just the facts :)

Written: 10 september 2009
Travel time: 23 august — 3 september 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
Saphir Resort and SPA

It is not my purpose to make advertising or anti-advertising for the hotel. I am writing this in the hope that my review will help those people who, like me, wandered around in search of reviews for a particular hotel a month ago and did not know what to choose.
So here's our trip report. We arrived a couple of days ago, everything is fresh in my memory and I will try to have a minimum of emotions and a maximum of facts.

As usual, you need to start with a positive.
1. Met perfectly. Delivered on time, comfortably. Settled in 10 minutes. Fee (unofficial) for a room with a sea view - 100 dollars.
2. The hotel is cozy, the rooms are comfortable, the architecture pleases the eye. Greenery is not enough, but I think it will grow soon
3. It is important that the territory is compact, given the two-year-old child and the pace of movement: beach-room-dining room
4. The food is tasty and of high quality (they were not poisoned, and there were no problems with digestion)

5. The sea is clean, warm, salty. Deep two steps from the shore.
There is sand on the beach, pebbles at the edge of the sea and in the sea. Sunbeds, mattresses, towels (deposit for towels - 15 dollars per item). Umbrellas, which is important, and not one awnings for all as in neighboring hotels.
6. Internet in the lobby.
7. Good children's slide. But not during the day - it is like a heated stove.
8. Animation is good. Children's discos.

And now the negatives. Rather, what spoiled the overall impression.

1. They often came to clean the room by 2 o'clock in the afternoon, when it was + 40 outside and the child was sleeping at that time, they had to refuse cleaning. Well, save on tips : )
2. Nutrition. If you come at the end of the dinner - the choice is very limited : ) For dinner it is difficult to find a table to sit down. An hour after the start of the meal, there is no cup, no tea bags, no cutlery. So who did not have time - he was late. If you had lunch at 12.30, then before dinner (at 19.00) you really want to eat, and the snack bar until 17.00 and there is simply nothing to eat there (rare muck).
So, with the system of such “included” food, we went half-starved : ) There was fish ONE time in 2 weeks. And, well, a herring in a salad: )))
3. Inconvenient schedule for changing towels. Option - to dry on the balcony and not change at all. Why then go to all inclusive?
4. Drinks are generally tin. EVERYTHING diluted so that it is impossible to drink. And juices are generally a separate joke. Tap water (they themselves saw how they pour it) + powder with chemistry. You can drink orange juice ($2 per glass). Coffee - I have never tasted such a thing in my life, I could not even take a sip. I understand that this is the case everywhere in Turkey. During the day, tea is nowhere to be found. There is only boiling water, and when asked to give a bag, they wave their heads that they don’t have it. Conclusion - bring tea and coffee bags with you. Oh, and a drink from the duty free.

5. I wrote about good animation, but this also has a minus. She is from 09.00 to 24.00. And the music is constantly yelling loudly and the presenter is shouting into the microphone: competitions in the pool.
So sleeping during the day is simply unrealistic. Very, very annoying. Here is the sea view. Who has small children - uncomfortable.
6. In comparison with other hotels, there are few fruits. Although I'm not picky: watermelons, melons, grapes, oranges, plums, apples (sour to the point of horror). This is not all at once, but in turn, then one thing, then another. That's what is excellent - it's oranges.
7. Was in a spa. Did not like. They mess around and even stick around. I had to put in a massage therapist.
7. Basically, that's all. My rating is 4*. I won't go there again. For the money we paid, you can find better. Not because the hotel is so bad, but because the price does not match the quality.
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