"PROs
- the hotel is beautiful
The grounds are immaculate. There are workers out all day, raking leaves, sorting furniture and looking after the grounds to make sure they are pristine. The pool side toilets are extremely clean and look new.
- lots of space but not too big
Never felt like it was over crowded but it still gives an intimate feeling of not being in a chain hotel.
- breakfast is great
Loads of options for breakfast. Different types of eggs, breads, cheeses, fruit & cereal. So many different jams to try with pastries. There’s a grill to make your own toasties. Pancakes every day.
- pools are large
There’s a few pools. The main pool is massive, but cold if not in the summer (we came in October). The smaller pool is heated which is nice. Then there’s a small baby pool and the pool at the kids club with the water slides. The beach is great & the sea is warm with platforms to jump off of
- staff are brilliant
Nothing is too much to ask for. The bar staff make drinks quickly, you don’t have to wait for long. The food is buffet style but the workers clean tables quickly. The entertainment staff are always running activities. The reception staff are polite & will happily organise taxis for you.
- shopping is great
There are lots of shops about 4 min walk away from the hotel. We went everyday to browse.
- rooms are a good size
The beds are huge. There was also a single bed in our room so we used the duvet from that too as the duvet is not as big as the bed. There is a lot of wardrobe space. The mini fridge is free and the drinks are replaced daily. The cleaner does a lovely job.
- waffles waffles waffles
During the day time they serve waffles with ice cream at the pool bar, do not miss these!!!! They are amazing
- no sun bed wars
We found there were plenty of sun beds and people were not getting up early to reserve them. There are loads of sun beds on the beach too.
CONS:
- the rooms are not soundproof
We always bring a white noise machine as we understand hotels are noisy places but the doors slam shut really loudly. You can hear every conversation that happens in the corridors.
- lunch and dinner is repetitive.
We stayed for 10 nights so maybe 7 wouldn’t be as bad but the lunch and dinner food tasted fairly bland and after a few days we were a bit sick of it. One night we went into Kemer and one night we ate at the al a carte which helped.
- not many restaurants outside the hotel.
The food places outside the hotel were empty most of the time so we didn’t want to risk eating out in case the food was bad. A taxi to Kemer was about £12 each way so couldn’t afford to do that every time. On the day of the market we ate out at the Mariana which was lovely."