Nice, small, cozy hotel, with a beautiful view of the bays, islands

Written: 12 june 2021
Travel time: 27 may — 3 june 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 5.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 2.0
Bought a ticket without reading the reviews during the day. We promptly packed up and flew out the next day, via Anex. We read the reviews when we were riding in a taxi to the airport, were honestly upset and expected a complete failure of the holiday. Upon arrival at Mugla airport, the mood became more cheerful, we quickly passed all the controls, quickly got into the transfer waiting for us (there was a small minibus), wonderful views opened up on the way to the hotel, which made it even happier. We drove for less than an hour, on the way the guide from Aneks who met us praised the guide at Ramil's hotel, more on that later.
Number. The check-in was not long, while filling out the questionnaires and waiting for the check-in, the girl from the staff brought soft drinks, it was nice. We didn’t have small dollars, so we exchanged 10 dollars at the reception, at the rate of 7.4, so that we could give small money to the billboy, etc.
At the reception at check-in, they asked for a room with a sea view, before "thanking" they went up to look at the room. Air conditioning and refrigerator did not work. The first day ran through solving these shortcomings. The admin at the reception smiled sweetly, pretended to accept the application for the umpteenth time, but the issue was not resolved, the guy Admin generally made a poker face, so there was no further talk of gratitude. We lived on the 3rd floor, room 3 + 1 (two adults and children 16 and 8 years old) with a view of the sea. The room is excellent. The balcony is spacious, fabulous views of the bay and the sea. The repair is good, all the lamps worked, the hair dryer worked. Bed tired.

We turned to the girl from Anex about the non-working air conditioner and refrigerator. During the day everything, thanks, fixed. As a result, the truth is that the air conditioner was never turned on, there was no need, it was already cool at night.
For 8 days, cleaning was 3 times, a couple of dollars and a chocolate bar were left once at the end when we left. Of the minuses, there was no place to dry things, there was no dryer, things flew away on chairs on the balcony, because to the wind.
There are not many minuses in this hotel at all, but there was a main game: they did not immediately provide Wi-Fi, arguing that we will get Wi-Fi the next day at a meeting with the guide. Considering that the paid roaming in that place was not connected, due to the proximity of Greece and the mountains, it was not possible to inform our relatives about how we got there.
Guide. At the meeting with the guide, we got the long-awaited Wi-Fi, listened to Ramil's excellent presentation about excursions through the Anex, it sounded sweet. In general, the guide talked a lot, promised a lot, in fact, what was promised was far from what was said. As a salesman of tours, he is well done, handsome, knows how to present the product. It’s up to everyone to decide whether it’s worth grabbing excursions from him right away or even asking the locals.

Tour purchased from the guide - a complete failure. The promised yacht trip, with a tour of significant places, with a romantic dinner on a yacht at sunset, was beautifully outlined, but it didn’t cost $ 50 per person, it would be better to take a yacht trip through the bays at the hotel, it would cost 2 times cheaper and spend less travel time. Memorable places: the old walls of the mills, the gates of Myndos, honestly stood in the heat, listened and thought it would be faster to go to the yacht. On the way, we were taken to a shopping center, where they began to sell us sweets and all sorts of souvenirs at exorbitant prices, the guide closely followed all this movement, well, a classic of the genre in general))... Then the yacht. At six o'clock we set sail, it was immediately announced to us that all alcohol was paid, although the opposite had been said earlier. Beer 5 euros. Stronger 10 euros. Chips 5 euros. So I advise you to take alcohol and food with you from the hotel. From free tea, water.
We sailed for 30-40 minutes, in the nearest bay we made a stop for an hour and everyone was ordered to swim, hmm, the most desperate couple of people swam, because in the evening and the terrible wind did not have at all. Later in the parking lot, dinner was offered on the lower deck. Dinner was "impressive", cold spaghetti with two dried chicken legs, (one leg for children)) blue cabbage salad, for dessert a microscopic piece of watermelon and a couple of orange slices for the family. Everyone was left hungry. After stopping, they swam back. At 21.10 loaded back into the bus. Buses there and back are good and comfortable. We drove back to the hotel in a depressed mood. We were extremely dissatisfied with the tour. Wasted money and wasted day. I also want to draw your attention to the fact that there is a very strong wind on the ship, which we were not warned about. Be sure to take something warm. We returned to the hotel after 22.00, we didn’t have time for dinner, but there was a night soup (, 23.00-24.00), it was delicious, we even got bread for the hungry))
Returning to the hotel, I want to note the positive attitude of the staff, I don’t know, maybe because it was the beginning of the season and we were still not tired, but everything was as friendly as possible. The guys are all energetic, quickly resolve issues, everything is worthy, no one climbs, does not cling. I don’t know, maybe they were grimacing under masks, but their eyes were smiling)). There were queues for food, because due to quarantine, tourists themselves cannot impose a hedgehog on themselves, the staff imposes behind the window, whoever wants to skip the line can come a little later. In general, excellent chefs, the food is excellent, everyone can find what he likes to his taste. Juices from packages, not UPI, alcohol is not luxury, but at the end of the supplies from the dutik they went very well). Seven up and Pepsi look like real ones. Definitely better than in Egypt. the beer is good. Plastic bottles from the plane came in handy, it is convenient to pour water into them, water in unlimited quantities in disposable plastic jars. Pleased with a snack between lunch and dinner, nuggets, french fries, pita bread, ice cream, just super!
Swimming pool. We spent almost all the time near the pool, the children were more interested there, we were at the sea 2 times in total. Nice music played. But at the weekend there was a large influx of Turks and a lot of Turkish music became noticeable, not Turkish remixes that everyone liked, but Turkish, which already started to put pressure on the brain a little)). Slides on schedule. Regarding animation, yes, it really was lacking, but quarantine imposes many restrictions, including on animation.

From shops nearby - nothing. You can go left along the roadway to the village about 700 meters, go through the cemetery, there will immediately be a small market, fruits, vegetables, and a store, shampoos, toothbrushes, chips, etc. Or, to the right along the roadway from the hotel, we went to the market on Monday 4 km to the neighboring village. You can take a taxi ($ 5), or by bus (pay by card), you can hitch a ride, there are shorter options. We preferred to walk on foot, because with their delicious food we were afraid that we would not get back on the plane, we wanted at least some movement. Everything was on the market. Souvenirs and presents home is better to buy there. T-shirts for 5 euros, then they pull the hand, let's go for 3 dollars. Nearby are the same T-shirts in bulk for 20 lire. In short, we must not rush, look like, then take. The market rate is already 8.4. It is better to pay in lira, when converting to dollars or euros, they have strong errors.
Sea. The sea is clean, unusually sparkles in the sun, it has a lot of sparkling microparticles like gold dust, beautiful, shallow near the coast, a little walk - deep, in temperature - it feels like it could be both warm and cold at the same time, as if there were different currents in it are mixed. There are winds on the beach, sometimes the mattresses were blown away). Walking not far, we didn’t go by carriage, it was a joy for us to walk a little, both up and down. Music was playing in the background on the beach. Pleasant bartender Karim, Russian speaking. I draw your attention to the fact that the staff there basically does not speak English, not to mention Russian. Everything is explained on the fingers, but the basic phrases in English are understood, that was enough).
Hamam. Hamam, as they found out at the end of the holiday, is free, you can try to sign up for a steam bath for free, but this is very problematic of course. In the first days we took a complex for 30 dollars per person, a hammam, scrubbing, foam massage, and then a general massage, head, legs, fingers. It was something! Master is amazing!! ! Says from Bali)
Entertainment in the evening. Of course this is tough. There is nowhere to go for a walk. At the reception you can take backgammon to play. TV watched Turkish channels, and one Polish, in the evenings watched Gyurem in the original, cried). On the 4th day, roaming mysteriously turned on, I don’t know, maybe someone shook the antenna in the mountains)) but it was a holiday for us, because the Wi-Fi was very weak at the reception.
Airplane. Azur Air flew in both directions. The planes are great. Water, as always, was seized at the control in Turkey, left for a child 0.5.
In Turkey, duty free is a little more expensive than in Ukraine.

In general, the rest left only positive memories. Who flies to Bodrum should understand that it is primarily winds, changeable weather, unstable warm sea - but all this is compensated by beautiful views. Who likes what.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original