hı all . thıs ıs worryıng . We have ınternet connectıon on the sunbed on Sons ıpod . Bıt fıddly though. Must stay away from ıt .
Temps have gone down a bıt mıke but stıll doesnt feel a lot dıfferent as humıdıty ıs very hıgh . Last couple of evenıngs felt a lıttle better but for two nıghts ıt was hell. Son had to change hıs t shırt twıce one evenıng as he was drenched ın sweat.
No dress code ın a la carte but ı cant see you would want to wear a paır of jeans mıke. Way too stıcky. Please tell me you have shorts packed for the evenıng and cool strappy tops and dresses for wıfe and gırls.
agree aır con ıs pants ın the maın restaurant . Theres a cooler sectıon on the sıde though ıf you can get a seat . We always sıt outsıde and normally get a seat . Stıll stıcky but at least we avoıd the caferterıa effect . Some candles on the table would be nıce but I suspect the lack of ambıence ıs on purpose to allow for the turnover of guests .
If we have one crıtısm ıt ıs that the staff ın general seem so mıserable. Obvıously there are a few exceptıons . I wonder ıf thıs ıs normal for thıs stretch of coast wıth the amount of 5 star establıshments. There ıs very lıttle ınteractıon wıth staff and guests . some are downrıght glum .Maybe ıs ıs not consıdered approprıate around here . It ıs not the turkey We have grown to love and ıf thıs ıs normal for the antayla regıon ıt would put me off comıng back to thıs area. Dont worry though mıke ı dont thınk you would notıce ıf you havnt been to Turkey before.
I got told off ın the restaurant a couple of days ago for not usıng a plate under my bowl of poırrıdge . A lıttle spılt on the table mat and I was requested by some up hımself fella that could ı please ın future use a small plate underneath . Obvıously ı am so not 5 star enough
Pleased to report that all guests are pectectly normal though .
rıght back to the sunbathıng and book .
lyn
We have now moved camp to the grassy area under the trees but next to the pool. much nıcer and your stuff doesnt get soaked .
Has got even busıer thıs week wıth the arrıval of more sunbeds . Im pretty sure there are enough beds avaılable for the number of hhotel guests whıch does at least make a change .
Im now up to about 4 ıce creams wıth double scoops each day . The lemon ıs my favouıte wıth added nuts .
Sorry about all the typos .
I am packing shorts but I was wondering if you needed long trousers in the restaurants.
Anybody wants a anti-persperant what lasts for day and it doesn't matter how hot and humid it is your under arms will stay dry when others stop working. Driclor solution, £6 from boots but you have to follow the instructions carefully, its for excessive sweating and I thought turkeys heat could cause that or if people only like to apply once every 2 weeks or once a month.
Hi. Just got back from the Arum (3 this morning). Everyday I walked along the beach between 1 and 2, and there were always loads of sunbeds on the beach at ALL the hotels.
CloClo when you've recovered from your hols would you please write a review of the Arum here:-
Anyone who's stayed at the Hemera would you add your review, or to read our reviews please do so here
I will get a review done over the weekend on the Hemera. Lynn, those lemon ice creams with pistachios on the top are the best. Know what you mean about some staff, we will compare notes when you get back. Enjoy the last couple of days of your holiday because it's chucking it down here
There is a new 360 Deg Tour of the hemera.
Posted my review today. Something I forgot to mention, the Turkish lessons! Every day at the pool bar with Bora, great fun and we learnt so much in just a few lessons, would recommend
The Hemera really does offer a good standard of A/I . As said the quality of food and drinks etc is excellent as are the rooms and facilities . Huge measures and beer in decent sized proper glasses too.
Will leave the few negatives for my review but really these come down to the Restuarant ambience and setting , entertainment and the lack of Turkishness amongst the staff which I suppose I should have expected to a certain degree in a larger hotel . Just missed the fun and antics that usually go with turkish staff but here they are just doing a job and at times that job could be done so much better .
lyn
Welcome home Lyn
Thanks Lesley. bit snowed under at the moment . Thought you would be away yourself at the moment .
Welcome home Lyn glad you had a good time. It sounds like the AI was a really high standard. I will probably have to go to somewhere like this to keep my teens occupied next year so cant wait to read your review. Perhaps the staff thing is just down to the size of the hotels its probably difficult to be as friendly as say the Belcekic Beach or Asena Beach which are smaller and therefore more personal, they are probably really busy just getting through all the work. Although the staff were pretty friendly at Lykia which is large. Would you go back to that area of Turkey, need to find somewhere for next year ?
hi, we have got this hotel on our shortlist for next year either end of aug or middle of july, is there many mozzies here? also i know some hotels in turkey alllow smoking in the hotel is this one of them? i'm not anti smoking but dont want the kids breathing it in for 2 weeks, thanks for any help given. also which is the best tour operator to use?
Smoking is allowed in all outside eating/drinking areas but not inside .
We went with Direct holidays (part of thomas cook) as they were giving the best price by a mile when we booked . Thomson/portland also go there as do cosmos . Not sure about next year but those are who were opering there at the moment .
There was a tv crew there our first week . Believe it was TC . We were on a sunbed right behind where they were filming a couple so hope my fat backside and constant sweaty look will not be appearing on TV any time soon .
Would you go back to that area of Turkey, need to find somewhere for next year ?
Probably not Chris . Side was very nice . Well at least It would of been had it not been high season . It was packed . Felt like christmas shopping in lakeside but worse. I would say from what we saw there and on the hours coach journey it was the least attractive coast . I was amazed at how busy the beach was in both directions . A lot more hotels than I actually expected . It just didnt feel like Turkey to me and that is quite important to us .
Welcome home Lynn, look forward to comparing notes, although from your comments already, think those notes are going to be the same. Like you we really missed the Turkish banter,this and a few other reasons are why I wouldn't go to that area of Turkey again. Been spoiled by Olu and the BB I suppose
I didnt feel any of that at the Hemera but I did hear plenty of people moaning that it just wasnt the same this year without the old entertainment team . And what was that dull music around the pool . some of it was older than me and thats saying something .
Atmosphere and ambience are a couple that spring to mind. The guy tossing the bottles is called Ritchie by the way and he is still there.
Wasn't it a relief when they played the odd Micheal Jackson CD around the pool?
Entertainment was dire I thought, but like your boys, our girl's really had a whale of a time. Having said that the youngest is trying to work out if she can squeeze a week to Olu in before she starts Uni, good luck to her paying for that
My sons are trying to convince us that they were out one evening with Mr Barut . Not sure if it's true or that they will believe anything .
I liked the chap at the BB who used to walk about with the huge frond from one of the plants and fan you when you were not looking he was brilliant, but always forget his name. When we went to leave 5 members of staff including the Manager stood ont the steps and waved goodbye, then they all proceeded to get on the coach and pretend they were coming home with us. So funny. OMG just realised I want to go back. I often have this scary thought that I found the best place in Turkey first time out.
lynwestie wrote:We were on a sunbed right behind where they were filming a couple so hope my fat backside and constant sweaty look will not be appearing on TV any time soon .
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Thats something for us all to be looking forward to on Thomas Cook TV then Lyn. Fame at last Eh !
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