Lycus River Thermal Hotel

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Very odd place. There are long, long deserted, dark corridors. Our room had non-working outlets, makeup mirror, and hairdryer. The door's chain lock was pulled out of the wall and just hung there. The large bed was covered with a twin size comforter. The room was very dated. The grounds needed attention with lots of ****s. The unheated pool was pretty, but too cold to swim in. The gift shop (expensive by any standard, not just Turkey's) and spa employees were uncomfortably aggressive. The weirdest part was the dining room. There were so many food choices, but much of it was tasteless and inedible. The hotel had guests from all over the world, and it appeared that they tried to provide many different cuisines, but none of it was good. Then there's the lounge singer on a keyboard playing American hits from the 1970's. And then the photographer came around taking pictures at each table, like you're on a Love Boat cruise. I wouldn't have been surprised to see Captain Stubing and Julie the cruise director.

This hotel was reasonably comfortable and the rooms were good. I liked the food here with a very good choice of dishes being available at both dinner and breakfast. The thermal pool at the hotel was nice with an inside and outside area, however the changing area was a disappointment.

5th Hotel in our 12D Turkey tour, for a 1-night stay over at Pamukkale in this large resort hotel. There are thermal bath, spa (did the 90-min scrub/massage/hot-stone treatment), pool (during summer) facilities, so bring your swimwear. Spacious room, lighting was dim and could do with an upgrade. Dinner and breakfast was buffet-style. Plenty of attractions in Pamukkale from historic Ruins of Aspendos, Hierapolis Ancient City, Ephesus Ancient City, the breathtaking Cotton Castle, to fun touristy stops at Turkish Delight & Apple Tea outlet and leather centre. Pamukkale also offers stunning landscape for hot air balloon and paragliding activities.

We spent very enjoyable times while we were celebrating new year. Food and beverages were perfect, tasty and delicious. Staffs were very kind and helpfull. The rooms were cleaned every day. I absolutely advise to everyone this hotel for accomodation.

The hotel is beautiful, however I did not like the gift shop and spa people aggressively trying to sell me things that I did not want. The room was a bit tired and the shower curtain rail fell apart after my shower.