Прекрасный отель Гранада Lovely Granada Hotel

Just got back from Granada. We went to rest with my wife and daughter of 12 years. I must say right away: do not believe the one who is dissatisfied with the rest in Granada, because. dissatisfied with Granada can not be by definition. Granada is a super hotel with super infrastructure, nothing to complain about.
So, everything is in order. We flew from Novosibirsk, the tour operator was Coral Travel. Coral rules, at least in Turkey, that's for sure. And their prices are affordable compared to Tez and Pegasus. At first there were, of course, doubts about what kind of Coral it was. But, having arrived at the place, it became clear: Coral is not just for you. Well, firstly, round-trip flights took place to the minute according to the schedule, and secondly, punctuality was traced in everything related to the place and time of the meeting. All of their guides are knowledgeable and courteous. In general, well done. Excursions were also taken from Coral. Yes, 2 times more expensive than street agencies, but calmly for your life. They have 2 drivers on flights, they drive carefully, the probability of getting into an accident is minimal.
Now about the hotel itself. Yes, it's something. They certainly did not spare money. Everything is done beautifully, expensively and tastefully. In addition, it is clear that the NTP did not bypass this hotel. Modern developments of IT-engineering have been introduced everywhere. LCD displays are everywhere: in elevators, toilets, rooms, bars, restaurants. All kinds of sensors (now you don't need to look for a switch to turn on the light, it will turn on and off when needed). The key to the door of the room is also electronic (and what else can it be in such a hotel? ). You can talk endlessly about the design and decoration of the hotel. Everything glitters and sparkles. Marble, granite and onyx, gilded elevator capsules, huge mirrors. Comfortable soft chairs are everywhere, so that at any moment you could sit down and rest. In general, as Gabriel Garcia Marquez said: "The triumph of spendthrift. "

Territory. It's not the same for everybody. What does small mean? Such a normal area, clean, well-groomed, green. A huge pool, along the perimeter of which there are fountains in the form of fish, bowls and such important frogs. A pool for children with an overturning bucket of water, a water park with three slides and, again, fountains. There is a beach for me so normal. And, of course, the pier. The pier is large, the sunbeds there are soft, leathery and snow-white. Someone complained about umbrellas. Now there are umbrellas of a different model, more reliable and understandable in management, brand new, white. There is also an indoor pool and jacuzzi. Well, it's an amateur.
Food and drinks. I will immediately express my surprise: is this how you need to eat at home in order to remain dissatisfied with the way they feed in Granada? Well, yes, they don’t serve lobsters, lobsters and oysters there, and they won’t pour you Châ teau Lafitte 1787 there. But the rest is very, very even. You can eat around the clock. Breakfast in the main restaurant from 7.00 to 11.00, then a snack restaurant and aqua bar with shawarma and gozleme from 11.00 to 17.00, at the same time there is a pastry shop with ice cream and cakes. Then a short break until 19.00. And from 19.00 it started: dinner smoothly turning into a nightly breakfast. At the same time, at least one of the bars must be open during the day. And the bars there are: a lobby bar, an atrium bar, a snack bar, a pool bar, a bar on the pier, an aqua bar, an Irish pub. And everywhere watermelons, watermelons, watermelons. The menu in the main restaurant is varied: chicken in different forms: stewed, fried, baked, chicken barbecue, stew, turkey, veal, lamb, various sauteed, trout fish every day, crayfish, shrimp, mussels, olives, salads, potatoes, spaghetti , zucchini, eggplant, rice, a sea of ​ ​ ​ ​ fruits: melons, watermelons, white and red grapes, peaches, apricots, plums, oranges, apples, bananas, cherries. And a lot more that you can't remember right now. The beer is delicious. Alanya is a city of bananas and Germans, so the beer there is, by definition, good. The wine is so-so, to be honest, we didn’t drink vodka, we can’t say anything about this subject, but they make good cocktails. Mojito is especially popular, it is ordered more often than others.
Someone complains about the animation. Well, I don't know how much more fun. The animation program starts at 10.00 with the song “Good morning” from the famous musical “Singin' in the rain”. And from this moment the fun begins: music, morning exercises, darts, bocha, aqua aerobics, pool game, hotel dance, then lunch, and after dinner a new one: games, music, fun. And so on until late at night. And all this is somehow unobtrusive, correct. In general, we liked it.
The staff at the hotel is friendly, everyone understands Russian, at the reception so in general the girls speak Russian as we speak. We did not notice a biased attitude towards Russian speakers. Moreover, as always, when checking in, they invested 20 euros in the passport, so they returned them to us, saying that it was superfluous. The room ended up being perfect, just like the picture.

Now about excursions. They took them, as mentioned above, from the tour operator. The hotel guide Azim arranged everything for us and enlightened us on this part. Azim himself is a Turk by nationality, but speaks Russian brilliantly. Hi to him! We took three excursions: fishing on the lake, Pamukkale and a boat trip on a yacht. Pamukkale and the yacht are great excursions, a lot of positive emotions and impressions. But the fishing let us down, the expected with the actual does not coincide at all, so we do not recommend taking such an excursion.
Not far from the hotel is the market "Grand Alara Bazaar". You leave the hotel, turn left and after about 20 minutes of walking on the right side of the road you will see this market. It is best to buy goods there, the prices are normal. There is everything and textiles and leather and gold and souvenirs. A little about prices: jeans from $25 to $90, silk bed linen $45 double set, bamboo and cotton towels from $10 to $25 depending on size, leather bags within $250, but you can bargain.
Of course, their intrusive “service” is a little annoying, but such is the specificity of the East. Russian-speaking consultants work in all shops. Personally, we liked the “No limit” shop with jeans and sportswear, a guy with a girl, Emin and Amina, work there. They are great, they take into account our mentality, they are not imposed at all, but at the same time I want to buy from them, the assortment is good and the prices are reasonable.
Well, what else, oh about the sea. Well, the sea, the sea is the sea. The water area of ​ ​ Granada is clean, the sea is gentle, there are no jellyfish. A school of fish swims near the pier. We fed them bread in the morning, they ate very actively, it was curious to look at this spectacle.
Finally, we want to tell everyone: go to Granada, you will not regret it, the hotel is chic, perhaps the best in this part of Alanya. Have a nice holiday everyone!