Guest User
September 21, 2022
Will start with positives. Pool great very large lots of sunbeds available at any time of day. Due to lack of guests I suspect. Had around 45 sunbeds and about 8 occupied daily! Apartment ok pretty much as pictures, fridge and freezer and kettle. Towels only changed once and one had a hole in it. Shower leaked after use with cold water for first 2 nights! Gradually water became warmer as the days went on. PLEASE BE AWARE THERE IS NO RESTAURANT ON SITE AND NO SHOP - ADVERTISED AS OPEN BUT BELIEVE BEEN CLOSED FOR 4 YRS!! HAVE TO GO OUT FOR ALL MEALS AND BRING BACK SUPPLIES WATER JUICE ETC. GUMBET IS VERY HILLY GUESS MY FAULT FOR NOT RESEARCHING FULLY. 10 MIN WALK TO SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS WHICH IN.HEAT IS QUITE TIRING. RECEPTION IS DARK AND DOESNT EVEN LOOK OPEN. WE WERE ON 1ST FLOOR BUT HAVE TO CLIMB STAIRS FROM RECEPTION THEN 2 MORE FLIGHTS TO 1ST FLOOR. THERE IS NO LIFT. IGNORE SIGNS TO RESTAURANT IT IS NON-EXISTENT! BEST PLACE TO EAT WAS RED DRAGON - ATE THERE 6 NIGHTS OUT OF 7. LOVELY CHOICE OF MEALS, TURKISH CHINESE INDIAN, BEST STEAKS EVER AND VERY REASONABLE PRICES. BREAKFAST VERY CHEAP £4 FULL ENGLISH! THE GUYS WHO WORK THERE ARE LOVELY AND SO SWEET AND CONSIDERATE. Depending on your age you may not like the *****, banging loud music at each bar trying to out do each other. Quite a lot.of hassle from bars shops etc, but this is Turkey it's their living so can't avoid this. We went on a market trip but wasn't much good. Market overcrowded hot and sellers shouting all the time at you so unless you like this environment I wouldn't bother All in all I would say Marmaris is much nicer than bodrum, at least it is flat and trips offered more to our taste. No moonlight trip offered unless you want to charter privately, quoted £2000 for the 2 of us! Very dirty place roads being dug up, loads of dogs strolling around with no owners, so watch out for the dog poo! Sorry I can't be that positive about my experience. The locals in restaurants are mostly nice people but found lot of tourists quite rude, from many countries, expecting you to move out of their way, and little acknowledgement if any. Wont be rushing back to bodrum which is a shame, if they had the money they could make the place so much nicer but inflation there is over 70% so I guess that's not going to happen. I suppose the moral of this is don't go too cheap as you won't get much in return. Good luck if you have already booked be prepared to be underwhelmed