i hope so
hasnt anyone got pictures of the beach as it now is seing as it was being restored a few weeks bac?

there is a trip to marmaris from the hotel, its 11 pounds for adults and 5.50 for under 12 s. it leaves the hotel at 9am, you stop at a gold centre and also drive to ichmelar and stop at a viewpoint for photos. you have free time in marmaris from 1-5. there is a tour place in sarigerme which might be cheaper or give you longer at the shops, its only a 20 minute walk or 5 lira in a taxi

Hi all,

I am off to the palace on the 15th October. Really looking forward to it!! thanks to all who have posted their comments on this site it has been really helpful for me and my boyfriend to know what to expect considering all the negativity earlier on in the year.....

Just one question..... I keep hearing mixed comments about what currency to take. How much stirling should I take and can money be changed up easily from travellers cheques to cash?

thanks all
Sarah

WE took stirling travel cheques and changed them in the hotel I know you dont get a good rate but you never do in any hotel. All our trips we paid by credit card and sorted it out when we came home.We have allways used travel cheques for security but I know some people dont like them .The thing is if they are in sterling then what you don't spend you can cash them in at home with no fee apart from when you first get them.We did take some lira just to help at the start of the hols. Have a great hols I'm sure you will just like us.

cheers the Hockey's

My advice would be take Lira for the hotel shops and markets and Sterling cash for anything you may pay First Choice for ie trips.

Heard the rates were not that great at the hotel and the only bank in Saragerme is a 'bus' a sort of portable cash point !!

You do have a safe in your room so it should be secure.

We took £250 in English and £100 worth of Lira - it was about right for us.

Happy Hols to all that are due to leave soon - you will enjoy your hols!

Joolz

we took only lira and had no problems
if id took a mixture of sterling lira and eros idve been confused
this way i could work out what was what
we used hotel safe and had no problems considering we took £600 in lira and used credit cards for diving course etc
however price quoted for diving was oh i cant remember but when credit card bill came through was a lot more in sterling they seemed to transfer it in lira then convert it very confusing

The only reason Id say take sterling and lira ( not Euros or Travellers cheques ) is that the prices for the trips and some kids clubs are in Sterling and when we went to see the rep she said it was much cheaper to pay in sterling as the 'company rate' was set and this was a higher rate.

Same when using your Credit Card with First Choice they charge you in Lira which is their Sterling price converted into their Lira 'rate' very crafty!!

You wont spend much anyway guys - you'll be too busy enjoying the pools and beers!!

Joolz

hi all, does anyone know if i need a e111 form to go to turkey, sorry if its off topic briar but need to know

Got my tickets yesterday, Off to PP on October 17th !!!
Can anyone tell me if there are any decent trips to go on, bearing in mind we have 5 year old twin girls and the rough cost, just trying to work out how much spends to take and stuff.

i got back from pp sunday had a great time my kids loved it there and were sad to leave .We went on the family cruise witch was fab good day out for the family,it cost us £20 for adults and kids under 6 go free so you save money there but i would recomend this trip.Have a great time when you go yyou will love it ENJOY....

Penny,

So glad you had a brilliant holiday - the kids do love it dont they?

It was the first holiday my Mum hasnt said 'Well Im ready to go now!' She like the kids wouldve been quite happy to stay another week!

Have a great holiday Happyhammer - and give us your full report on your return.

Joolz

hı ya eveyone

ı am at the palace rıght at the moment.ı wıll wrıte a full review on tuesday when ı return...but ı had to write about the hotel while here so here goes

food 1/10 absolutly dısgustıng me and my son are survıng on bread and greasy chıps...

entertaınment 6/10 quıte good especıally for kıds but most evenıngs spent playıng cards and ın bed by 10.30 every nıght

rooms.7/10 clean tıdy not alot of space when theres 5 of u but hey who stays ın there room all day

pools.10/10 excellent

all ın all ıf htey sorted the food out thıs hotel would be excellent but ıt should never be a all ınclusıve ıt should be on self caterıng so u could go out and eat but as uve payed for ıt u expect to not have to go out..

lıke ı saıd thats ıt for now ı wıll gıve full report on tuesday ..

bye for now xxxx

oh by the way the weather ıs absolutely beautıful thınk ıts up ın 30s stıll so brıng loads of suncream..

not very posıtıve revıew but ı have to say the holıday ıs excellent except the FOOD we r havıng a great tıme other than the FOOd ..xxxxx

not sure about the kıddıes nuggets etc coz we have not had seen any ın the kıds reataurants ıts just the same food as the adults just served earlıer and loads of mozzıes ın kıds restaurant so no go for us xxx

Thought they would have sorted the food out by now

Nikki72,

Try the Al a cartes - the Italian has lovely pizza and fantastic spag bol for the kids, the indian is also good and even the Turkish was nice. They all cater for kids even though it doesnt say on the printed menu at reception - they will do soup for starter and pizza and tomato pasta for main followed by fresh fruit.

The standard must have dropped - such a shame as it was fairly good when we were there ( came back 12th Sept) - I would also say try the Tropical for a change we enjoyed it there.

Joolz

Hi all , first post after using this wonderful mine of info.

I have booked the Palace for a week AI with FC for £540.05, in a jacuzzi suite for me and the wife. Flying from East midlands on Mon 3 oct at 2230 arriving at 0430. Did look at this hotel earlier in the year with the kids, but cyprus won after the early reviews , but hopefully its a little quieter
and has improved since then, just need to relax after an Op.

Within this price FC have included a weeks car hire (group B1 ?) picking up and dropping off at dalaman airport. what i need to know is how far is the hotel from the airport and more importantly is it hard to find in the dark ! . Will they be open at 0500hrs to collect and 0300 to drop off...

Driving in Turkey hopefully will not be a problem i have driving in lots of countrys that drive on the wrong side, with no scrapes yet ! I have been trying to get find decent maps (shop and web) with no joy--is there any ?

regards
john

the hotel is only 20 minutes from the airport, but to be honest i'm not sure how easy it would be to find in the dark, there were plenty of first choice reps on the go outside the airport when we arrived at 3.30 in the morning ( probably 4.30 by the time we got our visas and luggage) so they could probably give directions. you would follow signs for sarigerme and turn left down the dirt track once there.

areo-john

the airport is about 20 mins from pp,we never drove when we were there but when we did go out on the road on trips they were not busy and the sign to the town where the hotel is is well sign posted

have a good one we did

Hi All!

AndyandEmma - have downloaded the wedding gazebo photos at long last.

Also have downloaded about 15 new photos - some you may have seen before!!

Go to Pegasus Palace Photos on this Turkey forum and then look under 'got photos you want to share' section and click the words 'clicking here' - they are on here until they are put into the photo album later. If they are not here they will be in the album already!!

Hope that makes sence and hope they help!!

Joolz

as the bus doesnt take too long id follow the bus the first time. im sure if you say to the rep she would tell you which one to follow.
i dont think driving at that time in morning would be any quicker than the bus so id follow it.
as you have a car for the week you must go and see dalyan, this is a must especially when you have a car. a stunning village on the river with restraunts and shops and very picturesque. the rock tombs are here and you can get boat to turtle beach its like paradise