We have recently spent 10days at the Salmakis hotel in Bodrum and it was our first visit to Turkey. Overall, we had a pleasant and very relaxing stay. The location is quite good and has a water taxi from the beach to the centre of Bodrum for 100lira per person and this goes regularly until 1am. You could also walk to the centre in about 15-20mins but this involves very steep hills. I would suggest taking the water taxi every time. The view from the pool area and restaurant is beautiful and there is a private sandy beach for guests. The hotel was fairly quiet so there were plenty of spaces in the restaurant and loungers by the pool, maybe as it is coming to the end of the holiday season. The pool towels can be changed as frequently as you like at no charge. The restaurant staff are quite friendly, but most of them don’t offer to get a high chair for the baby and watch you carry it yourself. As an all inclusive guest, there are plenty of options for food in the buffet restaurant for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and you can also order from the menu in the snack bar if you don’t want buffet food at lunch time. This includes things like pizza, burgers, kebabs, pasta, fish etc. You can also get ice creams, cake and fruit most of the day and the reception bar is open 24hours. The room is quite spacious and has a fridge and kettle with teas/coffees. The cleaner comes around daily to give fresh towels and a quick clean, but the towels have occasionally smelt of smoke. This is not the fault of the cleaner though - she does a great job. The photos and instagram account of this hotel make it look spectacular; however, there are a LOT of improvements that need to be made to this hotel. This is a shame as it could be amazing as it maintains a lot of original features. The rooms are quite dated and tiles are cracked in the bathroom and the bedside light didn’t work. Also, we didn’t have a bath plug to fill the bath for the baby and waited over 1hour for the housekeeping staff to bring one. There is no rush about the staff whatsoever and they are all very relaxed and they decided to do maintenance above our room one evening at 11:30pm. The air conditioning is also very poor in this hotel, so if you struggle with heat, I would not recommend staying here. It works at a minimum. The WiFi works around most of the hotel for free but not in the bedrooms. My main criticism of this hotel is the cleanliness and hygiene in the public areas. The waiters NEVER clean the tables between guests and there is no sign of antibacterial spray/wipes in sight. They sometimes give you a refreshing wipe out of a packet, but this does not clean the table. This is the same in all restaurants/bar areas around the hotel. The food area in the restaurant is kept clean though. The staff also don’t clean around the pool area all day so there are cups and rubbish left around. The pool toilets are disgusting and definitely need renovating. The children’s park doesn’t seem that safe - some br
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