Hotel Parkim Palas

First visit to Turkey, and have to say it is without doubt a beautiful Country. The hotel was excellent, rooms are very clean, and compact. Every thing on the complex is at hand, Swimming pool, bar, dinning area, beach etc.
The staff are very friendly and the entertainment in the beach bar in the evenings is first rate. The food is basic but gets you through a long day as their is plenty of it if you wish.
I must recommend Tysons (front of beach bar) boat trip its very good and the crew are great fun.
Also the Turkish bath excursion run by Thomas Cook in Bodrum. All in all we shall be looking to book at the same hotel for 2 weeks next year as it is a great hotel.

What a great place! Resort was excellent with loads to do. Great nightlife, boat trips and excursions.
Hotel was excellently situated on the beach and just off bar street. Our room was near the beach and very quiet.
Meals out in all the restaurants were excellent and cheap - Huge Porterhouse Steak for £6 with free bottle of wine!
Food in the hotel was ok but a bit repetitive - breakfast was the better of the two meals.
Went to Yakilavak and Turgutreis on bus trips both lovely and bus cheap.
Highly recommended to anyone wanting to visit Turkey. We’d previously been to Altinkum and Marmaris but this was the best resort of the three.
Only real down side was the hassle from the restaurant/bar owners and the price of drinks - which was more expensive than we expected!

We have just arrived back from our holiday. It was our first time in Turkey. We found that the hotel was very clean, the staff were friendly (there is always at least one English speaking person on reception), and the rooms were ok.
The hotel food was very disappointing. There is a very limited choice at dinner, and the breakfast is mostly traditional Turkish, which consists mainly of olives, tomatoes, boiled eggs and aubergines. Breakfast is served 8-10am and dinner is 8-10pm (best to get there early at dinner as queues form very quickly).
Local drinks are very cheap, 4 lira for a pint, but imported drinks can get pricey. A Jack Daniels and coke for 16 lira, which is just over £6.
The only major thing that went wrong with the holiday was on our last day. We had an MP3 player taken from our hotel room, but couldn’t do anything about it without going to the police station in Bodrum. Make sure you get a safe in your room which is 36lira for 2weeks, its worth it.
The locals are very friendly, and the Aloha Bar is brilliant. It is situated just opposite the hotel. Many bars give you a free shot on entry, and remember to try and barter for your drinks.

We have just arrived back from Gumbet. It was our second time in Gumbet but our first time in Parkim Palas.
The hotel itself was lovely, with gorgeous gardens, which also had hammocks you could relax on if u wanted. Our room was basic but nice and was cleaned everyday also the towels and sheets changed daily. There was free air conditioning, which was very handy. The food was ok, didn’t see much of the breakfasts as found it was a little early (8-10am), but the dinners were edible.
All in all we enjoyed our holiday very much and me, my mum and my son are looking forward to going back once again towards the end of the season.

This was our third holiday in Turkey but our first in this area. Gumbet had a bit of everything - loads of bars, nice views, an array of excursion sellers and wonderful friendly people.
We stayed on a Half Board basis at the centrally located Parkim Palas hotel. The food at the hotel was generally good at both breakfast and dinner. Our room was a little compact but had free air con and satellite TV with BBC Prime, which meant the missus didn’t have to go without her daily dose of Eastenders!! We went on two boat trips - one from our hotel, booked with Tyson and the other from the Hotel Baba, which offered an alternative route - both were excellent and highly recommended!!
The highlight of our visit was the Corner Pub at our hotel where we had great banter every night with the 3 lads who work there Volkan, Volkan and Onur - brilliant!!
We visited Turgutreis market and picked up loads of bargains on a coach trip that cost us the princely sum of £1 each!!
Overall, a brilliant holiday!!

Lovely hotel, staff really friendly and entertainment very good. The only downside was that the evening meal was at 8pm, which is a bit of a long wait from breakfast.
The complex was very clean and not one cockroach to be seen. I would recommend visitors to have a Turkish bath, but do not go with the travel companies excursions as they charge way over the odds, go to the other operators as they are well cheaper and they do have insurance included.
For the genuine fakes go to Michael’s stall which is situated down the right side of the road on the opposite side, it is the last stall on the block, he is very friendly and seemed to be the most honest stall owner I had met. Overall a great place lovely beach and for about 3 quid you can buy a snorkelling kit and explore the fish in the bay.

We just got back from Gumbet and what a fab place. First time in Turkey and loved it so much. I had such a fab time so much to do and after 2 it is buzzing. Parkin Palas is in a brilliant location you can’t get better. The food is very basic but is doesn’t matter as it is so cheep to eat out.
The second week we was the we decided to go to the water park in Bodrum, so before we went we took our jewellery off and put it in the safe. When we returned we went to the safe to get our jewellery out and money for the evening. As I did so, I put my diamond earrings, Gold chain, bracelet and rings, which have the value of £500, on the desk of the reception and turned to get my money. I walked off for 30 secs and realised my jewellery was still on the side so I ran back and it had gone. The safe is at the side of the reception, which is hidden so people walking in the hotel would not see and as I was gone for 30 secs no one had been to the safe. My dad went mad at the manager and insisted for the police but he refused to call them. So we had to go to the police station in Bodrum ourselves. Beware of leaving expensive goods round the hotel. Apart from that it was a great holiday.