Orient Palace Hotel

8 readers found this review helpful

We have just got back from a cheap all inclusive deal to Orient Palace, Antalya, Turkey - It was absolutly fantastic.
After having a holiday from hell last year to Turkey i was obviously very wary of booking again this year so we spent weeks, days and hours trying to find a 5* hotel that was actually a 5* all inclusive for the money we had. (The trouble we were having was that on teletext and the like 'cheap sights' hotels were coming up in the 5* catogory but when looking harder turned out to be 3* and 4*)
I wasnt that keen from the pictures and write up but we gulped - booked and from the second we arrived (a bearable 3 hour transfer - air con and mini bar!)it was top notch. I am a serial complainer and have very high standards so for me to willingly offer this review really says something!)
Food and drinks on arriving, bellboys for your cases, clean large rooms with amazing views, extensive amenitys fab, 3 pools to choose from, bars, ice cream, food pretty much all day and night long, staff exceptionally friendly, food - so much choice and beautifully cooked, entertainment - probably the best ive seen for all incl hotels! We dont have children but it seemed the childrens entertainment was good and adults have the choice to head to the great nightlife of Alanya after hours with the entertainment team (just watch it they will try and charm the pants off you and get you into bed!!) no but seriously we didnt encounter any staff that were letchey or made you feel uncomfortable at any time.
Only slight downers that shouldnt put you off and certainly didnt affect us but may affect some - hotel is on a hill (if you are lucky like us and book in couples you can usually get a room in main hotel so the only hill we encountered was to get our icecream and to go to two of the three pools) However they have golf carts that take you up and down if you struggle!
Beach is 2 mins away in free bus and has really small pebles mixed with sand and is a bit rockey in the water where the waves break but there is a fab all inclusive bar with food all day avail on the beach as well as volleyball etc.
The last thing is there isnt many English (so spred the word and we can out number the germans!) but all entertainment is done in English also - so not a problem!
We loved it so much we are booking to go again in September of this year.
A really amazing holiday for all ages with great staff and a graet attitude to there customers
oh and one last thing - sunbeds were still available untill bout half ten/eleven in the morning and then some became available again around 2pm (for those late risers!!)
FAB FAB FAB!!!!

2 readers found this review helpful

this holiday was ere really freindly anamazing it was the best holiday i have ever been on the staff were reaally friendlyd in and the room that we stayed in was good aswell there was a balcony so that you could sit outside if you wanted too and the clenlyness was superb !!!!!!