Olu Deniz - Just Booked - Anybody Been?

[im]

Totally randomly just booked a 2 weeker in the first fortnight in September and wondered if anyone had any comments/advice. Its the usual All-Inclusive type break.

So...

Loud/Raucous?
Beach/Sea Condition? - Is it the Aegean or the Med?
Eating Out advice? Well there's only so much Hotel Fare you can take...even if its free
Nice/Entertaining Bars?

Any comments or personal stories gratefully received.

[im]

Thanks Dave some great tips mate.

We're at the Alize Hotel which has a 4/5 rating on Trip Advisor. Although frankly it was the most available hotel at short(ish) notice on Teletext holidays where we got the booking.

Will definately be doing some activities but not sure jumping off mountains is my thing...

Again mate - thanks for the recommendations!

[im]

Thanks Dave.

I'll be printing this thread off and taking it with me to try some of these places!

Again - cheers.

[im]

Thanks chaps.

[im]

Hi Guys

Re The Paragliding.

A female acquantance who's on the holiday has asked me to find out how much this is (if I can) as she'll join me if its reasonably priced - she's been to Olu before and seems to recall a figure of £80 as being mentioned but she's not sure.

Does this sound right? Also, do you land on the beach? She seems to think you do but again can't be sure.

And can anybody recommend a good company re insurance for this activity as I'm sure this comes under the heading of 'Dangerous Sports' and so invalidates my own Life Assurance policies.

Again - all advice gratefully received chaps!

[im]

Did you bother with additional insurance?

[im]

Just a small query - Would anybody care to confirm that Olu isn't "Chav Central" please?

[im]

Thanks EVERYONE!

This is all really helpful stuff and very much appreciated.

[im]

DanL said:

This will be useful for me as well, as I'm heading out in that direction next Thursday for a wedding!

Do you need anti-malarials?

I went to the local surgery for my Turkey Jabs last week and an anti-malarial wasn't on the list - and the Nurse administering the shots had the list on-screen in front of her.

[im]

DanL said:

im said:

DanL said:

This will be useful for me as well, as I'm heading out in that direction next Thursday for a wedding!

Do you need anti-malarials?

I went to the local surgery for my Turkey Jabs last week and an anti-malarial wasn't on the list - and the Nurse administering the shots had the list on-screen in front of her.

Excellent, although I've not had any jabs at all! What did you have? I suspect I'll be covered from previous trips, but now I'm worried.

Hep A
Hep B
Tetanus
Typhoid

[im]

Hi Chaps

In Olu now and I've just booked the Paragliding with 'Sky Sports' for tomorrow morning!!!

Fingers (and everything else) crossed.

[im]

kiteless said:

im said:

Hi Chaps

In Olu now and I've just booked the Paragliding with 'Sky Sports' for tomorrow morning!!!

Fingers (and everything else) crossed.

Nice one!

First impressions?

The reason I ask is that mrs k & I have almost decided on Olu for next year (we must see more than Italy and Vassiliki)

Brilliant - you'll love it. Perfect for couples, no gangs of roaming pissed-up brits, lots of restaurants etc in fact there's a really cool beach bar for the evenings where you sit on bean bags drinking cocktails or whatever and watch a fire show...very surreal, almost 1960's like.

Downside is you'll know the whole of Olu in 2 or 3 nights. However, going back to the restaurants, I can't believe how many of them there are! Almost every other building is a restaurant. Clearly all-inclusive hasn't really taken hold of Olu yet as it can be the death knell for local restaurants.

It's also soooo pretty - I'd certainly go back.

PS: The Lagoon is overrated though. Looks awesome from the sky, but not so much from the ground

Paragliding, as has been said, is a MUST and is not scary at all.

Some Pics:

The Take Off point at (approx) 6,700 feet:



What a view!



The Lagoon:




ps: Thanks to everyone for their input - I tried almost every restaurant/bar mentioned on this thread and didn't dislike any of them.