Black Sea Coast
Tucked into a very pretty river bend, Toşi is clean and friendly, with a licensed waterside restaurant, and accommodation in wooden cabins or the nine…
Black Sea Coast
Tucked into a very pretty river bend, Toşi is clean and friendly, with a licensed waterside restaurant, and accommodation in wooden cabins or the nine…
Edirne
This 1905 wooden mansion in the heart of the Kaleiçi area has been fully restored as a hotel. Highlights include the winding staircase and the magnificent…
Central Anatolia
Well hello 1980s vibes! The best of Kastamonu's cheapies has rooms with retro mustard-yellow-and-beige stripey furniture and little bathrooms. It's all a…
Göreme
This hostel offers three spacious cave-dorms (one female-only) that share small bathrooms across the courtyard and three petite private rooms upstairs…
Konya
Bring on the sparkles. The lobby is the epitome of Turkish-glitz complete with crystal-studded wall decor and plastic-fantastic palm central feature…
Turquoise Coast
The place that put Olympos on the map is looking a little forlorn these days and needs a makeover. Accommodation includes somewhat unappealing four-bed…
Black Sea Coast
Balkaya's 15 neat, whitewashed rooms are spread over two bland but helpfully central buildings. Some are very small, and for wi-fi you'll need to sit in…
Trabzon
One of central Trabzon's cheapest hotels, the Efe has cramped if repainted rooms off somewhat battered little halls. Reception is just a cubbyhole but…
Turquoise Coast
Around 400m inland from the beach, along the road to the Chimaera, Mevlüt and family run this pastoral farm stay with accommodation in farmhouses and…
Trabzon
The angular lobby features peacock motifs and a clock like a self-playing kemençe (local musical instrument). Rooms are a little less impressive though…
Eastern Mediterranean
The central but until recently very rundown 'Palace' has undergone a total revamp and now boasts 43 up-to-the-minute good-sized and light-filled rooms,…
Side
Offers 20 small, motel-style rooms around a garden, a short stroll from the beach. Cem, the English- and German-speaking owner distinguishes his property…
Kars
This highly likeable place is slightly old fashioned and has the odd frayed edge but it is managed with love. Some bathrooms have little half-size baths…
Cappadocia
Run by friendly Murat, charmingly cute Taka Ev is an intimate place festooned with flower pots and colourful suzani (Uzbek bedspread) embroideries. The 10…
Beyoğlu
Behind its 19th-century facade, the Richmond is modern and comfortable. Rooms have been renovated in recent years and are well sized; light sleepers…
İzmir & the North Aegean
‘Nine Rooms’ is a friendly no-frills option occupying two renovated buildings on a cobbled street near the Church of St Mary. Room 301 is relatively large…
Selçuk
Recently renovated, Wallabies has decent budget rooms with views from the upper floors into the stork's nest atop the adjoining aqueduct, while others…
Konya
The lobby area has had a swish makeover but unfortunately the update has yet to move on to the small rooms, which are looking worn these days…
Ayvalık
Desperately in need of a facelift, this hotel is only notable for its sea-fronting upstairs terrace and huge car park (₺15 per night); the latter is a…
Cappadocia
Sure, it doesn't have much character, but professional staff and decent-sized, clean rooms with comfortable beds make the Şahiner a solid and safe choice…
Bodrum Town
Next to the town's amphitheatre, this welcoming place enjoys great castle and sea views, and has a big outdoor pool and pretty gardens. Original artwork…
Cappadocia
'Story House' is a tranquil haven snuggled into the rock and overlooking a secluded gorge where the only sound at night is the frogs. Colourful pottery,…
Kaş
German-owned Hadrian is a tropical oasis with bougainvillea climbing the white balconies of some 20 rooms and family suites. The seawater pool and private…
İzmir & the North Aegean
Yıldız (the Star) offers rooms with brightly coloured walls, small double beds with clean white linen, fridge and decent bathrooms. Those off the…
Çanakkale
This good-value and recently renovated option occupies a slim building in a narrow lane just one block back from all the waterfront action. Decent…
İzmir & the North Aegean
One of cheapest pensions, ‘Passion’ is centrally located, opposite a popular wine house and a few streets back from the water. It has five small, simple…
Turquoise Coast
Patara's original pension, run by ex-mayor Arif and family, is peaceful despite its central location on the main crossroads. There are 16 homely rooms …
Göcek
You'll find homely, light-filled rooms and friendly service here on Göcek's main street. The charming little building at the front contains the lobby and…
Alanya
This bustling business-style hotel right on Alanya harbour offers no-nonsense, classically styled rooms (half with brilliant sea views and small balconies…
İzmir & the North Aegean
This simple but clean place in the upper village fulfills the basic pension requirements, and even though the eight rooms face away from Behramkale’s…
Black Sea Coast
Take the long staircase above the restaurant of the same name to find a large lobby with big circular 'sky' circles on the ceiling. Decent sized rooms…
Eastern Mediterranean
This inland hotel is a multistorey of five floors, though there is a lift. Staff are attentive and professional, while the lobby space is particularly…
South Aegean
Though the three-star, 64-room Petek is a bit characterless and faces a busy and rather noisy boulevard southeast of Cumhuriyet Meydanı, it is comfortable…
Göcek
A welcoming little hotel with 11 smallish rooms where the wrought-iron bedsteads give them a cosy appeal, and a penthouse apartment (which sleep six). The…
Black Sea Coast
The welcome is friendly and conditions are comfortable but while rooms are larger than most of the town's midrange hotels, the mismatched wallpapers aren…
Central Anatolia
Divriği's new town suburb of Selevattepe is home to this modern and well-looked-after place. Service verges on the haphazard side but you do get great…
Turquoise Coast
This salmon-coloured colossus commands a prominent position on the waterfront, with full views of the lake from most rooms. Comfortable but a little dated…
Turquoise Coast
Run by Nehir and family, this simple pension set back from the lake has 23 spick-and-span rooms with balconies. Bikes are available free of charge, and…
Bodrum Peninsula
The sprawling 19-hectare Hapimag Sea Garden is both a 285-room hotel open to the public and a time-share resort with lots of Swiss guests. Its three…
Gaziantep
For a cheap, safe sleep, this place, slap in the market district, offers compact rooms with teensy bathrooms. It's all decently clean though old, and the…
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