I needed a holiday that I could sandwich I between a friends wedding and running a 10k, flights to Lara beach in Antalya, Turkey fitted and promised some rather gorgeous weather. Then came the choice of hotel, I plumped for the Ramada Resort Lara and I'm really happy I did.
The hotel operates on an ultra all inclusive basis, all meals, snacks, drinks, in room mini bar etc are covered. As as nice extra perks like free in room pretty fast wifi, towel hire and shuttle bus to the beach and inclusive beach club. From the moment I arrived I've been very well taken care of, having my standard twin room upgraded to a superior triplex and a small issue with the door not locking being fixed in under 10 minutes.
I've only ventured to the beach once, but there is a private beach for hotel guests, along with pier bar and beach club serving meals and drinks, all of which is included.
This has also been my first experience of all inclusive, and I've heard bad things, however it has been lovely. The food has been fantastic, with the best salad bar I've seen in a really long time and some wonderful bar staff who learned my order (shamefully!) in one day and kept the Bloody Mary's coming past brunch. read more