Ilhan Hotel

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This was booked at the last minute & I wish we’d just taken our chances with the English weather! Neither myself nor my boyfriend had been to Turkey before but everywhere else was booked up, but the travel agent assured us it would be fine, as our 'resort' had a lovely beach, local entertainment, sights, etc, just like the usual holiday destination. Please see below for a summary!
The flight out was delayed by 8 hours.
We were on a B&B basis but the only breakfast included in this was cheese and ham - not very British, which was fine, except the brochure didn’t point this fact out.
The room was dirty, dark, next to the main road, with peeling paint and run-down furniture.
The towels were changed only if you took them to reception, put them on the floor, and took your own, new clean ones.
The room wasn’t cleaned at all.
The excursions consisted of shopping in Istanbul. If you didn’t want to shop, the rep wouldn’t talk to you.
The rep was rude and only brightened up at the thought of spending money on this trip. We saw her for 10 mins at the start of the holiday.
Entertainment consisted of football on the widescreen TV, 24/7. Oh, and a BBQ where the owner invited his mates and they took the p*** out of the people staying.
There was no pool, something that’s fairly important for a holiday, and something not pointed out by the travel agent.
The picture in the brochure shows the staff’s living quarters, not the hotel.
The locals were rude and constantly harassed us, it was especially bad for me being young and blonde being the constant centre of unwanted attention and embarrassing questions.
You couldn’t even get away from it on the beach-as soon as you walked down the path leading to the sand, a local would come over and TELL you where to sit, give you a parasol and sun bed (whether or not you wanted it) then wanted money for the pleasure.
There is more but I think this is enough! All in all, we reached day 3 and counted down to home time. Don’t bother!