When entering the hotel it looks fabulous, but this soon fades when the reality hits home. No one speaks English. I dont mind enjoying a holiday with people from other countries, but when you have over 200 people around you and a great number of staff where all except one waiter do not speak English it kind of ruins the idea of having a laugh and a few drinks of an evening with fellow holiday makers. We did purchase a Turkish-English dictionary as we dined with a Turk couple (lovely people) each evening, so tried to communicate that way. This hotel is certainly not designed to suit English people.
Destination wise it is in the middle of nowhere. 45 min on the dalmus (local bus) to Bodrum and around 15 min to Turgetreis resort. Rooms vary. We were put into a room which looked like a staff accommodation room initally. The air con was as noisy as the entertainment outside, there were thin nets covering the door size windows that lead onto a shared balcony so people could see right into the room from outside, also the bathroom door did not close (so they could see me on the toilet too!) finally TV did not work and shower fitting fell out of the wall along with the shower ... however we did complain and were moved to a much better room with no problems, so if you end up in a dodgey room do complain there are ok ones around!
Food wise medium. It really was not great athough on one night the kebab was nice! Definatley go out and experience real Turkish food.
Finally beware of the guy who carries your bags afew meters to your room. He expects a tip and is really not friendly with it.
- Hotel Malama Beach
