Hotel Kayahan

We stayed there for four nights in may 2006. (Originally booked it for a week.) When you see the room you get a shock -- gloomy and dirty, not enough light in the room, and not enough sun coming in either. The carpet was never cleaned or vacuumed. The maids were not cleaning either. The shower curtain was full of mildew,never cleaned or changed. No tissues in the room. The bedcovers were dirty. The front and balcony door were hard to unlock.The balcony door had a huge whole so when it was completely shut, there was still a big opening letting bugs and insects pass through. The walls had cracks and the ceiling had patches of paint. The beach is a private beach in that it is a one hundred meters wide beach belonging to Marti and guards will ask you ten times a day if you stay at Marti. But, you swim among boats. There is little space to swim. On your left you have the yachts, the tour boats, the taxi boats evey half hour and on your right all the parasailing boats, the scooters, the rentals. In front of you more boats. The worst part is the food. It is repetitive, no variety for vegetarians. But mostly, there are flies all over the place. They sit on the food. You can't find something to eat with no flies. I have never seen that many flies in my life. During our whole stay there, we had severe diarrhea and food poisoning because of this. I have never seen such a dirty restaurant place. We could not eat anything and were practically going to the bathroom every fifteen to thirty minutes. The moment you think it is over and you are ok, you eat something at breakfast or dinner thinking it is safe and the whole bathroom trip starts all over again. We were not able to enjoy our vacation because of this since their food made us sick and weak all the time. Also, the food quality and taste was not good. The Tturkish" dishes were not authentic. Even though kayahan "looks" like the best place in kas, it is definitely not a three-star hotel. The rates are outrageous for what they are offering. Stay away from this place. I would not recommend this place not even to my worst enemy. This place hardly qualifies for zero star. There are a pool but you can't swim much (baby size). The picture is nice if you are at sea looking at kayahan (same picture as online or in brochures) having turned your back on the millions of boats and yachts there. Beware of the brochures, the pictures are misleading. Some of the hotel staff is helpful, some don't speak much English and are a nuisance by following you and trying to look friendly. Some of the receptionists are so hyper you think they are on something! There is not a single thing i enjoyed at this hotel. The rooms were really dirty. The food was too dirty with flies flying all over. We both got severe diarrhea and food poisoning because of that and did not enjoy our vacation at all. This place ruined our vacation and our impression of Turkey. We never want to go there again!