Hotel Fidanka, is a dream come true of a family from Istanbul who loves trees, flowers, beautiful gardens, antiques, places with a soul, nature, art and good food!
We have worked in other professions for years, visited many places, and finally built a hotel in a wonderful bay in the Kaş-Kalkan region, which we love dearly, where we share all the beauties we have collected in ourselves, with sincerity and impeccable service understanding for the comfort and happiness of our guests.
Our special interest and passion is Hundreds of different plants in Fidanka’s (female sapling in Bulgarian) garden.Our hotel consists of 17 rooms, with six different types, most of them larger than 40 sqm, each of which has huge terraces with magnificent sea views. In our rooms, we combined 200-year-old cedars of the nearby highland villages, hundreds of years old wooden walls of a mansion that was destroyed in Istanbul, doors and windows and various wooden parts that we collected from unused historical houses of Anatolian and Black Sea villages.
The thousands of antique pieces that we have been collecting passionately since we knew ourselves are the most colorful, exciting and fun pieces of the whole beautiful picture.
A cute log from a nearby village. Sitting atop is an Ottoman bath bowl, with geraniums that we planted.
We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.
Old animal bells collected from antique shops from Gaziantep and İznik.
We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.
A yoghurt cup from our clay collection, donning flowers from Fidanka’s garden.
A gift from Yasin, of Kale Pension, one of several paintings by an English artist in love with Kekova-Kaleköy.
One of our favorite toys of our childhood, the 70s. Also bought from Berlin, handmade, tiny, about 4cms tall.
Our precious among our bronze collection, the tiniest oil lamp we have ever encountered, size of a marble, from an antique store in Toscana, Italy.
We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.
From times when money was not so “everyday,” fabric pouches that women sewed from leftover cloths.
A very old opaline vase, from Paris, holding a lace bridal bouquet, from a collector in Bandırma.
Porcelain Limoges glasses, bought from an antique shop in Berlin. In front of them are handmade Santon dolls from Provence, France.
From times where perfumes were sold on streets, the box was bought from an antique shop in İzmir.
We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.
An old wine bottle from our collection of bottles, also loved dearly. Inside it is a red flower, found on the ground, in Sabanci Museum’s garden.
Teardrop canisters, not ancient, of course. A dentist in Antakya makes these as a hobby through glass blowing and aging techniques.
A wooden stair we obtained from the plateau village Bezirgan. In front, small antique containers and our 30 year old candle-flower. She ceremoniously flowers once every two years.
The most colorful plate from our enamel collection, from an antique shop in Urla.
We love hats. This one is from Barcelona.