Avena Resort & Spa Hotel

Avena Good Hotel. Breakfast is Good Staff Good Mr semet. Wifi you have to pay in room 4Euro per device.

A fantastic hotel ! Would recommend!! I like to write an honest review to help others thinking of booking this hotel The hotel is a 2+ hour drive from Antalya airport. The hotel is well positioned in a busy tourist area with bars and restaurants. The check in was straightforward, unfortunately we arrived after dinner service and there wasn't any provision for us except the very late night soup service . However we ventured a few doors down and got some food there on the first night . The room was spotless. The beds were very comfy indeed and a great size. Our room's balcony looked out onto the pool . This got the sun in the morning but then was in the shade the rest of the day. Music goes on til 10:30 pm every night , so if you have light sleepers , this may be a problem. Luckily our children are heavy sleepers so it wasn't a problem for us. The sun lounger situation is one of my only criticisms. They have signs everywhere saying not to reserve sun loungers, but people are out before 7.30am putting towels out and by 9am you can't get one. Most of them are left unattended for most of the day. Better enforcement of this would make the place more enjoyable. There is a 16+ only sun lounge which seemed to have loungers available. The pool is a lovely temperature and has two flumes. There is a shallow pool with 2 slides. My kids LOVED the pool and we couldn't get them out of it. The lifeguards spend most of the day on their mobile phones, so you need to carefully watch your own children because the lifeguards surely aren't. The entertainment team do aqua aerobics and pool polo in the day and then the mini disco and introduce the evening entertainment. I wasn't made aware of any other activities they were putting on (particularly for children). If they were do more, it's not advertised anywhere. The evening shows were sensational. They had an acrobat show and a tennure show! Wow There is an on site Dr which puts your mind at rest. There is a Turkish spa on site and gym . The spa is good value at €40 for 90+ min session. The ladies in the spa were lovely, but there wasn't clear explanation of what it entailed (not a language barrier, just no communication). I entered the Turkish spa and there was a gentleman lying down having treatment. The spa worker proceeded to pull my swim top down , exposing my breasts and stomach. After I pulled it back up , she fetched a robe to cover me. Once the gentleman left, she pulled it down again exposing my breasts. The room has a see through door and there are other customers in there. I acknowledge this may be an authentic experience, but better explanation is needed as i didn't enjoy this part at all, having had my breasts exposed to the room. The massage itself was excellent. The food was delicious! They do not cater for the British. There is no "full English " or pizza and nuggets here! So if you are a fussy eater , you may struggle. Luckily we all like veggies and lots of salad so we loved

Just home from a week in this hotel. Very clean, always staff going around cleaning etc and rooms were done everyday. That’s about the only positive I can say. The all inclusive food is the exact same every breakfast, lunch and dinner time. Sometimes the soup changes but that’s about it. Entertainment team throughout the day is literally non existent, sometimes there’s water polo. Nighttime entertainment is even worse, tiny area and not enough tables and chairs. The all inclusive alcohol is horrendous 🤢 it’s a 2.5 hour journey from the airport in a private transfer and definitely not worth it. If you’re up before 5am to put towels on a sunbed to reserve you’ll be fine. Any time after that, you’ll be lucky Very little for children to do, no entertainment / kids team to do activities etc. 2 very small water slides