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Orka Sunlife Resort & Spa

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Orka Sunlife Resort & Spa is a family-friendly hotel on the outskirts of the Turkish resort of Hisaronu. The town is on a mountain plateau, a short drive from the beach resort of Oludeniz on the Mediterranean coast. The centre of Hisaronu¸ is a short walk away and has plenty of cafes, bars and restaurants, as well as gift shops and a weekly market. In the evening the resort comes alive with music, dancing and nightclubs open until dawn. The hotel has five swimming pools, including a kids' pool, a water slide pool and a heated indoor pool. If you want to keep up with your fitness routine during your stay, you can work out in the gym. For some downtime, there's a spa offering a Turkish bath, sauna and massage treatments. During the day you can join in with aquaerobics in the pool, burn off some energy playing football or basketball, or enjoy a more leisurely game of boules in the hotel's grounds. For dining, Orka Sunlife Resort & Spa has a buffet restaurant and three a la carte restaurants, as well as a snack bar and a patisserie. There are four bars, one of which by the pool. Most evenings there's entertainment at the hotel including live shows, karaoke and bingo. There are lots of activities to keep children entertained as well. A hotel shuttle bus runs to the beach twice a day and there's local transport for when you want to explore a little further afield.

Orka Sunlife Resort & Spa is 1km from the centre of Hisaronu¸ and 2.5km from the beach at Oludeniz. Oludeniz is famous for its Blue Lagoon, which lies behind the main horseshoe-shaped sandy beach. The lagoon is a popular place for diving and snorkelling, and has been designated a national park. You might even catch a glimpse of a rare loggerhead turtle here. In the evenings, Oludeniz has a laid-back nightlife scene, as well as rooftop restaurants serving traditional Turkish food. Within driving distance of Hisaronu¸ is the resort of Fethiye, with twisting backstreets full of shops, many selling locally made carpets and crafts, and a bustling weekly market. There are open-air cafes selling fragrant Turkish coffee and restaurants serving mezze and kebabs. History lovers might enjoy visiting the Tomb of Amyntas, a series of Lycian rock tombs carved into the hillside above Fethiye. There's also the remains of a medieval castle and a Roman amphitheatre to explore.

The buffet restaurant is open for breakfast, late breakfast, lunch and dinner, and offers themed nights such as Tex-Mex and Sunday Roast. A kids' buffet has familiar favourites. The three a la carte restaurants serve Chinese, Turkish and Italian food. The lobby bar is open 24 hours a day.

There's a kids' pool and playground. The hotel-run kids' club includes activities such as face-painting, games and arts and crafts. There's also a mini disco.

Rooms at Orka Sunlife Resort & Spa have either a balcony or terrace. Inside, you'll have air conditioning, Wi-Fi, a minibar and a TV.

This hotel is popular! Rated excellent by 2711 people on Tripadvisor

Facilities

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    Kids Entertainment

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    Gym

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    Air-con

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    Kids play area

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Fethiye, Dalaman, Turkey

Address: Hisaronu - Güzgülü Mevkii, 4, Oludeniz-Fethiye / Mugla, Turkey
Phone: +902526166611

Reviews

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2711 reviews

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3* resort at most

Feb 2023 | charlottemill

We stayed in the luxury complex with our own private pool which had fag butts in the cracks of the wall and the water around the edge on the sill was black and got worse throughout our stay. The room was lovely and clean and had everything you needed, bed was comfortable and shower was great. As part of the luxury package there was a private pool and bar just for luxury apartment guests away from the main pool but most of the umbrellas were broken so couldn't get out of the sun (it was 35 degrees most of the time) The alcoholic beverages were very weak and the cocktails didn't taste like they had any alcohol in at all. We didn't use the main pool so can't comment on that area. I would say there were about 20 sun beds around the private pool area and by the time you got there after breakfast they had been reserved, this lead to us doing the same as we would never get a bed but we as soon as we left to go back to the room we would take our towels off so someone else could use them. This was annoying as we paid all that money (just like other guests) but couldn't even get a sun bed, very selfish but a common occurrence anywhere you go. The food was below standard, the breakfast was a very confusing mismatch, bread was stale with flies on it, 'fresh' fruit had dried up again with flies around it. Lunch was probably the best meal, lots of variety to choose from. Dinner wasn't much better than breakfast, meals were changed every day so didn't have the same thing twice but just not up to standard. We ended up eating in the al la carte most nights as it wasn't expensive and much better food. My ex partner who I went with is a massive foodie so was very disappointed with the buffet food, i'm quite fussy so it was perfect for me but not very tasty. We booked early September in the hope there wouldn't be many children but there was a lot. Not very pleasant carrying round plates of food in the dining area when there are kids running around every where screaming. The staff were friendly and accommodating for us, room cleaners very good and friendly. The aquapark was amazing, we had an amazing day. The queue for slides went down quickly but I struggled with the amount of stairs lol! I wouldn't say im unfit but my legs were in tatters after walking up so many sets of stairs! definitely didn't need to go to the gym for a while. The spa was very good where we had a turkish bath and then a massage afterwards and very reasonably priced too. We were allowed to shower before our transfer to the airport but the public shower was absolutely disgusting! The walls were brown with dirt and scum, hair clogged up the drain and the scum around the metal fixings was disgusting, i've never seen anything like it in a resort! Overall a good resort, a 3* resort at most

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Dec 2022 | Eileen G

Our Granddaughter got married on Green Pines bungalow beach and it was lovely. Orka Sunlife is a lovely hotel but far too many steps for us although there is a cable lift to all the floors .....rooms cleaned every day and towels replaced...no need for pool towels as they are provided and replaced every day. We found the hotel a good walk from town but taxis £2.50 and very easy to get if you press the buzzer outside reception.

Excellent end of season holiday.

Dec 2022 | Michael C

First time here. Although the reviews we looked at prior to going gave us some concerns they were groundless. Excellent hotel, friendly attentive staff. Food a bit samey but always something for everybody's taste. No complaints. Would return.

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