Мои выходные My weekend

Hi all. I was going to write a review for a long time, but I couldn’t decide what to write, but the picture seems to have developed. And so - My Dream Beach 3. Rested with my husband from 20.09. 2011 to 29.09. 2011. Approximately 3.5 hours from Antalya Airport, so whoever has small children I will say right away - the move is difficult (far away). At the reception they accepted immediately and placed it instantly, however, at first they gave a room with two beds. Everything would be fine, but they are different in height. So they immediately asked for another number. Moved in without issue. The room has a bed, bedside tables, a mirror, a table, a wardrobe, if you're lucky, a TV and a refrigerator. We had a telly, but no fridge. There is only one Russian channel on TV, and on the third day it started working after it was set up. Refrigerator also brought on the second day. All questions that arose, in principle, were resolved quickly and without problems, only it is necessary to report them without show-offs and screams, politely and with a smile. Anar decides all their questions (if the name is not mixed up). He is their administrator, and bath attendant and a player on the pipe...., in general, on all questions to him. You always need to remember that this is their country, moreover, a Muslim one, and it is we who are visiting them. . And in a strange monastery, as they say. . More about the numbers. You need to bring your own towels for the beach, if you take them from the room, they will get dirty very quickly, and they are in no hurry to change them (we have never been changed, although the room is cleaned every day). Pastel is also rarely changed. There is a hair dryer in the bathroom - but the ladies have it with a fuse, so whoever likes to style their hair take their own, otherwise the local one is cut down after 3-4 minutes after the start and until it cools down, does not turn on, and then turns off altogether after 1-2 minutes. OOOVery annoying!!! ! About water - shower is a song. It goes either cold or hot - there is no middle. Zhytkoe soap and in the shower and near the washstand, but such as bottles of shampoo or conditioner or gel, do not expect it, no, so take it with you. Our windows overlooked the second pool where people never come during the day, but at night like honey, screams, screams, songs, and Turkish speech mixed with Russian. Imagine what is going on at the first pool, there is music, noise and din there day and night (this is clearly seen in the morning by the amount of garbage, they begin to clean it only at 8-9 in the morning, in the morning it is fashionable to see such mountains of dirt at breakfast). So who likes to sleep at lunchtime or with children, when buying a tour, write where you need windows. There are a lot of young people in the hotel. There are almost no people over 45, many Slavs (Bulgarians, Hungarians). Now about the hammam. The bath itself is a little warm and absolutely without moisture (in our city, at least in the hammam, there is always a lot of steam), then a foam massage is nice, but not impressive. But the classic massage is as lucky as to which attendant to get to, but, in general, not bad. Now about the price - for one $ 40-50. But you need to immediately bargain and bargain for $ 25-30, + they also give a pass to the disco, and Alanya for 5 days as a gift (for example, a bus trip back and forth to the disco is $ 10), so who loves to dance and not sit in the room in the evening (and there is nothing else to do there and nowhere to go after 22-30) visit the hammam and get some pleasure and save money (especially if you immediately put the condition when bargaining that you want free tickets for the entire stay at the hotel). More about food. Much can be said about this in short. MINUSES: - always queues and lack of plates, forks and spoons (breakfast from 7-30 to 10-00 so as not to push and not be nervous, we always went to 9-00 and without a queue and everything is there), - the bulk of tables and chairs plastic and covered with unsightly oilcloths, which creates a feeling of a tattered factory canteen - glasses are only plastic (always NEW AND CLEAN), they were porcelain, but it’s extremely difficult to catch them, but you can forget about glasses for beer and wine, or, as an option, bring them with you  . (if they appear on the bar counter, they grab them straight dirty and drag them to the rooms, and then they carry them with them during the whole vacation during dinners). - There is a lot of food, different, but there is nothing, there is almost no meat and only chicken and its taste is not the same as we are used to (but this can even be said, + otherwise goodbye to the waist, they feed often and there are no movements). As for drinks, there is a coffee machine (mocha, latte, cappuccino....), tea, yuppie coolers, beer, white and red wine, vodka, gin, something else, but I can’t say for sure. They took mostly beer and white wine, once tried a cocktail with a local strong drink - they were not impressed and did not take it again (at the airport they bought Henessy upon arrival, they drank martinis). Lunch bags are what they put in them is funny even to look at, so if you need to order and you have a refrigerator in your room, then take care of yourself in the evening, type in the dining room, and in the morning put them in those containers that they will give (order lunch due to containers). Now actually about what they came for, about the sea. It's across the road, but that's not a problem, it's a calm crossing. There are few sun loungers, and if you like to lie around for a long time, then you need to borrow about 7-3.8-00 in the morning, otherwise they are all busy. The beach is very small pebbles, walking is pleasant. The entrance to the sea is not gentle, but there are stones, flat, very large, it looks like titanic plates, since even the largest boulders are not so flat and huge. They read a lot that the stones are sharp - they have never come across such (and how can they be sharp, the water has turned them all for a long time). Yes, the stones are covered with algae, but there were no unpleasant sensations, they are small and it is not very slippery to walk. The water is CLEAN and warm. Even at a depth of 5-7 meters, the bottom and its entire relief can be clearly seen without a mask. Fish swim, and crabs hide in the stones, and if you step on them, you can easily get a cut. Before the trip, we read a lot of reviews, but with regard to the sea, they did not match. On the third day of our stay there was a storm, a real hurricane, just the end of the world. So after it, in the morning, on the water from the shore, about 1.5 wide, such a kaka floated (dirty foam, foliage, garbage... ), and then again everything is clean and even, the next morning again, cleanliness and beauty. But about the garbage on the beach it was from time to time - but where did it come from - from the pigs of tourists, if it were not for the shitting near the sunbeds, it would be much more pleasing to the eye. From entertainment only volleyball. Everything else for extra. fee. I want to talk about the hotel guide. They write a lot about her - both boorish and rude. She was not rude or rude to us, she began to get acquainted - she introduced herself and briefly told everything about everything without emotions, which allowed us to save our time and not sit in the room for several hours. All questions were answered competently and meaningfully. I would like to touch on the topic of excursions. If someone wrote about them, it would help us plan the costs. There are a lot of excursions there. After you get on the bus and you are taken to the hotel, you will be given booklets. They contain all the information about excursions. I’ll write some, because at the beginning of the “groundhog day” (sea, restaurant, sleep, and so on for 3 days) you will be completely satisfied, then you will start to frankly get bored: 00 nights and until 9-30 wake up on the bus to get to the place (very hard), swimming on a yacht, exploring the sunken city and again on the bus and to the temple of St. Nicholas. They will take you to a church shop, where everything is godlessly expensive. In the temple on the grave of Nicholas the Wonderworker, it is fashionable to illuminate any things that are important to you (crosses, icons, icons... ). , so if you want to go take things with you. In a shop under the influence, you can spend decently, or get ready to spend 50-100 bucks, or all the money at home  . Then back to the bus and again 3 hours of travel. They will deliver on the way to a textile factory, and to a wine cellar - everything that is offered there costs 2-3 times more than you can buy all this in Alanya. Then the hotel (yes, by the way, they take pictures in the hotel, and in the morning you can buy glass plates in the lobby - such a charm and only $ 4-5? and mountains of calcium. Very beautiful. Then the onyx factory, weaving and home. They will feed often and well. One advantage for 2 days is that you arrive in Pamukal early in the morning when there is no heat. If you go for one day, then the road is just as difficult and you will arrive at the place just at the very peak of the heat. And as a result, you will not be able to enjoy the trip. One-day excursions cost $85 in Demre, $85 in Pamukkale. There was an excursion to Israel (by plane) $ 389 for 1.5 days - we really liked it, spent the night in Palestine, were in the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, climbed Golgotha, scorched candles with holy fire and put little notes in the wailing wall . Unique sensations. But I also want to note that they were brought to the church shop and the prices there are at least 2-4 times higher than near the Temple of the Lord, although there is very little time to buy something along the way. But in the parking lot near the Church of the Nativity, you can buy a lot of little things not expensive (for example, an olive cross about 15 cm high in a shop is $ 45, and in the parking lot is $ 10. ). The food was very plentiful and delicious. They also took them to the Dead Sea, where you can buy it, and if there are bottles, you can collect them yourself and bring them, there will be no problems at the airport. (But you need to ask the guide about this - when the dirt can be taken out, there are some restrictions). There are tours on a yacht for the night ($ 45), for the day, they are fed, watered + disco. If you could see the state in which people are unloaded from there  . There is a water park, a dolphinarium ($75-90), water skiing, fishing and much more. Of course, behind the fence you can buy cheaper. BUT there are so many nuances. For example: entrance fees are not included in the price of the tour, as well as meals and most importantly guides. Excursions can only be conducted by Turks. Russian speakers work with the Russian group, but they cannot clearly express everything that needs to be told, such a group worked next to us at pamukkale, it was a pity for those who listened to it, the guys were frankly disappointed, but nothing can be changed. And of course the drivers - so many accidents. But of course you decide for yourself. In any case, if you're going to take on the side, then read the contract very carefully. Now about the skin - from the hotel you can go to a large store (free of charge) and buy the right little thing. But bargaining, bargaining, and more bargaining. For example, we looked at a short jacket made of silver fox and for my husband a jacket on a sentepon made of stunning leather and a short sheepskin coat. The price on the tag is 3900 and 1700.2500 euros, the auction started and we were offered to buy all this for $ 1700. Bargained for a long time and as a result, two things without a sheepskin coat for $ 600. You can’t show that the thing is very necessary and don’t be afraid to pretend that you are going to leave and give up everything. Works. But first, clearly decide how much you are willing to spend and start trading about $ 150-200 below what you plan to spend. Now about the rest of shopping, everything you want to buy, from souvenirs to jeans, can be found in the market in Alanya, there is a regular bus. There, too, you have to bargain, they inflate the price by 3-4 times, knowing that the Russians are bargaining to the "melt". I would like to sum up. For those who want to save money, who don’t care about show-offs, who just want to enjoy the sea and the sun without overpaying, you can go for the first trip is quite suitable.