Great hotel for the money, but vigilance does not hurt

Written: 5 june 2008
Travel time: 7 — 14 september 2007
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We decided to have a rest in Turkey, we chose the Riviera company as a tour operator, and the Tropikal hotel as the location of Marmaris. We arrived on September 23.2007 and spent 2 weeks.
The hotel area is very green, the rooms are in excellent condition, cleaning was carried out every day, the pool was cleaned regularly. The best rooms in the hotel are those with a sea view, there are unfortunate rooms next to the central air conditioner, it is very noisy there. It is better to immediately pay extra for a sea view in a travel agency, then you are guaranteed to have an excellent room like ours. The food in the restaurant is good, soups were especially successful, but they don’t know how to cook fish. For two weeks, once cooked mussels in batter. Fruit was enough: fragrant oranges, sweet watermelons, delicious plums, melons, grapes. I was a little annoyed by the activity of the waiters during dinner, tk. half board and drinks are not included, they try to impose their offers, earn on tips.
The hotel rests a lot of Germans, it seems, more than Russians.

Before going on vacation, we chose between the two hotels "Tropikal" and "Flamingo", they are nearby, we chose the first one and did not regret it! Upon arrival, we went on purpose and looked at the second hotel, were on the territory and in the rooms. Our "Tropikal" is much better, the location is better, the rooms are more spacious and the territory is more beautiful and green!
To the center of Marmaris by minibus - 5-7 minutes, on foot - 15-25 minutes. Not far from our hotel there is a good MGM clothing store (Marmaris Gross Market), at the end of the season there are good discounts, you can choose something decent from knitwear.
The beach is not very big, sand with small pebbles. There were enough beds for everyone. The sea is clean and pleasant. In general, we were very pleased with the rest!
But I would like to remind precious tourists: BE AWARE!
Turkish citizens and hotel staff try to make money on everything. On the day of departure, they may not warn that dinner is paid, even if you paid for an additional stay at the hotel. And the bill for dinner is 3 times more expensive than in a nearby cafe.
And more about local excursions. Everything is usually more expensive at the tour operator, cheaper on the street, often of good quality. But you should not contact the firm "No name"! They are not trustworthy. They don't provide what you pay for.
Good luck and have a good rest everyone! 
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