Maison d’Azur, which consists of two reciprocal stone houses, was built at the end of the 19th Century by Greek workers who were brought to the village for the work of Hacı Memiş Ağa like many other Alaçatı stone houses. Indigenous light colored, soft stones and special mortars used instead of cement were used in the construction of these buildings. For this reason, the buildings confine the heat in winter and cold in summer. The two-storey buildings with bay windows have been restored to their original condition. The reason that the lower floor walls were designed to be thicker than the upper floors was that the lower floors were used for storage and animal sheltering and the upper floors as living spaces.

We, Ebru and Özgür Tolunay, owners of the hotel and houses belonging to “d’Azur Hotels” group, settled in Alaçatı and opened our hotel to make our dreams come true after working in corporate companies in Istanbul and Paris. The name of our hotel, which means Azur’s house, comes from the name of our son. We, who are travelers at the same time, take inspiration from all the journeys we set on to not to leave a place in the world we didn’t travel, experiences we have, and people we meet. We are a big family with our cats, dog, friends and guests in our hotel which is full of flavors and furniture brought from far away…