I arrived back from Turkey this morning and looking at the other reviews on here, with this hotel you get what you pay for. I (20yrs) went with my boyfriend (21yrs) and my dad and his partner (approx 50's)
There is a steep hill leading up to the hotel and then there are about 34 steps up to the hotel reception. Personally It wasn't that bad, and once youve eaten sometimes its good to burn off a few calories!
There is a Bus stop right outside the hotel though so you dont always have to come up the steep hill, the bus is 2.75 lira and takes u to the Bodrum.
We were placed in the Self Catering rooms which were all separate (even though we were All inclusive but apparently the apartments for us were being renovated), had there own front door and were max 3 high but with the height differences of the hotel only the 3rd floor had stairs to the door.
The Rooms - We first had a problem with our bathroom having small flies in it, once the reception were informed the cleaners were there almost immediately and the problem was dealt with.
If you are looking for a spacious shower cubicle, this is not what you will find, when you have long hair to wash you knock you elbows against the wall and the unit, but for a week, I coped with it.
The beds are quite firm and suprisingly the pillows were pretty good too.
We had a problem with our balcony door which took many attempts to open it, after probably waking up everyone else in the block.
GET A SAFE!!! We arrived early hours of the morning and didn't purchase a safe which is £15, as we just wanted to sleep, the next day we went out after having our bathroom cleaned, we also told maintenance that the air con wasn't working and they said they would get it sorted, we left the room, putting our money away in a bag and inside a suitcase and while we were out we had 300 lira stolen, either the cleaners or someone who can fixed the air con are probably to blame, but to be able to claim you have to call the police and hire a translator, so just keep your valuables safe as we learnt the hard way!!
The swimming pool was out of action for 4 days after they hadn't cleaned it properly then put to many chemicals into the pool and it reacted, after it had been filtered properly it was a good size pool and my boyfriend thoroughly enjoyed the water slide!
The food is standard, lots of salad but it is FRESH, selection of meats and cheeses, Breakfast consists of eggs eggs and more eggs, and isn't particularly appetising. Lunch and dinner again have the salad and I highly recommend the soup as it was the hottest food item they had. Think it must have been a Traditional trate to have food luke warm because even eating out the restaurant the food wasn't very hot.
When you exchange your money, be sure to take english sterling with you to, as the shops don't exchange properly and you get a better deal using english. If you are a big fan of HOLLISTER, A&F, CONVERSE, ADIDAS, UGG's, i would advice only filling your suitcase half (as Turkeys airport staff are strict with the 20kg and dont allow anymore) They have SOOO much stuff out their that is reasonably good copies of these famous brands and you can get them for nothing.
Recommended places to visit.
Divers Restaurant in Gumbet, it is located down a side road but it is so calm and relaxed in this restaurant, the food is really nice and the staff are really friendly, the only bad thing is my dad went to get up from his chair and nearly fell down the two steps which were behind them but i think they've moved the table now!
If you can find him, his name is PETER PAN! but looks like Jack Sparrow. He has a Bar called My Moon which has good food and drink and he has 12 members of staff which are always dancing and getting everyone in the mood, He can also be found along the Beach by the Water Sports, we went on a boat trip which cost us about 50lira each and it was well worth it, free drinks on the boat and free food and it ran from 10am til 5pm. He is really friendly and makes you feel very welcome where ever you are, and he even let my boyfriend go out on one of his jet ski boats for free!.
Tuesday market in Bodrum is very popular although it is full of the same Fake designer clothes, watches, football shirts, bags and belts that you see all around the towns, does get very busy but its the experience that counts.
PLEASE BE AWARE THERE ARE CATS WHICH LIVE AT THIS HOTEL!!!!!
I am a very big cat fan but other people at the hotel had clearly not read any reviews and decided that they had the right to try and hurt the cats, They are more like kittens and there are about 5 of them but may vary. They are very playful and friendly, we had them in our room for a while, and they caused no harm, but let them out as we went to bed.
Overall this hotel could be better, could be worse, but we paid about £12 a day for the hotel and with the included drinks and food, you can't really complain, the food is edible and its just a case of how fussy you are.
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