Travel tips: a retreat in Turkey and farms in the spring

A stylish new hotel in a Turkish fishing village, lambing season breaks and the week’s best deals

Joanne O’Connor

The Observer,

Time to reflect: Badem Tatil Evi retreat in Selimiye, Turkey.

Take me there: Selimiye, Turkey

A stylish new hotel looks set to put the Turkish fishing village of Selimiye on the tourism map when it opens in May. Badem Tatil Evi is an intimate retreat on the Bozburun peninsula, with just 12 rooms, a restaurant serving up Turkish home cooking, an infinity pool and a beach club. It’s a short walk from the harbour, which is being touted as ‘the new Kalkan’ thanks to its lovely horseshoe bay and smattering of family-run restaurants and boutiques. A week’s B&B booked with Turkey specialist Exclusive Escapes (exclusiveescapes.co.uk) costs from £750pp including flights, transfers, a day’s cruise on a traditional gulet and a trip to Knidos on the Datça peninsula.

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