Hotel: Royal Arena Hotel and Spa
Address: Gümbet, Adnan Menderes Cd. No. 73, 48400 Bodrum/Muğla, Turkey
Time of visit: March 2021
Equipment
There’re seven treadmills, four stationary bikes, four cross-trainers and two stair masters.
There’s a nice range of weight-based machines, a cable machine and a pull up/dip bar. There’s a mat area and a weight area with a dumbbell rack covering dumbbells from 2 to 30kg. There are two Olympic barbells that are on the flat bench and incline bench, one smaller straight bar, a hammer grip bar and an EZ bar. There’re weight plates with a total weight of around 150kg.
There is a room next to the gym which has mats and other equipment but I never went in there.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary towels? Not sure.
Does the hotel gym offer complementary water? Not sure.
Comments
If you want a gym with a view this is the place to go. For a hotel, Royal Arena has a really large gym with a variety of equipment that overlooks the beautiful sights of the beaches and marinas of Gümbet and Bodrum.
The gym is clean, most of the equipment is fairly new and it is in good condition.
The fitness instructor, who works there every day, is really nice. She works with some of the guests/clients and looks like she supports them and coaches them well. She plays music in the hotel gym via playlists she has which are good, upbeat and motivating.
Regarding hygiene and COVID, there’re sanitizers, sprays and tissues to clean equipment before and after use.
Some of the equipment is old but is working fine – for example, some of the metal weight plates are slightly rusted and on some machines the cushioning is worn out.
The opening hours are from 10am to 7pm from Monday to Saturday – the hotel gym is closed on Sundays. There are separate toilets for males and females. The gym instructor signs you in and out the gym.
The only things really missing for me was a squat rack and a leg extension machine.
It could probably also do with better air conditioning because I imagine when it’s hotter in the summer months it would get too hot in there. You can open the windows which lets in a nice breeze but it still gets a bit warm. They might have air conditioning but it wasn’t turned on at the time of my visit.
Based on the hotel gym, would you stay at this hotel next time you’re in the area?
Yes! Overall, it’s a very good hotel gym with a large range of equipment and an amazing view.
