My spouse and I made a reservation through Venere.com to stay at Hotel Merhaba during Bayram, which the hotel confirmed two weeks prior to our arrival. We also called the hotel two days before arriving to reconfirm our reservation and arrange for someone to pick us up from the bus station. After calling the hotel from the Bodrum bus station... More

The pics are lieing - the hotel is really small and very dirty - Up on arrival they appologized that the hotel is fully booked and now place for us, even the confirmation bellow - and they have tried to put us in another hotel which was really bad so I refused it - as well, they refused to refund... More

I came to the Merhaba quite by accident. I missed my bus and went back to my original hotel to find that it had booked up. The owner called his friend who owns the Merhaba, who came and picked me up on his scooter and took me there. No overpriced taxi! I then rented a 3 bed room as a... More

Tsunami (the owner?) picked us up AND dropped us back off at the bus station, even rushed out to get us there on time. Clean and comfortable and friendly, with the best location of all the places in town I think. Get here before this hostel, town and whol;e Country raises it's prices, which I am sure is inevitable.

Although the rooms are far from luxurious, the Otel Merhaba far exceeded our expectations. I've stayed in dozens of hostels and cheap hotels, but the rooms here were the cleanest and most comfortable I've experienced. The people were helpful and even gave us a ride to the bus station when we left, extra blankets, and let us crank the heat.... More