Hotel Istankoy Bodrum

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From start to finish, Hasan and the boys couldn’t have made us feel more welcome. Very reasonably priced with good food and good entertainment. Okey dokey karaoke and bongo bingo were highlights. Nice room and general facilities and a lovely pool. Would 100% recommend and will visit again if I am in Bodrum.

The hotel is in an excellent location, five minutes walk to the beach and restaurants, and handy for the shops. Ten minutes walk to the bus station and market, and ten minutes to the castle and the marina. Our room was lovely, obviously recently refurbished, with a very modern bathroom and free air-con ( in November, anyway) Our room faced the pool, which we didn’t use - there were very limited areas in the sun so we just used the beach. It would have been perfect in summer for shade, as the pool is surrounded by buildings, but then I think availability would be the problem! Excellent choice for breakfast, with omelettes to order - I never asked if menemem was possible but I should have! Only problem in November was a lack of sun so we generally ate inside. We actually ate out for breakfast for the last 3 days as we found a lovely council run restaurant where we could eat cheaply on the beach in the sun - not because of the quality of breakfast at the hotel, just for the temperature and the view. We didn’t try any other meals. Comfy bed but we had to ask for a second duvet; a double bed with a duvet exactly the same size was no good, but getting a second one wasn’t a problem. I have a feeling we wouldn’t like the hotel in summer due to noise, but late in the season there was no entertainment, which was perfect. No noise! We loved the parrot! We will certainly return out of season.