Not let up in the high temps antalya could hit 108f again but I think it could be higher 109f to 110f and now the forecast for the high temps goes into next. I am still hoping it will cool down a bit for when I go to the hemera on the 4th next week.

so am i, thast a bit too hot! lets hope they have effective air con!

Emma

Hı all . Sad agaın tonıght . I.m on the ınternet whıle hubby and youngest son have a game of pool.
Not a chance ın hell of the temps droppıng mıke . seems pretty consıstant and normal for turkey at thıs tıme of year . have to say I,m strugglıng though. Cant seem to relax as the heat ıs on my mınd constantly and there ıs very lıttle escape. Its makıng me feel very restless . Much hotter than last year on the Bodrum coast .

forgot to mentıon the patısserıe the other nıght . confessıon tıme . Ive been hıttıng the ıce creams bıg tıme . So far managed to ıgnore the cake sectıon but the ıce cream consumptıon ıs rısıng daıly wıth the amount of scoops growıng .

Not keen on the restuarant . No ambıence ıf you sıt ınsıde . Too caferterıa lıke wıth lots of cutlery noıse and brıght lıghtıng . Hubby jokes every nıght about feelıng lıke he,s on the crypton factor assault course tryıng to make ıt back to the table wıth hıs soup . Defınately a very busy hotel and hubbys patıence startıng to waın but I suppose ıt,s expected ın hıgh season. Made resevatıons for the turkısh and ınternatıonal restaurant on second day but havıng to waıt untıl thıs week so I suggest ıf you want to book do ıt soon as you get here . had the A la carte breakfast . nıce and cool wıth ambıence but not a lot unless you lıke Omlettes or very tradıtıonal turkısh brekkıe.

Boys comıng ın later and later . I thınk I only just about mıss them comıng ın when I get up to do the sunbed run. .

Thats the day we fly home Jean . just startıng 2nd week now.

Lyn

The latest forecast are saying cooling down soon and back to normal with of 91 to 94 and cooler at night with the lows 72 to 75.

I thought the buffet restaurant looked a caferterıa in the video of the hotel and can't understand when they refurbished the hotel they didn't give it more ambıence.

Mike

The first week we were there the restaurant was fine,easily got a table. The second week the hotel was a lot busier and to be honest I found it quite stressful. The waiters saved us the same table every night which was a big help so I would suggest you tip on the first night. Breakfast was great though, we always ate outside which was much nicer. If certain nationalities didn't ignore queues it would be far better but as it is, us Brits wait patiently while others push you out of the way to get what they want! What on earth do they think we are standing there for? The restaurant is also very hot I'm not surprised Lynn is in that pattiserie so often it's the coolest place on the grounds! Air con in rooms is good though and the bathrooms are quite cool so getting ready isn't a problem

Cooler today, peaked at 100f between 10am to 11am lower than yesterday and feel quite quickly to 93f then 91f. 91f to 93f is my ideal temp.

Lyn

Whats it like getting a sunbed on the beach, if its impossible then I will take a beach unbrella.

Well,we walked in to Side a couple of mornings along the beach,at about 10am there were still sunbeds free. You will have your pick if you are there for around 9ish. Sunbeds are usually still free on the grass til about 9 as well. It's around the pool that's a problem but we found it quite pleasant on the grass and there are trees so you can move your lounger into the shade and there's also more room. Have a great time

minione

Was the hotel full when you were there, we are up between 8 and 9 so we will probably get some loungers. Is it best to take our own towels to put on the sunbeds. Last hotel I went to had a strict no sunbed saving policy and nobody did because the towels were removed, you could come down at midday and they were still plenty of sunbeds.

I would say the hotel was certainly full the second week of our stay,as I said they brought out more sunbeds the second week. The restaurant was also a lot busier the second week and more british families were arriving. We took our own beach towels as I find the hotel ones never cover the sunbed and it's easier to recognize where your beds are. If you are up for about 8 which we usually are, you will get a bed somewhere but it won't be poolside. I decided early on that I wasn't going to let the alarm rule my holiday and we always got a sunbed but the only time we were poolside was when my daughter put the towels down on her way in about 4am, and before anyone says that's unfair she tells me nearly all the beds were taken at that time

I've always thoiught the restaurant is like a cafeteria...... much prefer the Hotel Melas restaurant.... they have a terrace which overlooks the sea

Whats the dress code for the a la carte restaurants, is jeans and trainers ok.

Where have the posts for july gone.

Have I missed something?

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Whats the dress code for the a la carte restaurants, is jeans and trainers ok.

Where have the posts for july gone.

Gosh that weird. I am sure I saw some posts from Lyn.

There are some posts above from Lyn.

However a couple of posts have been removed. Due to the technical issues with the site today, this has only just been discussed.

Feel free to discuss sunbeds if you so wish, but please but don't bring individual nationalities into it, as some of the comments removed have been racist and offensive.

Kath

I am neither racist or xenophobic. I was relaying a story of sunbed saving which I witnessed with my own eyes. The nationality of these people is irrelevant but I was asked the nationality. I did not read any posts after mine last night so cannot comment [ don't even know if there were any more] but I will say I feel a lot of people on this site make derogotory comments about a certain other nationality who they claim are greedy, rude, lacking manners always drunk etc without any comeback whatsoever. I am therefore totally mystified as to why my post has been removed.

No one has beeen referred to personally as being racist or xenophobic.

I did not read any posts after mine last night so cannot comment [ don't even know if there were any more]

Please try to understand that we do not remove any posts willy nilly, but yours could have been removed because the whole topic went out of context because of our editing.

Kath

O.K Kath, think I missed something last night so we will leave it at that.

I have removed posts querying the editing we did. Best to get back on track. In one reply made to a query it was emphasised that some posts were removed as they made no sense now due to our editing and not due to anything offensive in the post.
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