Side Resort Annex

“Another fantastic stay!!!”

I came 5 years ago and it was as good now as it was then. Not many English people here but that didn’t bother us. The location is great, not far from Side old town and Manavgat which you can jump on the bus from the bus station outside the hotel. Side town at night is lovely and walking through the… more

I came 5 years ago and it was as good now as it was then. Not many English people here but that didn’t bother us. The location is great, not far from Side old town and Manavgat which you can jump on the bus from the bus station outside the hotel. Side town at night is lovely and walking through the ruins to get there is lovely . The market at Manavgat on a Monday and Thursday is worth a visit. Everywhere in the hotel is very clean and the staff work hard to keep this way. The hotel itself is beautifully stunning so definitely walk around it all inside. I booked a standard room with a balcony and we were upgraded on arrival to a two bedroom family room with pool view and balcony which was great for me and my friend. The room was cleaned daily, also fresh towels and had a mini fridge filled with soft drinks and beer, however I did notice and point out that a couple of the soft drinks were past the best expiry date but reception arranged for someone to come and collect them. The buffet restaurant had lots of food options at all meal times and always flavour in the dishes, pasta cooked to order and a bbq area just outside, there is also a patisserie in the buffet area with the most beautiful cakes and desserts and a bakery area for lots of bread choices, also drinks can be ordered right your table . Being gluten intolerant, I went to guest relations and they gave me card I could show the chefs in the buffet which they cooked me gluten free pasta and my own bread etc, they even made substitutes in the al a carte Turkish restaurant so I could still enjoy, even the patisserie pointed out what I could eat gluten free. The pool area bar serving food was great as they have little hut sections with different choices, as well as pizza and pasta to order. The beach bar also offers food and drinks. The food is available from 7.30am right through the night until 6am at different locations around the hotel as well as the lobby bar open 24hrs. On the lobby level there a lovely coffee area serving many types of hot and cold coffees with balcony looking over the pool. There is an Irish bar which serves branded drinks which you pay for, although this time round I didn’t go. There is also a patisserie on the lobby level serving tea and cakes in the afternoon. The pool area was kept immaculate and throughout the day bins near the sun beds were also emptied. You get a towel card on arrival so you can take to the spa for fresh towels each day. Sun-beds were never reserved early each day like most places, so was easy to get one. I highly recommend the spa, I had a Hammam on the second day and a 90 minute massage on another day which was amazing, the lady was the sweetest and they keep you with the same therapist on each visit. The beach is lovely, soft sand and warm sea. They do have lockers on some of the parasols however I thought they were a bit pricey for an all inclusive hotel so we didn’t bother. The entertainment was good, it was outside entertainers so something different every night and the party night was good fun. Overall we had the best time and the staff were great and hard working, even a couple of them saying hello to me by name when they saw me which was nice. I hope to return again as we could not fault anything during our stay. Thank you to everyone one there for all your hard work and making the hotel an enjoyable place to be!

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