Cullinan Belek, Türkiye Hotel

Türkiye

This glittering gem on the Turkish Riviera is redefining ‘all-inclusive’. Forget battles at the breakfast buffet – at Cullinan Belek guests might swing by Nori Asian’s teppanyaki grill or the Beef Grill Club, where the chateaubriand is artfully aged, and entrecote expertly grilled over flames. Yet local cuisine is the jewel in the Cullinan crown: fresh seafood, exquisite pastries, bright, flavoursome salads. Then there are the bars and cafés scattered throughout the hotel to fuel up on macchiato and mojitos from dawn to dusk. Children have their own restaurant – there’s also a kids’ club and vast aquapark with slides and flumes for teens plus freefall chutes for adrenaline-seeking adults. After days on the 1km-long private beach or one of the cabana-lined piers, retire to your room – terrace and luxe touches such as a pillow menu are standard, or go further up the spectrum for modern Antalyan affluence. Doubles from £535 (4 nights minimum), including meals.

Words by Rachel Walker.

This Article was taken from the August/September 2024 issue of Food and Travel. To subscribe today, click here.