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February 18, 2024
Perfect family holiday for all ages. My family of 5, 2 adults and three kids (14,13, and 10), visited holiday village turkey for 10 days. And when I say it was the best 10 days we have spent in the sun I mean it! We visited the beginning of the summer holidays, with expectations that the resort would be very busy and crowded due to the time of year. However we were very pleasantly surprised to find that no areas were overly busy. The activity pool is by far the busiest, here the HV crew host quizzes, bingo, pool games etc. I would highly recommend the bingo, but be warned it is rigged. By the end of our holiday we noticed patterns of who was winning (for a free float your best bet is your youngest child!). If you’re looking for a more relaxing holiday I’d definitely recommend a sun bed by the quiet pool, you can find these towards the right of the resort. There are always sun beds here, and a much quieter pool. At our stay we saw maybe 7 kids in the most at one time. Queue for the slides are relatively small, but I wouldn’t rush to get there because they are nothing special. I can’t express enough how much you need to get your kids in the kids clubs!!! My eldest was quite put off by the clubs before the holiday, I think she thought it would be boring. But quite the opposite. The Zone (teen club) had numerous activities, that she didn’t want to miss out on. And before we knew it she was in every session. She found a lovely group of friends, whom she is still in contact with now. My 13 year old did try out some of the sessions, and enjoyed. However he preferred to do his own thing with his father, despite this he still spent his time with the zone kids in the evening. And my youngest (the most shy out of my kids) also attended a club and found a lovely couple of friends, whom she spent her days with. A big shout out to mirade (I hope I’ve spelt that right), and Emily who ran the zone club sessions. My kids absolutely loved them. Also I would recommend the water polo, the zones take on it was a bit rough but all the kids loved this (I don’t think it was meant to be like this, but the kids got very competitive!). I know I’ve already said this but please try out a kids club atleast once! The food was great, no complaints. I do like myself a bit of cheese but the selection was quite bland and flavourless, however I’ve found this with most all inclusives. By far our favourite meal was lunch, the selection was good, and very tasty. It was also open for quite a while, so the kids could help themselves later on if they were still hungry. We did go to an al a carte restaurant, the service was great. We only went once in our stay, purely because we felt the buffet catered for us more. By the end of the holiday however, we were dying for a bag of crisps. They may sell some in the shops at the resort, however we didn’t look. Overall, we didn’t feel like anybody was pushing for a tip, apart from one time with the two young men who helped take our bags to