A medium resort, that has seen better days. Oldish deco, average bathroom (with dripping basin). Pool in the shadows quite soon in the afternoon, which may suit you, or not.
Good breakfast buffet, apart from the drinks (nescafé for coffee).
Absent staff.
In a word, much too expensive for the quality offered.

We returned to the Palmetto but were very disappointed with a number of things:-
Rooms not cleaned on two days and when I complained the manager was most unhelpful and seemed to think this was OK.
The swimming pool had a green line which I and other guestes who had stayed before complained about. We were fobbed off by the manager again who eventually got the odd job man to clean it.
Grounds were not as well kept as in previous years.
Reception staff not as knowlegable and helpful as previous years.
However bar area had improved and front of house staff were all friendly and helpful.
Consequently we are now in search of a new paradise!

The tour operator, Anatolian Sky offers this small hotel as 4* but it certainly does not live up to this if you judge it by generally accepted standards. In fairness to the operator they do state their criteria for star ratings in their brochure but I still feel it is misleading. We did not pay 4* price but there is a feeling of disappointment on arrival as the rooms are in need of a makeover and the service does leave a lot to be desired. Rooms are clean and water is plentiful though only hot spasmodically. Breakfasts are good with a choice of fruits, cereals, yoghurt, cheese, olives and eggs. The bar lacked atmosphere and was often closed by 9pm. We did not eat dinner at the hotel as there are so many local good restaurants serving excellent fish etc. Osmans is good and cheap. Our favourite was Sardunya about 10 mins walk around the bay and also Aurora. Sardunya wins for food and Aurora for character.

Having said all the above we would certainly return. The location is excellent, on the edge of the village with views over the bay. As a base to explore the village and its excellent restaurants; it cannot be bettered. The village is a delight and the locals are very friendly. Plenty of walking around the bay or up into the hills and some lovely beaches if you are prepared for a lengthy but interesting walk.

Easy travel by dolmus from the main road to Marmaris (40 mins) or Bozborun(15 mins). You can also stop off at all the places in between. A beautiful and as yet unspoilt area of Turkey if you are looking for a relaxing break.

We visited Palmetto Resort in Selimiye in October 2007 and were very dissapointed with the hotel. We were there for a week and moved room three times!

The hotel only has about 18 rooms and only half of these are on the front of the hotel. The ones on the back of the hotel were very dark and face the local junior school which is very noisy during term time from 8 o'clock in the morning. The back of the hotel was also facing piles of broken garden furniture and general piles of junk.

The first room we were allocated was positioned on the back of the building, was in a poor decorative state and wasn't very clean. There was a very strong smell of drains in the bathroom which made us feel sick.

The second room was better and didn't smell so we were happier. We were then woken up on Monday moring by the school children so had to be moved to the front of the hotel in order to get any sleep in the mornings.

The pool was quite dirty with a band of slime running all around the bottom where it had been used all summer and hadn't been cleaned and the 8 sunbeds were in fairly poor repair and the cushions were very dirty.

The hotel was also supposed to be free of children under 14, but on our last weekend several small children and toddlers arrived and disturbed the peace and quiet we had gone to Turkey for.

Selimiye is a stunningly beautiful place and we had a great holiday apart from our hotel. The Palmetto Resort is a B&B at best so don't expect anything more!