Elmas Restaurant Pansiyon(Elmas Restaurant ve Pansiyon)

Çok eski bir okul ama tüm ihtiyaçlar oradaydı. Türkiye’de seyahat ediyorsam kendimi New York’ta bir oteldeymişim gibi hissetmek istemiyorum. Pansiyon ve restoran binaları muhteşem çevreye mükemmel uyum sağlamaktadır. Ev sahibi nazik ve bilgilendiriciydi. Akşam yemeği taze ve lezzetliydi.

Cute, rustic, beautiful, built on a former stone mill with a branch of the river below running beside the dining room in a concrete channel once fed the water-powered mill from the 16th or 17th century. Bed is comfortable except for the Turkish practice of not using bedsheets and the Elmas’s offering of an uncoated rough blanket. The shower and its in-line water heater were challenging, but the tea was taysan kani and the staff was friendly. Like most of Turkey, the hotel and restaurant are not accessible on wheels due to many stairs and few railings.

We have stayed two nights and are very sad to leave this morning. The location is gorgeous - tucked on top of a river with streams running under the pansiyon and the restaurant. The photos don't do it justice, it's beautiful. The family who run the place are so lovely and speak a few words of English but are super happy to help with a bit of Google translate if you need anything. The restaurant specialises in trout, lamb shish and meatballs and the food is delicious and really reasonably priced - there isn't a menu but that is fine (a meal with beer for 2 is under 600TL at the moment). The rooms have balconies and a communal fridge outside, they're plenty big enough and comfortable. And breakfast is phenomenal. Come and stay for more than one night, it's perfect for a peaceful couple of days or so and access to aphrodisias is super easy despite being away from the touristy bit. Even if there was lots of options here (which there isn't and the other option is ridiculously expensive), we'd choose Elmas every day.

The surroundings with the water mill is very nice.