The holiday overall was superb. the food plentiful with great choice and variety. excellent entertainment - the dancing better than anything I have seen before abroad. very clean everywhere and apart from the reception the staff were great. would highly reccommend. P.S. go to the hotel not the village, unless you have children.

We stayed at the Melas Hotel in September for 14 nights (well actually 11 nights, will get to that in a minute). We are well travelled and this was our 7th all inclusive experience so I had pretty high expectations.

First observation was that 90% of the guests were Russian or German. The hotel itself is nice allbeit a little dark in in it's decor.

The food was under average IMPO.

The pool was far too small for a hotel of this size which meant loungers were very hard to come by and umbrellas virtually impossible (bare in mind +40 degrees. The Russian & German Guests insured they reserved these at the crack of dawn would then disappear till early afternoon.

The beach was ok. It was wide & long. There was nothing caribbeanlike about it. Although it was proper sand as opposed to pebble or stones.

The room was nice but again rather dark. House keeping was good.

The staff were rather rude and pretty incompetant. In fact I would say they were the rudest I have ever come across.

The entertainment was poor the best we got was a belly dancer from (wait for it...) Russia.

I became ill on our 2nd day in the hotel but I plodded along as they say, by staying close to a loo and popping immodium to beat the band. After 3 days of this my appetite was completely gone and I couldn't even keep water in my body for more than a couple of minutes I also had a temperature of 39.5 so a doctor was called, within one hour I was lying in a hospital bed in Manavgat hooked to a drip feeling like I was having labour pains. To make a long story short after 3 days they discharged me but only after my insurance company faxed through confirmation that they would foot the bill (ALWAYS HAVE TAKE TRAVEL INSURANCE). I had a private room and was taken very good care of I have to add. Never found out what it was and never will I guess.

I would not recommend this hotel for family or friends especially at the prices they charge.