Holiday Village Turkey

Just come back from our second holiday at holiday village turkey First one 2010 Had an fantastic holiday Food was good , Turkish people very friendly It’s great for kids plenty to keep them happy The spa was very relaxing

We stayed as a family of 5 for 10 nights over the half term holiday period, the hotel/grounds/rooms are all in fantastic condition very clean and well looked after, just a short transfer from the airport. Liked the rooms as you can close off half of it to the kids which is a bonus, food was great our favourite time was breakfast always lots to choose from. Pools were big and activities going on through the day to get involved with,, although they are freezing!! We still got in but probably not as much as we would of if they had been heated. We went in to town a couple of nights for tea for a change would recommend. We used the crèche 4 times for our 9 month old and he seemed to like it the staff were lovely and gave him a break out of the sun and us a chance to relax, slight negatives for us and why we probably wouldn’t return,, we have 2 older kids 10 and 12 and they would get quite bored especially at night the entertainment didn’t start till around 10 for us the kids entertainment started at around 7:30 just after tea so we would be waiting around for a few hours for the adult entertainment to start by the third night we couldn’t be bothered so we just went back to the room after tea, I understand that the smaller kids entertainment is needed but maybe have both on at the same time, also on the second day my middle child got rather sick and was like a scene from the exorcist in our room! It was just one day/night of her being sick no one else got poorly. We visited the beach a couple of times witch was nice. Overall I would recommend but maybe if you have older children that are a bit shy might not be for you.

We visited as a family of 6 from 21-31st October, 2019. We had a great time! The good bits: Lots of activities for adults and children and no pressure to do them if you weren't interested. Food was great! Lots of choice and they have a kids corner in the main restaurant for the little ones. My 3 (ages 2, 6 and 7) really enjoyed being able to plate up their own meals. You can sit with them too which is fab. The pools were great! A little cold this time of year but I couldn't get the children out! The bigger pools have lifeguards always on duty too which is great to have thay extra safety. There are 2 main kids pools which the children loved. There is also an indoor pool. The entertainment team were great and the shows on an evening were fab. Their energy was palpable and I dont know how they kept up such enthusiasm! They were such a credit to the holiday. There are shops in the hotel which are OK but quite expensive...I suggest bringing your own room snacks if you fancy a nibble. The rooms were spotless and cleaned every day. The whole hotel complex is impeccably clean! There are staff always cleaning and tidying something. As it was end of season there was hardly any queuing for drinks or food. There were also lots of sunbeds available. There is a rule for putting towels on sunbeds, which is not before 8am and it was frustrating that a lot of people did put them on before that... The niggly bits: We didn't know that it was end of season when we booked and after the first few days they turned off the drink machines and gave drinks out using bottled pop which was often warm and flat. The staff behind the bars and in the restaurant were often on their phones whilst serving you which was irritating. They also had a tendency to address my husband before me to ask what we wanted to drink. Lots of inflatables were in use (you can buy them in the hotel shops) for the pools and sometimes, you had to leave them outside of your room as they were too big. Now, I know that sounds weird but there are like stone ledges outside the downstairs rooms and when we got there people left them out so we did too. However, on a few occasions during our second week, they were stolen from us, which upset the children. Now, the new cohort of holiday makers that came after the first week could of thought we left them out to take but as we'd had no problems the first week we just didn't think. I booked 2 hotel rooms and the 2nd one had a late check out so we had to move our luggage from our room to my Mothers. We checked out of our room at 11.40am and went pool side until 5pm on our day of departure. At 5pm, I realised that I'd left my watch and 2 silver bracelets on the light by the side of my bed. I rang reception immediately and they said to come up for a key as it hadn't been cleaned yet. My husband went to check the room and noticed the door was open and on entering the room, noticed it had been cleaned and my things were gone. I told reception who gave me a key to double check and sent me down with a member of staff sat at the "Public Relations" desk. No jewellery to be found. He asked if my kids had taken them or I had packed them to which I replied 100% not as they had been there from day 1 as my watch wasn't waterproof. He said he'd check CCTV and get back to me. He called the cleaning lady who said she didn't see them and that all staff are checked with a metal detector before they leave. He said he can't do anything and I should complain to TUI. So, who has my stuff? I told him the door was open when my husband checked and he told me that was impossible, as my husband didn't have to use his key card to get in, it was clearly open. Bit of a dampener to an otherwise fab holiday.