İspendam Tess Otel

Great place Amazing location surrounded by mountains

Stayed here during the Tarabzon visit - the best decision was to stay here when I think about it now in the hindsight (and comparing with other nice places i stayed). Out of this world! It's the place to be and unwind in true untouched nature. Amazing and genuine hosts with delicious food and efficient services, who try to give 110%. Can't recommend it enough. Plan for a minimum of two days to stay with nothing else. Follow the Google maps until you find hotel signage, and from thereon, follow the sign board's. Drive safely, patiently, while enjoying weather. Be very cautious during rain/fog.

If you are considering this hotel, I am going to give a very detailed explanation about our experience, and I will be very honest and fair about my review. First of all, this hotel belongs to a family who run it together. The owner and his wife are vert nice people, however, their kids were not (and they were the ones running the place) and there is a language barrier and only the daughter speaks a little English. We tried to use Google translate as much as possible to communicate, but the internet connection is really bad up there, so it comes and goes. The hotel is located at the way top of a mountain. If you are used to driving in that risky terrain, then you should be fine...but if you are like us, and it is your first time, it is really very scary. You are very close to the edge and one0 wrong9.5 move and your car can take a dive! It was raining and foggy when we were there, so that made it a lot worse...so it will take you an hour to go up the mountain if you can't see. The view is breath-taking. You are literally in the clouds, and if you are lucky to have at least one clear day (when it's raining and cloudy you can't see the view at all)..then you can see just how high you are and how beautiful it is. So it is very peaceful and serene, but there is really nothing to do when you are up there. They have some nice seating areas, swings, hammocks..but again, if it's raining, the rain will ruin those as well.