Esperanza Boutique Hotel of Lykia

Charming hotel where to relax. The dinner is excellent and the food refined, especially the mezze and the desert. The breakfast outside under the glycine was also outstanding. Last but not least, the owner is friendly and talkative. Definitely a place to spend some time ! Cem & Inès

If you want to visit a small village and are ready to drive, you will find the most beautiful place. It’s like a big house with very high standard. Our requirements when we choose hotels are hygiene and coziness. We get both including very polite, considerate and pleasant personal who are by the way not personal but the couple who are the owners and their children and few employees. Breakfast is heavenly and serves in the garden.

WARNING: Don’t be confused by other imitation hotels with similar names as Esperanza Boutique Hotel of Lykia. It must say “of Lykia”. HOTEL: Just by Looking at the design and construction of the hotel, you can see that is was built by someone who has a passion for details and quality material. Whether you take the elevator or the stairs there is always a nice surprise waiting for you at every corner. ROOMS: We stayed in 2 rooms, they were both elegant, clean minimally decoration without loosing the exotic nature of it is surroundings. One of the rooms had a view to the Mediterranean sea and the other had a garden view AREA: It is about 30 minute from the main road and about 5 minutes to Mediterranean Sea, so it is very quit and relaxing. HOSPITALITY: The family that own and run this place are amazing; you can see that they are doing what they love and enjoy it. It was truly a privilege to stay and meet all of them. Our plan was to stay for one night but cancelled our next leg of the trip and stayed longer at Esperanza. We did not want to leave and we are already planning to return again to this gem. FOOD: The best food we eaten in Turkey. Dinner is prefix menu and depends on what is in season and what the chef wants to cook. If it is offered to you , TAKE IT and you not regret; we looked forward to the meal time.

This boutique hotel is owned and managed by a couple who attend to all the clients needs. Your day starts with a sumptuous breakfast and ends with a lovely dinner. The cuisine is Turkish and of excellent quality. The hotel boasts a pool which can make you think you are in Southeast Asia…Bali to be more precise. We had a 4 day reservation which extended into 17 as we felt lucky to be able to keep our room with great views of the village and The Mediterranean. Karaöz, the village where the hotel is located is a small village with one small supermarket and one seaside restaurant. That’s the attractivity for those who do not like large beach crowds and over the top restaurants and bars. The village has a beach, and there are many others in driving range. Larger towns are within 20 to 30kms. The hotel is at the top of the village at the foot of a forest and there are no immediate neighbours. Only a rooster may wake you up in the morning. You can start and end your day in the beautiful pool, and use the Mediterranean beaches during the day. The owners also have a place by the beach which they plan to develop into a bar, giving guests direct beach access. Esperanza hotel is just one of those rare discoveries ….highly recommended.