Palmiye

Recent Reviews: 111

• User:Alli2609

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Needs hosing or bulldosing

  04 Oct 2019

  I was nervous about booking because of the price but i have booked cheaper in Turkey and they've been great, plus the reviews were on the whole more positive so i took my chances and booked. Had i have arrived earlier my first night I'd have turned and run. The first room i was given was a family room and if id had had children with me there's not a chance i would have stayed there. It had a rickety filthy fridge by the bed and air conditioning that sounded like motorbike revving up. The room i got put in the next day was slightly better. I dropped something under the bed so i used something long to flick it out with and flicked it back even quicker. Used tissue old bits of snacks and hair balls, disgusting. I don't know when the last time the shower in the bathroom was properly cleaned but there was thick smelly black grimy mould built up and i can't even bare to look at the pictures i took of it to prove how awful it is. On a positive note the owner/manager was helpful when asked questions about how to move around the area and the food was tasty. That's it im afraid. This could be a diamond of a place if attention was paid to hygiene in the first instance and a lick of paint and change of very dated decor wouldn't go amiss. Cheap is good but cleanliness costs nothing but soap and water and a little bit of time and effort. I will definitely not be returning and will discourage people from going. Unfortunately i can't add the photos as they are too large.

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• User:David W

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  Fourth visit.

  18 Oct 2018

  Fourth stay, speaks for Itself. Feel like be of the family now. Very affordable yet good quality accommodation, have paid a lot more at other hotels for a lot less here in Side.Conveniently located with bank's, restaurants, cafés, weekly market, mosque all in close proximity. Excellent transport links right outside the gate and 24 hour shop on the corner. Many of us reach the same conclusion and return year after year, it is our home in Side

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• User:F7759TNandyh

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Good value

  14 Oct 2018

  I only paid £88 to stay here half boardI wasn't expecting too much for that price but was pleasently surprised.The hotel (not sure about appartments) is about a 15 minute walk to the beach, although a free shuttle runs in the morning.There is a reasonably sized pool with sun beds and a pool bar at reasonable prices.Breakfast was of the Turkish variety, salad, cereals, boiled eggs and bread. There was a juice and coffee machine plus tea.Evening meals nearly always different types of chicken dishes.The staff were quite friendly.Rooms were cleaned most days and towels changed.I had a big balcony, although it was at the rear of the hotel which overlooked barren land.Rooms the other side over looked the pool (perhaps they paid more).Check out was midday but I paid 70 TL (about £9) to keep the room until my departure at 6pm.There is a cheap supermarket next door which seemed to sell most things, even English newspapers. Overall good value.

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• User:majical1

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Back at Palmiye Hotel again.

  13 Oct 2018

  Nowhere better than Side Antalya Turkey in October and no better value than the family owned and run Palmiye Hotel. Yes the food is Turkish, if you want English then holiday in England, some of us enjoy exploring the world and trying local cuisine. This isn't five star it's economy with a heart. I've tried more expensive and got far less for my money. As usual my nly complaint being the satellite television caters for German's with only news channels for the English speaking, rather frustrating. I shall be back again next October, all being well.

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• User:majical1

  Trip type: Solo travel

  Third visit.

  01 Jan 2018

  This was my third visit to this hotel, on this occasion I was accommodated in a newly refurbished room in what was previously apartments. The room was splendid with brand new quality furniture and well decorated. The down points were that I had no hot water at all during my two weeks here, I was offered alternative room in the main hotel block but I was reluctant to move from my quiet room which was very comfortable. Unfortunately the balcony overlooked a vacant plot which had an accumulation of unsightly rubbish strewn all around beneath, this could so easily be sorted in an hour or two.The food was quite delicious and Turkish and Kurdish, very healthy and generous display.I met several people who I had met last year at this time and also lots of new people too.I have moved on to another hotel in Side costing three times as much and the room I have here is pitiful in comparison to the beautiful room I had at The Palmiye Hotel.Trust me, there are many guests who return regularly two or three times a year to The Palmiye, excellently situated for banks, coffee shops, restaurants, bars, supermarkets, local dolmus services, mosque, Saturday Market, ten minutes walk from the beach and promenade, twenty minutes walk from Antiek Side and the Roman ruins, Temple of Man Temple of Apollo and the Roman amphitheatre. A bus will transport from the hotel to the most amazing beach with free sunbeds with waiter service for food and refreshments if you require any, there's also a bar and restaurant, the bus picks up from the hotel three or four times each morning and will return you to the hotel in the afternoon from three to five pm. If you're traveling on a budget this hotel is a real blessing and deserves a lot of praise in my h!bless opinion and I have worked for Hilton International, Cunard and Forte Hotels, I know what I am talking about. The downside is that the satellite TV system only caters for German's and Turks, this is very disappointing to British guests and could so easily be rectified as the hotel is becoming increasingly popular with British people.

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