Jasmin Konak Otel

“Konak” is the Turkish word for a mansion. This lovely boutique hotel once was one and is located in Hatay’s old town, perhaps 100 meters from a main street. We made our plans and reservation only 3 days prior and got the last available room for our first 2 nights. Knowing it would be small and upstairs (I am recovering from a hip injury) we reserved it, but it was tighter quarters than we imagined. We were able to move to a larger, first floor room for our third night. Wow! What a wonderful room. The 200 TL (approximately $23 US) was well worth it, but there are only 2 of these rooms. What we didn’t know, and our map program didn’t even tell us, is that you cannot drive into the old town’s historic streets. Arriving in the afternoon there was no nearby on-street parking available. We called the hotel and got directions to an otopark a couple of city blocks away. Thankfully they sent a young lady to fetch us and carry some of our luggage. The traditional Turkish Kahvalti (breakfast) included some local specialties, was all homemade with creamy hummus snd delicious jams. All of the staff members were very helpful and genuinely wanted to make our stay happy. Gathering in the courtyard and chatting was very pleasant. The owner and his daughter take pride in their establishment. We accepted their restaurant suggestions and were very pleased. We highly recommend Jasmin Konak.