Hot spring Hotels in Belek

Disappointing is the sweeping statement of this trip. Arrived around 6pm, not offered a welcome drink or even water, just a form to fill in and sent to our room. Great first impression? The hotel decor is nice enough, and the food is decent but nothing here is a patch on the Göcek property. If you’re an adult travelling without kids then my advice is to give this place a wide berth. It is chaos. Feral kids everywhere and entitled adults who think it’s alright to take up entire walkways with their prams and just stop dead right in front of you, almost knocking you into the pool/onto the floor. There is an adults only pool, although some parents have ignored the sign saying 16+ only….as if this place isn’t big enough for kids (it’s huge) they have to invade the adults space too. There is no adults only space on the beach, so if you want peace and quiet you have to hide at the pool and pray there are no ignorant parents with kids invading the space. The beautiful cats and kittens at the adults pool are so adorable. A little bit of ham or salmon from the buffet each morning for them! (I looked after them Alison I promise) The reservation system for the restaurants is horrendous. Heaven forfend you forget to have your phone glued to your hand at 10:00 every morning, or it’s feeding time at the zoo (the buffet) for you! Only day 4 of 7 we started to be able to get a booking. Myself and my friend came here for a quite relaxing week, it has been the exact opposite. Service is hit and miss. A chap behind the bar on the first full day decided it’s the right thing to do to try and serve another guest (Russian) stood behind me in the queue when I’m right at the front, thankfully that guest had some manners and told the bar man that I was first (as if being at the front of the queue wasn’t obvious enough) WhatsApp assistants are helpful as are the luggage staff, and a couple of attentive staff in the tiny adults area that kids constantly run through in the zoo buffet. Vitamin bar, I asked for the extremely difficult drink, pineapple juice, was told to wait whilst the fruit lady cut up some pineapple to put on the side, ok, I waited, I was ignored, other people getting served, so ten minutes later I left with no drink. Ordered some drinks to the lounger on the beach one afternoon, I asked if the “fizz” could be from a fresh bottle as every glass of it I’d tried already was completely flat…..drinks never arrived. Great place if you’re a family with kids. If you want to relax then avoid it like the plague. Will be the adults focused Göcek hotel if I ever return to a Rixos property again, best part of 2k per person to listen to screaming feral kids. Don’t be fooled by the lovely photos people, it is not the calm and peaceful resort it claims to be! If you’re not Russian or don’t have children in tow, they’re not interested.