Samantha D
March 28, 2025
We stayed at this hotel in August 2024, bringing along our two children and two nieces. Our room was basic but absolutely fine—what you would expect. The only disappointing factor was that we were placed in rooms that weren’t interconnecting, which would have been more convenient for ease and safety. The pool was clean, and the on-site rep was very friendly. We booked a couple of excursions through him, but we probably could have gotten them cheaper elsewhere. The jeep safari was okay, but what they don’t tell you is that they visit multiple bars/restaurants to encourage you to spend money on food and drinks. The water guns weren’t included in the price, and you also spend limited time at the actual locations. However, the rep did organise for us to have taxis to and from Mr. Big’s shopping center, which was free of charge, twice, and that was a nice touch. The food was fine with different choices every day, along with some constants. It’s all-inclusive, but it doesn’t include ice creams; we had to buy these separately from the shop. We did go out to eat a couple of times, but we found this extremely expensive. I know there were six of us, but it was costing over £100 for one meal and a drink each, so we made as much use of the on-site restaurant as possible. We were thankful that the food wasn’t terrible, as we’ve experienced worse when we stayed in Rhodes. While we were there, they had a Turkish dance competition. The children staying at the hotel were using the swimming pool, but they were unruly and rude, even saying inappropriate things to our children. We complained directly to the teachers about this. I feel the hotel should have handled this better, perhaps by restricting pool access or allowing them to use only one side rather than both. Additionally, there was an issue with the on-site beauty salon. Although we didn’t use the services, there was a big uproar when one of the male staff members was accused of sexual assault. He was then dragged outside the hotel by staff and beaten up right in front of our apartment. We had to pull our children away from the windows to avoid them witnessing this. My husband used the barbershop and was satisfied, and we also used the on-site tattoo parlour for two small tattoos, which we’ve had no issues with. We also visited the neighbouring bar, where the food and drinks were good, and the atmosphere was nice. However, they were slightly inappropriate with our 14-year-old niece. Overall, we didn’t have a bad time, and if it weren’t for the dance competition and the incident with the staff member, we would have had an okay experience. Everything else was pleasant, and there wasn’t really anything worth complaining about. It’s just a cheaper, basic hotel, and that’s exactly what we got.