We stayed at the Club Candan (pronounced Jandan), in June 2006. We booked this hotel without having seen any pictures except for the artists impression and at the time it was very good value for money.
We arrived early hours of the morning not sure what to expect but were pleasantly suprised. The staff organised our room quickly and our bags were taken to our room by a porter. We walked into the room and it was roasting, the air conditioning was not on and took a long time to cool the bedroom (where the air con was based) down, the lounge and kitcken area did not cool down much at all.
The room was big enough for two people, with 2 single beds in bedroom, and a convertable sofa bed and chair in the lounge area. The kitchen area was well equipt, and a sandwich toaster was available on request. There was a fridge freezer, kettle, hob, pans, plates, and cutlery available.
The kitchen was attatched to the lounge area, which was spacious. The TV had English channels such as bbc 1 and Eurosport available. From the lounge area was the balcony which was a good size. We did not have a pool view and our room backed on to a quiet road at the back, however im sure if you ask they would provide you with a pool view.
The bathroom had a large sink area, toilet and bath/shower combo. Shower was very good and powerful.
Overall the room was good for us as we were a couple with no children, I wouldnt recommend sharring the room with 4 adults but 2 children would be fine. The only problem we had was with the air conditioning, as it would only cool the bedroom down to a bearable temp the lounge area remained roasting and required the balcony door to be opened at all times when in the room, and the curtains shut through the day to keep heat out as much as possible. We tried to leave the air con on for most of the day but it is controlled centrally for part of day and would automatically turn off when the key wasnt in the electricity point.
The pool area was clean with plenty of sunbeds available without having to get up at the crack of dawn to reserve them! There are activities though the day facilitated by the entertainment staff such as killer pool, water polo, killer darts and quizes for those who dont want to sunbathe all day! There is a kids club available twice a day.
There is a big restaurant that serves food from early in the morning until late at nite, the food is cheap and of good quality, with a wide variety available. Drinks are roughly same price as the rest of the bars in Marmaris, which isnt too expensive works out a litte cheaper than England. There was a happy hour 6-7 where drinks were 2 for 1.
There is evening entertainment every night except monday when the entertainment staff are off but bingo is still played at 7. The eving entertainment was average, a bit hit and miss, but the hotel is only a 15 minute walk from the main strip where there is entertaimment a plenty!
There was Turkish Bath facilities available although we didnt take advantage of this as left it too late in to the holiday and didnt want to lose our tans, but is meant to be very good! there are gym facilities also and we used the shower there on our last day, as we had to check out at 12 and our coach wasnt collecting us til 7.
Overall the hotel was brilliant and would definately stay there again. There is a market on a Thursday which has food and clothing and bargains can be found! the only problem with the location is it is right next to a mosque and the calling sound goes off every few hours which can be quite loud! The big supermarket Tansas is about 10 min walk away from hotel and is easily found if you ask at reception.
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this review was extreamly inciteful, giving a good list of pro's and cons associated with the hotel enabling me to make an informed decision about the hotel.
any doubts i had about the hotel were all cleard up by this review. thank you!
RichPrice 11.02.2007 20:57
A good review, would be a bit easier to read if you put a few more paragraphs with line spacings into it - makes it easier on the eyes. Rich
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