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Gill & Mark from Burnley travelled to Larespark Hotel with
eclipse/first chioce
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2007 |
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| said: Just returned from an enjoyable holiday at Larespark.
Got off to a good start when we were told that we had been upgraded from the 2 rooms we had booked to a suite on the 7th floor. This was incredibly spacious and comprised living room, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 balconies! There were also 2 tvs (only 1 English channel, though – BBC world) and 3 fridges.
The room and hotel in general was spotlessly clean and the gardens, beach and pool areas also meticulously tended. There were 3 pools – 1 for toddlers with small slides etc, 1 for older kids and adults with slides and a huge, Olympic plus sized pool which never seemed to be crowded or even busy. There were also extensive grounds with hammocks and sunbeds - which we preferred to the pool area, and this is something that the next door Titanic didn’t appear to offer.
The food was plentiful and well cooked but the dining room did get really busy -especially between 7 and 8pm. It was rather chaotic at times with so many people (and kids) dashing round with heaped plates! The 4 a la carte restaurants were much more civilised but you can only use these once per stay and you need to book them a day in advance.
During the day, it was possible to avoid the main dining room by going to the Mediterranean restaurant in the garden which served a reduced buffet and which we found much more peaceful. We also liked the gozleme hut, which is where traditional Turkish pancakes/naans were served – freshly cooked with meat, cheese or potatoes.
There are 24 hour bars and a 24 hr tea and coffee house and the fridges in the rooms are filled daily with coke, fanta, beer and water.
Another great surprise was the free wireless internet access in reception (for those who really can’t bear to be separated from a laptop).
Over all we really enjoyed the holiday and the hotel but there isn’t much to see in the surrounding areas. Lara is a new and developing resort so you need to take a taxi into Antalya if you want the bright lights! There is plenty of entertainment in the evenings with visiting professional acts such as acrobats and dancers, but there are also some cheesy animation team shows! They worked hard but it is pretty difficult to communicate well in 6 or 7 different languages!
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Beverley from Lancaster travelled to Larespark Hotel with
First Choice
on a couples holiday.
There were 2 adults and 0 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2007 |
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| said: My husband and I have just returned from 2 weeks at the Larespark. We were given a room were there was a leak in the bathroom that flowed out into the bedroom and the carpet was soaked. They changed the room for us the following day. No problem. The second room was facing the Titanic hotel and although the room as great the noise from the Titanic was very loud.
We didn't realise on booking that there would be so many children in the complex and although it e=was no bother in the day as they had their own pool area it did become a prblem in the dining room were parents seemed to let the children do as they pleased. Our of 500+ rooms only 15 rooms were allocated to British people. Although not necessarily a problem we did find a lot but not all the Russians very arrogant and domineering.
The weather was unfortunately very hot. Somedays reaching 47degrees with the pool, which was fantastic, reaching 30degrees. Because of the temp we didn't realy get out of the complex apart from the Shop Ahoy trip whcih for £4 per head was excellant value.
There was nothing in the area but a lot of shooping centres are being developed and look like they will be completed within the very near future.
Although we would not go back to Larespark we would reccommend it as a great family holiday with plenty to do and meals, snacks and pools excellent.
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Jane & Graeme from Aberdeen travelled to Larespark Hotel with
Eclipse
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 2 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 06 2007 |
rated the Larespark Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location |  | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Just returned from this hotel and we had a great time.
The hotel is very impressive and kept very clean, food fantastic there is so much choice you sometimes don't know where to start. I agree with the last report in the evenings we used to wait till 8.15pm to go down for our evening meal as the rush was not so bad then not so many rude Russians and children being allowed to run about and managed to get a table alot easier. The staff here are lovely people and please and thank you goes a long way with them and soon you will be served before others at the bars.
Pool towels are left in your room for you when you arrive you can change them every day from 5pm till 7pm at the towel hut beside the pool bar. The beach is kept very clean with sunbeds aplenty there is also a bar there serving drinks, hotdogs, baked potatoes, toasties, sandwiches and ice-cream.
We were suprised to find we were amongst the first scottish visitors to this hotel since it opened three years ago.
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Paul & Sandra from Chafford Hundred travelled to Larespark Hotel with
First Choice/Eclipse
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 5 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2006 |
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| said: Thought we wuld report that as we enjoyed our holiday at Larespark so much last August we have just booked to stay there again this August and this time we are going for 3 weeks!!!
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Paul & Sandra from Chafford Hundred travelled to Larespark Hotel with
Eclipse/First Choice
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 5 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2006 |
rated the Larespark Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Our holiday at Larespark was definitely one of the best times we have ever had abroad.
The Ultra-Alll Inclusive meant we could eat and drink anything we wanted 24 hours a day!!!
With a large family aged from 3 - 16 we wanted a holiday that had lots of variety and this Hotel certainly offers that.
The Pool complex is huge, with 3 large water slides on one side of the complex; the hotel also has its own private beach where all of the non-motor activites are free. Motor activities include: Jet-Ski's Para-Gliding, Quad-Bikes (go and say "hi" to Dogan and Sal), Speed-Boats, Banana rides.
The food is really excellent and there is so much choice. We never visited the Al a Carte restaurants as the food in the main restaurant was of such a high standard. Another real plus point to staying at larespark is that the Hotel is only 15 minutes from the Airport and the Airport itself is modern; it was a breeze getting from the plane, on to the transfer coach and arriving at the Hotel. From landing at Antalya and arriving at the Hotel took less than 1 hour ~ how often can you say that when travelling?
The Entertainment is of a very high standard and the Entertaiment team are really friendly. Every night of our two weeks stay had a differnet act/event in terms of the entertainment offered. This ranged from from Audience participation to singing, acrobats, dancing etc. We are already planning to go back next year.
Yes the Hotel is mainly occupied by Russians (and as previously reported they are a bit rude) but we found that this suited us as we don't like resorts that are totally over-run by 'Brits abroad'. if you do, then when trvelling to Turkey we suggest you visit the Marmaris area. We still made friends with other Brits, although we were a party of 22 ourselves! We also made friends with Iranians, Russians and Germans!
If we were to make a negative comment then it would be that the rooms air-conditioning does not work properly and it seems to work on slow. In August the temeperatures rarely go below 110 F and often reach 130 degrees and a good Air-Con system needs to be looked at. Overall, we would say that based on the facilities, food, entertainment, staff and cleanliness the Hotel is a 5 star resort with 3-4 star rooms.
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Tina from romford travelled to Larespark Hotel with
first choice
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 3 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 08 2006 |
rated the Larespark Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: Hotel was great, all inclusive was the best thing we have ever done with the kids.
The hotel was so clean and tidy, staff were always cleaning up, coming round the pool side collecting any rubbish, gardeners always working to keep the surroundings beautiful.
Food was excellent but there was just too much of it, plenty of choice, you could never go hungry.
The location was good as it was not far from the airport to travel, we did spend nearly all our time on the resort as the kids were in the pool all day, leaving me lots of time to relax by the pool.
The staff were very friendly and even remembered what we wanted to drink when we went to eat lunch Mexican restaurant which was open air.
The entertaintment was very good and was on every night. We would definitely retun to this hotel, it was a great holiday. We met some english families that were all very nice and friendly and the kids made friends which kept them happy.
A visit to Larespark is recommended.
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Langton from Leicester travelled to Larespark Hotel with
First Choice
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 3 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 07 2006 |
rated the Larespark Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: This Hotel was without question the best I have visited by a mile. The food, huge rooms, pool area, gardens, activities and 24 hour ultra all inclusive offers great value for money.
My children are aged 13 and 10 and were never bored. In the evening they would watch the shows, go bowling, visit the cinema, etc. They were the perfect age to take full advantage of all the facilities this hotel offers. Leaving the adults to relax and enjoy their holiday!!!
The only down side was that we were vastly out numbered by our foreign friends, especially Russians. Who could be quite rude. However, we met plenty of friendly British families, who helped to complete our perfect holiday.
In conclusion, I would recommend this Hotel to anyone wishing to have that little bit extra pampering. If I have one complaint it is that the food was so good, I am now having to go on a diet!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mandy, Mark and Amy from Stoke travelled to Larespark Hotel with
Eclipse (First Choice internet)
on a family holiday.
There were 2 adults and 1 child(ren) in the party. The travel date was 05 2006 |
rated the Larespark Hotel as follows:| Cleanliness | | | Location | | | Staff | | | Food | | |
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| said: The Larespark is situated in Lara which is a newish area of mainly all inclusive hotels. It had a shopping centre across the road but that’s about all.
The Larespark is so called because its set in some lovely gardens. I loved that you could pull your sunbed out and be on the lawns. The gardens are very well maintained. Plus when we went late May you could still get sunbeds after 9.00am.
It’s a modern hotel and has an impressive lobby area. There is a good gym and indoor swimming pool and a rather good cinema if you want to chill out. There is a bowling alley but that’s not All inclusive. Saying that most things are including a 24 hour bar which First Choice got wrong in saying its only AI up until 12 at night.
Talking about bars, the tower one on the eighth floor was a delight, great views and very chill out. They then had the 24hour one inside, one near the entertainment area, a central poolside one and one down near the beach. There is also a sort of sofa chill out bar under the restaurant. They had different opening times but would often keep serving if people were there. Drinks wise its local spirits, Bacardi, wine, a Baileys type drink and Efes larger which my husband said was the best he has had. They also did cocktails, kid’s slushy drinks and a few other drinks. The bar staff were friendly and quick and would often have our drinks ready the minute they saw us after dinner. Although you will be vastly outnumbered by Germans/Dutch/Russian, English was mostly understood.
Food…..Plenty of it and very fresh. The dinning area is well presented and not the usual scramble. I like that you can sit outside and have lovely views of the sea over the palm trees and pool area. There was a great Chinese couple who could give my local takeaway a run for its money. It was nice to have the Chinese outside along with the pizza man and the grill one. They also did pancakes and other things in the morning. Salad, desserts it was some of the best food I’d had. There wasn’t much red meat but the chicken melted in your mouth. They also did a mean chicken Chinese curry with spring rolls. There were burgers outside in the day, baked potatoes, hot dogs, toasties, ice cream, cakes at teatime. You won’t go hungry. I would say the only thing to remember is its not a chips kind of place. Oh well start the diet next week.
The pool area is well kept and very large. It was busiest near the slides and kids pool. Please note although the pool is massive its 140cm all around, no shallow areas. Of course there is a kids pool with slides too. I would take my own large blow up tyre so you don’t have to wait for the hotel ones to be free for the slides. Beach towels and mattresses are included, you have the usual towel cards to get fresh ones every day.
The entertainment could be hit and miss but we found the evening never dragged with all the bar areas. Myself and Amy also enjoyed two films in the cinema which was great, two shown each day.
Now I get to my one and only bad point. No air-conditioning in the room apart from a few puffs of cold air off and on. We were told its starts in June, no good to us when we went in May and it was 34 degrees. It wasn’t too bad but we have always had aircon at other hotels in May.
All in all very good value for money (we booked with Eclipse on the net) and a nice hotel. I don’t think you would be disappointed if you go.
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