Faros Premium Beach

This was my first visit to Turkey ( if you don’t count the day trip from Rhodes in May that prompted this holiday). Unusually for me, I didn’t read the reviews of this hotel before I booked. I’m so glad I didn’t. Yes, the balcony is small….but the views are just wonderful! The bedside phone didn’t work…oh, but the one in the bathroom did! The rooms looked like they were ready for redecorating… but they were immaculately clean! The air conditioning was quite loud ….but worked so well we needed blankets in 22degree night temperatures! The food was international cuisine, so there is always something for everyone and is excellent….but I would have loved to eat authentic Turkish food. However, the location made this easy to do with lots of local restaurants within easy (flat) walking distance. A real ‘must do’ ….in the basement of this hotel is the most wonderful Turkish spa experience from Hammam to Wellbeing massages for couples by knowledgeable, well trained professionals…we had 3 in a week! What a treat. Now onto the most important part of our visit…. The staff ….were absolutely AMAZING, from hospitality to housekeeping, the ladies that cooked the breakfast omelettes and Nina. These friendly, hardworking people are a real credit to this hotel - (ok, here goes the punctuation) …. the exception being one scary receptionist who would rather carry on with her work than deal with me when I’m right in front of her! Nina, the guest services manager gets my thumbs up and hugs ‘big style’, not only for her work in the hotel, she looks after the cats. I have never seen such well fed, well loved and neutered feral cats in any hotel in my many years of holidaying. I’m so impressed (I volunteered with Cats Protection in the past so I’m a big believer in neutering). Finally, my only 2 gripes …. WiFi connection above ground floor was extremely iffy (apparently I should have checked with Nina) We will definitely return …. When we can cope with my second gripe……the really, really long drive to the most expensive and challenging airport that is Dalaman (buy a lounge pass) Thank you for a lovely holiday xx

One of the best hotels I have stayed at. The food and service was amazing. The staff went above and beyond to help and support us. So friendly and helpful, made us feel like one of the family. Only downfall was the cleaners. Not very good, didn’t do hardly anything even hard to purchase own toilet roll on one occasion. But apart from that would return there again tomorrow it was so nice and enjoyed it so much. Thank you.

Just back from our 3rd visit to the Faros Premium Hotel and yet again it didn't disappoint ! Got our lovely Seaview room again and waiting for us was a letter welcoming us back, along with fruit and a bottle of wine ...Top class service from the staff as usual, now our friends ..Necati in the dining room who always has your table ready with a smile nothing is too much trouble 1st class ! Lockman Kerim Davut and Yusef at the beach bar always remember what your drinking and are so much fun ! The pool bar waiter was very friendly can't remember his name tho..Lovely chatting with Nina too -Tony says don't forget his table football machine ha ha ! All in all we had another great holiday and can't wait to return in May '25 . Thankyou all, Carol and Tony, from Nottingham..room 235 ...

Had a fantastic holiday at this wonderful hotel, after reading several reviews I was pleasantly surprised at the overall condition, the rooms are perfectly adequate for the price range, my thoughts would be some new carpeting on the landings and lounge area, some sunbed mattresses for the beach area to match the pool area, job done, oh and some proper tonic water to go with the gin. The staff were really helpful, particularly Nihat the beach attendant, I noticed him helping the not so able on the beach on several occasions and chucking off the interlopers on the sunbeds. Henis who waited on us and not forgetting the very helpful and charming Antonio and of course the living legend that is Yusuf. We don’t usually go much on entertainment but I could not believe the high standard of some of the acts, so much so that when the second week came around we were eagerly waiting to see them again, all held together by the lovely Alice. The food is very tasty and fresh, the best I have had in Turkey in fact. My favourite thing though is the beach area, if you go on Google maps you can clearly see you have more space around your sunbed than ANY comparable hotel in the area and no problem getting a sunbed in the morning, then late afternoon off to the pool area and having a lazy drink on the terrace overlooking the pool, perfect, so much so I will definitely return next year.