Surmeli Ankara - Ankara, Turkey 

This is still the designated hotel with Pacha Tours. We only stayed here one night. The rooms were big. There were 3 of us and the room was divided into two rooms with two beds each. The bathrooms were big and had a tub but they were very worn out. The halls were dark and they were doing work there. The pool area is bad. The pool is about 1.6 meters deep and there is no shallow end. It was about 5 degrees C and we only lasted about 10 minutes in there before going to the hot tub. Which was also about 1.6 meters with no shallow end. It was hot after the ice water of the pool but when that wore off the water was only room temp. You also have to walk a long, long, way up and down stairs and it is slick. The meals were buffett. The main meals were nothing exciting but there was a lot of food with a lot of choices. The deserts were great and there were a ton of them. The water is around $3 for 1 liter and they have signs in the bathroom not to drink the water. So we didn't even brush out teeth with the stuff. The AC worked good enough. But it was noisy. This hotel is a couple of miles from the airport and a couple of miles from the nearest farming community. Once you are here you are here. But it was quite and the beds were only sort of rock hard so it was ok. Best of luck. Chris

We wanted a central Ankara location, preferably with a pool for a couple of nights on a family touring holiday in Turkey. The hotel is crammed into a side street and the external appearance is a little shabby. However, the reception areas and dining room are well decorated and pleasant. The staff were generally helpful. The hotel has a pool, but at the time of our stay it was unavailable "due to an inspection", I have a suspicion the "inspection" may have been in progress for a considerable period of time. The rooms were comfortable and pleasant but even though the air conditioning unit was blowing large quantities of cold air into the room all night, the temperature in the room remained stubbornly high and uncomfortable. The breakfast was very good, and despite the lack of a pool the hotel was quite a good base from which to explore the city.