Alize Hotel

This hotel is lovely, staff friendly and helpful. Rooms are comfortable with free air con, TV (only English channel BBC news world) rooms are cleaned daily. Food is good with enough of a choice not to get bored, and you can eat whenever you like throughout the day, bar staff were good fun, polite and had a laugh with you. The pool area is very busy and us Brits were the worst for putting towels on sunbeds, as a party of 8 (inc two small children) you had to put towels out by 7 or you wouldn't get one. At 10.30 the music comes on starting with 'Good morning' then the entertainers encourage guests to join in the activities without being pushy. Plenty for the children to do, Aileen was good with them.
It is 10 minute walk to the beach past plenty of shops, bars and restaurants, nicest place to sit was Buzz Bar upstairs to have cocktails and watch the sunset. The sea here is very choppy and not good for kids, but we had a private beach in the lagoon and was much nicer, however the transport they lay on was a bit risky, driver crammed too many people on, no air con and drove like a maniac, would advise a taxi or getting the dolmus.
Overall was a great stay here, if I had to be negative and find a downside I would say I was disappointed with our balcony there was no view from it as there was an enormous tree in front of it, but we were so tierd there wasn't any need to sit there.

Just arrived home on 17th. Wish i was still there. Very clean hotel. Food very good. Shame ice cream not available throughou day for the kids though ,as it usually is when all inclusive in spain. Will return next year hopefully. Only down fall the beer is very weak also alcohol weak. Take your own and just use their mixers. Was expecting a 1 bedroomed apartment but all rooms are tiny and 3rd bed only suitable for a child NOT an adult. So clean .entertainment team lovely, kids had a great time. Good value for money .

This has got to be the one of the BEST hotels I have visited in a long time. I have to say I was a little apprehensive about staying at this hotel as I had read some reports stating that if you get a basement room there awful and the food is of poor quality and repetitive. But my family and I found this to not be the case at all.
On arrival at the Otel Alize we were asked to fill a form out this is in Turkish, but if you read underneath the Turkish it is in English. The hotel porter took our cases to our room (he will expect a small tip, as does everyone in turkey but this is not compulsory). We were given a basement room much to my horror after reading reports on here. But I was very pleased the room was very clean and had everything I would expect to find in a room. The added bonus was it was very cool in the room being lower down.
The entertainment staff worked extremely hard all day and night they were brilliant and kept my kids (age 11 & 13) entertained throughout the holiday. Baring it mind these are very difficult aged kids to entertain. The smaller aged group go off with other entertainers to do other activities. And other entertainers play darts, pool, water sports etc… with the adults. The evening entertainment started at 10pm but this was good for us as it gave us a chance to walk off our dinner before going back to sit and watch the entertainment which I must add was fantastic from belly dancers to break dancers, professional fire eating people, allsorts for all ages.
I have to say the highlight of my day was at 10.30 when the play a good morning song to wake everyone up then they do water aerobics and teach you relaxation techniques.
My family and I enjoyed the food very much and rest assured you will never go hungry as food is served fresh from 7.30am until 12pm midnight whether it be through the restaurant or snack bar. But if you are expecting a cuisine every night I would advise you not to go to an all inclusive hotel any all inclusive hotels will serve food that seems a little repetitive after two weeks There are plenty of restaurants if you fancy a change in food and very cheap. I highly recommend you try a donor kebab while there as they are lovely.
I would highly recommend a Turkish bath while in turkey it is a little more expensive in the hotel than in town but if you have kids its worth it because they can stay on the complex while you enjoy a Turkish bath and they know where to find you if need be.
A Turkish bath in the hotel was 40ytl around £16 but well worth every penny and peace of mind with the kids being safe.
I would strongly recommend that you do not book your trips through your rep or hotel as you will pay a much higher price for the same trip. We booked all our trips through activities unlimited 3 minutes down the town. On every trip we met up with the same people from our hotel who had booked through the rep or hotel and paid nearly double. The dalyan trip was brilliant with the mud baths kids loved it too. The jeep safari was also brilliant but make sure you buy a water pistol in town rather than on the day. I paid £15 for a water pistol which would cost only £4 at the olu deniz beach. If you want to go on the boat trip 6 island or 12 islands choose the 6 islands as the 12 island was very boring and very unsuitable for older people.
One last thing if you walk to olu deniz beach beware of the men with camels they will pick your children up and put them on the camels then naturally you take photos…. These will cost you 5ytl around £2.50 each photo and then before you know it the camels are up and walking and you will be charged 20ytl around £8 this happened to us and others that we had spoke to. They will not tell you that you have to pay to take photos and it’s to late when they are walking because you have had your ride. It cost me 40ytl in total around £16
All in all I would say this hotel was the perfect location for anyone wanting a quiet retreat but within walking distance to pubs, clubs, restaurants and beach walks. It is truly beautiful and breathe taking.

what can i say. brilliant holliday. infact the best one ever. the hotel is clean along with the rooms. the pool side is quite big and you can normaly always get sunbeds. the food is ok but the same almost every nite even though it is nice.the salon downstairs does a good job and a very nice manicure. recommended! fun family activites go on day and night so your always entertained. the ampithearte is fun and the shows each night are actuli very good.
the staff are very firendly and will always offer to help with any problems. the bar staff are always up for a good chat and make you feel very welcome.
not to far form the beach and plenty of shops and bars within walkin distence.. there is a taxi rank just outside the hotel isf you wish to ride into hisaronu for the day or night which is aslo a good day or night out.
trips. i would recomend the jeep safari oh my gosh. what a day. very good fun and worth the money. you stop of at various sites all witch are worth it. you also get a barbeque lunch which is lovely. the turkish bath is also to die for, makes you feel very refreshed afterwards.
overlall turkey and hotel alize is a fantastic holiday the type of holiday you will NOT want to go home from. all the local people and staff you will start to miss when you get back. as they are very kind and friendly (once agen haha). the weather is to die for very very HOT. trust me on this one yourkl love it!
:) x

best holiday for years hotel great food good staff realy nice booking for next year totaly recommend this hotel

i am writing this review a year on from when i went last year.. just got back from olu deniz 5 days ago and went back to the alize hotel several times and it looks to have got even better than last year
last year i went with 12 mates to the alize and we loved it... the entertainer erkan is a legend and we saw him again this year..he sure hadnt forgotten us.. i enjoyed the food..maybe a couple of things they could improve on but that wouldnt ruin my holiday..olu deniz itself is the best place out of the 4 i have bin to in turkey... no1 would be dissapointed with this town and its likely ill book the alize hotel for july 2009...
the rooms as well are very clean had had a great balcony vue of the pool which is a beautiful pool and weather over the past two times i have been hasnt had a cloud appear :)

What can you say about this hotel other that excellent, never been in a hotel were the standard of cleanliness is this good. Staff polite, friendly and helpfully. The entertainment on offer isn’t brilliant but just chill have a beer and wine and enjoy. Room spotless, and kept to that standard, benefit of Air con and a fridge. Great for that chilled drink during the night. Pool great but not enough sunbeds, make sure you save one because everybody else does. Food nothing for us to complain about here from the omelettes and fried eggs freshly cooked for you in the morning if required, to the barbequing of meat or fish every night, I think there is only about 3 hours a day you can not eat.
The resort itself is stunning but can get very hot in the valley (got up to mid 40`s c while we were there), then again that’s why we went.
Excursions; Boat trip go to Fethiye (free pick up and return) Gulet style boat not the horrible double deck flat things in Olu Deniz booked with Alfie at Focus half way down main shopping street, near Tesko. He will do a good price. Also booked Paragliding twice with Alfie again good price and service (dvd £20 12 minutes long). Do jeep safari with pleasure but expect to get wet through within 10 minutes of leaving Fethiye and I mean wet, not as much fun as when we did it last year.The guide this year not as much fun, so not as good.
Only one bad experience. My son and 3 others did paragliding with Easy Rider, booked to go up as a group of four and did not get what they was promised, son did not take off until other’s had landed 45 minutes later. So of course as parents you get a little anxious, with very little information from Easy rider staff. In the end got down safe and sound but with a few grazes for his trouble. This company do not provide protective flight suits like all the other companies. They then want 60 lira (approx £24)for a 5 minute dvd. So if you are going to run off the mountain go with Focus or Sky sports. I flew with them last year. Sunset cruise from Fethiye is absolutely superb booked with Sky sports. £12 including transfer to boat, meal, dancing, singer and swimming. Did not get back to Fethiye till 00 30, wish we had found this in the first week we could have gone again then.

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We have just arrived back from a two week holiday at the Alize Hotel. We were both apprehensive beforehand with some of the other reviews that we had read.
We arrived at the hotel in the early afternoon. Upon arrival at reception we had to complete a form (written in Turkish) with numerous questions on about us and this was made more difficult for us as she couldn’t speak very good English despite her efforts. However, the reception staff were all friendly and tried to help you in any way they could. We collected our wristbands for our All Inclusive and were shown straight to our room.
The room which we stayed in was on the ground floor. It was small but adequate with all the amenities that you would expect. Most importantly it was spotlessly clean and remained so throughout our stay. There is maid service daily with fresh towels and bedding. The only negative about the room is the lack of plug sockets. There is only one in the bedroom and bathroom so we found that we had to unplug the television and fridge overnight and use these.
If you can, take the metal room key fob off the key ring and leave it in the slot in the room. The fob needs to be inserted to turn on the electric supply in the room. I took the fob off the key and left it in the slot in the room to enable us to leave the air con on.
The pool area is lovely and clean and there are plenty of sun beds available. The hotel policy is not to reserve sun beds although people did anyway.
The food was a main concern of ours, but we found out that we had nothing at all to worry about. The food was plentiful; there was a range of different hot and cold foods on offer, some amazing salad and fruit displays and very nice desserts. Thursday is Turkish night where on the BBQ they do kebabs which I must say is very nice indeed. The bar area is adequate although could do with a few more chairs and tables. The local drinks are very good. Efes is the local premium lager and is very nice and they also have Becks on tap. The measures in Turkey are the equivalent to a triple back in the UK.
The entertainment team were brilliant. Always on the go keeping the kids and adults alike entertained. The evening shows which started at 10:00pm were very entertaining ranging from quizzes, dance shows, comedy shows, competitions, etc. The dance show that we saw was amazing. At 9:00pm there is a kids disco. There also volleyball, water polo, darts, water aerobics, limbo and other competitions throughout the day that you could participate in.
The resort itself was also a nice surprise and has everything you would want and need from a relaxing beach holiday. There are lots of shops selling the usual holiday tat, but there are also some good ones selling nice local gifts, jewellery, etc and also slightly less legal DVD's. There is a main strip which has the usual shops, bars and restaurants that you can choose from. If you want to buy something, try not to seem overly interested and always haggle. Saying no and walking away is always the best way of getting a price reduction. Also you can pay for pretty much everything in UK sterling, US dollars, and Euro.
At Dalaman Airport, we were shocked to find out about the prices of food and drink. A bottle of water costs £4.50 and a meal in McDonalds is £14.00. We were told by our rep that we could take our own food and drink through the airport but as they are a military airport they are stricter on the luggage allowances. If you are over, they will charge you £6 per kilo that you are over so just be warned.
Overall, we had a brilliant holiday and made some good friends in Gail, Andy, Dan and Ben. We would recommend this hotel to anyone as we know that they will have a great time.

I have too say hotel looks alot bigger in the brochure! I found there was not enough sun loungers and rooms were very small, but nevertheless beautiful accomadation.
A possible change of food is in order unless you really love chicken! Im very fussy on what i eat but i couldnt take the sight of chicken any more, i would recommend Ali G's by the beach what a gorgeous kebab that was.
Entertainment was fab for the kids not really for the adults. I found Memit very rude in a sort of sexual way towards my mother, apart from him the staff were great, especially Kuby and Dennis they were great fun and gorgeous too!!
Beaches were stunning... mountains were great, i even got the chance to go paragliding.. FAB!
Stay away from 'bloody gorgeous' hes nuts

Whilst we enjoyed our stay at Alise we (and many other guests we talked to) found the reception staff extremely rude this year. As always we spend our days at Sugar Beach. There is a free transfer bus and free sunbeds for Alize customers. We know all the staff at Sugar Beach and when we asked the reception staff at Alize to call Sugar Beach they refused and said we had to go to another beach that they now worked with called SeaHorse. We decided to try out the other beach and it was shocking - expensive food, unclean and sunbeds all cramped in together.
We asked the reception staff to call the free transfer bus to Sugar Beach for us the following day and they refused and told us to call from our room. We caused such a drama that they agreed to call Sugar Beach and when we got there we talked to the staff and sunbeds were still free for Alize customers. In the end we decided to just call direct from our room as the reception staff were so rude!!!! Not sure if we will go back to Alize next year as this really put a dampner on our holiday!!