to Malaga so we could visit places in Spain we have never seen Granada / Seville etc as the flights are £100 return but as we looked into it accommodation was very expensive and weighing one up against the other there isn't much difference in the overall price. apart from the hotels look much more luxurious in around Antalya.
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Gimme your dates might be able to do you a deal in Jerez ????
Kidding...
JF
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We are looking at staying at one of the hotels in Antalya in mid January. One I have my eye on is called the Liberty Lara Iv come across something tonight that says this hotel used to be called the Lara Beach hotel, which Iv heard good things about in the past...can anyone confirm if this did used to be the Lara Beach please? Thanks in advance ????
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I was going to buy venison for Christmas this year but it was dead deer. ;)
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Yes Karennia that is the one, have stayed there several times and its a good 5 star all inclusive at a reasonable price. The only downside is that
it is a good way from Antalya centre/coach station/and also the old town.In the past when arriving at Antalya A/P we have had a night or two there before setting of for Fethiye.(www.libertyhotelslara.com) They also have a hotel in Olu Deniz.
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Brilliant thank you so much for info Dave :) we will be doing it other way round Fethiye to Antalya then fly home from Antalya...there seem to be soooo many hotels in Antalya, iv looked at loads Im finding it all a tad overwhelming hence why I thought Il just go for the Liberty Lara, I thought Id read its 10km from airport, il recheck before booking....
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Brilliant thank you so much for info Dave :) we will be doing it other way round Fethiye to Antalya then fly home from Antalya...there seem to be soooo many hotels in Antalya, iv looked at loads Im finding it all a tad overwhelming hence why I thought Il just go for the Liberty Lara, I thought Id read its 10km from airport, il recheck before booking....
We're going to stay there next March, will be interested to hear what you think x
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Yes it was...Much smaller than the others but it was very good..
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Thanks all im defo going to go for the Liberty Lara, on Thompson website it says 40 mins from airport that will do us,though iv since realised we wont be at the airport wel be at the otogar but hey ho, thats the next thing to think about...not sure whether to book now or wait until after Christmas when all the holiday "sales" start ;)
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There are quite a few expats going to the Liberty Hotel for Christmas.
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I am sure you will be happy with the standard at Liberty but in addition another I would recommend would be the Titanic, closer to the Otogar and not that much more expensive at the time of year you are planning.
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I have looked at the Titanic loads and totally loved the look of it ooh I think im going to wait a bit beire booking espec of its closer to the Otogar as well. Thanks for that...
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I have stayed at the Concorde Hotel on several occasions. This is in Kundu which is about 20 minutes from the airport. It too is Ultra all inclusive. Its a very good hotel and the prices are definitely reasonable.
WW
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Thanks again all...im about to press the button and select the Concorde I think, it looks fab, they all do sooo many to choose from! :)