Carna Garden Hotel

A lovely, family run hotel. Great pool and garden area, clean rooms. Nothing too much trouble. This is a small, quieter hotel and nothing like those huge, crowded resorts where you cannot escape from people! Lots of shops and restaurants nearly, plus a market on Saturdays within walking distance. A 10.30 bus takes you to the beach or it is in walking distance. Nearby old town Side with its ancient ruins and Komkoy for a busier vibe. Will definitely be returning.

We chose this hotel for a short holiday of 8 days, “to get away from it all” together with our two sons. It is a smaller hotel that does not have the dazzling luxury of a five-star resort, but one does not have to pay for it and one does not have to carry the "extra two-star burden". The three stars of this hotel were more valuable to us than the five stars of a luxury resort. After all, it just depends on what you feel comfortable with and what you are looking for. We wanted an affordable holiday and no "mass and bustle" but less crowdy and more cosiness, no "noise and bling-bling" but quieter and more pleasant. And, we found that here. Mr. Chem Sayin and his wife and sons care for the hotel lovingly and with personal attention to each guest. Here, one definitely does not feel being treated like “a number”. Friendliness and hospitality are written big here; We could not have chosen a nicer hotel in that regard. A**osphere impression: A young cat family that hops through the garden and is lovingly fed. Chem hangs small solar lights in the bushes in front of the hotel for extra a**osphere, as we did at home, with apparently the same solar lights from AliExpress. The beautifully blooming and lovingly maintained garden is mainly a hobby of Chem's wife. Of course Chem's tasks include watering, and he really never skips that. In short: it is a hotel with a small-scale and a very sympathetic and humanly appearance. The interior is not super modern but it is complete, solid and cozy. The Sayin family is constantly making small improvements. For example, during our stay we received a flat-screen TV that replaced the old TV; all rooms were equipped with it. We did not use it, because relaxing in the excellent swimming pool, on one of the many sun beds with parasols or at a table in the beautiful garden is more fun. Unlike in resorts, there is no "fighting for a spot or putting down towels in time" at the pool, because it is quiet at the excellent pool and there is more than enough space at any time of the day. It is a truly exceptionally large swimming pool with a separate children's pool, which is maintained daily. Chlorine is used in the water for disinfection, but in such a sophisticated way (daily measurements and corrections) that the water is crystal clear without the slightest noticeable trace of chlorine or chlorine smell, and that is often different elsewhere in our experience. It is like "a swim in Dutch drinking water, straight from the tap", and was pleasantly warm at about 30°C. The hotel offers half board as standard, and both the breakfast buffet (08:00-10:00) and the dinner buffet (18:00-20:00) are of excellent quality. Anyone who appreciates the fine Turkish cuisine, which is the main theme here, will not be short of anything here. It is tasty, with daily changing dishes. At 10:00, 10:30 and 11:00 there is a free bus shuttle to the beach, arranged by the hotel, with a free lounger with parasol per person and no obligation to buy dr