In the calm atmosphere of our hotel, we host a myriad of corporate events ranging from brand and product launches to team building activities, from personal development camps to leadership trainings and movie/tv series shootings.

A mere 70 km from Istanbul, we have three meeting rooms set amidst our 21 acre gardens, with individual fireplaces, overlooking the forest and with natural lighting, as well as a spacious garden for team activities.

Meeting rooms upstairs, Hydrangea 1 and 2, have french balconies overlooking the forest. Geranium meeting hall downstairs has an indoor space of 270 sqm and a patio of 100 sqm. Up to 150 guests can be hosts indoors and this capacity can be increased with an additional 600 sqm tent.

Up to 30 guests can be accommodated in our hotel rooms for private groups.

Services such as multimedia conference system, barcovision, Bose Sound System, HD projector, sound insulation, CCTV, air conditioning, blackout curtains, emergency lighting, Wi-Fi, and high speed internet are offered.

* For further inquiries or quotes, please contact our Corporate Sales Office from sales@casalavanda.com.tr or +90 530 962 04 86.

Sustainability is a lifestyle at Casa Lavanda…

Casa Lavanda’s story with sustainability started when it first set off as a country house, before transforming into a hotel. There is hardly any organic waste in a country house. Food waste and kitchen scraps are fed to farm animals. In the organic and sustainable cycle of nature, chickens feed on organic and waste, produce fertilizer and eggs, eggs feed humans, fertilizers enrich the soil and allow crops to grow healthy and productively.  

In the countryside, you have to use products within reach.

In the village, you cannot throw anything aside out of boredom or lack of luster. You need to make use of clothes, houseware, utensils, and machine parts until the end of their lifecycles. There are no single-use products, scraps are few and far between, and few items end up in garbage if any. Instead, you set things aside and wait until they can be re-utilized.

Nowadays terms like ‘upcycle, reduce, and reuse’ are used frequently and are very popular under the theme of sustainability, however, these methods have been used for a very long time. If nature is respected and revered, in return, nature nurtures and supports humankind in material and spiritual sense.

Casa Lavanda’s foundations were set on these values.

We grow our own produce, honor seasonality, and preserve overstocks with traditional fermentation methods. We pick from the forests and procure fresh open sea fish such as turbot, bonito, mullet fish, or scorpion fish from the Şile harbor. During the fall season, turbot and bonito become favorite dishes on our menu. We offer grass-fed goat and lamb from the vicinity in our spring and summer menus. We fully support our local fishermen’s cooperative which advocates sustainable fishing. We procure some of our fish from the fishermen in the North Aegean region.

80% of our vegetables, 100% of our fresh herbs and edible flowers, and the majority of our forest fruits and strawberries are our own produce. We encourage local growers to produce products up to our standards and cleanliness, by providing them with seeds, know-how and financial support. Our whole range of nearly 1000 products is entirely local.

We use our waste as compost in our fields. Compost increases the ecological activity of soil, water and carbon retention capacity and allows plants to access nutrients more efficiently, while enhancing the ‘healthiness’ of soil. It also allows us to keep our highly valued water consumption at the minimum. We prefer dry farming where possible. As the plants access nutrients better and thus become nutrient packed, there is no need for chemical fertilizers or pesticides and they can defend themselves against diseases and infestation, while also retaining more taste.

Our waste oils are collected by a recycling firm and used for biodiesel production. Our waste glass is also collected by a glass recycling factory. We built a special collector for our chemical waste water and ISKI collects them regularly.

We re-direct clean drainage and rain water from our gardens and rooftops to the pond in our garden and reuse this collected water for garden irrigation.

We have two different solar heating systems. In the coming years, we want to invest and implement a new solar energy project where we can provide both heating and electricity together.

We have minimized the usage of plastics. We do not use any single-use packaging or products.

We have switched to led lightbulbs to decrease our energy consumption.

We use local craftsmen and natural local products from our vicinity in our constructions. All buildings, roads within the hotel grounds and open floors in common areas are built from a special local limestone, extracted from Kandira, an hour’s drive away. We chose a combination of stone and wood as they yield significantly less carbon than other alternative materials.

In July 2024, we were awarded three stars with highest points for the ‘Food Made Good Standard’ certificate by Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) given to establishments in the hospitality sector, taking steps towards a sustainable future.

Managing Director of the SRA, Juliane Caillouette Noble, said, “Casa Lavanda in Turkey has joined the small group of F&B businesses to reach and surpass the 90% mark in the Food Made Good Standard – all the more impressive as this is their first evaluation! They show incredible attention to detail when it comes to sourcing and supporting the farmers and fishers in their supply chain; they grow the majority of their own produce themselves and have personal relationships with all their suppliers. Their stand-out score was in the Society pillar, where they shone for their community and charity work, how they treat their staff and especially for providing healthy, nourishing food for their customers. With careful policies in place to eliminate trans and unsaturated fats and reduce salt and sugar use, they even scored very highly in the ‘Feed People Well’ focus area. Huge congratulations to everyone at Casa Lavanda!”