As the fifth and last beach destination of this  Holiday week series, I’ve selected the 7800 Çeşme Hotel.A beautiful boutique beach hotel favored by Turks in-the-know, it is located west of Ismir and facing the  bay of  Boyalik and the  Aegean Sea. This is not though, the swaying palm trees kind of beach vacay.  It’s more about the beauty of the out-of-this-world turquoise waters, treating yourself to one of their legendary spa treatments and eating so fabulously well, you will NEVER want to go back home (the latter is sadly my problem with Turkey in general!).

Merry, Merry Christmas.