This is not a very good avm. The restaurants are bad and many shops are to expensive Novada outlet in Søke is much.better and is not far away

We visited in the 2nd/3rd week of February 2019, climate was warm, nice, couple of rainy patches but on a good day, can sit by the pool. The second hotel was downgraded by them and was of a lesser quality than advertised. This was an expedition with extremes. On the one hand you have very experienced and educated tour guides showing you places you might have missed, giving you an insight into Northern Cypriot (Turkish) culture where on the other, visits to factory outlets where your subject to fashion shows and a hard sell. All these are shared with a mixed bunch of people and can make it a more social event too, it's there if you want it. You definitely benefit I think in having experienced educated tour guides who are able to tell you things which I think you would be lucky to pick up on i.e. other prophets who may have wrote chapters which didn't get included in the Bible. Interestingly, St Mary's Church in Fairford, Glos, 15thC has medieval (28) stained glass windows depicting some of these which the guide spoke about. You'll never be taught these interesting differences or inclusions/exclusions at any denomination I've come across, so makes the visit all the more worth while. The rub I think is the hard sell. Being bussed into an outlet store which focuses on either jewellry, leather, carpets can leave you feeling trapped, bombarded with intensity and they are very good at isolating and singling you out if you think you will get your wallet or purse out. We ended up buying a 6.5k carpet from Pashaport - we never went there to buy anything, just have a holiday! The carpet is a work of art and Pashaport as a company was good to deal with. We bought the carpet on 16/2/19 and took delivery of it on 19/12/19 and they were very good, quick and efficient communicators. When the carpet is delivered, UPS, will not allow you to inspect the box, you have to pay the rest, less your deposit before they hand it over. Writing a cheque is your guarantee that everything is ok which is not what Pashaport said i.e. you check it then if everything is ok, you write the cheque. Ok in summary, great place to go, RDS have a specific marketing strategy and the educated tour guides were great. Would we use them again; probably not but oddly, we would buy a handmade Turkish carpet again even though we know nothing about antiques or art! p.s. I would have added photos but apparently files are too large...enjoy.