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June 16, 2024
Just come back after a 10 night stay with my wife for our belated honeymoon. We booked to go in June as we knew the weather would be good, we just ended up being there during a heatwave with temperatures hitting the 50c mark. Overall we both enjoyed our visit to Marmaris and would definitely go back, the only negative I have about Marmaris itself is the fact you can't just walk past a shop without being pestered to go inside, even the bars pester you to go in for something to eat, even when you tell them that you are staying half board so eat at the hotel. I know they are just doing their jobs, but it gets too much and actually puts you off, surely they must think we don't have our own minds and go in a bar or shop on our own accord!! So to the hotel, upon arrival the hotel looks great with the Turkish flags flying about. Club Atrium is situated on what seems to be its own street. The check in process was swift as we were the only ones at the hotel on the transfer. Having told our travel company that it was our honeymoon and we would like a room on a high floor overlooking the pool and even emailing this request direct to the hotel I was expecting my request to be dealt with. What I didn't know is that the hotel has two buildings, a new part and an old part. We were placed in room 105 which is in the old part and on the 1st floor and overlooking the bushes round the back of the hotel. I asked at the reception if we could move and that I had sent an email request, the reception wasn't helpful and claimed they never received the email even though I showed them the reply. We decided to stay in the room for the duration as it seemed to be quiet despite the view. We stayed in a one bed apartment which needs some major upgrading, which I can guess would be the same for the rest of the building we was in. Even though we stayed half board the room consisted of a fridge, kettle, a worktop hob and all other utensils. The living area had a small table & chairs, 2 sofas which could be used as either 2 single beds or to create a double bed. In the bed room there was 2 single beds, a double wardrobe and a small bedside table. The bathroom was a typical bathroom, except for it had a corner shower unit instead of a bath with a shower. The shower unit was small and the water gushed out instead of coming out of the small holes in the head. The hotel had 2 decent sized swimming pools with smaller kids pools at the end of each. Sunbeds were plentiful and we never had an issue getting 2 sunbeds together. Whilst there is a huge sign up saying not to reserve sunbeds and towels will be removed, we noticed sunbeds that had been reserved and no towels were being removed. You didn't have to leave the sunbeds if you wanted anything to eat or drink as they have a waiter service, you could obviously make use of the dining area if you wanted to eat in the shade. The DJ played the same music everyday, whilst the music consisted of some great songs it did get a bit too samey