The Garden Beach Hotel

This was a spontaneous last minute solo booking. I am happy with my experience. Truly pleased for what you get for the price especially in early May. Weather was truly summery warm, I got tanned😊 The room was basic but spacious and had no problem with anything and didnt really spend much time there. The food was enjoyable. I skipped lunch though. I had breakfast + sometimes small traditional homemade snack at the beach (lady did this traditional dough “thing” with cheese filling) + ice cream at 4pm + dinner. For breakfast I usually had s lot of vegetables and some sort of scrambled eggs or omelette, mozarella cheese balls. You could have freshly squeezed orange use for additional 2 or 1 euro cost (i had two glasses, there was a discount one day) Dinners were nice too - mostly chicken or beef barbecue, some pasta or potatoes options. One dinner evebing it was special Turkish night cuisine and I liked kebabs and freshly made mini traditional doghnuts. I stayed in early may 2025, I didn’t swim in the sea although I saw some people did. I was swimming at the pool. Especially enjoyed in the morning before breakfast to have it all for myself. Later music usually is very load and many songs in russian. That is true that most guests are from Russia and this is the most popular language you hear in hotel area. They do evening programs and shows and games on stage and this is also in russian. For me this was not a big deal, I speak and understand the language. The beach was nice enough, sunbeds are confortable and no extra charge, towels are changed few times per week in spa center MY TIPS: 1.have cash. Euros or Liras. Almost everywhere you can pay by card but in buses for example you can only pay by cash. My trip was last minute, was rushed, so I didnt prepare cash🙈 2.going to Kleopatra beach in Alanya - totally worth it. The garden beach hotel beach was nice but I knew that I had to visit Kleopatra beach in Alanya - beach there is extraordinary beautiful and it is only 13km away. (By local bus it took me only 10-15mins and cost 1€ or 40liras.) beautiful to walk, to spend day sunbathing. You can easily get unbrella and sunbed, eat out, sunbath, swim, watch sunset and yet come back for late dinner in hotel👌 3.Buy some medicine here - most things in pharmacies here are like 3 times cheaper. And for some things they don’t even ask for a prescription, that I would not get without a prescription in my homecountry Lithuania. 4. Take many beautiful photos on golden hour. If travelling solo - bring your tripod👌📸❤️