Akra Fethiye Tui Blue Sensatori

Just back from our first stay here. This was our 4th visit to Turkey having stayed at the Holiday Village twice and last year at Tui Blue Tropical. Have to say this place really is something special! Rooms: We booked a swim up which we loved, used it every afternoon when we had most of the sun from late morning onwards. The room was cleaned to such a high standard every day, lots of space for our clothes and to store our cases. The bedding and towels were so soft and comfy and our room 2608 was in a perfect location. Nothing felt too far away compared to other resorts we have stayed in and was really easy to find our way around Pools: we spent most of our time at the splash pool. Loved that there was sunbeds available all morning, we’ve had to get up at stupid times in the past so to be able to have a sleep in and take our time was a luxury for us! kids loved the water slides. Pool areas always clean, we did see them cleaning the pool and around the sunbeds each evening. Food: possibly an unpopular opinion but we weren’t blown away by the buffet in terms of the choice of food- I’ve had more choice in previous hotels but what I will say is the quality of the food in the buffet was excellent. kids area was poor - did feed this back to the hotel but we did find food they could eat in the main buffet. We weren’t overly impressed with the service in the evening in the buffet for the first few days, weren’t offered top ups of drinks etc but after a few days and changing where we sat this improved. Service at breakfast was always really good. We booked into the Al A Cartes with no issue using the app, we only ate at Tao and Basilico in the evenings and the food was lovely but we also enjoyed eating at the available restaurants at lunch where the service was brilliant. Staff were really attentive. Entertainment: we only watched one show which was Pinkish- she was fab. we spent our evenings at the beach bar as our children liked to play in the park area down there. Drinks were always really good, so much choice and nice to have a properly made cocktail rather than something poured out of a carton! We didn’t venture out of the hotel other than to the shops over the road as we wanted a relaxing holiday this year We used DM for our transfers who were brilliant couldn’t fault them at all! We loved it so much we’ve just booked again this evening to return again next June

This was our third visit to this hotel and again we had a wonderful time. The refurbishment adds so much to the main restaurant and also the lobby shops/cafe have really been upgraded. The new beach bar is beautiful (and the cocktails are delicious) !

One reason we keep coming back to this hotel is the excellent layout that works so well for families - the play area with table tennis/ pool tables is close to the pool and beach so our children are happy to go there by themselves, knowing that we're nearby but we don't have to spend our holidays in the play area (which was be the case in other hotels we have been to)!

The staff are very friendly, be it at reception, the restaurants and bars as well as the fitness instructors - generally everyone! We didn't use the kids club but we did plenty of the shorter activities such as Kwik Cricket, kite making (this was a big hit with the children), pebble painting, family yoga, aqua gym, archery and more - these are really great and it's such a good way to try new things!

Another reason we keep coming back is the quality and layout of the rooms - we had a family superior room, which consists of two bedrooms with a shared bathroom in the middle. This works really well for us - they are very spacious and very clean (thank you, housekeeping team).

We also love the sustainability option of choosing not to have the room cleaned every day and getting a discount coupon for the shop when doing so. Hopefully many guests will choose to do this during their stay and lots of energy and water can be saved! We noticed some other sustainability initiatives and hope the hotel can continue to work on this even further.

We are very happy with the quality and the variety of food and drinks. The hotel put a lot of effort into the BBQ for the Bayram celebrations and we were very impressed with the food, the decor and the entertainment for children and adults. This must have taken weeks of planning and we appreciated how hard everyone worked to execute the event perfectly.

We felt very welcome, lots of little touches such as a birthday message, balloons and a cake.

Ideas As our children are approaching the teenage years and feel that they are too old for the kids club, we were wondering if the hotel would consider offering a few activities specifically targeted at teenagers? For example courses that run over several days, sport or art related.

Also, we noticed that A LOT of people are using ipads/phones at breakfast/lunch/dinner constantly and also at the pool . As we're trying to keep screen time to a minimum (and I am sure there are many other like minded people), would the hotel consider having any digital free zones?

Overall, we had a lovely time and it won't be our last visit!

Amazing place. Staff were perfect, everything was super clean and comfortable. Particular mention for Firat at the Amber restaurant, I mentioned I was vegetarian and he went out of his way to ensure I had the best experience. Italian not my fav, Asian pretty good. Hiring a cabana levelled up the experience, felt super luxe would definitely recommend. We had Czemi as our server twice and he was so attentive and made the day perfect. My only negative is the shower/bath combo in our room- at 5’3” it was a struggle to climb in and out safely and I have a massive bruise on one leg from a slip. It’s not safe for anyone with mobility challenges. Fresh orange juice at the breakfast buffet anywhere else is that “nectar” stuff. Buffet was the best I have seen,especially as a vegetarian although the allergen symbols need to be bigger for my middle aged eyes! Nice that vegan is recognised too. Hairdryer is one of those attached to the wall in the bathroom jobs, probably like a Braun silencio, not great not awful.