Bodrum Skylife Hotel in Guembet

AVOID!! I’ve been visiting Gumbet/Bitez for around 25 years now and this is the worst hotel I have ever stayed in. Food aside (Turkish isn’t always the best), the place was filthy. Despite being AI I only had two drinks all week. The area round the pool was never cleaned, dirty ashtrays (or cups) filled with cigarette ends, broken glass under tables, dirty and broken sun beds, full bins and the area round the soft drinks machine at the bar was sticky, dirty and had flies stuck to it. I never saw the pool water being tested, and came home with a severe stomach bug that lasted 3 days. Not sure if I can attribute that to the hotel but it’s never happened before! Do not be taken in by the photos, it’s nothing like that. And don’t even look for staff, they don’t wear uniforms so you can’t tell who they are. The only thing that I can say was ok - apart from the ripped curtains - was my room. Superior one with a pool view, but no outside space to hang wet clothes. Music was all Turkish, and no entertainment team to be seen, but that is a minor point. All in all, I wasted £330 on this hole.

The hotel is nothing like the pictures shown on the website or booking pages. The rooms are extremely dated, and not good quality. That being said they were fairly clean and fine to sleep in. The rest of the hotel is quite run down and dirty, I didn’t see anyone clean in the communal areas. The food and drinks were absolutely awful. All food was left out, open and uncovered (flies were everywhere) - having a microwave next to the ‘hot food’ should tell you all you need to know. Even the coffee and juice machines were filthy. The bar had a soft drinks pump machine but even these were watered down. Efes is on tap and that’s fairly good. No cocktails available or any other drinks. The aircon in the room worked well and the location is excellent, other than that this hotel is only good as a base to sleep and wash. Whenever we spoke to locals who asked where we were staying, it seems this hotel is well known in Gumbet for being extremely poor. They have also had numerous name changes over the years. I had read previous reviews before staying here (after I’d booked) so I expected the worse and it wasn’t far off. Please pay attention to the other negative reviews. There is no entertainment apart from music blaring during the day. There is an animation team but they only approached me once, whilst alone, and wanted to take me clubbing? Which I was not interested in. The rooms were cleaned daily, fresh towels were provided which was good (the room next door however did not get the same experience). Overall as a cheap base it’s fine to sleep in, and the location is excellent. Other than that I’d avoid.

Main things that were a huge disappointment: 1. Horrible noise at night. The hotel is surrounded by bars and night clubs which blast music until 5 am. 4 am if you are lucky. I slept less than 2 hours the first night. We bought ear plugs later which helped but to a certain degree only. I was so exhausted by the 3rd day that I was dozing off by the pool during daytime. 2. Some of the staff is absolutely unhelpful. When we asked to change the rooms after the first night (we figured that maybe it would be at least a bit less noisy in the back of the hotel since we were given a room in the front), the lady at the reception said that they can't do anything about the noise (that I get - the hotel is where it is, you can't move it) and that she can't guarantee anything. I am inclined to believe that there actually were free rooms when we asked because the number of people we could see at the pool or the restaurant increased significantly only on about the 5th day of our stay. The receptionist clearly just couldn't be bothered. When we asked if there is a pharmacy nearby so that we could buy earplugs, she just replied "Google it". 3. The (standard) room was poor. I could let some things slide as we usually spend very little time in the room anyway; however, the noise was horrible so we couldn't rest properly at night. The window didn't close properly - we would find it open everytime, so we had no chance to block the noise at least a bit. Plus, the beds were hard and uncomfortable. The drain in the shower was installed higher than the floor so the floor got flooded every time we took a shower. There was no water (so no showering / washing your hair / brushing your teeth) one evening and two mornings. On several other occasions, there was no hot water, just cold. We had trouble storing our clothes as there was a wardrobe but it had only 1 shelf and 3 hangers + a couple of tiny cupboards. So basic requirements for a room were not met: impossible to sleep at night, no guarantee that you'll be able to keep yourself clean and hard to store your things in a tidy manner. Cleaning was also practically non-existent - the housekeeping merely took out the trash every day, replaced the bath mats (as they were drenched from the leaking shower) a couple of times and replaced the towels once. One day they didn't even show up to take out the trash. 4. Food was a huge disappointment as well. There was very little variety. Breakfast was a total disaster, the same thing every morning, no sweet pastries, pancakes, yoghurt or at least decent cereal. For lunch and dinner - 5 trays of hot meals; however, rice, potatoes and perhaps some steamed vegetables count as individual dishes so in reality there was one chicken and one ground beef (I suppose) dish which differed in shape but not in taste every time. What was good about the hotel? The AC worked well and wasn't noisy, the guys at the bar were friendly and would make any simple cocktail (besides the two that were offered) if

On arrival, we were told that our room wouldn't be available for 2 days due to contamination. The staff could not understand English and non apologetic to our upset and disappointment. Rooms small, smelly,very uncomfortable beds and lumpy pillow's which should be destroyed. The electrics were unsafe, wires thanging out the walls. Mealtimes also awful. Food was inedible and cold hovering flies as nothing covered. No variation either. All inclusive drinks only consisted of gin, vodka, wine or beer. No choice whatsoever and watered down poor quality. Poolside beds stinking, broken and no entertainment. It's not a 4 star rating. Worse hotel I have ever stayed in. Check the photos attached and avoid at all costs.

It has taken me over a month to write this review as the experience was horrendous !!!! Avoid this hotel at all cost, it is beyond disgusting. The rooms are not fit for anyone, dirty sheets, holes in the mattress, showers do not work !! Some are so small they should be a cupboard !!!! The food is not edible, absolutely disgusting and so little choice. We had to eat out for every meal and it cost us a fortune. There was very limited amount to drink, not a cocktail in sight. The sunbeds were broken, the pool flooded the seating area. The staff did not want to help, did not seem to care. Do not go to this hotel, I don’t know who the people are that are writing the good reviews, I really don’t !!!

Horrible experience . We’ve stayed for 14 night . Greyish towels , bathroom in mould , disgusting floor cleaning, broken windows frame , broken/ damaged benches and sun beds ext. Seems there is no health and safety policies in place. Majority of staff speak Turkish only . Animations team is a joke . You can visulate them wearing a t shirts with logo only but no action from them. Monotonous food every day even for a famous Turkish sweets Do not believe the photographs on the their website as they are fake . Do not book stay in this hotel. Do not ruin your holiday.