Villa Estet Bag Oteli in Alasehir

This is an usual and in a sense unusually good hotel; a part of a successful winery, perched up on a high hill with beautiful views all around, a fine building with a=n anti-bellum like verandah, large rooms with four-post beds, each would count as a suite, beautiful materials, decoration, large and clean swimming pool, then a reasonably good staff trying to do what they can (understaffed in general). Then there is a lovely dining room and outdoor garden, a talented chef who offers creative and excellent though limited menu (which is good), and some ofn the best wines of Turkey. What is not to like of this boutique hotel of just 16 rooms? It is a pity that the physical plant of this hotel is going downhill--badly. The bathrooms and toilets in bad need of a renovation, brownish water closets, plastic bins of showers buckling under weight, occasional jamming of sliding closet doors, occasional problems with electricity (once one room had no electricity hence no A/C whole night and no one who could attend and solve the problem. So, a great beginning (started some 10-12 years ago) going or gone to seed. The typical problem of good Turkish hotels. Little or no maintenance. It is a pity. Thew place really has no maneger, at least not a "real" manager, shall we say, worthy of the luxury hotel chain of Anemone.

What Villa Wstet needs if it wishes to stay as an exceptional hotel (and it is being discovered and popular more and more; I stayed there 5 times) is a good manager: an eagle-eyed, knowledgeable, sharp, dedicated manager, one who would inspect every room every time, know details of construction, plumbing, decoration, and train her/his staff as a cracking, professional team. Not good individuals wandering about, trying to help, indeed, but not knowing what to do.

YUes, my wige and I will come back, because the basic core of the place is good, but hope to see it better in a professional way. Its rating is about 8.2-8.3: No reason whatsoever it can not get a 9-9.5 rating. The winery does. But, I believe the owners put all their effort into the winery (which shows it excellence), and the hotel is an also run.