Venosa Beach Resort & Spa

"Just back from 10 days at this resort. Room was large and always cleaned although very limited clothes storage space. Food plentiful but repetitive and geared towards Eastern European, same selection every sitting flies a problem in main restaurant. Pool massive animation team really good and engaging. Bars plentiful unfortunately language barrier was bad lots of blank looks when asking simple things , multiple times standing in queue only to be overlooked by people that don’t know how to wait in line. Drink hit and miss no fresh fruit drinks all diluting cordial which weren’t really diluted. Gas in soft drinks was hit and miss either too much or not enough. All in all big clean hotel never 5 star, 3 star+ at best does not cater for a British clientele with food or language."

"We have just got back from our 2nd trip here. Same as the first time a fantastic holiday couldn’t fault a thing. Such a clean tidy luxurious hotel. Always making changes to make things even better ( even though that’s hard to beat ) Last time around the pool in the waterpark area was very slippy, they have added matts all around which is great they have also added more sun loungers around, although we have never struggled to get sun loungers atall. Food was amazing again there is something for everyone & so much variety. It’s such amazing food, quality never ever had 1 bad meal here. The chefs work so hard. There was a lovely man making omelets and he was just so kind and friendly. The waiting staff will help you anything you need and are always attentive and again work so hard. While we were there they had a ‘ kids fest ‘ night which had lots of bouncy castles for kids, drinks, some sweet treats, my kids loved it. Also had a white party which was so so good. The entertainment team never stop and they work so hard to make sure everyone enjoys themself. The 2 men in the jewellery shop are so so lovely and so is mehmet in the clothes shop, we always buy clothes and bags from him and it’s great quality. Cocktails are so nice best I’ve had at AI. Cleaners are always around the pools cleaning keeping everywhere tidy the staff don’t stop they all work so hard. We also did water sports on the beach, they were really accommodating and let us add extra time onto the jet skis at a cost and also let us swap children half way through. They send the drone up so you can buy the videos at the end if you want. We love this place so much and will be back again next year. Thankyou to everyone who gave us another amazing holiday here. See you next year venosa 🇹🇷"

"Excellent stay 12-19th June Family with a 5 year old and elderly Mum. Hotel First off, the hotel is absolutely immaculate and is constantly being cleaned. The hotel lobby is marble and feels very luxurious. In the entrance lobby they have Little Turkish delight sweets and homemade cookies with juice were a nice touch and yummy. Everything is so close together and wheelchair accessible. Special mention to Rifki on reception for ensuring we had a lovely bedroom, I needed one close to the lobby and not too far for my Mum to walk after hip surgery. Thank you so much! Special mention also to Esra the bedroom maid. room was spotless and towels changed every day. Lovely touch was a towel display with rose petals on the bed one day. Facilities; Main lobby bar Patisserie Cake & Coffee lounge Main Pool Bar Snack bar (near small 3 slides) Beach bar - main Beach bar - Tiny next to the Seafood restaurant À la carte restaurants Inside pool and spa Amphitheater Splash park (open 10am-12 / 2-5pm) Games room (extra £) pool tables/arcade Mini market - Snacks and inflatable’s & souvenirs Tattoo shop Jewellery shop Faux designer bag/ clothes shop. Bedroom - Room 1123 We paid extra for a family bedroom with 2 rooms for my family with my 70 year old mum and 5 year old daughter this was well worth it. Just felt like you had a little more space to move about in the room and not be on top of each other. We were on the first floor with a little balcony too which was lovely. Great thing about this hotel - every single room faces the sea. Amazing view! Air con worked perfectly Shower hot and powerful - very nice Hairdryer built into the bathroom no need to take your own/ it was powerful. Restaurants There are themed à la carte restaurants you can book with the hotels guests relations lady in reception - she was so lovely and friendly. You can book Mexican, seafood, Italian and Indian. The seafood is the restaurant down by the beach we never went but it looked amazing. We booked the Indian which was nice and service lovely, but it just didn’t blow us away. But was a nice break from the main restaurant for one evening. The main restaurant had absolutely everything They had endless displays of meat, salads, breads, cheeses, fish, soups, Turkish cuisine, burgers, wraps, chips, spaghetti, themed nights like Japanese with sushi, salmon… yogurts, sauces, 30-40 types of desserts. You will find something to eat. Kids buffet 7-8.30 spaghetti, chips and nuggets. Pool snack bar This was great, they had meat, burgers, chips, salad, homemade pizza all restocked constantly. Sometimes we grabbed lunched here a few times instead of the main restaurant. They had ice lollies too which you could help yourself too which was a lovely touch save the kids asking all the time. Water bottles were in large drink fridges all about the site too which was a nice touch. Grab and go. Another lovely treat was slush puppies, a nice touch in the heat, my daughter and us loved them. Main pool bar Always extremely quick friendly service everywhere. They use decent spirits too, drinks extremely nice. Coffees very nice too. Even the English breakfast tea was really nice! That’s rare to get a nice tea. Cocktails were lovely too. Tip: Ask for nuts at the bar - lovely mix of salted and plain nuts in a pot. Beach Beach was lovely. Again always a bed free. The sea was beautiful. They have the main beach bar near and the tiny other Seafood restaurant bar open too - that’s next to the swim up bedrooms. Beach huts / we didn’t use these but if you want one you need to reserve it with guest relations in reception. They have a lovely pier too with sunbeds on with a ladder into the sea. Tip. If you haven’t young kids, I always take a cheap watercolour paint set. Grab a coffee cup of sea water and she paints the rocks and seashells. Turkish Crepes Lovely Turkish lady making crepes hidden just behind the main pool bar near the beach bar. She makes them to order, with potato, mince and cheese or Nutella Chocolate ones! These were delicious! Pools Main large pool: entertainment team did the aqua gym and dances here, very lovely area with music playing, really fun area to be around. There always sun bed free anytime of the day. Small slide pool: Slides open 12-2pm only but the pool was always open just the slides were limited to 2 hours while the splash park closed 12-2pm We loved this little pool, was perfect for my 5 year old and 70 year old mum. Was a little quieter too, but I could still hear the Music from the main pool which was nice. Splash park (Child section) This was incredible, my girl loved it! It was great fun for us adults too. We never went to the large splash park for adults and teenagers because we had a little one - but it looked amazing too. Miniclub: This was lovely, my daughter only went 3 times but she loved it. Girls were very friendly. She did crafting and soft play there. Times; 10:00 - 12:30 / 2:30 -5.00pm Entertainment - Fantastic! Team - we’re amazing! So friendly and not intrusive. I really enjoyed playing Boccia most days (French bowels) lovely group people playing. I did aqua aerobics too and joined in some dances. Great fun. We went to the mini disco and evening entertainment down at the Amphitheater every night. My daughter absolutely loved the mini disco, the team and dances were great. The shows they had on were amazing too, 5 star performances. Fire show Colombia Latin dancers Chinese Acrobatics show Mini rave disco beach bar This hotel was amazing. I’ve never returned to the same hotel ever, purely because I’ve never found somewhere that absolutely ticked all the boxes, but I would definitely return here. There is something for everyone and all ages - no complaints whatsoever!! Thank you to the whole team."