- Turkey Holidays
- Gumbet
- Parkim Ayaz

The hotel is located on the beach in the centre of Gumbet with local transport passing in front of the property on a regular basis and a taxi stand situated nearby. The cosmopolitan resort of Bodrum, with its large yacht marina and the impressive St Peter's Castle, are both approximately 3 km away and are definitely worth a visit. There are numerous restaurants, bars, clubs and shops not far from the establishment. Two family-run hotels are combined and operating as a single complex. Their facilities include a common dining room, a charming café and a la carte restaurant. There is a good selection of sports and recreation activities and the complex also offers wireless Internet access in the lobby area. The rooms have tiled floors and are equipped with a satellite TV and individually regulated air conditioning.
Due to the surrounding area and the number of steps around the hotel, it may not be suitable for those with mobility difficulties.
You cannot fault the staff and the meals, the room how ever is a different matter, we arrived at midnight to be taken to our room (3 of us) to find one double bed, had to ask for another bed and after 45 minutes someone arrived with a pillow and a sheet and made up "the chair" that was in the room, my bed, as my granddaughter wouldn't sleep on it, I am only 5'4 but even then from my knees down were hanging off the end. Was told we could request a change of room the next day at an extra cost of 20 euros a night but they were full and didn't have anything else. We eventually afte a couple of nights all ended up in the double bed, not really ideal. I feel the hotel has been built as 3 separate hotels so lots of walking is involved. We won't be returning.
I honestly don’t even know where to begin. This was by far one of the worst hotel experiences we have ever had.
The problems started before we even arrived. We had arranged an airport transfer directly with the hotel, provided our flight details and number of guests, and received written confirmation from the Guest Relations Manager that the transfer was confirmed. When we arrived, nobody was there. We waited outside the airport for more than 30 minutes in the heat with our two very young children, including a baby. We called the hotel several times and nobody answered, so eventually we had to take a taxi ourselves. When we arrived at the hotel and explained what happened, they denied that the transfer had ever been booked, despite us having the confirmation in writing.
Unfortunately, things only got worse.
The room was extremely dirty. The bathroom was old, worn out and looked as though it had not been renovated in decades. The floors were dirty, and the snack/bar area was absolutely filthy — even the chairs were disgustingly dirty. The overall level of cleanliness was unbelievable.
The food was terrible. The oil they were using to fry the food and meat looked extremely old and heavily reused. Just looking at it made us uncomfortable eating anything that had been fried in it.
On top of everything, there was no Wi-Fi in our room.
We had booked and paid a significant amount of money for a 7-night family holiday, but after ONE NIGHT we decided to leave. We knew when we made that decision that there was a very high chance we would not get our money back, but we simply could not imagine staying there for another six nights, especially with two very young children. We preferred to lose the money rather than continue our holiday under those conditions. I think that alone says everything.
When we left, we were told to address the refund through the agency we had booked with. We did exactly that. However, when our agency contacted the hotel regarding a refund for the six unused nights, the hotel denied the issues we had raised and refused to refund us ANY amount. We paid for seven nights, stayed for only one, and received nothing back for the remaining six nights.
What made the experience even more disappointing was the way everything was handled afterwards. Instead of acknowledging our concerns or trying to find any reasonable solution, they simply denied what had happened.
After leaving, I started looking much more carefully through the reviews online, and I was shocked to see how many other guests had complained about similar issues. I genuinely regret not researching the hotel and reading deeper into the reviews before booking. Had I done so, I would never have chosen this hotel for my family.
Nobody leaves an expensive, prepaid 7-night holiday after ONE NIGHT, knowing they may lose all their money, unless the situation is bad enough that staying is simply not an option.
Unfortunately, based on our experience, I absolutely cannot recommend this hotel and i would suggest for everybody to avoid it.
It was my second visit to this hotel and will definitely make it my third time too next year too, the food variety, the support at the reception for the room, the animation team especially Ozge made it really worthwhile. The location is close to every place that one needs to see around Gumbet. Highly recommended to others, and the beachfront has an amazing view at night.
We had a brilliant holiday at the Parkim Ayaz Hotel. The complex is very clean, well looked after, and features three great pools that never felt overly crowded. Our room was functional, clean, and provided everything we needed for a comfortable stay. A huge highlight was the hotel staff, who genuinely made our trip feel special - a special mention to Fahab for his warm welcome every mealtime, as well as Burak and Ali for their friendliness, service and attention to detail.
The food throughout our stay was excellent and varied. There was a great selection of drinks alongside decent all-inclusive cocktails, The private beach directly in front of the hotel is clean with clear water and plenty of loungers, though bringing pool shoes for the pebbly seabed. We would happily return!
A nice family friendly hotel. The food was varied and plentiful with a huge choice, buffet food never runs low and I regularly topped up so I’d advise eating evening meal around 8.30pm to avoid the busiest time. At 7.30 it is very busy, but the staff do their best to manage this. All staff are absolutely amazing and go out of their way to help in any way they can, we found nothing was too much trouble. My partner told a few guests off for unnecessary rudeness to the staff. They’re there trying to do a job and do not deserve to be spoken to rudely.
It’s clean and well maintained and following a recent merging of two hotels you can see where new areas have been created. They’re immaculate and stand out from other hotel areas. The grounds are lovely.
Plenty of sunbeds around the pool and loads on the beach if you miss out on a pool spot. We mainly spent time at the family pool with slide and didn’t find it too overwhelming or crowded. The beach is gorgeous and can recommend the water sports company.
The area in general was nice, it felt a safe place for families and while there are a few loud bars close to the hotel we weren’t bothered by the local nightlife in any way.
The hotel entertainment in the evening was okay, mainly dancers of varying themes. Some were better than others. There’s a kids disco with the same nightly songs and dance routines which we started to avoid as it was too young for our 11 year old and got very tedious quickly.
The only negative was the room size. It was very small for three people and we struggled with space for suitcases and felt very short of any level of additional room. It was hard to all get ready and we spent as little time as possible in the room. I’d advise checking this if you’re a family and pay a little extra for an upgrade on a room you won’t regret it.
