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| said: This was our third stay in this hotel over the years and since our previous times there have been a few changes.
Firstly a lift has been installed which is a lot better although I have to say it will not help disabled travellers as it stops between floors meaning a flight of stairs is necessary wherever you have your room.
The fourth floor has now been converted and we had a room there. On this floor our room had a double and a single bed and was of a fair size with ample storage. Because this floor has had the shower rooms added it does mean that the balcony is smaller than on the other floors.
Air conditioning is avaiable at £3 a day also safety deposit box at I think it was £1 a day. There is a TV but it only receives Turkish programmes and also a hairdryer. The shower room was sufficient and clean, the only drawback being that the shower curtain was not long enough to stop the floor from getting wet. Not an unusual problem in many hotels and did not cause any problems to us. Just be careful not to slip.
We had cold water for our first day but the plumbers were in and we had no more problems for the rest of the fortnight apart from the occassional air in the pipes which made it splutter sometimes. The rooms are cleaned daily, towels were changed on a regular basis and the bedding twice a week.
The Turkish breakfasts are good but cereals and juice are not available with it only being a two star. We had a few lunches here as well and they were good and reasonably priced. We did not have any evening meals so cannot comment on these.
The location of the hotel is just set back from the road at the top of the canal and makes it an ideal base for everything. Very central, everywhere within easy walking distance but still fairly quiet as its not on either of the main roads.
The staff are very good but have very limited English so communication can be a little difficult but you always get there in the end.
The pool is small and has no shallow end (I couldn't touch the bottom) but is kept clean and has a number of sunbeds around it. In the height of season I would imagine it would be a bit crowded but for May and September adequate.
There is no entertainment but being so centrally placed you have all you need all around.
To sum up this hotel I would say if like us you just want a basic, clean base for your holiday then the Villamar fits the bill.
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| said: We were supposed to stay in another Hotel, but were put here due to overbooking.
I have mixed feelings about the Hotel, it was ok, but our over-riding memory is bad, simply due to there not being any warm water - we weren't asking for hot showers, but above 'very cold' would have been nice.
So the hotel was smallish, the staff were quiet, but quite friendly in the background.
The room was cleaned each day. There has obviously been some work done here, new double glazing, all electrics looked new, bed bases looked new and so on. Also we had a TV (but didn't watch it), a hairdryer supplied, and there is the usual air con if you want it.
The room was quite small, but we managed for the 3 of us, but we had good wardrobe space. There was an overall feeling of it being a bit old fashioned, it was odd to have carpet on the floor, the furniture was very dark wood (seemed to make it feel smaller), some of the bed linen had holes in (but it was clean), they provided towels (but only for 2 of the 3 of us).
Breakfast was very basic - bread, cheese, water melon, boiled eggs, olives, tomatoes & cucumber, and tea (no juice) - but it was all fresh every day.
Good location - probably just 5 minutes walk down to the beach.
We mentioned the 'very cold' water to the staff on the 2nd day, they came and fiddled with a pipe, it seemed to be just tepid, so it was ok for 2 of us then cold again. They said there was only a little hot water, but 1 day I was in the hotel at 4pm and checked it then and it was still cold. We spoke to the rep, who said the plumbers came in, it was still cold, and we spoke to her again, so on our final day, when we arrived in at about 7pm we could all have a shower without screaming of the cold.
It's a shame, because it's not a bad place, but I don't think we'd want to go there again because they didn't seem to deal with the problem for us. We weren't asking for a TV, or a hairdryer, or steaming hot showers, just a little lukewarm water so we could wash!!
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