Corendon Hydros Club Kemer

It is a very nice hotel, clean rooms and surroundings, various and tasty food. Very friendly personnel. Also, super nice location in terms of surrounded mountains and clean sea, very big area for private beach which makes it very pleasant to enjoy. We had a very good experience and time in this hotel.

The room was a bit old, also, when you get a room with the view to the sea be prepared to hear a party from the nearby hotel until 12 at night, it is quite loud so not really possible to sleep before that time, but it is not hotels fault. One comment though, the hotel perhaps should add a policy about occupying beds at the beach and near the pool, because lots of people use their things and put it on beds but never show up, so people who want to have place couldn’t get it because of someone’s stuff there, super unfair. If you want to get a place it is fine, but then use it and not just occupy it for one swim at the sea for the whole day (we witnessed it ourselves, women booked 3 beds at the beach since 8 in the morning and NEVER showed up and then we saw her at the pool with another three beds occupied) And be ware, there are many russians everywhere in that area (not only in a hotel)and they all speak to you only in their language as if you are supposed to understand them. The rest was perfect and nice, totally suitable for young people or family or anyone who wants to have easy and nice time.

Everything about the Hydros hotel exceeded our expectations. The grounds are meticulously well groomed, the main pool had many activities guests could take part in during the day, with a second pool for those who wanted to relax. Staff were always friendly and on hand to help if needed. The room, while a little dated, was clean, with one of the comfiest mattresses I’ve ever had in a hotel. There was plenty of choice in the buffet restaurant and the food was of excellent quality. The snack bar offered great choices for a late lunch. I wouldn’t hesitate to rebook another stay at the Hydros hotel.

Nothing. Our stay was excellent.

- Big property, tennis courts - Nice pier - Good pools

- Food is very fatty, the biggest concern - Negative experience at massage and spa. They rushed

The hotel is well taken care of, room cleaning is on a daily basis - rooms are clean. The food is quite varied / diverse and the personnel is both helpful and smiling. When we arrived, we booked a room with one king-sized bed, but the room we received had 2 single beds. However, when we asked for a room with a single king-sized bed, we were moved the very next day without any fuss or paying something extra. The beach, while very small, is clean and so is the water. The hotel has a very good location, being around 500 metres away from the main shopping street (Ataturk boulevard) and literally 100 metres from the beach. So if you want to get out of your room and jump in the water in less than 1 minute, that is perfectly possible. Wifi internet connection is also good (and free) both in the hotel and on the beach (contrary to many other places in Turkey) so we could call back home whenever we wanted. The area is also very safe and Kemer is, in general - but Turkey is a very safe country, overall. Kemer is also very nice and there is a huge variety of shops, starting from fake clothing from well-known brands, going on with sweets, coffee, tea, tons of souvenirs of all kinds. In the center of Kemer there are also some nice restaurants with very good service and food for a nice dinner outside. The employees are top (we are already used to this, Turkey really knows what tourism is and the Turkish people are not only very friendly, but they know how to show it and make you feel more than welcome). Turkey is a warm country both in terms of air temperature and human behavior - but this is something common to all Muslim countries and western people should definitely start taking lessons here (and not only). The hotel is filled up with Russians (and very few Germans) - but for me, as an Eastern European myself, I like it, because Russians are very ok and well behaved from what I could see. I definitely prefer Russians (and avoid British)

Clearly, it's very far from a 5 star hotel, I would rank it at around 3 - 3 1/2, at least compared to REAL 5 star hotels that can be found in other places, Turkey included - if you wish a REAL 5 star, Belek and Lara (both in Turkey, both in Antalya) are probably the first choices with the highest possible service and pampering, but expect to dig very deep in your pockets for those places. We've stayed in other "5 star" hotels in Antalya that were closer to a real 5 star. I have no idea how stars are actually "given" in Turkey. The food, while diverse, is sometimes tasteless and it's very repetitive, hardly any change from one day to another - lunch and dinner especially, but the breakfast was ok. Poor choice of soups or grilled meat, in my opinion - however, the salads and the sweets were both fine and diverse. The alcoholic beverages were free only for the local brands, if you want well known booze brand, you will need to pay and it's outrageously expensive. Vodka, for instance was anything else but not vodka, and it's just an example. Also, the beverage choice in the room's fridge is very poor - only water, tea, instant coffee and a kettle. A 5 star hotel means soda (coke / pepsi, 7up / sprite, fanta / mirinda, etc), beer, some sweets (snickers, mars, twix, bounty, etc) in the fridge and the fridge should be filled up daily - again, at a REAL 5 star. The pebbly beach is super small and the number of beds is very low compared to the number of tourists that the hotel (actually, a complex) can accommodate. If you want a bed on the beach, your best bet is to wake up in the early morning (around 6:00 AM or so) and "reserve" it - with your own towel on it. Clearly, it's not what someone would enjoy doing on vacation, waking up in the early morning as if you have to go to work.