Orka Royal Hills Apartment

I booked this apartment for myself and my husband via Booking.com, listed as 'comfort design peace of mind' which was situated in the Orka Royal Hills Apartment complex in Oludeniz, Turkey. First off, I would like say that the owner/host, was simply the best and couldn't do enough for us during our month-long stay. Unfortunately, the holiday didn't get off to the best start owing to the fact that when our taxi arrived at the apartment, our host wasn't there to 'meet and greet' us due to him being delayed which led to a certain amount of stress as we had no idea which apartment was ours. Our taxi driver did eventually track down the cleaner who was able to point us in the right direction and provide a key. Phew! What a relief. Our host arrived shortly after and was most apologetic. Tip : Make sure before you arrive that you have been provided with arrival instructions i.e. a video which the owner will send you prior to arrival which will take you to the front door. Once we were inside, the apartment more than lived up to our expectations. It was modern, spotlessly clean, light and spacious, large balcony and a more than adequately stocked kitchen. Fantastic rain showers in both bathrooms with lashings of extremely hot water! The beds were comfortable for us but mattress comfort is a personal choice. It had a very large 'smart' television with access to Netflix and U-tube. The wi-fi was good (most of the time!) but our lovely host was on What's App so we were able to contact him whenever we had a problem either with the wi-fi, internet or electricity blackouts, usually as a result of several spectactular thunderstorms. The swimming pool was huge and my husband had it to himself most of the time during our stay. However, you had to be 'hardy' to get in it as the water was so cold. No chance of me even dipping my toes! As it was coming to the end of the season, it was very quiet in and around the complex so plenty of sunbeds for the limited amount of guests. For information, the patio doors overlook the main car park (not the swimming pool) but the views of the surrounding countryside were stunning. Royal Hills is located up a winding, unmade, mountain road, surrounded by pine forest, extremely quiet (apart from barking dogs!) and without a car, only accessible by taxi which can be 'summoned' by the taxi call button across the road. One will usually arrive within 10 minutes so we didn't find this to be a problem. However, Royal Hills Apartment complex turned out to be a lot more 'remote' than we thought it to be. The apartment itself is accessed by either parking on the same level as the apartment, or a flight of stairs from the main car park, another flight of spiral stairs to the apartment door (no hand rail) and once inside, another flight of spiral stairs (with a handrail) up to the bedrooms. Something to think about when booking. However, if you are able-bodied and stairs aren't a problem, then I would highly recommend staying at 'comfort design peace of mind'. You won't be disappointed. Thankyou once again to our brilliant host who insisted on being there to wish us 'bon voyage' when we left .