My best friend and I booked into the Siesta, last minute on a cheap deal. To be honest we did not have high expectations either from the Hotel or Turkey its self because neither of us had been before and being young women we had heard all the horror stories of sleazy men, hassle on the streets and being stolen and sold for camels etc! But when we arrived we were absaloutley delighted! the hotel is not fancy and the rooms are basic...but at the end of the day your just sleeping in them! The pool area was lovely, quiet and relaxing, the sun doesn't stay for long in the afternoon so I would recommend getting down early!
The hotel restaurant was beautiful, the turkish breakfast in the morning was lovely with fresh tomatoes, cucumber, cheese, olives, a boiled egg and bread. just what we needed to set us up for the day. I can quite honestly say we did not eat anywhere else on our whole holiday...there was no need to. From the fresh seafood, steaks to traditional turkish dishes, the restaurant delivered every time!
The staff in the hotel are wonderful, all the guys were very friendly and helpful and couldnt do enough for you. The owner of the hotel was also lovely, he worked every night in the restaurant and would make you feel very welcome and we were very well attended to - and if you pick off the 4 available set menus you will get very good value for money.
After dinner there is not much need to go anywhere else apart from next door to the Bar where there is music and dancing untill 2am. The guys in the bar are such a laugh and very talented, they get everyone involved in their little dance routines, i can promise you will never have seen anything like it!! and at 10pm Junior, Ali, Omer and Alican put on a break dance show - you will not be dissapointed - these guys can dance!!
The drinks in the bar are a little more expensive then we thought they would be at 5lira for a pint or a cocktail, but we werent there to get pissed, we were there to enjoy the atmosphere, the company and relax.
I can quite honestly say this was the best holiday we have ever been on, we were totally gutted to have to come home after a week and we cannot wait to go again.
the only thing i do regret is not going for two weeks in the first place!!
I can understand that maybe older more reserved guests would not enjoy the experience as much as we did, but if you are looking for a holiday with a bit or relaxation a bit of fun and alot of friendly faces, i could not recomment the Siesta enough,
enjoy!!