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Book before November for 2011 and save 10%

Villa Louise 2011 rates will be set and increased in November 2010. Once we have established all the increases in our own costs, we estimate that rates will go up by around 10%.

Take advantage and book for 2011 at the same price as 2010

Plus, for existing Villa Louise visiters you can benefit from a lower deposit when you book your stay.

Remember to book before 1st November!

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new low occupancy rate for October

We have noticed that the villa is always quiet in the (slightly out of season) month of October. This is actually a lovely time to go for a relaxing break, with people still there but not overly busy. The weather is lovely for walks and exploring with the temperature of a nice British summers day.

October is a popluar time for couples but, given the villa’s size, it is priced for a group or family staying. To also allow a party of 2 to enjoy the peace, privacy and space that a villa offers, we are introducing a low occupancy rate for couples during the month of October . For this October two people can stay at the villa for just £396. This equates to a £234 discount from the existing weekly rate of £630.

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Turkey’s Dalyan Delta: Where luxury embraces a slower pace of life on the Turquoise Coast

story by By Jenny Coad, Daily Mail.
Last updated at 3:25 PM on 5th May 2010

The villa is equipped with all the mod cons, but life outside moves at a slower pace. Turkey produces almonds — a fifth of the world’s supply — pots of honey and piles of pomegranates. Women clad in wide-brimmed white hats and flowery harem trousers ride past the villa on tractor carts.

My friend Isabel and I find bee-hives by accident when we run down the track only to find ourselves at the epicentre of an ominous buzz. We beat a swift retreat.

Even so, wildlife is a good reason to visit this abundant region. Birds, from herons to storks, abound on the delta, bordered by the sea on one side and lake Koycegiz, a natural harbour, on the other.

In between are narrow reed-lined waterways. On Iztuzu beach, a 15-minute trip from Beyaz by car, turtles nest.

Here the sand is compact, charcoal in colour and the sea is choppy. You won’t find a sunlounger, but that’s part of the attraction. It’s virtually empty and surrounded by wilder, dry and rocky landscape.

A drink in a roadside cafe — a sort of treehouse teetering on the mountainside — provides low-key refreshment. Stalls selling homegrown honey line the route home.

Our nearest market is 42 miles away in Fethiye [Bryden: Correction, there is a market every Saturday in Dalayan] , a breezy port full of carpet and jewellery shops.

The market is off the main drag and you have to follow your nose before you get to the good stuff. Here a roly-poly woman fries spinach pancakes on hotplates. We try everything from roasted sesame coated nuts to salty feta.

We return laden with goodies and set about marinading what we think is beef (English is not spoken widely) in spices. Interesting, if chewy — perhaps it was goat.

Fish proves a better option. Midweek, we try it barbecued aboard a private boat we hire for a day from Dalyan to explore the delta. The excursion offers a closer look at the Lycian tombs high in the cliffs.

We are dropped off at a jetty to tramp around the dusty heat of ancient Kaunos, a site which is still being excavated. The top of the 2nd-century BC amphitheatre provides a panoramic view over the area.

Some of the Doric temple columns have been rebuilt in marble, so you can see how they might have looked in their fuller glory. We virtually have the place to ourselves.

Back in Dalyan we find a lively eatery where the action happens around the oven. Fresh flat breads and sizzling meats are a speciality, and cocktails are served with half a banana skewered on the rim of the glass. Novel.

The atmosphere is buoyant, and later the villa provides the ideal place to lounge off our meal. The billionaires know their stuff — this is definitely the way to live.

In Turkey, bathing en masse seems to be a past-time. Perhaps Cleopatra started the trend. If the number of ruined baths attributed to her are anything to go by, it seems she bathed with abandon — all the way along the Turkish Coast.

At the Sultanye thermal baths, ten minutes upriver from Dalyan we sign up for soft skin — which means covering ourselves in mud, standing around in grimy puddles and waiting for it to bake. We wash it off in one of the thermal sulphur pools. These can reach 40 degrees and, it’s claimed, cure all sorts of ills.

Glowing, we return to the boat and chug about on the delta amid reedy lanes. The area is part of old Lycia and there are 4th-century cliff tombs built high into the rock. These hold the Lycian kings. At night they are lit like candles eerily suspended in blackness.

New BBQ takes shape

The work on the new BBQ eventually gets started and should be finished today or Sunday. These pictures where taken on Thursday morning.

The pool is crystal clear, looking forward to jumping in next week!

Here is a close up of the BBQ

Going to be 2.5 metres tall! and is 2.5mtrs wide.

The side area will have a door where we have a place to store things. Plus a table area (70x120cm) so you can sit around drinking a beer while talking to BBQ MAN (or woman)

The province where natural beauty and history intertwine: Mugla

With its climate, natural wonders and a historical past that goes back thousands of years, the province of Mu?la attracts the attention of everyone who goes there or even hears about it. And on these autumn days, when tourists want to enjoy not only natural wonders and the sea, but also an interesting journey back in time, many of them head to Mugla’s districts of Bodrum, Marmaris, Fethiye and Datça, as well as the towns of Ölüdeniz and Dalyan. Tourists can experience the pleasures of the sea and the natural beauty of Mugla while also exploring some of the incredible structures left over from the Seljuk and Ottoman periods here, as well as some ancient ruins around Mugla which are even older.

For tourists heading to this region especially for a historical journey through the area, a favored route is the following:
The Beçin, Bodrum, Keramos and Marmaris castles; the Bodrum Mausoleum, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World; the Mars Temple; the Myndos, Knidos, Amos, Telmessos and Caunus city ruins; the Patara, Labranda, Pinara and Stratonikeia ruins; the Lycian rock tombs; the ancient city of Lagina; the Leton Temple and the Bodrum Museum, with its rich collection of treasures found underwater.

The ancient cities of KAUNOS and KAYAKÖY
Boats leave regularly from Dalyan taking tourists to the ancient city of Kaunos. A 10-minute walk from the dock where the boat anchors will bring you to the site of the ancient city’s ruins. Some people visit this site by private yacht, anchoring at Delikli Island and making their way by a little boat to the docks here.
As a port city, Kaunos was historically important in terms of trade. As the sea around it filled with alluvium over time, this city lost its special role as a port city. When the Persians took over Anatolia, the city came under the control of Mausolos. And when Alexander defeated the Persians in 334 B.C., the city was ruled first by Princess Ada, then Antigonos and later still Ptolemaios.
Kayaköy, an ancient village close to Ölüdeniz, has been labeled a World Friendship and Peace Village by UNESCO and attracts a great deal of interest from tourists and photographers from all over the world. Tourists arrive by car and bus and can take guided tours of the historical areas of interest. The history of Kayaköy actually stretches back as far as 3000 B.C., and visitors who come here have the chance to see sarcophagi and tombs that belonged to the Lycian civilization.
In the first nine months of 2008 alone, Kayaköy was visited by nearly 55,000 local and foreign tourists.
The province of Mu?la has a 1,100 kilometer Aegean shoreline, which boasts some of the world’s most jagged, uneven coastal features, with all sorts of large and small bays, gulfs, outcroppings, tiny islands, villages and, of course, the ports of Bodrum, Fethiye, Marmaris and Güllük. Some of its finest landscape is in the Gulf of Gökova: This is a gulf of unparalleled beauty, with forests and fruit orchards that lie just behind the shorelines almost like lace around a piece of fabric. This is one of the most physically beautiful corners of Mu?la, with its islands, sand and sea. Also worthy of note is Ölüdeniz: About 15 minutes from Fethiye, the sea is unusually clear here. Yachts are forbidden from entering Ölüdeniz in order to keep its waters as clear as possible. At Babada?, which features peaks as high as 1,800 meters, you can parachute from the cliffs all seasons of the year.

DALYAN Strait and the IZTUZU Beach.
Dalyan, which is located in the district of Ortaca, has an extremely unusual ecosystem thanks to the Dalyan delta, formed as a result of thousands of years of tectonic movement here.

The Dalyan delta is surrounded to its east and west by forested mountains and was formed by the 12-kilometer-long strait that connects Lake Köycegiz to the sea. This strait is lined by reeds on both sides, making it look like some sort of labyrinth.
The Dalyan Strait reaches the sea at the famous Iztuzu Beach. This beach stretches for five kilometers, and its sands are constantly changing due to the unusual tidal patterns here. This is also a site where the famous Caretta caretta sea turtle lays its eggs seasonally.
Tourists visiting Dalyan also have a chance to see the so-called King’s Cemetery, which is an extension of the ancient city of Kaunos. There are 167 stone tombs located here.
Of course, the phenomenon of yacht tourism is also alive and well in Mu?la, as there are 131 villages along the Mu?la coastline, each more beautiful than the next.

When it comes to yacht tourism, places like Göcek, Fethiye, Marmaris, Dalaman, Ekincik, Datça, Hisarönü, Gökova and Bodrum all stand out. The three marinas located in Marmaris alone have the moorage to anchor 3,000-4,000 yachts. And the four marinas in Göcek have always at least 1,000 yachts in them, in winter and summer. More than 100,000 yachts and boats make their way in and out of the Bodrum, Marmaris, Yal?kavak, Turgutreis, Fethiye and Göçek marinas every year.

New BBQ Design

Everything underway with the new BBQ.

Step 1 – Plans

Finished at last.

Kilim Hotel Dalyan – Has Anyone Stayed There?

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I Am Looking To Have Exterior Blinds Made For My House In Dalyan Turkey. Does Any One Know A Local Supplier .?

YES !!

How Can I Get A Job In Dalyan Turkey?

if anyone living in dalyan please let me know any details you have and will really appriciate. thank you