Turkey Guide
Around the Sea of Marmara
Accommodation
1 Aksaray Pansiyon Alipaşa Ortakapı Cad 9 
0284/212 6035 
225 3901 Recently-renovated, good-value place with both en-suite and cheaper, waterless, rooms available. Price: €14-24
2 Efe Hotel Maarif Cad 13 0284/213 6166 
www.efehotel.com Delightful, if somewhat overpriced, family-run hotel – it's clean and modern, with stylish air-conditioned rooms, satellite TV and an English-style pub on the ground floor. Price: €50-62
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Karam Hotel Mithtpaşa Mah, Garanti Bankası Sok 6 0284/225 1555 225 1556 A lively, friendly choice with large rooms in a restored mansion and a basement bar where live traditional Turkish music is performed on weekends. Excellent barbecue dinners are served in a courtyard restaurant. Price: €32-49
4 Park Maarif Cad 7 0284/213 5276 225 4635 A clean and calm hotel with a reasonable kebab joint attached. Price: €32-49
5 Rüstem Paşa Kervansarayı İki Kapalıhan Cad 57 0284/215 2489 212 0462 Restored sixteenth-century kervansaray whose cool, cave-like rooms are set around a pleasant garden-courtyard. Noise is minimal as its substantial walls are quite soundproof, but the decor could do with an update and water supplies aren't all they could be. Staff freely admit to charging higher rates for foreigners, so bargain hard. Price: €50-62
6 Otel Şaban Acikgöz Çilingirler Cad 9 0284/213 1404 www.acikgoz.com Recommended for comfort (rooms have TVs, air conditioning and minibars) and good service. If it's full, try its slightly more expensive sister property around the corner at Tufekciler Çarşısı 76. Price: €32-49
7 Fifi Lokanta Mocamp 8km along the E80 towards İstanbul 0284/226 0101 212 9888 Good campsite with en-suite motel rooms and a pool.Price: €25-31
8 Ömür Camping 8km along the E80 towards İstanbul 0284/226 0037 A nice rural spot with space for fifty caravans and a large swimming pool.