United Kingdom

Clinton

We rented villa Uzumlu for 3 weeks as a 3 person family. When we arrived we were greeted by Keith, a wonderful ad very helpful man who showed us around the villa and helped us settle in. The villa was very clean and tidy on arrival and comes with air conditioning at an extra cost of £20 per week, which we were a little disappointed didn't come free considering the cost of the villa and every other villa we have stayed in previous has come with free air conditioning. The villa itself is situated on a hill alongside other villas and overlooks the villages below and the mountains. The views from the villa are very beautiful and at night the stars are clearly visible and we caught sight of shooting stars almost every night- a pleasure we do not get in London! The villa is the last one on that level and has one friendly neighbour on the right hand side, to your left is a road/path leading further up the hill to other villas. The villa itself is in a quiet area and quite private, however as the pool is at the front of the house we found cars and passers by could see into the pool side area, which we would of preferred to be private, we found the fencing around the house could have been higher to give a little more privacy, however it caused no real issues. The pool was kept by a Turkish lady across the road who came every morning (early before we got up) to clean and maintain the pool and plants around the house. We were left a little disappointed with a few things in the house, we found the bed in the master bedroom very uncomfortable and woke many times every night due to the springs digging into us and just a generally uncomfortable mattress. The air con in the room is situated above a high wardrobe which we found blocked the air from cooling the room properly, which was very disappointing, especially as we were paying extra for it, so we often woke up too hot in the night. The second bedroom has 2 single beds and the air con is situated on the wall opposite the beds, as the room is a lot smaller than the master bedroom an the air con is placed in a much better position, this room cooled very quickly and the beds are more comfy too. We were also disappointed that our linen and towels were not changed once during our 3week stay and we had to wash these ourselves, this often became a problem as sometimes if we were out during the day our bedding would not be dry in time for night and we had to wait up for the sheets and towels to dry. We were also only given 4 towels, which were not changed either and if you are using them in the day around the pool area, you were left with dirtied towels for showering with, which was also unpleasant as we ended up having 2 towels for day use and 2 in the night between the 3 of us in order to clean them on rotation. We were also disappointed that we had to provide ourselves with certain household goods, which we felt should come prepared with the villa, things such as toilet paper, washing liquid, washing powder and fabric conditioner, bin liners and cleaning detergents. We had to go out shopping just for these things when really the villa should come with these readily available and have always been provided for with other villas we have stayed in. The villa is in a very safe area and the surrounding neighbours are people who have gone out to turkey to retire or live a quiter and more relaxing lifestyle, which you can certainly achieve if you live in that area. The house is very safe to stay in, with locks on all doors and gates that lock infront of the main doors too. The pool size could have been a little bigger, as it is the smallest out of all the villas around you and there is a lot of concrete space around the house which could have been put to better use. The villa is about a 7minute walk down a hill and into the small town. The town has many newsagents and small shops, however we had to travel about 20minutes by car to the nearest big supermarket so do a proper food shop. Turkey itself is very cheap compared to london,and the restaurants and shops in the village are very cheap. We spent on average £35 per meal for 3 people, including starters, mains, dessert and drink. There are a few nice restuarants in the village, the secret garden, cardiana restuarant, grape garden (our favourite) and wine house. All have very friendly staff who are very welcoming and the food is good!
The village is around a 40minute drive from the beach is fethiye and holiday activities. The villa has brochures of activities to do, we would recommend the camel ride, horse riding through ghost town, paragliding and speed boat hire. It is better if you rent a car though as we did not and found it a little expensive to keep getting transfers into fethiye and the roads are quite steep and rocky in certain areas so walking became very tiresome. 
Keith also offers a lift to the supermarket and will either help you with your shop or wait whilst you shop and take you home for 30 lira which is about £7! we found this very helpful and he also showed us around the town and recommended different places to eat and visit. He was extremely helpful the whole holiday and often drove us into town for free to collect dinner when we had take aways etc. We also made use of the bbq but again we had to go out and buy the coal and fuel for it. 
Unfortunately the villa does not come with wifi which we also were very disappointed with and thought should be included in the cost. We ended up paying a lot of money for internet use on our phone to research restaurants or directions to places and things to do and also could not check in online properly so Keith took us to a car hire place to use their internet for free and print our boarding passes for departure. All is all we had a very nice holiday in this villa, and although the villa needs some adjustments and certain things included in the cost, we enjoyed our time there very much, although certain things like the linen change which was written in the villa description and not provided, left us disappointed and gave us extra work we didn't really want on a relaxing holiday. 
Thank you clinton for allowing us to stay in your villa and having such excellent contacts like Keith and Karen on board to help. Our holiday would not have been as good without them!

Uzumlu Villa Near Fethiye

Family from Southall, United Kingdom

having just returned from this villa all i can say is wow! it is amazing beautiful place, felt like home from the minute we arrived to the minute we left, the pictures on the web site do not do the villa any justice,the village is amazing wonderful  people, great restaurants, friendly villagers, infact i should keep this a secret as i dont want to spoil this amazing little secret place! thank you clinton,

 From Ware, United Kingdom

We have just returned from our two week holiday here and wish we were still there. The villa is superb value for money, very well furnished and a great spot to take in all the views. The breeze takes the edge off of the heat and the swimming pool is a welcome place to cool down too. This is real rural Turkey and the people are warm and freindly, it is a short walk down the hill to the village and there are around 10 restaurants in the village with good quality food, but we also stayed in and cooked on a number of occasions. We had our 5 yr old daughter with us and were worried she would get bored, but she loved it. she learnt to swim in the pool, and everyone caters so well for kids. The turkish family across the way are great and the two boys were company for her even with the language barrier. The dolmus is easy to work out and cheap, also car hire is easy so getting to bigger towns or going to see other things is relatively easy. You get the best of both worlds, the quiet, realxed atmosphere of the village but only 20 mins away from all the tourist areas if you want to get out and about! Keith and the rest of the neighbours help in any way they can and we would definitely go back and may even come back with more of us next time!

Villa Shafak

 From London

We stayed at Villa Shafak for a month, it was everything we asked for, it was home from home, very clean and very nicely furnished, it was equipped with everything you could possibly need. Nothing negative about the property or the area, if you like Turkey you will love staying in Villa Shafak and Uzumlu. We would definitely stay here again.

 From Milford Derbyshire

We had a wonderful holiday here. Villa Shafak provides the ideal base for a family or group holiday. Its an attractive, clean and well maintained villa set in stunning surroundings in an authentic Turkish village. The area is really peaceful and quiet. We went on beautiful mountain walks from the villa as well as excursions around the friendly village. Its a short distance from Fethiye and we went on a whole range of fantastic day trips further afield. Id highly recommend it we fully intend to return next year.

Clinton

No properties