Fabar Aparthotel, Icmeler, Turkey

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The Faber Aparthotel is a pleasant complex, located in Icmeler, Marmaris, not far from the centre with its shops, restaurants and nightlife. Guests can enjoy relaxing by the open-air pool during the day and then dining by it at night with a choice of Turkish and International cuisine. Guests can also make use of the room service, pool bar, 24-hour reception, currency exchange desk, children’s pool and café.
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" fantastic holiday "

Last year was our first time in Turkey and the Faber appartments. We had such a fantastic time that as soon as we got home we booked again for this year. However this year we didn't book as a package holiday, we booked the room and transfer direct with the hotel manager, ozlam, who we carn't thank enough for her help. Just like last year we had another fantastic holiday thanks to ozlam, Speedy, Shyboy, Eddy, Slowman, Alex and Korray. We travelled with another family, who like us have two daughters. The girls, ages 14, 16, 17 & 19 had a fantastic time and are hoping to go back for the 3rd time next year. The rooms are spaceous with excellent views. The pool area is plesant, staff are friendly and always there to help, what more can anybody ask for. Icmeler is a lovely place but staying at the Faber made our holiday that much more special and we are hoping to return again next year. Thankyou to all of you for making our holiday so special xx

Advice: Quiet, friendly resort with plenty of restaurants to choose from. Love everything about it.

Activities: Visit the Light house, food is excellent and value for money

Good for: Beach 

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  • User Rating:
    10 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Aug 2009
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" Not recommended "

On arrival we were given a small ‘room’ in the attic on the 4th floor with no pool view and no seating/dining area to speak of. The room was very small for four people, and with no balcony/seating area we were unable to extend the living area into any outside space.
The bed for the children (a double sofa bed) collapsed several times during the course of our stay. It was broken in two places and we were informed that collapsing ‘was normal’.
The air conditioning (charged at £4 per day) was limited to the main bedroom only. It could only be used during the times the room was occupied via the key card. This meant that the room never got cooler than 30 degrees and was particularly hot during the day when we would have hoped to let the children rest or have lunch in the apartment.
Most nights, the children could not sleep on the sofa bed due to the continual collapsing problem and lack of air conditioning. More often than not, four of us were forced to sleep in a double bed which was totally unacceptable.
The half board option was a joke. On arrival we were handed a menu for the week which comprised: Monday – Chicken Curry; Tuesday – Beef; Wednesday – bbq; Thursday – meatballs; Friday – Fish and chips; Saturday – Spaghetti; Sunday – Chicken. On the half board basis, there was no other options for children, nothing for vegetarians, no starters or desserts, no drinks (not even water) and a ‘take it or leave it’ attitude. The portion sizes were small and the meal was basic and bland.
When we asked about varying what was on offer, we were informed that we would have to pay extra money – even for water, green salad or fruit. On the evening of the bbq’s we were asked to pay a non-optional upgrade to fit in with the rest of the guests who were staying on a room-only basis.
During the course of the holiday we were treated as second class citizens compared to all the other guests because we were not paying per meal (ie no service charge).
Due the above, we were forced to ‘upgrade’ on several occasions for a better meal or ‘choice’ and consequently we were completely ripped off… a single rasher of bacon at breakfast was charged at 5 Lire – and yet the other guests were only paying 6 Lire for a full English breakfast. We received no receipts and came to the conclusion that the ‘chargeables’ were pocketed.
The Farber is loud, vulgar and poor quality. We would not recommend it for a family holiday.

Advice: Pleasant location, lovely beach, larger resort than expected

Activities: Romance Palace, Titanic Restaurants.

Good for: Beach 

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  • User Rating:
    2 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Aug 2009
  • Board Basis:Half Board
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" Awfull staff!! "

I am sorry to say that on my first visit to Turkey my holiday was ruined by staying at the Faber Hotel.
I just did not like this hotel because of the clicky pool atmosphere created by the staff sucking up to anyone who parted with the most money on food and drinks. I find all the 'high fives', loud music on request and all the other rubbish they come out with very false.
We felt alien to this place by the end of the 2 weeks and just couldn't wait to leave.
Go to Turkey. Go to Icemeler. Avoid the Faber.

Advice: Do not go to the Faber Hotel!

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  • User Rating:
    1 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Jun 2009
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Lowcostbeds

" Would not use these apatments again. "

Went to the Faber with Jet2 have to say although dubious about the booking with them I have to say the company as a whole and their organisation were second to none.
Unfortunately the same cannot be said of the Faber Apartments we experienced exactly the same reception from the staff as Ray. We arrived on the friday night and were put in the attic room with two double beds I have a daughter of 17 and a son of 15 and they expected them to sleep together so we complained and they did move us. The double bed settee in which myself and my husband were to sleep was broken we reported this to reception on three seperate occaisions over three days nothing was done so I rang the Jet 2 agent Christianne she was brilliant and had it sorted within 5 minutes. The hotel staff came and had ago at us for ringing the agent and from that day on we were effectively sent to Coventry by a majority of the staff. During our stay we found the shower tray did not drain the shower head was broke and the key mechanism broke on a number of occaissions. The apartments are supposed to be self catering but the microwaves have been removed and there isn't even a toaster we assume this is a ploy to get you to spend your money at the pool bar.
We have been to Icemeler 7 times and this was by far the worst place we have stayed in.
Icemeler is a fantastic place and we will be returning next year but needless to say not to the Faber.

Good for: Beach 

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  • User Rating:
    4 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Aug 2009
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" First and last visit to Faber Apartments "

Read lots of highly complimentary reviews about the Faber apartments before booking. Have since found the less enthusiastic reviews to which I am going to add mine. The good points are that the apartments are very well furnished and spotlessly clean with good housekeeping services,the pool is deep and well maintained and the sunbeds are comfy (if you can get one - most of the Brit brigade when we visited were out as early as 6am claiming their territory with towels). When we arrived we were told that we were a day early and to "come back at noon tomorrow". We later heard of many others who had also been told this - some had slept by the pool the first night. Apparently this is a common event at the Faber apts. (How many tour operators book a 13 night holiday?!). If you are given an "attic" room instead of a proper apartment make sure you complain loudly until you are moved. New arrivals are commonly filtered through the substandard, tiny, boiling hot attic rooms and are left there unless they can be very assertive. Some guests rave about the staff here and even get a staff ovation as they leave. Staff are very good at making people feel special .... but only if you spend a lot of your money on pool drinks and eating most meals in the restaurant. If you wish to get out and explore other eateries the staff will ignore you. Finally - noise. Pool bar staff play top volume dance music out to the pool most of the time. When asked why they said "to wake everyone up". In reality this meant that if the music is loud enough to stop guests enjoying any form of relaxation (inlcuding chatting or reading) they are left with only one option, to wander into the bar and .... spend more money. Bar staff are on commission and this has a profound affect on the pool area. Sometimes they swap music for loud, live football commentary. Lastly, we ate at the restaurant once to try and placate the staff but in our opinion the food was poor. All six meals were low standard and the "chicken plank" was exactly as described! Many Brits seem to love the Faber and it's nice to hear that they have had a good time but these apartments were not for us.

Advice: Icmeler has a lovely beach and good watersports but it's very busy and noisy in the evening.

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  • User Rating:
    5 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Aug 2009
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Cosmos

" fantastic holiday "

fantastic holiday
this was my six time to marmaris and icmeler but my first stay at fabar but it would not be the last. I have known speedy, mickey for six years, alex for one year and this year i met bahadir and eyip and all of them are fantastic persons. they do everything to make your holiday perfect. the reseption men koray always there for help you if you get problems or he just give you a smile when you meet him. the boss helpt me when my boys get sick, she called the docter for me, always there for the custumers. the food was realy good so the chef did a amazing job. i want to thank them all for make my holiday perfect. they are my turkish family and i miss them everyday.
margarita, ali and effe

Advice: good people, nice place and cheap shopping

Activities: fabar apartments and the sightseeing with the guys

Good for: Beach  City Breaks 

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  • User Rating:
    10 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Jun 2009
  • Board Basis:Room Only
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" Best holiday ever!!! Cant wait to go back next year "

three words BEST HOLIDAY EVER!! i cant wait to go back next year! Went for a two week holiday to the faber and as soon as we arrives the staff was brilliant. The hotel room was basic but thats all you need was tidyed everyday the cleaners was wonderful couldnt fault them. The hotel was very tidy and the staff very helpful! me and my boyfriend booked a couply of day trips and i booked with speedy the manager off the bar staff as i found he did have the best prices!The staff did not hassle you to go to the hotel bar but as me and my boyfriend found we would rather stay in the hotel and have a drink as the staff was so friendly. Thank you to all the staff at the faber we had a amazing holiday and i cant wait to go back next year.
DAY TRIPS
While i was over there we went to talk of the town very entertaining! jeep safari haha verry funny 'take a water gun with you though'. we went fishing did not catch one fish!!!! also the lazy day boat trip my boyfriend suffers really bad with sea sickness but did not suffer on either the boat trip or fishing! Restaurants: The faber!!

Advice: I have the best holiday ever there and i cant wait to return next year!!

Activities: Restaurants: Venice, the love boat. Lazy day boat trip, jeep safari although does get abit boring!!

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    10 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Jun 2009
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" no appartment on arrival  "

On first arriving at Faber we were told that they had no booking for us and there had been a mistake somewhere along the line, so had to go to another appartment for one night and then be moved back the following morning, our compension for this was a free breakfast ( not including drinks though )
The rooms although nice , were smaller than expected and the leaking kitchen sink and severe leaking shower were never fixed dispite being reported to reception.
The childrens pool and play area was a joke !!! the childrens pool was about 5 foot circular and the play area was a baby slide and baby swing in a area no bigger then a public toilet .
The appartments were clean and staff friendly, but some of the music by the pool side was more like a ibiza rave than relaxing by the pool , the lyrics to eminem of you [--] [--] certainly were not suitable around the pool side especially for my 5 and 7 year old children to listen to .
would not recommend these appartments to families.
please watch bar bills , as they tried to add on an extra 100 lira which when questioned turned out to be a mistake after all !!
Faber is very much old icelmer and quite a walk to beach and main area .

Advice: Icelmer very beautiful but felt that food and drink not cheap !!!

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    6 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:May 2009
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" great place to visit and good accomadation ,bar staff excellent "

We were a little disappointed as the water was not hot but this was rectified after a the first week,we had arrived early season.We found the bar staff to be very welcoming and made our holiday the success it was. Speedy and Team delivered excellent food and entertainment and were very helpful at all times.

Advice: a lovely place and very scenic

Activities: faber hotel

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  • User Rating:
    8 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Apr 2009
  • Board Basis:Bed & Breakfast
  • Tour Operator:Booked Independently

" This was our 8th time in Turkey and... "

This was our 8th time in Turkey and 6th time in Icmeler, we have always gone for self catering in Icmeler, but for the last 2 years been all inclusive in Side. We wanted to return to Icmeler and the last time we were there in 2006 we noticed the Faber apartments being built and said then if we return that is where we would stay.

Well we did and were not disappointed, these were the best self catering apartments we have stayed in. Cleaners were not fantastic, but hey you're in Turkey on holiday and some people think it's the Hilton, no it is not and cleaning was sufficient. The rooms are great and the balcony looks out over the pool, which itself is a good size for apartments in Turkey.

We like eating out so only used the restaurant once, but was is very good, we had no hassle from any of the staff for not eating there, infact Adam was really helpful for our entire stay.

As for eating out, walk down into the centre and there are more than enough restaurants to choose from, our number one recommendation would be the Chef next to the Love Boat, we have eaten here many times over the last 8 years and the food and service have never been anything other than 5 star.

If your fancy any trips I would siggest using the Icmeler Travel Centre, their Gulet day (called Surf N' Turf) is a little more expensive than some but the BBQ is fabulaous and all drink is free, it really is good value.

If you stay in Icmeler, please do not miss the opportunity to walk through what remains of the old village, it is a wonderful experience and the people there will always greet you with a smile.

I could go on, but do not want to bore you, so I will just say if you want a holiday to chill and relax, you will not find anywhere better than Icmeler.

One final note and I guess you will have already guessed, we will be going back next year.

Nick and Adele

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  • User Rating:
    10 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Sep 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Icmeler Travel Centre

" Faber has lovely rooms, although you... "

Faber has lovely rooms, although you pay for AC. Bar staff lose interest in you when you stop spending at hotel because they are on comission. Lots of bars and restaurants. Nice beach. Good places to eat are Cabana And Wayside. When shopping you do get pestered. Weather was beautiful. I wnt to turkey last year to Olu Deniz it is a bit more classy

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    7 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Aug 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:tulip

" Just got back from a week at the... "

Just got back from a week at the Faber if you have booked this hotel you can feel safe that you have picked a good one and if you are looking for a place to stay i would recommend it 100%.

For the money i really couldn't fault it, Great Pool. The rooms are a good size plenty of room for 2 with a nice pool facing balcony. Try and get a ground, 1st or 2nd floor as top top floor doesn't have a balcony as such.

The staff there are very helpful and very nice and trustworthy, Adam was a hit with us his real name is Erhan and he was a great help. As for the review below i can say that we also like to eat out at different restaurants and we didnt eat at the hotel one night and they had no problem with us at all. Saying that the restaurant and the food there was fine but we spent most days there and liked to go out in the evening. The bar is open 24/7 so if you come back late and want a drink there is always someone there to serve you.

I think treat people they way you wish to be treated, if you are nice to them they will be nice to you and will love you.

This hotel is great for couple and families of all ages and has a great pool.

I booked this hotel because i didnt want to stay in a massive complex as i did before the Marti La Perla as there as i find it over crowded, if you prefer a bit of down time then this place is great!

If you want to go on trips i'd look around the stalls on the streets as they offer best deals and pick you up from the hotel, Hotel trips were more expensive.

Big supermarket was 5min walk and had everything and the main town centre is a 10min walk, beach 15mins.

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    9 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:Jun 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Goldtrail

"  often arrived after 4.30 pm when we... "

often arrived after 4.30 pm when we were in the apartment, only to empty bins or give us towels. There is a bar/restaurant on site, however when we did not eat or drink there the staff ignored us. They seem to be more interested in pampering guests that are spending money. To top it all they accused us of working for a local bar, and said that we were taking guests there....how ridiculous. Needless to say we were disgusted with the attitude of the staff. We love Icmeler and will not let this experience prevent us from visiting again.

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  • User Rating:
    7 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:May 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:somerwhere2stay

" This was our second visit to Turkey... "

This was our second visit to Turkey and we were delighted that we chose the Faber appartments , though in a quiet location, the short walk to the town and seafront and just 10 mins away unless of course you stop for an Efers on route!
The apartments are very well equipped, clean and all have an excellent view of the pool and surrounding mountains. Security is to a high standard with various cameras placed strategically around the site.( you can even watch your children in the pool from your apartment through the tv)
Sheets and towels were changed at least twice a week and more frequently if required, flowers on the bed and towels folded like swans added that extra special touch.
A small accessible supermarket for those bits and pieces was very handy, a Tansas supermarket was only 5 mins away.
The staff absolutely made the holiday, nothing was too much trouble! Adam and the gang are just wonderful, even crazy frog attempted being a belly dancer on our turkish night! You'll be on tv yet!
We only ate on site a couple of times, but each time it was very reasonable. The staff are going to organise some trips, ie: boat, turkish bath etc which I am sure will be well attended.
Only one thing left to say, can't wait to come back and see you all again soon and thank you all for that warm welcome! Pam, Ken and June

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    10 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:May 2008
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Cosmos

" Just thought I would let you know... "

Just thought I would let you know about the Faber, my Fiance and I have been going to Icmeler for the past 4 years and this is by far the best apartment we have ever stayed in.

The staff are so helpful and friendly, I was 4 months pregnant at the time and they always asked how I was feeling and how the baby was, nothing was too much for them. My fiance had a bad ear infection on the first Sunday of our stay and it was also a National Holiday so we could not find a chemist that was open, so the Manager of the apartments drove him all around Icmeler until he found a chemists and would not take any money from us.

There are plenty of good resturants near by but 2 of are Favorites (and have been for the past 4 years) are the Miami in the Old Village a ten min walk away the food is great and traditional and you are made to feel right at home, and Del Boys which is joined onto a shop also ten mins walk away up the hill, it is a little bit more expensive but still fantastic value for the amount of food you get.

We are going back to the Faber this June and taking our baby girl with us and also my Fiance's Mum and Dad.

Try it you will not be disappointed.

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    10 / 10
  • Date of Holiday:May 2007
  • Board Basis:Self Catering
  • Tour Operator:Cosmos
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