Turkish Bodrum is not as well mastered by Russian tourists as Antalya, Tekirova, Marmaris. Meanwhile, here are wonderful conditions for a good rest. The Bodrum Peninsula, lying in the east of the country and washed by the Aegean Sea, is an unspoken resort of the Turkish elite. Here you can find both wonderful secluded coves, quiet, calm, surrounded by olive and orange groves, and enchantingly bright and cheerful entertainment centers. The city of Bodrum is one of the central on the peninsula. It is located in Gokova Bay, just opposite the island of Kos (Greece). In the city there are hotels of all categories, from simple ones with one or two star guest houses to chic four and five-star complexes. Let's take a look at one of the best.
Location
The 4-star Grand Levent Hotel is located on the Bodrum Peninsula in the quiet and very picturesque village of Ortakent, which in Turkish can be translated as the "central city". It is so indeed. Ortakent is located approximately in the center of the peninsula, on the banks of the beautiful Bay of Bitez, in the Aegean Sea. From the city of Bodrum it is westbound. Between the conditional borders of Ortakent and Bodrum is about 8 km. The Grand Levent Hotel 4 * is located at the end of the village, closer to the village of Yahsi. Therefore, between the hotel and Bodrum about 12 km. A few minutes walk from the hotel stretches the chic Yali embankment with dozens of cafes and restaurants and the best beach in Turkey. The Ortakent district is famous for its evergreen groves, a wide network of shops and many attractions inherited from the peoples who inhabited it thousands of years ago.
How to get there
The nearest international airport to the hotel Grand Levent Hotel 4 * is 49 km away. It is called Milas-Bodrum. From here, the hotel can be reached by booked transfer, taxi or comfortable, modern and affordable Hawash buses. By the way, you can take a walk to many Turkish cities (Antalya, Izmir, Samsun and others). The inconvenience of buses is that they follow only to the bus station in the village of Ortakent. From there, you will have to take a taxi to the hotel. In the summer, charter flights from Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, and Kazakhstan are made at Bodrum Airport . If you couldn’t get a ticket for a plane arriving at this airport, there is a second airport 190 km from the hotel, where air buses from Russia also fly. This is the airport in Dalaman. You can get from there to the hotel by all the same Havash buses, or by taxi.
Territory
Grand Levent Hotel 4 * occupies an area of only 0.5 hectares (5000 square meters). It is not very much to arrange multiple sports grounds and tennis courts here, but enough to harmoniously place 8 hotel buildings, children's and adult pools, a bar, a children's playground, an amphitheater and a free car park. Many buildings are built in the Greek style, which is dominated by slender snow-white columns. The whole territory of the hotel is surrounded by greenery and blooming all year round, chic flower beds are arranged everywhere, there are shady alleys and spacious lawns, but everything is very compact. All the buildings are nearby, you don’t have to go far from your building, for example, to a restaurant for breakfast or relax by the pool. The territory is guarded. There are no complaints of tourists about any incidents and misunderstandings.
Infrastructure
Grand Levent Hotel 4 * (Bodrum) is always glad to its guests. The reception is open 24 hours a day. In the spacious and very beautifully decorated lobby of the old castle you can relax in one of the comfortable armchairs. At the reception you can deposit valuables in a safe, call a doctor, taxi, book an excursion, put things in the laundry, leave your luggage in the locker, and use the fax. Grand Levent 4 * hotel offers its guests the opportunity to visit the hotel's hairdresser, shops (located on the premises of the building), a gym, a fitness center (in the basement), a sauna and a Turkish bath.
Rooms
Hotel Grand Levent 4 * (Turkey, Bodrum) entered into operation exactly 20 years ago, in 1995. And although reconstruction was carried out here in 2006, the number of rooms is not modern. However, all rooms are clean, tidy and 100 percent functional. The hotel is a complex of 8 two-story cottages with 87 rooms. Room categories - standard (area up to 20 squares) and luxury family rooms (area up to 40 squares). Standard rooms are designed for 2 people plus, if necessary, a cot on request. Family rooms are designed for 4 people. There are 13 units in the hotel. The view from the windows can be on the sea and on the territory of the hotel. The interior of the rooms is simple but beautiful. The colors are warm, conducive to coziness and a serene mood. The walls are decorated with paintings, blackout curtains on the windows. One of the advantages of each room is its excellent soundproofing.
The equipment here is: sets of high-quality furniture that perfectly matches the overall color scheme, safe, refrigerator, TV (satellite channels), telephone, air conditioning, hygiene room with washbasin, toilet, shower and a very large mirror. This design of the bathrooms have both deluxe rooms and standard rooms. The hotel staff is very conscientious, it does its job perfectly. The same applies to housekeeping. It is produced every day and very high quality. Towels also change every day, beds - every three days, but if necessary, can be changed even daily.
Nutrition
In its infrastructure, it has two restaurants and five bars Grand Levent Hotel 4 *. Reviews of tourists about food at the hotel are only enthusiastic. You can arrange a tour with breakfast or half board, which includes breakfast and dinner. Breakfast at the hotel is self-service, i.e. buffet. In their menu they are more like continental than Turkish. Vacationers are offered cereals, milk, sliced cheeses, sausages, olives, egg dishes, butter, jam, coffee, tea, juice, fruits. Dinners at the hotel are absolutely enjoyable by all vacationers. Several types of meat, fish, many salads, vegetables, side dishes, a lot of Turkish cakes, cakes, muffins and other sweets are offered. There are no free drinks for dinner, but you can bring it with you. Here no one makes comments for this.
The hotel is in a great location. From his gate to the embankment literally two or three steps. It has a great variety of restaurants and taverns, where every tourist can choose food (for lunch) to his taste and wallet. The most popular restaurant is Cakir Motel, and one of the closest to the hotel and also quite good is Omerin Yeri Balik Restoran.
Leisure in the walls of the hotel
Grand Levent Hotel 4 stars has on its territory a wonderful and fairly spacious pool. Sun loungers, deck chairs and umbrellas are always available here, and there is a place with a canopy, where it is convenient to relax even in the heat of the afternoon. Near the pool for children. Animation at the hotel is neither adult nor child. The staff can play with the children on their own initiative (everyone here loves children very much and treats them well), while parents, for example, have dinner. There is no discotheque or night club in the Grand Levent Hotel either. All that vacationers can count on is quiet, pleasant and very unobtrusive music that sounds almost all day.
For sports enthusiasts, the hotel has a gym, but the simulators in it are not the latest models. There are also billiard and tennis tables, backgammon, table football. There is an excellent running track near the hotel along the promenade, so those who cannot live without sports will be satisfied. Wi-Fi at the hotel is free throughout.
Leisure outside the hotel
The village of Ortakent, which houses the 4-star Grand Levent Hotel, has a reputation for being a quiet, cozy place where there are no nightly entertainment. Daytime and evening entertainment here is represented by walks along the promenade, the sea, walks in the village, where many historical buildings have been preserved. Everyone who wants more active entertainment needs to go to Bodrum. Here, tourist life is in full swing. Shops, restaurants, discos, night clubs, hotels of Bodrum (Turkey) are famous on the entire coast. Reviews of tourists enthusiastically report on the wonderful, the only disco in Europe with a transparent floor "Catamaran". The liner goes to sea and returns only in the morning. There is also a disco in the city under the stars of Halicarnassus, which attracts people from all over the coast. Shopping Bodrum vacationers at the Grand Levent Hotel will also be very pleased. In the city's shopping centers (Midtown, Waikiki), prices are very low, and you can bargain everywhere. Fans of antiquity will be interested in going on an excursion to the Castle Fortress of St. Peter, to the ruins of the Mausoleum, to Ephesus, Evromon and other historical cities of the peninsula.
Sea
Hotel Grand Levent is located 50 meters from the city beach, which rents about 100 meters of the property. The Aegean coast (Turkey) is famous for its cleanliness and beauty, and the beach in Ortakent is even awarded the Blue Flag. The hotel's beach is clean, sandy (which is especially good for parents with young children). Sunset at sea is smooth, but stones can come under your feet. The problem is easy to solve by buying special rubber shoes. The water temperature may surprise you with its coolness even in the middle of summer, but this is a characteristic feature of the whole Aegean Sea. But the water is unusually clean and very salty. The density is such that, out of habit, it seems as if the sea pushes your body to the surface. For guests of the hotel on the beach there is a bar. Rest here is calm, without noisy water rides. The only thing you may not like is the music that sounds from the bars on the waterfront.
Weather conditions, or When is the best time to relax at the Grand Levent Hotel
This hotel is open seasonally, that is, from May to October. Aegean coast (Turkey) has a mild climate. In winter it is not cold, in summer there is no sweltering heat. Only in July and August the thermometer can slightly exceed +30. In May and October there are about +25 in the afternoon and about + 17-18 at night. The water temperature off the coast on the beach warms up only by July, but it also keeps warm in September. In May, the water is quite cool (+ 19-20), in June, not everyone can swim in the sea, since even by the end of the month the water will be about +21 degrees. By August, the sea warms up to +25, after which it begins to gradually cool. By October, the water temperature reaches only +17 degrees, so those who come to rest at the hotel at the end of the season are unlikely to plunge into the cleanest, but not such a warm blue sea.
Additional Information
Hotel Grand Levent Hotel 4 * is distinguished by wonderful service. Despite the fact that only a few individuals understand English and absolutely no one speaks Russian, tourists do not have problems with understanding. The hotel staff is unusually friendly and welcoming. Check-in here starts after 14-00, check-out is desirable before noon. If guests arrive at the hotel late (after 20-00), they will definitely have dinner. Children under 6 years stay free of charge at Grand Levent. If the child or adult is accommodated in an extra bed (cot), payment per night is 15 euros. Pets of any breed are not allowed at the hotel. The price per room depends on the month of stay at the hotel, as well as on the tour operator who sells the tour there.
Reviews
A lot of people were satisfied with their stay at the Grand Levent Hotel 4 *. Marked pluses:
- wonderful atmosphere in the hotel;
- wonderful staff and the service provided;
- delicious food;
- cleanliness in the rooms and on the territory;
- proximity to the beach;
- convenience in relation to bus stops;
- nice pool.
There are some disadvantages:
- mosquitoes in the rooms;
- lack of animation;
- far to entertainment centers;
- no Russian-speaking staff.
Conclusion: this hotel is suitable for everyone who likes to relax calmly, without noisy fun and walks until the morning. Especially good here for couples with young children.