This time last year the Turkish Lira was 3.4 to the pound. Today it’s an amazing 4.14 to the pound, the highest it’s been for decades! This means that your hard earned cash is going to go miles further in Turkey this year. And Viv, our Operations Director, has just...
Sampling our new Poseidon hotel in Selimiye
Here we sit in the evening sun, sipping an ice cold gin and tonic looking across to the pretty Turkish bay of Selimiye watching the local fisherman as they come in from their day...
Free Wi Fi in Turkey, Greece, Morocco, Italy and Spain.
Reading an article in the Sunday Times last week about how a lot of 4 and 5 star hotels across the UK charge for WF FI access in their properties got me wondering about all the hotels that we currently offer in Turkey, Greece, Spain, Italy and Morocco. Do they...
Another great reason to visit Kalkan in Turkey
Blowing my own trumpet with some suppliers this morning I was banging on about how close to 80% of our guests rebook their holidays with us. It’s an amazingly high number and if I’m totally honest it’s down to the quality of product that we have to offer. Our service...
More improvements at the Asfiya Sea View and more delightful product.
I’ve recently returned from a very brief but ultimately very busy trip to Kalkan in Turkey. Out on Sunday 15th Feb and back on Tuesday 17th Feb. My schedule was arranged to visit some new product in Gocek and to see the improvements being carried out at the lovely Asfiya...
A lovely article from the Mail on Sunday
By any standards it was a tough decision. Should I swim in the private pool on the terrace outside my hotel bedroom, or should I plunge into the pool by the bar? I chose the latter, only to find myself with another tough call. Should I order a glass of...
Great News from the Telegraph…
Turkish holidays a third cheaper. Resurgent pound means Britons heading to Turkey can get far more for their money Comments Britons heading to Turkey this summer can expect to get 35 per cent more for their money compared with last year, after the pound hit a five-year high against the...
Eat Free at Kalkans Finest Restaurant, The Likya Residence.
For the month of December we at the Discerning Collection are offering a complimentary meal for two if you book a Kalkan holiday before 31st December 2013. So all you previous guests of ours or Tapestrys or if you’ve never been to Kalkan before, you now have a great incentive...
Kalkan Prize Winners Trip
“I was lucky to be picked to go on a Travel Counsellors prize winners trip to Kalkan in Turkey." We have team events several times a year, when everyone at Travel Counsellors around the world come together. It’s a great way to get to know our colleagues from far and...
More lovely Accommodation on its way!
Well the 2013 summer season is over and it’s great to announce that we’ve had another successful year in all our destinations especially Turkey. Kalkan in particular was extremely well received by our guests with 62% of our guests in 2012 returning in 2013. In fact the Likya Residence and...