Me & my girl friend stayed at this hotel & have just returned two weeks ago & we had an absolutely amazing time. The food was amazing, the staff was very helpful & the quality of the service was spot on. location is brilliant & the overall experience was fantastic. It is definitely recommended!!

Before I went off on my holiday to the Grand Newport hotel, I read all the reviews on here and was expecting the worse, Really terrible food, rude staff, dirty rooms, to be honest with you i was dreading it.

Well, I've just arrived back and heres the real truth.

When we arrived at the hotel I was blown away with how impressive it looked ( and believe me i've stayed in some nice hotels in my time ) and the views were out of this world, this alone made me feel at ease.

Lets start with the food, i was expecting pure slop and things that i couldn't even bear to pass my lips,however i was pleasently surprised, yes there is a lot of salad and rice, but your in turkey for goodness sake, if you want english food, stay at home.
I never went hungrey and i even ate more than i would at home.
If you want sausage and mash, chips, chips and even more chips, like i said stay at home and go to your local chippie.

There is a lot of steps leading to the bedrooms ( unless your lucky enough to be in one of the suites), my boyfriends and my room was located right at the bottom of them all, but to be honest the amount of food i ate while i was out there, i was glad of the excerise up and down them. However if your elderly i can see this being a big problem.

The rooms were very clean, we did ask to change rooms when we first arrived only because we didn't have a very good view of the sea, we were told to ask the following day as a lot of people were checking out but when we went up the next day they said they were full up, but to be honest we only went back to the room to sleep, never spent much time in it, so we weren't to bothered.

The entertainment is naff, jim the entertainment guy ( who does love himself and the ladies), uses the guest a lot to play silly games, its all a bit 18-30s, the best night was the turkish night when they had belly dancers. Gumbet is only 5 mins away by bus, so head down there, me and my boyfriend had some really good nights there.

The pool is ok just a little small, and the sunbeds are crammed together, just make sure your up early to put your towel out, thats all i'll say.

Overall i had a really good holiday at the Grand Newport, we wanted cheap and cheerful and thats exactly what we got.

Would i return to this hotel???? yes i would, and theres very few places that i would say that about.

PLEASE DON'T LISTEN TO THE OTHER REVIEWS ON HERE, THEY'LL JUST PUT YOU OFF. Go there and judge for yourselves.

My Boyfriend and I booked this holiday through teletext for a very reasonably price. Although we usually research our hotel months in advance this was a last minute booking and my brother had already booked to go their so we booked regardless.

The reviews are read lastminute where okay, was a little worried about some off the reviews because most complaints where about the FOOD ? WHY?

The food was fantasic, yes it can get a little repeatative but thats what you get when you go all inclusive. Their was always a different selection of hot meals so could easily create a new meal each time we ate.
Breakfast was rather unusual but as we expected YOUR IN TURKEY SO YOUR NOT GOING TO GET A FULL ENGLISH EVERYDAY unlessyou eat out?
(My advice is if you want English food then go to Blackpool for your holiday or dont go all inclusive and pay to eat out!)

The pool area was fantastic (so clean, one night I actually witnessed them hover the pool out . . . Ive never seen that England and was very impressed!)
Although if you require a sunlounger I would suggest you get up early and put out your towels (in the high season.) This never caused us a problem as their was plenty of room around the pool areas to place our towel, tables and chairs under the shade or even cushions and beanbags which to can move to where ever you require.

Staff where amazing, so friendly and made our holiday more enjoyable. Hakan (Jim) is the hotel animator he works very long hours but still managered to provide entertainment throughout the whole of our stay Mrs & Mrs Grand Newport was a blast. (If your like me and usually dont get involved just do it this once, have a few drinks because I gaurentee you you'll laugh for the rest of your holiday and regret it if you dont participate . . . Staff are so friendly and if something is not up to your standard then express your opinion dont shout everyone can speak excellent English and will cooperate with you as much as you with them.)

The views well what can I say . . . See for your self, it really is breathtaking morning noon and night. You will be amazed.

The hotel it self is beautiful, interior amazing, so luxurios which you will notice as soon as you walk into reception on arrival.
Although rooms are quite basic the views do really make up for that as most rooms are sea view with no extra supplement (although can not gaurentee this) some have balcony or terrace.
We hardly spend any time at all in our room but air conditioning was fantastic at night times and was cleaned everyday with fresh towels.
(we arrived at 5:30 Tuesday morning slept for a couple of hours then showered and went for a late breakfast 11am-12pm and when we returned to our room was amazed as our beds had been made and clean towels provided even though we had only been in the hotel for 6hours)
Maids are lovely although dont speak much English, the whole time we where their I felt completey safe as I was forever leaving my expensive jewellery & cash lying around & to my amazment was always their when I got back.

Overall the place if fantastic, their where no children their but that may change throughout the summer holidays, we met some really nice people and hopefully will stay in touch with them all (this is a mixed culture hotel and everyone got on so well.)
Gumbet is a fantastic place, be prepared to haggle the cost when out shopping for bargains because you will always get it cheaper then asking price.

Trips and excursions >(TAKE YOUR CAMERA) Highly recommend the boat trip £10 -£13 and you should recieve a free turkish bath look around when out in Gumbet compare prices and dont book through your hotel rep you'll get it much cheaper and if your worried about insurance (for water sport) with most agents its included anyway.

BEACHES > Their is a small beach about 15minutes walk from the hotel, all down hill but best to get a bus on the way back nice vies but we preferred Gumbet beach as it has a vaste variety of water sports which we love :) reasonable prices also.
All beaches we went to had free sunbed and parasols, much needs as temperatures where as high as 50C 132F "VERY HOT"

The only downfall about this hotel is the stairs up to the pool area, not suitable for people with walking difficulties although I think they have ground level room (Check this out before you go) and the beach is not really within walking distance. Their is a FREE bus service everyday to Bitez beach their and back and buses run every 8 minutes in to town or other beaches for 2 TLY.
This is a set cost whether you are only jumping on to pop to the shops (walk through reception and out to the front of your hotel, turn left, walk for about 5meters aprox and on the left hand side their is a small shop for people who require cigerattes, ice lollies or toiletries) or going the whole way into Bodrum (where their are some fantatic markets)

DONT LISTEN TO ANY OF THE BAD REVIEWS FOR THE PRICE WE PAID WE WHERE ABSOLUTELY AMAZED, WE FEEL THIS HOTEL DESERVED A 4 * TITLE AND WOULD DEFINATELY RETURN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE, 1 WEEK REALLY IS NOT LONG ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE TURKEYS TRUE BEAUTY.

DONT BE PUT OFF BY HORRID REVIEWS SEE FOR YOURSELF, YOUR HOLIDAY IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAY AS MUCH AS WE DID.

Room was dirty on arrival, bathroom full of sand splashed all up the walls and all over the floor, shower didn't work, maid forgot clean towels one day and bed sheets another so we were left with no sheets on the bed. The food was ok different to english food, quite tasty but a bit repetitive after a week and not that much selection. staff friendly enough and pool area and bar very clean pitty about the rooms. It's a cheap getterway don't forget the work cheap. Location is very good so if you get bored you can go for a walk or a bus ride.