We have always found this site helpful so thought I would leave a review for others....we paid about £2000 All inc for 2 weeks for 2 adults and our 3 and half year old and 9 month old daughter which we thought was fair for a good day flight and 5 star hotel. 5 stars are not the same as say London Hilton or The Dorchester so dont go with this illusion but this hotel was lovely. Relatively new and well maintained, large well kept grounds inc flower gardens and large clean sandy beach, good clean and large pools and good childrens pool, playarea and kids club, the reps spoke English but none of the other kids so my daughter was not over keen on joining in kids club. Not enough sun beds as the guests seem to put their towels down across 3 or 4 chairs and goto the pool for a few hours! (normally a german trait but it appeared to be the slovenians, slovaks, russians etc who are the bulk of the guests) Quite annoying and selfish but I have no problem with simply removing the towels amd taking the chairs, although as my husband is turkish we were looked after and found sunbeds when needed. Our family room was large clean and had all that we needed except it was up two flights of stairs and no lift as we were not in the main building so we had to carry the pushchair up and down the stairs every time which was a drag! No other room was available.
The hotel holds a lot of guests and mealtimes are a bit crazy and full on if you arrive at the start (7pm) as its busy and everyone wants to grab the best food, for example the fresh strawberries or baclava for dessert had gone by 8 pm, we preferred a quieter dining experience so we went around 7.30/8 and got our dessert at the same time as all other courses! As my husband is Turkish we were looked after in terms of finding us a clean table and bringing us drinks etc, but as the staff are paid such low low wages they rely on tips and are good at knowing who gives the tips and so then treat them well and ignore others. The restaurant closed at 9 which we found too early and literally 9 pm the lights went down and the staff left! The food was very good quality and lots of choice, although I love turkish food so would never get bored but after 2 weeks some may find it a bit samey. The lunch was served at the beach bar and was very good every day, salads and BBQ meat was the best we found.
The entertaiment was not too bad, what youd expect really from an inhouse animation team, the live music was a female singer and 2 men with a keyboard not great but 2 other bars were available if you didnt want to hear it!
We really enjoyed our holiday, the sea was warm and clean and we spent days relaxing on the beach, with trips to the childrens pool and back again, eating, eating and more eating, I had a lovely relaxing thai massage. We would recommend this to families and will consider going back next year as it had all we needed for a relaxing family holiday.
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