Rest in Faustina mostly Turks, coming with their families, a few Europeans. There were few Russian speakers. Russian-speaking Anechka works at the reception - she helps with all organizational issues. On Mondays there is a market in the village. Fresh figs at 10-15 lire per kg. If you need shopping, then the one that the hotel guide will offer you may disappoint with the quality of the goods and the loss of time. Go to Kusadasi for 18 lira (9 there and 9 back) to the mall. In general, we had a wonderful rest. Ready to return to this hotel.
The ticket was paid for from May 24 to May 31.2021. I went to rest in silence, away from the hustle and bustle, I wanted to reboot, it was not a very easy year ...A place was chosen for recreation in one of the most environmentally friendly places in Turkey, the town of Guzelcamli on the Aegean Sea, all inclusive.
The transfer to the hotel took a little over 2 hours. We arrived at the hotel early in the morning, but settled and fed - immediately.
The hotel is clean, well-groomed, designed (ideally) for tourists from Europe, because the hotel staff speaks German and English ...With Russian - it was a bit problematic until the receptionist Anechka appeared ...With her - Everything was cleared up instantly...
The rooms have everything you need, a snow-white bed, clean and fresh towels, everything changes every day, all the equipment in the room is working...
Good bed, large TV, beautiful shower room with bathtub, stable internet, good individual air conditioning - everything is as in the description, daily cleaning. Mini-bar is paid (!! ! ). The room turned out with a sea view, this was agreed in advance by my tour. agent from "Come With Us".
Constant disinfection of all surfaces, mopping, etc...The staff (! ) - excellently trained, EVERYONE - polite and friendly! All that is needed is done quickly and imperceptibly for vacationers.
The food is plentiful and delicious! Due to Covid - a "modernized" buffet, but only serving your plates - the waiters. Masks in the restaurant are mandatory for everyone. The cuisine is more or less adapted to Europeans, but of course there are also local dishes. Drinks are different, water, juices, local drinks are free, everything is like in all hotels ...Fruits (seasonal) - regularly!
SEA. At hand from the hotel. Your own beach. The sea is wonderful, clean, turquoise, gentle and warm! Wow, what a sea!
(By the way (due to Covid) - beach towels - canceled, as well as animation).
The beach is a rocky entrance to the sea, the first meters of entry into the sea were difficult for me, it’s better to take swimming slippers with you, I had to buy in a shop.
The area is small and clean. Everything is washed every morning with antiseptics (sunbeds, tables, chairs, tables, a shower on the beach), including tiles on which people walk.
The hotel has a new young owner, the former owner has died (alas), now his son runs everything. And to be fair, I must say - he tries very hard. The beach area is being urgently put in order, a new bridge has already been built to enter the sea, they plan to bring sand ...
On the territory of the hotel there is a small shop with clothes and other small things, the owner is a Serb - very friendly, prepares excellent Turkish coffee, speaks Russian, is ready to provide small services, the shop is located behind the pool. Conveniently!
In the place, Guzelcamli, there are many shops and shops with local delights. On Mondays, the market of local products - a lot of exotic products. There are excursion tours to ancient places.
The village of Guzelcamly is a Turkish outback and shopping is like in Antalya - there is not and cannot be.
As a result of my opus and recommendations for those looking for a pleasant and quiet vacation: HOTEL = Cozy, with excellent food, beautiful territory and top-level service. Reception staff - the highest score! If you are looking for a vacation for aesthetic gourmets - then you are HERE, to the Faustina hotel on the Aegean Sea, in this lovely Turkish oasis.
The food is quite tasty, but, in part, due to the abundant selection of seasonal greens and vegetables, as well as delicious cheeses and olives. Quite the same baked goods. Although I didn't really care.
But most of all, I was struck that in the month of September, there were no fruits at all !! ! Only gourds: watermelons and melons. However, it is not always edible. I must say that all these moments are more than offset by the sea. It's true, whoever one day loves the Aegean will return to this shore more than once.
The hotel employs professionals in their field in the field of SPA procedures, in particular, a massage therapist (in my opinion, Dinara). Special thanks to her, golden pens. I had a room with a sea view DELUXE ROOM SINGLEUSE. Clean, new, well maintained, with daily cleaning and change of towels. No complaints. The view from the beautiful balcony is amazing. Falling asleep to the sound of the sea is a fairy tale. I must say that not far from the hotel there is a national park with breathtaking scenery. There, for a small fee, there is something to see. The beaches along the coast of the park are stunning - with golden sequins sand.
And yet, the overall impression remained positive, and you, dear travelers, make a choice. Happy decisions!
I highly recommend a trip to Samos from Kusadasi, $ 40 with port tax (of course, there must be visa-free or Schengen). The first minibus leaves at 7.00 - just in time for the ferry (departure at 9.00, in fact it was 40 minutes later - waiting for everyone). This year it is imported to the ancient capital - Pythagoras. We did not immediately understand such happiness.
You can walk (25 minutes.
, however, in the heat) to the ancient aqueduct (ask the Greeks - "tunnel", because neither "enshient aqueduct" nor "tunnel" do not understand). We did not go to the ruins of the temple of Gary - not enough hours. For the passage of the aqueduct, we chose the average distance (450 meters, 8 euros). But next time we will pass all - 1036 meters. The floor is slippery, keep this in mind. Helmets are worn on the head - in some places you are not in full growth. We also looked at the monastery, excavations of the ancient city. Visits to the museum were left next time. We swam right near the port, under the ancient ruins. The water is clean, full of fish. And there is no wave even in the afternoon, because the island covers it. This year departure back an hour later - at 18.00. but ask to be for passport control at 17:00. We arrived at 17.30 ok. Several people did not have time, they were not expected. At 18.14 the ferry left.
Millie Park is a special pleasure.
For us, it felt like a mixture of Crimea and Kaniv Reserve.
We did not visit the first and second beaches, we drove immediately to the third, from there on the botanical trail (2 km. Fun) - to the fourth. For those who love snorkeling, I immediately recommend going to the right when standing facing the sea. Near the shore are small pebbles, and then - stones, and full of fish. The octopus watched as the fish terrorized him (bit him, and he moved from them from stone to stone). Even on Sundays, when there are a lot of locals, everyone is accommodated, everyone is very friendly. The last bus from the third beach - at 19.00, it is desirable to have time. When we returned, we really saw a lot of wild boars on the third beach. They were only interested in food, they are not aggressive at all - they disassembled packages with leftovers.
Bottom line: we chose Faustina because of good recommendations and a good location - next to the reserve. A quiet, peaceful holiday was important to us.
They never regretted their choice.
We are very grateful to the management and staff for a wonderful holiday!
I rested with a friend from August 2 to 11 in a wonderful hotel on the very shore of the Aegean Sea!
I will try to describe in detail our unique holiday. Hotel Faustina is located in the quiet village of Guzelcamli, 23 km from Kusadasi. On Mondays, an exit market comes to the center of the village, where you can buy souvenirs, textiles, fruits, and a lot of other things. Not far from the hotel is the cave of Zeus, if you go there early in the morning, then there is an opportunity to take a dip and take pictures before tourists arrive, Milli Park is also nearby, this is a natural reserve, the entrance to it costs 5 lire. On a dolmush for 3 lira you can get to the third beach, there is a very beautiful sea with clear water and wild boars are running around - very funny)))
Now about the hotel itself - this is a small hotel, the owner of which tries to make the rest of his guests cozy and comfortable, he very often stays at the hotel and keeps order. Roses, various flowering shrubs, palm trees grow on the territory. The rooms are clean, modernly renovated, there is a plasma TV, a small refrigerator, a shower cabin, a hair dryer, plumbing is all new and works perfectly) very comfortable beds, towels are changed every day, bed linen every three or four days. Internet is available throughout the entire hotel. The food is good, for breakfast you can make toast from different breads, there are several types of sausages, ham, always boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, there are cereals, milk, yogurts, as well as amazing croissants and other delicious pastries. Delicious coffee and tea, puree soup for lunch, several types of side dishes - french fries, pasta, rice, there is always a choice of hot dishes - fish, chickens, meatballs, chicken, many different salads for every taste, there was watermelon from fruits, melon, plums and apples. You can talk about the sea endlessly - IT IS MAGIC! In the morning, as a rule, it is calm, in the afternoon there are often waves, but this also has its own charm to swing on the waves. The feeling that you are swimming in silk. At the entrance to the sea, small stones, we entered without special shoes, then sand. Very beautiful view of the mountains, and Greece is visible a little to the left). The sunbeds are really borrowed early, but as a rule, our compatriots do it, who run at 5 in the morning with pioneering enthusiasm to take this particular sunbed, they are also afraid of being hungry and create queues for their portion of food.
The service is at the highest level, the bartenders are very smiling and friendly, they try to repeat words in Russian, the waiters in the restaurant are also very friendly and try to learn Russian with pleasure. In the evening there is live music and songs, which, sitting against the backdrop of the sea and a beautiful sunset, are performed by a very sincere singer, a little later they turn on the music and you can dance.
I want to say special thanks to the wife of the owner of the hotel, Irina, she is from Minsk, she is a wonderful person with a great soul, she helps everyone, tells what and where you can buy, where to go and what to see, I really enjoyed talking with her.
Faustina, thank you for the warm welcome, gentle sea and unique vacation!! !
The room has centralized air conditioning, at night there is a strong smell of sewerage, in the morning baking, in the afternoon as you are lucky.
Refrigerator not working very well, drinks are not cooled.
The food is very poor, the choice is very limited, the food area is small, only watermelon is a fruit.
Dishes were washed poorly, especially glasses for drinks.
The beach and the lounge area are very dirty, cigarette butts, papers, plastic, cigarette packs, very reminiscent of our coast in the 2000s. In fact, from time to time they themselves collected garbage around the sun lounger in order to somehow feel comfortable.
There are not enough sun loungers for everyone, it is a practice to run to the beach at six in the morning, take a seat, whoever did not have time is late.
There are many locals among the guests, they behave disgustingly, the hotel was originally intended for them, and the rest, i. e. we are leftovers.
There are no Russian-speakers at the reception, if a problem arises, they will mumble rather aggressively in English, ignoring your attempts to explain.
Well, the finale of the holiday is amazing, on the day of departure, our transfer was scheduled for 19:00, at 12, we vacated the room and cut off bracelets from us, no dinner, no bar, you can only the beach, connected our guide to this issue, by phone, the result of the conversation - pay extra 80 lira and you can have lunch.
We have rested in Turkey more than once, there are very hospitable people and this is a common practice - you are a guest from the moment of arrival to the moment of departure, everything is at your disposal.
The hotel does not correspond to the declared 4 stars, even a three, judging by the proposed service, is very difficult to put.
But I must admit, the sea, the sun, the air were excellent.
The hotel is on the very first line, which you can only imagine. The double room was given a 3-bed, spacious, direct view of the sea and the pool. A person of textured complexion in the shower cabin will be cramped and uncomfortable.
To the sea - no more than 30 meters. The sea is warm, but after lunch from 10 days. nine storms. So along the coast of Kusadasi. Waves up to 3 points. You can't swim far. It is better to enter from the pier, because the entrance from the shore is a large pebble, the legs beat easily. The stairs from the pier survived one of the 2, there were queues for entry and exit. The beach is cleaned with the left foot, but there are enough litter bins. Better not to litter yourself. For whom perfect cleanliness is important - choose another hotel. The staff is friendly, responsive, minimal household problems were solved very quickly. Vacationers - at least 60% Turks, then Russia, Ukraine, Belarus approximately equally. Russikh a little more. Didn't see any conflicts. Other countries are very few. The owner's wife is really Ira from Minsk, but the hotel is rented out. On our arrival, the hotel was so full that the owner and his wife rented an apartment in the city.
No animation! Nobody bothers you to relax, does not bother you on the beach "let's go play football, water aerobics, etc. It's a thrill. In the evening, dinner and after, there is live music. Not high end, but nice.
Who thinks that water slides are evil, where children catch the infection - the hotel is for you. The pool is small.
On the beach and on the summer terrace under the restaurant, 2 large dogs could run - black and gray. Non-aggressive, ear tags. The black one even settled down by our sunbed on the beach and dug a deep hole in the sand next to it. Our beach place was once guarded with dogs. : ) By the way, post-Soviet vacationers, as always, put towels on sunbeds from 7 in the morning and earlier. But we always had enough space. The food is quite acceptable. Wi-fi, as for Turkey, is very sane.
In general, from the hotel - warm and pleasant impressions.
Return transfer - extreme and stress. The road was being repaired, there was a rather strong traffic jam, they brought us up almost at the end of registration. The driver was clearly not a local, but a seasonal guest worker from another region. But still they landed and flew away on time.