Guest User
February 27, 2023
Well upon arrival we were met by two very pleasant young men who insisted on carrying our bags to our room. The lady on reception we polite if not a little over tired as she asked for our passports but we had already given them to her. We were advised that aircon for a 2 bed appointment was £75 for the week or (1,500Lira) As we arrived at 2:30 in the morning after having our flights changed (see my review for Turkish Airlines) we decided to wait in morning before making that decision as we just wanted our beds. Upon getting to our room we discovered that we did have 2 rooms but one room had a double bed & the other had 1 single bed not two as we had expected. We were a party of 3 ladies in our 40’s so did not want to share a bed! They had set up another 2 beds in the living/kitchen area but again this wasn’t ideal as we were self catering so would be using this area to cook & eat. Also as this room is on the3rd floor it was basically an attic room and so ceilings were slated and even I at 5ft had to duck to get to some parts of the room. The room was extremely hot even at 2:30 in the morning but after opening all windows & doors it did start to cool and we did manage to get a good sleep and the beds were actually really comfortable. Like I say there is an option of aircon if you wish & there were 2 units in the apartment, one in the living/dining area & one in the master double bedded room. The bathroom was adequate enough with a toilet, sink & shower. The shower albeit in need of being resealed & tiled again was actually quite powerful and the temperature was very nice. There is a hair dryer in the bathroom but it’s not very big or powerful so if you have long thick hair as I do, you may be best to bring your own. The location of the Fidan is fantastic and there is a 24hr shop right outside that sells everything, there didn’t seem to be any prices on anything and it did seem a little dearer than the supermarket 10mins walk away (MM Migros) but if you arrive late like we did this is a godsend. There are many shops & bars just a few minutes walk away and plenty of choice. The prices all seemed to be in GBP £ which annoyed us as we had taken Lira but they will give you the Lira prices if you ask. Things seem to be on par with UK prices if I’m honest so not as good as it was before the pandemic. However the shops selling bags and clothes were reasonably priced and the quality was pretty good. The pool area isn’t huge but for the time of year we went 10th - 17th September it wasn’t a problem. The sun loungers are extremely comfortable and the temperature of the pool was lovely’s the sun stays on there most of the day and it’s a little sun trap.