Well our holiday didn't really get off to a great start! we were left waiting at the airport for an hour and half in blistering turkish heatwave!
When we eventually arrived at the hotel check in went fine and a young turkish lad helped with the cases, which was good cos this hotel does have a lot of steps but if you look at the surrounding hotels so do they! I have weak knee's and i still managed!
When we got in the room we took a look round and found that shower was mouldly, i must say they did send a cleaner very quickly, but they was no hope really! We insisted to change rooms which they only obliged to do when i turnned the water works on!?
The second room was in the hotel and was a lovely large room but like another review said the air con switched off every ten mins! Which during the heatwave was unbearable, so after trying to sort out a new room untill 2am we gave up and coped the night.
On the moring we rang about changing rooms and were very speedy in getting us the key and help up to the new room, At last a room that was clean and had air con, it would have been nice to have a balcony, but the view was still lovely.
The food was a bit repetative but it was edible, soup is always a good choice. We were never awake for breakfast so cant comment. The restaurants in gumbet (5min dolmus ride) have a wide variety on offer, we had a meal at Bar Tempo it was fantastic and it cost £25 for everything!!
The hotel nightlife goes to sleep at 11, which is a bit annoying as the bar shuts, but unlike a lot of all inclusive places you could get as many drinks as you wanted at the bar so we used to stock up! The entertainment wasn't brilliant but it was there and its better then nothing! the turkish night was pretty good!
the entertainment staff took you to disco's at 11.30pm if you wanted, id heard the music was german techno which seems rather popular not my kinda thing!
We got photo's taken by the photographers (one of them looks like Sahjid from LOST) at the hotel which are amazing. They take you down to the beach at sunset and make you look amazing with no special effects, really nice memento if your a couple!
The hotel in general was good but not 4* more 3*. It has three swimming pools, one quiet, one with a bar and music and the other had a bar and was activities central through the day!
The only member of staff we had a problem with was the first receptionist about the rooms, but everyone else made us feel welcome.
PLEASE dont book an excursion with the hotel man they is a huge mark up on the price. Go to gumbet and book trips they cheaper and all do hotel pick up's. We booked a boat trip in Gumbet for £7 the hotel was charging £12. The boat trip is a must, the food was better on the boat unbelievably?!
I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I FEEL THEY ENGLISH WAS EXCELLENT! We dont speak turkish so why expect them to speak english such a typical british arrogance!

Art Bodrum Hotel is definitely unsuitable for over sixties. To get to the bedrooms one has to travel down 3 floors in a lift (which broke down when I was using it one day) and then go down about 60 crazy paved steps, with no handrails. I felt most insecure when descending to our room. The food was very 'samey' although the dining room staff at our table were very good. The all inclusive package left a lot to be desired. The only snacks we could see were burgers and chips which were served at the pool bar for a couple of hours in the afternoon. I noticed some 'biscuity things' being served one day. There was no whiskey or rum available in the package. The white wine was, in my opinion, only drinkable when ice was added and the red wine - ughhhh! The receptionist was very lacking in English and my Turkish was even worse, so communication was difficult. Our local rep arranged tours for us, but the transport did not appear to arrive on the first occasion and we had to make numerous phone calls to get the next tour. On this tour, we were taken to a jewellry store before getting on with the actual tour. We had not been advised about this visit, nor did any of the coach passengers want to go. We only had entertainment on one evening which I think had been sponsored by a jewelly outlet, who were selling their stock on the evening. The rest of the entertainment consisted of pre-recorded music. The hotel was quite far from any nightlife and we would have needed a taxi or bus. We also needed a shuttle bus(which left twice daily) to get to the beach. I could not even be bothered taking photos of the place.

Our first day was a waste we reached the hotel at 7am and were all exhausted, it went on waiting to change rooms. Before we left our tour operator said we had club rooms which were supposed to be great, but they werent. The first room we were given was a small room which had 2 single beds stuck together and a cot with a small bit of space to walk infront, we changed rooms, they gave us a room that absolutely stunk of damp, I couldnt even stretch without touching the ceiling (Im 5ft 2"), this was room number 2.We had to wait till 2pm until we changed to a nicer room which costed us more. Finally we felt settled then i realised the ac kep turning of every 10 mins by itself and with the heat out there u cant survive with no ac, I still didnt complain. I had a shower with my daughter and guess wat?? The whole bathroom flooded. By now i was fuming, Nobody spoke clear english, and if they did when u complained they pretended they couldnt understand. I then went to reception shouted and screamed and finally our room we were given was ok. The AC still didnt work properly but every thing else was fine as it was a family suite. They cleaned the rooms daily but didnt change the bedsheets even once. The food was terrible, I have travelled alot but this was the worst holiday of my life. If u r hungry at an odd time or sleep through their food times its tough and they wont do n e thing for you. When u go out of the hotel the people are lovely but they try to make alot of money out of u so u have to bata bog time or u will get ripped off. I will neva return to this place in my life again. Its ok if u are young and are going just for clubbing and to get pissed. The stairs are a nightmare. If u have a disability with walking up n down stairs u might as well forget it, u have to walk up n down stairs all day long to get everywhere its so tiring. The scenery from our rooms balcony was nice. It was an experiance. There is hardly anyinformation on this hotel online so i thought i better warn everyone. Breakfast wasnt even worth waking up for, There was no scrabled egg, fried egg, toast or even a proper cup of tea. I dont recommend this hotel at all and if u are booking somewhere in this area makesure u have read reviews abd have done plenty of research as many people from other hotels complained too about food and rooms. And do not book any excursions with ur rep or the hotel go out and find out about them. We went on a boat trip which stopped at 3 spots in the sea, and a beach that wasnt far from the hotel it costed us £20 on our last day there we saw an offer £17 to go to the greek island Kos on a cruise which had the dame facilities if not better. Very disapointing and a waste of money.

We have just returned from this hotel in Turkey and we thoroughly enjoyed it. We were worried as it was one of the cheapest going and I could not find any reviews on the hotel. But Im glad we booked it as I couldn't of chose better!

The food was lovely, the staff were really friendly and the hotel was
clean. The entertainment staff really made our holiday, they were great fun and got us included in everything. There are 3 nice pools and the hotel has a great view over Gumbet.

The hotel is situated on the top of a hill but the whole area is hilly so there are few hotels not on hills. There is however, a bus that runs every 5 minutes into town that only costs about £1 if you don't fancy the hill.

Overall we had a great time and I cried when we had to leave. The entertainment boys just made me feel at home, plus there were some kittens at the hotel that we fed every night so that made me want to stay! Make sure you feed them if you do come here! They like the chicken.

Please say hi to the 2 entertainment boys from Louise if you decide to go!