Ali Bey Resort

As stated in the title this was our first visit to Turkey. The choice of the Ali Bey Resort Sorgun was my wife’s and what a great choice it turned out to be. We booked through TUI holidays and this was from their A La Carte selection. So where do we start, on arrival at Antalya airport we were met by the TUI rep who introduced us to our driver for our private transfer to the hotel. The transfer takes approximately one hour but this wasn’t such an issue in the air conditioned mini van. Once at the hotel we were quickly checked in and shown to our room. The room was large and well laid out. The bed was huge and very comfortable, in fact the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in. There was plenty of wardrobe space, a mini fridge (beer, wine, soft drinks, water, sweets and nuts) which was restocked daily. Tea and coffee making facilities and a large well appointed bathroom with whirlpool bath. The only negatives in the room were the balcony, which was tiny and as the Ali Bey Resort is an eco friendly Resort it is like living in a forest, which means the balcony is surrounded by trees and therefore little or no view and not much sunlight. And the air conditioning which struggled to get our room below 26C. As for the hotel grounds, the eco forest look was beautiful, walking anywhere in the Resort was like walking through a forest, it was superbly maintained by an army of staff. The pools are large and there are plenty of sunbeds to go around, and whilst there is no need to be up at the crack of dawn to reserve said sunbeds there seems to be plenty of people who cannot help themselves, sneaking out before dawn to get “their beds “. The beachfront setting was excellent with a fantastic beach bar. The bars, restaurants and snack bars are all excellent, with a large choice of food and drink on offer. I had read a few reviews before arriving by people complaining about the food and drink, I find these complaints hard to understand as we never struggled to get anything good to eat or drink. The thing that pulled the whole place together was the staff, they were professional friendly and very efficient. Service was excellent and could not be faulted, housekeepers, gardeners, restaurant and bar staff were all amazingly helpful and hard working. A special mention to Salih, Samet, Speedy( forgot his real name) and our housekeeper Feride Aslan, who all went the extra mile to ensure our holiday was fantastic. I would thoroughly recommend this hotel for anyone looking for a luxury stay in Turkey. Absolutely brilliant.

After having two holiday to the Greek islands cancelled due to the quarantine restrictions, we decide at the last minute to re-book for Turkey and to this hotel. Turned out to be a great decision. Everything about this hotel is 5 star, the excellent choice of food in all of the restaurants, the drinks on offer, the rooms, pools, cleanliness, service. The location is great, on its own private beach, with lots of free sunloungers, and a 25 min walk along to Side. The swimming pools are impressive, large, spotlessly clean, plenty sun loungers and nice temperature. The adults only pool is very relaxing. The children’s pool is large and spacious with lots of slides and things to play on. The adults water slides are great fun, and fast! The whole layout and design of the hotel has been extremely well thought out, although there were hundreds of guests, it doesn’t feel like it as there’s so much space, with the beach and 5 pools. This is probably the best hotel we’ve stayed in on holidays across Greece, Spain, Portugal etc, will definitely return in future.