Лучший отель в Абхазии The best hotel in Abkhazia

Hello! We rested at the Aibga Hotel together with my husband on September 20-28.2015. We traveled by car, the road from Moscow to Gagra is quite decent, we got there quite easily (only a little strained the serpentine from Dzhubga to Sochi). We were only 15 minutes at the border. We arrived at the hotel early, so we did not even expect a quick check-in. I was immediately pleased with the warm welcome of the staff (and during the entire vacation there were no complaints against the staff). We left our things in the car, changed clothes in the guest shower on the 1st floor and went to the sea (to the central beach go at a slow pace for about 5 minutes), and at 13.00 we were already settled. My husband and I love to travel both in Russia and abroad, so we have something to compare with. This year, going to Abkhazia and having read reviews on the Internet, we were mentally ready to return to the "scoop", but we were pleasantly surprised! The hotel is fully consistent with the description and photos on the site! The territory is small, but very well-groomed, which is a huge rarity for hotels in Abkhazia (we can firmly state this, because during the vacation we walked several times New and Old Gagra along and across. Old hotels of the Stalinist buildings with chic gardens have not been restored in 20 years after the war, and new ones are being built on patches of land with a minimum territory). We lived in room 45 on the 4th floor with a corner balcony (view from the room of the city with a piece of the sea on one side and mountains on the other), the room is spacious, clean, the furniture is quite decent, a wide 2-bed (though the pillows are uncomfortable with lumps filler). Change of linen every 2-3 days, towels are issued only 2 pieces - small and large. There is a safe in the room, which was very pleasing against the background of stories about frequent thefts in the country. The pool is very comfortable, cleaned every night! Decent tennis table, hammocks, sun loungers. . Parking in the backyard was very pleased with its size. Everywhere video surveillance! Breakfasts - as in any hotel, the same type - milk porridge, fried eggs / boiled eggs, sausage, cheese, yogurt, kefir, cereal, tea and coffee (by the way, there are coolers on each floor, so you can drink tea and coffee in the room ). Basically, we didn't go hungry. . Of the shortcomings, we were a little irritated by the lack of a table and chairs on the balcony (but we, as experienced travelers, took tourist chairs with us, which we had to drag to the balcony). There is still no “barbecue” zone where you could fry your barbecue in the evening (because “public catering” periodically bothers you, and for some reason, in local canteens / cafes / restaurants, barbecue came across mostly not very tasty, overdried... By the way, the most delicious cooking in the restaurant "Caucasian cuisine" in old Gagra). Already at the check-out, we were told at the reception that it could be arranged at our request, but somehow it didn’t occur to us to ask about it, because there was no special place reserved for this on the territory. In conclusion, I want to write that by the end of the vacation, every time we approached our hotel, we mentally rejoiced that we had stayed in it and unanimously concluded that if we go to Abkhazia, then only to the Aibga Hotel !! !