Ulasan The Marilis Hill Resort Hotel & Spa Ultra All Inclusive

BASICS first // Who went: two adults, two older teenage boys and a nine year old girl. How long for? One week (2-9 sept 2024) How much did it cost?: from Glasgow flying Corendon Air, including return private transfers and extra luggage, £500 each all inclusive. The headline // absolutely not 5* as you would expect it in the UK, but at the prices we paid we didn’t expect it. For us it was an upgrade from the 3* place we booked in Cyprus last year for more money. Facilities // The room: we stayed in a family room called a garden view room on lower ground. Initial impression: to get there you walk through the spa and the lower ground smells damp. However on entering the room we were delighted. We had two adjoining rooms. One with a double and single (with wardrobes, a dressing table and access to the patio / garden via glass doors and mossie net), and the other two singles and the bathroom. The main room was clean and actually beautiful. Certainly the nicest room we have ever had on a cheap all inclusive. The bathroom had a good shower, lots of power but it leaked a bit. The seal around sink and some of the edging was getting tatty. Each room had a button to press to clean room. Again, never had any such thing on a cheap holiday. After a few days we came to the conclusion it was used as a means to replace towels and toilet roll but not clean. Big negatives? Plates and glasses left in corridor for an extended period - but there were signs saying don’t take food to the room. Big positives? Air con was so good we had to ask for extra blankets The restaurant: lovely big indoor and outdoor (by the pool) area. We began the holiday eating outside but when it reached 46 in the day it was still nearly 40 at night and was too hot. Food at breakfast included salads, meats, fresh bread, eggs and some continental / Eastern European dishes. Also pancakes every day, toast, Nutella, jam etc Coffee machine and juice machine Food at lunch was an expanse of salads, plenty of fruit, usually something like chips and about 8 hot dishes like curry, goulash, stuffed peppers etc. always with fresh bread. Food at dinner was similar to lunch with an array of desserts and usually a barbecued item cooked outside. Drinks could be got from the lobby bar or from the juice / coffee machine Big negatives: fabric seats were a bit dirty at times due to food spillages and wet bums and air con wasn’t awesome Not a menu for typical Brits. I read some people saying the fruit wasn’t fresh. I actually watched them picking it one morning and adding it to the plates, before a British family turned their nose up at it. That’s just a symptom of us refusing wonky fruit in the UK. Fruit only looks UK fresh for minutes in a sweltering country. Alcoholic cocktails weren’t great. Queue for ice cream each day was massive in baking heat. No snacks that we could find unless we went to beach bar. Big positives: the dining room was lovely, and was cleaned and floor