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Nestled in a serene beachfront location, Calista Luxury Resort receives acclaim for its splendid setting and tranquil surroundings. The spacious and immaculate rooms are a highlight for many guests, although some consider the decor a touch outdated. Evening entertainment and opulent amenities add to the luxury experience, though opinions on the atmosphere are mixed, with a few guests finding it noisy.
While the service is generally regarded as top-notch, a handful of travelers have encountered slow service. Guests appreciate the resort's cleanliness but advise being mindful of extra charges that can detract from the perceived value.
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Picturesque
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Spacious
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Expensive
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Spotless
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Inconsistent
Amenities
Lavish
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We were in Calista from December 27 to January 8. The hotel is very decent. We are located in building 3, which is connected by a passage to the main building, which is convenient in case of rain, you don’t have to go outside to get to the main restaurant and SPA. Room cleaning is very high quality and at convenient times. We arrived early in the morning, keep in mind that early check-in costs 100 euros. But we got a gorgeous view of the sea from our room. The food was top notch, great variety, despite the fact that the hotel was not very full. Feeding a child is not a problem. All the alcohol is high quality, the cocktails are delicious, we liked it. There is also a Turca restaurant there, open 24 hours a la carte - so, in my opinion, they would be better off closing it altogether and not disgracing themselves - it’s quiet horror - everything is not tasty and poorly prepared. At this time, not all hotel areas, bars and infrastructure were working. Just for the New Year itself they opened an ice cream shop and a bar near the main pool. There were no evening entertainment programs, only soothing live music in the main lobby of the main building, a children's mini disco and a disco in the Jazz bar. This was a bit of a letdown - there wasn’t much to do in the evening. On previous trips to Egypt at the same time, there were evening programs. There are two heated swimming pools - one outdoors, the other indoors nearby. Since there were few people, it was great to swim there. The SPA area has a hammam and saunas - you can warm up. The hotel staff is very welcoming and responsive. Many thanks to the girls from Guest Relations - they are great guys, they will always help, explain everything and solve all your questions. For our wedding anniversary, my wife and I were given a gorgeous dinner with flowers at the A la Cart Pimo restaurant, for which we are very grateful. I want to say that when going to Turkey at this time of year, you need to clearly understand that the weather is everything to us. We were very lucky that the weather was simply gorgeous +25 during the day almost all days. But it could have been completely different, which is what we saw in the last 2 days of our stay.
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Date of stay: January 2024
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Amazing Calista - the hotel, staff, food ( everything was fantastic and very high standards)
We stayed in a family room - room 4407. The cleaning team in our room kept the room immaculate . Never had to ask for anything as everything was done for us returning to the room. Mini bar was always stocked up daily.
The food - there’s something for everyone at any time of the day. The food is very high standard - probably one of the best hotels for food that we have stayed in. Drinks were very high standard - wine, champagne & cocktails.
The beach was lovely and waiter staff were outstanding ; ordered drinks and they were very quick. Always happy and polite the staff at charm beach club - thank you !
Entertainment was brilliant - we loved the blue bar and charm beach club. Drinks very good and very polite staff. Good music and good entertainment - lots of effort by the hotel staff to maintain high standards.
We will be back Calista. Thank you !
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Date of stay: June 2023Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from Calista Belek, İşletme Sahibi at Calista Luxury Resort
Responded Jun 15, 2023
Dear Guest, Thank you so much for taking your valuable time and sharing your precious feedback. We are satisfied to know that you enjoyed staff, food, entertainment, beach and room. Our team is so proud to read your comment, it motivates us. We hope to welcome you back to our hotel very soon! Sincerely, Calista Luxury Resort Customer Relationship Management crm@calista.com.tr Whats’app +90 530 232 3537
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We have vacationed in Turkey many times and each time in different places and hotels. This year was my first time in Kalista, I’m still here, but I already want to come back. The hotel is excellent!! We checked in immediately upon arrival. We waited for the keys for a couple of minutes while we tasted champagne in cozy armchairs. The work of Reception and Guest Relation is excellent - any issue is resolved instantly. There are no insects, this is an important point for us, especially in a restaurant. Cleanliness everywhere: in the rooms, on the beach, by the pools, in bars and restaurants, in public toilets. It’s not even noticeable when they have time to wash and put everything away. The rooms have a smart home system. You can turn on/off/set up the air conditioner and order cleaning from your phone. The room is cleaned several times a day. The room has everything you need: bathrobes, slippers, hygiene items, a comfortable mattress and pillows, a kettle, a refrigerator with drinks replenished every day. Our room is in the main building overlooking the golf course of the neighboring hotel, the room is quiet, and the balcony offers stunning views. The hotel area is not huge, but not small either - there are many bars and cafes throughout the territory, an amazing spa, a large main swimming pool (there are many sun loungers, there were always free ones), there is a pool with slides, a children's pool with figures, a children's club, but before they never reached him. The beach is gorgeous, there are plenty of sun loungers under cover. The entrance to the sea is sandy with a small strip of small pebbles. Towels can be changed as much as you like in unlimited quantities. The food is quite decent - the taste and color, of course, everyone has their own preferences, but the cooks try very hard - several types of porridge in the morning always, meat, fish, fried and steamed poultry, various side dishes, even buckwheat, an abundance of fruits and vegetables. We still put on extra kilos, it’s very difficult to limit ourselves, by the way, there are scales in the room. There is also enough animation, with outdoor games during the day and programs in the evening. A couple of times after dinner we took a taxi to Land of legends ($20 round trip) there is a pharmacy, shops, an evening fountain show, very atmospheric. Through the guide we went (for free) to the forsa mall, next to the park, about 5-10 minutes drive, there are also a few shops and a pharmacy there. These are the places you can visit near the hotel. Guests staying at the hotel for seven nights or more are provided with a green corridor at the airport. All the hotel staff are very friendly and helpful, all guests are welcome! I was always surprised by tourists vacationing in the same hotel, but now I don’t want to go to another one. I found the one!
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Date of stay: August 2023Trip type: Traveled with family
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Beautiful stay at the Calista Luxury Resort, the hotel was amazing. Highly recommend this hotel for families, the resort was well staffed and beautifully clean. We travelled with 4 adults and 3 children 12, 9 and a 5 year old severely autistic child. Our housekeeper was full of smiles and kept our room amazingly clean room 4110. Toiletries were so abundant, and the little touches of toothpaste, saving cream, razors and many other things were well thought out. The restaurant was well staffed and had so many options, we never had a problem getting a table and the staff cleared the table so quickly. The highchairs were cleaned and covered in cling film for every meal. We ate in the Japanese al a carte restaurant and the kids loved the sushi options, the Italian al a carte was also good. All the drinks were branded and the staff came round all the sun beds and tables to take and deliver your order. Branded ice cream and lollies were also available.
The range of pools was amazing and we never had a problem getting a sun bed even at 11am which really made our holiday relaxing. My highlight was the beach pier bar so relaxing with cocktails and snacks. The resort is so safe and my 12 & 9 year old could walk around the resort by themselves. So much to amuse them from the ice cream parlour, football pitches, water slides and kids club. We had a superior family room which was so spacious, the air con was brilliant, the bedding was soft mattress perfect. We had towel's changed twice a day and mini bar was refilled twice a day. We requested a late check out and the hotel although fully booked managed to get us a late check out which really made a difference to our last day.
Also if you stay at the Calista in a family room for more than 7 nights you get the CIP VIP airport access with airport lounge which in a very busy Antalya airport was a haven.
The only down fall was the expensive onsite shop, $70 for a pool float and $55 for sun cream. The nearest town in 10/15 mins by taxi so ensure you pack all the essentials you will need.
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Date of stay: July 2024
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Room Tip:Ensure you visit the Japanese restaurant the food was amazing.
Take a visit to the pier bar and...
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Response from Lina Taş, Diğer at Calista Luxury Resort
Responded Aug 12, 2024
Dear guest , Thank you so much for taking your valuable time and sharing your precious feedback. We are satisfied to know that you enjoyed your holiday with us. Our team is so proud to read your comment, it motivates us. We all look forward to welcoming you back to Calista Luxury Resort on many future occasions soon. Sincerely, Calista Luxury Resort Customer Relationship Management crm@calista.com.tr
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My family and I spent 7 days at the Calista hotel (with a 1.5-year-old child). Generally, the hotel has many advantages, starting from the food, service and ending with the standard of the rooms (tip: you don't have to take toothpaste, toothbrushes, shaving kit, etc. - it's standard), as well as diapers for swimming by the pool. .. Absolutely recommendable to those who want to relax and not worry about anything. From casual observations: the hotel offers delicious cocktails with premium alcohols (single malt whisky, cognac, etc.), the staff provides drinks on the beach with delivery to the deckchair, snacks are served all the time in several places, the Garden restaurant serves meals like in a good restaurant - especially Turkish food, in the evenings you can use the grill and choose fish or meat, there is something happening every day: performances and discos in the Charm restaurant. The attention to detail and the value for money ratio are incomparable to the standards in hotels in Europe, to Calista's advantage.
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Date of stay: October 2023
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We rested with our wife between 11.07.24 and 20.04.24 in the 2nd building, room 2007. I'll start with the cons: -ABSOLUTELY not good food, especially meat. Cooked meat here is an awfully peppery, overdried thing that you can't eat. Next - as such, there are no salads traditional to our taste, but there is a separate chef who makes the salad you want with you - I ordered Caesar and it is disgusting, ended up taking the greens separately with my wife. Coffee: cappuccino - once taken, it turned out to be very bitter, switched to a latte and here once you don't have to - once brought normal, another time bitter and it is constant roulette; - service in the main restaurant, except for the Cossack girls, who spoke great Russian and did everything well, the rest is a lottery - may not bring anything at all, may be confused, table service is a joke, somewhere there is a set of spices, sugar, and somewhere they forget to put, 80% of the whole stay in the restaurant we had to ask that we put sugar on the table; - cleaning the room, replenishing the bar and hygiene supplies - if you, like us, leave the room at 8:30, return at 11:30, leave for lunch and return at 14:00, and after you have sleep until 16:00 and then leave again and return to dinner, your room will not be cleaned at all, the bar and supplies will not be replenished - this is an issue we have addressed through assistants systematically. Dirty dishes (photo attached), the fourth time we were brought juice in a clean glass; - evening animation - forget at all, in 10 days there were 3 shows and that's it; VERY bad internet.
Pros: - a good beach, a cool sea call - in general everything related to the beach area and the sea is very good; - service on the beach - normal, constantly walking staff and offering drinks; freshly squeezed orange juice; assistants, were constantly in touch and solving questions, and there were a lot of questions; - fast track and cip lounge at Antalya airport - this is a free service from the hotel, where you are escorted through separate check-in desks and you are waiting for a plane in a separate room with free food, drinks and internet, the same service will be offered by guides from the tour operator, say from the hotel only passage through separate desks - do not lead, guides breed you.
We've never rested in hotels like lukhari, laksheri and other dishonesty before. Last year we were in Papilon Amsha, and by there - the food tasted a lot better, and there was less meat, but it was delicious; an evening show EVERY day, quality internet.
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Date of stay: July 2024Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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We have been to Calista for the 5th time since 2014 and were very satisfied as always. The food was good and you actually always found something delicious in the 2 weeks, so there was no boredom, good we also found the e.g. T. freshly cooked and grilled. There is also always fresh fruit, ice cream, coffee and cake during the day. The selection at the bar actually leaves almost nothing to be desired. The staff is always friendly, although we had the impression that the service on the jetty has decreased a little bit in contrast to all the years before. The rooms were always clean and our special requests were quickly received. Pool, beach and jetty are very nice and even after the years everything is still in good shape. The animation offers many possibilities but is not intrusive, which is very pleasant. In the fitness area, there is usually always someone there to advise. A massage in the spa area was very good but clearly too expensive. Many areas such as Bluebar beach disco and also the sanitary facilities have been rebuilt or newly built which has also been very nicely done. Although we have no small children, we and the "kindergarten" watched. The area is spacious and very nicely decorated, pretty much the best we have seen so far. However, we do not know if the children are also looked after in German. On the subject of language, communication in German is only possible to a limited extent but English works quite well. Granted, Calista is one of the more expensive hotels on the Turkish coast, but you also get something for the money. We will gladly come a 6th time
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Date of stay: October 2024
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Room Tip:Aufgrund der etwas abgelegenen Lage gabs hier nur 3 Punkte. ohne Taxi geht nichts.
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I have just returned from 16 nights at Calista Luxury Resort. I booked it after reading excellent reviews on trip advisor. It certainly lives up to the reviews. The bedroom I booked did not have a separate shower, they put me in a different room with a shower at no extra cost and no problem . The food in the restaurant is excellent, something for most disconcerting of diners. The loungers around the numerous pools are all large with cushions and covers which are changed evert day. The pools are cleaned every evening with a large vacuum cleaner device and are spotless as are everything else around the place. the highlight of the hotel is the large pier which is stocked with numerous lounges and tables bar snack ect and is well worth paying the extra to get on there. The toilets with the beach toilet block the beach toilet are unbelievable they are more in keeping with what you'd find in a west end club than a Mediterranean beach see to believed. all in all a wonderful hotel and it offers better value for money than other 5 star hotels i have stayed at in antalya.
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Date of stay: September 2023
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Response from Calista Belek, İşletme Sahibi at Calista Luxury Resort
Responded Oct 18, 2023
Dear John, Thank you so much for taking your valuable time and sharing your precious feedback. With you we develop ourselves and become more stronger. Our team is so proud to read your comment, it motivates us. We know, future visitors of the hotel will find your comments most useful. We all look forward to welcoming you back to Calista Luxury Resort on many future occasions soon. Sincerely, Calista Luxury Resort Customer Relationship Management crm@calista.com.tr
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The most luxurious hotel!!! It amazes you from the moment you arrive, starting from the meeting at the reception, very friendly, as if they were waiting for you, with champagne, lemonade for children, sweets, etc.! The rooms are even standard, large, with excellent cosmetic contents (there are even hair bands) and a mini bar, everything is there, including an iron and board, the cleaning is excellent, which is rare for Turkey, towels are changed 2 times a day, children are given everything they need, cosmetics , pots, stands, robes, slippers. Unfortunately, the children got sick, and then we did too, the guest relations service amazed us with its attention and care, every day in the chat we learned about our health status and whether we needed anything special in our room, we were in a pleasant shock! In general, all requests and questions were resolved very quickly. There is also a convenient smart home function, you can remotely turn on the air conditioning in your room while you are lying on the beach or open the room without a card, adjust the light, super! Lots of Russian speaking staff, very convenient The waiters in the lobby, bars, restaurants, on the beach were all smart, they never forgot orders, they brought everything very quickly, they asked themselves if they needed to update the drinks The food is delicious, varied, lots of fish. You can also have a snack in different places throughout the day. It’s not boring in the evening, very beautiful themed shows, we rarely managed to go to them because the children were small and went to bed early, but the scenery was amazing Children's mini disco is super, the presenter is very fiery and cheerful. A train runs around the hotel at certain hours and takes children for rides. The beach is large, there are enough sun loungers, there are always free places, but I would like them to have soft mattresses, like at the pools for example) The hotel is very beautiful, green area We will be back with great pleasure to see you again ❤️
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Date of stay: October 2022Trip type: Traveled with family
Room Tip:Брать ничего не нужно, есть все и даже больше!
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We traveled as a family, 4 adults and one child (3 years old). We had booked a "family room" (two double rooms with a connecting door). Perfect for us. The rooms were very large (104 m² in total) and very tastefully decorated. Although the hotel has been around for a few years, everything was top notch and very well maintained. The choice of food was huge and there was something for every taste. You could drink both the sparkling wine and the table wines (white, rosé and red), which is not always the case even in 5-star hotels in Turkey. The service was perfect. This applies to both the cleaning of the rooms and the service in the restaurants as well as at the pool and beach. In recent years we have stayed in various upscale 5-star hotels in Belek (Maxx Royal, Regnum, Mardan Palace, Rixos....). In our opinion, the Calista has the most beautiful outdoor algae (pool area and garden). In summary, we can say that there was not a single point that we had cause for complaint.
PS. Guests who have booked for longer than 7 nights arrive on the Airport to enjoy the CIP service (VIP service) free of charge. This means: ...baggage handling without having to stand in line and spending the waiting time until departure in the VIP lounge).
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Date of stay: May 2024
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Room Tip:Buchen und genießen
Die Unterbringung im Hotel ist für Kinder bis 12 Jahre kostenlos.
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Hi. Sorry. I’ve seen your question a bit late. Yes, there are some cats but not stray. There use to be a cat’s house on the property last years - havent noticed it this year. You get to see the cats in the evening. Some years ago my kid got scratched and I asked about their whereabouts. The hotel told me the cats are pets of their own, not from the street. As I might recall (it was like 8 years ago) they are even vaccinated… not sure.
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Nearby attractions include The Land Of Legends Theme Park (2.0 miles), The Land of Legends Shopping Avenue (2.0 miles), and Belek Town Mosque (1.5 miles).