We stayed at the Turkuaz Garden the last 2 weeks in June so there were few children about and many of the guests were Turkish
We had a roof room which was very small but comfortable. Several flights of stairs to get up to it so a problem if mobility is not too good.
The room was cleaned most days and the beds changed about 3 times over the fortnight - including 2 occasions when the bed was decorated with flowers (very pretty but it also included a proportion of the local insect life!)
The towels and sheets were a bit old and tired but clean. There was only hot water for showers in the evening - we presume because it was heated during the day by solar panels.
The food for us was very good - typically mediteranean, lots of salads and aubergines cooked in every way you could imagine. We had half board and although samey, there was always a different main course at night.
The pool was clean and usually almost empty, so swimming was a great pleasure (whether this will change during school holidays is another matter!)
The staff were very friendly and helpful although most had very basic English and communication at times was sometimes difficult.
The hotel is fairly remote and we used the local dolmus service to get around - very straightforward once you know how!
The hotel advertised that is was close to Calis beach but in actual fact it was only close (10 minutes walk) to a stoney and not very appealing beach. The real Calis beach was 45 minutes walk away and that was very beautiful.
We probably would not go there again as we saw all the sites and beaches in the immediate locality but would still recomend it for a budget holiday if you can get a good deal

I have just returned from a one week stay with my boyfriend at this hotel (we are both aged 23) and upon writing my review i read the others and i had to double check i was on the right page as some of the reviews are awful, i can only think that i chose a lucky week or did not have as high expectations as others.

You get what you pay for and for a cheap hotel i didnt expect much, i have been to turkey before and paid more and had a fantastic time.

SERVICE - We arrived at the hotel at 7am monday morning and were also told like other reviewers that the hotel was full and that our room would not be available until it had been cleaned at 12pm. I said that my room had been paid for the sunday night so it should not be full, once this was said we were given a room to put our things in while we had breakfast and the maid who then arrived was sent straight to our room to clean it. I can only think that although rooms are booked they double book when they think guest wont arrive.

The service was not the best i have recieved, the staff were no way as friendly as ones i had had in other areas of Turkey - minus the barman. I found the manager (?) rather rude (wore a blue polo) as he would come to reception and interrupt the receptionist who was helping us by firing orders at him, rather than wait till the guests had been seen and then interrupt.

The waiters did not always come to ask you a drink order and you could spend 10minutes trying to get their attention or have to go to the bar yourself. They did not seem to speak great english either and never got into much conversation.


Food - Food i was rather impressed with. I have been all inclusive before and usually was stuck with salad and chips as i dont like fish, but this hotel did do a nice half board menu. The evening meal was mainly soup, salads, but also a really nice main meal which was varied of chicken and pork and fish. Meatballs, pizza, stew like meals etc.
Breakfast was rather basic, bread, jams, cereal (stale) scrambled egg, hard board egg and ham.

Lunch you could eat, 4TL for a plate of chips (v nice) and cheeseburgers for 6TL which were delicious. For snacks we walked down the road and visited a women (turn left out of hotel, left for 5mins and its on yr right) where we got cheap bottles of drink, ice cream and biscuits. Further down that road is also another shop selling more varied foods and drink.

Drinks - Drinks as described before were put on a tab system which had its pros and cons, it could be hard to keep track of your bill if you did not keep your receipts but you were never under any doubt what you were paying unlike what one reviewer posted as you signed each receipt and drinks prices were clearly stated. A 1.5litre bottle of mineral water was 2TL =roughly £1 but a small and i mean SMALL glass of coke was 3TL = £1.50 which was scandalous. We soon became wise and walked 5mins down the road where we bought a 1.5litre bottle of coke for the same price, 3TL. And the fact the glass of coke was filled with the same bottle made it worse!


ROOMS - The room did seem very small at first but definitely manageable, double bed, drawers, dressing up table and a small bathroom with shower sink and toilet. no bath. As well as a small balcony. The rooms are seperated into two blocks with 3 floors. We never experienced any noise apart from the first nights entertainment but that finished at midnight. Was a tv with varied channels including english programmes and TNT with a film on each night.

We had no light in the bathroom but we told reception and they said would get someone in a day, as soon as my boyfriend said how can my girlfriend shower in the dark they hurried this up and it was completed within the hour.

The rooms were kept very clean with towels and linen being changed daily.

We also bought air conditioning for £3 a day which was a life saver, it was excellent ( i can only think the past reviewer didnt actually pay for air con as it wud still run without but did not power cool unless u specifically asked at reception to pay for it) and kept us very nice and cool, even so much so that throughout the night i got too cold!

Entertainment - There was none. The first night (monday) there was a singer and some belly dancing but apart from that there was no entertainment for the rest of the week or even at the weekend.

Local Area - There were dolmus buses to take you into Fetiye or Olu Deniz but we never used these. We used the free minibus (3 times a day) to the Calis private beach, even tho we then reaised it was literally 10minutes down the road. The staff there were ever so friendly getting us a free sunbed and giving us use of free lilos for the sea. Lunchtime food there was actually cheaper than the hotel.

As said previous there are two shops nearby where you can buy drinks and snacks to smuggle into your rooms.

POOL - Pool was lovely and very warm, and a great suprise NO FIGHTING FOR SUNBEDS! Even at 10am when breakfast by the pool finished no one had laid towels out, so you never had to fight, there always seemed enough sunbeds for everyone even though we were told the hotel was fully booked.

The grounds are also very nice


TRIPS - We saw our rep once, he got our bathroom light fixed but apart from that we never saw him again. His main presence seemed to be to push the excursions of which he kept recommending the boat trip but after reading reviews on that we declined.

We did do the turkish bath tho which was fantastic and the staff at the dreamlands hotel were amazing and it was a lovely thing to do the first day to unwind and prep our skin for our tans. sauna, turkish bath and massage. £20.

We also did the Fetiye market day on the tuesday for £12 because we did not want the hassle of getting a bus but in hindsight it would of been better as we had to go to a turkish delight factory (was interesting though and good for gifts) and then the gold factory (which by this point the coach was so so hot i had a headache and felt ill) it was also suppose to go to a leather goods factory but after people complained about the detours (the rep didnt tell us) she cancelled the last one. We had a couple hours at the market and then we went to a hotel near the ghost town for lunch and then you could either go on a historical tour or use the hotels pool for a swim and cool down, so take your swim stuff.


OVERALL - Overall we got what we paid for and we had a lovely time relaxing by the pool and beach, nice food, and our £150 more than covered our lunch, drinks, and the few trips we did. There isnt much in the surrounding area, no shops or anything so it depends what you are looking for. If you want more evening entertainment or nightlife/shops i would reccomend Olu Deniz (Sun City hotel) as that was outstanding place and staff.

The holiday suited what we wanted and overall we had a great time. It was mainly filled with foreign families (turkish, german) , some Scottish and a few young couples like ourselves, but everyone kept to themselves and their was never any noise problems or rowdiness.

I would recommend if you just want to relax and not pay much (the only downside being drinks) but if its nightlife or shops for the evening or entertainment i would look elsewhere.

We found this hotel fantastic as we have 3 teenage children who had a great time playing football with the staff there was always plenty to do for them such as table tennis the pool table & football table the tennis courts I could go on and on, in fact they never wanted to go out during the day.The food is not brilliant for kids or adults but then for what we paid there was always the snack bar with burgers chips and any junk food that a teenager would want anyway and we would walk to Daffine pension 2 minutes away to eat lunch time. If you want to pay lemonade money but get champagne this is not for you but if you want a place that kids are happy in and very good value for money this is a definite, another way to look at it its only a place to put your head down at night and its spot less,a taxi to Calis is about £1:00 each you cant get on a bus in the uk for that. The beach is a ten minute walk away and all the restaurants are good value for money Effes about 4tl little bit for than the bar at club turkuaz gardens, then you are only talking 30p or so more and we enjoyed Mutlu and the Surf cafe to sum up this is not the Ritz but its clean cheap and good for teenage children and Calis is approx 25 minutes walk away

My partner and I have just come back from a lovely weeks holiday at this hotel and we're glad we didn't take too much notice of the other reviews on this site saying how dirty the place was. The staff were all friendly (if not always on the ball! – we actually arrived at 5.30am to find someone else booked into our room and the hotel was full!) but the hotel was spotlessly clean during our stay. The cleaners were lovely and the main receptionist was very helpful and spoke good English. The main problem with the hotel is the description of it's location. I thought from it's description it was walking distance from Callis Beach – where all the livelier restaurants and bars are – but it's not. It IS only a 10 minute walk from a perfectly nice (but quiet) beach, complete with free sunbeds to hotel guests and a half decent restaurant/bar, (which is fine for during the day or if you want a really quiet holiday) but Callis Beach it aint! In fact, we had to get a cab every night to get us to the actual Callis Beach area as it's about 5 miles down the road, so be prepared to pay out about 25 Turkish Lire return (about a tenner) to get there and back each time. You can get a Dolmus there or into Fethiye for a couple of lire instead, but I personally didn't want to wait around on unlit roads to catch it at night and they stop running at 1am. They are great value however, for getting about during the day – if a little hair-raising at times!
We also found the rep a bit useless but some of the trips are good value. I'd recommend a Turkish bath at the start of your holiday as it's a great experience but don't go if you're even slightly sunburnt. As for the 12 Island boat trip, we really enjoyed it but you don't really see much to be honest. As another traveller said, you do only stop at about 4 islands and even then you just anchor near to them so you can swim off the boat, but the lunch and free drinks (including beer and wine) make it good value if you like sunbathing on boats with a drink in your hand!

I wouldn't recommend this hotel if you want to be in the centre of things, especially groups of friends wanting to party (try Hisaronu – it's like Blackpool in the mountains!) but if you want something quieter or you don't mind a bit of an adventure trying to get anywhere, it's a nice clean basic hotel with lovely grounds, a great pool area and friendly staff. We had quite a good deal on our holiday so in our opinion it was good value for money, but don't expect 5 star quality in return!