I am not experienced in all-inclusive Turkish holidays and went to Marmaris without expectations and comparisons with hotels on the Antalya coast.
I liked the Caprice Beach Hotel (ex. Luna Beach Deluxe) for all its shortcomings. The combination of price and quality for a solid four. The cost of a 7-night tour in June 2024 was 73k rubles for single occupancy. Thanks to the hotel, which does not refuse men single or double check-in, unlike many other Turkish hotels. A great option with a limited budget.
The location is excellent - the first line of the sea, its own territory with a swimming pool. Sun beds with umbrellas are available. And it would always be enough for everyone if people didn't occupy them with towels and went to nap. The beach line is very narrow, but this is a feature of Marmaris. The sea is good, but if you sail on a boat with an excursion to the Aegean Islands, it will be even better.
The promenade for a seven- to eight-kilometer-long promenade is ideal after dinner.
A fat plus is the pool. It's big and clean, it doesn't stink of chlorine. The depth is 160 cm, you can dive. There are a lot of sun beds and there was enough space for everyone at the end of June. An outdoor shower to rinse off is present.
Even-numbered rooms in the hotel with views of the pool, the sea and the rocky hills on the horizon. The downside of a good view is the noise from the music from the pool and the bars on the waterfront. The beds in the room are separate, so I had to move them. There are few rooms with a king size bed in the hotel. The rooms are adequate in size, but the air conditioning may not work, as in my case on the first attempt. At eleven o'clock in the evening, I was replaced with the same room, where the air conditioner was already working. The refrigerator in the room is small - a lot of bottles or food will not fit.
On the first day, the bed was made and all the towels were changed. I tipped a hundred rubles or one dollar and every day everything was fine. Even the installations were made up of towels.
Wi-fi catches only at the reception and next to it on the street, where the fierce heat. If you are going to work by the sea, then there are risks of breaking off the connection. Although there may be wi-fi in the room for an additional fee. Local SIM cards somehow cost fiercely: $ 40 minimum package (25GB Internet, 700 minutes of local calls).
Food at the hotel - you definitely won't stay hungry. They are fed in the morning, in the afternoon, a coffee break with desserts in the early evening, then dinner, and then soup until midnight. Chicken, meat, pide (delicious from the oven), greens, salads, grilled vegetables, steamed and raw were in abundance. There were no queues - I was lucky with the arrival, apparently. It was said that fish was given on holidays and with a show program. And then there was a fish rain and fish began to be served every day. And when it became a common thing, there was an animation for dinner with traditional dances and costume changes. Seafood is not found here. Hummus too. Maybe it has something to do with it. Potatoes in any variations of hot and cold shops are always available. The process is controlled by a pair of cats on duty, no more. Coffee is expected to be so-so, but tea decides. Desserts and fruits are available starting from lunch.
The hotel bar is not rich, but there is a base of local drinks: beer, dry white and red wine (it flies with ice very much), whiskey and gin (drink only in cocktails). There is a street bar right on the waterfront, where they also pour until midnight. You can sit at tables, or you can sit by the sea on deck chairs barefoot in the water and with a view of the stars. It is captivating, however. The only problem here is the lack of ice on the bar in the evening. And the hotel does not solve this problem. A three-minute walk away there is a supermarket with ice packs of 1 kg (50 lire) - enough for the company.
The gym is closed, as they say at the reception - everyday. The Hamam is also on unpaid leave. There is a table tennis table, but it, along with a net, rackets and a ball, was clearly tortured for a long time for the grave crimes of their ancestors. Billiards is an American in slightly better condition with a single stick, which is difficult to call a cue, so anesthesia is required for a fun game. Fortunately, the street bar is ten steps away.
PS from cap: the exchange rate for dollars is better than for rubles (rubles are accepted everywhere). It is also more profitable to pay for excursions in dollars (take a change). The exchange rate at the airport in the baggage claim area turned out to be better than in most exchangers. Gazprombank's Union Pay card works in super markets Migros, BIM. The alcoholic is sold in Migros until 22:00. Kebabs are three times more expensive than Russian shavukha. The bus around the city is 30 liras.
We had a rest in August 2024. From the good: swimming pool, lunch /dinner, there is a selection of dishes and much more delicious. Everything else is bad: the hotel's life support systems require reconstruction and repair (air conditioners do not work, what works is rattling). Twice on the day of arrival, we moved from room to room (according to other people, we were lucky, some moved to another hotel): at first they gave us a room with 1 room, and we took it with 2, then the air conditioner did not work (they did not fix it). The room is not cleaned or at a minimum, towels are stained, it is better not to look under the bed in order to avoid psychological trauma. What is striking: we complained at a meeting with our tour operator's guide - they nod their heads, saying that everyone complains, but when selling the tour, the tour operator did not consider it necessary to provide all the details. All the bad reviews on different sites are correct.
For the money we were there for, the guest is just super! The beach is nearby, the bass is normal! The food is basically normal, there is not enough meat, but that's the way it is for everyone! And there were fish twice! The only thing that bothered me was that I occasionally came across dirty dishes, I had to choose!!! The staff at the guest house does not understand Russian well, and English is so-so!!! When one of the guests broke a glass in front of the elevator, they removed it on the 3rd day, although they asked and showed where, everyone...!!!! And yes, the magic elevator from the left of the reception, goes when he wants and where he wants! So use the right one!!!)) the reception is just dark, not usual!!! Wi-Fi is only available at the reception!!! The room is renovated relative to the norms, all the rags have been updated! Curtains, carpet, etc. in places, the furniture is self-glued, but it doesn't matter!!! Split is a rare dirty trick, it rattles fiercely and there were no diffectors on it, 3 a4 sheets were saved and everything was normal!!! There are no Russian channels on TV! In general, you can still drive like to the central beach, but it's better to take a 3-wheeled electric scooter, it costs about 800 Turkish piastres!!!)) but you can bargain for less! A car costs more than about 1200, Russian rights are rolled! If you are going to visit the blue lagoon, then drive in a wheelbarrow for about 2.5 hours, we took a diesel Christmas tree and it ate about 25L of solars! But there is also a paid entrance to the parking lot and a transfer to the lagoon is also paid!!! Change the money immediately, it's more profitable this way!!! although they accept all and save cards!!!))