Unexpectedly lovely
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 12/2/05
We are a family of 5, 3 daughters aged 2, 3 and 7 at the time of travelling in October 2005. We had had mixed reviews about Turkey. We were also concerned about going all-inclusive and what seemed like a long way away from the nearest town. Finally the price seemed too good to be true! However, the hotel was lovely, and the area in Turkey was gorgeous. Fethiye only took about 10 mins in a cab or there was a bus from the hotel. We did all share one room which was a little cramped but bear in mind there was 5 of us. For less than 5 the double rooms with en-suite are plenty big enough. The food was great and loads of it! Our children weren't keen, but are not good eaters anyway! The entertainment was really good and there were a lot of activities during the day, including water polo, archery, football, volleyball, water aerobics. The kids club was not a complete success. The facilites for young children were great, the play area was brilliant and the kids clubhouse was really good, however the lady which ran the kids club only spoke a very limited amount of english and a LOT of german which unfortunately alienated most of the english children. This was a shame because the german children seemed to love the club and activities. However, I would not let this put you off, if there are more english visitors next year I feel sure that this will be addressed. The complex was very safe the pools fantastic and right on the beach. You could be lazing around the pool one minute and following your 2 year old onto the beach the next! Although we had fab weather the pools were cold and quite cold in the evening - take cardigans and jumpers in October!!
We have already discussed going back again and as long as the prices don't go up too much we will definitely consider it next year.