The hotel area is small, everything is located compactly 1 swimming pool, slides, children's slides, a volleyball field and a small square that no one visits. The area is dirty.
The hotel itself is located almost on the highway and the family rooms face the road, so sleeping is not very comfortable. They said pay 600 dollars and we will move you to the opposite side, with windows on the inner territory of the hotel, but we refused.
I liked the kitchen, they cook well (as in Turkey), they don’t shine with variety, but we didn’t come to the hotel, the children ate with pleasure, a lot of fruits (watermelons, peaches, cherries, oranges for juice, in general, an abundance of fruits). Drinks for children are a complete buzz, for adults, local alcohol, only one bar gave out imported alcohol, and then from 18 to 20 hours.
I want to note the attitude towards people with disabilities (disabled people) is excellent, and there are separate places in the restaurant, and sunbeds by the pools, and wheelchairs.
Service - so-so, not up to the level of 5 stars. Everyone had to ask 5 times. The air conditioning in our room did not work, we left a request 3 times, left, it was never fixed. The room was cleaned 1 time in 2-3 days.
The biggest disappointment is the sea, the distance to the beach is 500 meters (second coastline), when you go to the sea, it seems to be nothing, but when you go back uphill, but with tired children, it’s not a buzz. True, there is a minibus to the beach and back, but it always fills up to capacity and people are wet, sweaty, with mattresses and strollers, they drive like a sprat in a bank, they went a couple of times, they didn’t want to anymore.
The bar on the beach is so-so, the entry into the sea seems to be good, but there are stones, so the kids' legs were knocked down. The sea is for children, the sunset is very long, you go, you go, and everything is waist-deep.
Animation is weak. Mini disco is nothing (it is standard for all hotels), but the programs were just not worth watching. There is no night entertainment for adults at all; at all. There are no discos, night bars, no one lights.
And summing up, I can say - the hotel is designed for families with children under 12 years old, for people who are not interested in nightlife, and for the disabled, in general, not for us. We will not go to this hotel again.
The food is super, always a great choice of both fish and meat, for us it was important. Lots of fruits, ice cream, waffles. Children's table, there are high chairs and a bottle warmer. The service is normal, as everywhere in Turkey - you don’t ask for anything, you don’t give money, they don’t rush around you, but we didn’t need it, we can serve ourselves.
The room was cleaned normally, though I didn’t have enough shampoo, I didn’t take it with me, I had to buy it across the road, but these are trifles, I probably could have gone to the reception and they would have brought it.
Animation, also like everywhere else, if you want to participate, if you want to lie on a sun lounger. There were always enough sun loungers. There are 2 ways to the sea, on the road where the tractor drives and along the path between the hotels, the second option is better, it is in the shade and there is access to the playground at the hotel. In general, we liked everything, we would gladly go there again.
The rooms are normal, but the chairs were dirty, in some kind of stains. Lived in a family with a door. Cleaning is like in thai, then the towel will not be changed, then the bed, then they will give you a torn one. The minibar is replenished every other time. It contains only water and gas drinks, no wine, no beer. There were no fruits in the room.
It's not clear to me how this hotel is 5 * and UAII, obviously does not match.
And the fact that the hotel is on the 2nd line is generally trash. Everywhere they write that the first and 100 m. In reality, there are 500-700 meters. Feel free to look on google maps. On the beach carries a tractor with a trailer.
In general, decide for yourself, but my family will not go there anymore and at gunpoint.
Photo below.
It feels like everything is calculated.
It looks like this:
To comply with a 5 * hotel, it is necessary to have a pool - it is, but 140cm deep. There must be animation - it is, but to be listed.
There must be food - it is, but so as not to die of hunger (no frills)
Those who are in Turkey for the first time will probably be happy. And who has something to compare. . 99% that will be disappointed.
A good Turkish five, really, is able to surprise and give an atmosphere of celebration and relaxation. There is nothing of that here.
Everything is very bland and mediocre.
In order:
Very small space, cramped.
In early June, the hotel is full. The only explanation for such a rush here is probably the sandy beach and shallow sea. All vacationers with children)
Accordingly, all day long screaming, screaming, crying and sand on your head on the beach ...
The sea is a separate conversation: go to the beach, exactly, 7 minutes or they will take you on a cattle truck (this is a real, rattling tractor with an attached wagon - not much pleasant)
Beach: public format - darkness to the people and our beloved kids with the same screams, screams and sand on their heads)
Animation: none. (there are people in yellow T-shirts and that's it)
Nutrition: 3 points. absolutely nothing to make you want to try, besides, it also ends prematurely.
From hopelessness, you have to eat mashed potatoes.
Traditional kilograms gained in Turkey from the abundance on the tables and from deliciously prepared dishes that you definitely want to try are canceled. Everything fresh and without features (mashed potatoes, fried fish in old oil, meat is fried on it, chopped vegetable porridge - like a salad, all sour-vinegar sauces and olive oil - more like water. And most importantly - Desserts: two types of baklava in a row and that's it!
Do not expect any delicious cakes in the assortment.
Spa salon - 3 points. There are people, there are no professionals.
Receptionist - everything is just as insipid.
Settled in a room on the ground floor, for the disabled (all around handrails and a saddle in the shower - half the trouble, but the mirrors are screwed at waist level)) funny, already want to cry. The first floor with windows on the road and around the clock cars rush, straight, to your window.
And the rooms themselves are soundproofed, especially, do not shine. And if your room is in the middle of the corridor, then round-the-clock shying back and forth of people, maids and kids with hubbub and crying is guaranteed.
We were motivated by the fact that there are no other options, everything is packed (there are options with a sea view, but you have to pay $100 extra for them).
The next day, the shift changed and the administrator Irina moved for "Please" to an excellent room, overlooking the sea, on the penultimate floor, at the end of the corridor. For which she "Thank you so much! " - Things went well)
In conclusion, I can say one thing, that for such money there is a huge selection of excellent 5-star hotels. With a huge green area, fun animation that truly will not let you get bored, concerts of famous stars, with the most luxurious food and, most importantly, with an atmosphere of relaxation and celebration that will meet you from the very door to the last minute of your stay at the hotel. We visited such hotels all previous times ...But this is not about a hotel called Crystal Sunset.
And yet, how did we get here? !
Everything is very simple, by some kind of miraculous coincidence, there was simply no choice on our dates ...
Everything happens in life, but you should not lose heart over such trifles)
We will still take the maximum positive from our vacation, and we will include such a place in the multi-volume book "Personal Experience"
Have a good choice of hotels and a lot of pleasant moments this summer season)
You need to go to the sea on a tractor, which pulls a quite civilized trailer for passengers, or go on foot, which is also not at all stressful, given that the path winds among the trees and flowering bushes.
The most serious minus in the hotel are the thin partitions between the rooms. In the evening, if it’s not you who went on a spree, you will listen to how drunk neighbors from one side and the other noisily return to their rooms, and in the early morning become a listener to someone else’s loud snoring. It really is.
The hotel has a wonderful water park. It is very difficult to try to move down all the slides in one approach, your legs will simply get tired from constant climbing the stairs. But the sea of positive is guaranteed!
I won’t even talk about food, there is a lot of it and everywhere. You can eat without a break from 7.00 to 10.00. I liked that you can make your own orange juice for breakfast. There is a free minibar in the room which is replenished every day. It contains cola, fanta, sprite, beer, juice, carbonated and still water, chocolate bars and salted nuts.
Cleaning daily. Tipping was not left, but this did not affect the quality of cleaning.
I liked the SPA center, it is very intimate and relaxing
situation.
The main contingent in the hotel is 80% foreigners: Germans, French, Italians and others.
Anyone who is thinking whether to go to this hotel or not, I definitely advise you to go! You will not regret.