- Turkey Holidays
- Bodrum
- Cactus Fleur

The seaside resort town of Yalikavak, located 2km away from the Cactus Fleur Beach Club, is famed for its marina, a remnant of its history as a fishing port. With sandy beaches lining its coastline, a lively Thursday bazaar and superb views from the Panormus rock caves, the town is popular with locals and tourists alike. On the outskirts of the town, a group of old stone windmills and the abandoned village of Sandima offer a pleasant day trip, and the city of Bodrum is a short bus ride away.
Two restaurants are available on the hotel grounds, and offer both an open buffet and diet buffet. Post-dinner drinks can be enjoyed at one of the 2 hotel bars. Benefitting from direct beach access and a swimming pool, the Cactus Fleur offers a great way to enjoy the Turkish sunshine. Water sports (pedalos, canoes, jet skiing, water skiing and windsurfing) are available at a fee while a number of sporting facilities onsite allow guests to fully enjoy an outdoor lifestyle.
All rooms are comfortably furnished and offer outdoor living space with either a terrace or balcony. Private en-suite bathrooms, satellite TV, a mini bar* and a safe* in each room create a comfortable and convenient space. All rooms have individual air-conditioning.
*Some facilities may incur an additional fee.
The seaside resort town of Yalikavak, located 2km away from the Cactus Fleur Beach, is famed for its marina, a remnant of its history as a fishing port. With sandy beaches lining its coastline, a lively Thursday bazaar and superb views from the Panormus rock caves, the town is popular with locals and tourists alike. On the outskirts of the town, a group of old stone windmills and the abandoned village of Sandima offer a pleasant day trip, and the city of Bodrum is a short bus ride away.
The worst vacation of my life. When I checked out of the hotel, I found a cockroach in my room (see photo attached) and then outside the resort outside the room.
The shower was visibly damaged, the shower hose was leaking, so it was almost impossible to take a normal shower. I contacted the reception, where they told me that their technician would come to fix it within an hour, but that didn't happen. The next day I contacted the cleaning lady, who also confirmed that a technician would come, but nothing happened again. I'm sorry, but I don't need to deal with this my entire vacation, when the hotel promised me a fix twice and it didn't happen. It was almost impossible to flush the toilet, so we had to fix it ourselves again, because we probably wouldn't get a fix from the hotel. Because the shower was in such a state, our bathroom was constantly overheated. Nobody did anything about it again. There was only air conditioning in one room, so it was really unbreathable in the other room.
We had purchased a hotel with ultra all inclusive service, which was far from being adhered to, as can be seen in the attached photo, so between lunch and dinner only a few sweet desserts were served, which really does not correspond to the purchased services. The bar had a choice of only five bottles of alcohol, which again does not correspond to the services offered. Upon arrival at the hotel, one expects at least some late dinner after a long journey, I asked the delegate and then the hotel about refreshments upon arrival and nothing. As for departure, in other hotels we always received packages with food for the trip, in this hotel again nothing, such services really do not correspond to ultra all inclusive.
The hotel discharges food leftovers into the sea in front of its clients, when an oil slick forms there and one is supposed to swim in this sea?
I wouldn’t advise you to go here if you are British with children, the food is absolutely awful and I’m in no way fussy! They didn’t seem to cater for British tourists, but that may be because we were the only brits there for over half of the holiday, all the music was Turkish or Russian, you expect to hear Turkish music when in Turkey which is absolutely fine because you’re there to enjoy Turkish culture but the fact that they were playing mostly Russian music annoyed me because they weren’t playing any songs in English so we couldn’t enjoy it. There was absolutely no entertainment apart from our very last day they had a pink party which my children did enjoy. They have a gym advertised but there is no gym. The water park is great, but like I said no entertainment so if you have children there is absolutely nothing for them to do after it’s closed. We spent most evenings bored in the room. Our door wouldn’t lock and the reception staff didn’t care, they said it’s fine we don’t need to lock it. There are cats and kittens everywhere which is expected in Turkey but there was one cat with an open wound which had maggots inside, he was jumping up on chairs in the restaurant which completely put me off eating not that I needed much putting off. On the plus side the hotel and place itself is beautiful. I don’t normally write bad reviews but most of the holiday was pretty boring and miserable
Cactus Fleur Spa Massage My friend and I traveled to Bodrum, Turkey for a wedding. While there, we decided to treat ourselves to body massages. I chose the anti-cellulite massage, and she went for the lymphatic one. I was lucky to be assigned to Engin, the massage therapist and director of the center. At first, I felt slightly uncomfortable as he was a man, but his professionalism and respectful demeanor quickly put me at ease. I’ve had massages in various styles—Thai, Indonesian, Chinese, and Swedish—but this was my first Turkish massage, and I absolutely loved it. Engin is by far the best massage therapist I’ve ever had. He is incredibly skilled and worked on my body as if sculpting it. My friend was equally pleased with her treatment, performed by a lovely female therapist named Charlie. Since Bodrum is a small city with limited activities beyond the beach, we ended up returning to the massage center multiple times. We tried the Hammam and had three more massages. The consistency in quality was outstanding. Engin also used special clay masks and herbal ointments. When I returned home, I noticed I had lost inches and felt firmer—proof of how effective the treatments were. Engin is truly a rare find!
All staff are so helpful and great location. Spa wellness was amazing however food is not good, need more variety. Had a great sing along with the animation Bil! great views by the beach need more day time entertainment!
First of all, I’ll go over the negatives of this hotel, the food is abysmal, me and my family went out many times just to get different food, and at one point we even got a takeaway. There’s not a great selection of alcohol, so the people who drink alcohol in my family were quite disappointed. Entertainment for children is very good but for older people it is not so good. Now I’ll move onto the positives of this hotel which there are ALOT. The staff were welcoming and friendly, there was one staff member named Mesut who was one of the nicest people I have ever met, he went out of HIS way to make OUR holiday one of the most memorable. The water park was absolutely outstanding, the hotel was small so you didn’t have to walk miles just to get to the swimming pool, the rooms were all in a nice location instead of just lined up like in other hotels. The hotel is right next to beach, with a lovely pier so you can go further out into the ocean if you choose. Overall, I think this hotel still needs to improve on providing freshly cooked food (not stews) and a better selection of fresh food and alcohol. Daytime activities and entertainment need to be improved. If these negatives were rectified I would visit again. I would not recommend here, unless they sort the above out.
