The resort was very clean, but I was surprised how high the kerbs were! Beware when crossing the road.

There was plenty going on in the bars, restaurants etc, suitable for all ages.

The beach was clean, but very narrow and quite pebbly. Sunbeds are free if you eat or drink at the bar/restaurant that owns the part you are one (opposite). Just turn up, have a coffee and they let you have a sunbed for the day!

There were plenty of watersports on the beach - although some did look a bit dangerous! Boat trips are best booked next to the beach too - look out for Stephan outside the Ayaz restaurant - his boat trip was fab! £10 each for 8 hours of pure bliss, with lunch, apple tea and biscuits included. They will take you to Camel Beach, a natural spa and cliff diving - great fun!

There are plenty of restaurants close to the hotel and bars. People are very friendly and I felt like I was at home. There food is sooooo tasty and there is variety to choose from. I cant wait to go back to Gumbet because this was my best holiday ever!!! I love everything about this place.

Gumbet is a bit of a weird location, once a small village is has recently boomed! The cleanliness for this area is very high, and shop staff sweep the fronts and the pavements before washing them down, the streets are suprisingly litter free - however I noticed it was the British who seemed to throw down litter! Empty bottles of water, flyers etc., but on the whole it is a clean and tidy town.

Entertainment is vast! You cant walk a hundred meters without seeing a shop selling excursions etc - there is so much to do, it's worth a day just looking round the town and bargain hunting. some of the family things to do include:

+ Day boat trip with swimming in crystal clear waters, lunch incleded (Absolute must)
+ Turish soap massage with sauna - again a must!
+ Aqua park - great fun
+ Turkish night out with belly dancing etc.
+ Visit to the markets
and loads loads more!

And for the party animals: -

* Bar street dozens and dozens of dancing bars - normally with a free shot on entry
* The massive outdoor Club Halikarnas - with foam party's fri and sat nights - Definitely one to do
* Catermeran night club - a disco on massive catermeran out on the agean sea - trippy!

The beaches are small and tightly packed and the water is a little grimy for want of a better word, much better to take a boat trip and swim in the bays that you will stop at!

I would come back to Gumbet again, but this time for a longer period 10 days instead of 7 that way I could do more activities, and visit more of the local towns!
Definitely a good place.

Warning!
Kids as young as 12 easily get served in the bars, even if they go out on their own, the curbs are VERY tall and pushchairs and wheel chairs will fins Gumbet a hostile place as some of the roads are VERY steep.

Locals and tourist can smoke ANYWHERE! so dont be suprised if the couple on the table next to you light up as you tuck into your food - or the person trying to tempt you into the restraunt / club / pub etc are smoking.

Definitely, DEFINITELY ensure you have adequate holiday insurance - I saw one woman who had fallen over and broken her leg in hysterics as she realised that she had no insurance!

Oh and before you go read up on Bartering! people are downright rude when bartering - I did a bit of homework - found out how you do it and i made some very good bargains and didn't insult the stall holder or shop attendant, the Turks are friendly hands on people! Shake hands with them.

Resort cleanliness was in our opinon poor lots of litter around and the worst thing for us was every 10 or so yards we smelt what could only be described as untreated sewage.

Entertainment in resort seemed good

Beach was awful though we expected this.

Wont visit this resort again.

If you like Blackpool, and are with a bunch of friends and want to boogie...by all means Gumbet is for you.

I like the quieter type of resort.

The Turkish people couldnt have been friendlier, but all that info on haggling didnt really apply as we found that the locals didnt seem to be into it.

I bought less than I expected, but had lots of freshly cut Lokum (turkish delight) in my case.

Bodrum nearby is more my cup of tea, and the dolmus buses great.

The town is very lively but the locals will try to get you into every shop and restaraunt.

The beach is not a very high standard. Always ask for a free drink in the restaraunts, if they have got you in there, this works most times.

Gumbet in itself is not to bad if you can stand people in your face no matter were you go you get hassle from people wanting you to spend your money

Gumbet: This was a last minute holiday for us, so we weren't too fussy where we went as it was just a 'break' as opposed to our annual holiday. Didn't get to see a great deal as our holiday consisted of lots of late nights and drinking, followed by a lie in until lunchtime, a little sun in the afternoon, drinks at 5pm ish, a couple of hours sleep, then out again for the night!!! Perfect girls holiday!!

Bar Street: Lots of bars/restaurants and shops. We've
been to livelier resorts but this was fine for what we wanted this holiday. Often get pestered to go into all of the bars etc. so be willing to tolerate this and make up your own mind where you want to go!

Beach: Didn't really go to the beach in the day as it was quite narrow and very busy, so we prefered the pool side. Some nice bars/restaurants to visit on the beach front in the day/evening though!

Summary: We had a fab time, lots of laughs! However, that's probably because we make our own entertainment wherever we go.....we're just so funny....lucky us eh!!

The hotel was the best l have ever stayed in, it reminded me of the hotel in the film pretty woman. It was very big with room for everyone. It has several restaurants, 5 swimming pools, 5 bars and the most helpful staff.

The room we had was a family room with upstairs for my children, who also had their own bathroom, tv, and minibar. The safe and minibar were all free plus the room had all free shower gel soap even cotton buds.

The entertainment team were fantastic with shows in the evening and games in the day. Also they have a kids club all day up to 11pm in the evening, which the kids really enjoyed.

The hotel also has a hairdressers, with a hair cut free for everyone. And it also has a beauty salon, whenwe all had a massage, which l would recommend.

We all enjoyed this hotel very much, and we will be going again next year.

I would never go to Turkey again never mind Gumbet.

The beaches were really really dirty, the whole week we were there they didnt seem to get combed as it stated in the holiday brouchure.

The resort is just one big hill and in the heat you thought you were going to pass out.

I found the poeple very over bearing.