Ellie meg
yes we saw the Pink Palace on the way down to the beach on the free shuttle bus, it did not look great either.
Doepmc
Yes the Bel Beach is a hard act to follow, but this hotel was light years away from it, in every aspect. We took some friends who we had met to Bel beach for a look round, and they were gutted cos that is what they thought they were going to that, or something similar.
We met several people who said it was their first trip to Turkey and would be their last, as the hotel had put them off Turkey for good.
I urged them to try another hotel, as this one, was so not typical of Turkey. Its such a shame when people go away and say Turkey was awful, based on one hotel/
If it had been our first time, we too would have been very put off Turkey, but as we knew the area, we went into Olu several times and to Hisaronu, and made the best of it.
The resort of Olu made it a good holiday, and to be honest, for what we paid we werent expecting the Ritz, but you would have to see it to believe it!!

The weather was amazig though, considering the hotel, Olu and Ovacik were flooded 3 days before we got there. Late 20's - early 30's every day, we got a better tan than in July, it was comfortable to sit in sun all day. Pools were freezing though!! Even when we went to Bel Beach one day, (we met Edi and he took us in), noone was in the pool there either
Have you booked for next year yet??