hi

yes i go to akyaka every year, absolutely love the place, fab beach so scenic, good prices in restaurants as a turkish resort, but as i have my own apt i dont stay in hotels but the gokova hotel is near my apt and i have eaten there and used their pool a few times, the hotel is about 15 mins walk to the beach as its near the top of akyaka, but nothing really around it, the pool is tiny. we prefer the idyma hotel, ive put a link to that for you, pool is bigger, rooms lovely, staff friendly. i dont know the erdem so cant help you with that.

im happy to help with any questions and if you have a look in the photo gallery you will see ive put some photos in there of akyaka.

have a look at these links too

http://akyaka.com/index.php

http://www.turkuaz-guide.net/gokova.html

http://www.idymahotel.com/en/index.htm
http://www.marmarisinfo.com/sightseeing/cleopatra.phtml

if you want to be near the beach, then theres the club magician hotel and kordon hotel and apts

any more help let me know

karen

Hi.

I've stayed at the Erdem.

The location is excellent, just yards from the beach and the main street of Akyaka. However the facilities, service and organisation are somewhat less so! Looking at the Thomas Cook website I was amazed to see that it would cost over £600 each for us to stay there this year

What do you want to know?

Cant comment on the hotels/apartments mentioned as I havnt stayed there. Have used the Sezgin apartments which are just round the corner from the erdem (booked through Mepar tours) and also the okaliptus apartments (booked direct INVALID URL about 5-10 mins from the beach Lovley place with a great pool.

Thank you for your speedy replies. We had holidays in Altinkum,but the place became too commercialised. Over the last few years we been going to Goa and Tunisia.
The thing that shocked me, was the prices for the package holidays to Akyaka compaired to other places in Turkey.£700pp+ is just not on.
The Gokova Hotel looks a possibility at £550pp b&b,but I cant find a site were anyone has stayed there,
Looks like we will cross our fingers and hope for the best.
Thank again.

holimaniac akyaka isnt commercialised and there isnt may packages hence the high prices, most people do diy holidays , have you tried pricing up a diy, the transfers via a taxi is around £35.

just a warning, we didnt like the food at the gokova hotel and the owners are a bit serious, not the usual friendly banter you get from everyone else in this resort

my friends also stayed at the okaliptus apts and really loved it

Thanks for that advice Elle, we have never done a diy before, and to be honest Im a bit long in the tooth to start now.Dont know what to do now.

im happy to try and help you, its very easy to sort out a diy, ive got a contact thats very reliable for transfer or if you book direct with any hotel or apts in akyaka they can pick you up, its certainly worth pricing up.

if you want any help let us know your dates and local airport as im sure we can point you in the right direction, and help get you some flight prices to compare

akyaka is lovely,so i highly recommend it, its only 50 mins from the airport too

karen

Hi Holimaniac, you know what they say, you're never too old to learn and with Ellie Meg's help, I am sure you can save money on a holiday to Akyaka. I've never actually stayed there but have travelled through and it looks lovely. We have a house on the Bodrum peninsula which isn't too far away and the whole area is fantastic.

Over the last few years (before we bought our house in Turkey) we have saved pounds by doing DIY holidays. I can understand you being a bit apprehensive about doing DIY but be assured that there's lots of us do it and have never looked back. Hope you get what you want.

Jakki

I agree doing a DIY holiday really isn't hard, if you know the accomodation you like you can either book direct or go to one of the many accmodation sites. There are lots of people here who can advise you

As we live in south wales, we would have to travel up to Gatwick to get a cheap flight. For a short hall holiday that dont appeal.
Im looking at the Yucelen Hotel. £600pp for 2wks b&b.
More than I wanted to pay,but Akyaka realy appeals.
The wrightups on Tripadvisor look positive.

yucelen is a great location right at the end of the beach, looks a lovely hotel, ive not been in it but ive heard good reviews, ive been recommended to try their set buffet, but havent got round to it yet. its also near the lovely restaurant that over looks the beach, we had a fab meal there, this hotel looks much better than the gokova and is in a much better location , you are minutes away from the shops, restaurants and virtually on the beach

thomas cook and anatolian sky both do packages to akyaka, what month are you going, we will be there in july. last yr we chatted to someone that had booked their package out of the times, might be worth a look

aegean flights fly from cardiff i think, sometimes their flights are cheap, other times dearer depending when you fly

Hi Elle, We go mid September,not to hot then. Yes think Ill book that now.
Hope to find the real Turkey again, the wife speaks quite a bit of turkish as we holidayed in Altinkum for over 15yrs.
We thought we had found paridise there,but with more and more British influance the place became Blackpool in the sun.
Thanks again for all you help, Id be lost without this site.

youre welcome i hope you love akyaka as much as we do, the package prices are high but at least it keeps the riff raff out

if you are booking through tc online then make sure you go through 1 of the free cashback sites, i use either quidco or topcashback and you will get some cashback , its amazing how it adds up

http://www.topcashback.co.uk/retailerdetailThomas_Cook.htm

this seems fairly reasonable although ive no idea where this hotel is in akyaka
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found this information on it

http://www.marmaris-datca.travel/Summer_Hotel_Akyaka

We have stayed in an apartment at the Yucelen a few years ago, great location as everyone has said. At the time I do remember having to fight for a sunbed, but there's no guarantee things are still the same.
Last year we stayed for one night at the Ottman Residence http://www.ottomanresidence.com/ - we booked directly with the hotel by emailing from the website. It cost us the equivalent of £44 for a double room - which although not that cheap for Turkey compares very favourably when compared to a Travelodge here! Its probably comparatively cheaper for a whole week.
It really is a beautiful hotel, the main area opens out on to the pool and gardens, which back on to the river. The gardens have big cushions where you can lay around reading your book! It is an easy 10 minute stroll by the river to the beach.
We ate in the hotel, they had a buffet, with grilled meat, lots of mezes,salads,vegs etc.,which was really lovely and if I remember rightly cost 25 lira each!
Would really recommend the hotel for a relazing holiday!

Booking the Yucelen now. Topcashback, never hered of them, so thank you for that,learn something every day. Theres a drink in it for you if we ever meet up in Akyaka.

i use topcashback or quidco for everything i buy, even ebay lol, all my car, hubbys bike and van insurances, shops like debenhams, all hols, flights , ive got hundreds of £'s off them , you just need to remember to go through the site everytime you want to buy anything via the internet, some car insurance can be £100 cashback

hi has anyone stayed at apartments at Yucelen. just read a report which advises staying in the new reburbished ones on the main site instead of across the road? is across the road so bad? apparently they felt "out of it". what do you think?

the place sounds lovely anyway and i am really looking forward to going. early june. went to Dalyan last year, first time to Turkey and loved it.

We stayed at Yucelen apartments about 4 years ago,on the main site. The location was the best thing about them, right on the beach and with many restaurants and bars on the doorstep. The complex is very nice, with nice gardens, the apartment was comfortable, and of a reasonable standard. The only thing that could have been better was the balcony which was tiny.
The pool area was nice, but as with many tourist complexes the sunbeds all had towels on them very early in the morning.