Sunfire Beach

Written: 30 july 2010
Travel time: 8 — 19 june 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 3.0
The hotel is fully consistent with its 3 * (no more). Everything bad that is written about him on the Internet on various sites is true. But among the minuses, there are always pluses. . .
1) Territory nuuuu sooo small - just none. There is no contention for children (and there were a lot of them in the hotel). Yes, and adults simply have nowhere to go just outside of it.
But the village itself is fine. A bunch of shops, cafe stalls, clean streets, a pleasant park. There are places to walk. And to get to Alanya by minibuses without problems. All of these are big pluses.
2) The pool is as tiny as the territory - do not turn around, do not turn around. But why go to the sea, then to splash in the pool? ! So it didn't matter to us.
Plus - it's slides. 3 times a day for 30 min. it was possible to have fun (which we did with regular constancy).

3) Bar - nothing. You can drink. Wine (more or less), beer (good), rake (good), gin (more or less), vodka (like everywhere. . . ). . . haven't tried the rest (there was also whiskey, cognac, rum). "Juices" - adjustable UPI. Coffee (better than in Egypt - you can drink). Tea (horror, like in a Soviet canteen). Sprite, cola - I don’t know (we don’t drink such drinks).
4) The number is the usual standard. They immediately gave a good one on the 6th floor. Cleaned 2 times really, although the maid tore almost every day. But for some reason at lunchtime, when we rested in the heat. Even when she came, she pretended to be cleaning: she carefully made the bed, folded the towel, put high chairs... The bed was changed 1 time. Towels never. Although we threw them on the floor (this is the custom in many hotels), the maid simply picked them up and hung them on the "hook" again. We were alone with my husband, then at first we used one set of towels, and then another. It was enough for us for 11 days (they did it on purpose, because they knew about this problem of the hotel).
The mini-bar is paid ($ 1.5 per day), but there is no point in it. I was even told at the reception that it freezes only "a little bit" ; . So we got by without it. A properly working air conditioner helped keep the temperature at which neither the fruit quickly spoiled, nor the drinks were disgustingly warm.
I highly recommend the rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floor!! ! Where is the dining room and a little higher. These terrible smells, constant noise and din - I think it's clearly not for a good rest. . .
5) Dining room (namely, a dining room, because you can’t call it otherwise). The food is so-so, but you won't leave hungry. For girls, this is just the right thing - you won’t bring extra kg. Tomatoes, cucumbers, grass, radishes, carrots. . . the assortment is good. "Cakes" - it is impossible to eat (also good for the figure).
Meat is for dinner only. Mostly chicken (but in a very wide variety of dishes - never repeated during the entire stay), occasionally fish (also in variety).
Breakfast: egg 3 and 5 min + 4 types of muesli - a good choice in the morning. For lunch, something from the assortment of soy meat - chops, meatballs, meatballs, sausages, etc.

Boys - "waiters" are great, they tried very hard (!!! ), but you can't hide dirty tablecloths with anything. They were changed only when something specific was spilled on them.
There were no queues only for breakfast (probably everyone was sleeping... ), and the rest of the time was a nightmare!! ! They began to go in the second half - normal))) Maybe the vacationers were afraid that they would not have enough food? No - it's ok. Even if you come 15 minutes before closing time, there will be meat (real or not). But the assortment of salads will be smaller.
Soups are terrible - better not to eat.
There were always fruits, but only in 1 form: orange for breakfast, grapefruit for lunch, watermelon for dinner, the next day - apples, oranges, watermelons, plums, etc. But we did not see any problems in this, because. there all the fruits could be bought and very cheap.
6) The sea was great!! ! Clean, warm - you can not climb out for hours! Quite often it was stormy, but we liked it, because. love to chat on the waves. Many complain about the entrance - I don't know - it was normal. You can go on a specially made sandy passage or on the slabs. Who likes what... we preferred on the plates, because. and there are fewer people there (everyone crowds near the sand), and the surface is smoother and more stable. And if there are safety shoes (we have left from Egypt), then there are no problems at all.
The beach is ordinary, sandy, not as dirty as they say. But that there were not enough sunbeds, so for sure !! ! Only until 7 am you can be sure that there will be a place. Not prudent on the part of the hotel, because a bunch of places around. It was possible to increase the number of sun loungers at least 2 times, otherwise they are not enough even for the number of rooms, not to mention the number of vacationers.
There is no bar on the beach, so whoever wanted to take alcohol at the pool bar and bring it (fortunately close to the transition).

7) Animation - none. Exercise in the morning, volleyball in the afternoon, some games with children in the late afternoon, sending those who wish to some club - that's all. There is no question of any evening disco on the territory of the hotel. Oh, yes, I forgot... Show in the evenings every 2-3 days with duplication every week.
8) Vacationers. Most are Slavs. A lot from the post-Soviet space. Quite a lot of tourists from Eastern Europe (Poland, Romania, Slovakia. . . ) So it's very easy to find a common language with the "neighbors" and relax together.
9) Guide. We drove from Tez Tour. I have never seen such service from a hotel guide. Such guides as Pasha Tez Tour spoils its reputation. In fact, he appeared only on the day of our settlement. Briefly told everything, vtyukhnul excursions, to those who immediately wanted to. People like us, who decided on them a little later, had to catch it. They say it was every day when other tourists settled. But we did not have the opportunity to see him at least one more time. As a result, the tour was taken elsewhere (but also from Tez Tour). Yes, and the arrogance and snobbery of the hotel guide was so much that it was just awful. They were very disappointed in the tour operator because of this. In Turkey, most likely the next time would have flown from another. Although the transfer from the airport and back was as always on top!!!
SUMMARY: 1) The hotel met all our expectations. The tour was very budgetary for us, so it’s hard to get a lot of good things for the money we paid.
2) We went to rest, and not to look for cons. Everything was philosophical. We got up early (there was always a sunbed on... ), slept during the day, walked or had fun in the evening. In general, we left rested, with new impressions.
3) But we are unlikely to go to this hotel for the second time. Only if again there is no better option (oddly enough, there was no better option for the time of searching for the tour... )
Have a good rest and more positive in everything!! !
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