Eftalia Marin

We had a very good holiday in Eftalia Marin Hotel, friendly stuff, clean rooms, everybody was very welcoming. :) Worth the money that’s for sure. We highly reccomended for family’s this place.

We have really enjoyed our time, however people reserving sunbeds super early and not coming down until late into the afternoon needs addressing. Go to island or the ‘quiet pool’ if that’s what your after! Don’t take up a bed all day if you can’t be bothered to come down, some parents would like to keep a close eye on children and this hinders it for those

We went with Jet 2. Some things were great. The food, generally, although it became hard to find much that was recognizable to English eyes so the kids just had chips and burgers etc. Loved the Turkish meats and yoghurty dishes and salads. All great hygeine. Bar was great with branded spirits on the all inclusive. Rooms lovely modern and clean but could do with more than a weird towel thing for bedclothes. The real disappointment was the beach; it was the colour of old tea and full of plastic debris. Beach is clearly rarely cleaned and in places is like a grit-blown building site. It's a real let down. The island attractions are pretty good but some days half the slides are out of commission leading to big queues and the staff are just shouting and blasting whistles and everyone of any age is treated like they're 12 and naughty. What's really galling is that there's a massive waterslide park stuck right in out faces but it has a fence around it and belongs to Eftalia Something Else... Marin guests have to walk miles around it to get to the island tunnel (which smells kind of nasty to be honest) and walk under a six lane highway (When it calls itself the island it means a traffic island). Near to the hotel shop owners have set up businesses charging criminal sums for crisps and chocolate (one has a big sign calling itself Cheeky B*****'s or something)... If you need snacks walk a little further in the opposite direction; there's a supermarket with nearer-to-actual-Turkish prices. This resort was great for a stress free trip with kids but I wouldn't go again. It has been built to process tourists rather than please them and the setting is a little too oasis in a wasteland, although the views from the island food court are not at all bad.

Value for money the holiday is decent, massive selection of food at the hotel the island food was all inclusive at the main food court and the indoor food court on the island. Burgerland 24/7 food has been upgraded this year and is much better this is near the pool and has ice lolly’s 2-4 Entertainment at the hotel isn’t the best but the idea is you go to the island entertainment. Buying the fake stuff try to explore the market on Sunday before spending money in the shops everyone wants to rip you off gets boring very quick We upgraded to a duplex swim up room and it was great. My best advice would be familiarise your self with food times around the whole site and what’s what, we stayed last year and didn’t even know there was a quite pool Excursion can be rip of want to charge you for photos then u buy them and are crap quality Tony Montana at the end of the road seemed like a decent guy. We took fishing rods and found a local tackle shop we rented out a lil 🛺 and would go shopping abit further out as was much cheaper we fished out on the beach most evening was pleasant. Been twice and won’t be going back 24 days in total and I’m done 🤣🤦‍♂️ I don’t like trying new foods I’m boring I lost 2kg

We spent ten days in Eftalia Marin - two adults and our 14 year old son. We are already planning to return next year. We arrived late on Saturday, around 11.30pm, and found our way to the pool bar which is open all night and serves spaghetti and tomato sauce, burgers, pizza, borek (like a pasty - delicious), salads and drinks. It felt like a great start to our holiday! There are two pools - the busier pool with music and “animation”. The animation wasn’t for us but it looked good, especially the belly dancing lessons! Watch out for the steps into the pool as they are not clearly marked and I managed to slip injuring my foot. My vision isn’t great to be fair! We hired a cabana one day costing 20€ for the day. Nice to have a bit of privacy but I am not sure if I would again. We thought we might get a cool breeze in there but there wasn’t. We did get a little cat come and visit us which was sweet. The other pool is known as the relax pool, much quieter, felt more shaded down by the children’s small pool. We liked that one best! Our room was clean and fresh, cleaned every day to a high standard. There is a mini fridge in the room which is kept stocked with water, Fanta Orange and Coke. I would have loved some Coke Zero in the room as I have diabetes but I am not sure if small bottles of that are available in Turkey. The hotel bars all have it which was great for me. We had great room cleaners who always said hello and made creatures out of our towels. The food - I have read the reviews and was a bit worried before we went but we loved it. Firstly the chicken doner on toasted bread that is available in the afternoons at the pool bar - never disappointed! We were never short of choice in the main dining room but we do love Turkish food already- there are lots of peppers, courgette, aubergine - stuffed and in various stews so if you like these you will be fine. But there is also so much more - hotdogs, pizza, chips, rice, pasta, sauce, at lunch and dinner. We sometimes chose a Turkish style breakfast but also there were delicious pancakes (with huge bowls of Nutella style sauce), omelettes, boiled eggs, many types of cereal, yoghurts, a nice treat every day of small pieces of Turkish delight. The cakes were beautiful. The staff were cleaning constantly and worked very hard in my opinion. We went to the Island twice. We thought we would be there every evening but after a few days we settled on the Cocktail Bar at the hotel where we always had a warm welcome from Mehmet. Not cheap as it’s not part of the all inclusive but we found it a relaxing way to spend the evenings. If you need new sunglasses I recommend the shop in the hotel. No pressure. Whilst there we went to Land of Legends water park and theme park. Great day. Our son got on the big hyperia style ride 6 times in 30 minutes and he loved the water slides. There were lots of things for little ones too, including a Paw Patrol World. We organised it through Tony Montana’s Excursions. We did the Big Kral boat trip also with Tony Montana. We enjoyed, especially the foam party at the end. They let the brave jump off the side of the ship and my son loved that! But by far the best day out was the jeep safari with Tony Montana, to see the river Dim with water fights. We were in the jeep with Carlos who was doing a lot of the filming and it was so much fun and exhilarating. If you need the medical centre in the hotel don’t hesitate. I had left my insulin pens behind. This silly mistake cost me €375 including a consultation with a consultant in Alanya and transport there and back. It’s a very organised response and the nurse we saw, Ceren, was lovely.