we have done lots of all inclsives in lots of places including turkey and to be quite honest with you I wouldnt recommend all inclusive in turkey. For one the food is typically turkish and if your kids are like mine then they wouldnt touch it and i'm not a fussy eater and I struggle with it. Also the drinks tend to be limited and usually finish a 11pm. We have just come back from Altinkum all inclsive and we spent most of the time out. I think it is that cheap to eat and drink out you tend to waste money all inclusive. This is only my opinion but I hope it helps. The only one I can think of is the pineta park in marmaris I know this has plenty going on for the kids.
Diane.

there are 3 exellent A/Is in the centre of Olu Deniz so in an ideal location.checkout the reviews for olu deniz resort hotel,club sun city and Belcekiz beach where we have just returned from . We have also stayed at the sun city and have found food to be excellent at both with plenty of choice for everyone. also the Aegean dream resort in Turgutries near bodrum is getting excellent reviews and we hope to go there next year.

lyn

hi di and lyn
thank you for your help
i do see what you mean about food and drink on all incluslive i dont mind half board
went to marmaris again last year but to be honest looking for somewhere different somewhere with no so much hassle
i will check out sun city and belcekiz beach plz may i ask who you booked with
thank you

I'd recommend Lykia World in Olu Deniz, but it's very pricey. Not AI but full board plus so you get soft drinks, beer and wine with meals. Beautiful place with a huge amount for kids including their own paradise with lots of water slides and gorgeous restaurants.

Hi milly .the club belcekiz beach is only available through portland/thomson and the club sun city and olu deniz resort hotel are available from quite a few of the tour operators. You have the best of both with either of these 3 as you have the bars and shops of olu deniz right outside your hotel and its a lovely resort , enough there to keep you busy in a scenic location and the hassle really isnt too bad.far less than we found in icmeler . plenty of trips to go on from there too if you desire

lyn

I havent spoken to any person inside Turkey thats enjoyed an All inclusive package, And I have been on 14 occasions, Yes you will find Posts on here that will say they enjoyed it, But remember can you trust one persons report, Turkey has Thousands of amazing places to eat in and im sure most members will agree that, Go self catering I urge you.

Belcekiz beach is a fabulous all inclusive hotel in Olu Deniz. It is right on the sea front and in the heart of the resort. it is fantastic. There is a thread on the hotel in this forum, and lots of reviews, which are excellent in the review section.

We have done both all inclusive and self catering in Olu and Hisaronu and enjoyed both very much. It all comes down to personal taste whether you go for all inclusive or self catering. The self catering holiday still worked out a lot cheaper even with spending money taken into account

I go to turkey two sometimes three times a year,been all over turkey and every time all inclusive ,never once can i say i did not enjoy it or get value for money ,anyone with kids would be off there head going self catering ,all you do is pay for this pay for that ,its drinks ,ice cream every five minutes, when all inclusive the kids just go and get it when they want ,there is far more choice of food ,you go to the buffet take something if you dont like it leave it and go get something else .If you go to a restuaurant and get something you dont like you are stuck with it .As far as i am concerned there is no comparisson and it will always be all inclusive for me . I was in the sun zeynep belek in june this year and met a woman on her own she told me the only money she spent was at the airport and on the plane going there she never spent one penny while at the sun zeynep,as she had no reason to ,try that self catering.

Bluepeterno1

All we go is all inclusive in Turkey and always our kids and grand kids love it

Only ever had one poor one not bad in 14 years off A/I holidays
Here are afew below that we have recently stayed at

We have stayed at Sun Club City Olu Deniz good hotel

Green Nature in Marmaris- Fantastic
Club Armar Marmaris- Good
Pineta Marmaris- Good
Tuscan Beach Kussadasi - Brilliant
Club Astria Belek -Excellent

It all depends on what you want

The best one we have been to is Club Astria in Belek its fantastic

Going to the Grand Cettia in Marmaris next year and also Grand Pasa in Marmaris

In this thread no one that supports AI has told us what food they actually eat here, Come on Guys and Girls tell us all about it.

Sun Zeynep

Breakfast,fried eggs, omlets ,pancakes , eggy bread ,boiled eggs scrambled eggs ,sausage ,all the usuall cold meats ,cerials ,fresh fruit salad, fresh fruit ,cheeses ,not bad, for a start .
From ten oclock till five at beach bar ,cakes biscuits teas coffee .
From twelve oclock till five oclock beach bar ,hamburgers, hotdogs , fries ,salad , fresh fruit lovely bread and rolls .
Pool bar from twelve till four fresh made pitsas five types of pastas,five or six different sauces ,fries fresh fruit ,salad .
Dining room from twelve till two thirty ,soups , stews ,chicken ,fish , potatoes ,fries turkey ,vegetables ,twenty types of sweets ,fresh fruit ,every type of salad, beutifull breads .
Four oclock pool bar hambugers ,hot dogs , fahitas ,cakes biscuits teas coffee
There is a woman sits in a big tent most of the day making pancakes ,there is a guy comes round with corn on the cob ,another guy comes with fruit and cucumbers ,another with a trolly with soft drinks and cakes and bicuits .

And all that before evening meal ,you dont have to cook it or wash the dishes after .

Bluepeterno1

Hi Blue peter

Thank god some one else enjoys A/I like we do

Our day starts with breakfast always fresh meats ,or fruit, cereals cornflakes, coco pops ,sugar puffs

Boiled eggs, every day fried eggs, and omelette's, every other day mushrooms, tomatoes, etc etc yogurts, toast, jam etc etc 7am till 10am

Lunch 12am-1.30pm chicken, fish ,casserole's ,chips, soup ,salad etc etc

Snack bar pizza, lasagna, mash potato, salad, garlic bread etc etc 2-4 pm

4.30- 5-.30 pm cake, and biscuits

7pm -9.30pm dinner soup, pasta, meat dish ,chicken ,chips, potato's, veg fish, fried onions, peppers, tomatoes, Turkish pizza, salad, good selection and a very good sweet trolley.

Most A/I provide soup at midnight but not all do..

You can never go hungry there is always some thing for some one

If you get a good deal on A/I holiday you don't mind eating out now and then like we do, i do agree people who pay a couple off thousand pounds for a A/I holiday and don't like it they don't want to be spending extra on food.

We have only ever had one bad A/I in Turkey

There is some real good deals out there its just finding them we have just came back from Marmaris in July 5 adults and 2 kids we only paid £600 for the hotel alone A/I 4 star for all off us.

We could not have had a hotel on a S/C basic and eaten out all time for that price especially drinks all day every day it topped 56 deg when we were there and kids were having maybe 10 drinks per hours it all mounts up and when your S/C and having a few kids ain't cheap.

But each to there own we love A/I and find it really good for the kids and i agree some off the adult drinks are poor but get a good hotel and there are spot on like the one we have just stayed at the cocktails were lovely really strong and tasty.

Even the vodka you did know you had a drink after a few vodka's yet in a A/I we stayed at in May the vodka was poor but we didn't mind we never paid a lot off money for hotel so we don't complain.

Like i said previous report best A/I was in Belek Club Asteria its out off this world totally fantastic.

I would go A/I every time and would echo everything that peter and celine have said . we have always had fantastic food on an A/I with a wide variety of choice and plenty going on to keep children and teenagers busy. yes you will always find the bad ones but this is why we spend our lives on HT so as we dont make that mistake. and I always come home at least a half a stone heavier. please let us not turn this tread into a A/I versus S/C slanging match again. the Question from millymol asked for advice on a good A/I and we should be helping with that.

lyn

we have been all inclusive twice to Belchekiz in Olu Deniz, we hated AI so much we are going again !!!
tried s/c last year, yes it was ok, small pool, kids asking for things all the time ( how dare they ) AI gets rid of this problem.

this time to Olu Deniz resort, In fact must go , planes leaving................

just take spending money, considerably less than if you were S/c off course you get bored and want to explore, as for the food, never had a problem, I guess it depends how good the hotel is, you get what you pay for.

Belcekiz beach where we have just returned

Breakfast .
cooking station with freshly made omelettes, fried eggs.
hot buffet with scrambled eggs, tomatoes, fried potatoes,baked beans , eggy bread, toasted sandwiches. boiled eggs ( sorry no bacon or sausage.after all it is a muslim country)
Good selection of fresh bread and coissants (sweet and savory)
turkish selection i.e 5 choices of cheese, olives, tomatoes, cucumber.
about 6 choices of cereal , dried fruit i.e raisens, apricots. fresh fruit including fresh fruit sald , necterines, plums, apricots. 2 different melons, grapes. then about 6 huge bowls of different flavour yogurts and same again for jam and honey and chocolate sauce for dipping your coissants in.. my favourite is a bowl of musli ,covered in yogurt fresh fruit and honey. (yum yum)

lunch.

either from snack bar served at your table from menu . about 7 choices all with chips including pizza, chicken burger (fresh chicken breast), spag bol, tuna sandwich with chips (pannini), wraps.

or from the main resturant. Freshly cooked barbequed meat and veg freshly cooked breads, turkish pizza ,pitta bread. hot buffet with about 6 choices , with veggies, rice etc+ spag bowl or pasta.

soup if you want a starter.

huge selection of salads and cheeses .

and dont forget about 10 pudding choices plus fresh fruit.

Afternoon.

ice creams and cakes.

evening meal

Soup for starter ,
again huge salad selection with a mutitude of different dressings etc
huge choice of bread and turkish pizza, pitta etc being cooked while you watch. fresh cooking station with different theme everynight .i.e 3 choices of curry , with rice.( yummy) or stir fry night with sweet and sour ,noodles etc. English roast night with roast beef, turkey . all with choice of sauces etc to go with. or donner kebab.
another freshly cooked in front of you barbecue for fresh chicken, and turkish style meats and veggies.

Hot buffet with about 6 choices ( turkish or international) but sorry we only saw chips on 2 occassions. including meat choices, fish , pastas.

huge pudding selection again plus more fresh fruit.

or you can choose the a la carte resturant.

evening from 11 oclock

snack bar again.

more than enough for even those with the most huge appetites or the fussy eaters. everything tasty and well presented with plenty of choice of sauces, dressings( turkish and international)

all drinks served at your table and refilled as soon as your glass is empty.

wow guys and girls
thank you all so much for your help i think i have started a new discussion about s/c or a/l sorry**
i myself have been in all inclusive and loved it but never in turkey
can you please tell me to get too olu deniz do you land at dalaman if so how long is the coach trip
you have all given me so many ideas and i thank you all
i wanted all inclusive as taking a 8 year old and a 18 year old and they break the bank when they are their lol
also wanted to try somewhere different that marmaris last time we was in marmaris the waiter said if you think this is a nice hotel(which we did) you have seen noting until you go to olu deniz you as a family will love it there
but i am going to look at green nature in marmaris also the belek club asteria as from your post
thank you all so much

If you had to put your hand in your pocket for everything thats available in all inclusive you would be skint after a couple of days. Ok. you can get breakfasts for £2 , meals for £6-£7 whatever ,but thats it you are stuck with that , you cant beat going up to the buffet picking what you want ,then go back for as much as you want ,again and again if you want .
That plus all your drink great.

Bluepeterno1

hi

yes you need to go to dalaman to get to olu deniz its about 38 miles away and around 1 hr to get there. ive visited both places lots of times and we prefer olu deniz over marmaris area. we stayed in lykia world which is full board + and is fantastic i highly recommend it but its a bit on the pricey side but worth it. good luck with where ever you decide to book

Hi!

Might as well put my 2 pence worth in here and mention the Hemera in Side, you fly into Antalya and the transfer is about 50/60 minutes. It is set on a lovely sandy beach on the outskirts of Side but easy access to the main town by either 25 minutes walk along the beach or dolmus or taxi right outside the hotel. The hotel Hemera has just had a major refurb and is quite simply superb. The food is superb, the beer is Efes! and all the alcoholic drinks were precisely that, alcoholic!Great ppools and slides for the kids, cakes and ice cream from lunchtime onwards lovely fresh snacks at the beach bar to! Just had a quote from Thomas Cook for next June, £1630 for the 2 of us, we think this is a fantastic deal flying from Glasgow,for a 4/5 star hotel which met and exceeded our expectations on our recent holiday there in July. Don't think I've seen a negative review of the Hemera anywhere, but do your research and look at the reviews, remember there "seems" to be a difference in quality between AI hotels in the Antalya region and other tourist areas.

Alistair