Belek is rightfully considered one of the best corners of the famous resort of Antalya. In our article we want to talk about an exclusive hotel in this region - Gloria Serenity. A stunning hotel will surprise even the most spoiled tourists.
A bit about the hotel ...
Gloria Serenity Resort is a luxurious and stylish complex in Belek. The hotel is surrounded by a large garden, next to the Ajisu River. And nearby is the white beach of the Mediterranean, green golf courses and coniferous forest. The whole complex is thought out to the smallest detail; the hotel has everything that the most spoiled guest can wish for.
It is worth noting that Gloria Serenity is part of the Gloria Hotels & Resorts group of hotels. In addition, the complex includes Gloria Golf, Gloria Verde and a large golf course. Hotel guests have the opportunity to use the infrastructure of the entire network.
Gloria Serenity is a relatively young complex, it was built in 2007 and currently covers an area of 120 thousand square meters. The hotel consists of forty-three Pool and Garden Villa (two-story cottages), the main five-story building, one King Villa and ten Serenity Deluxe Villas.
The complex is located in a very picturesque place, its territory is separated from the snow-white coast by a river through which a bridge with bars and cafes is built.
Number of rooms
Gloria Serenity is an ultramodern five-star hotel built and equipped with the latest technology. The vast complex has an incredibly vast number of rooms. All rooms are equipped with wireless and wired high-speed Internet, automatic electricity control systems, upholstered furniture, satellite TV, LCD TV, terrace or balcony, jacuzzi, safe, scales, electronic key system, shower.
Gloria Serenity (Belek) offers accommodation in rooms of the following categories:
- Superior Land & See View. The room has an area of 39 square meters. It has a bedroom and a seating area. You can enjoy garden or sea view from the room. Among these rooms there are three rooms equipped for people with special needs.
- Superior overlooking the pool. These rooms also have an area of 39 square meters. and equipped with a seating area and bedroom.
- Suit overlooking the garden or pool has an area of 65 square meters. The room has a seating area and a bedroom.
- King Suit with sea view has an area of 117 sq. M. The apartments have two bedrooms, a sitting area, a study and a living room.
- Pool Villa measuring 86 sq. M. overlooking the pool. The villa has two bedrooms, a kitchen and a living room.
- Garden Villa 86 m2 overlooking the garden. The villa has a living room and two bedrooms.
- De Luxe Villa with an area of 200 sq. M. overlooking the garden. The apartment has three bedrooms and a living room.
- VIP Villa with an area of 400 sq. M. overlooking the garden. The villa has 4 bedrooms, a large living room, a bar, a study, a kitchen and an elevator. This apartment has a butler.
- Spa Villa overlooking the pool or garden has an area of 140 sq. M. The apartments have a large bedroom and a living room.
- Presidential villa of 1200 sq. M. The apartment has six guest bedrooms, a sports room, a hammam, two staff bedrooms, six bathrooms, nine toilets, a cinema, a spa room, a private pool, a balcony and a terrace, butler. The windows overlook the golf course and pool.
Hotel catering
Gloria Serenity (Belek) offers its guests several food options: half board and traditional All Inclusive. Half board conditions include two meals a day in the form of a buffet (dinner and breakfast), sauna, fitness center, Turkish bath and tennis courts.
As for the All Inclusive concept, it includes three meals a day like a buffet, visits to bars, daily replenishment of the minibar with drinks of local and imported production.
Hotel guests eat at the Tetrasomia main restaurant. In addition to it, the complex has a la carte facilities. All restaurants offer you to taste a variety of dishes of European and local cuisine prepared with the freshest ingredients. Chefs of local establishments are able to impress even the most demanding and spoiled gourmets with their gastronomic works. The hotel has an Italian restaurant Trattoria Romano, an Asian restaurant Sha, a French institution Le Jardin au Printemps, Komnenos (Aegean cuisine).
In order to visit a la carte, you must first reserve a table. The bars of the complex offer a fairly large assortment of various drinks not only non-alcoholic, but also alcoholic. Here you can order a snack menu, herbal teas, fruit juices, cocktails and much more.
Pools of the complex
Gloria Serenity Resort has an amazing infrastructure, but I would like to pay special attention to the pools. There are a lot of them in the vast territory:
- An open pond for swimming with sea water with an area of 3620 square meters.
- An open body of fresh water with an area of 4070 square meters.
- Children's fresh water pool with an area of 60 square meters.
- Ten ponds for villas with sea water. Each has an area of 50 square meters.
- Indoor pool in a heated and fresh water spa of 300 m².
- Indoor children's heated pool with fresh water at the spa.
Spa & Wellness Center
Hotel Gloria Serenity has its own Serenity Spa & Wellness. The complex is designed in quiet, calm and bright colors, offering beautiful rooms in which you have the opportunity to restore inner harmony. The spa is oriental in style, symbolizing the balance between mind and soul. In a pleasant atmosphere it is much easier to relax and achieve harmony.
The complex for visitors is equipped with eleven massage booths, a room for meditation, Ayurvedic treatments, three cabinets for beauty treatments, a massage room, a Turkish bath, a fitness center, an indoor pool, a biosauna, a Finnish sauna, an oriental bathhouse, a steam bath, a rain shower and an ice fountain.
Spa clients can book the following massages:
- Ayurvedic.
- Sports.
- Balinese
- Thai.
- Aromatherapy.
- Hawaiian.
In addition, visitors to the center can undergo sessions of very effective cosmetic procedures based on different techniques.
Kids club
Hotel Gloria Serenity has a Gogi Kids Club. It is designed for kids of all ages. Absolutely all hotel guests can visit the institution. Here for kids, entertainment programs and shows are held. Children are divided into different age categories and sent to different clubs.
For the youngest category of tourists (from 1 to 3 years old) a VIB-group works. There is everything that is necessary for babies: from feeding to entertainment. This club works exclusively for a fee.
In the mini-club, children from four to seven years of age can ride electric cars, participate in costumed games, compete with prizes, play in the pool, chat with clowns and play board games.
For visitors, the Kids Club (8-12 years old) has a climbing wall, football, billiards, board games, a trampoline, and the opportunity to play volleyball and basketball. Children of all ages are fed in the main restaurant, as well as young guests of the complex can visit the ice cream corner.
Sports center
For those tourists who can’t imagine a vacation without playing sports, Gloria Serenity (Turkey, Belek) offers to visit a sports center, which includes a gym and an aqua park. Football, tennis, fitness, water sports - all this is available for guests of the resort. The hotel has two professional football fields that game lovers can appreciate.
There is a surf club on the coast, here you can rent catamarans, ride a banana, do parasailing, scuba diving, archery and water gymnastics. The complex has four tennis courts with artificial lighting and clay.
Golf Club
Hotel Gloria Serenity (Turkey) is known for its golf club, which is the largest club in all of Turkey. The complex has several golf courses, the advantages of which can be appreciated by professionals.
Business center
For business events, Gloria Serenity (photos are in the article) has a business center equipped with the latest technology. In total, the hotel has 4 rooms for training, negotiations and just meetings. Experienced staff will help organize everything at the highest level and provide an opportunity to feed guests.
Services available to tourists
Hotel "Gloria Serenity" (Turkey, Belek), as you can see, has a serious infrastructure. The guests of the establishment have the opportunity to take advantage of many services: dry cleaning, laundry, car rental, shops, currency exchange, Internet.
For residents of Deluxe villas, as an added bonus, they can travel around the large territory of the complex with buggy cars, as well as use VIP pavilions on the coast. It is worth noting that guests of elite apartments in the villas have a number of pleasant bonuses in the form of visits to certain procedures in the spa.
Beach vacation
Hotel Gloria Serenity (Belek) is located on the first line. It has its own vast beach and pier. The coastal zone is equipped with modern sunbeds, umbrellas and pavilions for relaxation. Bars and cafes work here, which are always happy to offer drinks to vacationers.
Gloria Serenity Resort (Belek): reviews
Continuing the review of the hotel, of course, I would like to refer to the reviews of tourists who rested in it. Gloria Serenity (Turkey), in their opinion, is one of the best complexes in the country. The huge complex is more like a resort town with its infrastructure and entertainment. Getting here, you find yourself in a completely different world, which is very far from everyday problems and daily fuss. Gloria Serenity Resort in Belek (photos are in the article) is the place where you can really relax and have a good rest.
The varied number of rooms of the hotel gives the opportunity to choose apartments for living. Some tourists have minor comments regarding the rooms in the main building. But as for the villas, they are in perfect condition. In general, all apartments are well equipped. The main feature of the hotel is the beautiful view from each room. There are no apartments with windows facing the backyard. Pool, park, sea - all this you will see from the window every morning when you wake up.
The hotel rooms are kept in good condition, daily maids clean them, and change towels and bed linen. A pleasant trifle is the service - preparing the room for bed. The contents of the minibar are replenished every day. And villagers will enjoy a basket of fruits every day.
All rooms at the hotel have terraces or furnished balconies. This is very convenient, because in the evenings you can spend time outdoors. And the presence in many apartments of kitchenettes greatly facilitates the stay with children.
Food Quality Reviews
Food can be safely called one of the main advantages of Gloria Serenity (Belek), reviews are confirmation of this. No matter which concept you prefer - half board or All Inclusive, you will be satisfied with the variety of dishes. The chef of the main restaurant delights visitors with a large assortment of food at the buffet. Every day, the menu has a lot of meat dishes, all kinds of salads, appetizers, a good selection of hard and soft cheeses, there are vegetables, yogurts, fruits and an amazing variety of pastries and desserts. In the opinion, vacationers of such a choice of food are difficult to find in any other institution in Turkey.
A huge advantage of the main restaurant is the presence of a children's menu, there is even Hip food for the youngest guests. For kids, food is delivered not only to the room, but also to anywhere in the complex. In general, thanks to the excellent assortment of dishes, you can feed a child of any age.
A la carte restaurants deserve special praise. Each of them can be visited once during the rest. According to guests, the most noteworthy is fish and French. Great interiors and great food add a good holiday experience.
The hotel has an incredible number of bars offering drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails, as well as wine, coffee and other alcohol.
General impression of the complex
Positive feedback about Gloria Serenity gives reason to recommend the institution from the best side. Over the years, the complex has already managed to acquire its regular customers who regularly come here to relax. One of the advantages of the hotel is its vast territory, planted with beautiful trees and flowers. All the buildings in the complex are surrounded by excellent green lawns where children can play. It’s just nice to walk around the territory and take amazing photos as a keepsake.
The complex is focused on children, or rather, on family vacations. The animation here is at a high level. A large kids club is divided into zones for children of different ages. Each group, led by animators, has fun. The hotel has a children's pool, which is equipped with slides. Waterpark is a favorite place for kids.
While the kids are full of fun activities, parents should visit the spa. Tourists leave the most enthusiastic reviews about the procedures and staff of the institution. In addition to all kinds of cosmetic and wellness treatments, vacationers can soak in the heated seawater pool at any time of the year.
The complex has many pools with sea and fresh water. Numerous recreation areas are equipped with awnings and sunbeds in picturesque places. The incredibly developed infrastructure of the complex makes the holiday diverse and eventful. Every day animators work with guests, offering sports, games, water procedures. Everyone can join the incendiary activity. And in the evenings, tourists are pleased with a variety of show programs, which invite dancers, acrobats and local singers. And on the pier in the area of the beach periodically for young people organize interesting open-air parties and discos.
The hotel is of genuine interest to true sports lovers. A lot of sports facilities have been built on its territory, which all guests can use. Only fans of this game can appreciate the benefits of golf courses and the golf club itself. All other tourists can play football, volleyball, tennis, go to the gym. In general, sports lovers at the hotel have something to do.
Staff Reviews
Responsible hotel staff deserve some words. The reception staff is always very friendly towards the guests and sincerely welcome visitors. Workers quickly respond to the requests of vacationers, trying to eliminate the shortcomings. The service in the main restaurant is quite acceptable, and a la carte employees deserve special praise.
In general, vacationers are satisfied with the good attitude and responsiveness of the staff, thank the group of animators for a good time. It is the activity of activity that helps to diversify the rest. Experienced tourists recommend warning at the reception about family celebrations (birthdays, honeymoons or anniversaries) so that staff can leave a compliment in the room as a composition of flowers and fruits. In addition, if necessary, competent employees provide services for organizing celebrations of any scale and level.
Beach Reviews
The beach, as well as the entire territory of the complex, can be added to the long list of advantages of the hotel. The first line for a seaside resort is an undeniable plus. The river separating the territory from the coast adds beauty and charm. Passing the bridges, you find yourself on a vast, well-equipped beach, which has everything for a comfortable stay. And the hotel staff even delivers freshly made smoothies. A large pier was built on the coast, equipped with awnings, sun loungers and umbrellas. It is incredibly comfortable to relax in the summer heat.
The sandy beach has a gentle comfortable sunset. At the bottom in the water there is a small strip of pebbles that tourists complain about. The presence of small pebbles is a feature of the local coast. Hotel workers periodically try to remove pebbles emitted by the waves. You can bypass the pebbles, descending into the water from the pier.
The Belek coast is known for its beautiful beaches, which are good for families with children. For this reason, thousands of tourists come to the resort every year, wanting to soak up the warm water and soft sand under the sun.
Instead of an afterword
Summing up the conversation, we can recommend the Gloria Serenity Hotel for a comfortable and carefree holiday. The complex will be appreciated by those tourists who value, first of all, comfort and a good level of service. According to vacationers, the hotel can be safely called one of the best institutions in Turkey at this level. Of course, the hotel has some shortcomings, but they are so insignificant that they are not able to spoil the overall positive impression of the rest. Moreover, an important moment for tourists is the presence of a good children’s club of different ages with a lot of entertainment. It is children's animation that attracts numerous couples here.