The Aegean Region - Turkey with Your Family: From Bustling Bazaars to Historic Sites - page 144

baby-sitting service, cots and safety
equipment provided on request. In
room AC, en suite bathroom, TV.

Rooms 111 with sea views, including
some family rooms. Rates from
around 150 YTL. Credit MC, V.
Amenities health centre, hairdresser,
gardens, restaurant, several bars, dis-
cotheque, swimming pools, sports,
children's club, children's play-
ground, games room, babysitting
service, car park, gift shop. In room
AC, en suite bathroom, TV. Children's
beds and cots available.

MODERATE
Babaylon Hotel

★★
Ali Ören Mevkii, Çiftlikköy Bay,
Çe@me b [phone]; www.
babaylon.com.tr . Located overlook-
ing Sakiz Island on the water's edge
at Çiftlikköy Bay, Çe@me, and within
easy walk of local amenities

FIND

EXPENSIVE
Hilton Izmir

★★
Gazi Osmanpasa Bulvari No 7, Izmir.
b [phone]; www.hilton.
com. Located in the heart of the city
centre.

A large sprawling complex, the
Babaylon Hotel is a lively place
where children are clearly wel-
comed. Modern in appearance
and with a brightly lit contempo-
rary foyer, it offers children's play
areas, children's gardens and a
club with a programme of work-
shops and activities, plus a games
room, swimming pools, includ-
ing a toddler's pool, and various
sports such as tennis, billiards and
watersports. While your children
are busying themselves with all
the activities the hotel offers, you
can enjoy the sauna and spa suite
or the bar. Teenagers may even
jump for joy at the fact that the
hotel has a discotheque too.
Guest rooms are air conditioned
and well presented with lots of
amenities, such as satellite televi-
sion. Children's beds and cots are
provided on request, and even
buggies can be hired.
The Babaylon Hotel is located
right by the beach at Çiftlikköy
Bay and within easy distance of
the city centre, making this hotel
a good base to explore the area.
There's a spectacular view of
Sakiz Island from the restaurant
and terrace too, so be sure to
while away some time here.

Luxurious surroundings and fab-
ulous views of the city are offered
at the Hilton Izmir, but perhaps
more importantly it also provides
special family package rates
depending on the time of year, a
babysitting service, special chil-
dren's menus at its restaurants,
cots and high chairs always avail-
able on request and even a video
hire service so your youngsters
and teenagers can watch their
favourite movie from the comfort
of their hotel room. Other on-site
amenities include sports such as
tennis, a walking track and a
health suite, plus a pool and sev-
eral restaurants - its Colonnade
Restaurant for breakfast, La
Dolce Vita Ristorante for Italian
and Turkish cuisine, and its
Windows on the Bay Restaurant
for International dishes. Guest
rooms are well presented, too, and
afford many facilities, as you
would expect of a top-notch, five-
star inter-national hotel. Location-
wise, it is around 20 minutes or so
drive from the Adnan Menderes

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