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Hotels and pensions in Turkey, range from luxurious multinational hotel chains to simple and small family run hotels and pensions (inns). Accommodation is reasonably priced and you will be able to find a hotel or pension to fit almost any kind of budget. Staying in a five star hotel will provide every comfort and offer meals to temp your appetite. For travelers with a limited budget, there are pensions and private houses for a few dollars a night. Though they are pretty clean, they may not provide private shower, please check before booking.
Most hotels are registered with the Ministry of Tourism that means they been inspected and that they have been found to comply with the standards required by the Ministry of Tourism. These standards require the hotel to provide certain services and range of facilities depending on their class. Some smaller hotels are registered with the municipal authorities and they also have to provide a minimum standards which are set by the local authorities who inspect them from time to time to ensure they go with the rules. Hotel people as a general rule are very friendly and helpful. Most of them are graduate from one of the Hospitality schools.
The Turkish government has developed a system for rating hotels, ranging from five star (the best) down to one star, and in addition S class (special class hotels restored from old traditional buildings). Turkey along her Aegean and Mediterranean coasts has numerous large and medium sized resorts that usually host Europeans during the high seasons in Summers. Most resorts at the time this is prepared, offer full-board accommodation including breakfast, lunch, dinner, soft drinks and alcoholic beverages. Other hotels in the towns, any drink you will take there will be charged to your account. Usually rates given by hotels are based on double occupancy, and in most cases, include breakfast. If you would like to get a private room for yourself, a single supplement rate is charged for by most hotels. Most hotels given any rate generally have private bathroom and showers in the rooms. Larger hotels will take credit cards for your payments, but for the smaller ones you may need some cash or travelers' checks with you as they don't accept plastic cards.
At the time of check-in, a bell boy will pick up your luggage and deliver it to your room and will expect a tip of one or two dollars for his service. Hotels serve your breakfast, lunch and dinner between certain hours. If you take any food any other time than the stated hours, they will charge it extra. So, please check the time for meals. Most hotels have a round the clock room service if you would like to have some food or drink which you pay extra for. Making phone calls from your hotel room can be more costly, instead you can purchase a telephone card and use it to make your calls on telephone booth which you can find on the street nearby or inside your hotel. Do not lose your room key that the hotel will charge some money for before your checking out. Most hotels will have a sign "Food and drink from outside the hotel is not permitted", however in most cases they are not strict about it. Even at the top quality hotels, you may come into dinning room with your casual wear on. Usually larger hotels will have a safety box in the reception area where you can put your valuable stuff in and you keep the key for this box. It is generally a free of charge service.
We are unable to give any rate for the hotels, as inflation goes up and down so do the hotel rates. Also, the time of the year is important and generally during the low season from November through March you will be able to get much lower rates than those during the high season. Therefore, it is recommended to get the final rates at the time of booking. Most hotels will give you the prices in US Dollars or Euros (European Money). |
