Noya Beach
Istanbul
Avis
Excellent place. Just what we're looking for in a beach day from Istanbul. Hard working friendly staff, great facilities, a lovely pool and good beach access. Good food. Must be the best spot on this lovely Island
Perfect end to our time in Turkey. Dashed to a ferry at the last minute to head to Kinaliada to escape the crowds and noise of Istanbul. I’ll try and find where to post more about the island in general elsewhere. We ended up at Noya beach because we wanted to go for a walk. So we started out walking counter clockwise around the west side of the island. Was the wiser move (see the other reviewer about which way not to walk:). When we got back to the dock we noticed that the resort had a desk there and we had seen their electric cart pass us while we were walking. So if you really don’t want to walk.. (no idea if there is an additional cost though). It cost us 750 TRY ($25 Canadian) to use the resort which included lounge, umbrella and use of both the protected beach area and the swimming pool. Best money spent. Yes there is a free beach area adjacent but all the beaches on the island are rocky and we didn’t have any water shoes. The resort has pontoons which enable entry to the water (to either the open water or a pontoon protected area) without having to dance on the rocks. And then we could lounge on the lounges and shower before changing for our walk back. We also ate there. Yes a little expensive for what we ate (a salad and a “fry” pack”) but given that everything would have to be ferried to the island, was perfectly reasonable. And would argue that this is the best beach on the island. On the other “dock” side were narrow beaches with chairs jammed in “like an infirmary” (as another reviewer said:). So if you want to escape the crowds and swim, Noya beach is the pick. And if you want to spoil yourself a bit.. choose the resort. As others noted: no towels. This would have made it 5 star (we had our own pack towel)
