Holiday Inn Resort Bodrum
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Halikarnassos Surları
1.09 km
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70 reviews
September 17, 2023
Your friend’s looks like chicken
September 5
We had a rest with a friend from August 26 to September 3, 2024. The hotel is perfectly located - on the highest part of the Bodrum peninsula, next to the landmark "windmills of Bodrum". The place is very popular with both locals and tourists for watching absolutely stunning sunsets. The center of Bodrum can be reached on foot if you are a good walker, or you can take a taxi. The fare is 150 t.l. to the marina and 250 t.l. to the fortress. The hotel has recently joined the Holiday Inn chain, in this regard, the training and professionalism of the main part of the staff is questionable. We cleaned the room carelessly, we had to periodically leave notes with requests or contact the reception with complaints. There are no complaints about the staff at the reception. Two of them speak excellent Russian, are polite, and are as friendly as possible. I especially want to mention Archan - intelligent, amiable, with a wonderful sense of humor. He checked us in, and immediately upon early arrival at the hotel - at 9 am! He also evicted us - he sent an employee for suitcases, sent the luggage to the storage room, since check-out was in the afternoon. The hotel is located on a high mountain, and the terrace goes down to the sea. To facilitate the fate of vacationers, in addition to the steepest stairs, a funicular and 2 elevators are provided - one descends from the restaurant to the pool, the other from the pool to the beach. I've never seen anything like this anywhere else! The beach is large and quite wide, with wooden decking and stairs to descend into the sea. The sea is clean and calm due to the location of the hotel in the bay. The views that open from different parts of the hotel are simply incredible. The food at the hotel is quite varied, but without frills. During the entire stay, there was never any seafood, meat and chicken, fish - in different types. Lots of fruits - watermelons, melons, figs, peaches, grapes, etc. Everything is of good quality. For breakfast and dinner there is an abundance of various cheeses, from soft to semi-hard. As I said earlier, the service is lame. This applies to cleaning, waiters, and bartenders with baristas. There are many Turks staying at the hotel: whole families, couples.. Of course, the staff treats their own more carefully, it immediately catches the eye. In general, the rest was a success if you close your eyes to some flaws in the work of the staff
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LOCATION
Top! The city of Bodrum is a 20-minute walk with steep views. It is more convenient to return by taxi (150 liras), because it is uphill.
THE HOTEL
is located on a hill, 10 floors: 5 in the main building, 5 in the street part (where the club rooms and restaurants are located)
That is, if you need to get to the beach from the reception, you first take the elevator down from the 5th floor to the 1st in the main building, go outside, and then either go down the steps about 5 floors down, or wait for the funicular (it is slow) and go down with all stops to the 1st level. But there are still steps (20 pieces) from it to the beach.
Therefore, if you have sore knees / small children / stroller / any other nuances, just be prepared that you will spend time waiting for elevators, funiculars, etc. Since the funicular was in service at all (did not work), we walked. these steps/elevators didn't bother us.
ROOMS
• Club rooms - in separate buildings, outbuildings, as separate houses. Located below the main building (closer to the beach). Here, who will be lucky or how well you ask)) we got a nice room on the 3rd level (there seem to be 6 in total) with a view of the bay. The numbers were updated in 2019, judging by the info on the website. The room is ordinary. No frills.
• Large comfortable bed, pillow menu, smart TV, mini bar filled (used soda, beer) mirror with a table for cosmetics, bedside tables, safe (free of charge), wardrobe with hangers, shower, toilet, air conditioning, micro balcony, you won't go out on it much, but you can dry things there. The room has an ironing board, iron, hair dryer, hygiene products.
• The room area is small, but considering that we only come here to sleep, we are fine.
• The main building of the standard room is more spacious: there is a sofa and a dressing room type place where suitcases can be conveniently placed. Everything else is the same. It cost significantly more, we decided not to overpay and lived in the clubhouse.
TIP: when checking into the club room, pay attention to the presence of noise outside the window. At levels 1-4 on the left, a generator can be heard around the clock, because of this we moved to level 6. Or take earplugs with you. Also, when checking in, check if there is a leak under the sink/ toilet, whether the pillows are comfortable. It's better to solve all this first.
purity
Not perfect, but normal. Cleaning is irregular, every 2-3 days, you need to be reminded, call the reception. They regularly forgot to report either tual paper or towels. But everything was solved by calling the reception. Cotton pads, shower gel, shampoo, balm are better to take your own. It's difficult to replenish here.
INFRASTRUCTURE
• the pool is small, 100-120 cm depth of the adult part, the children's part - I did not look.
• there is a shop on site, you can buy chips/sweets/ hygiene products
• there is a table tennis table and billiards, darts, table football. The quality suffers, everything is killed, but for the sake of fun it is normal.
• sauna, hammam, gym is not bad with exercise equipment, even for Pilates there is special equipment. I did not find yoga mats, but in the "Pilates zone" the coverage is normal, you can do it without a mat. Towels, shower gel, water are provided.
•volleyball court on the sand, games at 11 and 16, gathering on the beach
• there are many tables and sofas on the territory where you can sit and relax with a beautiful view
• you will not stay hungry, a snack bar and cafes, bars and a pastry shop are open during the day
• there are sun beds, towels, hammocks, umbrellas on the beach. Everything is convenient. The beach is a pier, entering the water either by jumping or by climbing a ladder.
meal
I'll attach the cafe's schedule. if you don't eat every day in Moscow restaurants, then the local food should satisfy you.
• Breakfast: fresh vegetables, cheeses, cold snacks such as eggplant/ zucchini/ chickpeas/beans and some other things. Lots of sauces: yogurt, garlic, tomato. Spices. Boiled eggs, omelets, eggs in bell pepper, mushrooms with cheese baked, tomatoes with cheese baked, sausages, sausages (a little). There are baked such tubes with cheese from the dough, very tasty and fatty. There are cups with yogurt and oatmeal + fruits. A bunch of cereal/chocolate balls with milk/yogurt. Fresh bread. The buns are sweet/filling. Pancakes + all sorts of jams / toppings. Boiled vegetables. Tea/ coffee/ soda, juices. The coffee is of average quality.
Lunch: everything is the same as at breakfast, but without eggs and omelets. There are also: rice, pasta, baked potatoes, French fries, grilled chicken, grilled beef patties, vegetable stew or mushroom separately. Everything is delicious. A million desserts of all kinds: cakes, baklava, etc. But they are average in quality. It didn't go well for us. Fruits: watermelon, melon, plum, orange, apple, grape, fig, banana, once there was a strawberry. The most delicious: oranges and plums.
•Dinner: about the same as for lunch. Additionally, there are Turkish tortillas with cheese or minced meat. There is also grilled white fish. Very bony, but delicious. Also, there is always some kind of "dish of the day" for dinner. Once it was all sorts of fried things like onion rings and deep-fried mussels. The other day there were snacks with small shrimp. Another day - mussels. There was a red fish.
There is also a pasta station at dinner: bolognese / pesto / cheese / with turmeric. It is prepared in front of you to order and it takes quite a long time to wait for it.
•late dinner: from 23:30 they give night soup, we haven't tried it, we don't know what kind of soup.
On the territory from 12 to 16, it seems, they give street food: hot dogs, shawarma, quesadilla with chicken, French fries, ice cream, cookies, desserts, cold and hot drinks. There are bars that also seem to be open all the time.
ALCOHOL
is an ultra-all-inclusive concept, alcohol is also included. We don't drink much, but we saw that the alcohol was poured normally. Jack Daniels Whiskey, Red Label. Olmeca tequila. Captain Morgan rum. Absolut vodka. The wines are quiet local, not very far gone.
animation
Unobtrusive: there is aqua aerobics in the sea at certain times, water or beach volleyball at 11 and 16. Very friendly and sociable animation team Jack and Vika. We organized parties on the yacht at 23:00 at sea, sailing to the island and back, but we did not go there. In the evening, a DJ plays on the terrace or there is live music, which the whole hotel gathers to)) atmospheric.
On the whole, it is quite calm. If you want active animation for adults / children with music and contests every evening - there is definitely no such thing. And that's fine.
The staff
is all friendly, ready to solve all your problems. We have not encountered rudeness.
WI-FI
Free, works great throughout the hotel
sea
The purest, crystal, swimming with fish, the purest water that I have met on the seas. There are saps for a fee, riding a board behind a boat, riding inflatable things at high speed.
In general, in my opinion, a great hotel for your money.
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