Carmina Hotel

just had a 2week stay in the carmina well I say to weeks I booked 2 weeks but stayed 2 nights this hotel is the pitts I booked a1 bedroom apartment when we arrived early sunday morning we got to our apartment and there were about 3 to 4 hundred ants staying in this apartment all over the beds the sofa the floor was covered we went down I told the man on reception he was not bothered he phoned the manager and he said there was nothing he could do till Monday. so we walked the streets to try and find another hotel but there was none open has it was 4 oclock in the morning we had no choice but to go back to this horrible place. we had to try and kill all the ants which was very hard to do the were all over our legs and feet. we were very tired so we got as many as we could off the bed but as we tried to get a couple of hours sleep they were on our face arms hands ect.when we got up and had a look around this apartment and the kitchen we were disgusted at the state of it I would not even feed my cat in the kitchen never mind cook in it the shower did not work it just poured water out of all the pipes. these apartments need pulled down and rebuilt we had know choice we had to pay again to stay somewhere at a different hotel. I don't know who gives this hotel its rating but they need to go and check all the rooms I would not give it more than 1 star. pool and bar were very nice and staff were lovely.you would be mad to book this hotel

Just come back from our stay for two weeks at the Carmina Hotel in september.The hotel was basic and the breakfast was nothing special but the atmosphere was brilliant.The staff were great laugh. And the turkish nite was really good and only a tenner each.Apart from four bad days of bad thunder and terrential rain it was a great holiday.Hisorono is a great resort plenty to do.Try santanas restaurant exellent food.Shop round though bars can be pricey.lisa in sheffield.

Everything was good about the Carmina Hotel in Hisaronu. It's just plain brilliant. Nothing bad to report and I would definitely recommend. Location, food and accommodation all 10 out of 10.

We were there from 19th august until 2nd sept 07 and we enjoyed it. We got excellent value for the price we paid £850 inc flights for 3 adults and 14 year old at peak time of season

I have been to Turkey for the last 8 years at different resorts but the Carmina Hotel has got to be the worst one yet and I would tell anybody that.

Before reading this review of the Carmina Hotel, you must understand that it is in NO WAY exaggerated! It is a true account of our two-week holiday in Turkey. We have stayed in 2-5* hotels all across Europe, in self-catering, half board and all-inclusive. However, we have never stayed in a hotel as bad as the Carmina Hotel, Hisaronu.

Some parts of the hotel were obviously a lot worse than other parts, but I'm going to mention all aspects that we found to be dire.

We travelled as a family of 5, and when booking our holiday, we specifically asked that the two rooms we had booked were to be situated next to each other. This in fact was not the case when we arrived and the hotel management were not willing not to rectify this problem. The rooms themselves were standard. One room had no plug for the sink and the shower leaked massively. The other room had wall lights that didn't work; the fitted hairdryer didn't work and also had a similar problem with the shower leaking. Another problem was the toilet, in one room it did not flush properly. After requesting for it to be mended to the hotel management on numerous occasions, it was never done and we had to use the poolside toilet instead!

Another problem with regards to the room was the amount of hot water. I think, but am not sure, that it is solar heated and so there is very little hot water in the morning and late in the evening. I found myself on numerous occasions showering in freezing cold water. There is also an issue with the electricity. I'd say maybe once every three days there was a power cut, on one occasion we were left without power for 30 minutes! The electricity in the room is powered by inserting the room key into a slot, once it is removed to lock the door if you want to go out, the electricity is turned off, not very good if you go self catering and you wish to leave food in the fridge!! I also feel that the air-conditioning offered to guests is over priced. You can only power it when you're in the room, which is not very often; besides, air conditioning takes a while to kick in. They wanted to charge us £20 per week per room, which would have added another £80 to our holiday price, something we were not willing to do.

I'd say the biggest problem of the entire holiday was the food. We went half board at this hotel which I have to say is NOT AN OPION ANYONE SHOULD GO FOR! We were lead to believe that it would be a buffet style meal in the evenings of which it wasn't. We were sat at a table and given food that we had no choice over what so ever! One of the party was a vegetarian and had to eat veggie casserole after veggie casserole for near enough the entire two weeks. We found ourselves eating outside of the hotel on more than one occasion. In mentioning this to our rep, there was little she could do. The restaurant manager said to us that it would be easier for him if we opted against the half board option and tried to get our money back, as he was the one that had to decide what to cook us every night. The food in the morning was typical Turkish breakfast; basically we had the choice of bread, cheese, melon, olives, tomatoes and cucumber, nothing else! If you want an English breakfast you have to pay £4.50! You also have to pay for cereal if you have young children.

The entertainment put on by hotel staff was pitiful. Once a week in the hotel, there is a Turkish evening, which was in fact VERY GOOD! But as half board guests, you wouldn't think that we'd have to pay the £14 per person to attend! Other than this, there is a quiz once a week held on a Sunday. We arrived on a Sunday so was pretty impressed by this. However, the following Sunday, quiz night came again and guess what the questions were EXACTLY the same! We couldn't believe it. Other than this, there was no more entertainment put on at night.

The hotel bar beside the pool is very rowdy at night. Of course you have to expect that people on holiday are likely to stay up drinking until the early hours of the morning. On more than one occasion however, the bar remained open playing music until gone 4am! Not good when your room is situated just to the side of the bar. Another point to mention is that the bar staff themselves were also drunk, continuing to serve customers, on many instances. On one occasion, the bar staff were allowing a 14 year old boy to stand behind the bar and serve customers!

With reference to the bar, it is also worth mentioning the fact that they overcharge you, BIGTIME! They offer a system where you order your drinks and then give them your room number. This is then entered into the computer and you can pay your bill at the reception whenever you choose to. We made friends with around 6 families whilst there, and all had experienced problems with overcharging at the bar. On one occasion, a young lad was caught ordering drinks and putting them on another room numbers bill! A member of our party was charged 11lira for one drink! That's around £4.50!

There were as well many smaller problems. The TV in the room only offered two English-speaking channels, one of which was frozen and not operating for about 10 days of our fortnight stay! There is NO KIDS CLUB, even though this is advertised on their website and also on the brochure they hand out in the hotel reception. Another niggle was that they played the same CD over and over again! One of the songs "**** YOU RIGHT BACK" was played regardless to the numerous children staying in the hotel!

There was however some good points about the hotel, although very little. The staff were amazing, very welcoming, friendly and eager to learn English! The beach was great; the hotel offered a free transfer to a part of the beach owned by the hotel.

Although we experienced all of the above problems, we did however make the most of our holiday and try our best to ignore them. I would NEVER return to the Carmina Hotel and would not recommend it to anyone.