Подмосковные вечера на Истре Moscow evenings on Istra

We spent a wonderful weekend in Avantel. We lived not in the main building, which looks like old Soviet rest houses, but in Lesnoy. We ordered a deluxe room, standard according to reviews, again - very small. The maids are polite, everything is clean, the atmosphere is ordinary, in addition to the beds there is a folding sofa and a table by the balcony - it is convenient to sit with a small company, there was a shower in the bathroom, there were cosmetic accessories. Nothing criminal, dirty and torn, but you will not see designer repairs there either.
We rested together, waiting for friends to visit. Of course, they didn’t stay overnight, they came on a guest card (400 rubles per person per day, they ran away from the dacha from children and grandmother) - they walked, breathed, sat in the room, drank, celebrated all our important events. While the men were talking, my girlfriend and I went to the pool, and also got to the master class and checked in for free in the main building. Another make-up could be done)). They decided not to go to the bath, although they found out the cost (4000 rubles for 2 hours for our company). It seems that all families with children mostly crowd in the main building "Pribrezhny", they realized that we want to live in quieter buildings in the next visits. By the way, these days there were a lot of corporate comrades who came to seminars, the restaurant was crowded, but generally tolerable. They also played paintball. In the lobby of the main building there is a mini-shop, showcases with standard hygiene products, and a cooler. This is where mothers and children sometimes filled their bottles with water. There is also a nice little bar/coffee shop "Palermo".
The territory is very beautiful, the beach reminded her husband of boarding houses on Klyazma from childhood. I think that in the summer it is very crowded, the places are unrealistically beautiful. There are verandas, gazebos for barbecues (a guest card is also probably useful here, but it seems to be more expensive in summer), umbrellas on the beach, i. e. and sunbeds should be. But we wanted to return for Christmas or Maslenitsa, the girls at the reception described the events that take place very colorfully. I'm glad that they opened a good place near Moscow))