I went to the siesta in end of may beginning of june during my AS level exams and although i was nervous as i thought i would fail my exams and stress too much to enjoy the holiday i was completely wrong.

We got to our resort at 4:30am to find that almost everywhere in gumbet was still alive much unlike where us three girls live in stratford upon avon. When we walked up the walkway towards the reception we were greeted by the bar staff who were still serving drinks at this time (amazed) admittedly we were'nt willing to be all friendly and join them fo drink as we were tired and just needed rest before our holiday began.

When we were located to our room on the second floor of the bottom siesta beach appartments we walked in to find a pleasant and clean spacious room. We immediately put all our cases down and went straight to bed with a fine nights sleep and no mozzies!!!!! We awoke in the morning and decided to take a walk into town, where we passed many turkish men trying to get you into their restaurants and hundreds of boat trips we should go on as their amazing at an amazing prices. Beware if you find people like this not amusing or annoying dnt go here as they are all like it i perasonally found it hilarious and went along with all that they said.

When we got into Gumbets town although there were'nt many huge shops what they had was alot of cheap (or as they like to call them cheapy shops cheapy shops) merchandise which was of the quality you would expect.

While staying in Gumbet we went on a cruise (unfortunatley not with the hotel), shopping in Bodrums market (don't go there as i was unfortunate enough to get fel up by one of the marketers there) and scuba diving which i highly recommend as it was an amazing experience and one that i would definately do again.

We mainly ate within the siesta appartments as easy access lovely staff and at not a bad price. We also started our nights at the bottom bar with the enjoyable company of emre, ahmed, josh and mussie behind the bar and just generally floating around. Also it has to be said we loved imdat to who was the restaurant manager. The restaurant had a good selection of food which took almost no time to prepare and was delicious, the bar was alot of fun there was loud music from about 9pm til 3 or 4 am. All of the staff love children so in that perspective it is definatley a place to go for the family.

Definately would go again in fact what am i saying with the appartments that are cleaned daily and the friendly staff we are 2 weeks and 5 days from today (23rd august) seeing as the summer doesnt end til middle of october its an alround summe in turkey!!!!!! See you there soon hopefully!!!!!!

I stayed here from 1st August 2005 for one week with my partner and his family which included a child aged 5.

The view from the apartments are very pretty as you overlook the huge bay and the short walk into town is along the beach which is a lovely stroll either by day or night.

The Siesta apartments are ideally located if you want to be a nice distance away from of all the bars and restaurants. The apartments are actually the last apartments on the strip but the walk along the beach to the first bars and restaurants that are situated on the beach front only takes about 10 minutes. If you fancy a much more lively atmosphere, head to Bar Street which only takes a few more minutes to walk to as it is just up from the beach. There are lots of roads leading off from Bar Street and here you will find literally hundreds of bars and clubs. It is absolutely buzzing here but doesn't really get going until 11pm.

I found Gumbet to be very English which was something that I didn't like at all. There are quite a few English bars showing English football on big screens and serving (of all things) Sunday roast dinners! To me you go on holiday to get away from English things! The Siesta Apartments has 2 pools and bars (lower and upper). The lower has a much bigger area but sometimes did play football too in the day which was very annoying.

The staff at the hotel are friendly, especially at the top bar which seems much more entertaining for families during the evenings. However, I tended to head into town in the evenings to eat and drink in different places.

The apartment that I stayed were a little disappointing (room 903). Not all of them have balconies (ours didn't) and the air conditioning was in the (small) lounge rather than in the bedroom where you really need it the most. The rooms are extremely basic and the self catering facilities even more so. You do get a fridge but the cooking facility is just a portable 2 hobbed cooker. My family who were 4 people sharing were firstly incorrectly allocated the same size room as ours but quickly got moved into a much larger, nicer apartment which was much better suited for 4 people.

If you are 4 sharing a room, be warned that you will only get 1 key between you all. Air conditioning is £20 for the week but you can't leave it on when you are not in the room because the card to activiate it is attached to your room key! This kind of defeats the purpose of having a nice cold room to return to after a day in the sun. There aren't safes in the rooms but there are security boxes by reception that we used and these are £10 for the week.

Eating out is fairly cheap but spirits, especially imports, are expensive so check the price before ordering.

So if you're not really too bothered about having a balcony and a wonderful view from your apartment, that everything in the room is absolutely immaculate or that there are just so many English people there then I'd recommend these apartments in Gumbet.

Feel free to e-mail me with any questions - evie28@hotmail.co.uk

great place to stay, staff very friendly nice place to relax apartments large and clean would go back again

we arrived in the early hours of 05/10/04, the staff were great they helped with our luggage and made us feel very welcome. When we woke we looked out of our window to the most spectacular views accross Gumbet bay, i will say that not all the apartments had great views though, i did hear people complaining about certain rooms, they were moved. it is a little bit of a trek into town, worse if you have had a skinful. we have already booked to go back next May and my Girls are counting the days.