Returned to the UK on 28th Oct after 2 brilliant weeks! Travelled as a family of 4 (our kids are 12 & 9) & stayed in a 2 bed family room, 777, which is away from the main building but had wonderful views of the sea & mountains. As others have said, this is one of the blocks that is dated & could do with being refurbished but on the whole, was comfortable. Note to the hotel, if you are planning to refurbish these rooms, the wardrobe space is great but additional drawers for storage would be really useful as we didn’t have enough room to unpack all of our clothes for a 2 week stay. The food at the hotel is to a high standard, yes a buffet can get a little repetitive after 2 weeks, but that would be the same any hotel. We enjoyed the food, it was hot, tasty & plentiful. The Turkish al a carte was excellent but we didn’t try the others. Ice cream was available from 12-5 everyday & the vanilla is one of the creamiest I’ve ever tasted & the pistachio was equally delicious! The kids loved the bubble tea & mocktails & the coffee shop does a great ice coffee (as well as cappuccinos, lattes etc) & the patisserie offers a good range of cookies & cakes. If you don’t want a buffet lunch the Pine Bar offers a sit down lunch which is served to you (and also takeaway), the menu is pizzas, burgers, chicken schnitzel, chicken wraps etc and agin, was really tasty! The wine offered was pretty good, I had a couple of glasses of rose with dinner & it was drinkable, not a nice Pinot blush by any means but it tasted ok! We had no issues getting sunbeds and opted to spend most days on the pier at the beach because the pool areas were too shady and the pools were too cold in our opinion, the sea was much warmer! And there are so many fish, the pier is a great place for snorkelling! We were lucky enough to see turtles most days & a seal even popped up one day! Only minor consideration if you sunbathe on the pier & beach is that it is a bit of walk back to the toilets. The location of the hotel was perfect for us, in between Marmaris & Icmeler & you can walk along to either resort from the hotel along a paved & mostly flat path which follows the beach so is a really nice walk & takes about half an hour to Marmaris & slightly less to Icmeler. If walking isn’t your thing or is too far then there is a taxi rank right outside the hotel & also a bus stop. We took the bus a number of times to both Marmaris & Icmeler & it was very easy & only 25 Lira each! You can get a green or orange bus into the towns but I was told only the orange buses bring you back to the hotel, so we followed that advice & had no problems but be prepared to stand as seats are limited. The buses will pick you up from anywhere, just flag them down if you can get to the next bus stop! We also took a boat trip directly from the hotel which was a full day trip 10-5 which was only £13 each including a chicken, pasta & salad lunch. Drinks & ice creams were additional but at reasonable cost but note you can’t take your own drinks with you. It was a great trip with lots of swimming & snorkelling stops & very good value for money but if your looking for a party boat (we weren’t) then there are lots of trips available from Marmaris. We booked to go the Rhodes for a day which cost £50pp & included transfers to & from the hotel & the ferry crossing which takes about an hour from Marmaris to Rhodes - we’ll worth a visit, the Old Town is beautiful & reminded me a lot of Rome. The ferry port is right by the Old Town, a few minutes walk so no need for taxis. I can’t comment on the adult evening entertainment as we didn’t watch it but my son (12yr old) enjoyed playing darts, volleyball, basketball & football with the daytime team. There is also a tennis court. There is a pool table & table tennis table near Stone Bar which the kids loved but for some unknown reason the pool cues are packed away at 6pm & isn’t available in the evening which is a shame. There is plenty of space in various places in the hotel to add a couple more pool tables in, that would be a great addition as there isn’t much to do in the hotel in the evening. We took our own playing cards & always found a spot with table & chairs so we could play. We had a really late flight or really early depending on what way you look at it - 3am - we couldn’t keep our room on (check out is 12 noon) but we were told we were welcome to use the hotel facilities on the same all-inclusive basis until our pick up time (including having lunch & dinner, drinks etc) which I thought was excellent! The hotel stored our luggage in their secure luggage room & we packed a change of clothes & the things we needed for the day in a couple of rucksacks. We were told we could use the hotel Spa to shower which was open until 7pm & they have lockers so we left the rucksacks in a locker & spent the rest of day by the beach. The Spa showers were lovely & clean & the staff friendly & helpful - this is the ‘done’ thing to use these facilities & you are made to feel very welcome. All in all we had a great time and WOULD return to this hotel again, thank you for an enjoyable stay! …
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