The Turkish Lira is now at an exchange rate of 3.9 to the Pound!……a massive drop of 40% from last summer’s rates when it hovered around the 2.8 mark to the pound. This means that your hard earned sterling is going to buy you so much more in the resorts...
Great time to book your Holiday to Kalkan
With all the rain, wind and general nonsense that’s happening with our weather at the moment there has never been a better time to book your well-deserved holiday to Kalkan in Turkey. Not only will you be guaranteed fantastic weather between April and October but also it seems that our...
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...
A terribly short history of hotels in Turkey
When we first sent guests to Turkey, way back in 1988, the accommodation that we provided tended to be located in the more unspoilt resorts of Olu Deniz, Kalkan, and Kas. The accommodation consisted of very simple ‘Pansiyons’ or guest houses. Often these were converted farmers houses or even stables...
Transiting through Istanbul Airport
On my way to Dalaman recently I had the dubious pleasure of transiting through Istanbul Airport. Given that we have a number of guests that do Two centres with Istanbul and the South Coast and or Cappadocia, I thought it might be useful to make notes of how exactly our...
Boutique Hotels in Kalkan
The phrase ‘boutique’ when used in reference to hotels has now come to be so overused that in many cases it simply serves as a phrase on loads of unscrupulous tour operators websites simply to try and give their substandard hotels a bit of a lift. In Kalkan many hotels...
Holidays to Kalkan Turkey
Holidays to Kalkan started back in the 70’s with backpackers from Europe stopping off at this pretty harbour for one or two nights staying in tiny pensions. In the 80’s an innovating tour operator called Tapestry Holidays came to Kalkan, saw its potential and started to offer quality holidays in...
Contracting off the beaten track in Mallorca
We’ve just started a ‘Discerning’ programme in Mallorca, in 2012, and featured some stunning properties in Cala San Vincente, rural spots like Orient and the old town within Palma. Now whilst I was very pleased with the standard of not only the accommodation but also the service (which is what...