LABRANDA Mares Marmaris

Kim Sumner

We stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023. Initially we were upgraded to a hotel room which did not suit us. This was quickly rectified. The food is good, especially the salads. Drinks OK. Very clean and tidy and fabulous for swimming. No sandy beach which suited us. Quiet and entertainment good and not too much not too late. The service was superb. I had an accident on our last day and the hotel nurse was fantastic, getting me to the hospital and back in time for the airport bus. Apart from the injury, it was a great holiday. Thank You.

Anna Plotkina

We stayed in a family room in Bungalow. It was perfect for the family of 4 - 2 separate bedrooms (1 with double bed, 1 with 2 single beds - great for the kids) and a spacious shared room + a balcony - with the view to the sea through pine trees! Waking up with that view was awesome! The room was pretty fresh, we were told that those rooms were renovated fairly recently. We also liked the location of the hotel. It is surrounded by beautiful pine trees and has lovely sea and mountain views from the rooms and from the main restaurant. It is located between Marmaris and Icmeler, there is a lovely promenade connecting these cities, it's about 40 minutes walk from the hotel to Icmeler and about 1 hour walk from the hotel to Marmaris Old Town (which is beautiful - definitely worth a visit!). The quickest way to get to Marmaris Old Town is taxi (200 TL). We also hired a car and explored the beautiful area. I liked that the hotel is not too big, everything is fairly close, you don't need to walk for half an hour to every meal as it is the case in some hotels in Turkey, but it has all you need. There hotel's beach is not sandy, it's basically a stone platform, it was great for swimming (quick access to deep water!), but is probably not ideal with the little kids. The food and the entertainment was fine, but we mainly chose the hotel because of it's location, proximity to the sea and very good family rooms. The evening programme started late and finished too late. The loud music played till 24 every evening. It was pretty loud in our room (even with closed windows!) and we couldn't go to sleep until it was over.(at 24!) And at 7:30 calm but relatively loud music started playing in the bar on the beach which woke us up (our bungalow was in the first row of bungalows - the closest to the beach). So we couldn't get enough sleep / rest between evening's and morning's music! We stayed in the end of October, the water in the pools was pretty cold, the pools are not heated, but the water in the sea was still pretty warm, so we spend all the time by the sea because we like it more than the pools anyway. Overall great hotel, I would definitely come again and recommend it to my friends. Very good value for money.

amy

Absolutely amazing place would definitely stay here again. Staff are so lovely I was very sick when we came to visit and a lovely waiter brought me tea and fruits to ease my cold. You will feel like everyone’s top priority when visiting. Rooms are great and views are beautiful. The only thing I would comment on is that it is a very large resort and could do with more things to do in the day. However, entertainment is always great and food is delicious. Very clean too. Amazing altogether

Mari Rosie

Fantastic resort. The staff in the restaurant where amazing especially Ibrahim a big shout out to him for his friendly top class service it was much appreciated. He really goes above and beyond with his service. Food was delicious. Definitely recommend this resort as a family friendly fun resort

Vince Earley

One of the most important parts of an All Inclusive Hotel is the food and Labranda's restaurants are all excellent. We stayed for two weeks and can honestly say that we never had a disappointing meal. The bars are good too, serving wine beer local shorts and Cocktails (Try the Labranda Special mmmh) The staff are all helpful and extremely polite! The location is excellent, about halfway between Icmeler and Marmaris. It has it's own beach and pier area and a huge pool with slides in one part. I wasn't impressed with our room. It was small, smaller than we were used too and a little dated. Having said that, it did not diminish our stay. One other point I was impressed with the WiFi speed. We were in the "bungalows " 200 metres from reception and I was getting 100+gbs download speeds, so we could easily stream a film. Overall excellent place with excellent staff and good food!