The Turkish holiday resort with overwater rooms, private beach and ‘one-of-a-kind' kids club
Flights take less than four hours to the resort
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A TURKISH holiday resort has been praised as one of the best hotels people have been to.
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.
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.
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."
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.
Here's one that has been dubbed the "Turkish Maldives".
And the best TUI hotel in the world according to Brits is also in Turkey.
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The overwater rooms are the highlight of the resort
Credit: Biblo resort hotel
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