Отпуск все таки удался! Vacation was a success!

We stayed at this hotel in September 2008. I am probably one of the few who will give this hotel a negative review. I have been going to Turkey for quite a few years, and sometimes several times a year, I “started” with 5 but gradually “rolled down” to 3. Well, I can’t lie by the pool for days on end and periodically crawl to the restaurant to once again overeat. Therefore, I prefer hotels with a small number of stars, but the main thing is that the hotel is located in the city, where you can take a walk, see the beauties of the city and local flavor, and also closer to the places of entertainment that Turkish resorts are famous for.
I can say right away that out of our 11 days we lived in this place only 3 days, and then we packed our bags and moved to another hotel, because if we hadn’t done this, then the vacation would have been completely ruined.
Firstly. Location. Many in their reviews write that the window offers a wonderful view of the mountain and the fortress. So, we lived on the 4th floor, and saw only the windows of the neighboring house and the road. (For your information: this mountain can be seen from almost all places in Alanya, because it is located right in the center of Alanya. ). The website of this hotel says that it is located 150 meters from the beach. Lies. It is located on some kind of line from the sea, and it takes about 15-20 minutes to walk to the beach. The beach is not your own, but the city's (Cleopatra's beach). It is also described that the hotel is located in the center and is recommended to all lovers of youth entertainment. So, if you are a fan of those, then you should be prepared that you will have to walk about 8 km to the place of entertainment (something like a bar street in Marmaris). It was we later, when we were driving a car, that we measured how many kilometers it would turn out. (and now multiply by two, it’s a lousy walk, given that you spend half the night at the disco. )

Secondly. Hotel manager and staff. This hotel is offered as both half board and all inclusive. We checked in as "half board, and when returning from the beach in the evening we bought a big bundel with water for personal hygiene needs (brush your teeth and wash your face), we were stopped by a local security guard and personally brought before the formidable eyes of the manager, who began to demand that we bought water from him at the hotel (by the way, the price differed by almost 7 times), and in response to our resistance, we were graciously allowed only this once to carry our purchased. Well, then we, apparently, were taken under special control, and our bags were searched when we returned once again to the hotel. This also affected the reason for moving from this hotel.
Thirdly. Nutrition. I only have one word. Disgusting. No, of course for the three, the food was quite varied, but not edible. Don’t think that I’m some kind of gourmet and picky eater, when I’m hungry I can eat everything, but I don’t understand one thing, how can you spoil grilled meat and make it completely unedible? There is also a recommendation for those who are going to go to this hotel with children. If you choose it, then you will have a constant headache than to feed the baby, since you will not last your entire vacation, the child, and you yourself on cucumbers and tomatoes with bread.
Fourth. Hotel. The hotel is absolutely nothing. Standard rooms, an elevator that stops at each floor (it’s easier to take the stairs, and faster), the maids wash the rooms with some kind of particularly smelly product, that you want them to stop cleaning the room, because it’s impossible to breathe in the room after this cleaning, very small a place for a restaurant, absolutely not designed for a large number of guests, just sit down, and the tables stand so that the chairs cannot be pushed back, and the plate must be held high so as not to move the vacationer’s ears. A very small pool, in which the Germans and the British sit all day long, not climbing out and sipping beer, about 15 sunbeds, on which prudent guests lay towels in the evening.
Conclusion: 1. If you are vacationing with children, then in no case take this hotel, because there are no entertainments for children and food is not provided.
2. If you like outdoor activities and nightlife, then get ready to stop all your feet when you stop by this hotel (of course there is an alternative in the form of local people with a vehicle....if you knew how we envied those girls who sitting at their ashkims on a scooter they were delivered to the hotel... well... or not to the hotel. )

PS. We had such a funny, memorable incident (refers to the location of the hotel. ) Since I already wrote above that we left this hotel, when we left, of course, no one returned the money to us, we were simply informed that we still live in this hotel, Naturally, because of the harmfulness, we decided to go to the hotel once and, so to speak, check if our room had been rented out. And since we rented a very pronounced car - a bright yellow BMW convertible, it was impossible not to notice our arrival. So, the waitresses approached us and began to wonder where we got such a car from, that they had never seen such a car in Alanya! Imagine our shock. And then we moved to a hotel that was located near the mountain, but on the other hand, where the pier and the car were rented from the hotel. So make a conclusion in which hole this hotel is located.