Batihan Vadi Hotel

staff very good and gently with kids speak english aswell which is helpful as we don’t speak turkish

The location is beautiful, set in a valley there is a lovely breeze and it is so peaceful, there are roaming animals, peacocks, hens, ducks and an area for emus, deer and pony’s. Flamingos are in a gated area which you can go up too.

The hotel is clean, staff are friendly and will do anything for you. Im pregnant and asked about alcohol free beer, they don’t stock it so they ordered it in for me. Couldn’t be more helpful and always smile, some staff aren’t great with English but we used a converter on a phone to help.

There are golf buggy’s available to jump in and the staff will take you within the resort. You get a tour on the first day.

The rooms- we stayed in the family suite, 8 rooms with access to a shared pool, never more than 4 families using it at a time so it felt very private. I wouldn’t say these rooms are child friendly. One double for us and two twins beds for our 3 year old. No bed guards are available (I text ahead to ask and was told yes) only cots and she is too old for one. The beds are too high, so she couldn’t get in and out and slept in our bed all week, the one night she tried the twin bed, she fell out. Luckily no injuries. There is good air con but the display on the wall constantly flashes on and off (put something over it at night)

The rooms were always clean and stocked well, if you need anything you are advised to what’s app reception.

You can get a shuttle to the sister hotel on the beach which is VERY different. Takes about 15 mins and is free. You can use your all inclusive there as well and the lady at guest relations was amazing looking after us. when you’re ready you ask reception to call Vadi and they come get you. We didn’t rate the beach but the hotel was good for a shallow kids pool with a slide and change of scenery.

Food Massive pros and cons. The breakfast is rubbish, bread is stale from being left out, things are not served as described for example, eggs Benedict was undercooked eggs on toast with spinach. Lots of fresh fruit and salad items.

The main restaurant is O Garden you have breakfast lunch and dinner here. All à la carte. There are no kids menus unlike jet2s website. So for toddlers it’s mainly cereal and fruit for breakfast. Pizzas and pasta are adult portion size, we learnt to ask them to tweak things, aka ask for spaghetti with cream and cheese. This is the same menu all day. A lot of the food lacks flavour, steaks are all cooked well done no matter how you ask. not one meal came as described, cheese would be missing off pasta, potato instead of mash served with steaks. It sounds petty but it should come as described, this is important to me as someone with allergies. They did however cater to my allergies very well. As this holiday is classed as an ultra all inclusive, I can assure you it is not.

We had an enjoyable week and felt very rested but wouldn’t return as a family. It seems to be more of a couple place