Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
8.0
Service:
8.0
Cleanliness:
8.0
Food:
8.0
Amenities:
6.0
We stayed at this hotel in mid-February 2019. The hotel is perfect for those who come to Turkey to actively relax - walk, swim, sunbathe, travel around the country, and not look for confirmation of their VIP status and take glamorous selfies in the room. We got there in about 2 hours. The institution pulls on a good 4 *. The contingent is mostly Russian.
Territory as such, the hotel does not! If you want to take a walk, then you can do this by going out of the territory and go left along Kargicak, or go right to Mahmutlar. These are the names of small towns. Mahmutlar is prettier, more civilized, with alleys, parks, shops, cafes. There is McDonald's, Burger King, KFC. Banana plantations, for the first time I saw how oranges, lemons, grapefruits, tangerines grow. I liked the street fitness centers in the village. The Turks take care of the population - you can practice as much as you want, whenever you want, and while walking...
Across the road is the beach and the sea. Let's not forget that it's February, it's cold in Russia, and sunbathing on the beach, daredevils swim.
The hotel, in general, is good, exactly for the money that was given, I was afraid of the worst, as reviews of inadequate vacationers began. Everything in the hotel lobby is clean. Above the head in the center is a huge chandelier. There is still a Christmas tree and Santa Claus's house. Receptionist looks respectable. On the first floor (zero for the elevator) there is a lobby bar, a conference room, a restaurant, a place for relaxation and evening gatherings, as well as a game room with billiards. One floor below there is a spa and a gym and a heated pool free of charge. The pools are clean. ATTENTION! Out of season, the sauna and warm pool are included in the price of the tour!
At the exit from the hotel shopping malls. You can choose from products ranging from beach slippers to bathrobes, sneakers and beach towels.
The seller is a woman, understands and speaks a little Russian, and go further and there will be a wonderful souvenir shop, the seller speaks excellent Russian, he also has wine and cigarettes for sale (the prices for magnets and souvenirs are real).
We arrived after lunch, so we had to wait for dinner. Coffee bean machine and excellent hot chocolate. Alcoholic drinks in the lobby bar - took white wine, pretty tasty. We were settled immediately, no deposit, we got room 1219. A good rather big room, decent furniture - two beds (double and single), a sofa, a table with a mirror, a plasma TV, 2 bedside tables, a wardrobe, a safe (for an extra charge), a refrigerator (mini-bar paid), on the balcony there is a table and chairs, a small hanger for drying swimsuits / towels. The bathroom has a hair dryer, shampoo, gel on the wall. Who needs hair conditioner, you need to take it with you.
Bathrobes and slippers are not provided at the hotel, so I recommend taking slippers with you. Conveniently in the room 2 telephones - one in the room, the second in the toilet.
Everything worked in the room, there was a kettle with 2 mugs on the table (1 bottle of water was missing, I took a picture of the entire mini-bar at once, went downstairs, showed it to the reception and there were no questions), the sea view from the first line is gorgeous, the conder works, it’s warm, there is water, not dirty. The only thing that is not very good is the cubicle, made in such a way that half of the water from the shower pours onto the bathroom floor. The rooms were constantly cleaned, towels changed every day. By the way, there are no beach towels in the hotel, bring your own! There is no bottled water, you have to collect water in the cooler in your dishes.
The food is good, everyone will find something to their liking. Although there is a small, but still selection of jams and jams - apricot, cherry, strawberry, blackberry. Of course, honey and Nutella-type nut butter.
Be sure to try rose petal jam - it's a miracle! For breakfast: eggs, omelettes, scrambled eggs, cereals, muesli, cereals with milk, cheeses of various types all the time, sausages, always greens, sauces, puff pastries, they gave chicken and turkey, lamb, baklava cooked, very tasty, always fruit. Oranges were delicious for me! Real Turkish oranges, fragrant and very sweet. In the evening, be sure to have meat or fish on the grill - yummy.
I will especially write about coffee and chocolate. There was normal human coffee! And it was great. True, the cups are small - we didn’t get drunk alone, especially at breakfast, so we drank 2-3. In general, no food or drinks were allowed to be brought into the room. Another detail - there is a bottle of chilled water on each table, we took it to the room, no one stopped.
Chefs at breakfasts, lunches and dinners stand near the tables, answer questions about what it is and what it should be eaten with, and what it is made of.
Alcohol was, as written, from 10-00 to 23-00, but the restaurant liked the wine more (the bottle is opened in front of you, nothing was mixed). The lobby bar did not like red wine, either the wine was different, or diluted. Everyone's taste is different, so the choice is yours.
At the disco, everything is paid, but this is after 23-00. About the noise from the disco - yes, but not critical, it did not cause much discomfort. In general, if you want to sleep, you will fall asleep))) Disco until about 2 am. I can’t rate the animation, because they were out of season - there was mostly karaoke singing in the evenings. Wi-Fi is paid, but good, sends pictures without delay.
There is a nuance in the hammam, sauna, massage (very intrusive service). One such charismatic-looking man named Ruslan stands out there, fluent in Russian. First he will ask you what time you are in Turkey.
Advice: answer that you are not the first, otherwise they will rip you off like sticky. Actually, the question is asked only to find out how much you can be ripped off. In general, he will sell you the services of a Turkish bath. And he will make a "discount" and a "gift" - although all this, of course, is already included in the cost that you will be ripped off. We paid $50 for two for the "complex". This complex includes the first - welcome - visit to the sauna, steam room, hammam, where the attendant will wash you, and then give you a massage and a mud mask, after which you will be given pomegranate tea and let you go home, having previously tried to promote you in the future for additional massage sessions ( 5 sessions for $100).
Osteochondrosis, rheumatism and other joys of life will be found in everyone. Special thanks for the massage - the girl does it very cool!
For these 50 dollars, you can also go to the sauna, hammam, steam room and lower pool in the future, however, no one will wash you and they won’t give you a massage either. Tip: take a mitt after the hammam. So decide immediately - to pay or not to pay. The pool is heated. Sometimes it was cold! Ruslan, he sits in the lobby in a T-shirt with the inscription Information, answers all questions, always tells you how to find something, get somewhere, etc. Thank you very much)
The beach, by the way, is located across the road, and you can get to it from the territory of a neighboring hotel, through an underpass. The beach is sandy and pebbly, so it’s better to take care of purchasing special slippers with holes (you can buy them there, in shops near the hotel, or walk into the city and buy from street vendors, it will be cheaper there).
As for the exchange of money - no problem at all.
On the side where you go to the sea on the right there is an exchanger and in general there are exchangers and they take dollars, euros and lira in stores, and you can take change in lira, they will recalculate at the rate (the rate changes every day, but does not jump). The hotel itself is located near Migros shops (very similar to our Pyaterochki), where you can buy water / sweets and change money (more profitable than in an exchange office). Adequate prices in Bima, Shok. And we also went to Alanya and accidentally wandered into the METRO, and so the prices there are much cheaper than in ordinary stores. If you walk from the exit of the hotel to the right and go left along the road, then on the right side (slightly to the right) there is a wonderful store (towels hang at the entrance, you won’t pass by !! ), very high quality textiles (but you need to bargain). In general, in Turkey you NEED to bargain everywhere, the price can be reduced by 50% from the requested one!!!
We took a trip from the guide Musa, the Demre-Mira-Kekov tour cost $ 90 for two. The tour is AMAZING!!!
We were taken on a comfortable bus with air conditioning...the guide Fatma told us everything very cheerfully and provocatively, so it was impossible to fall asleep there. The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is a functioning museum, and 2 times a year it is a church. They also offer to buy very beautiful, but expensive icons ($200.300 and more). After visiting the tomb of St. Nicholas, we went further ...but already on the water! Impressions are overwhelming! The water is blue blue! Eye-catching!! ! The sea was a bit rough! There will be a stop where you can swim in the bay, so don't forget to take swimming trunks and towels from the hotel (there is neither on the yacht), but we had an off-season - the sea is cold.
Then we were fed, I’ll say right away that all drinks, including water, are paid (the water that you take with you will be indispensable in the first half of the trip and when you return home). Then a visit to the city of Mira: tombs, an amphitheater!
The tombs amaze with their antiquity, as if they got into the past. Lycian ancient tombs in the rocks (it is not clear how they did it!!! ). I had never seen this before and was impressed. Everywhere everything is ancient, the remains of any architecture. Very tired from a long road, but did not regret a bit. A cool excursion, worth the money, very interesting, useful, broadens horizons, lovers of history and nature will like it. If you have not been and there will be such an opportunity to go, go, learn a lot of new things and diversify your stay on vacation at the hotel.
In no case do not take a free tour of the leather shop from the guide. They will bring you to the most expensive store, you will lose time. And there is nothing to buy there. There are many other stores in Alanya where you can buy, but cheaper. Green and blue dolmus go to Alanya. The price is 1 dollar or 3 lira, but it is better to pay in lira, because.
They won’t give change from a dollar, a stop is right at the hotel, to stop, you have to wave your hand.
I would like to note the very friendly and welcoming staff of the hotel - absolutely everyone, from cleaners to waiters, that's all the staff without exception. Cool, friendly, polite, kind, very caring to the resting and living in the hotel cats. Hello if you are reading! Separate greetings and thanks to Fariz - a very cultured and well-mannered guy. We did not meet a single case of some kind of rudeness - guys, thank you.
The overall impression was good, however, I would not recommend the hotel to young people in general, as it is located in a very calm and isolated place. In general, summing up - the hotel is not bad. Yes, it is possible that the truth does not draw on its declared stars. But considering how much we paid for the tour (about 3.000 for two for a week), I think it's just a gift.
Perhaps if we paid more, we would find fault with every little thing, but we just tuned in to get the most positive emotions and a super vacation. What do you want))
Territory as such, the hotel does not! If you want to take a walk, then you can do this by going out of the territory and go left along Kargicak, or go right to Mahmutlar. These are the names of small towns. Mahmutlar is prettier, more civilized, with alleys, parks, shops, cafes. There is McDonald's, Burger King, KFC. Banana plantations, for the first time I saw how oranges, lemons, grapefruits, tangerines grow. I liked the street fitness centers in the village. The Turks take care of the population - you can practice as much as you want, whenever you want, and while walking...
Across the road is the beach and the sea. Let's not forget that it's February, it's cold in Russia, and sunbathing on the beach, daredevils swim.
The hotel, in general, is good, exactly for the money that was given, I was afraid of the worst, as reviews of inadequate vacationers began. Everything in the hotel lobby is clean. Above the head in the center is a huge chandelier. There is still a Christmas tree and Santa Claus's house. Receptionist looks respectable. On the first floor (zero for the elevator) there is a lobby bar, a conference room, a restaurant, a place for relaxation and evening gatherings, as well as a game room with billiards. One floor below there is a spa and a gym and a heated pool free of charge. The pools are clean. ATTENTION! Out of season, the sauna and warm pool are included in the price of the tour!
At the exit from the hotel shopping malls. You can choose from products ranging from beach slippers to bathrobes, sneakers and beach towels.
The seller is a woman, understands and speaks a little Russian, and go further and there will be a wonderful souvenir shop, the seller speaks excellent Russian, he also has wine and cigarettes for sale (the prices for magnets and souvenirs are real).
We arrived after lunch, so we had to wait for dinner. Coffee bean machine and excellent hot chocolate. Alcoholic drinks in the lobby bar - took white wine, pretty tasty. We were settled immediately, no deposit, we got room 1219. A good rather big room, decent furniture - two beds (double and single), a sofa, a table with a mirror, a plasma TV, 2 bedside tables, a wardrobe, a safe (for an extra charge), a refrigerator (mini-bar paid), on the balcony there is a table and chairs, a small hanger for drying swimsuits / towels. The bathroom has a hair dryer, shampoo, gel on the wall. Who needs hair conditioner, you need to take it with you.
Bathrobes and slippers are not provided at the hotel, so I recommend taking slippers with you. Conveniently in the room 2 telephones - one in the room, the second in the toilet.
Everything worked in the room, there was a kettle with 2 mugs on the table (1 bottle of water was missing, I took a picture of the entire mini-bar at once, went downstairs, showed it to the reception and there were no questions), the sea view from the first line is gorgeous, the conder works, it’s warm, there is water, not dirty. The only thing that is not very good is the cubicle, made in such a way that half of the water from the shower pours onto the bathroom floor. The rooms were constantly cleaned, towels changed every day. By the way, there are no beach towels in the hotel, bring your own! There is no bottled water, you have to collect water in the cooler in your dishes.
The food is good, everyone will find something to their liking. Although there is a small, but still selection of jams and jams - apricot, cherry, strawberry, blackberry. Of course, honey and Nutella-type nut butter.
Be sure to try rose petal jam - it's a miracle! For breakfast: eggs, omelettes, scrambled eggs, cereals, muesli, cereals with milk, cheeses of various types all the time, sausages, always greens, sauces, puff pastries, they gave chicken and turkey, lamb, baklava cooked, very tasty, always fruit. Oranges were delicious for me! Real Turkish oranges, fragrant and very sweet. In the evening, be sure to have meat or fish on the grill - yummy.
I will especially write about coffee and chocolate. There was normal human coffee! And it was great. True, the cups are small - we didn’t get drunk alone, especially at breakfast, so we drank 2-3. In general, no food or drinks were allowed to be brought into the room. Another detail - there is a bottle of chilled water on each table, we took it to the room, no one stopped.
Chefs at breakfasts, lunches and dinners stand near the tables, answer questions about what it is and what it should be eaten with, and what it is made of.
Alcohol was, as written, from 10-00 to 23-00, but the restaurant liked the wine more (the bottle is opened in front of you, nothing was mixed). The lobby bar did not like red wine, either the wine was different, or diluted. Everyone's taste is different, so the choice is yours.
At the disco, everything is paid, but this is after 23-00. About the noise from the disco - yes, but not critical, it did not cause much discomfort. In general, if you want to sleep, you will fall asleep))) Disco until about 2 am. I can’t rate the animation, because they were out of season - there was mostly karaoke singing in the evenings. Wi-Fi is paid, but good, sends pictures without delay.
There is a nuance in the hammam, sauna, massage (very intrusive service). One such charismatic-looking man named Ruslan stands out there, fluent in Russian. First he will ask you what time you are in Turkey.
Advice: answer that you are not the first, otherwise they will rip you off like sticky. Actually, the question is asked only to find out how much you can be ripped off. In general, he will sell you the services of a Turkish bath. And he will make a "discount" and a "gift" - although all this, of course, is already included in the cost that you will be ripped off. We paid $50 for two for the "complex". This complex includes the first - welcome - visit to the sauna, steam room, hammam, where the attendant will wash you, and then give you a massage and a mud mask, after which you will be given pomegranate tea and let you go home, having previously tried to promote you in the future for additional massage sessions ( 5 sessions for $100).
Osteochondrosis, rheumatism and other joys of life will be found in everyone. Special thanks for the massage - the girl does it very cool!
For these 50 dollars, you can also go to the sauna, hammam, steam room and lower pool in the future, however, no one will wash you and they won’t give you a massage either. Tip: take a mitt after the hammam. So decide immediately - to pay or not to pay. The pool is heated. Sometimes it was cold! Ruslan, he sits in the lobby in a T-shirt with the inscription Information, answers all questions, always tells you how to find something, get somewhere, etc. Thank you very much)
The beach, by the way, is located across the road, and you can get to it from the territory of a neighboring hotel, through an underpass. The beach is sandy and pebbly, so it’s better to take care of purchasing special slippers with holes (you can buy them there, in shops near the hotel, or walk into the city and buy from street vendors, it will be cheaper there).
As for the exchange of money - no problem at all.
On the side where you go to the sea on the right there is an exchanger and in general there are exchangers and they take dollars, euros and lira in stores, and you can take change in lira, they will recalculate at the rate (the rate changes every day, but does not jump). The hotel itself is located near Migros shops (very similar to our Pyaterochki), where you can buy water / sweets and change money (more profitable than in an exchange office). Adequate prices in Bima, Shok. And we also went to Alanya and accidentally wandered into the METRO, and so the prices there are much cheaper than in ordinary stores. If you walk from the exit of the hotel to the right and go left along the road, then on the right side (slightly to the right) there is a wonderful store (towels hang at the entrance, you won’t pass by !! ), very high quality textiles (but you need to bargain). In general, in Turkey you NEED to bargain everywhere, the price can be reduced by 50% from the requested one!!!
We took a trip from the guide Musa, the Demre-Mira-Kekov tour cost $ 90 for two. The tour is AMAZING!!!
We were taken on a comfortable bus with air conditioning...the guide Fatma told us everything very cheerfully and provocatively, so it was impossible to fall asleep there. The Church of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker is a functioning museum, and 2 times a year it is a church. They also offer to buy very beautiful, but expensive icons ($200.300 and more). After visiting the tomb of St. Nicholas, we went further ...but already on the water! Impressions are overwhelming! The water is blue blue! Eye-catching!! ! The sea was a bit rough! There will be a stop where you can swim in the bay, so don't forget to take swimming trunks and towels from the hotel (there is neither on the yacht), but we had an off-season - the sea is cold.
Then we were fed, I’ll say right away that all drinks, including water, are paid (the water that you take with you will be indispensable in the first half of the trip and when you return home). Then a visit to the city of Mira: tombs, an amphitheater!
The tombs amaze with their antiquity, as if they got into the past. Lycian ancient tombs in the rocks (it is not clear how they did it!!! ). I had never seen this before and was impressed. Everywhere everything is ancient, the remains of any architecture. Very tired from a long road, but did not regret a bit. A cool excursion, worth the money, very interesting, useful, broadens horizons, lovers of history and nature will like it. If you have not been and there will be such an opportunity to go, go, learn a lot of new things and diversify your stay on vacation at the hotel.
In no case do not take a free tour of the leather shop from the guide. They will bring you to the most expensive store, you will lose time. And there is nothing to buy there. There are many other stores in Alanya where you can buy, but cheaper. Green and blue dolmus go to Alanya. The price is 1 dollar or 3 lira, but it is better to pay in lira, because.
They won’t give change from a dollar, a stop is right at the hotel, to stop, you have to wave your hand.
I would like to note the very friendly and welcoming staff of the hotel - absolutely everyone, from cleaners to waiters, that's all the staff without exception. Cool, friendly, polite, kind, very caring to the resting and living in the hotel cats. Hello if you are reading! Separate greetings and thanks to Fariz - a very cultured and well-mannered guy. We did not meet a single case of some kind of rudeness - guys, thank you.
The overall impression was good, however, I would not recommend the hotel to young people in general, as it is located in a very calm and isolated place. In general, summing up - the hotel is not bad. Yes, it is possible that the truth does not draw on its declared stars. But considering how much we paid for the tour (about 3.000 for two for a week), I think it's just a gift.
Perhaps if we paid more, we would find fault with every little thing, but we just tuned in to get the most positive emotions and a super vacation. What do you want))
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