Frederick R.
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I don’t want to be all fancy, but Bekir, the owner of Flower Pension is an ideal hotelier. He’s very friendly -extroverted, in fact - so his welcome and his attention to his guests is genuine. He grew up in this hotel so his English is nearly flawless and being helpful to guests seems second nature. My friend and I were walking the Lycian Way, and Bekir picked us up at the end of the trail so we didn’t need to walk through the many greenhouses in Patara, and he chatted and answered our questions about the area, about its visitors, about the weather to expect. Why read background online when there can be a conversation? It’s a 2 star hotel so the shower isn’t flawless and the sheets were a bit scratchy, but I had to reach to find those minor flaws. Meanwhile, dinners were tasty (one was fish, one a fantastic casserole, and the third a chicken/lamb/beef grill), the breakfasts, too. There’s a bookcase of books to borrow (in many languages) and the books are the sort you want to read after hiking (not toooo literary and not trash). The hotel is just down the road from the Patara Roman ruins, a fifteen minute walk.