Back from Icmeler yesterday
03 Sep 2006 10:50
Hi Guys!
Just returned yesterday morning from our 3rd visit to Icmeler. We stayed at the Siesta apartments which were ok. The pool was small but we knew that before we went.
I must say that I thought the staff there were a bit miserable and were only happy to change your money if you ate in their restaurant. 
If you had a table booked they were happy to change your travellers cheque but on the days were you ate out they didn't have any money. 
It was an ideal location for eating out & getting to the beach. The apartments were basic, some things were broken in the apartment, the air conditioning was rubbish, the bed was broken - my son scratched his leg on the staples hanging out the bed and the sink drain stunk to high heaven!
Most days we spent at the Blue Rainbow pool as it was a nice big pool in the sun all of the day and the bar staff were friendly.
We found Icmeler to be very quiet this year - staff were blaming the World Cup. We ate out at different restaurants every night and found them all to be fantastic. The LoveBoat had to be my all time favourite though.
We went to Atlantis water park in Marmaris (the day after the bombings - they were not going to spoil our hols!
) we printed off the 10% discount & got the free shuttle bus which was excellent. We had a real good laugh there - I would highly recommend it for all ages.
We ate out in Marmaris on 2 occasions, both at the Bella Vista Steak House in the Harbour. The food here was EXCELLENT! - they had a puppy called Alex which entertained the kids (providing they ate their meal!) 
Our departure from Gatwick was a nightmare. We literally snaked around the whole airport queuing to get through customs and passport control, by the time we got through we had about 45 mins to eat some dinner and then we were boarding. We had to wait on the plane for an hour for 60 passengers who were still making their way through security.
Dalaman airport has improved immensly to the previous years and everything went smoothly.
Overall our holiday was excellent and we will probably go back for a week in May next year but i think we are going to venture to Hisaronu for our main annual holiday next summer.
Just returned yesterday morning from our 3rd visit to Icmeler. We stayed at the Siesta apartments which were ok. The pool was small but we knew that before we went.
I must say that I thought the staff there were a bit miserable and were only happy to change your money if you ate in their restaurant. If you had a table booked they were happy to change your travellers cheque but on the days were you ate out they didn't have any money.
It was an ideal location for eating out & getting to the beach. The apartments were basic, some things were broken in the apartment, the air conditioning was rubbish, the bed was broken - my son scratched his leg on the staples hanging out the bed and the sink drain stunk to high heaven!
Most days we spent at the Blue Rainbow pool as it was a nice big pool in the sun all of the day and the bar staff were friendly.
We found Icmeler to be very quiet this year - staff were blaming the World Cup. We ate out at different restaurants every night and found them all to be fantastic. The LoveBoat had to be my all time favourite though.
We went to Atlantis water park in Marmaris (the day after the bombings - they were not going to spoil our hols!
) we printed off the 10% discount & got the free shuttle bus which was excellent. We had a real good laugh there - I would highly recommend it for all ages.
We ate out in Marmaris on 2 occasions, both at the Bella Vista Steak House in the Harbour. The food here was EXCELLENT!
- they had a puppy called Alex which entertained the kids (providing they ate their meal!)
Our departure from Gatwick was a nightmare. We literally snaked around the whole airport queuing to get through customs and passport control, by the time we got through we had about 45 mins to eat some dinner and then we were boarding. We had to wait on the plane for an hour for 60 passengers who were still making their way through security.
Dalaman airport has improved immensly to the previous years and everything went smoothly.
Overall our holiday was excellent and we will probably go back for a week in May next year but i think we are going to venture to Hisaronu for our main annual holiday next summer.
03 Sep 2006 10:53
hi sounds like your holiday went well we are heading out tomorrow was the weather as good as they say it is spoke to some freinds of ours out there they said it was quieter this year !
03 Sep 2006 11:01
I'm envious of you - we've got the holiday blues and really can't get back into the routine of normal life
The weather the first week was really hot and the nights were awful, the second week the weather was a little cooler just right for sunbathing without feeling too uncomfortable.
One day the weather reached the low 50's and even the waiters were complaining it was too hot! 
Enjoy your holiday
The weather the first week was really hot and the nights were awful, the second week the weather was a little cooler just right for sunbathing without feeling too uncomfortable.
One day the weather reached the low 50's and even the waiters were complaining it was too hot!
Enjoy your holiday
03 Sep 2006 11:05
oh my god thats hot yea really looking forward to it did it put you off with the bombs in marmaris also one from my partner are the mossies bitting this year he always gets biten we are taking a suitcase full of mossie things haha 
03 Sep 2006 11:43
YES the Mozzies are biting big time this year so be prepared! Last year I got bitten once at the airport on the way home but this year I have lost count on the amount that I got. I had the avon sss and repellant but it did nothing. 
No it didn't put us off with the bombs - nothing was really mentioned about it there and noone was talking about it - its the safest place to be, probably......
No it didn't put us off with the bombs - nothing was really mentioned about it there and noone was talking about it - its the safest place to be, probably......
03 Sep 2006 13:33
nice to hear you had a fab time in Icmeler we came back last saturday and boy oh boy have i got the blues carnt get into home life at all looking at booking for next year so may be that will help glad you didnt let the bombs spoil your hols and hope you too can book for next year and make the winter months more bearable
looking at booking for next year so may be that will help glad you didnt let the bombs spoil your hols and hope you too can book for next year and make the winter months more bearable
05 Sep 2006 15:00
We got back from Icmeler last night and can't get my head round being back at all. The bombs didn't scare us really though there were extra police round and about. Icmeler itself was very quiet and the bar "getter inners" were running down the street after people. We noticed that a lot of people were getting very irate about this hassle, though we just said a polite "perhaps later" and that usually worked fine. I suppose it's a very fine line trying to tempt people into the bars, and actually putting them off by hassling and running after people. The weather the first week we were there was very very hot, but by the second week it had cooled off a little, even a little cool at night due to a cooling breeze which has built up over the course of the week.