The hotel initially seems big, it's not. Everything is as convenient as possible. Three swimming pools, one of them in the relax zone.
Bars-service 10 out of 10. And you don’t need to stand near the counter - the waiters bring, some bring, roller-skate, go round all around the pools. Everyone would like to mention they are just super. My favorite Selbi and Belgin? zge
Ice cream - for every taste everywhere in the refrigerators - you go and take it. As well as tortilla guzleme.
The main rest-come, immediately pour water, order drinks, clean quickly and cover immediately. Food. Diverse and repeated only the most asked.
Every day is different.
Children's animation - I don't know where else can be such a high level. Entertainment every day, not repeated, the head of Alexandra is a pearl that has gathered professional educators around her. Here you can sing praises endlessly! You need to visit and understand that your child has something to do here and you can leave it and not worry until dinner! And after dinner, more programs! Super super super!!!
Adult animation - there is air shooting, archery, darts, football volleyball - a good team works! Very good sports program. And kangaroos and water trampolines are great! Amazingly cool Willy for teenagers as an animator. Martin (so written on the badge) knows almost all the guests and their children by name - he will always help and tell you! Zhenya (Jack) will teach you shooting and generally the most cheerful companion. Marina will not give you peace, she will invite you to play bocha with her and dance until you drop!
Farad will teach you how to shoot from the air gun perfectly. And they also have the coolest beach volleyball, the funniest Oscar leads.
There are crazy slides for adults, separate amusement parks and slides for teenagers. For kids of different ages pools and slides (heated).
Sea. Lots of space. There is a separate place for adults to retire. 4 bars. Everything is everywhere! ! I could describe a lot more, but such hotels do not make sense. By themselves 10+
Firstly, an individual transfer from the airport, the journey took a maximum of 30 minutes. Arranged and settled immediately without delay. True, at first they gave a room (we have a family bungalow) on the very edge of the hotel with the sight and sound of a neighboring hotel's pump running. BUT immediately after the request to change, the lovely girl Lena gave us the keys to the room with a location that one can only dream of! And this is without persuasion, scandals and tantrums. For this, a huge plus in her karma, and we have wonderful first impressions. By the way, the rooms are new, clean, with high-quality repairs and furniture, large (we have a double room). One feels a deep renovation, which was written about in 2018.
Secondly, the territory of the hotel is very green. Tree crowns create a natural dome covering the entire pedestrian area with a saving shadow. A magnificent relaxing landscape and a picturesque river, and the beach, in my opinion, only benefits from the fact that it is separated from the main territory by it. It seems that you are on a separate island. It's bent, but it's true))
Thirdly, food. We have only tried dinner so far, but its variety and quality of products perfectly emphasizes the VIP prefix, and we have something to compare with: in Turkey we have definitely been 10 times, maybe more, and everyone is in good 5 * and VIP and not only.
A preliminary tour of the territory showed the presence of luxurious pools in the Roman style, water slides, a children's playground with attractions, climbing frames, etc. , sports and children's playgrounds, and a good gym.
. . . to be continued; )
Very nice beach. In general, the hotel is considered to be on the first line, but to the beach you will need to go along the bridge over the river. By the way, it's very picturesque and it doesn't bother you at all. The beach itself is long and very wide. Sunset is sandy at the entrance - a tiny strip of small pebbles. The beach is covered with sand. Small awnings. Lots of loungers. There are two zones on the beach, one of which is 16+ with a separate bar. There are paid pavilions with service. By the way, very cool. There is a fairly large pier with a bar with sunbeds and umbrellas. Change and collection of towels right at the entrance to the beach. Card towels. There are two a la carte restaurants on the beach at the entrance. It is very convenient that in one of them we had lunch and dinner there, there is a large children's playground under a canopy and a children's disco area nearby. You can watch the baby. Also on the beach there is a night club where discos are held.
Along the beach there is a promenade-alley along which low palm trees grow. It's also nice to walk there. Active but unobtrusive animation. There is a large amphitheater with more than 1000 seats. Good evening shows both by local animators and guest artists. Disco. Three times a week themed parties. There is equipment for fishing and you can fish in the river nearby which is on the way to the beach. There is a small golf course with 18 holes. There is a good gym with a good instructor. First of all, it was important for us that there were good conditions for families with children. For a long time they could not decide until they turned to an excellent travel agent Ruslan Kusto, you can easily find it by the name of the surname on the VKontakte social network. He very quickly picked up suitable options for us, pointed out their pros and cons, and he was also cheaper than taking directly from tour operators.
For children, a huge “children's town” on this square can quite easily accommodate a small hotel). Works from 9.00 to 23.00. And accepts children from 0-16 years old. Professional Russian-speaking educators. The club is divided into several zones by age. Indoors and outdoors. Everything is under awnings. Great kids animation. Don't take the baby out! The evening children's program is always different and interesting - mini disco, ball show, parrot show, clowns, etc. ! Lessons for everyone. There is a panda park with cable cars and various obstacles. There is an amusement park. Locomotive, wheel and carousel. The hotel is perfect for families with kids from 0-3 years old. Only with parents. There is a mother and child room where you can prepare food for the baby, change diapers or the baby can sleep. There are juices and baby food. Playroom with toys, playpens. Outdoor play area with swimming pool.
Each toilet has a special changing table with everything you need, such as diapers, powders, etc. Baby potty (Free of charge) Baby carriages (Free of charge). Great variety of baby food. There is canned food for free in the club and restaurant. A large children's restaurant area is located in the main restaurant. For kids, for breakfast, lunch and dinner, separate tables are set with a large selection of dishes. There are all kinds of cereals (oatmeal, semolina, rice), yoghurts, fruits, mashed potatoes, chicken. Soups for lunch. Generally very good food. Quite a large selection. For example rack of lamb, lamb, veal. During the day, ice cream, including on the beach in the restaurant. 1 main restaurant. There are dietary, vegetarian and gluten-free menus. Themed dinners. 7 a la carte of which 5 are free. Of these, two on the beach Italian and kebab house. Italian has a family concept.
Next to it is a stage where in the evening children participate in competitions and a mini-disco takes place. 2 paid a la carte is French 25 euros per person includes French wines and fish is located on the banks of the river. There are panoramic views. 11 bars. There is a sports bar and a bar 16+ in an open area. With a romantic setting. Local and imported drinks. Good champagne, normal wine. There is a 24 hour restaurant "Olivia". Another good SPA is big. Free of charge: Biosauna, Roxauna, Turkish hammam, steam room, indoor and outdoor pool with hydromassage.
Now about the hotel in general: I would say a solid 5, but not as High class as in the name of the hotel. The place is neither big nor small, but cozy.
Interesting design around the pools ala an old fortress with columns and arches! There are only three adult slides (((It’s quite green and the river is small with a mullet! On the beach, tents and sun loungers are far from the sea, but you can raise a sun lounger to the shore or you can use a towel on the sand. A meter of pebbles on the shore and in the sea too - as for adults "Massage, but it's not convenient for children to run around. Pier with a bar. Two restaurants on the beach. We took a standard room in a building overlooking the sea and pools. It wasn't crowded for us to sleep and the music didn't bother us much. Cleaning and linen change daily! Mini bar is replenished also. There are shower sets in original bottles of the hotel spa. The interior of the building room and the main restaurant are without frills. But everything is clean. There was not enough Russian first course for adults (the same as for children) in the diet - you won’t overeat children)). also for some reason there were no strawberries and figs.
Maybe it's not the season yet, already))) Food in general is quite tasty: there is a lot of grilled fish and crayfish, even buckwheat))) and of course dessert and fruit. And of course Airan! there is no first course so ayran to help))) I won’t say anything about heavy alcohol, we don’t drink it, and the cocktails at the bars are quite different. At the reception, in the restaurant and animators there are many Russian speakers! In general, there are many Russian-speaking vacationers, but without "Tagil"))) There are many children and this is good for the youngest daughter each
day new "My girlfriend"))) Evening
representations of "such" are not intrusive, but
you can see.
The hotel is chosen even by Russian stars: they rested with us: already grandfather Boyarsky and Nastya Knyazeva (the most beautiful girl in Russia)! It also says something! )))
Well, the price is quite reasonable.
Bottom line: the wife and children want to return, but I don’t like to repeat themselves, but we’ll see next year where the sea will call us)))
P. S. We went to Land of legend, paid $ 215 per day for everyone with a transfer.
The price is not adequate in general for amusement parks: an example of Aventura park in Spain for 240 € for three days for everyone without transport (we were in Estival Park in La Pineda, the bus is right under the hotel to Aventura 2 € per person) - and we are 2 days for the rides and 1 day in the water park was enough and I liked it very much. In the Legend, the pandemonium in the water park is the same problem as in Rixos Belek in Troy - there were a lot of vacationers coming from other hotels, there were hour-long queues for water slides (((But at 5 pm, basically everyone disperses and in an hour and a half my eldest daughter and I calmly swept on all the slides once. At 18:30 the water park closed and we calmly rode the rollercoaster once, because there are not many of them (they work until 21:00). 2 slices of pizza well and drink sprite juices.
We stayed for Creed's concert ($50 for one ticket), so we waited for an hour and a half as soon as they started to get closer, well, the concert was 40-50 minutes. In general, by 12 at night I wanted to take my legs in my hands))). But you can go for half a day in the evening just a water park without a crowd and rides and an evening show and design to see another price. Bottom line: once you can go exactly for half a day (this is enough).
Have a good rest everyone.
First time unsubscribed for vacation)))
During this time, there was an attempt to replace Xanadu with Kempinski. At that time, it seemed to be absolutely successful. But who could have guessed that the breakthrough that Xanadu made in 2 years left Kempinski far behind in a cloud of dust. What can you do - healthy competition. Returning Kempinski's Adults Only status would make the fight for the championship a lot tougher.
Well, enough allegory, let's get down to business ...
Back in 2017, we said to ourselves "everything, dreams are destroyed, not a foot here again. " But...
The decision to travel was made in February. Pushed to him by friends, holders of ruby cards, who decided to go again. They were here in August 18th (when we were stoking a grudge at Kempinski) and were happy to report that Xanadu had begun to turn around to face the regulars.
The tour was bought through Coral without a flight - the hotel, as always, offered worse for the price, which is expected. Flight - separately, on a regular flight of the best airline in Europe (this is not a joke, but a fact) - Turkish Airlines. Well, now the most important thing is the test for the restoration of dreams.
1. Letter to General Manager Hakan Yilmaz. Last time, contacting him directly was his suggestion. The answer was received in less than a day. 5 stars! All questions answered positively. 5 stars! Total 10 Stars! Promising start...
2. Turkish airlines flight. SUPER! Choose regular Turkish airlines flights from Vnukovo. You will not regret. It was an advertisement from professionals.
3. Arrival 6:10 am, 6:30 am on the bus.
Strange, but this is not a small minibus like Mercedes Vito as usual, but an ordinary 10-seat Odeon. To be honest, not very much. Why is not clear. Well, okay ...We'll pull 5 stars, in advance for "on time".
4. Moment of truth...7:10 we are in Xanadu. No guest relation, but it's ok for early morning. All hope for Reception. Polite, fast, technological, not a single comment. 5 minutes, in the hands of the keys to the rooms, about which he wrote to the General, ATTENTION is from them. We have been staying at them almost always for 10 years. 5 stars!! ! Another 5 Stars personally to the General!! ! Another 5 Stars for 7am!! ! THANK. I did not expect ...Total 15 Stars. SUPER!!!
5. We like bungalows. Well like it. I liked that the floor was tiled. Yes, cold, but I liked it. We go into the room. No tiles - laminate. And in general everything has undergone a slight renovation. I can't even say that - everything! Mattresses, walls, color schemes. Yes, maybe not the most modern environment, but it brings Xanadu back to the best of times - solidly, cleanly, spaciously, nicely, calmly.
Everything works - refrigerator, safe, air conditioning. A pre-prepared magnet in a known secluded place and the air conditioner works with the balcony door open. Well, not a dream? Children are happy with their same number - it's connected. The refrigerators have more than you need - beer, juices, spirits, chocolate. For number 5 Stars!! ! For renovation 5 Stars!! ! Total 10 Stars. Worthy...
6. Restaurants. The renovation touched them too. Beautiful and worthy of the general level of the hotel. Lots of new food ideas. If you think about it, it's brilliant. I think I guessed what the business idea is, but I won’t write. Simultaneously clever and ingenious. We loved it...5 Stars!! ! There is nothing more to say. Come and see for yourself.
7. Food. Let me just say that I have never eaten so much. All the time in Xanadu it's a fight against gluttony. No other hotel in the world has had such a difficult confrontation between food and my body. Consciousness says "Stop!!! ". "I can't and I don't want to, " say the baser instincts.
To say that Chef Xanadu - Levent Kaysanik is a genius - is to say nothing. In the best Xanadu years I've seen, there was less variety. A huge number of dishes on the grill - at least 10 stations - I don't remember this. And I won’t even write about the rest of the main dishes, salads, fruits and sweets. Dear Levent, if by the end of my stay in Xanadu I will be torn apart, it will be on your conscience. 15 Stars and 5 more personally by Levent Kaysanik. Total 20 Stars.
8. Bars. I will not go into details, because although I want to find fault, there is nothing to it. In any bar you will get everything you want, both Turkish and imported. Of course, the cognac will not be XO, and the whiskey will not be 18 years old, but I guarantee VSOP and 12 years. All this can be diluted with Martini, cocktails, 3 types of draft beer, etc. Perhaps the only thing that could be corrected is this champagne. The costs are not large, and the sensations will improve by an order of magnitude.
Let's put 5 stars and hope for small improvements.
9. Service in restaurants and bars.
According to my previous reports, this is an eternal theme in Turkey. You may not believe me, but Xanadu solved this problem. You will probably ask how - clearly involved several tools. 1st group - technological. These are, for example, mobile waiters who move around with tables on wheels, loaded with basic soft drinks, cutlery, crockery, etc. , depending on their function. They not only pour themselves, but are also donors for other waiters who are nearby. Brilliant and simple. The speed of service is growing like a rocket taking off at Baikonur. These are waiters on rollers, whose speed is higher than 4.2 times group - quantitative tools. Just a lot of waiters. This became possible due to the recruitment of people from Kyrgyzstan, mainly, as I understood from Bishkek. They are helpful, tidy, understand both Turkish and Russian well.
I am sure that the correct selection of such personnel plays an important role here, but the hotel was able to do it. 3rd group - management tools. I can’t give examples - they are not visible, but after all, the entire previously described machine works for at least 5 Stars !! ! Well, another 5 Stars personally to the General Director and management of the hotel.
By the way, remember the reports of 16-17 years. Then the hotel management crowded around the territory with an important look and ate in crowds in restaurants, taking away tables from Guests. Now management is not visible, but everything works like clockwork. One word GOOD FELLOWS. Another 5 Stars...TOTAL 15 for the service.
10. The rest of the service. Just honest 5 Stars!! ! Room service, for example, is now not visible at all, but everything has been removed beyond praise. The territory of Xanadu has always been maintained with great attention and love. Now this attention and love have multiplied many times over. Gardeners are also High Class. The beach is clean.
It remains to hire Poseidon to take care of the sea after dinner, when the wave drives up the turbidity.
11. Guest relation. A miracle happened. The target of the Guest relation is Guest. Not a computer, not its leader, as before, but Guest. Solving any of my problems took no more than 5 minutes. I would give 5 Stars to each service member.
Julia, Diana, Irina, Tatyana, EVERYONE!!!
Thank you for your attitude and quality work.
25 Stars, taking into account the personal 5 Stars of the General Director.
12. Children. Mine are already big and this topic is already in the past for me. But, judging by indirect signs, the issue of satisfying this category of guests was resolved in 15-17 once and for all. There are many children, but they do not interfere at all. Rare case. Elmar Manafov - well done. 5 stars!!!
13. Now about us, about the guests. All the cons described in the 2017 report in the past. I don’t know how this was achieved, but I’ll be honest, I have no complaints about us, the guests. We are great too.
CONS AND DISADVANTAGES.
In my opinion, there is only one huge drawback and omission - for a demanding guest, well, there is NOTHING to get tired of. It's just a disgrace. There is nothing left but to lie in the garden and portray a silent eggplant.
So the math of Xanadu sample 2019. Well, how to put the typed 120 Stars, although you really want to ?? ? Who came up with this 5 star system?? ? We'll have to subtract 115 stars for the only drawback (although he doesn't pull even one star) and say with confidence. Xanadu 2019 is a titanium 5 Stars (another 115 in my mind) and a clear Super High Class.
XANADU!! ! WE LOVE YOU!!!
Believe me, this is not an advertisement and not an artificially formed opinion. It is not easy to please us...It is a sincere joy that such a close and dear place on Earth has been returned to us.
I'll point out the cons:
Cleaning for 2+, under the cot the child has a layer of dust, some kind of Children's balls from the previous dwellings and other ????
And I was also very surprised: the rental of children's cars (it would be better if there were none at all), everything is free, and the car is for money! How strange!!!
I recommend the hotel!! !