Palmiye Turkey

For my first ever all-inclusive resort experience, I couldn't have chosen a better place! Well, Club Med is the pioneer of all-inclusive concept since 1950s and the 75 years of experience has made everything better and perfect. The ease with which everything happens leaves you stress-free and with time to pursue so many activities such as archery, table tennis, swimming, massages, volleyball... In fact, I wish I had stayed longer to do everything on offer. (I now know why people choose to stay a minimum of 7 days here).

Once you arrive, leave the wallet in your room! My only worry was what to do in the next hour! Food selection is huge (buffet) and I loved how people spoke to each other over meals. Adults only pool meant privacy but at the same time it was wonderful to see families with children enjoying themselves - a rare sight these days.

For me, the size of my room was just right. Clean sheets, bathrooms and floors - everything restocked daily too. In all, ClubMed Palmiye has become the benchmark of all-inclusive hotels for me and I know what I will look forward to.

Club Med Palmiye never disappoints! The newly renovated resort is beautiful and the GOs are excellent. Special shoutout to Ali Han at hotel bar who always remembered our orders and was so friendly and smiley. We will certainly be back soon!

Alihan G.E at the bar was a wonderful person. He was always smiling and cheerful. He was very helpful. Thank you for the great personnel. The whole facility was beautiful. Very organized and clean. The rooms and the food was immaculate. Thank you for a nice experience.

Overall our stay at club Med Palmiye was very positive. Some highlights:

• Installations are new and incredibly well kept, and the location is stunning. Everything is clean and looks beautiful
• Sports and activities offer is ample, equipment is new and everything is well organized
• The food is just incredible, freshly made, local, and a variety of choices
• Some of the GOs where very nice to us, and we had a lot of fun with them, particularly Gino, Alphonse (Tennis GO), and the sailing GOs

Some lowlights:

• The experience is very "french". For non french speakers like myself it can be hard to follow everything as the only language spoken almost exclusively is french. When you ask the GOs or personnel to talk english, they will struggle and they will try to avoid you, making you feel as an outsider. There is a lot of work to be done if Club Med wants to be considered as an international place
• The alcohol quality is extremely low. Not only it tastes bad, but it seems like the alcoholic drinks don#t have any alcohol.
• Besides the ones I mentioned earlier, most of the GOs didn't make any effort to interact with the guests or integrate.

Second year in a row at Palmiye. Loved the sports available there with no or minimal queuing (water skiing, sailing, padel, tennis, gym). Delicious food, drinks and the staff (GO) is always helpful and pleasant. Evening animations are nice as well. The kids club for my son of 6yo was great from 9am to 5pm and also in the evening from 7pm to 9pm if needed. The GOs take really good care of the children who get to try many sports and activities. My son has food allergy and they were very cautious with that. Particular thanks to Couscous from the kids club who made it really fun ! Also to Jonathan and Fati who organised a little birthday cake (and song) on a short notice for my wife. Thank you all!