What about Madeira ?

Croatia? My dad like Lopud although it may be too quiet for you. I know there are flights from Glasgow to Croatia this year.

Parga sounds a good bet as the harbour there is beautiful with lots of very good eating places and quite a few bars, but definately not your typical brits abroad scene.

Benalmadena?

Lindos in Rhodes- absolutely stunning and some lovely quaint bars. However, you are walking on a slope a lot of the time and your calf muscles do take a day or two to adjust. If you can cope with slopes have a look at Lindos.

Can't recommend a hotel because we always go self-catering in a villa but Chania in western Crete might suit you. The harbour area is lovely with some really good restaurants etc - it has a really realxing ambience during the day as well as the evening. Chania has something of a Turkish feel to it too because Crete was part of the Turkish empire in the past.

In September you should still be able to get a direct flight into Chania from the UK but you might have to fly into Heraklion from Glasgow. It's about an hours transfer/drive time from there to Chania. The other fly in the ointment is that I suspect that Chania is probably a more expensive area than Kyrenia.

SM

Marsascala in Malta - wonderful harbour lined with good resaturants/bars - the Jerma Palace is a pretty decent hotel.

Rovinj in Croatia (from Pula airport)

lovely old town to explore
harbour
little islands to visit by ferry
coastline and woods to walk round
sea to swim in
cosmopolitan but laid-back

look here

http://www.istra.com/rovinj/eng/index.html

we stayed at the Park Hotel.

As you like Kyrenia do you not fancy Turkey?.As you have landed in Antalya on the way to Northern Cyprus could you cope with a flight just to Antalya?.Side is about 50 minutes transfer from the airport and in September it will be lovely.There are some really good hotels here with excellent reviews.

Fethiye, Turkey has a lovely harbour.

Fell in love with the Parga and Madeira suggestions but we're too late for places in Parga and regretfully can't afford Madeira

Will do more looking into the Turkey thing; I did come across a small resort called Calis Beach which seems to be near Fethiye and a bit further from Side. Has anyone been to Calis?

Thanks everyone for the ideas - please keep posting more!

Calis Beach is a long way from Side. You would be better flying into Dalaman.
I like the area but I dont think Calis meets your criteria. Look at Gocek or Olu Deniz instead.

I would steer clear of Chalis beach, if you like pretty scenic places.

Went to Turkey for 2 weeks last summer and can honestly say that when we rounded a 'corner' on a boat trip from Fethyie, it was the only place I went 'Oh G** what have they done?".

It looked liked someone had gone mad with a load of concrete. Perhaps it looks different if you actually stay in it, but by the view from the boat it was a no no.

Two people obviously seeing things in completely different light! Where is the load of concrete? Calis Beach has buildings on its sea front, like anywhere, but none are ugly in that sense.

I still think the OP would prefer Fethiye harbour. The Ege Saray would be a good 4* hotel, right on the water front.

Sorry Sarong. I did say it might look different when you are actually staying there.

But to me comparing it to the natural beauty of Olu Deniz, with the lagoon and mountains all around or the Dalyan delta or the Turkish 'feel' of Fethyie I really couldn't see the attraction of Chalis at all. But as you say each to their own.

I agree that the Ege Saray would be good for the OP.

Doe

I agree with Croatia - Cavtat is a very pretty harbour town near to Dubrovnik, or maybe Dubrovnik itself?

U2fan

Hi Craobhan,

Calis isn't very scenic. Although it's surrounded by mountains, Calis itself is very flat; it's built on marshland - and also has a problem with mosquitos'

All that's there is a narrowish beach, and a promenade with restaurants. It also gets windy. There isn't really a centre to Calis, and there's no harbour there either.

Fethiye on the other hand, is much more interesting and scenic. It has a lovely harbour, and fabulous views. All the restaurants surrounding the harbour (and in fact in Fethiye town) are traditional Turkish.

The harbour in Fethiye is much, much bigger than Kyrenia harbour, but is still peaceful and very beautiful. You can take boat trips from there to the surrounding islands off the Fethiye coast - and even take a water-taxi to Calis!

It doesn't have that same intimate magic of Kyrenia harbour, but to be fair, Kyrenia (especially at night) is quite unique and hard to beat. But Fethiye harbour is equally lovely , albeit in a different way.

The Ece Saray Marina Hotel overlooks the harbour, and is quite grand. It caters for the more mature guest, and their evening meals are particularly good.

Fethiye is a lovely town, and there's much to see. You're also close to Oludeniz, which is breathtakingly beautiful, and has a wonderful lagoon.

I've been to Kyrenia, and I know Fethiye extremely well, and I'm certain if you like Kyrenia - you will like Fethiye too.

Strawberry