Очень хороший отель для семейного отдыха Very good hotel for families

This is my first hotel review so don't judge too harshly. I'll try to give as much detail as possible.
Although we have traveled quite a lot before, but this is our first experience with a tour operator, the first all-inclusive experience, and the first time in Turkey.
In my opinion, the hotel deserves 9 out of 10, and definitely worth the money. True, we took peak dates - the last week of August - so we overpaid a little, but we don’t regret it at all. This is a super option for families with children, especially if you want to get away from the bustle of the city. For 7 days we have never left the territory - there was neither desire nor necessity.

Rooms: the rooms are a little "tired", of course, they did not stand next to the urban European 5 *. By numbers rather 4 *. Most of the rooms are located in small three-story buildings, I can’t say for sure how many of them there are on the territory, in my opinion, more than two dozen. In general, cosmetic repairs would not hurt them.

Although everything that should work - plumbing, mini-bar, TV, air conditioning - works quite well. Plumbing is generally ok, against the backdrop of rachitic plumbing, plumbing and sewerage in most domestic resort hotels, it seems that here it works like a Swiss watch. We had a shower without a bathtub, but I think it is not needed in a beach hotel. True, there is no wi-fi in the rooms, but in Turkey and in hotels of this price category, as far as I understand, this is more of a norm than an exception to the rule. There is only water in the minibar, but it's ok for us - everything else can be drunk at the bar. We only slept in the room and took a shower, so the mini-bar and the design of the room did not bother us much. Mattresses are good and firm. Bed and towels changed every 2-3 days. We came across a room with a small balcony, but uncritically, we used it only for drying swimsuits.
The electricity turns off if you remove the key card from the cardholder in the room, but this nuance can always be bypassed)))

Territory: this is a big and bold plus of this hotel - green, well-groomed, large. On the territory of only their guests and staff, the same applies to the beaches. A large modern playground (though some "kids", especially from the CIS countries, are doing their best to break everything that can be broken). There are places to walk in the evening, plus paths to the reef and along the reef itself, with platforms where you can admire the moon in the evening, listen to the sound of the waves, and watch flocks of fish and crabs during the day (although the reef itself is dead, as someone wrote in a previous review) . Lots of trees, bushes, flowers, even pomegranates and citrus fruits. Palm trees and some pleasantly smelling coniferous trees grow by the sea. Beneath them are sun loungers, so you can combine sunbathing with aromatherapy.
The sea and beaches: the sea is another big and fat plus - warm, clean, the water is clear, there were no algae or jellyfish during our stay. Three beaches, for every taste - large sandy, with a gentle slope, suitable for families with kids + a pier equipped even with a shower; more rocky beach, smaller than the first, mostly adults without children; quite rocky, not even a beach, but just a coast, with a pier, and sun loungers are located on a concrete terrace above this coast. And closer to the reef there is a small, almost isolated from the sea, bay, also with sunbeds and a path to it, a maximum of half a meter deep, free from stones, with super-warm water, where you can splash around with babies at all. People are moderate on any of the beaches, since, I repeat, only their guests are on the territory. Sunbeds, umbrellas, beach towels - all for free. They offer standard marine entertainment - ride a banana, scooters, sapboards.

To my surprise, there is no diving service, despite the fact that the sea is fantastically clear, warm, and the rocky bottom 30-40 meters from the shore is very interesting to explore.

Meals: It seems to me that a huge plus is that guests can put food on their own plates, wearing disposable gloves. Therefore, there are no queues. The choice is good. For lunch and dinner, there is always at least one type of grilled fish, or even 2-3 - mackerel, river trout, sea bream, sea bass. At least two types of meat - lamb, chicken, veal, both grilled and stewed-boiled, etc. During our stay, there were oysters, mussels, crabs and crayfish, lamb, veal, tuna, red fish. They cook in such a way that everyone gets everything, by the end of dinner, part of the cooked food always remains unclaimed. Fruits are always available - melon, watermelon, 2-3 kinds of grapes, apples, peaches, pears. Large selection of desserts, 4-5 varieties of baklava. There are also many types of salads for lunch and dinner, for every taste.
Soups are usually of two types, one is not spicy. There is also a diet line with steam vegetables and boiled chicken, there is something to feed a child of 2-3 years old. Small queues only for alcohol at bars, and then only at the peak time of the day. Local beer Ephesus - quite ok. The rest of the alcohol is best consumed in the form of cocktails. I tried clean only local whiskey with ice, it feels like 25 degrees in it, no more - perhaps diluted. It is easy to drink, but it is better with cola. Coffee and juices from vending machines - instant bullshit, but you can drink, brewed Turkish tea in teapots is very good. From 10 am, Turkish coffee is prepared at the coffee bar, so it seems to be nothing like that.
In a la carte for a free visit (for stays of 5 days) write down near the reception. The quality of cooking is the same as in the main restaurant, but taking into account the individual serving.
With free admission, you indicate your food preferences when you sign up, there is no choice of dishes during the dinner itself.
Personally for me food is also a big plus of this hotel.


Staff: also attributed to the pluses of the hotel. All very polite, basic words-phrases in Russian, almost all employees know, if it is difficult with Russian, you can easily explain yourself in English. Everyone works very smartly, cheerful, friendly. A little annoying masseur with constant offers of massage, but you can freeze. The guide from Coral assured us that in hotels they rarely do a normal massage, so we didn’t sign up.

Animation: there is a certain program for every day, including during the daytime (but we always skipped it because of the child's daytime sleep). In the evening, until 9 o'clock, more children are entertained, after 9 to 11 pm - more adults. Large amphitheater and stage.
During the day there were foam parties, volleyball, competitions by the pool, etc.

Pool/slides: I personally found the pool huge. There is a gentle entrance. Clean enough, the water does not smell like bleach. Sunbeds in the morning are easier to take on the beach than by the pool, although there are many of them here and there. We preferred the sea. The pool has three slides, on the blue one there is a rather weak stream of water - the children are still OK, but the average adult gets stuck in the middle, you have to push off with your feet. The rest of the slides are normal. There is also a paddling pool 30-40 cm deep, with a small slide. After lunch, the water temperature in it resembles a jacuzzi, but the kids are happy to splash around there.

Wi-fi: available in all public areas - bars, restaurants, reception, playground - but rather weak. The maximum output was 1 Mbps. Enough for messengers and mail. There is no wifi in the rooms.

Guests: international contingent, plus many locals.
Germans, Poles, Dutch, Ukrainians, Russians, Turks, there are people from different Muslim countries. Since the rest here is mostly family, people are generally calm and adequate.

Near the peninsula on which the hotel is located, there is a highway, but the noise from it is almost inaudible, since the reception and administrative buildings of the hotel are very practical along it, they serve as a sound shield. There is also a minaret, from which the muezzin's calls to prayer sound from time to time over the loudspeaker, but this can only interfere with people with super-sensitive sleep. And so on the contrary, a highlight, so to speak.

As a result, I definitely recommend the hotel, if possible I would return here again.