Day trips from Calis

[Sleuth]

Col, We had three days / nights staying in the lovely Dalyan in mid June. It may be busy now ( expected in late July August ) but those appealing  riverside restaurants were all struggling big time when we were there. One establishment only had one table of customers  throughout the whole of May:( !!  No, Dalyan,   like all the other  Turkish resorts are reporting a downturn of Brit visitors  this year.
Empty seats on planes from B,ham to Dalaman again reported even as recent as saturday 23rd July .

[poppy50]

Hi Recently visited Tlos and can recommend an overnight stay at  Mountain Lodge Hotel.  Mel is such a good host.  It was so peaceful and the views are to die for.  Loveley pool ares too.

[fahyt]

quote:Originally posted by atinabay

Agree with Toky suggestion............. Marmaris and Gumbet ... The only two places I had been to before.
Definately worth a visit............ This will, as Toky said, enhance your experience of Calis.
To think I had nearly written off Turkey completely, based on the past experiences.  . .
If it had'nt been for accidently finding this forum, we would never have gone back............
Phew!........... that was a close shave.

Fahyt.....I'm also thinking of hiring a car for a week to explore the area.  ....Did you hire directly from the hotel?

I am an invererate chicken and I worried that I would not understand any car hire contract I sign in Turkey so I booked through Holiday Autos in the UK. I clicked the Holiday Autos link through the Quidco site so I get a 9% cash back through quidco.The total cost was £402 for a small automatic and this included CDW including damage to screen, tyres, That's £29 per day and no charge for transfers.

[atinabay]

Fahyt, that seems reasonable to me.

[pookie]

actually thats quite expensive for car hire.  we pay on average £18 - £20 per day, using Pandora.  Excellent service and the contract is explained in English when the car is delivered for you.  Excellent pick up / drop off service at the airport too.

I would also visit Dalyan - lots of nice restaurants to explore, a boat trip around the reed beds, Lycian tombs to wonder at and plenty of wildlife to discover.  or...take the coastal round round from Olu Deniz - to Kabak, beautiful scenery and several places to stop of for a picnic / exploration.  Lovely little restaurant in Kabak for lunch if you don't fancy a picnic......beaches to refresh you too !

[Supacabby]

I paid 100euros (don't know why it was priced in euros & didn't ask!) for a week with unlimited mileage whan I last was in Turkey, this was a collect & drop off at Dalaman airport so not local to Calis, fyi.