Gloria Hotels & Resorts

Gloria Serenity Resort

Gloria Serenity holds 500 metres of private golden beach at Belek, reached across a bridge over the River Acisu. Its dining operation is one of the deepest in our catalog. Eleven restaurants: a main buffet plus ten a la carte rooms running Japanese, French, Italian, two steakhouses, seafood and Mediterranean, with fourteen bars and a patisserie on the top floor. Golf, a spa and a renovated aquapark fill the rest of the estate. The band is ultra all-inclusive and the reviews are consistently strong on the grounds, the rooms and the service. Where guests get irritated is the edges, so those are worth naming: the spa treatments are charged, the minibar and room-service coverage were not things we could verify, and the airport shuttle is an extra on request rather than part of the rate. Ask the resort directly about the a la carte booking rules, the minibar and the premium pours before you arrive, because surcharge surprises are the single most common complaint against an otherwise excellent record. Our sample puts a night at 1,467 dollars for two, and one seasonal detail changes the value of that: some of the pools close from November through May, leaving the heated indoor saltwater pool as the reliable option in winter. Check which are open for your dates. Rooms run from superior categories through King Suites to garden villas with pools of their own, and the Laguna rooms are what guests single out. This is a polished, golf-and-beach campus rather than a boutique hotel.