A picturesque bay near Marmaris is an actively developing Turkish resort. Find out who is the best holiday in Icmeler in 2021 and which hotels are considered the best. Reviews of tourists about food prices, beaches and vacations with children.
Reviews of tourists about Icmeler
A small village 7 km from the Turkish resort of Marmaris is famous for its mineral water springs. In Turkish, İçmek means "to drink". Since olden times, local water has been used to treat diseases of the digestive system.
Vacationers note the rapid growth of infrastructure. Every year Icmeler becomes more convenient for rest in Turkey, and more and more tourists come here.
Quiet and calm resort is popular with many. Tourists are delighted with beautiful beaches, clear sea water and green gardens. From Icmeler it is easy to get to Marmaris, minibuses - dolmushi run between the resorts. The journey takes only 20-30 minutes.
Nina-1983-03: "Nature, unlike the Anatolian coast, is presented in all its glory. If you are looking for beautiful green views, this is the place for you."
Best hotels in Icmeler
According to tourist reviews for 2020, the hotel base in Icmeler is better than in Marmaris. Land is cheaper here, so investors were able to buy large plots for hotels. Most of the hotels were built recently and meet the most modern requirements for serving tourists.
For a vacation in Icmeler in 2021, you can choose a luxury hotel with all-inclusive meals, stay in a budget hotel 2-3 * or a family guesthouse.
Budget hotels in Icmeler with the best tourist reviews:
- Casa & Blanca Boutique 3 * (150 m from the sea)
- Marbas 3 * (50 m from the sea)
- Vela 3 * (500 m from the sea).
All inclusive hotels in Icmeler with the best tourist reviews:
- Elite World Marmaris 4 * (200 m from the sea)
- Marti La Perla 4 * (50 m from the sea)
- Hotel Aqua 5 * (50 m from the sea).
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Beach holidays in Icmeler
The sea in Icmeler is cleaner than in the major resorts in Turkey. The bay is sheltered from the winds, so there are no strong storms. The water is clear, the seabed is clearly visible, so Icmeler is popular with diving enthusiasts.
The beach strip stretches along the entire bay. The main and longest beach of Icmeler is covered with a mixture of sand and pebbles. During the peak tourist season, there are many people here, but the coast is not as crowded as the beaches of Marmaris. Lifeguards work on the beach. There are changing cabins, toilets and showers. Vacationers ride "bananas", jet skis and water skis.
Tourists love the narrow northern Denizyaka Beach, the Nirvana Beach Club and the small Wild Beach Camping located in the southern part of the bay. The best is the well-groomed beach of the Sentido Sea Star Hotel 4 *.
Ambassador409489: "The entrance to the sea is shallow, which is suitable for children. But the main charm of this beach is the views. Such beauty can hardly be seen anywhere."
Sentido Sea Star Hotel Beach
Food prices
Exchange rate: 1 Turkish Lira (TRY) ≈ 10 RUB.
If you are planning to vacation in Icmeler in 2021, you can count on a large selection of cafes and restaurants and adequate food prices. The average bill for a three-course lunch in a café for locals is 30-45 TRY.
In restaurants for tourists, visitors are often offered a buffet. When serving à la carte, the prices for dishes are quite high, pizza - TRY 37-75, soups - TRY 22-45, meat dishes - TRY 45-90, desserts - TRY 22-53.
According to reviews, it is profitable to buy fruits, sweets and aromatic Turkish tea in the market, which is located at the intersection of roads to Marmaris and the village of Turunc. Trading here is conducted on Wednesdays.
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Orangge: "During the day, you can sunbathe on the beach or by the pool and eat tons of ice cream, which, by the way, costs mere pennies here - 11 rubles for a regular one and 20-30 rubles for horns with Oreo and other tasty treats."
Vacation with children
Icmeler in Turkey attracts with good ecology, clean sea and calm atmosphere. Here you will not suffer from the noise of machines and industrial plants!
The Turkish resort is suitable for families who want to relax in a comfortable all-inclusive hotel. If you want to save money, it is easy to find budget apartments with a kitchen in the village. Visit the beautiful Orhaniye village, surrounded by magnificent pine forests, with your children.
dthf2013: "The grandson, he is 4.5 years old, could not be pulled out of the water. Around the mountains and pine trees, clean air, convenient entrance with small pebbles. We will definitely return to this heavenly place again."
When is the best time to go
The Mediterranean and Aegean Seas meet on the Icmeler Peninsula. The climate in the resort is not as cool as in Bodrum, and not as sultry as on the Anatolian coast of Turkey.
Beach holiday in Icmeler starts in May. For long swims, sea water warms up in the second half of June. In July and August, the resort is hot: in the daytime the thermometer rises above + 30 ° С, and the sea warms up to a comfortable + 26 ° С. There is no rain in the summer months.
Kira Zvyagintseva: "In August, the sky was deep blue. Clouds? What kind of clouds? No clouds. The sun began to fry in the early morning."
The velvet season pleases with warm and sunny weather. They swim in the sea in September and October, and in November the water is already cool + 18 ° С. The season ends and the village rests from tourists until next spring.
Conclusions: is it worth a vacation in Icmeler
The Turkish resort is versatile. Fans of beach pleasures and all inclusive, parents with children and elderly tourists are good for rest in Icmeler. Young people are also not bored, because there are bars and discos in Icmeler. Those who like more drive, go to have fun in Marmaris.
The clean sea is highly appreciated by fans of diving. If you enjoy scuba diving, come to Icmeler to see corals, sponges, sea turtles, bottlenose dolphins, barracuda, tuna, lobster, octopus and eels, old anchors and amphorae.
There are many attractions in the vicinity of Icmeler - the ruins of a monastery with mosaics, the ruins of the ancient cities of Amos, Tissanos, Hodos, Lorima and Larumna. From the neighboring resort of Marmaris, tourists are taken on interesting excursions to the island of Rhodes in Greece, to the turtle island of Dalyan and in Pamukkale.
