Caretta Paradise Resort & WaterPark

All'arrivo siamo stati accolti da un personale della reception felice e disponibile, abbiamo dovuto pagare le tasse ma accettano carte o contanti. Siamo stati portati nella nostra camera da un ragazzo molto accogliente e felice che parla inglese il cui nome non abbiamo preso ma è stato molto disponibile a portare le nostre valigie in camera e ci ha dato una visita guidata. Le camere erano spaziose e pulite, eravamo nel blocco Q con vista sull'area di intrattenimento e sulle piscine, l'intrattenimento termina alle 23:00 e la piscina e il bar qui sono tranquilli e ben tenuti. Il barista del bar vicino al blocco Q è così gentile e fantastico con i bambini. Le piscine sono così belle, l'area giochi per bambini è fantastica per la sicurezza dei bambini piccoli e c'è tanto da fare. Il parco acquatico ha degli scivoli fantastici. Il cibo è buono, può diventare un po' monotono, tuttavia è quello che ti aspetti da una formula all inclusive. Tutto il personale è così gentile e apprezzano che tu sia in vacanza in quel paese e porti loro lavoro. Le camere venivano pulite ogni giorno con asciugamani freschi. Le aree esterne sono ben tenute, i tavoli vengono puliti, le tazze vengono raccolte e non c'era nessuno che fumasse in piscina. La spiaggia è a pochi minuti a piedi dall'hotel lungo una piccola collina, è bello, ci sono alcuni pontili per superare le pietre, ma le pietre non sono male e ci sono pedalò, moto d'acqua e paddle board che puoi noleggiare. Le gite in barca all'isola delle tartarughe sono d'obbligo, portare acqua e picnic, 30 euro per gli adulti 20 per i bambini gratis per i minori di 3 anni. Sono rimasto sorpreso leggendo alcune delle recensioni qui.

Raramente scrivo recensioni, ma questa volta mi sono sentito obbligato a farlo. Prima del nostro viaggio, ho notato le recensioni contrastanti e non ho prestato molta attenzione, dato che siamo stati in molti resort all-inclusive dove le lamentele, soprattutto riguardo al cibo, sono comuni ma spesso esagerate. Tuttavia, le recensioni negative su questo posto sono accurate. Innanzitutto, questo hotel ha un grande potenziale e potrebbe essere fantastico. Il personale della reception era estremamente disponibile e il personale del bar era molto cordiale. Il parco acquatico è una caratteristica fantastica e le camere sono belle e moderne, anche i blocchi più vecchi sono stati aggiornati. Le camere sull'acqua sono eccellenti! Ora, gli aspetti negativi: - Il cibo è incredibilmente ripetitivo. La colazione è fredda come la pietra, anche i vassoi di uova fresche sono freddi. - L'intrattenimento è terribile. - Il team dell'animazione gira per l'hotel con il telefono e con gli auricolari. Non costerebbe nulla salutare gli ospiti che sono pagati per intrattenere. È un peccato che il team del cibo e dell'animazione abbatta il posto, poiché ha il potenziale per essere molto migliore. I ristoranti dovrebbero prendere in considerazione postazioni di cottura dal vivo per omelette, uova fritte, pancake, ecc. Ciò risparmierebbe molti sprechi alimentari poiché nessuno vuole mangiare uova fredde. Nel complesso abbiamo trascorso una fantastica vacanza in famiglia dato che alcune sere andavamo a mangiare fuori, c'è un delizioso ristorante nelle vicinanze con vista sul mare, lo consiglio! Ma sfortunatamente non tornerei più in questo hotel.

Amazing weeks holiday! I was a little apprehensive before going after reading some reviews, but honestly we had the BEST time here. The rooms were clean, spacious and we even had a sea view from our balcony. It has a fridge and kettle (though no cups?!) and everything else you’d expect. We also had Netflix in the room which was a bonus! There is so much to do for kids. The splash parks were amazing and the life guards and staff were so friendly! The hotel is spotless and you get a little buggy to take you to your room on arrival. We checked in early and our room was ready when we got there. We were by the pool by lunchtime. The animation team were 10/10 and made you feel so involved and welcome. They did karaoke some evenings and the team were amazing at getting you hyped up, dancing with you and just putting you at ease. So much so my 5 year old got up and sang…twice! There is a huge play park behind the arena with bouncy castles, trampolines etc. these are charged extra but it was 10 euros for the inflatables and they could come and go as they pleased all night. Well worth it! The only niggle for that is if you want a drink down there you have to pay, however it was close enough that we sat at the AI bit and could still see the kids. The only reason for 4 stars and not 5 is the food. All the food was fine and what you’d expect from an AI however it could have done with being a bit warmer, especially the snack bar. The food from the snack bar was cold though not inedible. The kids enjoyed the ice cream available everyday from the snack bar but there was no ice cream in the restaurants which meant kids puddings were lacking. No a deal breaker but worth thinking about in terms of improvements. Considering we were there until the last day when it closed for winter, we were not once made to feel unwanted or rushed out. The staff were incredible and I would not hesitate to return. In fact, we are already looking at next year!

We are here now got a swim up room which is good room is good the overall hotel is fair BUT and it’s a big but the reviews on here talking about the food must live on a different planet to me. It’s shocking Saturday night main restaurant closed lets squeeze everyone into a side one no tables no PLATES feeding time @ Butlins. Such a shame the place has all the makings of a really great place sat in the restaurant now just outside the hotel which thankfully is good and open for breakfast. Not cheap either £3k for a week last week of the season. Great place for kids but you have been warned about the food!

Great family hotel for the price !! We will start with the positives, amazing slides and pools (although NONE of them are heated so enter at your own risk) but slides and kids areas are incredible. Our room had its own infinity pool, and was great, we could stay there till lunch (when we lost the sun) and move to another one of the main pools. The evening entertainment is good, most of it is free (€5 for bingo but you win a T-shirt) . There is arcades attached to the hotel which you do pay extra for. Most of it wasn’t working which I presume isn’t normal as they had 10 days left of the season before they close for the winter so everything was gearing down The food, we preferred the main restaurant over the burger house . Bella Gusto needs booking in the morning on a first come first serve basis and can be booked multiple times, there is an A La Carte on site that you can use once during your stay and the mixed meat platter and Lamb were amazing. Food in the buffet restaurant was repetitive but we were able to find something everyday and were happy with our choices. Rooms were lovely, cleaned daily. However lacked storage (4 coat hangers in a room for 4 people) but that’s me being picky, the room was air conditioned and beds were comfy and we had a pool so very impressed !! Would definitely visit again, the hotel was lovely, the swimming facilities were great and we were very happy with our room. We hired a car for a day to see the island as busses aren’t regular and taxis can be expensive (€10 euros for a 7 mins journey) however a word of warning be prepared for STEEP hills and very windy narrow roads !!

We have had the best 10 day's at the caretta paradise resort every staff member was lovely and friendly. I previously read to download the caretta app which I did so check in was quick and easy then we were driven to our room by a very helpful gentleman given us info on where to go. My 8 and 17 year old both made the most of the splash park and slides and never hungry thanks to the amount of snacks from hot dogs,burgers,gyros (amazing) ,ham&cheese rolls/sandwiches, chips,pizza slices,fruit and the ice cream was the best!! We did find ourselves in the main restaurant for breakfast as we prefer less busy and the pancakes and range of breakfast items were brilliant here we also booked Bella a few evenings and it was beautiful the kids loved watching the pizzas getting made. Housekeeping was 10/10 for us we always had fresh towels and new bedding. We had a shared swim up pool which we did upgrade to the private ones (best decision ever) as we did find the shared pool a bit on the cold side at this time of year however we were never out the new one as it was getting the sun all day with the most spectacular view. We used the hotel transfer a few times to go into town the best driver and service picked us up every time within 5mins with a smile. When we did venture out the resort we had a fab time at fantasy mini golf and tsilivi waterpark both very reasonable prices. A must if you want to eat out is noka next door, red apple just along the road and majestic in town. The entertainment at night looked good but we did spend our time at the arcades and bouncy castles which my daughter loved, on a whole we would definitely come back here in the future thanks for a memorable holiday Caretta.