Just got back from 2 weeks here. Absolutely fantastic, would definitely recommend - superb value for money. 10 out of 10.
The one bed apartments are very spacious with everything you need. Room 14 is fab - a corner room with great sea views. The owner is very friendly but leaves you to your own devices. There is a shop next door and a supermarket at the marina about 20 minutes walk away. The apartments have their own restaurant opposite the complex (we didnt actually go there and we werent ever hassled to go in there either) and there are several restaurants (mostly expensive fish restaurants) just along the road but we preferred to go into town in the evening. It is about a half hour walk to town and about 40 minutes or so to the beach but there is a dolmus bus right outside the apartments every half hour which seem to run all day and night. We mainly walked into town but towards the end of the holiday we started to get a bit lazy and got the bus a few times.
Yalikavak is a fantastic small town, the best resort in that area by far. It is very Turkish, lots of rich Turkish people have their second homes there so it had a nice authentic feel to it. There is an english bar which shows sky sports but on the whole it wasnt commercialised at all. Before we went I thought that it might be too quiet for a 2 week holiday but there was plenty going on, it was a Turkish bank holiday while we were there, so the place was very bustly. The tourist restaurants were a bit hit and miss to be honest, very slow service and meals arriving half an hour apart so we ended up eating in the traditional restaurants which were far cheaper, better food and fab service.
The beach was good, a long thin strip which went along the coastline. Each restaurant had their own section of the beach so the sun beds were free as long as you bought a drink or food from them. Shingly beach, very shallow water, gently sloping and they had built ramps with handrails to make getting in and out of the sea easier. Water was lovely and warm. The afternoons seemed to get windy, for a few hours every day, but to be honest this made the temperature more bearable - it was 40 degrees every day.
Very easy to get around to the other towns - plenty of dolmus buses at the bus station that seemed to go every half an hour or so no matter where you wanted to go - Bodrum, Gumsluk, Turkbuku, Turgetreiss, Geris. Very cheap and the drivers are really helpful.
The only negative I would have is that there are dogs everywhere, not strays, they all have collars on but they seem to roam around the whole town. To be honest they dont bother you at all, they are usually asleep most of the time but if you are a bit scared of dogs you might find it a bit daunting.
But apart from that I would thoroughly recommend these apartments and the town of Yalikavak. Dont hesitate to go there.
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