Concorde Deluxe Resort

Amazing experience and the entertainment team are incredible. They’ve made us all feel very welcome and ensured we have the best time and as much fun as possible. 10/10.

The hotel is amazing. Landscaping is gorgeous. Food is great. Lots of activities. We went to the kids club. Great place for kids. Eftalya was very friendly and helpful.

It is a 3 star all inclusive at best, but what upset me the most was the active degrading of women. Here are just a few examples:

1. About half the women on the beach were dressed in burkinis. This is an all over body suit (not necessarily fitted, stylish and magically cool as a breeze, no, it was just a massive cover-up including head cover and goggles in 40 degrees sun on the beach. The poor women. Their men however just go around in basic swimming shorts and free to move about. I get the muslim thing, but what about personal health and freedom to move about the beach and the sea? I was in this part of Turkey 10 years ago and did not see any burkinis on the beach. Looks like the world has changed and women are paying the price.

To top it all off, it was a habit that these women follow their husband when walking about while he leads the way of course.

2. I was chilling by the pool with my man. This man and his employee (a young girl) come around to hand out leaflets about beauty treatments for women. They come over to us and the man directs the young girl to give the leaflet to my man instead of me. Wow, since when do men decide what treatments women need, or pay for them even? I didn't buy any services off that dinosaur, he's lucky I didn't give him a piece of my mind.

3. At check-in I was paying the bill, trying to remember my card pin, and the man at reception snarkily remarked: "You are the boss". I didn't think much of it right there and then, but having seen how women were treated there, I guess women have no business paying and being independent. We should all wear bags over our heads, shut up and just clean around.

4. There are no women in management and hardly any women staff altogether except for the odd one here and there like in the entertainment team for example. Of course all the cleaning staff are women, but their manager is a man.

5. You will be hounded by the private vendors to buy their services. They first scan the population, then when the time feels right they approach you to describe their services. It is annoying when you are trying to holiday away.

In conclusion, this whole women are 3rd class citizens kind of thing dampened my spirits. At least the alcohol was flowing to drown my sorrows. Cheap quality alcohol, you could taste it, but after a while u get used to it.

Also the food tastes kind of plasticky, canned, prepacked and what not. If you are a picky eater, then prepare yourself.