Great hotel at a low cost. Rest in Turkish lockdown. May 2021.

Written: 17 may 2021
Travel time: 2 — 8 may 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 7.0
By tradition, our people associate the May holidays with barbecues and outings in nature, but this spring the weather did not want to please with warm days. And so I wanted summer... And we found it. In Turkey. "Sagging prices" at the beginning of May only strengthened our decision to visit the shores of the Antalya coast. So…
Transfer from Antalya airport took 2 hours. During this time, we covered 100 km on a comfortable bus. We arrived at the hotel at 7 am. The lobby was quiet and deserted. The hotel was still asleep. Only a lone guard at the reception smiled happily at the counter. Our small gift in the form of a box of chocolates and 0.7 of life-giving moisture made his smile even wider)). Having given our passports for registration and received “all inclusive” bracelets in return, we headed for breakfast. At the entrance to the restaurant, we were removed from the “damage” with a thermometer and given disposable gloves, because. food must be collected by yourself. After a night flight and a sleepless night, the scrambled eggs seemed especially tasty).
Returning to the lobby, we took comfortable sofas and got ready to wait: according to the rules of the hotel, check-in takes place from 14-00. The reception staff offered us to pay for the early check-in service (50 euros per family), to which we responded with a kind refusal. But by someone's good will, by 10-00 we were already given the keys to the room.

Rooms: we lived in a standard. By default, it provides accommodation for 2+1, but if necessary (as in our case), they put an extra bed (cot) for 2+2. The condition of the room is five. The furniture is in good condition, everything is clean, works flawlessly. A minibar is available (filled once upon arrival with water and non-alcoholic drinks in the form of fanta - cola, water is replenished on the following days). There is a safe, but it is for an additional fee - 2 euros per day. The bathroom also does not cause any complaints: everything is clean, the shower is behind glass, the plumbing is in good condition, there is a hairdryer and the necessary set of cosmetics (soap, shampoo, shower gel, etc. ). For more comfortable accommodation of large families, the hotel has two-level rooms. They are all located on the 5th floor. In terms of interior, they are the same with the standards. On the first level there are two single beds, and on the second level there is one large double bed.
A few words about the hotel in general: it was located on the second line from the sea in 2013 and since then it has occupied an area of ​ ​.22, 000 square meters. 7-storey building, in the courtyard of which there is a swimming pool. Wi-Fi is paid (2 euros per day), but there is not only in the lobby, but also in the water park, and by the pool, and even on the beach.
Floors:
-1 - here you will find the main restaurant, a number of shops, billiards (extra charge), a photographer's corner, a bistro with a bar (you can have a drink and a snack), a game park and a hairdresser (extra charge) and a kids club;
0 - there is a reception in the lobby, a la carte restaurants in the right wing (free fish (for stays of 7 nights or more) and Italian for 20 euros per person), in the left wing a gym (small, 5-6 simulators);
1-5 - residential floors.
The hotel water park is located through an underground passage under the road. It has 5 adult slides and a pool with children's slides. The water in the pool is already warm enough. Works so far with time restrictions: an hour before lunch from 11 to 12 and an hour after lunch. There is an amphitheater nearby, but because we were during the Turkish lockdown, then evening shows and mini disco were held near the central pool, and the amphitheater was empty. Immediately behind the amphitheater there is a tennis court and a mini-football field, where leather ball lovers sometimes met.

Sea… Mediterranean… Already warm)) Degrees 22-23. To get to the beach, you need to walk along the road past the hotels in front of 300-400 meters. The road takes 5-7 minutes. Well, 10 at most if you're sun-weary. For those tired of the bar, a transfer is provided. The shuttle is a blue tractor with a trailer. Well, so that it was convenient to carry “firewood”)). The hotel's beach is sandy, narrow and extended into the depths of the land. Equipped with stationary awnings and plastic deck chairs (some are broken) with mattresses. The sand is fine dirty yellow. Because of this, the sea is often cloudy. Sometimes the wind brought rubbish ((. The entrance to the water is gentle with a narrow strip of small and medium pebbles. A lifeguard is on duty on the beach. There is a volleyball court between the water's edge and the first row of sunbeds: during the game, the dust is a column). Non-alcoholic drinks are served in the beach bar , ayran (diluted with water), beer and wine. Fast food is also present, and in a fairly wide range.
Animation - in my opinion the best feature of the hotel. The team got together cheerful - will not let anyone get bored. It works fully, as in the best "pre-Covid" times. Morning exercises, water aerobics, water polo, games near the pool, darts, shooting from the air, volleyball, football, kids club and children's competitions, evening shows and mini disco…
And finally, about food)). The food in the hotel is good. It would have been worse without food... In the main restaurant you can taste traditional dishes for hotels in Turkey. Turkey meat, chicken, several types of fish, salads, vegetables, sweets and fruits are all present in abundance. If they tell you that there is nothing to eat in the “hotel”, know that they are lying. Well, except that there were not enough fruits: apples, pears, medlar, oranges. In any case, you can always satisfy your hunger)). If you did not have time to eat in the main restaurant, then there is fast food on the beach and a bistro cafe. In the bistro you will be offered various options for pasta, pizza, burgers. It is quite possible to eat deliciously and fully. In addition, as I mentioned above, the hotel has two a la carte restaurants.
Paid services. In addition to the mentioned Internet and a safe in the room, for an additional fee, you can play billiards, visit the game room (for small tourists), get relaxation (massage, peeling, etc. ) in the SPA center. At the same time, visiting the sauna, steam room and hammam is free of charge. There is a tent near the pool bar where they sell cotton candy, strawberries, melons, corn (all for 2 euros), and you can also order a hookah for 12 euros.
That's basically it. Rest flew by unnoticed and in one breath. All our expectations were justified. And even a little more)). If you have questions - ask. I'll try to be helpful.
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