Hotel reviews Hotel Fame Residence Lara - reviews submitted from HolidayCheck travellers in Lara

Ingrida & Galina

Dream week in Fame Residence Lara & Spa

6.0 / 6
Recommended hotel
Families
Beach holiday
April 2013

The general impression from the hotel is veeeery super positive. Hotel has 8 floors, a huge territory with a lot of swimming pools and it's situated in 3 min walking distance from the sea. Everything is beautifully decorated. Glazed elevator, pictures and little statues, very comfortable sofas and chaise-longs. The hotel is offering all-inclusive concept. The food and drinks were literally everywhere for 24 hours. You can't feel hungry here!) It's very clean. Toilets were always very clean. On our arrival we were welcomed with a glass of champagne. All staff is so friendly, smiling, helpful! Animation team did ... a wonderful job (more about it in entertainment)!!! The major part of guests were Germans (70%) and Hollands, also Russians and French tourists. I didn't remarked any difference in staff attitude towards different nationalities, they were the same frendly with everybody. read more

Room
6.0

Room was big enough, a lot of places to put our stuff - wardrobes, shelves. We were traveling with my mum, and we got a great twin room on the 6th floor with a balcony and view on the other hotel, swimming pools and sea. There was a mini-bar (not free) and water and tee and coffe (for free). Soft carpet on the floor. Everything was in ideal condition. The bathroom was very big, huge mirror, good light. And all you need - shampoo and conditioners , lotions, soaps etc was provided. big and small towels were changed every day.
Gastronomy
6.0

OH MY GOD! never thought all inclusive is sooo fully all inclusive!))) There are plenty of restaurants and bars in the hotel all around the territory. Buffet choice in the main restaurant for main courses was HUGE! Everything you want, a biggest choice of salads. Food was really delicious, fruits juicy, a choice of sorts of cheese was impressive. Always some fresh pastry. The particular accent on desserts - for those who likes sweets, you better watch out)))) - the desserts were UN-DESCRI-BABLE!!! The amount of Turkish sweets, cakes, cakes, cakes and gelatin cakes - eyes were running away!)))) There was a lot of Turkish specialties, but also international cuisine. Fish was very delicious. Waiters and barmen were always very attentive, and smiling, making funny jokes. Also chefs too. In the hotel there are a lot of bars. We were in Phaselis bar every evening. Barmen made special different alcoholic cocktails, never taste anything like that anywhere else, really special mixes. Cocktails "I love you" and "Crazy frog") were good))) Atmosphere in Phaselis bar was the best, especially because animators were there every evening :) Nice music, dances, different events etc. Outside near swimming pools you can take ice-cream in special hours, some yogurts, desserts in any quantity, and the best - cooks were making different Turkish pastry, bred and other things in the street, in front of you eyes.
Service
6.0

Staff is really very friendly, it was a pleasure. Especially receptionists, waiters, animators, staff in spa center. As we are Russians, very pleasant surprise was that almost all staff speaks or at least understands and speak a little bit Russian. If not, we could communicate in English without problem. I saw the staff speaking German as well! When I told some general Turkish words, like - Thank you, How are you etc, the reaction was worth it))) - smiles and happy faces. Great!)) Housekeeping department is working very good, we found our room always very clean, snow-white bedsheets, towels were changed every day even if we didn't leave it on the floor. Also concierges were working diligently, since we arrived in hotel, we didn't move a finger to our huge suitcases - they took our luggage from taxi and bring to the room and the same was on our check-out. We needed to print out the boarding pass, and we were invited to the manager's office to do it calmly! How cool and special is that! Also we did some massage seances with hammam and sauna. Ali and Resul have gold arms, massages were wonderful, relaxing, after massage we were served with a tea. Again, the feeling like in a Eden garden)))
Sport & Entertainment
6.0

If you like to do sport - it's a paradise for you! As it was for us. There are a lot of indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and although the gym itself is not big, animators offered so many sport and entertainment possibilities, it was impossible to simply lay down on the beach passively. We participated in EVERYTHING what animation team offered. At 10:15 we did morning gym with an amazing girl Su, half an hour exercises really made our morning mood. Su also were driven belly dance classes every day (she is dancing so beautifully!) and aerobics. Very funny animator - Koray was helping to her always. He also dressed up sometimes, like a super man or like a girl, haha, is was so funny and we could make nice pictures! With handsome animator Alex we were playing darts. The DJ put great music near the swimming pools! Every day we went to the discotheque in the hotel too. Animators were all dancing there and invited to dance all tourists. The special accent I want to mark out on suuuuuper cool сheerful animator Teo! He is sooo harismatic, he has a sense of humour on the highest level. We were laughing every minute when we took activities with him. Specialty of Teo was volleyball 2 times a day. We were playing with different nationalities and generations, we always found a common language because Teo made us understand each other. His comments on funny situations were clear to everybody, couldn't stop laughing. He was born to entertain people, it really his place to be. He really enjoys to make this job and all the tourists could feel it. Also he and DJ were driving Club Dance near the pool, when we repeated funny movements. All other guys did a wonderful entertainment too. The greatest thing about the animation team in Fame Residence Lara is that all the guys and leaving their lives at work. I mean, I hope they get a real fun too and if not, they are the best actors I ever seen, because it seemed that they are really enjoying what they are doing. The smiles were sincere, they paid attention to people from all nationalities and generations. Thanks to them we were laughing this week so much as didn't laugh for years. They are entertaining people all day long! Every evening at 21:30 some entertainment program started in Phaselis bar - bingo game, karaoke, live music, old hits etc. People where dancing a lot too and animators warmed everybody up with their dances and jokes. GUYS, LOVELY ANIMATION TEAM, I want to tell you THANK YOOOOOOOU SO MUUUUUCH for your amazing job! You made our vacation UNFORGETTABLE!!! I MISS YOU! And in my head is still music and dances you showed)))))
Hotel
6.0

The general impression from the hotel is veeeery super positive. Hotel has 8 floors, a huge territory with a lot of swimming pools and it's situated in 3 min walking distance from the sea. Everything is beautifully decorated. Glazed elevator, pictures and little statues, very comfortable sofas and chaise-longs. The hotel is offering all-inclusive concept. The food and drinks were literally everywhere for 24 hours. You can't feel hungry here! :) It's very clean. Toilets were always very clean. On our arrival we were welcomed with a glass of champagne. All staff is so friendly, smiling, helpful! Animation team did a wonderful job (more about it in entertainment)!!! The major part of guests were Germans (70%) and Hollands, also Russians and French tourists. I didn't remarked any difference in staff attitude towards different nationalities, they were the same frendly with everybody.
Location
6.0

Fame Residence Lara is just 15 min distance with a car from airport (with a taxi 20-25 euros) and very close to Antalya. Hotel has direct access to the beach. Surroundings are beauuuutiful! Swimming pools are all connected and there are so many chaise-longs that we always easily found a place under the sun or in shade any time. So many palm trees, makes you feel like you are in a paradise :) We didn't take the excursion from the hotel, but I saw there is a guest relation service and hotel is offering some trips and excursions. We took just a 1 hour boat trip to Duden waterfalls and we really enjoyed it.

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