The Turkish holiday resort with overwater rooms, private beach and ‘one-of-a-kind' kids club
Biblos Resort in Alacati is a five-star resort that looks more like something in Bali.
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A holiday resort in Turkey looks more like the Maldives thanks to its overwater villas
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Biblo Resort Hotel has suites with floating 'decks' on the pool
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But its some of the swim up rooms that are the star of the show.
The Laguna Suite is for adults only, which has overwater sunlounger decks that let you hop straight into the pool.
Otherwise the Laguna Private Suite has its own Laguna
pool
.
Restaurants
include the Turkish Meftun as well as Miso serving seafood and Nori with Pan Asian food.
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There is the Cocos pool bar and the Biblos Beach Club for cocktails and coffees
It also says it has a "one-of-a-kind" Kids Club with everything from cookie workshops, kids yoga and Pilates as well as karaoke,
hair
braiding and face painting.
The Kids Cinema has
film
screening nights while the Game Center has computer games and Playstations.
Otherwise artistic workshops and educational workshops are alongside the new Jungle B soft play area with slides, swings and ball pits.
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Kids will also love Marquise, which serves waffles and ice cream through the day.
And parents can go to relax at the hotel spa which has everything from hydrotherapy pools,
steam
rooms, saunas, Turkish baths and and salt rooms.
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The kids club has some amazing activities for younger guests
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The hotel calls the kids club "one of a kind"
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There is even a cinema club with daily movie screenings
Guests can even try the "experimental rain" rooms to improve blood circulation or the "spa cabanas" for a massage.
A gym, fashion boutique,
hair
salon and
health
bar are also part of the complex.
Previous guests have raved about it, with one saying: "This is the best hotel I've ever been to."
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Another said: "It was a perfect hotel in the spirit of Bali."
Families praised the resort too, with one writing: "I think the Kids Club at Biblos is the best one we have ever visited."
Rooms start from £289, with loveholidays, while flights from
London
to Alacati take around 3hr45 from
London
Stansted with Pegasus.
Turkey
is home to some amazing holiday resorts.
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And the best
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The overwater rooms are the highlight of the resort
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Some guests say they return to the hotel every year
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