Lara Barut Collection
Lara Barut Collection is a large five-star ultra all-inclusive beachfront resort on the Lara and Kundu strip just east of Antalya, on Turkey's southern Mediterranean coast. Families come for ten restaurants and nearly everything folded into one price, nine pools and an on-site aquapark, a Blue Flag private beach and one of the most complete free baby kits in the country, a short taxi from the airport.
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Is it worth it?
The quick read: who it suits, what's in the price and the things to check first.
Lara Barut Collection is a large five-star beachfront resort on the Lara and Kundu strip just east of Antalya, run on an ultra all-inclusive basis. Nine of its ten restaurants, every bar and most of the activities sit in one price, with the Secret Grill, premium spirits, room service, the spa and a few activities charged on top. It scores highly with families across the booking sites, and its free Bary Star baby kit is one reason parents of babies and toddlers rate it. The trade-offs are a pebble-and-rock beach rather than sand, no town within walking distance and a restaurant-booking system that runs on the app and needs planning. If you would happily eat in a different à la carte restaurant most nights and want the baby gear waiting in the room, it is a strong fit; if you picture a sandy shore and a stroll into town, look elsewhere along the coast.
Best for
You want a big ultra all-inclusive where nearly every restaurant and drink is in the price, a short airport transfer and one of the most complete free baby kits in Turkey.
Maybe not for
You want a town to walk to, a fine-sand beach, toddler-scale water play in the aquapark or you would rather not chase 10am app bookings for the restaurants.
Best ages
Babies upwards. A free kit for under-threes, a Kids Club from four in two age bands and a teens club.
What stands out
Ten restaurants, nine outdoor pools and an aquapark, an extensive free sports programme and a roughly 20-minute drive from the airport.
What to check
Restaurant tables fill fast on the 10am app release, winter pool heating is weather-dependent and the fine-dining restaurant is usually six and over.
Where is it?
On the Lara and Kundu beach strip east of Antalya in southern Turkey.
Quick facts for families
What the resort is like
How the site is laid out, how you get around it with a pushchair and the zones you will be booking into.
The resort spreads along a wide beachfront and splits into a few zones. The Main House is the central tower, holding the lobby, the 24-hour Çay Room bar, the patisserie and a run of sea-view and pool-view rooms. The Lagoon Section is a lower-rise wing wrapped around the lagoon pool, with swim-up rooms and suites. The Garden Section is where most of the family rooms sit, many on the ground floor opening onto lawns, which makes it the easiest zone for prams. Off to the eastern edge are the BAYOU Villas, a separate premium product with their own dining, and the aquapark and beach run along the front.
The site is flat, so getting around is a walk rather than a climb, though it is large enough that crossing from one end to the other takes a while; there is a jogging circuit of about 1,600 m around the perimeter. Barut lends out pushchairs through the Bary Star baby service, so you do not have to bring your own. Near the entrance is a cat sanctuary, home to a few dozen cats, which reviewers mention fondly.
The whole resort had a full refit finished around 2022 and marked its 20th year in 2025, so the rooms and public areas read as fresh and modern. It used to be called Barut Lara Resort & Spa, and Barut Hotels runs several similarly named resorts elsewhere on the coast, among them Arum in Sorgun, Acanthus Cennet in Belek and Barut Hemera in Side, so check you are booking the Lara one. For the wider coast, its beaches and the heat months, see our Turkish Riviera guide.
Every restaurant and bar
Every dining room and bar, which need booking, and how the app reservations actually work.
Ultra all-inclusive here means you can eat in nine of the ten restaurants and drink at any of the seven bars without a per-meal charge, and the resort's own Collection benefit lets you dine à la carte every night of your stay if you want to. Only the Secret Grill costs extra. Premium-brand spirits can carry a supplement, room service is charged, and the included house wine draws only polite reviews, so wine lovers tend to pay for the better bottles.
How the restaurant booking works
Every restaurant except Turunç needs a reservation, and you make them on the Barut Hotels app up to three days ahead. Slots open at 10am and the popular tables go quickly, especially on a short stay, so book the moment they open and ask the concierge to help with waitlists. Turunç takes walk-ins at any time and is the reliable fallback, along with the buffet.
Zestful Bazaar is the main buffet and the everyday option, open all year for breakfast, lunch and dinner with live-cooking stations, a Chef's Table, handmade ice cream and a corner for vegan, lactose-free and gluten-free diners. It has a Nanny Chef children's counter and high chairs, and it needs no booking, so it is the easiest room with a hungry toddler who will not wait for a set sitting.
Turunç is the all-day world-cuisine restaurant overlooking the lagoon, and the one à la carte that takes no booking and also opens for breakfast, so it is the go-to for families who cannot plan meals around a napping child. It runs through the day in summer, roughly 08:30 to 23:30.
Akdeniz is the most upmarket restaurant, doing creative Mediterranean food with tableside Chateaubriand, and it needs booking. Under-sixes are usually steered to the other restaurants, so treat it as a grown-up dinner and check when you book if you have a younger child.
Tirmis serves regional Antalya cooking, named after the lupin bean grown locally, open evenings with booking needed and no age limit. Kuyu is Turkish, built around a well-cooked lamb kebab, with traditional décor and music. Sandal is the beachfront seafood restaurant, with meze, octopus, surf-and-turf and sunset views. Kirpi is an outdoor grill on a grass lawn where you cook your own meat at the table, which older children tend to enjoy. Pizzeria Di Laura does Naples-style pizza, pasta and focaccia, and is an easy win with younger and fussier eaters. Iro is the sushi and Far East restaurant, open for two evening sittings and better suited to older children and teens. All six need a reservation.
Secret Grill is the one restaurant that costs extra, a modern grill with a wider drinks list. Guests report it only opens when at least 20 people reserve and that they rarely saw it open, so do not build a stay around it.
Three casual spots round out the food, all included: Hungry Gorilla Grab N Go by the pool for burgers, pizzas and lemonade, Kumda Kirpi Burger House for gourmet burgers and the Hanımeli Patisserie for cakes, pastries, coffee and ice cream.
The seven bars
All seven bars are on the all-inclusive. The Çay Room is the 24-hour lobby bar, with a panoramic terrace and tea-based cocktails made for the hotel. The Meltem Pool Bar serves the main pool through the day, the Lagoon Bar is a swim-up bar at the lagoon pool and the Yasemin Bar sits by the activity pool on the lawns. The Majo Beach Club is the beach bar, with live music, and the Pavilion Bar pours premium world brands indoors and out. The Du Du Mango nightclub below the lobby is an adults venue that only opens in winter, so most summer families will not see it.
Rooms and suites
Every room type with its official size, which ones suit a family, plus the premium villas.
There are several hundred rooms and suites here, split across the three zones and all refreshed in the 2022 refit with a private balcony or terrace, smart room controls, Chromecast, satellite TV, Wi-Fi, a hairdryer and an iron. The UK operator Kuoni puts the figure at 585. The table below is every room type with its official size and how many it sleeps; the guidance after it is which work best with a baby or toddler.
| Room | Size | Sleeps | Zone | View or feature |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deluxe Lagoon Room | 43–47 m² | 3 | Lagoon | Pool view |
| Deluxe Lagoon Swim-Up Room | 43–47 m² | 3 | Lagoon | Direct pool access from the terrace |
| Designer Junior Suite | 55–58 m² | 4 | Lagoon | Separate living room, no connecting door |
| Penthouse Suite with Turkish Bath & Jacuzzi | 70–74 m² | 4 | Lagoon | Terrace jacuzzi, hammam-style bathroom |
| Deluxe Garden Room | 34–37 m² | 3 | Garden | Garden view, ground floor available |
| Deluxe Garden Swim-Up Room | 44–48 m² | 3 | Garden | Direct pool access from the terrace |
| Deluxe Family Suite | 65–73 m² | 5 | Garden | Two separate bedrooms |
| Deluxe Family Swim-Up Suite | 90–95 m² | 5 | Garden | Two bedrooms, swim-up to the pool |
| Deluxe Corner Family Suite | 65–73 m² | 5 | Garden | Two bedrooms, corner position |
| Deluxe Corner Swim-Up Family Suite | 90–95 m² | 5 | Garden | Two bedrooms, swim-up to the pool |
| Deluxe Room Side Sea View | 38–40 m² | 3 | Main House | Partial sea view |
| Deluxe Room Side Sea & Pool View | 38–40 m² | 4 | Main House | Partial sea and pool view |
| Deluxe Room Direct Sea View | 48–50 m² | 4 | Main House | Direct sea view |
| Corner Suite with Jacuzzi & Sea View | 48–50 m² | 4 | Main House | In-room jacuzzi, sea view |
| Deluxe Family Room Side Sea & Pool View | 65–73 m² | 4 | Main House | Two bedrooms |
| Designer Suite | 68–70 m² | 4 | Main House | Jacuzzi, large living room |
| Designer Suite 360° | 55–57 m² | 2 | Main House | Panoramic views, suits adults |
| Grand Designer Suite | 106–108 m² | 4 | Main House | Balcony jacuzzi, 360° view |
| Penthouse Suite Main Building | 106–108 m² | 3 | Main House | Direct sea view, one bedroom |
| Grand Family Penthouse Suite | 125–127 m² | 5 | Main House | The largest hotel room |
For a family, the question is usually whether you can shut a door on a sleeping baby. The Garden Section is the prime family zone: its two-bedroom family suites, at 65–73 m² and 90–95 m², sleep up to five with separate bedrooms for naps, and the ground-floor rooms are the easiest across the resort for a pushchair. The swim-up versions open straight onto the pool from the terrace, which parents with a napping toddler in the peak-summer heat single out. The Deluxe Garden Room at 34–37 m² is the smallest option, fine for a family of three but tight once a cot is in.
In the Lagoon Section the Deluxe Lagoon Room at 43–47 m² suits three, and its swim-up version gives the same direct pool access. Worth knowing about the Designer Junior Suite at 55–58 m²: its living room and bedroom have no connecting door, so it is less useful for keeping a baby's room dark and quiet. The Main House has the sea views but needs a lift, so it is less convenient with a pram; its family picks are the Deluxe Family Room at 65–73 m² and, for space, the Grand Family Penthouse at 125–127 m², the largest room in the hotel.
Set apart at the eastern edge, the BAYOU Villas are a separate premium product: 24 private villas of one to four bedrooms, 250–1,000 m², each with its own pool and garden. They have their own à la carte restaurant, Weik, and their own bars, and picked up a Condé Nast Johansens Best for Families award in 2024. They are booked separately from the hotel and cost well above a hotel room, and guests still use the main resort's beach, pools and facilities.
The pools
The resort has nine outdoor pools and a 248 m² indoor pool, which is the only pool it gives a size for, so treat the rest by character rather than dimensions. The main family pool is a run of interconnected pools with sun loungers, zero-entry edges and varying depths, and pool toys and inflatables are on hand. The Lagoon pool is the quieter one, ringed by room blocks with a swim-up bar, and the swim-up lagoon rooms open onto it. A third pool by the Yasemin Bar, with a lawn, is used for aqua classes and water activities. There is a shallow children's pool for the youngest, and the indoor pool sits in the spa and opens to the garden. Heating runs from 1 December to 1 April and is weather-dependent, so it is not guaranteed.
The aquapark has seven named slides, King Cobra, Dragero, Looping Rocket, Uphill Navigatour, Wide Slide, Compact Slide and Freefall. There is no lazy river or toddler splash zone, so these are thrill rides for older children and adults, and under-fives are better off in the children's and main pools. Height and weight limits apply to the individual slides, and the resort sets these out on arrival. Hours change with the season.
The beach
The beach is a private, Blue Flag stretch on the Kundu shore, held in both 2024 and 2025. It is a Mediterranean pebble-and-rock shoreline rather than fine sand, and reviewers recommend water shoes; the sea itself is blue and swimmable. Along it are sun loungers, the Majo Beach Club bar with live music, a children's beach playground and a volleyball court. Five-person beach pavilions can be hired by the day in summer, with drinks service, for a charge. Of the beach activities, only the volleyball is confirmed; the resort does not advertise jet skis or parasailing here.
Babies and toddlers
The baby kit and the clubs by age, everything to fill a day and where to go beyond the gate.
The Bary Star service covers babies and toddlers up to three and is free. Ask at booking or through Guest Relations and the room is set up with a cot, a pushchair, a high chair, a baby bath, a baby monitor, an infant carrier, a changing mat, a potty and seat cover, a bottle warmer and toiletries down to baby shampoo, bath sponge, body lotion, a bib and wipes. It is one of the fuller kits in Turkey and means you can leave the bulky gear at home. It does not include sterilisers or jarred baby food, so bring those. Some families have found baby-food jars at the buffet.
The Kids Club is free and takes four to twelve year olds in two bands, four to eight and eight to twelve, with a nap room, a small cinema, mini football, kite flying, soft play, a PlayStation, accessible swings and activities like a colour party. Sessions typically run from around 10am to 12:30pm, 2:30pm to 5:30pm and 8:30pm to 11pm, though the official site says the hotel sets the exact hours by season, so treat those as a guide rather than a guarantee. The club has a large indoor room and a big fenced, grassed garden with climbing frames and slides. The nightly mini disco at 8:30pm is a fixture for toddlers and young children. Teenagers have their own free LOL Club, roughly ages 13 to 18, with a PlayStation, foosball, darts, billiards, table tennis, karaoke and a graffiti wall.
Babysitting can be arranged on request for a charge. Guests report it takes children from six months, though the resort doesn't state this on its own site, so confirm when you book. High chairs are in the restaurants, and children's and gluten-free options are clearly marked.
On resortThings to do
Most of the sports are free. There are three floodlit tennis courts with rackets and balls provided, a squash court, a fitness hall, an aqua gym, archery and air rifle with instructors, plus yoga, Pilates and aerobics classes, beach volleyball, table tennis, darts, boccia, badminton, a jogging circuit of about 1,600 m and a games hall with cards, Rummikub and backgammon. Padel, billiards, a personal trainer and reformer Pilates cost extra.
The daily programme runs live shows, an animation team, evening performances, DJ nights and the mini disco, with a movie theatre in the Kids Club. The spa is built around the 248 m² indoor pool, with a sauna, a hammam, which is a Turkish steam bath, a steam room, a beauty salon and paid massage treatments, and it holds a Hammam-Spa Control Certificate for 2026 to 2027. A horse-farm tour runs through the Kids Club for a charge, and white-water rafting in the Taurus mountains, from about age six, is arranged through outside excursion firms rather than the resort.
Off resortThe area and days out
There is no town within walking distance. The immediate strip is themed hotels and fake-designer shops, so anywhere worth going needs a taxi or a booked transfer. Antalya's old town, Kaleiçi, a walled Roman and Ottoman harbour quarter, is about 12 miles (19 km) and 15 to 20 minutes by taxi, though its cobbles are hard work with a pushchair. Nearby in the city is one of Turkey's largest archaeological museums. The Düden Waterfalls make a family-friendly outing, the upper falls in a canyon about 6 miles (10 km) from the city and the lower falls dropping straight into the sea, best seen from a boat.
Further out, all needing transport, are Kursunlu Waterfall about 14 miles (22 km) away, Karain Cave about 17 miles (27 km) away and the Roman sites at Aspendos and Perge. For a wet-weather or shopping afternoon, the Terra City mall is around ten minutes by road.
Loves and gripes
What families rate and what frustrates them, how it stacks up, the journey in and the weather by month.
What families love, and the gripes
The scores are consistently strong across every platform. Booking.com rates it 9.5 out of 10, its Traveller Review Award for 2026 and the top score of the 42 hotels in the Lara area; TripAdvisor puts it at 4 out of 5 and fifth of 58 hotels in the wider Muratpaşa district from more than 12,360 reviews, with the site's Travellers' Choice award attached. Trip.com scores it 9.6 from 161 reviews and named it to its 2026 Global 100 Family Hotel list. HolidayCheck has named it Recommended in both 2025 and 2026, and in 2024 it topped six separate Türkiye categories there, including best all-inclusive hotel and best beach hotel. British Airways Holidays, Condé Nast Johansens, Forbes Travel Guide and Agoda have all recognised it too, with BA Holidays scoring it 4.8 out of 5 for customer excellence.
What families love
- An all-inclusive that really is complete, with no surprise charges.
- The food, rated among the best at any all-inclusive by families who compare.
- The Bary Star baby kit, which parents say has everything a toddler needs.
- The short airport transfer, welcome with tired children.
- Clean, fresh rooms and public areas after the refit.
- Attentive staff, the Kids Club team included.
- Nine pools, so there is always a quieter spot.
- The Kids Club and the 8:30pm mini disco.
- The free sports programme, archery and air rifle included.
- The cat sanctuary near the entrance.
Common gripes
- The restaurant tables book out fast on the 10am app release.
- A pebble-and-rock beach rather than sand.
- Nothing to walk to off resort.
- The included house wine is unremarkable.
- Sunbeds saved with towels from early morning.
- The aquapark's variable hours and its thin appeal for younger children.
- The Secret Grill rarely seeming to open.
- A large site that some find a lot to take in.
How it compares
Against the other big Antalya-coast family names, its short transfer stands out: about 20 minutes against 30 to 50 for Maxx Royal, ELA and Rixos over in Belek. Its baby concept is more comprehensive than most, and it has its own aquapark on site, where Rixos leans on the nearby Land of Legends theme park instead. What it does not offer is a theme-park tie-in or the midnight babysitting some of the ultra-luxury Belek resorts run, and its beach is pebble rather than the sand behind some rivals. It sits in the mid-to-high all-inclusive price tier rather than the very top.
| Resort | Transfer from Antalya | Baby concept | Aquapark | Price tier |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lara Barut Collection | About 20 min | Bary Star (0–3), comprehensive free kit | On site, seven slides | All-inclusive, mid to high |
| Maxx Royal Belek | About 30–50 min | Smiling Babies (1–3), babysitting until midnight | On site plus DinoLand | Ultra-luxury, highest |
| ELA Excellence Belek | About 30 min | Baby lounge and Baby Club (0+) | On site, age-banded | High |
| Rixos Premium Belek | About 30 min | Baby food and baby fridges, Land of Legends access | Land of Legends theme park nearby | Ultra-luxury |
Against Ikos, the European all-inclusive brand families often weigh it against, guests who have done both rate the food as good or better and the value strong, while placing the wine and the overall finesse a notch below; the shorter transfer and the on-site aquapark are the real points in its favour. Mumsnet named it their best all-inclusive in Turkey for 2026, though value for money is the one dimension where Booking.com's guest sub-scores dip a little below the rest. For how the Ikos brand works, see our Ikos guide.
From the airportGetting there and when to go
Antalya airport takes direct flights from most UK airports through the summer, and the resort is in the books of Jet2holidays, TUI, easyJet, On the Beach, loveholidays, First Choice and British Airways Holidays. It is about 8 miles (13 km) and 20 minutes from the airport. The transfer is not laid on automatically, so arrange it when you book; booking direct through the resort can include a transfer as part of an offer, though the terms change by season. There is no resort minimum stay, and UK packages usually run to seven nights.
With little ones, June and September are the most comfortable months, warm without the peak-summer heat and short of the busiest weeks. July and August hit 34 degrees, when the shade and indoor pool matter, and May and October are pleasant, quieter shoulders. The resort is open all year, with the full summer programme running roughly April to October and a lighter, indoor-leaning winter.
When to goWeather
The figures below are typical monthly averages for Lara Beach across the year. Rain is minimal from June to September, the sea is warmest in August at 29 degrees and stays pleasant into September, and peak-summer days at 34 degrees are the main thing to plan around with young children. Sunshine runs from around 5 hours a day in the depths of winter to around 13 hours a day at the height of summer, so pack sun protection whenever you go.
| Month | Daytime high | Overnight low | Rain | Wet days | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5° | 5.5° | 222 mm | 11 | 19° |
| February | 16.5° | 6.5° | 131 mm | 8 | 17° |
| March | 18.5° | 8° | 94 mm | 6 | 17° |
| April | 22° | 11° | 47 mm | 4 | 18° |
| May | 27° | 16° | 36 mm | 3 | 22° |
| June | 32° | 20° | 7 mm | 1 | 25° |
| July | 35.5° | 23.5° | 2 mm | 0 | 28° |
| August | 35° | 23.5° | 1 mm | 0 | 29° |
| September | 31.5° | 20° | 31 mm | 2 | 29° |
| October | 27.5° | 15.5° | 115 mm | 5 | 26° |
| November | 22° | 10.5° | 107 mm | 6 | 24° |
| December | 17° | 7.5° | 225 mm | 8 | 21° |
Typical monthly averages from weather-station records. Sea temperature is the open-water figure, so a sheltered bay can feel a degree or two warmer. The resort is open all year round, with the full summer programme running roughly April to October.
Questions
The things families ask most, a couple of useful links and when this guide was last updated.
How do you get a table at the à la carte restaurants?
Decide your priority restaurants before you travel, because the app opens bookings three days ahead at 10am and the sought-after tables go within minutes. Book them the moment slots release and ask the concierge to waitlist the rest. Turunç and the buffet are always walk-in.
Is the beach sandy?
No. It is a pebble-and-rock Mediterranean shoreline, so pack water shoes for getting in and out. The sea itself is clean and swimmable, and the beach holds a Blue Flag.
Can under-sixes eat at the fine-dining restaurant?
Only Akdeniz, the fine-dining restaurant, tends to keep to six and over, and it is a house habit rather than a published rule. The other nine restaurants take all ages, so a family with a younger child still has the run of them. If Akdeniz matters to you, ask the resort about it when you book.
Is the aquapark any good for toddlers?
Not for the youngest. The seven slides carry height and weight limits and suit older children and teens, and there is no toddler splash area in the aquapark. Under-fives get more from the shallow children's pool and the zero-entry main pools.
Is the airport transfer included?
No, you add it when you book, through your tour operator or the resort, rather than it being laid on. A direct booking with the resort sometimes folds the transfer into a seasonal offer, so check what your rate already covers before you pay for one separately.
Do you need to bring baby equipment?
Not the bulky things. Ask at booking and the free Bary Star kit has the cot, high chair, pushchair and baby bath waiting in the room. The two things to pack yourself are a steriliser and any jarred baby food, since neither is part of the kit.
What costs extra on top of the all-inclusive?
The Secret Grill restaurant, premium-brand spirits, room service, spa and massage treatments, a few sports like padel and billiards, the day-hire beach pavilions and babysitting. Everything else, including the other nine restaurants and every bar, is in the price.
Good to know
Guests and UK operator listings report free parking, though the resort doesn't confirm it on its own site. The resort covers a large site, so factor in a walk between the far rooms and the beach. Turkey's entry rules and any safety updates change from time to time, so check the FCDO's Turkey travel advice before you book.
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- Lara Barut Collection: the resort's own site for rooms, dining and the children's clubs.
- GOV.UK Turkey travel advice: entry rules and safety updates before you travel.
- The Turkish Riviera with little ones: our guide to the wider coast, its beaches and when to go.
Last updated 16 July 2026.
