Bodrum/Gumbet in Turkey - delightful or dodgy? Hearing mixed reports!

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I've put a deposit down for a week's stay in Gumbet (Hotel Tropicana Beach) as it seemed to have what we were looking for - sun and sea, lovely views, watersports, culture nearby, lively but not too lively - but I'm now worrying that I've made a mistake. A few things I've read have suggested it's a Brits Abroad/full English/roast dinners/lager'n'chips sort of place, and that Gumbet is dirty and tacky. Recent favourite holidays have been to Kos, Mykonos, Majorca and Playa del Carmen in Mexico, and we like to stay in places that are fun and lively whilst avoiding the worst tourist excesses. We have one teen DD aged 14. Are we likely to love or hate Gumbet/Bodrum?

Gumbet was once a fishing village that grew into a tourist resort.There is over a kilometre of golden sands. The Tropicana Beach Hotel has good reviews. Bar Street is raucous and typical singles out on the lash in disco bars
From Gumbet you can take a little bus (mini bus) called a Dolmus to Bodrum. It takes about 15 minutes no bus stops you just flag the dolmus down. Its very cheap usually about 2 Turk Lira. The scenery is very pretty.
The seaside town of Bodrum is a very chic seaside resort with two bays framing a crusader castle.
The castle houses the Museum of Underwater Archaeology. Bodrum is also the home of one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world.
Alongside this you have some great cafes and bars. Shopping in the old town and modern shopping centres.
The Aegean coast is very popular with British holidaymakers (and Russians) but its certainly not all roast dinners, lager and chips.
I have travelled a lot in Turkey and I think you will have a good time.

Thanks so much for your reply Posh, that all sounds much more promising, although I'm wondering now if I should've looked for a hotel in Bodrum itself, but I was under the impression it was more of a town than a holiday place. It's so difficult to get a clear impression of places - when you Google all you get is ads for hotels.