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  • Diptych from the Alavya Hotel book by Montgomery Press. Left: a close-up of pink cymbidium orchids. Right: a black and white interior of a hotel suite with a checkerboard tiled floor, linen sofa and open shuttered window flooding the room with light. Floral and interior photography for a bespoke luxury boutique hotel book, Alacati, Turkey.
  • Book spread from the Alavya Hotel photographic book by Montgomery Press, featuring the hotel's signature Passion Fruit Margarita with Geranium Mist. Left: a coupe glass cocktail garnished with caramelised hazelnuts and a herb sprig. Right: the full recipe with tasting notes. Cocktail photography and recipe design for a luxury hotel book commission, Alacati, Turkey.
  • Alavya Hotel's abundant breakfast buffet table, photographed for the Montgomery Press hotel book. A long wooden table is laden with fresh fruit, vegetables, pastries, nuts and towering flower arrangements — vibrant food photography capturing the farm-to-table philosophy of this award-winning boutique hotel in Alacati, Turkey.
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Alavya

£60.00
£60.00

A visual celebration of this award winning hotel situated in the beautiful village of Alacati on the Aegean Coast of Turkey. Commissioned by the owner Rana Erkan Tabanca the Alavya book aims to illustrate the philosophy and approach to life that is both unique and personal to the Hotel - creativity, connection, sustainability and above all else love.

The book illustrates not only the hotels food, design and interiors but also offers a glimpse into the team who help make Alavya so special. Beyond the hotel the book explores the bustling markets and streets of Alacati as well as the finer elements of the Tabanca home in Bodrum where the themes and style of Alavya began. 

Book Contents

Introduction by Rana N. Erkan Tabanca - ALAVYA Founder
Bodrum - The Tabanca family home

ALAVYA
Essay - Peter Greenberg - Travel Editor, CBS News

SPRING
Introduction
‘Food for the Soul’
Essay - Juliet Kinsman - Sustainable luxury travel expert
‘The Establishment itself is a work of art’
Recipe: Ovacik Artichoke
Recipe: Seafood Pasta
Recipe: Strawberry & Chamomile Cake
‘Enjoy the Silence’
‘Sustainable produce is the first principle’

SUMMER
Recipe: Artichoke Dolma wrapped in vine leaves
Recipe: Vine leaf dolma with garden leaves
Recipe: Basil-scented artichoke-filled pasta
Essay - Omer Karacan - Media entrepeneur and businessman
‘Where dreams come true’
Recipe: Field salad
‘If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly our whole life would change’ - Buddha
‘Relax, reflect, refresh’
Recipe: Geranium - infused Basque cheesecake
Joan Kim Erkan - ‘Alavya is serene, relaxing, homely’

AUTUMN
Ozlem Gulses - ‘Something that touched my heart’
Essay - Patrizia Gucci - Painter and fashion designer
‘Think global, act local’
Recipe: Passion fruit margarita with geranium mist

WINTER
Essay - Sema Gonenc - Flower grower
Mind, body and spirit - a holistic way of being
Recipe: Hummus with aegean greens
Recipe: Sous-vide beef short rib with quince puree & bone marrow sauce
‘A symbol of love and comfort’
Turkey for Christmas
Its all in the details
Recipe: Cesme Lemon cake

Specifications

Dimensions - 26cm Wide X 30cm High
244 Pages
ISBN: 9781036967109

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The book is beautiful, sophisticated and full of feeling, such a scent of magic and atmosphere"

Patrizia Gucci Designer/Painter

"I love this, soulful photography and inspiring text, its a testimony to the wonderful people who make up the Alavya family"

Jason Goodwin 

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