Arcadia Golf Reviews

Well this was our second time to the Arcadia and we were not dissapointed. There was alot more english this year.

The hotel is situated on the beach front so plenty of room to sunbathe. The pools are great and really big which is a good job since the animation team usually has some game or activty going on at various times of the day. The hotel is about a 10 min walk into belek which holds a market every saturday, not to be missed as you can get some great bargains if you haggle right, lol.

Our rooms were in the main hotel building, so we had everything on our doorsteps. The rooms were cleaned every day to a high standard. the fridge was filled daily with water and soft drinks.

The food was great, lots of choice. As we were repeat guests we were offered a VIP breakfast in one of the a la carte resteraunts where we were waited on, it was peacefull and you didn't have to worry about people pushing into you. On a few nights we went to the a la carte resteraunts, i really recommend the mangal bbq, you get lots to eat and you get to cook it how you like, can't go wrong with that. With 10 of us on holiday there was always some thing for everyone.

The entertainment was better than last year, how that was possible i dont know. The animation team where what helped make the holiday. They were constantly on the go, there was always some games or activities on all day. We come home with a few diplomas from all the tournaments they hold everyday. The shows on an evening were great, some thing for everyone, but be warned they like to involve the guests (as my step-dad found out and ended up dressed as a baby on stage, lol). The gala night that they hold every other thursday night is not to be missed. It's set up on the football pitch. When you walk onto the pitch you would think you were at some footballers wedding the way it's set out. At the end they introduce all the management and then they have all the kids on stage releasing ballons, and then a huge cake you would not beleive the size.

I really recommend this holtel to any one, i'm already looking at prices for next year. You would not be dissapointed.

We have just returned from a week at the Arcadia Golf Resort and we were really impressed by the resort.
Room - was a good size and lovely and clean, maid service was good each day, the fridge was topped up everyday with soft drinks, lager and water.
Food - was excellent with plenty of choice and a good selection to choose from. My wife is a bit picky with meats but she always found something to enjoy. We had a choice of where to eat and we ate nearly every meal outdoors. The waiter service was very quick with clearing the plates away and asking for your drinks order. Outside of the dining room, on the patio they cooked a selection of food for breakfast and dinner.
There is also a selection of restaurants for you to use, for a change in the evening, we went to the Red Wok where there was a cover charge of 3.50 euros, (well worth it food was superb), which also applied to the Italian one, apart from those the others are free, we also tried Pasha - Turkish and Ottoman food, the waiter there was fantastic choosing my wife's food to ensure she enjoyed the experience, which we did. You need to book in the Restaurant for these evenings. Well worth going to.

The grounds are huge somewhere to walk off your dinner at night, with three large swimming pools spotless clean, plenty of sunbeds and you collect your towels from the Sailor Bar.
Entertainment was fantastic and the animation team certainly know how to keep you enjoying the evening shows. We don't normally bother with the evening shows as they are usually pretty rubbish but we read how good these were and we can only agree, we went nearly every night.
Belek is an easy stroll from the hotel just cross the road from the entrance gate and it is straight ahead (10 mins) it is quite small but has a good market on a Saturday and lots of shops. You can get the bus from outside the hotel gates at 10.am everyday to take you to ";Side";
5 euros return takes about 50 mins and it then returns at 4pm (only one bus a day so don't miss that return) Side is well worth seeing lovely ruins, museum, harbour lots of shops, bars and resturants.
This was our first visit to Turkey and we were not sure if we would like it but I can honestly say it was probably the best holiday we have had, the people are so friendly, weather was gorgeous, we came back total relaxed and hoping to go again soon.

Excellent value for money - all inclusive.
I would not hesitate to recommend The Arcadia Golf to anyone.

There was not a lot of things to do outside of the hotel complex at this time of year. However there was no need to leave the hotel grounds as there was sufficient to do even in January.The food was excellent and plenty of choice. The staff were friendly and very helpful. There were 3 bars open and an all night disco (drinks needed to be paid for after 12pm). The indoor pool was lovely and the choice of treatments excellent. The grounds and hotel were spotless. The animation team worked very hard and gave us a great laugh. Altogether we had a fabulous holiday and would definitely go there again.

Best Holiday ever! Absolutely Fanstastic!
First time to Turkey and definately not our last! Where do i start?

HOTEL:
First impressions lovely very clean hotel. Porter there ready to take the cases up to your room. Room very spacious and for the first time ever we got a lovely sea view which made our holiday even better.
Lifts were great ha ha had glass windows so you could see the view of the hotel grounds and sea. The gardens were amazing kept very clean gardeners were working all the time to keep it nice.
In the evenings there was a outdoor cinema showing the latest films. GREAT!!!!!

POOLS:
Even though we went in august the pools were never over crowded this was because there were 4 outdoor pools and one indoor pool. The biggest pool was where my family stayed around everyday. it was very relaxing. my daughter liked the pool which had 2 slides and the pumakale (which is the famous water fall in turkey)
What my husband and i could not believe was the amount of spare sunbeds still around at 10am in the morning. so there was no getting up early to get one.
We like the idea of the towel system where they provded for you so there is no need to take your own.

FOOD:
My daughter is very fussy but there was always something there for her to eat. Was very much continental style but i must say it was good not to see CHIPS everynight. Although at the beach bar between 12-5 they served chips, burgers, nuggets, hotdogs ect.!!!

ENTERTAINMENT:
They put on some really good shows and what made it better was the proper lighting and theater stage. We always went to sit on the balcony. To make it even better we were greeted with a choice of cocktails.

BEACH:
Lovely beach but very shingly as you enter the sea so i advise you take a pair of water shoes. The pier was great you get a lovely breeze and there are lots of cushions to relax on whilst you are there.

WATERSPORTS:
We went parasailing from the speed boat. it was good fun. also the jet ski they all cost around £20 each.

CURRENCY:
We advise you take EUROS. as we took turkish lira but it seemed they prefered euros.

GALA NIGHT:
what can we say FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!
They couldn't do enough for you. took 2 days to prepare. After that there was the foam party at the disco which my daughter really enjoyed. So did we for that matter even though it is not our sort of thing!!!!

BEACH PARTY:
Again FANTASTIC!! dancing on the beach, cocktails, proper stage, live english music it was lovely.

As you can see from our reports we had a fantastic holiday. We will deffinatly go back again. So if you are unsure about going i hope our reports have changed your mind!!
GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This was our 2nd visit to the Arcadia and we were not disappointed.

The food was still great as was the swimming pools and they still had international alcholic drinks. The staff were just as pleasent and helpful. We went a week earlier than last year and the number of english was very low but a lot more arrived the second week which pleased my little girl.

The weather was fantastic and we had a really large suite which we had to climb 102 steps to get to but boy was it worth it. The rooms are very clean as it the whole complex. Most the the entertainment staff were still there and the evening shows had improved considerably on last year which I thought would be hard to do. The kids club was very good although my daughter only went on the second week as there was lots of German and Russian kids the first week and she could not understand them. I would not hesitate in recommending this hotel to anyone but be warned stick to one r around kids holidays or you may be the only english. I would like to add that a ride on the tractor to Belek town is a must, it only cost ?1.5 for the three of us. Another word of advice don't bother with turkish lire you can barter better with Euro or Stirling and most things are priced in ?.