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DESTINATIONS TURKEY | WINTER SUN


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’m lying face down on a warm marble gobektasi, the air thick with steam and my skin slick with foam that’s been dolloped liberally onto my back like whipped cream. The worries and stresses of the past few years are being pummelled expertly out of my back by Kadek, who’s barely five feet tall but has a vice-like grip. She knuckles into each and every muscle, before reaching for a kese, a rough, handwoven cloth that she uses to scrub my skin to leave it pink and glowing. It’s my first experience of a


Turkish hammam, the traditional cleansing ritual that’s almost a rite of passage when visiting the country. It’s one of the treatments available at Liberty Fabay, a five-star, all-inclusive hotel on Turkey’s Dalaman coast, a region “offering customers fantastic hotels, great beaches


and unrivalled value”, according to Alan Cross, head of trade sales at Jet2holidays. The hotel is part of Jet2’s Luxe Collection and is a place to “sample some affordable luxury”.


TOURISM BOOM Turkey and the Dalaman coast are having a moment. In May, Jet2.com boosted flight capacity to popular Turkish destinations including Dalaman from Manchester with two new 327-seat Airbus A330s, while in June, almost half of all passengers landing at Dalaman airport were British. It’s not hard to understand


why. With practically year-round sunshine and temperatures that barely dip below 20C, the region has a clear appeal for sun-starved Brits.


With its golden beach, 12 outdoor pools and assortment


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