I have been to many AI hotels and wasn't realy looking forward to coming here. I was pleasently supprised. We went to this hotel very late in the season, so sunbeds and space were not an issue, the weather was perfect and in my view the best time to go. We stopped in the main hotel block, my only issues were the room was too hot as air con is centrally controled and it hardly cooled the place down, my main issue was i am an anti-smoker, the air con on many occasions pumped cigarette smoke into our room, i complained many times, i presume someone regullaly smoked under the inlet area of the aircon, the only option would have been to move, but what a hasle, it would have been easier for them to stop the stinking chimney smokers instead, so this was an issue on floor 1.(others also complained about this)
It was nice to NOT use blue had wipes in the hotel unlike many other AI where is seems people get sick. There was NO sickness whatsoever that i heard of, i felt the cleanliness was 1st class in the eating areas. Food was fine, turkey is expensive for food if you ever check out the supermarket prices especially meat, so what the hotel provided is excellent of the money.
The entertainment was very good for turkey and the whole hotel and large grounds were lovely.
This is a positive review as i thought this hotel was very good compared to what i have experienced for other AI i have stayed. There is no issues with guests from other countries. It seems this hotel is getting it right and those chaves from the UK are generally going else where in turkey.
I would return here.
This holiday for me was a CHILL, RELAX and good base for the surrounding areas as i am very active.
as for shopping indoor bizare vs market the bizare wins hands up for quality with a better price than the market, the market sellers have now become the rudest sellers i have heard i feel they have over-stepped the mark, they are making the market there a foul place and they are a disgrace to themselves and their religion, will people realise that the are trying to rip people off for every penny from you with rubbish quality, listen to how rude they are to people antd the awful words they use, if you wander around the bizare you are hastled just as much but it is respectfully , i have found you can do far better deals there and the quality is far better, all you need to do is go in all the shops, and COMPARE the prices to other shops. Don't be afaid of these guys shopping here as its far better than the market. The hair dressers are excellent and cheap too in the bizare, always sort your price out 1st.
PS take the bus up to Mulga it takes about an hour or more its not expensive ( mabey £4-5 each) from the main bus station in marmaris, put on a warm jacket as its freezing up there, but there are few very tourists and its a real turkish city, great for a mooch around, it does have market days but no copies up there, a taste of real turkey
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