Went on a short one-night holiday with the family, with two kids under school age. The hotel is located just next to the Turku-Helsinki highway, which is convenient if you travel by car. There's plenty of parking space outside, though it'll cost you 4-8 euros per day. If you don't come by car, there are bus stops for local public transportation buses located a couple of minutes away, so no problem.

The hotel itself is quite dated. It's clean and quiet, but really doesn't offer anything at all that would surprise either positively or negatively; it really is the definition of neutral. The standard room we had didn't have any extra square metres. With two adult-sized beds that we moved together, a smaller fold bed for our older child, plus a mattress for the younger - well, the room was filled. The room also had a toilet with bathtub, and a flat-screen tv with some national tv channels. It was very clean, but like the hotel as a whole, a bit worn and torn. The view from the window was quite boring, mostly walls of the hotel and the roof of the spa located in the same building.

The spa itself is great for kids especially. There are several pools, both shallow and deep, with or without bubbles and waterfalls etc. There is even an outdoor pool, which was great to lay in since it was December - nice to feel the chilly air with your head whilst being perfectly warm and nice due to the warm water. There are also a few sauna options, of which I preferred the turkish steam sauna which has a nice gentle eucalyptus scent in the air.

The worst thing about this hotel and spa complex is the food. The breakfast itself was ok, plentiful and fresh enough, though a bit heavily leaned on the sweet side, probably due to the amount of families with kids that come here. But the lunch/dinner options are, to be frank, crap. I know that this is a hotel review instead of a restaurant review, but since they're located in the same building, here goes. There is a "Hesburger" hamburger joint located in connection to the spa, so you have sweaty and wet people drinking beer from plastic pints while chewing on greasy burgers 5 metres from the pools. Not that tasty. The other options are the duo of Havanna Restaurant and Pizzeria Papa Angelo, both located in the basement floor, just like the spa itself. We came down for dinner, took a table, waited for 15 minutes, and no one even took any notice of us, though we tried to contact and wave politely. They seemed to be severely undermanned, but after a day in the spa, all families including ours were probably quite beat and very hungry - never mess with blood sugar levels, especially kids'. What you DON'T want at that point is ignorance and long waiting times, which is exactly what we got. We had a good look at the menu, and it offered no surprises, and was heavy on the fast-food kind of food. But after waiting so long, we got up and left. I certainly won't be going back there ever. In stead we went into town for a nice dinner. I urge everyone to stay away from this place. I don't mean this as an anti-campaign just for the sake of it, but the menu, atmosphere and service of these restaurants just isn't up to date.

Not very close to the city center, but a nice chain hotel with almost no thrills or surprises. An old Holiday Club concept that offers you decent (and a bit outdated) spa facilities (especially for the kids) and surprisingly cheap minigolf just outside of the hotel. OK for a short stay in Turku.

Arrived at the hotel after a what seemed a very long trip - flew out of Heathrow with a connecting flight to Turku. We we given an hour for connecting flight and it takes that long to get through Helsinki airport.....its massive!
Reception staff at Caribia were very friendly - we had two rooms booked. There was a mix up with the booking so we were given an 'upgraded superior room'. Both that and the standard room were of a fair standard - very clean. they had heeded a prior request for a kettle in my parents room as dad can only drink boiled water, and also an arm chair for him to sit in.
Our superior room had a lounge and lovely bathroom, along with a mini bar.
Just as well as there was no bar in the hotel, and no restaurant which we found very strange for a 4 star hotel. In the basement there is somewhere you can get a drink and something to eat - at a cost! Everyone had told us how expensive it was - 1st night and 4 main courses, 3 desserts and 3 drinks was 110 euro.
Breakfast was busy and all the usual european delights.
Many dogs in the hotel on the Thursday but quieter on the Friday.
Hotel is quite a way from town, 2.50 euro on the bus though which stops outside and the return is valid for 2 hours wich is handy of you want to just pop in quickly. Lovely walks along the river - the tall ships regatta was on this weekend wich meant there was loads going on.
Have done plenty of mini city breaks in Europe and to be honest Turku left alot to be desired. Would love to see it in winter though. However - would not fly with Finnair again by choice! All flights delayed (four in total for return trip), food rubbish and staff surly.
Ok hotel in bad location - a lot of money for what it was, should have stayed in town as more was going on there.

There are many swimming pools with massaging showers and waterfalls in the swimming pool section. There are also three waterslides which are 25, 80 and 117 meters long. These waterslides are suitable for adults and children over 8-9 years. There is also a very good kid's pool (32 cm deep, +35 degrees Celsius) with a very small waterslide for small children. Other pools are very deep. There is also the outdoor section with adults' pool, cold water pool and small children's pool. Rooms are very basic and the breakfast is good.