We have never been on a Villa holiday before, always AI, but as our finances are dwindling we have agreed to try this out. We will be going with friends and relatives to cut the cost even further, so that's myself and my OH my three children, our two friends, and my OH's sister,her partner and her son. we have found this villa called Alison Villa, by turkish villa rentals. Google it and take a look and see what you think, it's VERY cheap for the luxury you get, and it is run by the owners family who live around the villa itself. Has anyone else stayed in this or any of the other villas owned by the same person, ie, Villa Marcus, Nesrin Villa, Villa Olji, Villa Begonia He does provide guests reviews but I'm always skeptical as they can always be doctored. Thanks, any help gratefully received.
Helen xx
I had a look and it seems to be £1400 per week in August, which doesn't seem particularly cheap to me! Or have I misread it?
but in september which is when we are going it is just 750 per week. it is very cheap for a villa that sleeps 17 i think. just wondered if anyone had been.
The whole area is lovely. Being very nosey i had a look at the web site and they seem to have everything covered.
The weather in September will be great..and if you want to get away from the pool it looks like transport will be no problem.
there will be no night life near you...for that you will need to go to the harbour area of Alanya where you can dance til dawn should you wish.
any further advice on the area or transport just ask me..pleased to help..and i am not affiliated to anyone or anything..i just live here and am pleased to help.
We went to Olji Villa on the same complex. We found that the website grossly oversells itself and contains very little accuracy. It was an unpleasant experience which left us all feeling extremely conned. We queried the website content with a member of staff/family there who told us to ignore it as it was out of date! There were quite a lot of dangers at the villa which would certainly not pass British standards, and three members of the party developed ear infections from the pool. BEWARE!!!
Why not have a look at villa rentals or holiday rentals etc
Has anyone stayed at this villa? I am alarmed to read that they are not as the brochure describes and that the brochures are quite out of date? Brochures look fantastic. What has changed? What would not match British Safety Standards? I was thinking of booking can anyone advise?
There were an elederly couple in the Alison villa when we stayed. He was on his scooter and let our kids have a go.
My wife gave up cooking after 2 days so off to Nesrins restaurant every day for breakfast. I was pissed off because I didn't realise until the second week we could have it delivered to the villa.
Rob and Kathy who stayed with us have a thing about butterflys and were out most days with their camera. They found a lovely village with no tourists, just locals, so we went up there one night and it turned out there was a local wedding. Can't remember much but had a sore head the next day.
Our eldest and his girlfriend went into Alanya town centre most nights and seemed to have a great time.
The main problem was no fresh milk and I hate LongLife in my tea!!
Speaking to some of the other visitors they too related a less than positive experience and one family were apparently cutting their losses after a few days to go elsewhere. From experience can say that there are significantly better and happier options in Turkey. The fact that we were in a large group and enjoyed that aspect and the sunshine made the holiday but that was in spite of the villa operators and we would look elsewhere in future, suggest you do too unless the complex is under new and conscientious management/ownership.
We have just returned home and we had a fantastic time. There were 7 of us including my 2 grandchildren. Karen is right: the villa is not suitable if you want to be in the middle of a town. We wanted a quiet villa, with a large pool and a sandy beach nearby. It was exactly what we wanted.
My only complaint was that there was no SKY TV or broadband and we ended up having to walk 5 minutes to Nesrin's place but it was free there.
We went to Gazipasa most days which is about 10 minutes away and there is a big market every Friday and lots of cheap Turkish restaurants. We found Alanya town centre more "touristy" and much more expensive.
We hired a car and went along the coast and visited lots of historic sites. Don't speed or you will get a ticket. I ended up paying £70. I got breathalysed twice.
We did check the electric meter everyday and ended up paying £85 for the week, which I thought was OK seeing as we did have the AC on for our grandchildren every night.
Gregg
Has anyone been recently? If so, are the on site staff friendly? is the pool and villas clean and good working order? Also what are beaches like, alayana beach reviews (on this website) were very poor?
This villa is only good one i have found for 17 people within price range as finances are tight for all.
Causcious carol
Stayed with Inlaws August 2011 at Marcus Villa. Has a great time. Bit of a treck from airport but heck the villa was amazing. We were warned about the cost of electric but kept the doors closed and our bill was only £85.00. Local restaurants very good and a must for fish eaters. Spent most of the time next to the pool. Thank you to Alison who helped us arrange a trip to the white water rafting.
Ps: I get all the comments about the website! Its pretty ancient...
Last thing! I don't know why people are complaining about the pool! Ours didn't go milky, but I can understand why it might! 17 people regularly bathing in a pool without showering.... errrr...... There aren't enough chemicals in the world to prevent cloudiness and ear infections...
No local nightlife for teenagers locally but about 4 minutes away on local bus.
We had maid service everyday and it was great. got up to a lovely clean kitchen with breakfast ready next to the pool. She was very willing and happy to iron!!!
Had a look around the other villas and they seemed fine. The Germans at the Olji told us all the good places to visit.
There were some wild chickens walking around and was tempted!!!
Our villa was second to none, The wifi was great and free and might sound a bit silly but poor wifi can realy spoil a holiday.
There was a miserable group at one of the villas moaning about everything. Everybody else seemed to be enjoying themselves. One group were on their third holiday.
Would recommend except to people looking for villa in the middle of a noisy built up area.
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