Lykia Botanika Reviews

I went to turkey with great expectations as i had heard so much about the place.

Unfortunately we were too late to book any transfers so we had to decide what to do on arrival. Usually our tour operators would be able to help once we got to the airport on destination but they were totally useless. Our operators were gold trail and were very unhelpful in getting any form of transportation to the hotel, so we were stranded at the airport at 4am with amy 4 year old daughter. We eventually got a taxi but he could not speak a word of english and we ended up driving around for two hours instead of the 45mins that it should have taken. The hotel was not clearly marked and was very difficult to find.

We eventually got there but again hardly any members of the hotel staff could speak any english. We had this communication problem throughout my stay as hardly any staff could speak any english. We were just left to get on with it ourself. The rooms were ok for a 4 star hotel and clean which was good. The hotel boasts more than it can offer in writing.

The food was good but we were left everyday guessing what we were eating as nothing was labelled. On the last day and thank god it was the last meal my husband had a pleasant surprise in his salad- a live caterpillar. The waiter could not say much as he could not speak any english. The staff were all very nice including the waiters but it was a shame that they could not speak english. The pool area was very nicely laid out with a very nice pool bar. They could have made more of an effort with the dining area as there was no air conditioning and we always had an invasion of fleas on the food.

Two days into the trip i had my mobile phone stolen from my room, i had reported the incident 5 times and yet i had no one take any notice. I eventually had to go and see the manager myself and he was very unhelpful, did not seem bothered that i was a guest in his hotel. He even suggested wheter i had locked my doors and also considered using their safety deposit boxes at the reception! As a paying guest i should be able to trust leaving my belongings in the room and as for locking my rooms the doors do not close unless you lock it. I would not reccomend any one to go to his hotel, and it also too far to escape to the town.

The private beach was also a dissapointment. We had to make alternative arrangements outside the hotel to make this holiday enjoyable but this hotel was a waste of money