Mercan Hotel

This beachfront hotel enjoys an enviable position over-looking Saros Bay on the Gallipoli peninsula. Easily reached from Istanbul and Canakkale, the hotel is in a quiet location and suitable for families and those looking for a relaxing beach holiday. A shallow sea for 200m makes the beach at Guneyli Koyu an ideal place for young children and toddlers to enjoy the sea safely. Popular with Turkish families, the hotel features a 'nargile' or water-pipe lounge; smoking these waterpipes is a favourite pastime in the evenings. Surrounded by summer holiday homes, the village of Guneyli is a little over 2 km away and there is a small harbour and fish restaurant a few minutes walk from the hotel.