Lycian Way

We arrived about 5pm after a pleasant flight with Turkish Airlines. They swapped our seats as A's seat wouldn't stay upright due to a jammed button. Our driver, a cheery man, dropped us at the Kybele Hotel where we were made very welcome. The ceilings are covered in all sorts of little glass hanging lamps that even extend into the bedroom. Our room is a little cosy, but there are few free rooms in Istanbul just now. We were soon exploring this eccentric hotel with its Ottoman style adjacent house. Here we found the first floor courtyard and decided to have dinner there, just outside the library. We ate Turkish meatballs off tables made from old treaddle sewing machines. It became darker and slightly cooler as we sipped 'mint' tea - more like hibiscus and made plans for the morning.

Kybele Hotel