We stayed at this hotel in February-March 2011. We stopped at this hotel, because they could not offer us other options (due to the revolution in Egypt). Very small and old hotel. The hotel has one small swimming pool, one restaurant, one bar. The rooms are small and have been recently refurbished. The room does not have a TV, refrigerator, hair dryer, etc.
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We stayed at this hotel in February-March 2011. We stopped at this hotel, because they could not offer us other options (due to the revolution in Egypt). Very small and old hotel. The hotel has one small swimming pool, one restaurant, one bar. The rooms are small and have been recently refurbished. The room does not have a TV, refrigerator, hair dryer, etc. The bathroom is an architect's mistake. Being in your room, you can perfectly listen to which of your neighbors went to the toilet, he washes or blows his nose, etc. All this is due to the fact that part of your toilet goes into the corridor without soundproofing. That is, as you hear your neighbors, they also hear you. Passing along the common corridor, you, in addition to sounds, can also feel smells. There is a safe in the room, there was no theft. The hotel has animation: darts, water aerobics, volleyball. There is a room with billiards and table tennis. Food is weak and monotonous. Breakfast is poor. From fruits only bananas, pineapples and not fresh papaya). Food is spicy. The staff is friendly, but they don't understand many things, for example - starting around seven in the morning they are talking very loudly under the door; even if the sign weighs do not enter, they will still come in and ask if you need to clean up. The most interesting thing is the contingent of the hotel. 80% of vacationers are pensioners. Moreover, far beyond 60 years. It feels like you are in a nursing home. Beach and sand - Supper!!! ! (but only near the hotel). A step to the right, a step to the left - an uncleaned shore. A bunch of different branches and everything that can beat a wave. Sun loungers are paid - 5 dollars. I would like to single out the representative of Delux Holidays - Natasha Ozerova. We didn't see her. We heard her three hours before check-out from the hotel with information that, "dear vacationers, I did not want to spoil your vacation, and therefore I inform you only now that your tour operators did not pay for the hotel and you need to pay for it yourself. " It was at about 18.00, it's too late to look for Western Union. What to do???? ? You need to fly out as you like, if you change tickets for another day, then pay on your own and at an inflated price. To pay you need money. It was all March 7, evening. Weekend in Ukraine until March 9. It's good that not all the money was spent and the world is not without good people - we borrow money from the neighbors in the hotel. A big THANK YOU to them!!!!! ! We pay and go to the airport. THIS IS SO REST!!!!!!! P. S. Believe me, I'm not a spoiled tourist. I spent a lot of time with my family in Thailand, Egypt, Turkey and Europe. I have never rested like this! Sri Lanka is not ready to receive tourists (this is my opinion and the opinion of my family and friends with whom we traveled). The people are poor, there are only beggars and "molesters" around. You can't even walk along the beach. It's good that the excursions saved the rest a little!
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Rested from 04/15/10 to 04/26/10. Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! Firstly, the hotel got rich - safes in the ROOMS, there were no thefts during the rest, on the contrary, they found their missing things after cleaning on the bedside tables. Cleaners for service took money only from the beds and never from the tables.
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Rested from 04/15/10 to 04/26/10. Amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Firstly, the hotel got rich - safes in the ROOMS, there were no thefts during the rest, on the contrary, they found their missing things after cleaning on the bedside tables. Cleaners for service took money only from the beds and never from the tables. They tried to fix the air conditioner with the help of local homemade ones, which had a broken speed switch and it was barely blowing. They called the receptionists - as an adult came with a tester and a stepladder, checked the voltage (? ), Turned on the fan (this is in all rooms, restaurants, everywhere... ), said OK! and left, though after him the radio stopped working and the sheets were blown off to the beds, but the music was playing so loudly on the street that it was enough. But there were problems with hot water, but it also seems only in our room. Who rests on the HB system - you don’t have to worry about drinking water - there are 2 coolers with cold and hot water on each floor. The rooms have thermoses. Tea bags in the restaurant are heaps. Some compatriots paid extra $ 5 per person per day and drank alcoholic drinks, like all ALLs. The holiday season is December, January, February, March. During our vacation, showers have already begun, but they do not interfere with rest, only the ocean is very stormy and dirty due to the river flowing in, but this is not a problem either. Take 200 rupees and go along the beach to the left to the river, and there local boats are already waiting for you. They are transported to the opposite bank of the river to the cleanest ocean (only it is not possible to stretch there for more than an hour in such heat, but this is enough) and wait to be taken back. If you walk to the right, but you will find a lagoon - it is fenced off from the ocean by a reef on which waves break and on which dirt settles, only the locals (very friendly - they always smile and just nod without knowing the language) they explained to us where it is better to enter there, because there there are sea urchins.
The food was quite tolerable, since it was not the season, then there were few local residents in the hotel (there were few vacationers in general). Everyone had enough to eat and where to lie down by the pool. I won’t say anything about animation - they were little interested, and when they were interested, they liked it.
On the beach we met a local resident Noan. He speaks Russian well (his wife is Russian). He also arranged all the excursions for us, went to the market for fruit, helped us go for souvenirs, etc. He also has his own seafood restaurant nearby, he feeds very tasty, and especially prepares a cocktail in pineapple. He is introduced and passed from hand to hand by Russian vacationers. Once we really agreed on an excursion, but he didn’t come, we immediately agreed with some driver at the hotel and did what we planned, then Noan apologized for his absence on the beach (his mother was seriously ill, and we didn’t exchange phones) and commented on everything that we did not understand during the trip, as the driver of that Mercedes spoke in broken English and on his fingers. He also gave us a picnic in Russian. Gathered us in the evening (everyone I knew at that time) in the bushes on the beach and treated us to local vodka (araka) with fruit. Have fun! And vodka is nothing, a fortress of 33 degrees, made from palm trees and without any extraneous odors.
Meeting-seeing off went without a hitch, without a hitch. The TES-club sent us (thanks to manager Tatyana! ). Meeting party Exotic Innernationl……. (guide Tisa) - on the sign for arriving this name was written in Russian, not in Latin letters, so for a long time we could not understand who we flew to. Nothing, compatriots helped to figure it out. How people who smoke heavily and tired after a long flight asked him where they could do it, since they got to a country for almost non-smokers. He, understanding our situation, found a secluded place at the airport so that we could do this without shocking the locals. The hotel did not forget about us either - they constantly slipped some kind of paper information under the door. And when he met us on an excursion in the elephant nursery, he even called everyone by their names. But I note that excursion programs (even cheaper than on the street) and all other local earthly goods were at common stands at the reception at the only Russian tour operator Maldivian.
Firstly, the hotel got rich - safes in the ROOMS, there were no thefts during the rest, on the contrary, they found their missing things after cleaning on the bedside tables. Cleaners for service took money only from the beds and never from the tables. They tried to fix the air conditioner with the help of local homemade ones, which had a broken speed switch and it was barely blowing. They called the receptionists - as an adult came with a tester and a stepladder, checked the voltage (? ), Turned on the fan (this is in all rooms, restaurants, everywhere... ), said OK! and left, though after him the radio stopped working and the sheets were blown off to the beds, but the music was playing so loudly on the street that it was enough. But there were problems with hot water, but it also seems only in our room. Who rests on the HB system - you don’t have to worry about drinking water - there are 2 coolers with cold and hot water on each floor. The rooms have thermoses. Tea bags in the restaurant are heaps. Some compatriots paid extra $ 5 per person per day and drank alcoholic drinks, like all ALLs. The holiday season is December, January, February, March. During our vacation, showers have already begun, but they do not interfere with rest, only the ocean is very stormy and dirty due to the river flowing in, but this is not a problem either. Take 200 rupees and go along the beach to the left to the river, and there local boats are already waiting for you. They are transported to the opposite bank of the river to the cleanest ocean (only it is not possible to stretch there for more than an hour in such heat, but this is enough) and wait to be taken back. If you walk to the right, but you will find a lagoon - it is fenced off from the ocean by a reef on which waves break and on which dirt settles, only the locals (very friendly - they always smile and just nod without knowing the language) they explained to us where it is better to enter there, because there there are sea urchins.
The food was quite tolerable, since it was not the season, then there were few local residents in the hotel (there were few vacationers in general). Everyone had enough to eat and where to lie down by the pool. I won’t say anything about animation - they were little interested, and when they were interested, they liked it.
On the beach we met a local resident Noan. He speaks Russian well (his wife is Russian). He also arranged all the excursions for us, went to the market for fruit, helped us go for souvenirs, etc. He also has his own seafood restaurant nearby, he feeds very tasty, and especially prepares a cocktail in pineapple. He is introduced and passed from hand to hand by Russian vacationers. Once we really agreed on an excursion, but he didn’t come, we immediately agreed with some driver at the hotel and did what we planned, then Noan apologized for his absence on the beach (his mother was seriously ill, and we didn’t exchange phones) and commented on everything that we did not understand during the trip, as the driver of that Mercedes spoke in broken English and on his fingers. He also gave us a picnic in Russian. Gathered us in the evening (everyone I knew at that time) in the bushes on the beach and treated us to local vodka (araka) with fruit. Have fun! And vodka is nothing, a fortress of 33 degrees, made from palm trees and without any extraneous odors.
Meeting-seeing off went without a hitch, without a hitch. The TES-club sent us (thanks to manager Tatyana! ). Meeting party Exotic Innernationl……. (guide Tisa) - on the sign for arriving this name was written in Russian, not in Latin letters, so for a long time we could not understand who we flew to. Nothing, compatriots helped to figure it out. How people who smoke heavily and tired after a long flight asked him where they could do it, since they got to a country for almost non-smokers. He, understanding our situation, found a secluded place at the airport so that we could do this without shocking the locals. The hotel did not forget about us either - they constantly slipped some kind of paper information under the door. And when he met us on an excursion in the elephant nursery, he even called everyone by their names. But I note that excursion programs (even cheaper than on the street) and all other local earthly goods were at common stands at the reception at the only Russian tour operator Maldivian.
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We were at the beginning of March 2010. The rest turned out to be amazing. We flew Kyiv-Sharjah-Colombo. All perfectly. We arrived at 3 am, we were met (Exotic tour) Excellent company. brought to the hotel and settled immediately without any delay. The room is normal, everything worked, cleaned every day. One day we refused cleaning, so they called 3 times - WHY? - and then they came and asked to sign a refusal in some magazine.
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We were at the beginning of March 2010. The rest turned out to be amazing. We flew Kyiv-Sharjah-Colombo. All perfectly. We arrived at 3 am, we were met (Exotic tour) Excellent company. brought to the hotel and settled immediately without any delay. The room is normal, everything worked, cleaned every day. One day we refused cleaning, so they called 3 times - WHY? - and then they came and asked to sign a refusal in some magazine. The animation worked for all 5. We went on an excursion with the Exotic tour. You can bargain on the price. And then we went by tuk-tuk to all the surroundings. A Sri Lankan who did not speak Russian showed us a lot of interesting things, we went with him for half a day and everything was for 1 dollar, so we took pity on him and gave him 5. You can’t imagine how much joy and gratitude we had. The food at the hotel is amazing, for a week the dishes have never been repeated. And what kind of pineapples - both fresh, and salty, and fried, and bitter, and sour. Super. And the raging ocean - you can fall in love with it right away. And a boat tour of Bentota - you will see all living creatures, and the mangroves are worth something. . . Bring tea from there - evaluate it at home in comparison with our teas and you will have a desire to go to Sri Lanka again, including for tea.
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Exotic - in a hammock - under palm trees. When the soul is overwhelmed with delight - superfluous words. This is what our holiday in Sri Lanka looked like - in a hammock, under the raging ocean, surrounded by palm trees, and with reggae music for life. In the evenings - a romantic dinner - freshly caught crabs and curry rice - tables at the very edge of the ocean.
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Exotic - in a hammock - under palm trees. When the soul is overwhelmed with delight - superfluous words. This is what our holiday in Sri Lanka looked like - in a hammock, under the raging ocean, surrounded by palm trees, and with reggae music for life. In the evenings - a romantic dinner - freshly caught crabs and curry rice - tables at the very edge of the ocean. And add to that - great service - isn't this Heaven on Earth? Work? Problems? Traffic jams? -and what is it? There was only the ocean, the sun and all-consuming relaxation. By the way, it turned out to be not so expensive for us. We accidentally found in the internet SOLNZE Tour-Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka. This office is local - from Sri Lanka. They had the lowest prices. We advise everyone - do not even think - where to spend your vacation. Sri Lanka - forever!! !
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The hotel is good I advise you to watch a video clip about this hotel on www. zdorovtur. com
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The hotel is good I advise you to watch a video clip about this hotel on www. zdorovtur. com
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We rested with my son Vasily at the Club Palm Garden hotel for two weeks in February 2009. I liked it very much!! ! If there is heaven on earth, then it is in Sri Lanka. Sea, sun, palm trees with coconuts and bananas, pineapple bushes and mango groves, and greenery, greenery, greenery.....+35 degrees air, +28 degrees sea.
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We rested with my son Vasily at the Club Palm Garden hotel for two weeks in February 2009. I liked it very much!! ! If there is heaven on earth, then it is in Sri Lanka. Sea, sun, palm trees with coconuts and bananas, pineapple bushes and mango groves, and greenery, greenery, greenery.....+35 degrees air, +28 degrees sea. And so all year round! It's just a dream, especially in February, when it's -15 in Moscow.... A wonderful Ayurveda center in a nearby hotel!
There is a guide on the beach named Suzuki. Very nice guy, speaks a mixture of Russian and English. He organized 2 excursions for us: along the river and for two days in Kandy-Siguriya-Dambula. He has insurance, an air-conditioned minibus, a boat and a tuk-tuk. In general, all 33 pleasures. Highly recommend!! ! Go to the beach and ask for Suzuki. Everyone knows him. Give him greetings from Moscow from Lena and Vasily.
There is a guide on the beach named Suzuki. Very nice guy, speaks a mixture of Russian and English. He organized 2 excursions for us: along the river and for two days in Kandy-Siguriya-Dambula. He has insurance, an air-conditioned minibus, a boat and a tuk-tuk. In general, all 33 pleasures. Highly recommend!! ! Go to the beach and ask for Suzuki. Everyone knows him. Give him greetings from Moscow from Lena and Vasily.
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It so happened that the trip was not planned, a very cheap special offer came out, there was no doubt even: ) 18.01 I, my sister and mother flew to the Club Palm Garden hotel. The flight went perfectly, despite the fact that we flew Aeroflot Moscow - Male (Maldives) - Colombo. Without landing in Male, even from the plane.
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It so happened that the trip was not planned, a very cheap special offer came out, there was no doubt even: ) 18.01 I, my sister and mother flew to the Club Palm Garden hotel. The flight went perfectly, despite the fact that we flew Aeroflot Moscow - Male (Maldives) - Colombo. Without landing in Male, even from the plane. The transfer from the airport to the hotel was just over 3 hours. It was also transferred quite normally, the guide Natalia told a lot and quite interestingly : ) The hotel was settled quickly. Very polite staff. We did not use excursions from the tour operator, because we overslept the meeting at the hotel reception. . Yes, and we went only for a week, I wanted not to bother, but to lie more on the beach. on the very first day we ran into the sea (it was already dark) and the locals immediately warned us that it was dangerous to swim when it was dark, because jellyfish are at this time and the flow near the nearby Bentota River is unpredictable. But how not to go swimming on the first day of arrival in such a paradise ! ! unreal : ) Impressions from the ocean: 5 +++, who writes here that it is not salty enough, he needs to go to the Dead Sea or Iceland to the Blue Lagoon geyser, it definitely does not get saltier there. The water is clean, the river does not bother at all with its flow into the ocean, it is simply imperceptible. The hotel is cleaned every day, we took HB. Breakfast is so-so, but dinner is quite normal, the food is delicious, the musicians sing, 1 time there was even an open-air dinner with a performance. The animation didn’t suffer either, although we didn’t go to it at all) We agreed with the locals on the beach for a tour of the Bentota River and sea fishing (although we were warned that you wouldn’t catch anything anyway, but my mother caught a healthy tuna and right away))). By the way, I want to say separately about theft - if you close the room with a key, then nothing will be stolen. Just a little bit of vigilance is needed. As for the local population. they themselves personally handed over to the local guys to change rubles in the exchange office in the city and everyone always brought everything back to the penny. left 100 times things on the beach went swimming for a long time, they came, as everything lay and lies. Enjoyed the holiday VERY! The country is specific, very beautiful. I'm going there April 24th again!
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We rested in Sri Lanka from November 17 to November 27 at the Club Palm Garden hotel. We read on the Internet that money is being stolen from the hotel safe, which is located at the reception. They did not believe, and paid the price. They stole $1200 from us, and $250 from two other girls. The hotel staff are very rude.
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We rested in Sri Lanka from November 17 to November 27 at the Club Palm Garden hotel. We read on the Internet that money is being stolen from the hotel safe, which is located at the reception. They did not believe, and paid the price. They stole $1200 from us, and $250 from two other girls.
The hotel staff are very rude. They could knock on the window at 12 at night and ask for a cigarette. All hotel staff ate at the restaurant at the same time as the guests (they sat at adjacent tables). Those who rested according to the non-ALL system bought drinks at their own expense. The bar employees did not issue checks/receipts, but demanded only cash payment, which went into their pocket. The food at the hotel is tasteless and monotonous. Who travels for the sake of the ocean, I do not recommend this hotel, because. the dirty river Bentota flows nearby, and it turns out that you are swimming in a fresh ocean-river.
The hotel staff are very rude. They could knock on the window at 12 at night and ask for a cigarette. All hotel staff ate at the restaurant at the same time as the guests (they sat at adjacent tables). Those who rested according to the non-ALL system bought drinks at their own expense. The bar employees did not issue checks/receipts, but demanded only cash payment, which went into their pocket. The food at the hotel is tasteless and monotonous. Who travels for the sake of the ocean, I do not recommend this hotel, because. the dirty river Bentota flows nearby, and it turns out that you are swimming in a fresh ocean-river.
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We enjoyed our holiday in Sri Lanka. I liked the hotel. Our only mistake was that we did not take all inclusive. We usually travel a lot and don't always dine at the hotel. And in Sri Lanka in the evening there is nowhere to go. After Thailand (Pataya) here in the evening is a sleepy kingdom. True as we have learned in recent days.
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We enjoyed our holiday in Sri Lanka. I liked the hotel. Our only mistake was that we did not take all inclusive. We usually travel a lot and don't always dine at the hotel. And in Sri Lanka in the evening there is nowhere to go. After Thailand (Pataya) here in the evening is a sleepy kingdom. True as we have learned in recent days. Even if you pre-ordered only breakfast and dinner, you can pay the difference right at the hotel to live - all inclusive. Before staying at the hotel, we traveled around the country for 8 days and we really liked it. We lived in different cities and hotels. Yes, this is a socialist country, but it is a completely different country. We visited the mountains in jengles, and tea plantations, and an elephant nursery. But for this we did not drive half a day across the country. The roads are narrow, traffic is slow, and of course, spending half a day looking at elephants and half a day driving back is stupid and tiring. Mosquitoes are the biggest problem in the hotel. We thought that we would face this problem in the jungle, but there was no mention of them there, but at the hotel, as the locals did not fight with them, they still were. The food is normal.
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Perfect place! Excellent hotel! Great vacation! There are small flaws, but where are they not? I don't even want to describe. Rested with family. Me, wife and mother. The flight is difficult, but Qatar Airways is not Domodedovo. We were warmly welcomed on the spot. The ocean is a beauty. The rooms are good.
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Perfect place! Excellent hotel! Great vacation!
There are small flaws, but where are they not? I don't even want to describe.
Rested with family. Me, wife and mother. The flight is difficult, but Qatar Airways is not Domodedovo. We were warmly welcomed on the spot. The ocean is a beauty. The rooms are good. The food (AL) is excellent. Quiet, calm. What else does.
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Peter
There are small flaws, but where are they not? I don't even want to describe.
Rested with family. Me, wife and mother. The flight is difficult, but Qatar Airways is not Domodedovo. We were warmly welcomed on the spot. The ocean is a beauty. The rooms are good. The food (AL) is excellent. Quiet, calm. What else does.
I advise!
Peter
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