Shit holiday

I also want to know the vibrant boring city!

@WorkingMum1391 seriously, use the crèche and kids club- it’s shitty for you anyway, but easier to cope with it with some breathing space and a book/drink/ massage etc

@Papercup we once were due to fly out on a split/hvar combination in 2016 and were at the hotel at Gatwick the day before- the forecast was totally abysmal but luckily we still had 2 hours to cancel on booking . Com without charge- so we forfeited our flights (£426) ! Cancelled accommodation and checked where weather looked good and we could get flights- booked ourselves on flights next day to Malaga and went to Marbella for a week - decided we would rather forfeit the flights than have 5 days on an island totally geared up to hot sunny weather in the peeing rain ( and as you say it was biblical levels of rain due apparently)

If you’re by chance in SENSATORI I would use the crèche!

You have my sympathy op. All those saying "What do you expect" are being massively unhelpful. It should be better than this.

Tomorrow looks better op. Then hopefully the next few days after that will have more patchy rain and sunny spells.

Someone I know is in Antalya and has posted on FB that the weather is due to improve from Thursday, cross your fingers he's right.
In the meantime, indoor pool and drinks.

is there no facility for the baby to go to a kids club/creche?

Do the hotel run any trips that might be fun?

This reminds me of years ago, pre kids, my DH and I went island hopping around Croatia. We stopped at a tiny tiny island and the weather turned. All ferries were cancelled for 4 days and we were stuck on the island in biblical weather. There was one little local bars and we just drank ourselves silly for 4 days.

BBC weather app shows that it should be a nicer day tomorrow OP!

South of France one late June - hired a little house with a pool - me, ex, 2 under 3 and my parents

saw Carcassonne in the rain, the safari park in the rain , the beach in the rain - there were frogs in the lovely swimming pool.

one nice day we head off in convoy to visit friends in Bezier - mum leads the way in her car, we followed - dd2 proceeded to projectile vomit everywhere - we stop at a truck stop mum happily drives on - wash child down under tap, attempt to wash car seat - decide to head home only mum has the keys!

thankfully she drove back and found us - it then rained the rest of the week!

I'm thinking NY as well.

Disappointing OP, esp with kids. We've had holidays like this but pre children and spent the time shagging and drinking. Can't really do that with an 8 year old and a 1 year old.

Is it just too cold for pool/sunbathing or just completely not outside weather at all?

Not sure of distance from you but is the land or legends theme park open? Not as weather focused as pool/beach etc and they have a shopping complex type bit too.

Why are you sitting in darkness and silence?

Could you organise a trip to Cappadocia? Interesting to see. 8 year old would love it

Agree just came back from canaries. It’s not hot but it’s warm and pleasant at 21. Would definitely recommend!!

sounds disappointing but get out there & make the best of it.
Is there a kids club to give you a small break?

Why can't the 1 year old go to the indoor swimming pool & arcade?

This is hard, happened to us once, not the entire week, last 2 days were okay!
Why not hire a car and go and do some site seeing, bays, beaches etc!
Obvs the wine is a must, but later in the day and not behind the wheel!

I second this

Just wanted to say people saying what did you expect - I’m not sure how they think that’s helpful at this stage.
FWIW the weather in Antalya should be better than this atm. I’m hoping you’re in an amazing hotel. I would try and use the spa for yourself. Treat it like you’re in Britain but with much better facilities. It won’t rain the whole week I promise you that. There will be sun.
someone else is washing up and making the beds. The hotel will change their activities to indoor so you won’t be bored.
get some shopping done too! Amazing stuff out there! Xx

Are you staying on a resort? If so they should be some entertainment for SS. Is there an indoor pool? Holidays are always a bit tricky with a baby, when you want to keep up with their routine. But I am sure you will find things to do. Just try to make the most of the holiday. I agree it’s really disappointing to have rubbish weather, weather does seem rainy over the Med at the moment. I would favour Canaries Islands over Turkey at this time of year.

Well if you can't find something to un-bore yourself in one of the worlds most vibrant cities I am afraid that's on you.

@WorkingMum1391 I think you just have to make the best of it. Many years ago I booked a trip of a life time (Venezuelan Island), we planned loads of excursions - the main reason for going - and they had terrible out of season weather most of the time we were there. Our trip to the Angel Falls was cancelled as was piranha fishing and all our sailing trips etc.

Never again will I rely on good weather abroad.

I used to spend a lot of time in Antalya when DH was still DP and he needed a UK visa from Iran. (Long story). This is standard April weather as PP’s said. Get thee to a hammam. And then visit getyourguide.com and find a tour to the waterfalls. Go into the Old Town, have a ride on the cable car. There are also tonnes of outdoor activities that DSS would love and they are not weather-dependent.

I'm another voting for hiring a car, OP. Or get a bus somewhere if you can't do that. There might be some organised trips you could go on. Turkey is the most child-friendly place I ever went and our young children were welcomed everywhere. There is a lot to see and usually it's too hot to do that with young children.

I get that it's not the holiday you wanted, but that doesn't make it a write off.