La Blanche Island Bodrum

We've just been to la blanche island for a week as a first holiday with our 8 month old I was a bit nervous due to the reviews but I honestly don't know what people are moaning about The place is spotless, the staff are ridiculously friendly even to the point of remembering our daughters name, there's so many choices of snack bars and places to sit and enjoy yourself depending on your mood i.e. beach bars, beach restaurant, pools, terrace bar, lobby - all of which have their own feel You can always get sun beds, there's always something to do The food was good, and if you didn't fancy something in the restaurant you've got snack bars or 24 hour food places It's not the place to go if you like going into towns and exploring I would think but there's not much else you'd need that isn't on the island The sea is gorgeous, the pools are clean, the rooms are nice If I had one bad comment it would be waiting for the lifts as that was annoying and it would be good to have an alternative, like easy access stairs but that's literally my only down thought and that wasn't even that bad If you've booked to go and you're worrying, please don't. It's the best holiday we've had!

So we've been back about a week from our 7 night stay at this resort, and to sum it up briefly, Yes we would go back, but as a couple, not as a family. Read on to find out about our experience at this hotel and resort but please bear in mind, this is our opinions from what we have experienced ourselves. We are a family of 4 with 2 kids aged 11 and 13 and we travelled here in May 2025 half term. Lovely and close to Milas Bodrum airport with the transfer being a maximum 20 minutes. Overall, we found it to be very clean, staff very friendly, lots of top name drinks on offer, plenty of choice for food, good pools (although very cold), and in an absolutely amazing position... the views of the surrounding hills and forests is mind blowing. The Entertainment in the show centre was excellent every night, although we didn't go to the kids one as ours are a bit too old for that now. We had a 2 bedroom family room which again was brilliant with plenty of space for the 4 of us. Calling it 2 bedroom is a bit of a stretch as the kids "room" is actually a walk through from the entrance door, so more of an enlarged hallway, but still nice that they had their own area away from us :-) We didn't use the Cabana's or on site water sports so can't comment on pricing or what it was like. I'll try and list the rest as good points and bad points to try and keep the reading to a minimum for you all.... Good Points: Good Selection of food at all times, and mostly different every night. Lots of salad bits and huge dessert section. What was brilliant to see, was a separate area for Gluten free foods, and vegetarian food, away from the main buffet area. This i thought was a particularly good idea. Several A La Carte restaurants with 1 free visit on a 7 night stay. We opted for the Turkish restaurant and all felt it was a lovely meal, but we wouldn't pay to visit again if that makes sense. The others on offer are an Italian, Oriental, and a Greek/Fish place on the beach. Get booked in as soon as you can with guest relations though as the bookings do go quickly. 2 bedroom room absolutely perfect size for a family of 4 with the mini bar stocked up daily FOC. 2 Nice big pools, and a good sized area for the little ones. Pool depth is 1.4m in both the big pools so our 11 year old couldn't touch the floor, and the kids pool was full of babies, so not ideal for him. 13 year old was fine. Plunge pool is 1.2m for the water slides. Fridges and nescafe coffee machines dotted around everywhere for you to help yourself. The coffee machines do run out of the larger cups quickly though. Andy from the Spa is a really nice bloke, and doesn't pressure you into purchasing any more than you want to. I'm sure we had the Bronze package which was Sauna and Turkish bath for the 4 of us, then my wife and I had a 60 minute massage each and the kids got chocolate face masks. They do try and push you to book more sessions after though, so be warned. Show Centre is down on the pier on the non

This hotel is max 3 stars. Our room was bad smell and it was to small. The pool is good, but you can’t find free sunbed at 8:30am:( The beach is disaster. It’s dirty and it isn’t a normal sea beach. The freedge in the room doesn’t work. We never came back and we don’t recommend this hotel.