I will start by saying I don't expect much from a hotel. I am an extreamly passive person so for me to write a negative review of any hotel, it must be seriously dire.
We arrived on the 1st day, tired and hot after a long trip. Instead of checking us in and letting us relax we were subjected to a sales pitch from the hotel staff trying to sell us everything from ciggerettes to turkish baths.
It was seriously hot, even for turkey, and the air conditioning prices were outrageous, which we later found out was higher than usual. Supply and demand I guess. No matter, we can cool down in the pool, which was more like a bath tub. This was not the case, we could not relax around the pool as the hotel staff were more like a boys club and constantly threw us in the pool, kicked footballs at us and generally just annoyed us. We did protest this but to no avail. I got the feeling this was for their own ammusement.
On the second day I woke up early to get some breakfast. This consisted of 2 pieces of cucumber, 2 pieces of some kind of meat and a boiled egg. I cracked open the egg to find it was completely black inside. At least it gave me a source of humour for the day.
Our room got cleaned zero times. No new towles or sheets, the bin in the toilet not emptied and our fridge did not work. We complained about these issues an uncountable amount of times but nothing got done.
The area itself was very dodgy and you had to watch your back with the locals. We were told this by an old scouser, who had chosen to live there for the past three months, that it was rougher than the worst parts of liverpool. Thats saying something.
Ok, now for the positives. Although expensive the food in the resturant was good although as we were on a budget we only ate there a couple of times.
We found some comfort in the other guests who were in the same position as us and we formed an alliance which somewhat salvaged the holiday.
Do not go to this hotel no matter how cheap it is. If this review helps just one person then it was worth writing.
- Yagmur Apartments Altinkum
