Kılavuz Otel Bodrum Konaklama Otel — Hotel in Bodrum

I booked a room in this hotel, luckily only for one night. When I arrived to the place, the reception desk was empty - somewhere around the pool I found a person managing the place, because with no doubt, I can't call him a manager. This teenager, who didn't speak any english(I was with a turkish-speaking person) told us I have no reservation here - though I showed him a reservation in my phone done by hotels.com, everything confirmed and paid. Then he called someone and gave us the phone - it was probably the owner, but refused to introduce himself - told us he is sorry and he can't do anything about it, also refused to help in any way. We had to look for a place to stay at midnight, in a crowded and almost fully booked city. Around 1.30 we managed to find a...

A lovely find. Centrally located in this busy noisy town (one of our favourites in Turkey) it was a quiet oasis with loads of character. Everything was clean, the rooms although small had loads of storage with all amenities including a small fridge. Staff were very friendly and helpful nothing was too much touble. The owner and his family were generous eager to please and fully involved with guests ensuring they enjoyed themselves and had lots of fun. Nothing was too much touble. We were booked to stay a week, but stayed 12 days we were having such a good time. Excellent value for money, we intend to...

My reviews tend to depend heavily on how my wife and I are treated by the hosts/owners. The Kilavuz Hotel is not a fancy hotel and quite modest but perfectly located in the best part of Bodrum. Most importantly, the owner Hakan, is not only fluent in English (for those of us who are Arabic challenged) but he's also just a fantastic young man who is running a very nice establishment. The reason to stay here is not for the pool, or the nice sitting area just off the best part of central Bodrum, but rather for Hakan and the great hospitality, quiet and clean rooms and ridiculously...