Where and what hotel of Turkey to choose for holidays with children?

For a huge number of our compatriots, Turkey is associated with a wonderful beach holiday during the holidays. And although this country is actually much more multifaceted, to go here to lie on the beach is really worth it - with relatively low prices and a relatively small distance from our country, the tourist sphere of Turkey offers excellent service for foreign guests.

If the trip alone or together practically does not put forward any special requirements to the hotel, then the families going on holidays with children want to see the conditions necessary for the kids so that the holidays will be unforgettable for them. Hospitable Turks are ready to help here - you just need to choose the right hotel for this.

Turkey is a rather big country, its coastline is very stretched, and therefore there are quite a few resorts. The country is washed by four seas - the well-known Black, Marble, Aegean and Mediterranean. At the same time, it is illogical to go to Turkey for the sake of the Black Sea - we also have it, and the climate from the Krasnodar Territory will not differ much, not to mention the fact that this area is not considered a tourist zone, therefore there are low prices, but also service same.

The coast of the Sea of ​​Marmara is hardly suitable for “beach” tourists either - it is relatively small and a huge number of ships constantly pass through it, which is not conducive to the purity of the water area.

The Mediterranean and Aegean coasts remain, but here both have their own nuances.

In July-August it’s not always necessary to go with children, because the heat in the south of Turkey in these months can be incredible, but if you decide to go, be sure to choose resorts on the Aegean Sea - the climate is cooler and dry here, so in summer conditions are better suited for normal rest.

There are many resorts in Turkey, but our compatriots are best known for eight of them. It is worth starting, perhaps, from the Mediterranean resorts - they are a little better known.

This city can be safely called a tourist center not only on the scale of the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, but also the main resort of the whole country. It is easy to come here even with the kids, because the large international airport, accepting flights including from the post-Soviet countries, is located right on the outskirts of this eight-thousand-thousand city.

Many beaches here are made of sand, which is ideal for children, but there is also a coast in the form of a platform. In the city and its surroundings are numerous tourist attractions and entertainment for visitors.

This small town is a paradise for people who want to relax on the sea in the old surroundings and away from major tourist centers.

The population of the city is very small (about 11 thousand), therefore it is much calmer here, however hotels will offer children all the necessary entertainment.

This city is even smaller than Side (up to 7,000 inhabitants), which does not prevent it from being one of the most famous resorts in the entire region. The fact is that the development of the tourism sector in Belek began a little later than in the neighboring cities, because the niche of mass tourism turned out to be busy, local people focused on the development of tourism for the rich. Adults should visit this city as one of the largest golf centers in the world.

Although there are no historical places directly in Belek, it is very conveniently located to go on excursions to neighboring cities from here. A special feature of the resort is the presence of a large number of pine and eucalyptus forests, so that the local air is very good for health.

Antalya Airport is relatively close from here - some 30 km away, and sandy beaches are considered to be among the best, however, you will have to pay a lot for rest with children - resort status obliges.

This resort is the only one on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, whose beaches are not made of sand, but mainly of pebbles, so you should go here with the children with an eye - you don’t run much on this beach.

At a relatively short distance from Antalya (40 km), the city is amazed by the wildness of the surrounding nature - it is surrounded by mountains from all sides, and back in the 60s of the last century it was possible to get here exclusively by sea.

Today, the 20,000th Kemer is considered one of the most beautiful resorts in Turkey, featuring crystal clear water and mesmerizing beauty of the rocks, as well as an abundance of ancient monuments.

Alanya is considered the most remote resort of the Mediterranean coast: it is located 120 km from Antalya Airport, so you should take care of the transfer in advance, otherwise the long road will tire the kids.

At the same time, remoteness also affects prices - they are relatively low here. As a result, in a city with a permanent population of 95 thousand people there are about 160 thousand places in hotels.

Mass flows of tourists not only from post-Soviet, but also from European countries have a positive effect on the level of development of local infrastructure, which is second only to Antalya’s possibilities.

The Aegean coast of Turkey is distinguished by the fact that its beaches are almost entirely pebbly. This means that the smallest here can expect disappointment, because the castles on the seashore can not be built, but the less hot climate provides cities with their advantages.

Marmaris is well suited to those tourists who want to see "European" Turkey. Here, to the Greek islands of the Aegean Sea is within reach, because the city does not seem to be Asian at all.

Thirty thousandth town for the season takes up to 400 thousand tourists, but only the majority of them come without children, because this is a real nightlife center with numerous bars and nightclubs. However, the beautiful nature, the opportunity to swim immediately in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas, as well as the presence of curious excursions to the Greek island of Rhodes help to ensure that opportunities for recreation with children are also presented here.

True, many experienced tourists advise to stay with the kids not in Marmaris itself, but in its surroundings - so much quieter. You should arrive at Dalaman airport, but you will have to travel about a hundred kilometers from it.

One of the most northern, and therefore the most peaceful Turkish resorts. The city is known for its antique objects almost more than by its beaches, although you can come here to the sea.

Fethiye is a very unusual "English" resort, because of the 70,000 local population of at least one-tenth, the British are constantly living here, and indeed this place is very popular among British people - it is visited by up to 600 thousand people every year only from this country.

To appreciate the beauty of the local nature and the unusual combination of Turkish and English cultures, you will have to overcome an additional 60 km from Dalaman Airport, but this vacation will surely be remembered.

There are thousands of hotels in the resorts of Turkey, hundreds of them are suitable for comfortable rest with the whole family, including children of any age.

You can find a lot of hotel ratings on the Internet, but all of them, of course, are somewhat subjective - at least there is no person who has visited all the hotels, and the infrastructure is updated annually, and the tastes of all tourists are different.

For this reason, a review of hotels is better to be not on the principle of the charts, but in the form of individual examples of the tremendous quality of service for little tourists - at least so that novice tourists have something to push off when evaluating a particular hotel.

In Turkey, the concept of "star" hotels is somewhat blurry, so a 4-5 star hotel can be both luxurious and super-expensive, and relatively modest in terms of prices and services. Perhaps the ideal solution would be to search for an average option - so that it was comfortable for adults and children, and so that prices would not “bite”. As a rule, such places are concentrated in relatively inexpensive Alanya. Consider a few examples of hotels of this type.

It is considered one of the best inexpensive options for families with children, as it is located in a relatively quiet and very picturesque place. For general orientation, local people can say that this is Alanya, but in fact the hotel is located in a resort area 22 kilometers from the city center.

Around there is all the necessary entertainment infrastructure for adults, and the hotel itself provides its own beach with free sun loungers. The territory of the hotel is shared with Lonicera Resort & Spa Hotel 5 *, therefore, you can use the entire infrastructure of a five-star hotel, except for their restaurant.

Here, you can easily hire baby strollers for the little ones. The hotel has special chairs for kids in the restaurant. Children's disco, playground and pool - a great addition to the rest with children.

A great bonus would be your own zoo and water park. The minimum price for a room for three (with one child) as of 2018 starts from $ 50 per night, but in the high season you should not count on prices below $ 70.

The hotel is located further away from Alanya (35 km), but a little closer to Antalya Airport (90 km - 1-1.5 hours of transfer). This hotel represents a somewhat unusual concept, since there are no buildings here: there are dozens of small bungalows for several rooms on a vast territory.

Usually this hotel is not criticized, but from small comments one can single out a sand and pebble beach, which is not very comfortable to walk barefoot, and the lack of a special kitchen for children of 2–3 years old (for babies you can bring food with you).

There is no water park here, but there are water slides in the pool, a zoo, a children's disco and a club, a playground for active games.

For the little ones, they offer wheelchair rental and the addition of cots to the rooms, and there is also the service of hiring a nanny by the hour.

The hotel is not fundamentally different from the two hotels described above - moreover, there are no facilities like an aqua park or a zoo, which does not prevent the hotel from having one more star.

The peculiar luxury of this hotel lies in a chic garden in which small buildings are buried. The children's infrastructure includes a swimming pool and a playground, as well as a kids club and the opportunity to dine in a separate buffet with a special menu. Babysitting services are available for babies.

Wealthy people prefer not to save, to be sure of the highest quality of service.

It should be noted that hotels from this section are different from economy class hotels rather than amenities, and the location - in particular, many of the following will be located in the vicinity of ancient Side, which itself is a tourist center and offers plenty of opportunities for excursions to ancient ruins. .

In the review we will try not to repeat the standard list of children's entertainment, which is present in almost every hotel, but highlight the distinctive features for which it is worth overpaying a little so that the kids are satisfied.

Some 10-15 kilometers closer to Antalya - and now hotels can afford to raise prices, although the airport is still as much as 75 kilometers. However, the difference in service is also noticeable, because the numbers in such a hotel are relatively few - less than 300 vs. 500-700 for cheaper competitors.

75 rooms are suitable for a comfortable family holiday, but there are several original “bonuses”, for example, a special children's park and a specially designated time when free ice cream is distributed to all the kids.

For teenagers from 13 years on the territory has its own club.

The hotel is located relatively close to the previous hotel, but offers completely different conditions. The number of rooms here is about 700, but they are scattered over a fairly large area, so there are no “extras” in the vicinity of the buildings - only in places of entertainment, and there are also a lot of those.

There is not only a water park and a zoo, but also an impressive amusement park, including an impressive Ferris wheel and a large number of other worthy attractions.

We should also highlight the abundance of places for children's bathing - the kids are allocated three pools at once.

The undoubted "chip" of this hotel is an interesting location - not only is it located in the middle between all the local attractions, it is also located on a small cape, thanks to which the sea here is practically from all sides!

On the side where the “big land” is located, the territory also looks good - there is a lake and a forest there.

In general, there is a high-quality service with a standard set of high-quality services, but the “children's” range is relatively poor - there is only a swimming pool, a playground and a club, as well as a nanny.

It is surprising that the Internet here is not included in the room rate, so it will have to be paid separately. As of 2018, the minimum price for a room for three is out of season even 104 dollars per night.

Paloma Beach Resort & Spa HV1 is another example of how a good hotel location allows owners with a relatively small number of services to be considered an expensive hotel.

Of all the hotels described, this is the closest to Antalya Airport - only 65 kilometers away.This hotel is famous for the courtesy of staff and high-quality children's animation, but there is no emergency infrastructure at the hotel, which means you have to go outside to get to the zoo or water park.

The “presidential” number is considered an obligatory attribute of an adult wealthy person, however, even the richest have a desire to rest on the sea with children. If the wallet thickness allows, you can organize a truly unforgettable vacation on the Turkish coast - the good thing is that the hospitable Turks are ready to do everything possible to make the rich guests of different ages happy.

Truly luxurious hotels are not concentrated in any one place - there are relatively few of them, so they are heard, even if they are quite far from each other. It is necessary to highlight some of them, to give a potential tourist to understand why the rest can be so expensive.

Ela Quality can be safely considered as one of the best family hotels in the whole Turkey, since the children's infrastructure here is presented in all imaginable and unimaginable forms. If earlier you thought that having a kids club at the hotel is good, now think about it: at this hotel there are four kids clubs at once, each of which is designed for a certain age category.

Parents of the youngest babies have access to apparatus for heating bottles and sterilization, not to mention the microwave.

In addition to standard entertainment, there is also a special children's cinema and a computer room, and during the daytime rest you can leave the baby in a special room where he can sleep under the supervision of a nanny.

Parents can ask the staff to bring all the necessary children's things from the bath and the pot to clothes, furniture and even toys!

The possibility of renting a PDA allows you to let your child go anywhere, because information about his whereabouts will always be at hand.

Teenagers, like adults, may like the fact of regularly inviting stars and celebrities to perform at the hotel. Of course, such pleasure is worth a lot - for the most modest number in April 2018, you will have to pay 220 euros per day.

This hotel is also located in Belek. In many ways, it resembles the above option, but the facilities here seem to be slightly trimmed - for example, instead of four children's clubs by age groups, only two are represented.

In general, the range of services and entertainment here is somewhat smaller, but there are also advantages - in particular, there is its own water park and lunapark, but the more famous competitor, with all its advantages, does not have those in the territory.

A separate moment, which budget travelers will certainly be interested in, will be the lower price of rooms - you can stay for a day in a room for three even for $ 147.

This place is for those who, even in the hot and interesting Turkey, still miss Moscow. This hotel is located in Antalya, but its creators did everything possible to make the territory resemble the Russian capital - for example, such sights as the Kremlin and St. Basil's Cathedral, the building of the Historical Museum and the Resurrection Gates are reproduced in almost full size.

Compared to the hotels described above, this hotel does not have any incredible children's infrastructure, but the fact of its location in Antalya (in the city, not in its vicinity) solves this problem - the huge city allows you to find entertainment for every taste.

True, each time you will have to pay extra for entertainment, but the rest will still be unforgettable, because the children of rich parents are not only Muscovites, so they will have the opportunity to discover the capital of Russia and sunny Turkey at the same time.

It is located in a small, but fairly well-known resort village Tekirova, from where it is 17 kilometers to Kemer, but the lack of “public” entertainment only stimulates the creators of the hotel chain to build their own entertainment in the hotel area. For example, the owners were not too lazy to place a pirate ship in the children's pool, and create an artificial beach around it, although there is an aquapark and a nice sandy beach on the seashore.

For the little ones, a special changing room has been created, for a little older children there is such an original convenience as a special children's toilet.

The kids club is only one here, but it is very large and is divided into four sections for different ages. Parents can rent a stroller or use the services of a nanny, but both of these services will have to be paid separately.

What's good Turkey for holidays with children - this is the attitude of local tourism staff to children. Many tourists say that there is literally a cult of children - every self-respecting hotel tries to hire the best animators who would definitely speak the language of the child and were able to come up with dozens of ways to cheer him up while the parents rest in peace.

At the same time, large hotels offer to leave children in special clubs, where there are not only animators, but also various games, both desktop and computer.

However, such clubs are largely designed for a certain age category, so in the case of each hotel, you need to be interested not just in the availability of children's infrastructure, but in particular the opportunities for kids of a particular age. In particular, you should find out whether it is possible to go to such a club for free (entrance fee is included in the cost of the permit), or this service is additionally paid.

If everything is relatively clear with children of primary and secondary school age, the situation with the smallest remains incomprehensible to many parents.

The local tourism industry offers a lot of excursions and other entertainment, but you can't leave a baby or a one-year-old toddler in the company of other children. In this case, almost every Turkish resort there are babysitters who will look after babies for 1-2 years individually, and from 3 years old - in small groups. However, this moment should also be clarified in advance, even before the purchase of a voucher.

As for adolescents under 15, they are often close in their hobbies to adults.

The key point when choosing a hotel for a beach holiday in Turkey is the menu offered by the kitchen of the hotel. The fact is that most Turkish holiday hotels offer all-inclusive packages, when breakfasts, lunches and dinners (and even snacks) are already paid in advance. This allows travelers to not worry about the extra expenses, while eating tasty and satisfying.

Another thing is that children are often more picky in food - they are allergic to certain foods, others simply do not like them. The best Turkish hotels do not forget to take care of the little visitors, offering them a special children's menu, which includes a large amount of carbohydrates for active games.

An important component is the numerous sweets, many of which are prepared in such a way that even their active use does not harm health. However, in cheaper hotels such service may be absent, so if you want a luxurious menu for your baby, do not forget to clarify this point in advance.

Particular attention should be paid to the planning of the nutrition of those children in whom some products are contraindicated for health reasons. Again, in large and expensive hotels belonging to world-famous franchises, this problem is easily solved, however, in inexpensive hotels far from the main tourist centers, parents sometimes have to look for the necessary products on their own.

Adults, tired of the constant hassle, will be quite satisfied with extremely simple rest, consisting in a simple reclining on the beach surrounded by silence, but the kids are unlikely to like it - they need entertainment.

Tours of the old places are unlikely to be interesting even for many schoolchildren, not to mention preschoolers, and even the highest-quality animation is also unlikely to leave an impression on a lifetime.

Therefore, a good family hotel should be a real resort town in miniature, offering a wide range of children's entertainment.

• At any large hotel there should be a special kids club where children of the same age could play board games or active games with each other, watch movies or even just chat, considering that tourists from other countries can tell a lot of interesting things.
• The hotels with their own water park, where you can not just swim in the pool, but also ride the water slides, and ideally get to know the real dolphins and turtles are incredibly popular among children.

• Lunapark with numerous attractions is considered one of the favorite children's entertainment, and if in our area those are usually located in crowded central parks or occasionally come on tour, then in Turkey every decent family-type hotel should have its own lunapark, where its little guests could have fun at any time.
• Even in Turkey, not every hotel has its own zoo, but if there is one, for a baby, its presence will become a very important argument in favor of choosing this particular hotel.

When choosing a resort for families with children, many parents pay a lot of attention to choosing a beach and rightly so - if the child is small, he probably loves to play in the sand, and he is unlikely to like pebbles, on which it hurts to walk. In this context, excellent sandy beaches offer the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, with the exception of Kemer, famous for its coastal pebbles.

Pebble beaches are suitable only for teenagers who can refuse to make sand castles and are able to consciously wear shoes even on the beach. If there are teenagers in the family, you can safely go to the coast of the Aegean Sea or to Kemer.

As for the famous Antalya, you should choose the hotel more carefully, since most local beaches are made of sand, but there are ordinary concrete slabs going down to the water.

On the one hand, Turkey is famous for its numerous hotels offering the services of “all inclusive” scheme, on the other hand, domestic tourists usually indicate that it is always cheaper to rest if you buy food and cook while tourists themselves take it. The last statement is true, but only partly - the fact is that it is relevant on the territory of the post-Soviet countries and is not always suitable for describing Turkey.

The fact is that even low-cost local hotels usually suggest the included meals, and if there are enough guests at the hotel, guests can rely on a truly tasty and varied cuisine.

Hospitable Turks cook in a big way, and a large number of guests allow them to buy food in bulk, which has a beneficial effect on the cost of such a dinner.Consequently, even budget hotels with accommodation and meals offer a tasty and satisfying meal for little money.

When preparing food for yourself, you can save money well, but also not always - for example, in large tourist centers you still need to find out where the local people buy food, because it will not be cheap on popular routes and famous cafes.

Even if a Slavic guest manages to find a local bazaar, he can leave here with little expense, provided that he knows how and wants to bargain, but such entertainment is usually interesting for no more than one time, and in the future very annoyingly everyone who doesn’t accustomed to this custom.

As for the accommodation itself, for accommodation with a small child, you can choose the usual double rooms - many family-type hotels offer to place a small children's bed at the request of clients.

It should be noted that the hotels on the Turkish coast, though they do not have a shortage of guests, still strive to constantly compete with each other for visitors, so the current lucrative offers appear regularly, and the task of the tourist is to be able to keep track of them. Perhaps, each person will have his own rating of hotels, depending on what kind of convenience he is interested in.

Even inexpensive and rather modest hotels somewhere on the outskirts of Alanya often collect a lot of positive reviews simply because for someone this is the only way to get abroad and remember their holidays for the rest of their lives.

If you choose the best hotels of 4 and 5 stars, it is usually advised to look for hotels of famous world franchises - they are represented at every or almost every Turkish resort.

These brands are certainly known to all who are not alien to travel - among them Rixos, Amara, Papillon, Paloma, Delphin, Voyage. At the same time in each resort town there are local high-level hotels.

Those who have repeatedly visited Turkey, draws attention to the significant difference between the hotels of supposedly the same class. Local authorities do not always strictly follow the certification of the hotel, and hotel tycoons often resort to various tricks so that the five-star suddenly surfaced at the modest motel in the title.

Some recommendations from experienced tourists who suggest how to avoid unpleasant surprises due to ignorance of certain local features.

• Carefully choose the location of the hotel. The location often indicates one or another famous resort town, whereas in practice it turns out that it is a question of its surroundings, and this may be a deaf village. If the hotel provides all the entertainment infrastructure, this is not a problem, but otherwise you will have to spend time and money on regular transfers.

• The concept of the number of stars in Turkey is blurry as nowhere else, so you need to focus not on the number of stars, but on the description of the advantages of the hotel and the reviews of other tourists. Do not choose a hotel solely by the average rating from visitors - it can be screwed up, and a completely different, non-family contingent can relax there.
• Turkey is a very many-sided country, therefore, in the presence of an adult and diversified child, do not bypass the culture of the country. In particular, from the resorts of the Aegean Sea you can go to the famous Pamukkale or to the Greek island of Rhodes - they are worth it.

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