Acanthus Cennet Barut Collection

My wife and I have just returned from a 10 night stay at the Acanthus Cennet Barut Hotel. We booked this Jet2 holiday through Hayes Travel as it was an "Indulgent Escapes" holiday. We have stayed in hotels near the town of Side a number of times during June and October, however this looked even better that the Voyage Sorgun we have stayed at a number of times in the past (also now an Indulgent Escapes hotel). As part of the Indulgent Escapes package you get a private transfer from the airport and we had a Mercedes minibus to ourselves with no waiting around. About 1 hour to the hotel arriving at 11:15pm. Easy and friendly check in with a special welcome drink. The hotel is big, but not massive (like the Voyage Sorgun). This is an All Inclusive hotel with no arm bands required. Everything you could want in an hotel is available all day, and most of the night. Stand outs include: Spotless hotel with beautifully manicured gardens. Wonderful well equipped gym, which we used most days. Superb choice and quality of food in both buffet and à la carte restaurants. Big 1.4m deep heated pool, easy access and perfect temp, not too cool or too hot. Plenty of comfortable sun loungers and a parasol and table for every 2 loungers provided. Large pool towels provided (as many as you want). Lovely spacious side sea/pool view room with everything you need, and again spotless. (safe/mini bar/toiletries/plenty of clothes hangers). There were not too many children during our stay, as it would have been during school term time. The hotel does not really cater for children as there are no pool slides or evening children's shows before the main evening shows, and no children's activities during the day either. Pool aqua gym classes daily and twice weekly pool spinning classes. The spinning was very popular and the large number of submerged bikes were oversubscribed as the classes were well run by particularly good instructors. Yoga or pilates on the grass under the palm trees each morning and afternoon. Only a 1.1 mile walk from Side along a flat promenade. Private hotel beach across the promenade. All of the staff were a credit to the hotel. The bar and restaurant staff were attentive and cleaning staff were very particular around the hotel and in our room....spotless. The groundsmen keep the place neat and tidy all the time. We couldn't keep our room for a late checkout, however the courtesy room provided was clean and perfect for showering etc. I did lock our travel documents in my case, by mistake, as we were waiting to be picked up by our private transport back to the airport....panic! I couldn't get my case opened. At reception Hüda stepped up to the mark and managed the almost impossible to get it opened and save the day....many thanks for that close call Hüda. Summary: Beautiful hotel, staff, food, rooms, facilities, pool and thankfully weather (30-35C each day). Would highly recommend, and we'll definitely be back.

Just returned from 8 nights at Acanthus Cennet Barut Hotel. Absolute quality, bliss, and such attention to detail. So much food to choose from , it's impossible to try every dish that's on offer. Beautiful spacious, comfy, spotless room . The grounds are beautifuly kept and manicured. Lots of places to sit with a coffee / cocktail etc. A La Carte restaurants excellent and you can use as often as you like (with a reservation) Had the most relaxing holiday , and definitely would visit again , just lovely

We visited this week and had the best time! We are a young family and took part in all of the activities. We loved playing darts with Mehmet and mixing cocktails with Ali. Ferhat was so attentive to us, we never had to wait for anything!

We came here for a week and have a great experience food, drinks and staff were amazing. Big shout out to Ferhat, Mehmet and Ali they were amazing! Would deffo come back here!

Had an amazing week at this hotel. Food was amazing, fun entertainment and the best staff!! Shout out to mehmet, ferhat & Ali 😊