Melas Resort Hotel



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Looking for a place to stay in Side? Then look no further than Melas Resort Hotel, a romantic hotel that brings the best of Side to your doorstep.
Guest rooms offer amenities such as a flat screen TV, air conditioning, and a minibar, and guests can go online with free wifi offered by the hotel.
Melas Hotel features a concierge and room service, to help make your stay more enjoyable. The property also boasts a pool and breakfast. If you are driving to Melas Resort Hotel, free parking is available.
Given the close proximity of popular landmarks, such as Vespasianus Aniti (1.4 mi) and Tyche Tapinagi (1.4 mi), guests of Melas Resort Hotel can easily experience some of Side's most well known attractions.
If you like Spanish restaurants, Melas Hotel is conveniently located near El Paso Otel & Restaurant.
There is no shortage of things to do in the area: explore popular historic sites such as Temple of Apollo and Monumental Fountain (Nymphaeum).
We’re sure you’ll enjoy your stay at Melas Resort Hotel as you experience everything Side has to offer.
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I'll tell you right away, we booked a holiday to Melas Holiday Village. But having arrived at the hotel already at 12 am, a nice girl at the reception offered us a room in the nearby Resort building, motivated by the fact that the villas have a heavy load of guests and many rooms are already "tired and shabby", and in the resort and renovation is fresh and calmer in general. We were wary of this, but because we were very tired of the road, we decided to accept it, and at any moment (if we don't like it) they will move us.
Well, when we got into the room, we immediately agreed to this Melas Resort building. Indeed, the room has fresh renovations, very decent good furniture, modern design of the toilet room with shower, everything fresh and clean, there is a balcony that opens as if to the patio with its cozy "anti-ruin" and towards the sea. It was almost always quiet, even the evening shows of the neighboring hotels did not interfere. In the corridor of the hull carpeting, which also contributes to silence )))
It's certainly harder to walk to the sea from this hull, but we weren't embarrassed by it. First we took the elevator down to the floor where breakfast, lunch and dinner were held, then we had to cross the pool area (where various concerts were held in the evening), and then another elevator with panoramic glass, you go outside and you are in the area where tortillas, ice cream, etc. are handed out, and then cross a small pedestrian road and end up on the beach. As such, this building does not have a walking area, but since it is the same network with Holiday Village, you can walk around their territory, which we did sometimes, as well as the water slides at these hotels are common, but we only went there a couple of times, we prefer to spend time at the sea rather than in the pools )))
These hotels have their own restaurants. I took it that the resort is slightly above the Holiday class and guests of the Resort can use Holiday's services (swimming in the pools, walking on the grounds, using the water slide) except for the restaurant. The opposite is not true. Those guests can only visit the spa (which is still charged) in this building and that's it. In Resort mainly German elderly couples rest, there are practically no Russians and have not been seen with small children either, but in Holiday Village mainly Russians with children.
Restaurant: every day there was themed cuisine - Asian, Mexican, Turkish, etc. There are always a lot of different salads, greens, fruit. Different meats. You could find your own dish for any stomach, but desserts are a separate story, you can't taste them all.
The beach area by the hotel is large, there are always seats, the entrance to the sea is comfortable, no stones were found. The stones, and the serious ones, were to the left of our calving. The sea temperature in early June is very comfortable!
Having the Promenade along the coast is a very significant plus! We went to the ancient ruins, which impressed us very much, because far away we did not want to go on excursions.
For a relaxing and comfortable stay, I recommend this Melas Resort, everything is on top! 👌👍


My 60 year old mum unfortunately broke her ankle a week prior to our holiday and so she was hobbling around. The staff could not of been any more attentive and helpful to her.
The rooms are spacious, modern, clean and well equipped. The food was to a very high standard infact one of the best all inclusive hotels we have stayed at.
We particularly enjoyed visiting the ala carte beach bar at lunch time which had fantastic views of the beach and a great menu of pizza's, burgers, salads, pasta, chips etc.
The entertainment was ok and the girls particularly enjoyed the pool parties over at the Melas holiday village.
The on site aqua park was a little tame for teenagers I felt but we still all enjoyed a few short visits.
The location of the hotel was excellent and it is possible to walk the whole promenade next to the beach into Side old town which is beautiful and well worth a visit. It is about 30 minutes walk. But you can also take a bus or taxi from the front of the hotel along the main roads for about 6 euro.
As other people have mentioned in their reviews, the hotel is mainly German and has very little English visitors. This was not a problem at all, all the staff are very welcoming and actually love having English guests. The other guests were all polite and lovely and infact there are many different nationalities around the pool during the day. It did not alter our experience at all and actually we enjoyed this about the hotel. I'm sure over time more English people will choose to visit the Melas as it is a fabulous hotel and we would recommend it to anyone.
Thank you for a lovely family holiday Melas.



Room was spacious and clean, minibar and cleaners visiting every day. Hotel pool it is big enough and did not even for a minute felt as a “fully booked”hotel. One of them hotels where people don’t fight for loungers by the pool and you could find one available most of the days even at 10-11am. The way they organise meals and activities give tourist the opportunity to show up on their own convenience and same time offer a nice way of not getting facilities to be overcrowded. Food was excellent and quite varied. My husband is quite a fussy eater and one of the reasons why I chose this hotel was for the good reviews of cleaning and food hygiene, which they were right. Sandy beach, enough loungers sea side pretty safe even for children(not steep shore). Staff were amazing, always smiling, the only down side of all was that not many speak English, but it did not bothered us much as they tried really hard to make us comfortable. Entertainment was good in most of the nights, kids entertainment quite good, but our son is not keen in those things so I could not be very precise in reviewing this. Maybe some of Turkish culture to be introduced in their nights would be lovely. Lovely cocktails, good selection of drinks, ice-cream and fresh smoothies and juices ( lemonade was delicious, nothing like that I tasted before). And overall their beach bar/sea side day restaurant is something to die for: amazing!
I would definitely go back and planning to do so next year. And I could say I will never remember all the good things to mention here about this hotel.
The elevators worked very badly, sometimes not at all, they were dirty and the workers used them too. So we had to run up and down the stairs. Sometimes the power went out, too.
You feel like you're in a hole when you're housed on the lower floors.
The room was not clean from the beginning, e.g. there was a small lizard carcass there, I then pushed it into the hallway, I thought maybe it would be put away there, but it lay there for 10 days, and while we were there, our rooms were cleaned, i.e. the crumbs were cleaned only in the middle of the room, and a wooden stick was pushed from our room to the entrance of the neighbors. Now that our balcony was facing a restaurant (so not the main paths), there was garbage under the balcony (packages, cups, etc.), even though workers were sitting there. But the worst part was that one day there was an old light bulb on our table (why don't I know, probably forgotten) and also broken glass lying on the table where my child painted. I thought it was a shell or something, picked it up and cut me. That's not how it should be!
The food is the same almost every day, yes, there are theme days and there are two tables with this theme dinner. The rest is the same, the soups are the same, only the names are different. But the most disgusting thing is the strawberries in dessert that start to mold. What was not eaten at dinner was on the table the next day, with some dishes it was clearly visible. The dishes, especially the glasses, are very dirty, you can immediately see that orange juice has been poured in before. They just rinse quickly under the tap. At the pool bar, the employee takes the first glass - dirty, the second is the same, he pours the fifth and it turns out to be dirty, but not as dirty as the 4 glasses in front of him. Not all staff were respectful of guests. They were annoyed, stressed and unkind.
The worst part is that they supposedly protect our Earth! This is an anecdote. They use paper straws in the resort and spa, but they use plastic straws in the Village. There are trash cans all over the site to separate the trash, the tourists do, and then a worker comes with a big black bag and pours the separated trash into the bag.
This is not a 5-star hotel, this is a close 3-star hotel.
I would demolish this hotel and build a new, more comfortable one, hire people to supervise the staff.
Good thing is that there is plenty of greenery and is well maintained, but unfortunately only where the tourists are.



The only problem is that you get tired because the hotel is so big ☺️
The hotel has its own 3 pools, you are wondering which one to go to ☺️ the beach is already beautiful, you cannot find a single pebble, and it is also really hygienic. I would never think of holidaying anywhere else other than this hotel again. Thank you again and again.

In short:
Room
The room is modern, cleaned every day and standard equipment. We had side view to the sea with balcony. Nice view to Side, not disturbing from other hotels. In the room is also available towels to the beach, no need to carry any from home. Every day is refilled drinks in the fridge (water, Fanta, Coca cola, beer). In the hotel is available wi-fi, with reach to the beach.
Food
I like food and what was served in the hotel is absolutely amazing. a large selection of different type of meals. Everybody could choose what they like, lot of vegetables, fruits and meats. Theme dinner was brilliant, so every day you can taste something special. Amazing seafood, traditional Turkey cuisine, Mexican, Asia or International cuisine. amazing starters and sweets. It was great (thank you cooks). The staff speaks german and english, so its easy to order drink and they are always happy to help with anything.
Entertainment
Pool or aqua park is OK, you can stay in the hotel in the pool, or walk 5 minutes to the aqua park with other pool and enjoy water slides especially children. Each pool has own bar, so you will not be thirsty or hungry. Beach is close to the hotel, only what you need is cross the promenade. In the beach is fridge with cold water, or you can go to the beach bar and order some drink or enjoy popsicles. No problem to find spot with sunshade. The beach is clean, no dirt, so if you have children, perfect place for entertainment. In the evenings was always some show at pool or amphitheatre. Or if you want to have calm evening, just stay in lobby bar and enjoy some drink.
Surroundings
Close to the hotel is Side old town. If you are keen on history, nice museum and amphitheatre (entry is paid in Turkish lira) but very nice exposition with old relics of Rome age. You can go there by foot, roughly 30 minutes on promenade, or you can use bus or taxi. In the old city, there are a lot of shops, restaurants.
We enjoyed the stay in the hotel and I can recommend this hotel for everybody, ideal holiday with childrens. I am looking forward to next stay in this hotel. Thank you Melas team!
We arrived for a 10 night stay in August and reception staff were fantastic. Very helpful and could not do enough for us. My Dad’s case was left in the UK by the airline and the reception team were super helpful in calling the airport and getting updates for us.
The rooms were brilliant. A very good size and plenty of room for clothes. We were on the 5th floor, the first one above the pool. The balcony was amazing and looked out over the beach.
The buffet restaurant was great - we had lots of really nice food. Having been to Turkey resorts a number of times, you can sometimes get bored with the food. However, it’s not the case at the Melas. The food was varied and very nice. We also went to the Chinese Al a Carte restaurant which was fantastic. 6 courses of amazing food.
The pool is good, great location. There are a number of loungers but they can get taken early. The slides at the sister hotel (Melas holiday village) are also great and worth going to.
We ate at the beach bar most lunchtimes for a break. It’s waiter service and there is a separate menu which is also really good.
Drinks at all the bars are second to none. Loads of options including international brands.
The staff in the whole resort are just brilliant. Special mention to Melek Ekici and Fatama Ata who made us feel very special and looked after us at each restaurant.
I would absolutely stay again at this hotel. Just one thing to note - there are a lot of stairs due to the location of the hotel. There is always a couple of flights to go up or down even with the lifts, which may not be ideal for anyone with mobility issues.
The cleanliness of the hotel really stands out and you always see staff cleaning everywhere
As for the serving staff at the bars and in the restaurants they were all so friendy and helpful and always
brought your drinks to you rather than you go back and get them yourself. I really could'nt fault any of them.
The rooms were very modern, with a lovely shower. The TV did only have BBC world news in English but that didnt really bother us as we wasnt in there much, just to shower and change really.
All in all we would definitely go back to this hotel. Definitely 5 stars from us.
Thanks again to all the staff for making it a great holiday. Hopefully see you all again next year!
I really want to say that this was our first holiday in a while due to Covid-19 and it really made up for it. The entertainment team at Melas are extremely friendly and always got us involved in activities, we have had such a laugh playing darts, air riffle and water polo (things I'd never do!). I would like to say a huge thank you to Ornella, Erzin and Ertan from the entertainment team, these guys really made our holiday one we won't ever forget!
The hotel is spotless and our room was cleaned to a high standard everyday. Only thing I would say is there are a lot of stairs in this hotel. Oh well got our steps in! There was a mini fridge in our room that was topped up daily with water, coke, beer and fanta.
Overall there isn't really anything I can say that wasn't great about this hotel, there is a shopping mall right outside the hotel and its literally a 5 minute drive to Side.
We enjoyed our holiday so much that we are planning to go back later this year!
Thank you Melas Resort Hotel for our amazing holiday, hope to return one day!
"Dont bother taking turkish lira as all shops would rather have euros and all the prices are in euros anyway."Read full review
"Go to the beach bar. Hotel is extremely clean, house keeping are worth their weight in gold."Read full review
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