Having read many of the reviews of this fabulous resort before we left I wondered whether it could possibly live up to its reputation but in fact it more than surpassed my expectations. I cannot for the life of me understand some of the comments in the two recent reviews. The rooms are very good, the beds are absolutely enormous which is a great plus for us as so is my husband!! The rooms are cleaned and bedlinen changed everyday, bathroom spotless with fresh towels and shampoo, bath foam etc. renewed daily. Also the fridge refilled and plenty of bottled water, coffee and tea. The entire resort is absolutely spotless, I defy anyone to find so much as a spec of dirt anywhere, including the lovely grounds. Our party consisted of three generations, myself and step-Dad, daughters and granddaughters, none of us could want for anything. The staff are excellent, attentive and kind and really good fun with the children. In most cases their English was superb (and if not what can one expect in TURKEY!). The food is excellent, the family buffet is a bit frantic at main meal times but the choice is excellent and delicious. We ate in the adult buffet on one evening - again very good and I certainly did not experience meals that were not at the correct temperature. We also breakfasted here on a couple of mornings -delicious and loads of choice. We had no problem at all in reserving the a la carte restaurants, the Turkish restarurant was a great experience for us all, the fish restaurant was superb, the Mexican delicious and we all agreed that the Steak restaurant was sublime - the best steaks any of us had ever eaten and the ambience was great, with a saxophonist and excellent and knowledgeable staff. We spent a good amount of time in the family pool as this was a family holiday and what fun we all had. We did spend a bit of time at the adults only pool when the younger ones were off for the day and this area is very relaxed and of course scrupulously clean. I would thoroughly recommend the pool snack bar for lunch time, we ate here most days and although the menu is a bit limited we found it ideal for lunch. Drinks were a -plenty everywhere on site and a limitless supply of ice creams. There are lots of fridges around the site for bottled water and soft drinks, the pool bar is well stocked and there is frequent waiter service from the portable family bar around the pool. I never once experienced a "warm" drink as the previous reviewer, it was always crammed with ice and always with the apropriate lemon/orange etc.
We found the Planet Bar to be good fun in the evenings,with live music every night and once again great service. My older daughter went to the beach party and discos a few times and we gather had a great time especially on her birthday! An email to guest relations before our trip had ensured that a bottle of bubbly was in her room on the evening of her birthday which was a nice touch.
The two older girls ventured out on white water rafting trip which they had booked on-line before departure - they had a great time but beware the faint hearted and also they got quite sunburnt as you are not allowed to wear sun cream as it makes you slippery - this did not stop the eldest from falling in!!!
The younger daughter took the two children on a cultural trip to Side and to the water falls - a half day trip, again booked beforehand on-line. They had a really great time and half a day was certainly sufficient as the weather was very hot.
We also went into Belek to the market. One tip is to take a mix Euros and Lire as the taxis, bars etc. really only take Euros whereas the traders are keen to take Lire at the moment given the current state of the Euro. You need to bargain like mad, just about everything we bought was half the original asking price!
All in all this was a most fantastic holiday, we all agreed a holiday of a lifetime and cannot wait to return.