Kalamar Hotel

Version courte - restez à l'écart ! Ne vous méprenez pas, l'emplacement et les vues sont incroyables, tout comme la piscine à débordement à couper le souffle - mais tout cela est un régal pour les yeux et une vitrine : la réalité est bien en dessous de ce que suggèrent les photos. La chambre est spacieuse et le lit est confortable - mais n'a qu'un drap de dessous et un couvre-lit à l'ancienne (rugueux) pour dormir... trop étroit pour deux et trop court pour couvrir les pieds et la poitrine : choisissez-en un ! La salle de bain avait une odeur nauséabonde que nous avions attribuée à la douche, qui sentait la fosse septique ouverte. En parlant de la douche, pas d'eau chaude ! Lorsque nous nous sommes plaints, l'odeur était "fixée" mais est revenue dans les 12 heures et l'eau est devenue tiède mais seulement si aucun froid n'était ajouté. donc pas de pression dans la douche ! À aucun moment, on ne nous a proposé d’explication ni d’excuses. En ce qui concerne le ménage - cela n'est arrivé que lorsque nous leur avons rappelé - la chambre n'était faite que la moitié des jours de notre séjour. Les boissons chaudes (thé et café) ne sont tout simplement pas disponibles en dehors de la salle à manger et SEULEMENT au moment des repas - nous avons essayé de prendre un café le matin le premier matin, seulement 10 minutes avant l'heure du petit-déjeuner et on nous a dit sans équivoque que la salle à manger était pas encore ouvert !! Une fois dedans, le café était de toute façon une déception - des granulés instantanés sortis d'une boîte de conserve avec une urne d'eau bouillante à côté. Nous étions en voyage de plongée, nous voulions donc prendre le petit-déjeuner le plus tôt possible pour nous rendre au bateau de plongée. Chaque matin, le petit-déjeuner était un désastre : pas d'assiettes, et/ou pas d'ustensiles, et/ou pas de plats chauds, et/ou nourriture froide encore recouverte de film alimentaire et/ou pas de lait - pourtant, tout le personnel était occupé comme si le petit-déjeuner était un événement surprise qui leur avait été imposé à la dernière minute ! En parlant de personnel, ils étaient tous très sympathiques et essayaient vraiment d'aider - lorsqu'on leur demandait. Ce n'est pas un hôtel auquel je reviendrai un jour, et si la plongée au Kalken Dive Center n'avait pas été aussi incroyable, je considérerais le voyage comme une expérience terrible - il s'avère que seule l'expérience à l'hôtel était terrible !! Honnêtement, regardez d'autres hôtels - il y en a à proximité avec juste une belle vue et des piscines à débordement !!

Tout d'abord, une vue parfaite nous accueille, impossible de ne pas être émerveillé, les délicieux dîners du chef font littéralement craquer le palais. Le personnel est sympathique, les aires de repos devant les chambres sont très agréables, merci pour tout.

Our family stayed at Elixir Hotel, Kalkan in August 2024 and it was superb. Elixir is a family run boutique hotel with a lovely, large shaded swimming pool set in beautiful mature garden. There is a welcoming, authentic bar/restaurant serving where all the food is tasty and fresh, including an on-site baking oven in the garden producing all sorts of delicious breads and pizzas. Lovely views and a 3-4 minute taxi into town centre. The hotel is run by owner Ali who is charming and his young team who were all super kind, enthusiastic and attentive. A well deserved 5 Stars.

Kalamar hotel has its pros and cons, but I feel like the cons are easily fixable, there’s just no one who cares enough to fix them. The location of the hotel is the biggest plus, the view is gorgeous, and the walk to the beach is short, but steep. I don’t blame them for that as it is literally on the side of a mountain. The problems vary from small to medium. There’s nothing completely detrimental, but there are many smaller issues that add up as your stay progresses. The breakfast is mediocre at best. Not that I have high expectations for hotel breakfast. There are cracks in the tiles of the shower, in some rooms the tv’s don’t work, paint is chipping off the bedframe, no cups for toothbrushes, the toilet seat is loose, the lesser used pool is rarely cleaned properly. These are just a few, and like I said, nothing detrimental, but all of these add up to impact the overall experience. One major issue I had personally was the blades on the AC. These were absolutely disgusting, but again, very easily fixable. I feel like there’s incredible potential here, someone just needs to put in the work to realize it.

Just returned from a 2 week stay at Kalamar hotel which we booked for the location and infinity pool. Let's start with the good stuff: The views across Kalamar bay are breathtakingly beautiful and at night there is hardly any noise as it's further out of town and not on a main road. Hallil the pool-bar attendant was SO friendly and helpful throughout our stay, serving us drinks and snacks at our sun loungers. The pool bar has a wide variety of food available at lunchtime and prices were cheap. Infinity pool was just the right temperature ie it remained refreshingly cool even when the temperatures soared. The outlook across the horizon is insta-worthy. But really this was the high point of the hotel experience and thankfully were were lucky to have it more or less to ourselves for the first 10 days of the holiday as the hotel was practically empty until we neared the end of our stay. Here's a couple of things that didn't bother us BUT others should perhaps bear in mind: NOT suitable for anyone with mobility issues because the hotel complex is laid on a hillside with a series of terraces all connected with a LOT of steps. There are no ramps or lifts so if you cannot easily navigate steps this isn't suitable - that includes people travelling with small children. There is no kids' pool, and nothing about the Kalamar is geared up for children. (There are a few photos on older reviews of a small oblong pool which has recently been filled with earth and a few bushes planted in it!) Kalamar Hotel is an out-of-town location, we picked it for that reason and we had a hire car BUT it is not comfortably walkable to the main town/harbour (especially not in temperatures approaching 40c!) and even if you wanted to brave it and walk to some of the "local" shops/bars/restaurants you'd have to conquer some very steep hills there and back! The websites give the impression that Kalamar Beach Club is part and parcel of the Kalamar Hotel - but they are two separate entities. The KBC is down the bottom of a VERY steep hill (which our car struggled to get back up afterwards, hence we only went once!) and you have to pay a premium to have the use of sunloungers and parasols at the water's edge. Then you get waiter service from the cafe-bar on site. It is not an actual beach it's just a sunbathing platform with steps into the sea (which is refreshingly cool but too deep to stand - you need to be a confident swimmer and wear aqua shoes.) The hotel itself, over and above the aforementioned detail, was on the whole very shabby and dated.. I have been to Turkey many times so I know the difference between what to expect compared with other countries, but by UK standards this hotel is a 3-star at best (certainly not 4 star.. and I have stayed in many FIVE star hotels in other places where I have paid less.. Turkey is not as cheap as it was 5 years ago it is catching up with Greece/Cyprus/Spain/Canaries etc!) I do not want to be one of those people who posts photos o

We'd give three and a half if we could, but not 4. Pros and Cons so you be the judge. We could only get to the hotel at 5 am and we emailed ahead to check this was fine. They didnt charge an extra night or early check in fee for this and assured us it was fine, though noone was there when we arrived till we called and woke someone up. Room was nice and the sea view was excellent, however due to some local infrastructure issues the bathroom reeked of sewage, not the hotel's fault but not great. They switched us to another room which smelt better but the smell came back and we just dealt with it. Air con was great but packed in on the last day and wouldnt stay on after that. Half board was amazing, breakfast every day was delicious and the food, although there's only 2 options for main, the food was great and was a real money saver on the trip as eating out can be pricey. Infinity pool was beautiful, spent alot of time there with the bar. On the last day of the trip, one of the hotel staff stepped on and broke a brand new pair of sunglasses I'd bought and refused outright to pay for it, which put a downer on the whole thing as I was furious at the time. Compensation at least would have been nice. All in all the hotel was nice for the trip but there were some drawbacks.