Me and my parter have just returned from a very hot week in Marmaris! Temperatures were hitting 50 degrees at midday - so be warned high factor sunscreen is a must!!!
We stayed at the Epic Apartments and for the money we spent the accomodation was fine - we didn't expect much to be honest.
We stayed on a B&B basis but only ate breakfast there once (our first morning) this consisted of cheese on toast and ketchup as the breakfast provided is only continental. If we ever visit Turkey again I would definitely go self catering as you get a larger room and it is so cheap to eat breakfast out as all the restaurants compete to do the cheapest full english. We ate breakfast at yes sir (left out of the hotel over the road), the great corner restaurant (down the main road a little on the right) and the fast food shop directly opposite the hotel (Although our eggs weren't cooked properly here!). The breakfasts all range between 99p and £1.50 although the restaurant attached to the hotel 'Dream Boys' were advertising a breakfast for 80p!
Our room was rather small and basic but was ok for what we needed. A hairdryer was provided in the bathroom and was quite powerful so there would be no need to take one from home. A reminder to people who are going to the Epic - take your shower after a day at the pool early! The water is heated up by solar panels and once its gone you'll be taking a cold shower!!!
The pool area of the hotel is good apart from the main pool having no shallow end. I am 5ft 4" and I could not touch the bottom of the pool without being submerged! I ended up cooling off in the baby pool along with many other adults!!! The staff are constantly walking around asking you if you want a drink - the drinks are reasonably priced but a lot more expensive than the bottled water / soft drinks from the supermarkets. Unfortunately there is a sign saying that if you are found with food or drink around the pool that hasn't been purchased from the bar, it will be taken away by a member of staff!! I find this rude as you may not be able to afford such things - especially parents with children!!!! On a good note there are plenty of sunbeds and even if you do not surface until around lunch time the staff will sort you out a bed and a mat!
The hotel is situated quite a way out from Marmaris centre but we comfortably walked it every night. You can easily take the dolmus (bus) but this is what we prefered. It took us about 1/2 hour to walk to the beach end of Marmaris (opposite end to Harbour) where we found some lovely places to eat - the Taj Mahal indian restaurant was fantastic and so was the Manderin chinese restaurant above (both with roof terraces looking out into the town). We ate the indian twice in one week - it is more expensive than other retaurants in Marmaris but the service was fantastic!
You do get hassled a little to eat at the hotel restaurant but if we wanted to stay in the hotel we would have gone on a all inclusive holiday! The other restaurants hassle you too but not too bad - i hear that if they hassle and are caught by the police they will be closed down for a few days! One place I would recommend to eat at close to the hotel is Susan's of Bolton's pie shop - you can see it on the left hand side of the road as you step out of the hotel - it's proper fish and chip shop grub! The chips are yummy!!!
Turkey is more expensive than i thought it would be. When converting food and drinks prices back into sterling it worked out you were paying near enough the same as you would do back home.
The fake clothing etc turned out to be better than I expected. The best fake clothes, I thought, were g star raw and adidas. it is quite funny turning up at the airport at the end of your hols checking out everyones fake adidas tracksuits!! I would just warn people about the weight of your luggage on your return journey - they charge around £6 for EVERY kilo over. A couple infront of us were 10kg over and ended up having to find £60 - if you do not have the cash they point you in the direction of the cash point! So make sure your bargain fakes are a bargain by not having to pay extra to get them home!!!
All in all we had a lovely holiday in Marmaris. Would I stay at the Epic again - my answer would be probably not unfortunately. If I went again I think I would prefer to be closer to the action in the resort centre. If you have already booked up though you will have a fab holiday - the weather is gorgeous!!!

Its truly is amazing.the hotel is really nice.lovely food and swimming pool.there is a excursions office call NO NAME face to hotel they do best and quality trips.thanx very much BATMAN for looking after us on your trips.there is also a gift shop next to No Name thats very good price as well.ı wıll def go back to marmaris.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

this holiday was fantastic for me the staff that was there was, jimmy, elvis, antonio, and lots of others but, the ones i have just named are very funny especially jimmy i'm jenny and i came to the epic with my cousin stephy, her boyfriend paul and, my auntie pam and auncle chris. I LOVED IT THERE!!!

Not long back from a great holiday in turkey. Before I stayed at this hotel I checked the reviews out on here first...Well i was not disappointed.

The hotel is a little bit out of the town centre but it still has plenty of restaurants and bars to choose from on your doorstep. As it is early in the season the hotel was quiet and only a few other guests. The hotel rooms were spotless and the cleaner was in everyday. Staff were very friendly. The food was good aswell but it is nice to go out and try other places too. LA KEBABS was really nice.

We also went on day trips to see a bit more of turkey. We booked our trips with No Name travel agency which is straight across the road from the hotel. The guys were very helpful and the prices were really cheap compared to what the rep was offering for the same trips. so we went on the turkish baths, horse safari and a boat trip. I recommend all the trips and if we had more time I would of liked to have done mud baths and ephesus.

Im so hooked now I will def go back to turkey, maybe even at the end of this year...see you's all soon.

Juls