Karbel Beach Hotel

Me and my husband spent one brilliant week in Olu Deniz in Aug 07. The resort is brilliant, with a wide selection of bars and restaurants where all the staff are extremely friendly and welcoming.
The beach is beautiful but watch out for the pebbles and the heat under foot, the sea can get quite choppy so weak swimmers or children should be careful.
The hotel was great we stayed on a B&B basis. The room included air con, a fridge, tv, shower/wc and a large waredrobe with lots of hangers. Daily maid service, who left lovely flower arrangements on the bed. Great bar staff and pool, spotlessly clean throughout. Try the pizza and chips, it's home made and gorgeous. Definately give this hotel a try, it's chilled and relaxed, the staff and reps were never in our faces and it was a great base to explore the resort. Book it now!!
We are going back to Olu Deniz this July with friends staying at the sister hotel Karbel Sun, hope that it is as good as the Karbel Beach.

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Having never been to Turkey before my friend suggested we go, we booked in September 2005 and the year couldn’t go past quick enough but when we got there was I surprised. The accommodation was excellent as was the staff and the food.
We ate out most evenings but as we stayed two weeks we had some evenings at the hotel enjoying the entertainment that they put on. We went the end of Sept / beginning of Oct so we didn’t expect too much entertainment but again how wrong we were - absolutely fabulous. As was the food in the hotel, I have never seen so much choice and as for the staff they could not be more helpful.
On one evening we had a horrendous thunderstorm and rain, the staff were there until 2 or 3 am when we all came back waiting with umbrellas to take us back to each block, they got soaked but we didn’t.
Fantastic holiday, hotel , staff, food etc. - need I say more, can’t wait to return again!

Myself and my wife went to Turkey in May and stayed at the Karbel Hotel. Whilst on holiday I had an accident no fault of anyone really, high winds blew the plasma screen off the wall onto me. The staff were tremendous, called an ambulance straight away rushed me to hospital, got me fixed up and then looked after us both for the rest of the week, they could not have done any more for us. We have booked to go again in May 2008.

This was our visit to Turkey after recommendation from a friend who has been visiting Turkey for 7 years, twice a year, so we thought it must be good. We were a party of 6, myself and my partner and his 2 daughters with their husband and partner.
We warmed to the place straight away and as the days passed over we then grew to love the place. The hotel was brilliant especially with it only being small, the pool area was quiet so being 6 of us we had no problems with sun loungers.
The bar staff Onar & Ramazan were wonderful, such a good laugh and good company. We did have breakfast elsewhere a couple of mornings just for a change. The maids cleaning was exceptional and their small personal touches were a delight (we had flowers from our balcony put on the beds a couple of days). All the staff were very friendly and very helpful.
We certainly filled our holiday with the 2 day trip to Ephesus, a 12 island boat cruise, trip to Fetihye market and the turtles & tombs trip. We also visited Sugar Beach a couple of days which we thought was much better than the blue lagoon.
We ate out every night and the food was excellent every where we ate. We also had the Turkish night at the hotel and the food was excellent there also.
We are now home and planning a return trip in September with some of our friends and we have no hesitation in recommending the Karbel Beach Hotel or Olu Deniz. Roll on September that's all I can say.

Just got back from Olu Deniz. Stayed at Karbel Beach Hotel.
The rooms were very clean and comfortable and the staff were brilliant, they were very helpful.
We ate at the hotel restaurant a couple of nights and the food was spot on. It was very close to the beach only about a 2 minute stroll. It's also very close to the shops.
If anyone is planning to holiday here check out the beach front bars, especially the very end bar at the end of the prom (you can't miss it its got bean bags scattered on the beach,) the staff that ran it were wonderful and we enjoyed many nights there.
Also check out the Secret Garden restaurant and bar, all the staff were fantastic and the food was lovely.
We would recommend Olu Deniz to anyone planning their first visit to Turkey, it was our first holiday to Turkey, and we'll definitely be going back again.