Delphin DeLuxe Resort

The Delphin Deluxe Resort (5*) is 1 and a half hours from Antalya airport away. When check-in, you'll receive a wet towel to refresh and a glass of sparkling wine. The rooms are not up to date but you have TV and hairdryer in place as well as a safe for free. There's enough storage place. Never had any issues concerning cleanliness, there was always someone cleaning. Beware if you book a room facing landside, it's quite noisy as the main road is just next to the hotel. The rooms are clairaudient, could here my neighbour snore. The food makes up for this disadvantage anyway. There's everything you may wish for. The main restaurant is buffet but there are a la carte restaurants as well: Chinese, Sushi, Italian, Mr. Fish and an Ottoman. Never tried these as you had to queue up in the morning to get a reservation. There is an active an a relax pool as well as water slides which are not only for kids fun. Every half an hour a trolley passes and drinks are being served. Twice a day are a melon and a vegetable trolley as well. Should this not be sufficient there are snack bars close by. Tea and cake is being served in the afternoon as well. After 12pm you also may call the room service to get sandwiches, omelet or pasta with no extra charges. The beach is pebbly and after a few steps you are already deep in the water. But there is a footbridge with leaders for easy access to the water. This footbridge is also a bar in the evenings which is quite nice listening to the ocean with a glass of wine in your hands. There is also a little luna park with a big wheel, a little train, a ship and car scooters. Close by is a cocktail bar in a cottage, they also serve "Becks" beer there. Until 11pm the lobby bar is open, but you may move to the piano bar or wait until 12pm when the disco opens or the pub. They serve international booze as well, Martini, Baileys etc. The local beer is worth a try. In the hotel are some shops as well, a leather shop, a juweller and a real small grocery shop. Twice a day there is a free shuttle bus to Manavgat or Alanya, on Fridays is a little bazar across the street. They are building a new hotel besides; heard they will start with cunstruction in October 05 again. Can't say much about the animation, every night is a show but I never went to see it. In the evenings they put up beanbags at the relax pool and you can smoke a waterpipe and have a raki, wine or soft drinks. We had a good time and I surely will go back to the Delphin Deluxe. Sure there is more to tell but feel free to write me should you require more information.