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Just back from North Cyprus and the…
Just back from North Cyprus and the worst holiday experience I have ever had. I was promised an historical and cultural tour staying in 4 and 5 star hotels and feel let down and conned. I did not expect to be forced into a carpet warehouse, jewellery warehouse and leather warehouse where nothing was produced and where everyone was subjected to 2 hours of hard sell on each occasion, which including travel time accounted for a full 8 hours! RSD are obviously able to provide cheap packages as they are clearly funded by the commissions received from these businesses. Certainly there is nothing about this in any way historical or cultural. Because of the time spent on this there was rarely time to actually appreciate the places we had expected to see. As to the hotels, the first, Artemis is impressive and the food excellent. The Altinkaya in Kyrenia however is a different matter being officially 3 star (2 star on some sites) and the food is disgusting, worse than school dinners used to be. After the first night there increasing numbers of our party went out to eat rather than face it despite having paid to upgrade to the "gourmet" package. I also objected to being constantly told by the tour guide how much I was expected to tip her and the driver at the end of the tour. Finally, because of the way the flights are arranged, even with only minor delays it still took 14 hours from leaving the hotel at 1.15 in the morning to arrival at Gatwick having had to get of the plane at both Antalya and Manchester. I will certainly never use RSD again and would advise everyone else to avoid them at all costs.