Hotel Turan Prince

“Couldnt ask for more...”

What a wonderful hotel! The facilities are great, the room was fantastic too! We decided we wanted a nice quiet week in the sun and relax around the pool and on the beach, and even decided to pay extra to get the sea view. The sea view was exactly that and what made it even better was the view of… more

What a wonderful hotel! The facilities are great, the room was fantastic too! We decided we wanted a nice quiet week in the sun and relax around the pool and on the beach, and even decided to pay extra to get the sea view. The sea view was exactly that and what made it even better was the view of the black restaurant roof in front of us that made sure we couldnt see the people and half of the pool in front of us. How fortunate that the hotel did this! Another huge benefit of having a sea view was that the theatre was visible, as well as the upper part of the pool area with the radio shack, and the pool bar area that had a stage, so we didnt lack for good loud entertainment during the day and especially each night. This entertainment meant that we actually spent more time awake than we expected to, and the hotel next door also helped with this as they made sure their music was heard from far away, I guess this was to ensure we didnt get anything wrong about what they were so exuberant about. There was an amazing firework display on the Friday night. We would have missed this if we had taken a garden view at the rear unless it overlooked the hotel next door. The hotel was full which didnt really worry us and was also full of young parents with very young children being looked after by the grandparent. This really made the feeding times incredibly active and was exciting trying to find a table in the restaurant. The food was good, and the drinks were enough too, and I must admit we didnt see anyone drunk out of all the people there. We had a Turkish foam massage in the hotel, and again another great massage on the second last day, well worth it. The indoor pool was not used at all, but still looked good. I guess this was because the sea was actually warmer. The beach was really good. Warm water and really good for the small children as it wasnt deep at all. We also had some small fish nip at our legs and backs so this saved us having one of those small fish foot pedicures that were available in town. The jetty was the best place and strangely enough very few people joined us and it turned out to be the best place in the resort. We were able to swim in the deeper water, and even saw at close hand the parasailing boats cruise right in front of us most of the time, and this gave us the opportunity to learn the techno music they were playing off by heart! And this was for free too! We only had one booking available for the a la carte restaurant on the Monday night and it was a Turkish night. I honestly dont know how they managed to cater for so many people with one manager and one waiter all evening. The food was interesting. I ordered the lamb shank Kebab and was absolutely delighted to find out that it came on the bone and not on a skewer, and that every English restaurant I have had a lamb shank in is actually a Kebab! The hotel is right next to a huge bazaar and fascinating to walk around at night. This is obviously the factory outlet shopping area for all the major brands that costs the earth in Europe, and we got to buy what we wanted first! How good was that! As we went with TUI, they really looked after us well, the agent BT was great and we booked a Side old town trip, well worth it. The final blessing was when we were ready to go home, TUI sent us the pick up schedule and were at first concerned they didnt know where we were, as it said TUI Kids Club Turin Prince Residence and not the Turin prince Hotel! But they did confirm we were in right place all along. They must have kept it a surprise that this was actually a child friendly catering hotel when we booked as there really wasnt any mention of the name change, and as we have booked many holidays with them and never been let down, we could only smile and be happy. So ends a good holiday in the sun.

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