Rest in "Acropolis"

Written: 22 september 2011
Travel time: 5 — 15 september 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 5.0
Rested 11 days in September with his wife.
In short, the hotel is worth the money. If you go into details, it will get a little longer:
1) The location of the hotel.

Immediately be prepared for the fact that the hotel is far enough from the sea and the option "when I woke up, then I went to swim" does not work in it. The bus runs strictly according to the schedule, making 5 walkers a day to the beach and back: 9:00.10:00.11:00.13:30 and 16:15 (from the hotel). Another option is walking. This pleasure takes 10-15 minutes if you go down from the mountain to the beach. My wife and I did just that, because we didn’t want to wait until 9 in the morning, and at 8 the sun on the road is still not annoying. Moreover, there was frankly little space for everyone on the bus, and several times the girls became ill due to stuffiness. On the way back, I had to be content with the bus and experience all its "charms". But the view from the windows of the hotel is pleasing to the eye: mountains, the sea and the Turkish village. 5/10.
2) Numbers.
Nothing special - the usual budget option. Without pretensions to luxury and comfort class "Lux", but everything you need in the room was. Yes, and we spent a little time there, using for the most part a bed, a shower and a refrigerator. Only mosquitoes that flew into the room through the ventilation interfered with sleep, so I recommend taking something against them. There was no noise, as the windows overlooked the street near the hotel, along which scooters passed only occasionally. Cleaned well even without a tip, no complaints. 6/10.
3) Food and drink.
The food was quite good: there was always "real" meat, as well as greens, fruits and sweets. If you do not get carried away with experiments with local cuisine, everything was quite tasty. Drinking is completely normal in Turkey. Good beer, decent wine and nasty liquor. The cakes and cookies during the afternoon tea at the hotel were very good, which can not be said about the assortment of the beach bar. Yes, and one more thing - the bar on the beach is paid, so I recommend stocking up on water from the hotel's coolers. And everything would be fine, only on 09/08/2011 many guests (including myself) were poisoned. Apparently, poorly washed grapes. We personally communicated with 5 families who were visited by vomiting, diarrhea and temperature - and they figured it out. After that, all the fruits began to be taken into the room and washed - there were no more incidents. 6/10.
4) Rest time.
In September, the animation consisted of dance lessons at 4:30 pm and an evening "disco". By the way, everyone liked the dance lessons thanks to the efforts of Julia the choreographer. Evening disco was more for kids, although once they showed a fire show on the beach. It's a pity, we were in the city at that time and celebrated our wedding anniversary. So they entertained themselves: volleyball on the beach, table tennis and water polo in the pool.

In general, I liked the pool, the slides worked almost all day, and there were enough places for swimming and playing water polo for everyone.
The sea, however, was not a "fountain". A rather inconvenient entry into the water and a large roughness immediately near the shore will scare off not very experienced swimmers. There was not enough space on the beach and sometimes there were conflicts due to sunbeds and a place in the shade. But the weather pleased - for all 11 days of clouds in the sky, we almost did not see. 7/10.
5) Money.
Turkey is rushing at full speed to the European Union and this could not but affect prices. When planning how much you will spend on this or that, feel free to multiply this figure by 2 - you will not miss. Everything is really expensive, even after good bidding. The hotel prices are at the European level, so all purchases are best done in Alanya. But do not rely on quality - despite the rise in prices, it has remained the same. Only for gifts and souvenirs to colleagues and relatives we spent 80 dollars, but in the end there was nothing to see. I advise you to definitely change dollars to lira. Don't listen to your hotel guide if he/she tells you otherwise. Her advice cost us $20 "tips" at the restaurant, lost on their exchange rate, and that's still bearable. Be sure to ask the price in advance to avoid trouble. I will leave this column without evaluation, because it has no direct relation to the hotel.
That's all I wanted to write. The overall rating of the hotel is 6/10 (a normal hotel, if you do not look for flaws).
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