Gardenia Beach Hotel - All Inclusive

Perfect hotel, perfect location and October - perfect weather! Great services, nice and supportive staff, several types of relax zones where you can enjoy all possible holidays activities. Amazing seaside - close island for scubadiving.

Just returned home from here. Had a fabulous holiday. As an English family,we never found any problems with staff communication, reception staff can communicate great with you. We were the minority but it wasn't a problem. Hotel was immaculate. Rooms cleaned daily. Table staff cleaned away as soon as your finished eating. Everywhere was just really well looked after. Reception staff will go out of their way to help you. It cost us €32.50 for a safe, 10 is refunded on departure. This area of Turkey seems to prefer euro to any other currency. The bazaar which is not far and accessed via an underpass on the busy road, will snap your hands off for pounds but everywhere else seemed to prefer euro over their own lira currency. Hotel food was lovely,but I'm not a fussy eater,I can see how fussy eaters or people who prefer British food might not like it. Although during the day you can get Pizzas, chips and burgers at the beach bar. Ice creams are only for an hour a day but they're all your branded walls ice lollies and no shortage of them. There are priced spirits and cocktails but also a list on all bars of those that are included in the all inclusive. The only problem with this hotel is not getting a sun lounger for all the greedy folk who get a lounger,leave a towel om it and leave it unoccupied all day long. I got a lounger 1 day out of 9 and that was because I joined the others in getting up at silly o clock to put my towel down. I set an alarm for 0515 to get my towel down as this is what time they start to get their towels down on the pool loungers and also they do the same on the beach loungers from this time. I felt ridiculous but I wanted at least 1 day by the pool. I could not be bothered to do this day after day and find it such a petty and greedy thing to do. We managed to find beach loungers later in the afternoon,but you often have to hunt down the guy for a brolly as they are collected in. The day trips we booked on the beach, we compared prices with the travel shops at the bazaar and there wasn't really any difference so booked through the beach based group. I think the evening entertainment could be a bit better, especially as you hear the music from surrounding hotels and want to be at their parties instead. One more thing that could make guests lives easier is to have more than 1 room card. For 4 adults we had 1 card. An extra one would help alot. The massages just behind the beach hut selling the day trips is cheaper than the ones on the complex. There is a desk beside the beach bar selling massages, this is for the complex spa,it's double the price of the other place. My son is waiting on a hip replacement and he managed the stairs around the place but needed some rest times. I suffer with my back and did not manage,I put my back out and was in pain the whole holiday. The steps are a problem if you've got mobility problems. There are ramps,some are quite steep and just as hard to do as the steps. I wouldn't recommend