The affordable ‘Maldives of Turkey’ hotel resort with overwater huts, festival-like food trucks and private beach
IF you want Maldives-like overwater bungalows without the long flight, thankfully there is a holiday resort much closer.
Found across the popular resort of Antalya, the resort even has a private beach.
DoubleTree by Hilton Antalya Kemer has been dubbed the Maldives of Turkey thanks to its unique beach cabanas.
With just eight at the resort, each of the rooms are built on stilts overlooking the ocean – just like ones in the Maldives.
It is also a lot closer, with flights to Antalya around four hours, compared to the Maldives ten hours.
While you can’t stay in the huts, each can be privately hired with their own sunloungers and hot tub.
In the middle is a secluded decking area too, complete with sunloungers and bar.
Outside of the beach huts, the resort has so much to do.
There are ‘festival like’ food trucks scattered across the hotel as well, with snacks including pizza, kebabs and crepes.
If you want a sit down meal, there are five restaurants too with everything from local cuisine to international.
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Along with the private beach, there is also a huge central pool with waterslides for both kids and adults.
An indoor freshwater pool, a kids pool and huge kids club is also onsite, while adults can make the most of the onsite spa.
Previous guests have rave about it too, with many praising the friendly staff and high quality food.
One said: “This is the best hotel I have ever stayed in.”
Another agreed: “One of the best all inclusives I’ve been to.”
If you’ve been tempted, it’s also cheaper than the Maldives too.
Basic rooms start from £120, with the beach cabanas costing around £75pp a day.
This is is for four people, and includes butler service, drinks and lunch.
Tour operators like TUI and Jet have package deals too, although the cheapest deal is with Loveholidays.
A seven night stay and flights can be found for £489pp, on an all-inclusive basis, while even in the peak summer deals are around £1,000pp.
With the average cost of a Maldives holiday being around £4,500 – it’s a cheaper (and closer) option.
There’s also an area dubbed the Maldives of Italy.
And in Spain, there is a holiday resort which has overwater rooms too.