We like the format of recreation offered by this establishment: gorgeous nature, sufficient comfort of living, food, as they say, for slaughter, all sorts of different entertainments. And here, judging by the descriptions, there were also updates with changes, children's activities were added. Just what we need for a fun time.
We have been to the Country Resort several times, but already a long time ago, when it was still part of the Heliopark network. By the way, it was a little disappointing when we were not found in the lists of past guests, thus depriving us of a 5% discount on the cost of living. It's a trifle, of course, but... Yes, okay. On the occasion of a birthday, a 15% discount is provided. Fine! It is only calculated starting from the date X itself, that is, the moment of birth. Eh, again we are in flight, we check in a day earlier and leave just on the birthday, and there is no discount for this day yet. But this very discount for paying for additional services (SPA treatments, baths, trampolines, etc. ) remains. Somehow, here, everything is so twisted-tormented it turns out : )
I'm done with finance. The "All Inclusive" includes three meals a day, use of the pool and sauna, table tennis, equipment rental according to the season, but not all, animation program, billiards, visiting the zoo. During lunch and dinner, you can take vodka, wine or beer.
But you can buy the Premium package, which adds benefits in the form of champagne and whiskey, tubing rental (we have a winter season), unlimited use of the climbing wall, trampolines. Ice cream is offered in unlimited quantities, it seems, but only of a certain variety, you know, the cheapest one : ) and 10 tokens for slot machines per day per room. Perhaps something else, a piece of paper-memo issued at the reception has not been preserved.
Having estimated how much a birthday spree can get up on all these joys for two children, and what is there, and for adults (that's when dad would decide on rock climbing, or mom - on trampoline somersaults), we issued a package "Premium" for our day for 2450 rubles. Is it worth it to pay extra for a longer stay? - Not sure. Of course, everyone decides for himself. We only had a day, and during this time we had to do everything! Get out to the fullest : )
(for reference: a token for one game in the machine - 50 rubles, a climbing wall one lift - 150 rubles, 2 lifts - 200 rubles, a trampoline 15 minutes - 300 rubles)
Here's another: parking is paid - 300 rubles. for the entire period of residence. Already included in the Premium package.
Now let's move on to household characteristics.
Territory.
Awesome. First of all, chic pine trees create an amazing atmosphere both literally and figuratively. We were caught at the time of the thaw, of course, it is not very pleasant to splash on the water. And in normal mode, so to speak, it is a great pleasure to just wander along the paths. Playgrounds available. There are equipped pavilions for barbecue. Yes, there is a slide for rides. In our case, it was slightly melted, you can’t do anything with the vagaries of nature. Due to the zoo, the territory seems huge. Actually, it is not small anyway, there is where to roam.
Zoo.
Clean. Animals are well cared for. Yes, they are in cages. I know there are a lot of anti-zoos. But, on the other hand, animals that are no longer able to survive in the wild often get there. Okay, let's not philosophize on this topic. Zoos were, are and will be. Another thing is how animals are kept in it, in what condition they are. Everything here is worthy, as far as I can understand such things.
Many animals can be fed. Oh, and they are gluttons : ). We are already experienced breadwinners, we grabbed forks of cabbage and a couple of kilos of carrots from home. According to the rules of the hotel check-in at 17.00, check-out at 15.00. But we arrived much earlier than the appointed time. Especially to immediately go to the zoo. Then, after the delivery of the number, they again visited the little animals.
The hotel consists of several buildings. Who likes it, who doesn't, because the restaurant is located in the main building, the Spa is in another, you spend the night in the third... In the cold season, of course, it can be lazy. Yeah, especially with small children, oh, those overalls : )). I recommend to grab a change of shoes for your own comfort, after all, quite a lot of time is spent indoors: billiards, for example. . . or a bar. . .
About food.
Varied, tasty, well prepared, familiar to the Russian soul. Despite the winter season, a very rich fruit table. Surprisingly, there were test pineapples. Not Thai, of course, but still.
I would like to note the good ventilation in the restaurant. I remember that we left the establishment with the smell of food on our clothes, well, like from a Soviet canteen. Now this is not!
About drinking.
I can't do anything without grumbling, but I'll criticize it : ). There are no drinks for children, and adults would not refuse a non-alcoholic variety either. Compote, water, kefir and milk - it's all wonderful. And the juice? And everyone's favorite cola? Yes, it’s not useful, but on vacation it’s possible : ). But what struck us on the spot: there is, there is cola and juices, but for a fee! And even for the owners of the Premium package! Guys, well, you pour champagne, offer whiskey, but cola and juice for an extra charge? It's disgusting... But what about whiskey and cola : )). But seriously, the addition of juice drinks, even if not packaged, would please the children's half of humanity.
And for info: drinks outside of meal times are charged separately. Yes, it's included, maybe everything, but strictly by the hour : )
About the number.
In our case, there was a three-room family room. For some reason, it was cheaper than a two-room one. Pleasant changes in the rooms: design, new furniture. But the plumbing is terrible. Photos do not convey all the precariousness and dilapidation. Plumbing equipment has been preserved, it seems, from those ancient pre-capitalist times, when all this economy was a boarding house. It is clear that everything is difficult at once, but, nevertheless, it is time already : ). And yes, in the bathroom, especially in family rooms, which implies the number of guests more than two, shelves or, I don’t know, bedside tables, are absolutely necessary, there is nowhere to decompose : ). And there is simply no place for a large number of towels. But this is so, wishes, thoughts out loud. There are no bathrobes, there are slippers. Shampoo & shower gel in a dispenser. The fan works just fine.
The room has a tea station with consumables. All sorts of goodies for money. And yes, this is the only hotel on my, maybe not very impressive, but very diverse list in terms of star rating, where contraceptives are immediately available. And suddenly, as they say : )
Before you give up at the reception when you check out, you need to invite a maid to revise the milestones of these riches.
About the pool.
The spa complex with a swimming pool is located in a separate building. Everything is clean and new. Even taking into account the fact that the complete reconstruction of this building took place five years ago. And during this time, we, vacationers, did not manage to "kill" the novelty. The use of the pool is limited only by the time of its operation, i. e. there are no separate sessions. References are not required. Towels are provided at the pool. A hat is a must. If anything, everything you need for swimming can be bought on the spot. I don’t know how it is in terms of the size range, the choice of colors and models is very rich : ).
The pool itself, of course, is not for sports swimming. It has a variable depth (at a certain stage, the knees begin to touch the bottom) and, with all sorts of massage jets and fountains. But in the absence of other swimmers, you can warm up very well. In general, we decided for ourselves that the most comfortable time to visit the pool here, and in other similar places, is in the morning. And already closer to 11-12 o'clock people begin to catch up. And the bowl of the pool turns into a pot of soup from the guests.
There is a so-called "frog". In it, the water is warmer, no, hotter than in the main. If you are cold (which is unlikely) you can warm yourself there. And so, here, in a log cabin, there are two saunas with different temperature conditions. Very good. The shower is right next to it, for after the sauna.
There are also wood-fired saunas in the hotel complex, we were not in them, but we felt the oven aroma, well, as it happens in the villages on Saturdays.
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That's probably all. Although, no. In the light of the latest global trends, so to speak, another thought aloud. I would like to see a more demanding attitude towards guests to comply with the mask regime and wash their hands, as was the case in the Kazan Ibis in July this year, for example, or in the huge Turkish TUI BLUE Tropical reservation in October. It is very unpleasant to observe open mouths over food warmers. And people are not just looking, poking around in them, they are also talking at this moment. In addition, the distribution is arranged in the form of an island, some are too lazy to bypass it, and stretch over it in order to get a dish located on the opposite side. It's scary to imagine what happened during the weekend when the hotel was fully loaded. We were on weekdays. It is not even necessary to follow the recommendations because of the now fashionable disease, there are many different diseases. Yes, even figs with them, these masks, no one has canceled the elementary rules of hygiene and respect for other guests. Employees, of course, observe the mask visibility. But only visibility, the vast majority of masks on their chins. In general, we got the impression that we were on some kind of holiday of disobedience. Everyone has spoken : )
Oh, don't pay too much attention to my grumblings, there is no perfection in this world. This format of relaxation and fun suited us completely. We got great pleasure from walking, enjoyed the delicious pine air, played enough and had fun. It's still we did not participate in animation events, we are not sociable comrades. "Country Resort" is a very wonderful place for country walking and children's spree, especially on off-peak dates, like holidays and vacations, when grandparents and grandchildren are sent there. By the way, yes, the number of children there just rolls over. Therefore, for lovers of silence, tranquility and regularity, this is not the place. That's for sure.
There are a lot of similar hotels, rest houses and other camp sites in the Moscow region. But the price tag... to put it mildly, stupid. No, there are, of course, quite democratic prices, but entertainment, at least a pool, is not supposed to be there. Or a bunch of different restrictions like booking for at least 3 nights, a week... Or the presence of such and such a certificate, and for children also such and such... We also looked into neighboring regions - everything is not right.
In "Country Resort", of course, the same is not a freebie. But he, nevertheless, is slightly cheaper than his competitors in terms of the proposed set of services, apparently due to the remoteness from Moscow. Sometimes advertising letters come from the hotel about various promotions and discounts, such as “Children under 12 are free”, but as often happens, when they are, we don’t need it. So - I recommend, if anything : )
We go up to our 3rd floor, everything seems to be fine, we go through one room, enter the second and look - there are 2 buckets on the floor, around them the carpet is covered in water, and it practically pours from the ceiling. My husband was running at the reception, they say that he was warned about a leak a day in advance, that they were not going to change the number . . My children have already climbed into buckets, trampled in a puddle . . In short, an hour of screams and tantrums and they decided to give us 20% money from 19000. But since I personally came to rest, and not to watch the children dig in buckets of this water every second, not to listen to the drops drumming all night, they called the manager to the room to make sure . . After my screams and what he saw, he moved us to another building on the 1st floor. It turned out that almost all the upper floors were leaking, there were a lot of such buckets in the dining room and on the floors in other buildings, puddles everywhere. I had to carefully look under my feet, especially in the dining room, so as not to fly with hot soup . .
The second number was 3-room without carpet 114 . . In short, a hundred times better.
Another minus, we had to dress the children 20 times a day, go to the dining room in another building, undress, eat, then dress again. I’ll also write down the meager children’s table as a minus... All 3 days of mashed potatoes and broth . . In comparison, I take the Emmaus Volga Club hotel, you can read in my reviews.
If you order dinner in your room, then for delivery from building to building they took some percentage, but not less than 100 rubles.
Pluses are animation, haunted . . In the morning they met before breakfast in costumes, with jokes and jokes. On the 8th, they gave all the ladies 3 tulips each. There were always some contests and competitions. Maslenitsa was met very cheerfully, artists came who cooked mead and fought with swords, the girls danced provocatively . . They sculpted from salt dough with children, drew . . In short, in terms of classes, everything was 10!!
Also, plus a zoo with animals that you can feed, husky sleigh rides, donkey rides, a stable . . I didn’t really like it in the children’s room with a local nanny, she just sat on a chair for 2 hours watching so that the children didn’t fight . . This is the maximum, again I take Emmaus as a comparison, where they played with the children and drew. Of course, I would like to come here in the summer . . And they also said that in no case should you take animals with you, my mother had to stay at home, and she so wanted to go with us. I have a toychik, what was my surprise when 3 dogs lived in the hotel only in our building and not as tiny as mine, but real wolfhounds . . After talking at the reception with a girl, it turned out that everything is possible, only for a fine. Like this.
We took standard and deluxe rooms. The rooms have 3 towels for 2 and a small size, i. e. either wipe the body or dry the head : ).
In the rooms there is no way to drink tea on your own (there is no kettle and tea leaves, as already in most hotels), we ordered tea in the service, we waited 1 hour !!! ! ))
The breakfasts are quite edible and there is a choice of what to eat, without frills and beautiful decoration. Such a Soviet approach. There is nothing to choose for Lunch, there is little that is tasty. Although if you were delighted with the school canteen, then you will like it.
A pool with muddy water, I disdained to swim in it. We ordered cheesecake and strudel in the restaurant, it is generally impossible to eat. There is NO good alcohol, good cigarettes, cigars in the bar. The staff walks around with gloomy faces, unfriendly.
Entertainment in the evening is a disco (so-so), karaoke (PAID), billiards, like everything I saw.
To the merits, it is fresh air, a picturesque place, a zoo, a good Thai massage, and barbecue on your own.
The way back took 3 hours, as we did not wander around the city of Dmitrov.
In general, if you do not compare the price as in Europe for a good 4 *, where you get more service and quality of services, then you can go. But we will not go there again.
Everything else is just great. The atmosphere is for moms - everyone with children understands each other. Very clean. Well done animators.