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Arum Barut Collection
Turkey, Europe
Side
This charming hotel is located by a beautiful long sandy beach, within wonderful green grounds. The town centre with its many shops, cafés, bars and restaurants is just 3.8 km away where Side's spectacular amphitheatre, museum and the Temple of Apollo can also be found. Manavgat Waterfalls are 10 km away. There are public transportation links and a taxi station in front of the hotel.
Facilities
- Darts
- Tennis
- Billiards*
- Beauty salon*
- Spa treatments*
- Massage*
- Sauna
- Entertainment programme for children
- Entertainment programme for adults
- Children playground
- Please note some facilities may incur an additional fee
The Local Area
Tripadvisor Reviews
5.0 Excellent3,920 reviews
Excellent
83%
Very Good
12%
Average
4%
Poor
1%
Terrible
1%
Location
Cleanliness
Service
Value
Great hotel but sunbeds are an issue
All in all a very good hotel. Staff very professional and extremely helpful. Very well staffed in all areas. Everywhere was spotless clean. Food was very good for all meals with plenty of choice. For our whole stay we wanted for nothing. Minibar and coffee was restocked every day without fail.
Pool area was fantastic, clean and tidy and generally well kept.
Now for a couple of let downs and bad points but these didn't take away from the whole experience and wouldnt put us off returning again.
- Hotel is letting people get away with reserving sunbeds then not using them all day. One particular couple would reserve not 2 but 3 sunbeds every day along with 3 sun umbrellas, just so no-one would sit near them. The towels was already on them when we would go down at 8am but they wouldnt show up until 12 ish most days and even then would put some stuff down and sit at the bar area untill approx 3pm then would actually use the sunbeds. They also was laying out and using 8 pool towels each day. Now I'm not 100% sure but I think that they may have been getting a staff member to reserve the sunbed for them each morning.
Sun beds on the pier would often all be taken by people who reserved sunbeds on the pier and around the pool at the same time.
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Not all drinks served are premium. On asking for baileys we was served local dross. But I was lead to believe this was all inclusive plus and drinks were branded, but this not always the case.
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The pool towels often smelt like onions, but I have no idea why.. we both noticed it.
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For 3 of our 10 night stay we was left with no bath towels and had to phone down to reception. And to be fair they would bring us a set up in less than 10 minutes.
Would I return again? Yes 100% but would like them to make some changes to the things listed..
Great Great Great
Our second experience of all inclusive plus in this Hotel and again we got nothing to say except that it was amazing. All services, meals, stuff, beach, pools, drinks and atmosphere. Really appreciate all the hard work from the stuff. Great shows in outside theater. We also walk down the promenade by the sea and we didn’t see better looking hotel than our’s. We highly recommend to visit this hotel if you wanna relax with your family or as a couple in Side. Special thanks to Hasan San for the services during the breakfast and lunch time (amazing waiter) and also to the lady chef Cennet for her amazing pasta (really kind person).
Review by Martin P Sile, Turkiye
Perfect Family Week Away
We’ve just returned from a week at the Arum Barut Hotel and honestly, from start to finish, it’s been fantastic.
When we first arrived, the reception team welcomed us with our favourite cocktails, which was a really nice touch, and they also helped us get our restaurants booked for the week. We’ve stayed at plenty of hotels before but we’ve never had that kind of welcome.
The rooms are really new, modern and well equipped, with everything you could need. They’re also spotlessly clean and pretty much everything feels brand new. We stayed in one evening as we were all tired and ordered room service, which was excellent. The food was great and, like everywhere else in the hotel, the staff couldn’t do enough for you.
A few shout outs because the staff really do make this hotel shine. Furkan Kaplan and the team at the pool bar were fantastic. They couldn’t do enough for us, always encouraging us to try different cocktails and having a laugh with us throughout the week. They really made the days around the pool even more enjoyable.
The lifeguards around the pool slides also deserve a mention. They were all so kind to my daughter Heather and were absolutely brilliant with her. They really looked after her, made sure she was safe and even let her have a few extra goes after the slides had officially closed, which she absolutely loved!
Cuma also looked after us really well at breakfast and all of the à la carte restaurant staff were brilliant too. Again, nothing was ever too much trouble and they all went out of their way to make sure you had a really enjoyable experience.
We love the Barut hotels and this stay has honestly exceeded our previous experiences. We’d have no hesitation recommending the Arum Barut and would definitely stay here again.
Fantastic holiday
Stayed in this lovely hotel for 11 nights end of August. Previously we have stayed at the Barut Lara so knew what to expect from the Barut concept and we were not disappointed. The resort is a lot smaller than Lara but well spread out. Same luxurious rooms, quality of food and drinks, excellent cocktails but the best thing about here is definitely the staff. Every member of staff had a friendly smile and provided fantastic service, from the housekeeper, the guy that filled up the mini bar everyday and every single staff member we met went above and beyond. We would like to say a special thank you to Mustafa at the pool bar who provided fantastic table service during the day, we didn't even need to order he knew our drinks after day one .also a special thank you to Arif at the Bonsai and Petunya restaurants. He really made our last evening very special, lovely private table looking out over the sea, flowers on the table and amazing food that we will remember for a long time. In summary we would definitely recommend staying at this fabulous hotel and we are looking forward to returning next year.
Review by Josie N Morecambe, United Kingdom
First time in Türkiye!
Stayed here first week of September just my wife and I. First time in Türkiye and enjoyed it. Hotel is lovely, food was good especially the Turkish restaurant. Staff where nice and friendly. Beach bar was a lovely place to sit at the end of the day and watch the sunset.
In summary. Was it as good as some other resorts we've been to? No but it was also less expensive than others so value for money was very good. Would I stay here again? Yes (but we rarely stay the same place twice)
Couple of small things that put me off a 5* review. Buffet food wasnt always the warmest Drinks at the pool bar where so strong sometimes they where undrinkable (wasnt just me that noticed this) Entertainment wasnt the best we've seen on our travels
We also did the Blue sea cruise boat trip which I would recommend along with a trip to Side old town.
Review by Normal-person-review Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
