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Tomb with a view: Fethiye’s traditional houses also appeal
five-star, all-inclusive Mares Hotel Dolphin
Park and Spa, where prices for one week
start at £535.
“If this hotel were in Greece or Cyprus, it
Harbour nice time: Kas offers a stylish selection of smaller, boutique accommodation would probably be selling for £150 to £180
more,” said Olympic commercial director
beat, young-orientated atmosphere and B&B in the south Photis Lambrianides.
terrific water sports – are driving the Further south, Dalaman is the main gateway With a strong following among repeat
majority of our volume into Bodrum for to popular resorts such as Marmaris, Olu visitors to Turkey who are keen to get off the
this summer,” she said. Deniz and Fethiye. “Bed and breakfast works beaten track, the Dalaman area offers a wide
Sample prices for one week, based on particularly well in the Dalaman area, cross-section of accommodation. The hills
two people sharing, are £255 for bed and especially in areas such as Olu Deniz, where above Fethiye, for example, are a favourite
breakfast at the Hotel Gumbet Cove (which there are excellent beaches and a good range haunt for holidaymakers renting traditional
is rated 2.5 diamonds by Cosmos) in of bars and restaurants,” said Carroll. village houses, while the small resorts of Kas
September and £629 all-inclusive at the But Olympic Holidays reports that its top and Kalkan boast an excellent crop of stylish
four-diamond Hotel Izer at Torba in July. seller in Marmaris for this summer is the boutique hotels.
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