Avena Resort & Spa Hotel

The staff provides excellent, friendly service, creating a welcoming atmosphere. Guests praise spacious, clean rooms with quality amenities. Diverse breakfast options and convenient location near the beach are highlighted.

I booked four weeks away on an Easy Jet holiday First of all, flying into Antalya, the transfer time is long- typically 2.5 to 3 hours depending on the number of stops along the way to drop off or pick up. Once there, the hotel was good and I was given a room overlooking the pool area - all rooms have balconies either overlooking the pool or the street - this is a hotel away from the beach but only a five minute walk. This was a winter stay - and it was their first year of opening in the winter - but staff were lovely and helpful at every level - but few speak English well, but German and Russian are clearly used more often. On the negative side - there was no entertainment in the evenings - but that was Ok because I sat and chatted with other guests. The spa is excellent - with a range of offerings - sauna, steam room, Hammam and massages - all were terrific. There is a well-equipped Gym for those who want to keep fit The restaurant offered a big range of hot and cold foods three times a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner - with fresh-cooked food at a grill station and a pizza oven Beer and wine etc served from a bar in the restaurant plus two coffee/chocolate machines and a Turkish Tea station Only small complaint was that the deserts were typically cakes although there was plenty of fresh fruit - Plums, Apples, Pears, Bananas, sliced grapefruit and sliced oranges and tangerines too The patisserie served excellent cakes and biscuits all day too - and the bar was open from 10 am until midnight at 23;00 the restaurant served a choice of soup and lovely bread. Weaknesses? One weak was half term week so uncontrolled screaming kids charging around until late at night - whereas maybe having a 22;00 curfew for kids would have been good - also perhaps having an adults only eating area in the restaurant because not all parents care to control their kids and having them running up and down between the tables is not good I told two kids to stop running in case they banged into my table - and that only led to an argument with the mother who, up until then, had done nothing to stop them! Hotel management were on hand to speak to the woman and after that the kids didn't run round again But that is the price you pay for being in a family hotel where some parents are just not the best Finally, this hotel is cycle friendly and I think one of the owners is involved in the Turkish Cycling Association - and so there were lots of cyclists staying there and taking part in events.