Dalyan Villa Kiydan Apartments

Just had a fantastic week at the villa Kiydan Beautiful duplex apartments in a gorgeous setting 10 mins walk from Dalayan town center The apartments are large and well equipped and spotlessly clean nothing is too much trouble for Onur his wife and Staff . Looking forward to returning very soon Ann Proctor

Amazing stay in mid September, Onur and his family are great hosts and go above and beyond. The apartments are perfect for eating in and have everything you need for a relaxing time away. My favourite holiday destination by far looking forward to returning next year!

Having just returned we found Onur and his family very welcoming. The villas are self catering and are very nice. They have everything in for you to enjoy your stay and if you want to cook they have everything available in the villas for you to use. You can order food on request if you would like this option but Onur told us about some wonderful little family run restaurant that did breakfast and we took full advantage by going and enjoying. We sat opposite the tombs on the river to enjoy our mornings watching all the boats going by. This was a 5 minutes walk from the villas but most wonderful breakfast and scenery. Onur has taken us out on his boat for the day and even in his people carrier showing us all the local ruins and even to other towns, he very proud to do this and very welcoming in his approach to every family. We have holiday in Turkey for the last 10years mostly in fethiye but after finding these apartments and Dalyan we will always choose this. Onur local knowledge on bars and the restaurant was greatly appreciated by us all and we spent our days trying to get through some of the wonderful restaurants that Dalyan has to offer. We came to Dalyan and stopped with Onur as guest but we have become very good friends with him and his family, this is how welcoming Onur is in his approach to everyone stopping with him. You can be assured that he has wealth of local knowledge and is very good host, we can not wait to return next year.

We've been returning to the Villa Kiydan apartments regularly since we first stayed there in 2009. Fifteen years on and the apartments still feel as good as new, on account of the annual updating and maintenance programme that Onur and Rumeysa carry out every winter. This year was our first experience of the new salt water system that Onur uses to keep the pool beautifully clear and clean - much better than the traditional chlorine-based systems, and no chemicals involved! In our view, these family owned and run apartments remain the best in Dalyan. They're situated in the quietest part of town, close to the river and with great views of Dalyan's famous rock tombs, especially from the rooftop veranda that overlooks the swimming pool. We enjoyed a beautifully relaxing 10 day break with lots of late summer sun; October is undoubtedly a great time to visit. This is a well-deserved and definite 5 star review - and we would have given Villa Kiydan 6 stars if we could!

Apartments were clean and up to date, the area was a nice location - this is the reason for 3 stars. We were very happy with this. However, the hosting was an issue and what we had read online about the villa. We had the impression it was fantastic before we arrived but this was most likely the case many years ago, which is a shame. Firstly, we had one half of a toilet roll and we had arrived with a baby and family. We have never stayed at a place where we are not without toilet roll for a family. This is a simple and costless suggestion which goes a long way. Rather than helping this situation, the host insists ‘we pay in cash now so we don’t have to carry the cash around’. We noticed he didn’t even assist with our suitcases where other people in Turkey did this so thoughtfully. This was not a good first impression. There was no offer of a water cooler until we asked on day 5, of which my father in law had to carry the water bottle him self to the room. We read on the website that there was a restaurant and cafe bar. Upon arrival we asked if we could possibly order something for breakfast, we suggested a turkish breakfast. Onur said that this was unavailable and suggested he could drop half of our party off into town to show us a place to get breakfast. We soon realised the following day that there was no food available at any times of the day or even a drink, let alone no honesty bar in sight. We also read there would be a banquet evening once a week. We feel sad that when booking this holiday we chose accommodation that could offer us food and drink on the grounds on occasions in view of us taking a baby away with us. We had stopped at the accommodation for nine nights and the first sight of food was a cake on the day we were leaving. Furthermore, the information book provided at the villa (please see photo) is what we expected when we booked the holiday. I do hope the website is updated and the information book is updated. We did expect more from a travellers choice winner, don’t be fooled by this and hopefully people will look elsewhere until things are changed at Villa Kiydan.

Apartments were clean and up to date, the area was a nice location - this is the reason for 3 stars. We were very happy with this. However, the hosting was an issue and what we had read online about the villa. We had the impression it was fantastic before we arrived but this was most likely the case many years ago, which is a shame. Firstly, we had one half of a toilet roll and we had arrived with a baby and family. We have never stayed at a place where we are not without at least one toilet roll for a family. We read on the website that there was a restaurant and cafe bar. Upon arrival we asked if we could possibly order something for breakfast, we suggested a turkish breakfast. Onur said that this was unavailable and suggested he could drop half of our party off into town to show us a place to get breakfast. We soon realised the following day that there was no food available at any times of the day or even a drink, let alone no honesty bar in sight. We also read there would be a banquet evening once a week. We feel sad that when booking this holiday we chose accommodation that could offer us food and drink on the grounds on occasions in view of us taking a baby away with us. Furthermore, the information book provided at the villa (please see photo) is what we expected when we booked the holiday. I do hope the website is updated and the information book is updated. Following on from a review from my in laws (as we stopped with them with our baby). The host was incorrect. We were asked by the host ‘if we could pay cash now as it would be safer for you to not carry the cash around with you’. There was no warmth from Onur or help with carrying cases on arrival either. There was a feel of a landlord rather than a host. There was no offer of a water cooler until we asked on day 5, of which my father in law had to carry it him self to the room. A cake was offered on the day we were leaving? We had stopped at the accommodation for nine nights and that was the first sight of food provided from the hosts. We did expect more from a travellers choice winner, don’t be fooled by this and hopefully people will look elsewhere until things are changed at Villa Kiydan.