All inclusive Caribbean feel, but not Caribbean Summer 2023

[mskitty]

Originally Posted by Loopylooloo

Gosh don’t know which cruise ship you have been on I have never found the pools cold?!

I hope you find something lovely, and have a great time.

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I'm just a wimp when it comes to water! We sailed with Marella and they would fill the pools with sea water each day and it was just never warm enough for me. Plenty of others were in though

[AhoyShipmates]

You have lots of recommendations already but another vote for Sarigerme in Turkey. We were in a hotel staying B&B over October half term last year and loved it. It was 10 minutes in a taxi from Dalaman airport and the beach was lovely. Perfect for swimming but the AI 5* hotels along the beach also had water sports for hire. We went on a fab day out on a river boat to see and experience local sights including ancient tombs, mud baths and turtles.

[waiting4disney]

I know you said no Spain but do you mean just the mainland?

We found the AI in Tenerife to be excellent compared to other Europeans destinations.

How about Maldives or Mauritius?

[mskitty]

Originally Posted by waiting4disney

I know you said no Spain but do you mean just the mainland?

We found the AI in Tenerife to be excellent compared to other Europeans destinations.

How about Maldives or Mauritius?

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I did look at Maldives and Mauritius but they were way over budget. We booked Cape Verde and are very excited to go.

[mskitty]

Originally Posted by AhoyShipmates

You have lots of recommendations already but another vote for Sarigerme in Turkey. We were in a hotel staying B&B over October half term last year and loved it. It was 10 minutes in a taxi from Dalaman airport and the beach was lovely. Perfect for swimming but the AI 5* hotels along the beach also had water sports for hire. We went on a fab day out on a river boat to see and experience local sights including ancient tombs, mud baths and turtles.

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Thank you. We ended up booking Cape Verde as I was concerned a about how hot Turkey would be in August. It is definitely on our list now though for another time of year after all the recommendations.

[louiseybobs]

Originally Posted by mskitty

Thank you. We ended up booking Cape Verde as I was concerned a about how hot Turkey would be in August. It is definitely on our list now though for another time of year after all the recommendations.

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Did you enjoy it?

I’ve found your thread as we can pay similar for the Dom rep as we can for Kos at the moment so just deciding which to do!

[EssexSue]

Son and family went to Sensatori Turkey at Easter and loved it. Sadly Dave has a "thing" about Turkey.

[Jenfie80]

If u can manage turkey heat in the summer then I think you would be fine in Dubai, it’s the most amazing place, we’ve been twice now and booking to go next August! Yes it’s hot but everywhere is AC and during the day we are always near the pool! This year we stayed on the palm which I much preferred to staying in Deria last year! Most of the hotels are luxury 5 star, I would recommend half board as Dubai isn’t cheap but there’s so much to see and do it’s honestly amazing. I consider myself well traveled for my age and it’s one of my favourite places in the world. I feel very happy there😍

[feelingnuts]

We stayed at the Voyage in belek Turkey it’s by far the best hotel we’ve ever stayed in and I’m currently in the Caribbean. It had loads of restaurants we only visited the buffet once in 11 nights food was excellent the drinks and service amazing.

It isn’t far from belek town so you can go out for a look round.

[mskitty]

It was me who started this thread last year and I'm currently sat on my balcony at the Rui Palace in Santa Maria on Sal in Cape Verde. It's a lovely hotel and we're having a great time so far so I can highly recommend it.

It's not quite there in terms of ticking all the boxes for us but I've come to realise that it would cost us another £1000 each for that to happen so this is a very very lovely (and affordable to us) second best.