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Portakal Hotel
Turkey, Europe
Dalyan
This hotel is located by the Dalyan River, in quiet, peaceful surroundings, set in a large gardens. The nearest restaurants and bars are within 200 m and it is just a 5-minute walk to the centre and its amenities. The nearest nightspots and Dalyan bus station are 800 m away. It is 1 km to the Tomb Graves and Dalyan Mud Baths, and 1.5 km to the ancient city of Kaunos. Iztuzu Beach and the Mediterranean are 4 km away and Candir Forest is 3 km from the hotel. It is 65 km to Marmaris and 90 km to Mugla and Dalaman Airport is 25 km away.
Built in 2004 and renovated in 2009, this hotel is Dutch-owned, and this is reflected in the European/Turkish design. Set in beautiful gardens, it has a relaxing atmosphere and is suitable or families. It comprises a total of 37 rooms including 8 junior suites, spread over a main building and an annexe, each with 2 floors. Facilities on offer to guests at this air-conditioned establishment include a lobby area with a 24-hour reception and check-out service, a hotel safe, a currency exchange facility, a cloakroom and a TV lounge as well as a large screen TV on the terrace. The younger guests can enjoy the children's playground and refreshment is to be had at the café, bar and large indoor and outdoor restaurant. Guests have WLAN Internet access at their disposal and they can also take advantage of the room and laundry services (for an additional fee). Parking is available for those arriving by car.
Simply furnished in a traditional style, the rooms offer up to 3 beds and come with a spacious bathroom with a shower. They are equipped with a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, Internet access and individually regulated air conditioning as well as a terrace.
Facilities
- TV lounge
- Children playground
- Sun loungers
- Poolside snack bar
- Sun terrace
- Garden
- Wi-fi
- Please note some facilities may incur an additional fee
Due to the surrounding area and the number of steps around the hotel, it may not be suitable for those with mobility difficulties.
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The perfect holiday
Friendly attentive staff and a lovely, peaceful hotel. Our room was cleaned daily and was always fresh. Ideal location right on the river and only a short walk into town. Would highly recommend to everyone.
Our annual relaxation treat :)
We have just returned from our third stay at this hotel and have already booked again for 2027. As soon as we arrive we feel ‘at home’ greeted again by the owners and staff who always do everything they can to make our stay with them as happy and comfortable as they possibly can.
The hotel is impeccably clean. The buffet breakfast has excellent hot and cold choices and they also have a very varied lunchtime menu available.
The pool and poolside area is wonderful and there are always enough sunbeds for everyone. If you don’t want to be poolside you can just pop over the little road to the riverside garden which has lots of seating areas, hammocks and even a four poster bed to relax on.
Due to the location and style of the hotel and pool it doesn’t attract many families with children (as much as we love our grandchildren) it makes for a really peaceful atmosphere, allowing everyone to relax with gentle music playing in the background and people enjoying a natter. Indeed we often meet the same friends we’d met on previous years which is a really lovely bonus.
The owners are lovely, always around the hotel, often serving at the bar or doing a little gardening and their two daughters and dog; Kashmir are just delightful!
Special shout out to Eyüp on reception who is incredibly helpful and always smiling and also to Ramz who provides service with a smile at the poolside bar mixing fantastic cocktails.
We can highly recommend this hotel but please don’t tell anyone because we don’t ever want it to be too full for our yearly ‘relaxation fix’ 😂
Review by Sue W Greater London, United Kingdom
Fantasic Hotel
Where do you start to describe the Potakal hotel, this place is simply fantastic. From the moment you arrive you are treated like family, every member of staff is so friendly and helpful, always giving you a smile and a wave. The hotel is spotlessly clean and you never go a minute without seeing the staff doing something. The staff will do anything they can to make your holiday just perfect.
The rooms are nice and spacious with a large comfy bed and most importantly air conditioning ( at no extra cost) ( we needed this as it was 102 degrees lol), the bathroom is spacious, with a shower with a very small step.
The bar has a friendly atmosphere and is located next to the pool, with a great selection of drinks and cocktails as well as a tv where we watched the England World Cup games ( all the staff wearing England football shirts for the occasion).
Breakfast is a good selection of both hot and cold food, ( meats, cheese, fruit, cereal, toast, sausage, eggs, fried potatoes etc) all served between 8 and 10am. Lunchtime food is also available in the breakfast area ( which is both indoors and outdoors) up to 1600 hrs and is very tasty and well priced.
The pool is beautiful with a good amount of sun-beds around it but without it being overcrowded. The pool has sloped steps at one end given easy access to the to those less mobile ( this was a key factor to us choosing this hotel as we took my 80 year old mother in law, who wouldn’t have been able to access the pool using just the normal pool steps).
The location of the hotel is right on the river so perfect to just sit and watch the boats going up and down the river. The is a small shop about a 4 min walk away should you need any supplies. A walk into town is about 12- 20 mins walking depending on your speed or the hotel will happily order you a taxi which is only 2500TL.
Lovely touch with the hotel management coming to see you off and say goodbye also.
Would I come back to the portakal hotel …..YES 100%, I’d be booking to return today if I could 😀
Review by Voyager44208964635 Stevenage, United Kingdom
Loved our time at the Portakal!
We loved our stay at the Portakal! What a fabulous hotel. The staff were absolutely great, so friendly and helpful. The location is lovely, it’s right by the river so a beautiful place to watch the boats. It’s an easy, flat walk to town. The pool, the bar, the breakfast/lunch area and our rooms were all really well maintained, very clean and comfortable. In summary, a lovely hotel, and brilliant staff. We really enjoyed our stay there and would love to return ASAP!
Review by Caroline L Bristol, United Kingdom
Relaxing hotel
The Portakal hotel is very sweet, friendly hotel. Perfect for people who want a relaxing holiday, all the staff are lovely and work very hard to make sure you have a great time. The rooms & bathrooms are huge and have lots of storage and amenities. They have a small breakfast selection but all fresh and delicious, the snack bar is actually a full lunch menu including pizza and salads & grilled meats which is open 12-4pm. They also have a bar which is open all day & night that sells drinks & ice creams. The pool is huge & really nice. There is a 5 min walk down the road to lots of restaurants and shops some selling tourist stuff but also some with really nice local art etc. I would definitely go back to the Portakal I had a great time.
Review by pearman90 Wiltshire
