Orange County Resort Hotel Alanya

For us this was the first 'all inclusive' experience so we did not quite know what to expect. The food selection was really amazing. Everything has it own times but you get used to that very fast. And if you can't remeber: it's in every elevator. Breakfast: Wow! Served from 7 - 10:45 and has the most amazing selection Lunch: Bit smaller than breakfast. From around noon - 14.30. We usually skipped as there were places closer to the pool to grab a nice snack. Dinner: from 19 - 21. Again, an amazing selection. Try the man in the corner, he usually has the best Turkish dishes. The dessert are superb, the most beautiful decorates cakes and a lot of other sweets. Beyond these three main meals there's also a pattiserie (opened till 18pm), a place where you can have your own selected pasta dish prepared, a cafetaria (noon-17pm) and a late night snack (midnight - 1am). Beyond the food (as you can tell I was very impressed): It has a lot of facilities. We personally liked going out, to smell some of the real Turkey but one could go by without leaving the resort as everything you need is on site. The pools were heated and felt like a warm bath (untill the first of May. After that it either broke or was switched off but that was ok). The kids loved the waterslides. There is a lot of staff. We were travelling with small kids and they occasionally dropped things and every single time there was someone within a few seconds to help out.

We felt that the animation programm was a bit loud. And this was preseason. I'm guessing it will be a lot louder during summer. But if you are looking for that, this is definately a nice place to go Also, there were too many Russians. I'm guessing around 80%. Staff spoke Turkish and Russian and only very few knew some English.