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Offline Jacqui Harvey

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Re: How did you manage to find Fethiye
« Reply #40 on: January 19, 2015, 16:41:40 PM »
We went on a cruise of Turkey and the Greek Islands.  Loved it all and had never been to Turkey before.  Decided on a holiday to Turkey the next year and ended up in Letoonia in Fethiye from there we went visiting properties, as we though it would be a good idea to buy a villa and rent it out.  Saw a villa in Calis the first day we were out, fell in love with it.  Bought it the same day.  This is where the story goes astray.  We loved the place so much we could not bear anyone else to be there.  So, we never did rent out, however, never regretted it.



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Re: How did you manage to find Fethiye
« Reply #41 on: January 19, 2015, 19:29:00 PM »
Mum used to come to Calis on holiday but I always went to the Greek islands. In 2000 she came out and got into an unheated hotel pool resulting in a massive heart attack. I had to fly out with my brother to pay her hospital bills... 

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Re: How did you manage to find Fethiye
« Reply #42 on: January 20, 2015, 08:59:47 AM »
Yes Portugal does crop up a few times. We still holiday there every October as we bought a timeshare a year or two before we bought in Calis. However, apart from the extra cost in flights, I think we made a great choice. Firstly, Turkey has not seen the recession that Spain and Portugal have - so our house has not fallen in value at all. Secondly, associated costs of owning in Turkey are much lower than Portugal. We also got much more property for our money.

Minus side is the cost and array of wines available in Portugal is fantastic compared to most places never mind Turkey. Also eating out is much better for the 'classier' meals and the diversity of meal choice is better in Portugal.

Love them both for different reasons. Take the wine and some food (Our local Japanese for starters - not to mention the fantastic steaks) from Portugal to Turkey, plus the cheaper flights, and it would make it so much better. Take Mozaic, Guven's and one or two others to Portugal........can't expect total paradise though can we?

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Re: How did you manage to find Fethiye
« Reply #43 on: January 20, 2015, 09:11:08 AM »
Having avoided Turkey for 17 years, after a rubbish holiday in Marmaris (and it wasn't half the size it is now!), I was eventually persuaded by my hubby to give Calish Beach a try. He'd been checking it out for months before he even dared to mention Turkey to me again. The rest is history.   :)  :)

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Re: How did you manage to find Fethiye
« Reply #44 on: January 20, 2015, 10:59:26 AM »
We sat in CO-Op travel Chesterfield about 18 years ago told the rep we want somewhere cheap and warm in the next 2 weeks it was early May, she came up with lots of offers across Europe all over our budget. She then said we have Turkey allocated on arrival, we both looked at each other and said "no way are we going to Turkey"
The girl said that's all we have in your budget, it was £129 with Goldtrail. We needed a holiday so that was it, arrived 3am at Dalaman a bloke there with our name took us to a full size bus he grunted about three words, Took us over the mountains which was very scary, down a dirt track to hotel Tolay in Hisaronu.
He banged on the door this little portly chap came grunted at us, he looked a million dollars not had a shave in a week just a dirty egg stained vest on and shorts. We got in the room and thought what have we come too.
Next morning the sun was shining the, the waiter and the owners son spoke good English. We went back to the same hotel a year later with our sons and a gang of there mates all 17 and 18.
One of the girls fell for a Barman, went back 2 weeks later stayed and married him. They both went to work for Hannel homes a few years later.
 They came to our house in Chesterfield to show us the wedding photo's, I said I was thinking of buying a property what did she suggest. Kelly said well don't buy off us they are small and expensive, there are some real bargains in Calis beach it is an up and coming place.
After doing hours of research and finding CBF we contacted Cenk at Interturk in our 7th year living here now after many holidays.

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Re: How did you manage to find Fethiye
« Reply #45 on: January 20, 2015, 19:46:06 PM »
We started holidaying in Turkey in 1995. Firstly at Turgetries where we spent our honeymoon, then Turunc. We then started to take 3 week holidays in Turkey, a week at somewhere new, a week on a gulet and then a week at somewhere we had been before. We found Sovaliye island this way and kept returning to Sovaliye which we loved. We would look acros at Calis at night and thought it looked like Blackpool all lit up. Guess where we ended up buying and we couldn't have been more wrong.

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Re: How did you manage to find Fethiye
« Reply #46 on: January 20, 2015, 21:26:00 PM »
And thousands of people are glad you both arrived.     :)

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Re: How did you manage to find Fethiye
« Reply #47 on: January 20, 2015, 21:52:07 PM »
Loving all these stories   :)

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Re: How did you manage to find Fethiye
« Reply #48 on: January 21, 2015, 10:29:50 AM »
Me too Menthol, it's really interesting to hear all about the different ways people discovered, and fell in love with, the area.

Our story is just a bog standard 2 week package in 2002, stayed at the Golden Moon.  Had a great holiday but didn't really think it was that special.

Couple of years later got a brilliant deal with Thomsons to stay at the Oykun for two weeks.  Something clicked into place and we fell in love with Calis, back every year since apart from last year when we had to cancel for family reasons, but back again in June!  ;D


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Re: How did you manage to find Fethiye
« Reply #49 on: January 21, 2015, 11:46:53 AM »
"Allocated upon arrival" B&B at The Ucel Hotel at Ovacik (now redeveloped as the "Grand Ucel" ;) in 1993 I think (memory's going so might have been a year earlier). We were completely smitten by the friendliness and generosity of the people, let alone the stunning scenery, history and food. Went back to other hotels around Hisaronu the following two years and each time, it seemed the village (as was) had doubled in size and Ovacik was shortly about to merge with Hisaronu.

I don't know if anyone remembers the Day/Night bar in Hisaronu which was run by a German chap called Wolfgang. His bar was a total oasis of tranquility. By the time of our last visit in 1995 (I think), several new nearby bars blaring out loud music had ruined the ambience of the Day/Night and I gather he sold up shortly after. Terrible shame.

We then went to other places in Turkey (Kusadasi, Belek, Kalkan) before four stays at Lykia World when our daughter was small. After prices for Lykia World went stratospheric, we went to Club Letoonia three years ago which finally "cured" us of the all-inclusive thing (crappy, aged little rooms there and we finally tired of the buffet/scrum). We've always loved the Fethiye area so decided to "try" Calis Beach two years ago - we'd never previously been there !




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