The staff were excellent. The owner was gracious, friendly, and
informative. Yusef, the driver/guide for guesthouse tours and local
trips was wonderful. He was friendly, funny, and a font of information
in various languages. I usually avoid guided tours like the plague, but
I would suggest considering theirs.
As I work with refugees in the U.S.,
... what people say » I was interested in at least seeing the Akcakale refugee camp on the Syrian border, and Yusef facilitated that. The hotel also hosted, for a month, d -
Aslan, the owner, was courteous and generous in greeting us. He gave us
a choice of the top floor rooms and offered to send one of his
assistants to help transfer our luggage from the previous hotel. With
his knowledge of the region and, given existing winter road conditions,
we took one of tours offered by the guesthouse and conducted by Aslan
himself. With some of the travel warnings for the south-east Turkey, his
presence made us feel secure. We had considered going alone but are
pleased he 