Villa Alev, Kalkan

Villa Alev has been a favourite with our guests for a few years now and there’s no sign of that changing. Part of its charm is that it’s decorated to a high standard without losing that personal touch, as owners Metin and Paula use it as their private home during the winter. There’s been no stinting on quality here, particularly in the kitchen, as you would expect of a chef. Having trained at Kendal College in the Lake District, Metin now creates a masterful menu of modern European and Turkish dishes at Zeki’s, the restaurant he and Paula established in the Old Town. 

Carrying on with the culinary theme, there’s an abundance of outdoor eating and living spaces in the villa. Just by the entrance there’s a cushioned outdoor seating area, the pool terrace dining area seats ten comfortably and there are sea view terraces from the main bedrooms. French windows optimise the views across the bay and outdoors there’s a jacuzzi by the pool which is just the place to relax and take in the scenery too.

The villa – named after the couple’s daughter Alev – is spacious and light, with wooden floors and tasteful furnishings. It boasts five bedrooms, four bathrooms and two sitting rooms, along with plenty of outside space, ensuring that as many as ten guests can be accommodated here easily without any sense of restriction. Little extras like satellite TV and DVD make this one of Kalkan’s most sought-after villas.

Villa Alev is ideal for large groups and with an ambience made for entertaining, it’s a place where you’ll enjoy long, lazy meals with one of Kalkan’s finest views as a backdrop. If you want to walk off your latest indulgence, then the Old Town is only a fifteen-minute stroll away.