Esra Apartments

1 reader found this review helpful

We have been put off going to Turkey again, because of the filth in the rooms. Disgusting!

2 readers found this review helpful

been to esra twice and we love it staff are fab watch out for alex he is a fun guy all ways messing around wetting u when u are on your sum bed.....appartmens clean beds clean toilet clean wot more does any one want...would go back again

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we have just returned from esra from our 2 week holiday excellent place all staff are lovely we had a great time and will be returning
karen sean sophie harrison.

17 readers found this review helpful

just got back after a fortnight from the esra apartments in altinkum.it was our first time to turkey after being put off by other people who clearly expects too much.we usualy holiday in the canaries, but after going here its going to be turkey from now on. 6 adults and 2 kids, aged 14 and 3 and all of us loved every minute of it. hotel rooms could do with a little updating,but other than that the rooms in the main block are quite big and clean. other reviews i read says the music that is played at the pool where the entertainment is goes on till 3.00am is not true, the latest was around midnight.you will get noise from zanzi-bar and the sky bar across the road till early hours, but i think its a competition between them to see who can play the loudest music.the only complaint i got is the balcony railings are not very high, so if you are on a high floor and have 3 or 4 year olds that like to climb, you will be for your life with them as it is quite a high drop onto a tiled floor and would be fatal for a little one.we ate alot at the apartments as we found the food there very nice and cheaper than a lot of resteraunts in the resort centre.sunday lunch is good there also,you get a three course dinner for 20 lira (around £8.00)then after your lunch you are intitled to all your pints of lager for just 1 lira each (40 pence) untill midnight. cheap as chips.the mini market in the hotel is quite pricey so for a better deal go to the one across the road next to the sky bar, you will save yourself quite a bit of money over a week or two if you do this. hotel staff are second to none and will do anything for you to make you feel welcome. best waiters are justin, joseph, yum yum. j-j is great with the kids and will entertain them for ages. you get free room service too, ring recption from your room place your order wether its drinks or food its there in no time. get to know the staff as they are all brilliant and will treat you like family. i will definatley go back to esra soon, and would recomend it to anyone. but do go self catering because you are looked after better than people there thats half board.

7 readers found this review helpful

Went to Esra on the 24th August. Was a long journey, 2 hours from bodrum to Esra, but the coach supplied water for only 50p and coach had air con :) Arrived at esra at about 3 in the morning and a man showed us to our room (212) The room was massive. We had one bedroom which was massive with 2 single beds, Bathroom which was average, Bath/shower was a bit small but it did the job. Front room which was maaive, 3 single beds, tv with english channels, and then the kitchen which was fine :) We had a huge balcony looking over the pool. We hired air con for 30 lira for a week, but defo worth it! The pool was huge, and another pool with slides was good. One main problem was sunbeds! they go so quickly. So every morning my mum got up at 7 and put towels down.
We was half board, this alowed you to have, cup of coffee and the choice of turkish breakfast or cornflakes. You could also pay about 2 lira extra for an english breakfast. Evening meals for half board were fine too. You had the choice of any kind of coup or nice garlic break for starters, And there were differant main courses. Kebab, meatballs, sunday lunch. Meatballs and sunday lunch were the best! There were lots of deserts, Chocolate pudding,Ice cream, rice pudding ect. You got a big bottle of water too.
All the weighters were great! Got on with them realllyyy well. Just advice you all to watch youself because otherwise they'll push u in the pool haha!
every night the bar would do differant offers like, a lot of te nights they made a large beer only 1 lira!! And others nights it would be buy one get one free cocktails ect.
Town was only 5 minutes, If you like clubbing, Galaxy bar is the place to be!!
If your not half board, they also do lots of other meals, Fish & chips, Bolonase, everything really, or if u wnted to eat out, theres loads of nice resturants. There is a small resturant as u walk into town, called Omars. Please go here lol! Lovely man, large efes only 2 lira and food is great!!
i could go on for years really. Couldnt fault ANYTHING.
Advice everyone to go here.
x

6 readers found this review helpful

Im 13 and came back from turkey on the 31st of august. Before i went i read these reveiws and after reading them i really didnt want to go, i went to turkey with my mum and brother. we got there and were in room 211 b and it was massive studio aprt one bedroom with a double bed and a massive bathroom and in the lounge/ dining area/ kitchen was massive double pull out sofa and then 2 single ones, big table and nice kitchen 2 rings. at night it was quite noisy from the stuff going on at the pool, but luckily i had my ear plugs wich helped keep some of the noise out, but it was still very noisy. The pool with the baby pool i didnt set foot in to those pools they were full up of big chavy rude mean familys. but the pools were the water slides are it was like we were at a different hotel it was so nice no chavy mean rude familys it was relaxing there was a quite a few people around that pool but not as much as the other pool and it wasnt to noisy. and there was a nice warm breeze, the pool was quite cold but it was refreshing. We went on a boat trip with the tour people left up the road called zaza tour v.nice although the pick up car was 45 mins late ( pay for the 8 £/TL im not sure and bring a couple of your own drinks and just buy and ice cream) dinner included + v. nice). on last week i had hairbraided at esra hair salon for 25TL it was nice. we made friends with a family of 4 and they were in an apartment wich was so small you couldnt swing a cat in it, they had to put the pull out beds away in the day because there was just no room and they had to stack there suitcases on top of each other. 137 aprtments and 11 studios we were lucky to have a studio, and ive been told if you book v.early with thomas cook or direct holidays you get good rooms, so ive heard. went to temple of appollo for 1 and a half hours took nice pics and was on the dolmus for half an hour going there and half an hour back and we went to a sort of private beach witch i think was the 3rd beach , Verry nice !!! went on pedlo and jet ski, 2 sun beads and a sun umberella 12 TL. Would i go back the again , yes. Also i think t was the saray resturant v. nice went there every night. btw get the dolmos to dolphin square out side the resturant ados or somthing , and dont go to ali g tasteless food and for 3 people 80 lira most expensive meal we had. have a good time if you go x

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i'm 14 yrs old and i've just come back from stayin at the esra apart in turkey altinkum, this was my best holiday ever because of the people nathan and jj were awsome, i loved alex but watch out jj and alex are know for pushing people in the pool but anyway i got my own back i got to watch alex have a wax on his face.
Some great places to eat and drink in altinkum :
-the swan bar
-elaines fish bar
-artis
-nihat & lesleys
-adonis
-ali g's
but my favourtie place on holiday was the zanzi bar opposite the esra apart the people were amazing they had lush food fizzy drink great dancers expecially billy n a saturday night there is a turkish night with a michael jakson impersinator and a belly dancer that gets you involved i strongly recomend it because you also get a free mixed grill which includes;
-salad
-chicken & kofti & lamb
-rice
-chips
it was so amazing we are goin back there next year

5 readers found this review helpful

second time in turkey, first time in altinkum. the esra apartments are unreal, there the best i've stayed in and can suite your every need!.although the rooms only consist of a 2 ringed hob, a fridge with a small freezer ,cooking utensils and a sink, there really modern and really nice,there are sofer beds and double beds, a on-suite bathroom, and a balcony.the pools are amazing to be honest with you, at various times of the day there are water-sports, and slide openings, so you are always entertained.the staff are always happy and hardley stop working,the hotel night entertainment is fantastick!, turkish night, bbq night and other acts that come along and make your holiday memorable,there is a charge for the air-conditioning and a small fee for a toaster, however, take your own toaster and for the airconditioning lift the cover of of it and press a button next to a green light to get it going :D, i would recomend these apartments to all ages shapes and sizes, they were great, and enjoyed the whole of my stay at the esra.

2 readers found this review helpful

have been to altinkum 3 times and love it. people are lovely and kids love it. would recommend linikers bar and a touch of class resturant. esra appartments are unsuitable for self catering, only had two small rings and no toaster unless you paid £12 a week, even had to ask for a tin opener.bins emptied daily but towels and sheets changed only a few times a week.on a plus side the pool was lovely and kids loved the slides.would go back to altinkum but not these app.

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Paid to stay half board here with Thomas Cook who negelected to tell us it was a set menu!! Quick enough in taking the £336 pounds extra though!! Anyway, turkish breakfast or corn flakes and tea only every morning. If you wanted anything else ie juice, toast anything cooked, you have to pay for it!! Dinner is bland , two choices every night, and repeated nearly every other night but called different names to make you think it is something different!! Entertainment next to nothing, two "special nights" every week, if you want to watch the entertainment and you are half board, you have to pay for it!!On these nights " Half boarders" are herded inside to eat and not allowed out to watch the so called entertainment. You can watch from inside though!!Pool side bar never open though advertised in brochure, downstairs disco never open though in brochure, kids club is used for accommodation for waiters to sleep in!!
If you are inthe main building, you will not get to sleep till around 3.30 in the morning as there are two bars across the road whose sole intent is to outplay one another with the loudest music. Air con is £30 a week, toaster is £12 a week for self caterers. ! free toilet roll Wow! then you need to get your own!
Waiters are not interested in you if you are half boaed as they think they will not get tips off you, self catering residents get served first and quickest! Although Tyson and Apu wre perfect, that was the only two.
Other than that, the place was ok, 10 min walk from Dolphin square, clean enough, pools a bit iffy though as a lot of people got ear infections and ended up in hospital!! Slides are only on 3 times a day for about 20 mins at a time.
Boat trip, go on Taffys British Boat, tell him I recommended him!! Great day!!
To sum up, The Esra is defenitely not for half board customers, you are really treated like 2nd class citizens. Will never be back.