Экономичный отель, номерной фонд неплохой, питание на твердую 4 Economical hotel, good number of rooms, food on a solid 4

I am writing a review almost immediately upon arrival, so that all the moments with which I would like to share are still fresh and memorable. So, the Argos hotel is located in the very center of Antalya, Kaleiç i district. True, in the description of the table of contents of the topic above, this hotel is declared as a four, but when buying a tour from a Coral representative, it was listed as a three with breakfast. At the beginning of my story, I will explain why we chose the city itself, and not its resort part, such as Lara or Konyaalti, knowing full well that there is simply no sea in the form of beaches in the city, there is a small Mermerli beach with a steep staircase and an entrance fee , and we were traveling with a child aged three and a half years.
Initially, we considered many options: both Kamer and Side, Alanya, etc. But all of them went to “stop” for several reasons: it was very important for us with the child the minimum way from the airport to the hotel, this is the first, second - the area of ​ ​ ​ ​ residence should be accessible for visiting independent walks to some sights and places of recreation such as parks , attractions, because trips on excursions with a child were not included in our plans and we were “equipped”, we had a stroller with us, thirdly, we just wanted to be not tied to the hotel, breakfasts are the best you could wish for in this case , the food offered at the hotel for the child would not be the fact of his acceptance and “absorption”, but the choice of a snack on the spot according to our and the child’s tastes suited us as well as possible, and of course we didn’t want either children’s animation or slides for our a child, or a party contingent from among our compatriots (unpleasant memories of these moments on previous trips remained in my memory). The Argos hotel was 100% suitable in all respects, especially since it had a very “good” price for the early booking promotion in February. As a result, all our expectations with him came true and were confirmed.
We arrived in Antalya early in the morning, quickly went through customs, and on a minibus with another pair, Coral took us to hotels in Kalachi. The first bewilderment that we initially experienced was that our minibus did not bring us to the hotel, but stopped 200 meters away and we, with a stroller and with suitcases, were on a cobblestone pavement, yes, yes, since this is a historical center, the streets are paved with stone tiles. It was still normal to go, but with things and a stroller it was just tin, it’s also good that we kind of went down, and it was a little easier to do. Not a single blogger, not a single tourist indicated this in their reviews, and the manager of the travel agency from which we purchased the tour did not draw our attention to this.

Another “tense” moment for us: Coral's representative, still in the minibus, gave us a booklet with the date of the meeting with the guide the next day at 13-00, and the couple was given time at 09-00. We were a little shocked by their distribution of time for meetings - it’s not so that our child will actually sleep at that time, and we can’t even say where she will fall asleep with us, it’s not a fact that in a hotel - in an unfamiliar place for her for sleep, the granddaughter can “pass out” in the stroller while walking, or maybe on the beach in the shade under an umbrella, which by the way happened, because we have a four-hour difference with local time.
Although the fact that we will not be accommodated immediately upon arrival at the hotel, I was aware, we prepared swimsuits and sandals in advance to change and go to the beach, which is five minutes away and spend time there until two in the afternoon. The hotel quickly issued us, provided a room for suitcases, said to wait two hours, the room is not ready. No problem, we had a great time at Mermerli beach. True, they did not dare to sit in the sun on the first day until two o'clock in the afternoon, at 12 o'clock they went to the market to buy fruit, the granddaughter immediately fell asleep, just sitting in the stroller.
We arrived at the hotel at 13-30, we decided not to walk for a long time in the heat, such a temperature difference is heavy from the plane, at home it was +16, and in Antalya 35 in the shade. But the room was not yet ready and the hotel manager, seeing how tired we were, “graciously” suggested that we speed up this procedure by writing to us verbatim on the phone in Russian “Banknotes”, we naturally realized that we were asked to pay some amount in order to to speed up our settlement, but we refused to do it, with all our appearance I show that it’s okay - we’ll wait, since the child was sleeping, we were sitting in a cool hall, the TV was on, well, what else do you need. But I had to wait another hour.
We were given a room on the third floor with access to the courtyard and the pool, which subsequently pleased us very much, because. the noise from the street was almost inaudible with the windows closed, we opened the windows after three in the morning, when the streets and restaurants and cafes were empty. For the child, we were provided with a cot and a crib. The granddaughter mastered both sleeping places in the first days, but then she quickly moved to a large bed with her mother, I slept on a cot. The mattresses are very comfortable, no pillows, very soft, one child was right in lumps. There were no blankets, there were thick waffle bedspreads, by the end of the term, of course, it was already a little uncomfortable to sleep with them, but we did not ask for blankets.

The room is big enough for three people. There was no shower screen in the toilet room, so water poured everywhere, everything was wet, we did not close the door to the bathroom at all and the floor dried out more or less quickly. The cleaning was bad, you can say that it was not at all, I myself wiped the floor sometimes, since I always carry unnecessary rags with me, I saw small cockroaches in the bathroom twice. The refrigerator did not work at all, we contacted the reception several times with this problem, but they nodded, promised, but it never worked. On the second day they made a “patterned” bed for us, we left 4 lira, almost 50 rubles for our money, but it was not enough for them to see these tips, they began not to report soap, toiletries and paper.
We then began to leave 3 lira every two days, sometimes we made the bed, sometimes not, also with soap and the rest, we did not pay attention to this, I always take my shampoos and gels with me. It also didn’t work with the TV, they also repeatedly left a request, nodded, promised, but when they came to the room in the evening, the TV didn’t show until we met our compatriot, who had been resting for more than a week in this hotel, he told us that it turns out there should be two remotes for the TV, but we had one, I went to the reception, and lo and behold, they gave us a remote, and at least sometimes we watched Russian news. Towels were changed every day, that's a fact.
In terms of nutrition, a solid four. The coffee machine did not always work, there were interruptions with clean dishes, watermelon was quickly sorted out and not replenished for a long time, often there was no fresh bread, they laid out the remnants of yesterday. But in general, it’s very good, I’ve been to a lot of places and the one-day morning menu was already boring on the fifth day, and in Argos I could diversify my diet for all eleven days, every day they prepared one new dish. And so everything was fresh, tasty, there were enough pastries, for sweets there were halva, six types of jams and honey.
Of course, it was difficult for a child to feed at least something for three years, but boiled eggs, buns, cheese and sausage helped out, she ate it with pleasure. If she had no appetite, then I took some food with me, so that as soon as she got hungry on the beach, she could have a bite to eat before dinner in the city. The managers at the hotel do not all speak Russian, they communicated through a Google translator, and what I noticed was that they somehow had no special desire to learn to speak Russian. The main contingent of the hotel is foreigners: Germans, Czechs, Spaniards, Italians.

The best advantage of the hotel is its location, in the very center of Antalya, there is where to shop, Mark Antalya shopping center is a 10-minute walk, there are a lot of cafes nearby to eat, in general, you can find several places to your taste and budget in the Kaleiç i area or catering in a shopping center, a lot of people, but also a lot of suggestions. Beaches are not a problem either. Konyaalti beach is about 10 minutes by tram, it is pebbly, the pebbles are large, you need to have shoes, I brought those that I bought in Egypt, my daughter bought herself and her granddaughter in the market. It takes 20-25 minutes to the beaches of Lara by bus, the beaches are sandy, of course it was more comfortable for us with a child, and the umbrella was quietly screwed into the sand (by the way, they took a beach umbrella with them, advice, who will go with children, the umbrella helps out great, then they left it at the hotel when leaving, I bought it inexpensively at home, it was not a pity . . ).
I’ll note another huge minus at Coral, they won’t drive up to the hotel for you either, we had to drag ourselves with suitcases and bags to the minibus not the initial 200 meters, but all 500 metro, because it was convenient for the driver, you see, he didn’t want to spin , and we were stomping with things in the heat at two o'clock in the afternoon with a child. Well, at least the girl accompanying us was sympathetic and helped us as much as she could get with things to the car. I will recommend the hotel, if we ourselves again, we will use this offer, its price category is the most economical in the Kaleichi area, but those problems that I described can be experienced and forgotten, because it is the sea, excellent air and the rest itself that will be the most vivid memories you.
I will recommend the hotel, if we ourselves again, we will use this offer, its price category is the most economical in the Kaleichi area, but you can survive those problems that have arisen.