More horror stories from Turkey

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The author of the first comment has very similar writing style as the

one I cited in one of the previous messages. Here she (I think)

elaborated on her " adventure " , along with the pictures.

The other comments are also indicative of the staggering amount of

various hotels in Turkey which are severely infested with toxic mold.

Some of the comments would be almost humorous if the situation wasn't

so tragic.

I am beginning to wonder: Even if there are some hotels in Turkey that

are completely clean of mold, how on earth does nobody see the pattern

that there are many hotels which are a real health hazard? Usually a

person will change the hotel and think " oh, it's good now, we ran away

from that hellish hotel, and we're safe now " .

Now just think about all the cross-contamination possibilites... endless.

This Summer was by far the worst, and these comments reflect it very

well. As I was told, summers in Turkey are very hot and humid

(temperatures are above 40 degrees Celsius - over 104 F). Add to this

often appalling hygiene practices, water intrusions and air

conditioners that leak inside... and you have all the ingredients for

the toxic mold factory which will produce the worst toxins these fungi

are capable of.

(I capitalized words such as " mould " and " dirty " but did not change

anything in the text.)

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Traveler rating:

Kusadasi: Majesty Adakule: " Don't go to Adkule Hotel "

Aug 22, 2006: A TripAdvisor Member, London

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My experience with this property took place in:August, 2006

Holiday from 6th to 20th Aug 2006....ADKULE HOTEL Well were do i

start, after we entered the 5*Star hotel thought looks good... then it

went down hill from there. We was 5 intotal so had 2 rooms, got given

our key to our rooms and told it was 2 floors down. So to me it was in

the basement... The smell that hit us was of damp in the corridor

leading to our rooms. The carpets in the corridor was all stained with

black marks plus bleach stains. skirting boards were missing floors

uneven. We entered our rooms they were big, but what a let down no

balcony, mini bar was empty. bathroom full of MOULD. smelt of damp

plus the air con did not work when it did it blow out hot air. Then

started leaking causing the carpet to be soaking wet. My daughter that

was in the other room, was just as bad even worst then ours. The

cuboard to put our cloths in was full of dust so you can tell no one

had been it there for some time. We called the rep desk to change

rooms they said that all rooms was full. We never unpacked, that day

waited for my sister inlaw & family that was coming to the same hotel

the next day... She was shocked to see what she was getting for her

money a big let down. My daughter had to move rooms because the air

con leaked that much the carpet was almost floating.... we had a

window in the corridor next to our room that was the sewage from the

kitchens i think & the laundry that was running freely from some sort

ot metal doors the smell was unbelieveble. It made our eye's sting

entering our rooms, some night. The staff on the rep desk was not

helpful in any way, plus the manager unless you was one of them, the

food was ok but got a but boring after awhile... The swimming pool was

to small for the amount of people in the hotel, it was like being on a

dolmus. you had to get down early to get a sunbed. The best out of the

holiday was the jetty on the beach, only problem was the bar closed at

the beach at 5pm so was unable to gets drinks if you was still

chilling on the jetty. Had to go to the pool bar that closed at 6pm,

if after that time the Lobby that was a round trip of 20mins

walking..... could not understand why they closed the beach bar & pool

bar if the swimming pool bar did not close untill 8pm.

We had the sheets changed once in 2 weeks, my grandson was sick on his

sheets they turned his sheet around.

The towels was changed after 4 days.

It was so hot in the hotel at night we had to keep getting up to have

a shower.... Because the air con, after a day being out in the sun you

just want to cool down to get ready to go out in the even, no chance

of that. you'd be sweating before you even leave your room for dinner.

The Lobby had air con but they did not put it on... I asked if they

would put it on, they said no cause the windows was open so we said

close the windows then... They just laughted. I've lost stone just

from sweating.

[snip]

We booked this 5*Star hotel because we had 3 birthdays & a 25th

anniversary in our stay there, between 2 familys of 8.We paid alot of

money for this hotel, and got a poor standard I would at a push rate

it 3*Star... well I won't forget this holiday. Glad were back home but

need another holiday to get over this one. I'm not a moaning English

person as I'm married to a Turkish Guy. This is the worst hotel we've

been to in the 18 years we've been going to Turkey... It needs a major

re-vamp 200%.

I've taken many photo's of the hotel & the room you would not like

whay you see i promise you that. Turkey is great but not this hotel

stay clear of it.

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Traveler rating:

Marmaris: Baris Aparthotel: " Worse than Cell block ' H ' !!!!! "

Sep 12, 2006: A TripAdvisor Member

My experience with this property took place in:September, 2006Would I

recommend this hotel to my best friend? no way!

My and my partner consider ourselves quite down to earth so after

reading some of the bad reviews I thought, ooh it can't be that bad...

well it WAS! bad is the under statement of the year. We arrived 1.30am

after travelling some time to the reception which I thought was ok. We

were asked for & #163;52 straight away for the safe deposit and the air

con.

As the reception didnt have any change we agreed that it would be ok

to give & #163;60. as the place seemed ok. As we entered a load locals

shouted ' welcome to paradise' they must have been very drunk and had

been in my opinion for some time!! As we were sent to our room 114

down a bright blue pyschodelic corridor we were a little discomforted

by the shouting, swearing, banging and all the holes in the walls as

well as THE STRANGE SMELL. As we entered the room the smell was

unbearable, we quickly looked round, taking in THE MOULD all over the

kitchen, bathroom, left over food on the work surfaces, the grotty bed

linen, beds and settees, again more holes in the walls. The lovely

view which we had of a rusty fire escape from the balcony against the

brick wall of the hotel next door this was too much! We quickly turned

round and headed for the nearest bar! After a few beers we thought we

may be acting in haste-but as we returned it dawned on us this was as

bad as you can get! We stayed 3 hours, not daring to sit down and

asked the rep for advice. Once again from the reviews I must have had

the same rep, very helpful, NOT!! We retreived our money, although

only & #163;52 was given and quickly hot footed it!

We went to Turan apartments, 100% better for the same price, this is

when our holiday did start! I would receomend this place to anyone! If

you are thinking about going to Baris hotel, please please think

again. I know it is only classed as a 2+ hotel and you deserve to pay

2+ prices but I wouldnt be paid to stay here unless you wanted to NOT

enjoy your holiday, NOT enjoy turkey and NOT enjoy a relaxing break.

Please take my advice and cancel, go somewhere else, there cant be

anywhere else worse than this place! I just wish I had now taken

pictures of this place and then you could make your own minds up but I

couldnt stand to stay there one more minute. As for Turkey it is my

fifth visit I love it, the people, the views, the beaches, the weather

is fabulous, second to none but as for the Baris, doesnt deserve the

custom! My rating not 2star at all, try -10star.

This TripAdvisor Member:

Liked: Nothing

Disliked: Everything

Tips/Secrets: DONT GO!!!!

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Kusadasi: Hotel Onura: " An awful experience "

Sep 3, 2006: A TripAdvisor Member

My experience with this property took place in:August, 2006

Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend? no way!

I was hosted at this hotel during an organised trip to turkey. The

hotel its probably the worst i've been in my whole life.

It is not a only 5 star hotel (in Spain there are better 1 star

hotel). it is also DIRTY, ugly, with a non other-language-but-turkish

speaking staff, with a bad bufé...

We were hosted in the -2 floor, our room was FILTHY (the bath was

FLODDED), the door didn't close properly, the drawers didn't open, the

TV was old and 12' or less...

But worth of all was the LACK OF CLENINGLESS.. the forniture were

dirty, the shower has a suspicius BLACK COLOR...

The hotel itself it's old fashioned, dirty and the staff was unpleasant...

Avoid it!

This TripAdvisor Member:

Liked: Nothing, but if i have to choose... the swimming pool

Disliked: It was filthy, the staff unpleasant... horrible!

Tips/Secrets: Avoid it!

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Istanbul: Dome Hotel: " Horrific! "

Sep 14, 2006: A TripAdvisor Member, Glasgow

My experience with this property took place in:August, 2006

Worst hotel I have ever been to. My partner and myself both works in

hotels and we are aware the standards. We booked the hotel as the

brochure said it had recently been refurbished and was 4 star. It was

so bad that we did not even stay there we moved to another hotel. We

were shown three rooms, each as bad as the other. The corridors we

DAMP and DIRTY. The bedroms, well thats another story! The bed linen

had holes which you could put your fist through, the wardrobes were

either badly STAINED with possibly coffee or we could not get the

doors to open. The carpet so worn that you could visibly see the

floorboards. The bathroom had a cracked sink, hairs on the soap and

scrum in the bath. The Mini-bar - My boyfriend actually got sick as

there was MOULD, bottles that were so old that the labels were missing!

Needless to say I would not recommend this hotel to anyone

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Marmaris: Baris Aparthotel: " welcome to the dog kennels "

Sep 10, 2006: A TripAdvisor Member, england

My experience with this property took place in:August, 2006

Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend? no way!

hello to all. i have just returned from a week in marmaris in turkey.

we stayed at a hotel called baris hotel. the first night we arrived

which was 31/08/2006 we arrived at 3.00am. we were asked if we wanted

air conditioning we agreed and the manager said to us that will be

& #163;22

for the week. we had to pay as the weather was in the 40s when we were

there. the following day we were all tired so we decieded to stay

around our pool. it was full of people been loud and getting drunk all

day long .that didnt stop there this carried on all night long till 4

in the morning. all the girls were just getting drunk and taking the

men from the hotel (turkish) back to there room .it was like a

knocking shop .the rooms are horrible two people couldnt walk around

the the room at the same time they were that small .they were very

DIRTY and we had blood stained bedding. we spent as much time as we

could away from the baris hotel .we only had one thing to eat and left

it .we orderd a hamburger and it came in a bag from the microwave. i

found them very ignorant and did not want to help you they just wanted

your money . everyone who asked us where we were staying when we said

the baris hotel they all said (oh my god )every tukish new what it was

like .i strongly advise anyone who is booking a holiday to turkey not

to go near the baris hotel hotel. i found turkey itself a gorgous

place very nice people infact i have already booked up for next year

with my children this time. the turkish prople love children and

entertain them all the time.so if you want a good holiday please stay

away from the baris hotel in marmaris. dog kennels are cleaner.

This TripAdvisor Member:

Liked: nothing

Disliked: everything

Tips/Secrets: do not go to baris hotel as it will spoil your holiday

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Traveler rating:

Marmaris: Baris Aparthotel: " the worst place ever "

Sep 10, 2006: A TripAdvisor Member, uk england

My experience with this property took place in:August, 2006

Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend? no way!

me and my party of 7 arrived at these apart otel after a long night of

travelling oh my god what a shock we have been going to turkey for

years at least twice a year we go and lve never seen anything has bad

the rooms were the worst DIRTY bedding and towels l wouldnt wash the

floors with l red something on here and thought no they cant be that

bad but belive me it was has bad has people said we got moved within 1

hour of being there we stayed at the alicik apat otel it was lovely

clean and the staff were great l would say to anyone that is going to

the baris otel change your otel unless you dont mind liveing in filth

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Marmaris: Baris Aparthotel: " Worst Holiday we have ever had "

Oct 28, 2005: A TripAdvisor Member, England

My experience with this property took place in:October, 2005

My wife and I booked a last minute holiday to the Baris Hotel

Marmaris. Unfortunately we were not the only guests dissapointed by

the poor standard of accommodation and inadiquate furnishings and

facilities. We found the self catering rooms dark, cold, DIRTY and

misrable, exactly how we felt throughout our stay.

This TripAdvisor Member:

Liked: Leaving it

Disliked: The bathroom

Tips/Secrets: Run away

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Altinkum: Orchidea Hotel: " Orchidea "

Sep 1, 2005: A TripAdvisor Member, kent

My experience with this property took place in:August, 2005

The two star rating plaque appearing on the outside wall was very

generous to say the least. Bed linen and towels were cleaned " every

three days " . The sheets did not fit the bed and invariably the linen

and towels were STAINED, had fraying edges and holes! The food was the

same every day and there were not any cold drinks available for

breakfast. The cleaning of the bedrooms consisted of a change of linen

(but only on every third day) and an empyting of a rubbish bin. The

toilet was not cleaned once during our two week stay, as we were both

ill with DIARRHEA and VOMITTING, so this was very easy to deduce! The

food and drink within the hotel was over priced and not as they

described " reasonable " . We had stayed four days before discovering

hot water, hot water was rare and we were told that by 7pm daily all

the hot water created by the solar panels had been used. If you have

children and was given this hotel to stay in you would be appauled at

the lack of entertainment available for the younger client.

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Gumbet: Anka Hotel: " Don't go , you'll regret it "

Sep 14, 2006: A TripAdvisor Member, Darwen, Lancs

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umbet_Bodrum_Mugla.html

My experience with this property took place in:September, 2006

Would I recommend this hotel to my best friend? no way!

Arrived at 6 am. There were Guests in reception who had been there

since 11 the night before and had refused 3 rooms as sub-standard.

Taken to our room. STANK like a blocked drain, sink smashed, toilet

seat grimy and hanging on with a thread, fridge broken, no curtain

over glass door, bed linen dirty and looked as though it had been

slept in and to cap it all no balcony . NO way were we staying there.

Management said they couldn't do anything til the rep came. Finally

contacted rep who said couldnt do anything til 2:00pm , 8 hours later.

Wasn't prepared to waste a day of our 7 day hol so left cases in the

Anka excuse for a room and walked to Gumbet where we found a cracking

hotel called the Ayaz Beach with a fantastic room and superb views.

Negotiated half board for & #163;120 each and it was well worth the money.

Must have been 4 star quality, both room and food. Anyway back to the

Anka to pick up our cases and we decided to risk breakfast which at

first glance seemed OK , OK that is except for the hundreds of flies

all over the food and the dirty tables. You'll always get flies when

food is served outdoors but not this many unless there's a hygene

problem. That was the last we saw of the Anka until we returned for

our transfer back to the airport. Thank god we hadn't stayed there.

This time the reception was literally packed with guests complaining

about everything from FILTHY ROOMS to food poisoning to theft from

rooms and on and on and on. To be fair I think in its day this hotel

was probably brilliant its certainly run down now, everything from the

rooms to the sunloungers was filthy. If your reading this before

booking, one word, DON'T. If you've already booked you have my

sympathy. All you can do is accept that you've paid a 2* price and

you'll get a 2* hotel. OK 2* is pushing it , should be nearer 1*.

Otherwise do what we did and get down the spotlessly clean Ayaz and

enjoy the views , the food and the friendliness of the staff and

you'll be delighted that you spent a few extra quid for the difference

between a 1960's bultins holiday camp and 4* quality. Good luck