Very nice hotel, lovely food (especially turkish night), lots a quiet little spots where you can escape. I would definately go back, although not in October which turned out to be storm season (!!).
The only real disappointment came after dinner, where there seemed to be absolutely nothing to do! There is a really cool underground club which we had to discover ourselves on day 4 of our 7 day visit, as nobody had told us about it, however for adults it only opens at 11pm. We attempted to go there one night but we were the only ones in there, so we did an about-turn. I can imagine this would be really fun in the summer though when its busier.
The actual site of this resort is massive, and once upon a time I think would have deserved 5*, but with basketball courts, tennis courts, mini golf, a mini zoo etc ALL out of use, with broken fences and leaves and mush all over them it really only deserves 3 stars. The animation team have an office seemingly full of games that you can borrow, but on further inspection most of these are just empty cardboard boxes which used to contain games. Also, upstairs from the reception area is a room for the older ladies to congregate for bridge and another room with a pool table (which is locked and was apparently out of order) and another room with a table tennis table. To play table tennis you have to get a bats a ball from the animation team, however it took us until the final night to do this as the animation team office is only open til about 5 and you cant access anything after this time, so by the time we though we might like a game it was always too late.
If we return we will arm ourselves with evening entertainment such as cards, board games and films.
Moving on...
We had two really good days of exploring on the dolmus, and would definately recommend this. You have to walk to the entrance of the resort and just wait for a minibus to go by with the name of the town your aiming for. Its 3 lira each (£1) and you pay when you get off at your destination, comes every half hour. very easy to use and very friendly people. We went to turgetreis one day (15 minutes on the bus, has a marina and restaurants, shops and a market) and to Gumusluk the next day. Gumusluk was lovely, a small fishing village wiht a market and loads of fish restaurants. We went in search of the underwater city by walking to the right up the beach and up the end hill although didnt see it as it had rained and the sea level was too high. However it was a lovely walk. On our way back we went into a lovely little restaurant on a white decking with white floral cushions and tree's in the water with decorations, it was extremely quaint and an idylllic spot, and the food was amazing. i recommend the fish casserole. a-mazing.
On our final day we went on jeep safari (thomson trip) and this was definitely our best day!! you get picked up by an open top jeep at the hotel and taken off road through the mountains of budrum, stopping off at some interesting spots including a real working farm and a traditional village. We came back covered in mud from our driver speeding through puddles on the journey, I haven't laughed so much in ages. Definatley recommend!
In summary, like all holiday you have to make the most of opportunites availabel to you, if you stayed in the resort you woiuld get bored very quickly. We had a brilliant time and probably would return.
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