Берег турецкий... Turkish coast...

Good afternoon everyone. Less than half a year later I took up the pen again. This time I want to briefly recall my trip to the specified hotel and share my impressions. I flew in May 2010 with my family: me + wife + two kinders 12 and 2 years old. Our friends were the same lineup. The operator Koral - everything is as always - they met, flew over, met again, drove, escorted. Everything is clear and on schedule. We arrived at the hotel around 9:30 am. According to generally accepted rules, they asked to wait until the check-in time (14-00). We tried to offer them a "penny" in order to settle quickly, but we were refused with a smile. Having collected ice cream (in the "sweet" cafe opposite the reception it is handed out all day long) and beer, we took a wait-and-see attitude (and still had time to go to breakfast). At about 11 am (since I was negotiating with the host) I was asked to go to the office of the senior manager (? ). The Turkish girl explained in English that they did not have enough rooms and suggested that our friends stay at the nearby Eftalia Village Hotel (it is 500 meters across the wasteland), while showing my documents. . . I was forced to disagree with her proposal and said that when purchasing tickets to Aqua, I (and my friends also) want to stay here. Then we were asked to wait until the eldest (the very best : )) arrived. At about 11:30 their main "Guru" arrived and entered into negotiations with the aforementioned girl. I was nearby and this is what I realized: it turns out that there was only one free family room left in the hotel, and the girl looked at our "kindergarten" and decided that we should be accommodated only there (and we had ordered "standard"). The elder, pointing out to the girl about her inattention, immediately gave the order, and within three minutes we received the keys to two standards in our hotel. I went to the 5th floor, and my friends went to the second. It makes no sense to pay extra for a room - the hotel of 2011 is all new, everything works, TV - plasma, new plumbing, air conditioning at the level, etc. , etc. Now about the territory: compact (I personally like it) Greenery is natural little, because the hotel is new. The water park is excellent - a bunch of slides for both babies and middle-aged (5-6 years old) children and adults. Food is served at every turn - a bar and a snack bar in the water park, a bar and a snack bar on the other side (near the main pool), a bar in the lobby, a "sweet" bar opposite the reception and a bar on the beach. And also the main restaurant (dining room - the essence does not change from the name) and two a la carte restaurants (fish and Italian). By the way, you can visit them each one time during your stay for free. Reservation of seats at the guest relations (a girl with a computer near the reception). To the sea 2 minutes - through the tunnel under the road. As the author of the previous review rightly noted, the tunnel is rather low, so with my 192 cm (this is up) I had to go through it hunched over, but I don’t consider it a reason for refusing to rest. The sea - I will say frankly and without hiding - the Mediterranean : ) Entry into the sea is convenient. In some places there are stones, but not critical (not all the time). At times the sea was the cleanest, and sometimes it brought debris from somewhere in the form of chips, algae. . . The beach is sandy, a little dirty (meaning impurities in the form of the same chips and algae) of a gray-yellow color. Sunbeds, mattresses, awnings - everything is available. Rested on the sea mostly Russian-speaking tourists. The pool - mostly foreigners. By the way, in our time of rest (according to the reception) there were 16 tourists from Ukraine (8 - that's us) and about the same number from Russia. All the rest were Germans, English (from all over Britain) and a lot of Scandinavians (Sweden, Norway). As for the animation, there were ten of them, but at the beginning of the season their work somehow did not impress. . . Some sort of inert thing. . . A mini-football ball (there is a field available) had to beg on bail, there was water polo in the pool, but somehow it didn’t take long - it just played out - they whistle to go out, although you could still play. . . Evening animation is standard - at 21-30 children's disco, an hour later - a local show by animators (as everywhere else). A guy worked in the kids club from Coral - outwardly reminiscent of Evgeny from the "Evening Quarter", and according to the method of working with children - the hero of the comedy "Bald Nanny" - "to stand, be afraid, fell, did push-ups" : ) Returning to nutrition - there was enough food for anyone taste. My little one was not hungry (although he does not complain about the lack of appetite even at home). I can’t say anything for babies - I didn’t eat. According to the location of the hotel - to the left and to the right of it is a wasteland. The nearest hotel is Eftalia Village. Before civilization, you need to go "dolmushi" (the cheapest option, unlike a taxi). The nearest market is in the village of Konakli. Sellers for 70% are our natives of Georgia. There are plenty of trinkets (souvenirs) everywhere. So we rode to Konakli for a walk and a little further to Alanya. To sum up: the feature of this hotel is that it is new and with a water park. Who wants privacy in quiet greenery, the fabulous beauty of the Mediterranean Sea or the city "traffic" should look for another option. I can recommend this hotel for lovers of water attractions.