Gocek holiday villa "Beautiful Villa At Rosmarin " in Gocek - Fethiye area

The villa
is lovely, sitting in its own garden shaded by trees and a south facing
covered terrace which affords a view down over Gocek and across the
bay. Breakfasting on the terrace we enjoyed watching the red squirrels
chasing around the trees and rooftop of the villa below. The separate
barbeque area was also well used to prepare the excellent beef and fish
available locally and at reasonable prices. It was too hot at the end
of July to contemplate walking down to the village but the local taxis
were excellent and consistent in their price (15TL each way). We also
enjoyed the pool area which was very clean and generally quiet. Local
restaurants are varied and good value - the local tradesman are
friendly and respectful. We had a really enjoyable and relaxing
holiday.

We had a great time in Lynn's villa. It was even better than the pictures - the villa was spacious, the kitchen well equipped - plenty of everything. The master bedroom was lovely and big with a king size bed. The twin room was great for kids. The terrace was the best place with great views over Gocek, we sat there for a lot of the time but also used the sun loungers - there was nice privacy for sunbathing here on the comfy loungers if you wanted it. The pool was also great - nice and big and quiet - if you're looking to make lots of friends here, its unlikely, but if you want a quiet sunbathing/swimming spot, it's great. We had a 10 year old so it was a bit quiet for her but that was the only small downside to our holiday.
We hired a car, I think this is essential because it really would be a long way to walk to Gocek every night. There is nothing nearby except other villa complexes so you need the car. We used Metro car hire in Dalaman - they did the airport transfer for just an extra £10 on top of the car hire - excellent value and service - so helpful and friendly, I would recommend using them.
Gocek was great too, not too big - enough nice restaurants along the harbour front to last you for a week or two. There is a lot of sales pressure to dine rather than looking at the menus, but other than that all the ones we tried were good - watch out for service charges. There was plenty of advice on restaurants in Lynn's villa from other travellers. Limon was our favourite. We did a boat trip round the islands, lots of diving off the boat - great for kids although you stay on the boat - there were no beaches, but a good lunch of fresh fish included - 100 turkish lira for 10am - 6pm and lunch (family of 3).
Lynns villa was clean, plenty of hot water, lovely surroundings, everything worked great, lovely welcome pack, she has really thought about what guests want and takes the trouble to make sure you have a good holiday. Its easy to drive in Turkey, just one main road from the airport. We went to the ghost town near Olu Deniz which was worth a visit and to the Fethiye market (good bargains if you like to haggle). Gocek is a small resort, not many bars if you like that sort of thing, but enough little shops to wander round in the evening after dinner. If you like lots of night life and activity, you might prefer Olu Deniz/Calis beach but in our opinion they did not have anywhere near as much character.
A great holiday all round.

What a fabulous house , all mod cons and everything that you could possibly want or need is supplied. It is truely home from home only with a heavenly view over Gocek harbour. The weather was very hot, high 30's to mid 40's so the huge swimming pool was most welcome and we also had it mostly to ourselves. The air conditioning was a Godsend at night. We hardly spent any time inside as the patio was great to eat out on and chair beds very hard to prise ourselves off, lovely barbeque area too. I enjoyed watering your plants and even deadheaded them for you, and even found a pet tortoise for your garden.

Lovely restaurants in the town and very reasonable prices, avoid 'West Coast Bar' tho , food mediocre and service very bad.
We hired a car and found some lovely beaches: Sigla beach at Gunluklu, this was a beach club and a little more expensive but set in glorious woodland with red squirrels . Inlice not bad , black gravelly sand but small beach cafe and sunbeds and not expensive. But the best one of all was Saragerme near to Dalaman Airport, extremely long yellow sandy beach, lots of water sports, great beach bar, very cheap. You have to park in the otopark and get the tractor trailer down to the beach-great fun. Look out for the storks along the road.
Gocek itself was wonderful, people very friendly . Dice bar (a bit futher on from the sushi bar) was typically turkish with beanbags and cushions to crash out on whilst enjoying your evening drinks by the waters edge.

We will definitely be back, missing it already and not been back a week yet.

Thanks Lyn and Michael