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Title: What a shock....
Post by: oscarj on January 30, 2015, 23:17:18 PM
Stayed in the Mutlu for years. Always fab holiday. Tried to book direct when we left in September, nothing available unless we will stay top floor, no thanks! Anyway.. Delta sea front room, perfect location. Pool we don't need. £841 for me and son room over looking ....well the sea. Flights for £500 , still £700 cheaper than package to Mutlu. Know we could get cheaper hotel or apartment but what's going on......

Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Menthol on January 30, 2015, 23:59:25 PM
Are you saying you have a cheaper holiday than usual?

Cos £1341 for 2 people in a hotel room sounds like such a lot of money to me!

How long are you staying for?

Please don't get me wrong, I'm hardly the most seasoned package traveller, so I'm probably out of touch with the prices!
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: littlereddevil on January 31, 2015, 08:22:52 AM
I was struggling to understand this post too!
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on January 31, 2015, 09:02:55 AM
The Delta is probably the most expensive Hotel in Calis beach.  Very upmarket, but very nice.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Scunner on January 31, 2015, 10:04:03 AM
I was struggling to understand this post too!

Well I am not     :)

It shows how the very popular Mutlu Hotel, now basically only bookable through Thomson or direct, has now priced itself into by far the most expensive hotel on Calis seafront.

Hotel & flights, choosing the Delta, arguably the classiest by miles on the seafront, can now be booked for £700 less for two people. The Mutlu is really nice but no luxury place by any means. So you get a far better hotel, far cheaper.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Scunner on January 31, 2015, 10:10:35 AM
And that was for a top floor room - that's attic floor at the Mutlu - low ceilings, wide but not high windows and no balconies :(

I wouldn't want one if they were free :(
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: CAROL BROWNE on January 31, 2015, 11:47:45 AM
we've just booked flights & hotel area for £363 for a fornight. Going out with monarch & returning with british airways from gatwick
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Colwyn on January 31, 2015, 12:39:30 PM
Blimey, that's good. I paid £340 for one person just for the flights, with hold luggage but no other "extras" - Bristol/Dalaman, June.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Kevin Sowten on January 31, 2015, 12:53:29 PM
We flew out for £49 each 3 months ago and accommodation is only £170 a month !!!!
(Unfurnished though !!!)   ;)
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: mercury on January 31, 2015, 13:00:20 PM
Oh dear Carole. Did you look at the reviews before booking it?  If it looks too good to be true it usually is.. Really hope the reviews are wrong... Anne x
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Scunner on January 31, 2015, 13:10:55 PM
We paid £330 cash total for a week at the Oykun - mind you it was October. That price was for 2 rooms (one double one twin) with interconnecting door, b&b, late check out room and 2x fridges. That was for four people. Fabulous value.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: CAROL BROWNE on January 31, 2015, 17:09:17 PM
yes we did. We know people who have been going to area hotel  for about 4- 5 years, they say it's fine.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on January 31, 2015, 18:02:16 PM
Mixed reviews for it on T.A. but generally good.   They call it the Area Otel on there.
This is the link
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g298031-d670454-Reviews-Area_Otel-Fethiye_Mugla_Province_Turkish_Aegean_Coast.html
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Scunner on January 31, 2015, 18:29:26 PM
I'm sure Cavfan and friends stayed there not so long ago and thought it was pretty good for the price. She's not easily impressed  ;)
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Scunner on January 31, 2015, 18:59:41 PM
Mind you, take your pick from these opinions

http://www.calis-beach.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=54879.msg361393#msg361393



Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: suehugh on February 01, 2015, 12:24:45 PM
What about a thread for best hotel stay in Calis.
Hotel Letoon for us
Not the best hotel in the area, but our favourite.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Christie on February 01, 2015, 17:25:49 PM
Nevada Spa for us.  Have tried quite a few in Calis but the Nevada is the best for us.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Scunner on February 01, 2015, 17:40:53 PM
Yeah I would suggest the Oykun isn't the greatest hotel in the World or even in Calis but for us it is just perfect. Can't imagine having our week anywhere else and don't even look  :)
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: marina on February 02, 2015, 10:22:16 AM
Would be the Oykun for us too.  Prefer an apartment now if we're there for 2 weeks but if we wanted a hotel it would be the Oykun.  Had a few great times there   ;D
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: suehugh on February 02, 2015, 18:42:36 PM
Oykun the clear winner then in this short poll
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on February 02, 2015, 19:24:14 PM
My son and his friends half in the Oykun half in the Nevada.  All preferred the Nevada.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: suehugh on February 02, 2015, 20:50:05 PM
That's now a draw then.
Come on fellow letoonies, all we need are two more votes
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Highlander on February 02, 2015, 21:11:41 PM
Letoon Hotel

Our experience of Letoon Hotel was the the rooms were very small with next to no storage space for clothes. By the time the present Mrs H had sorted out her clothes there was no room for mine. The upper stairs rooms were difficult to access from the steeply winding staircase late at night even when sober. The electricity was for ever going off. If you were in an upstairs you could hear all manner of "things" running over the roofs. The water in the showers went from hot to very cold in an instant. It was a nightly battle to get the front door lock.

And yet the place provided us year-on-year with absolutely fabulous holidays that we will treasure for ever. That of course was most down to the then host, his lovely wife and the fabulous staff who in a very short time came to be our very good friends. It was also down to the lovely fellow guest we met and who returned each year as we did and who also became firm friends. We stayed there last year after many years away at apartments.

We have also stayed at both the Oykun, Nevadu Su and the Grand Vison.

Liked the Oykun very much and the Nevada Su was OK, Grand Vison was"tired" and need revamping.

Our vote would go to Letoon. 
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: suehugh on February 02, 2015, 21:22:07 PM
Our experiences of the Letoon mirror yours Highlander. We did not experience it until Aleefs time, and then went back year after year. Our first visit to Calis saw us in the Dawn Beach. But a wander down the prom caused us to meet Nevra. An act of kindness by her to Sues mum completely endeared us to the place
Although we stay up the hill when we visit now, we always visit the Letoon. Indeed we had a weekend away down there in Sept.
Magic.
Thanks for the vote. We just need one more to beat the Oykun and Nevada
Hugh
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Highlander on February 02, 2015, 21:50:17 PM
It was Alif and Debs I was referring to Hugh and of course Nevra who was a huge part of Letoon's charm (along with Sezgi, Gul, Selcuk, Alladin, Tahsin, Guner, Zeynab (?) ..........................
 
Oh and of course the location is just to die for.

Sorry folks way off topic - it's suehugh's fault    ;)
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Scunner on February 02, 2015, 23:43:26 PM
My appraisals in brief of all local hotels I have stayed at:

1. Hotel Pelin - Very dated in areas, neither friendly nor unfriendly, adequate rooms, bland breakfast, poor soundproofing.

2. Hotel Mutlu - friendly, fab location, good breakfast, great views, good but unspectacular quality.

3. Harman Hotel - friendly enough, a bit tucked back from the front, comfy rooms, nice breakfast. Still haven't forgiven them for charging me 2 lira in 2002 to warm milk (from the included breakfast buffet) for the kids' bottles.

4. Manaspark Hotel - Great location, indifferent staff, below average breakfast choice, cheaply updated rooms, amazing wifi

5. Oykun Hotel: Friendly staff, great breakfast, nice enough rooms, good value for money.

6. Ece Saray: Obviously fab marina views, best breakfast by miles on roof terrace, slightly pretentious but exceptionally courteous.

7. Hotel Majesty Tuana (Yaniklar) - Really decent AI hotel. Family rooms brilliantly laid out, good food if you don't mind AI, plentiful if restricted alcohol range, as is normal in non-premium brands AI in Turkey. Not much to do around it.

Just my experiences and short opinions  :)
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: mac2010 on February 03, 2015, 08:34:50 AM
Jiva AI on the beach in Calis.Great selection of food and drink and the room was ok.Great price for everything.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Karennina on February 04, 2015, 22:10:43 PM
Here are my brief reviews in no particular order...ours have only been on a night basis stay.
Nevada Su loved it amazing powerful shower and big cubicle breakfast reasonable and big comfy bed...

Letoon loved it felt like what I call proper Turkey friendly staff and nice breakfast with the choice also of freshly cooked omelettes...

Golden Moon basic but clean friendly staff breakfast a little basic but was right at the very start of they season and we along with one other couple were the only people staying there...

Delta rooftop suite with hot tub  totally loved it would highly recommend this suite for a special night or to inject some romance back into your relationship!

Remer AI well we never got to stay here for some reason we were never told why we got moved to the Rosary beach would never stay at either if they were free, food and drink at Remer just horrible cheap and nasty and the only good thing about the Rosary beach was the bed was comfy and the location nothing else surly old man on reception who was sharing his fist because I had skied once about the wifi and the second thing was because I asked for a spare pillow!

Yacht Boutique totally loved it lovely views from the upstairs restaurant over the harbour, fantastic breakfast with soooo much choice again a chef cooking fresh omelettes...
We loved this one soomuch we returned here last year and would go back to the Yacht again...
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: suehugh on February 05, 2015, 12:19:05 PM
Hi Karennina
Some nice choices. Obviously the Letoon is ours, but would love to stay at the Yaught boutique. We had lunch and a pleasant afternoon there in Sept. What a lovely place.
Worth a visit just to see the toilets.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Colwyn on February 05, 2015, 12:45:59 PM
Last year we made a last minute decision to visit Calis. All the hotels that get a good mention on here were full. So we ended up at the Berlin. In 10 years of CBF I don't think I have ever read anything about it. It has a good location, of course, on the promenade with views out to sea or overlooking the canal. Unfortunately it is a rather tired old place and could really do with some updating.
Title: Re: What a shock....
Post by: Karennina on February 05, 2015, 13:14:06 PM
My favourite so far has been the Yacht Boutique without a doubt,it was a place that I found I could relax totally at and that is something I find hard to do...
I just loved the pool area so much...we will have another night there this year hopefully...
Next on our list is the Jiva Beach in May looking forward to that  :)