The cottages.

Yesil Ev means The Green House and is a cluster of four cottages in the small fishing village of Sogut (pronounced Sert) on the Loryma peninsula in the south west corner of Turkey. The whole area is a designated conservation area where large scale tourist development is not permitted.

Four cottages sit together in a terraced garden A local architect rebuilt them from abandoned traditional stone dwellings, using local labour and materials. The furniture and furnishings were all made by village craftsmen and women in the traditional way.

The village is a collection of smallholdings spread over a wide area, divided by orchards, fields and vegetable gardens. The sea is about a kilometre away, along attractive rocky paths through ancient terraced fields and carob, fig and almond trees.

In the full heat of summer wildlife lies low, but tortoises, porcupines, wild boar and eagles keep to the hillsides, while lizards, geckos, and of course cats bask in the gardens.