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Hello! We rested in Club Aqua 3 * from July 1 to July 7.2011. The purpose of this review is to give you the most detailed and realistic information about the hotel itself, the village of Torba, where it is located, the nearby city of Bodrum and some other features of Turkish tourism. The flight from Borispol airport (Kyiv) to Bodrum airport took 2 hours and 15 minutes. Turkey is in the same time zone with Ukraine, so there was no need to change the clock. A Turkish visa costs $30 and is purchased at the airport in Turkey (not included in the tour price). At the airport, we were met by representatives of the Tez-tour company and delivered to our hotel in a comfortable bus within 40 minutes. On the way, the tour guide told me that it is better not to use minibuses (dolmush) in Borum because of the large crowd and lack of air conditioning. This is a complete lie. Dolmush is a comfortable minibus, usually half empty. The fare from Torba to Bodrum is 2.75 Turkish lira (at the time of writing, $ 2).
Also, the guide managed to talk about the advantages of excursions from the mez-tour compared to local competitors. This is also a lie - excursions of the mez-tour are exactly 2 times more expensive.
About the hotel itself Clud Aqua. Of all the staff, only the wife of the owner of the hotel understands Russian. The manager, bartender and individual receptionists understand certain words and phrases in English. With the rest of the Turks will have to communicate in sign language. At the same time, the staff is extremely helpful, so the broken shower in the room was replaced within 3 minutes, also a specially trained person helped to rearrange the umbrellas by the pool, and the Turks were the company when playing volleyball. Although there were blunders - the ordered lunch box (dry ration) for the tour was lost somewhere. We also could not get the key to the safe in our room until the end of our tour. On a five-point scale, I rate the quality of service at 3.5.
The hotel area is small. In addition to the buildings, there is a swimming pool with a slide, a volleyball court, a small olive grove (5 olives) and two restaurants (there is nowhere to walk around). Grade 3.
We lived in a standard room. The room is very small, half of its area is occupied by a double bed (with a good orthopedic mattress), there are also a couple of bedside tables, wardrobe, toilet and shower, air conditioning. There is also a TV, several channels, but all Turkish and the quality is terrible. The room was obviously renovated a long time ago. Rooms are cleaned daily after breakfast. My rating is number 3.
Four meals a day. Three buffet meals + snack with biscuits. The buffet had a variety of salads and olives in abundance, as well as side dishes. Among fruits, watermelons and melons prevailed daily. Obviously, only meat and fish were lacking. So we ate bony chicken only 2 times, as well as obviously lousy fish (in Turkey, there are generally problems with meat - it is expensive). But the quantity of food overshadowed the quality - they ate from the belly. We liked. In unlimited quantities, there were also such drinks as water from the cooler, coffee, coffee with milk, tea, Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, gin and tonic, local wines, local vodka, Efes beer. I rate the food 4 stars.
The beach is located 5 minutes walk from the hotel. The beach is lousy! 5 broken dirty sun loungers, 2 dirty umbrellas that never open, all this under a rusty blank fence that encloses the ruins of some monastery, which has been restored for 10 years already. The pebbles on the beach are sharp and it really hurts to enter the water. In short, the beach is depressing. I will rate it a solid 1. But there is a way out! At 20 meters from it there is a good beach of another hotel with good pebbles and palm trees. There we enjoyed the Aegean Sea. By the way, the flora and fauna of the Aegean Sea is extremely poor and unprepossessing, so snorkellers are definitely not here, even despite the clear sea water.
Entertainment and services. In addition to the pool with a slide that runs for 2 hours 2 times a day, you can entertain yourself by playing darts, volleyball (although the ball is broken), dominoes and checkers. In general, table tennis, fitness room, etc. there is no. Wi-fi works intermittently and there is a good signal only at the reception. In short entertainment and services 2.
Tours. The excursion program from the Tez-tour is not worth using, it is 2 times more expensive. We went to Bodrum and there, not far from the bus station near the currency exchange office on Garage Street, we found the travel agency Director tour. Here Russian-speaking tourists were served by a Kazakh woman Olga, the prices for tours were quite reasonable and we liked everything. I recommend the Aegean Islands Yacht Tour for $15 (lasts 6 hours) includes 5 swimming stops and lunch, drinks are paid separately and are expensive, so stock up on water on the shore.
We also visited Pamukkale for $40 per person. The guide for the Russian-speaking group was Moldavian Alena. A comfortable bus picked us up from our hotel. The one-way trip took 4 hours, we spent only 2 hours in Pamukkale itself. Wish there was more, but we liked it. The tour also includes lunch and a visit to a carpet factory. I advise you to go. But it is better, if you have money, to go for two days along the route of Pamukkale and Ephesus with an overnight stay in a hotel - it costs $ 80, then you have more time to see everything.
In addition, for each excursion we received a free visit to the Turkish bath (Hamam), but few people came out of there without using a single paid service, although it’s worth going - interesting. There are many interesting things in Bodrum itself. Previously, it was called Halicarnassus and was the birthplace of the father of history, Herodotus, and also housed the 7th wonder of the world - the tomb of King Mausoleum (Mausoleum). Today, the main attraction of the city is the fortress of St. Peter (founded in 1402).
Be sure to visit. Entrance - 10 Turkish liras (7 dollars). Another interesting place is the ancient theater (admission is free).
There is also the gate of Myndos, but there is nothing to see there. Bodrum has a very picturesque promenade. All in all it's interesting!
We also recommend taking a walk around Torba. Climb up the mountains in front of the hotel for a great view!
It is also useful for a tourist to know that dollars are accepted everywhere in Turkey, so you can have lira in minimal quantities. There are also tip boxes everywhere, but we didn’t leave tips anywhere during our vacation and everything was ok!
Souvenirs that we bought in Bodrum: Turkish delight (we didn’t really like it), leather wallets (cheap, but stylish), apple tea in granules, glass tea cups on saucers (I haven’t seen such in Kyiv), olive soap! (take more for mothers, grandmothers - they will be happy), bookmarks for books with Turkish symbols and original key chains in the form of the patron saint of Bodrum, Priapus with a large... .
Everything else is up to your taste and wealth, but do not buy right away - compare prices, bargain, so as not to be a fool in Durakmarket. This is a joke, but in fact - it's prices are not high.
So, despite the low level of the hotel, we made great friends there from Belarus and Russia and had a great time, mainly due to the many early read reviews of our predecessors. Considering the cost of the tour 470 dollars per person + 30 dollars for a visa + 150 dollars for excursions and souvenirs in Turkey, only 7 nights of our holiday cost us 650 USD. from a person. Those who are informed are armed!
Have a nice holiday!
Also, the guide managed to talk about the advantages of excursions from the mez-tour compared to local competitors. This is also a lie - excursions of the mez-tour are exactly 2 times more expensive.
About the hotel itself Clud Aqua. Of all the staff, only the wife of the owner of the hotel understands Russian. The manager, bartender and individual receptionists understand certain words and phrases in English. With the rest of the Turks will have to communicate in sign language. At the same time, the staff is extremely helpful, so the broken shower in the room was replaced within 3 minutes, also a specially trained person helped to rearrange the umbrellas by the pool, and the Turks were the company when playing volleyball. Although there were blunders - the ordered lunch box (dry ration) for the tour was lost somewhere. We also could not get the key to the safe in our room until the end of our tour. On a five-point scale, I rate the quality of service at 3.5.
The hotel area is small. In addition to the buildings, there is a swimming pool with a slide, a volleyball court, a small olive grove (5 olives) and two restaurants (there is nowhere to walk around). Grade 3.
We lived in a standard room. The room is very small, half of its area is occupied by a double bed (with a good orthopedic mattress), there are also a couple of bedside tables, wardrobe, toilet and shower, air conditioning. There is also a TV, several channels, but all Turkish and the quality is terrible. The room was obviously renovated a long time ago. Rooms are cleaned daily after breakfast. My rating is number 3.
Four meals a day. Three buffet meals + snack with biscuits. The buffet had a variety of salads and olives in abundance, as well as side dishes. Among fruits, watermelons and melons prevailed daily. Obviously, only meat and fish were lacking. So we ate bony chicken only 2 times, as well as obviously lousy fish (in Turkey, there are generally problems with meat - it is expensive). But the quantity of food overshadowed the quality - they ate from the belly. We liked. In unlimited quantities, there were also such drinks as water from the cooler, coffee, coffee with milk, tea, Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, gin and tonic, local wines, local vodka, Efes beer. I rate the food 4 stars.
The beach is located 5 minutes walk from the hotel. The beach is lousy! 5 broken dirty sun loungers, 2 dirty umbrellas that never open, all this under a rusty blank fence that encloses the ruins of some monastery, which has been restored for 10 years already. The pebbles on the beach are sharp and it really hurts to enter the water. In short, the beach is depressing. I will rate it a solid 1. But there is a way out! At 20 meters from it there is a good beach of another hotel with good pebbles and palm trees. There we enjoyed the Aegean Sea. By the way, the flora and fauna of the Aegean Sea is extremely poor and unprepossessing, so snorkellers are definitely not here, even despite the clear sea water.
Entertainment and services. In addition to the pool with a slide that runs for 2 hours 2 times a day, you can entertain yourself by playing darts, volleyball (although the ball is broken), dominoes and checkers. In general, table tennis, fitness room, etc. there is no. Wi-fi works intermittently and there is a good signal only at the reception. In short entertainment and services 2.
Tours. The excursion program from the Tez-tour is not worth using, it is 2 times more expensive. We went to Bodrum and there, not far from the bus station near the currency exchange office on Garage Street, we found the travel agency Director tour. Here Russian-speaking tourists were served by a Kazakh woman Olga, the prices for tours were quite reasonable and we liked everything. I recommend the Aegean Islands Yacht Tour for $15 (lasts 6 hours) includes 5 swimming stops and lunch, drinks are paid separately and are expensive, so stock up on water on the shore.
We also visited Pamukkale for $40 per person. The guide for the Russian-speaking group was Moldavian Alena. A comfortable bus picked us up from our hotel. The one-way trip took 4 hours, we spent only 2 hours in Pamukkale itself. Wish there was more, but we liked it. The tour also includes lunch and a visit to a carpet factory. I advise you to go. But it is better, if you have money, to go for two days along the route of Pamukkale and Ephesus with an overnight stay in a hotel - it costs $ 80, then you have more time to see everything.
In addition, for each excursion we received a free visit to the Turkish bath (Hamam), but few people came out of there without using a single paid service, although it’s worth going - interesting. There are many interesting things in Bodrum itself. Previously, it was called Halicarnassus and was the birthplace of the father of history, Herodotus, and also housed the 7th wonder of the world - the tomb of King Mausoleum (Mausoleum). Today, the main attraction of the city is the fortress of St. Peter (founded in 1402).
Be sure to visit. Entrance - 10 Turkish liras (7 dollars). Another interesting place is the ancient theater (admission is free).
There is also the gate of Myndos, but there is nothing to see there. Bodrum has a very picturesque promenade. All in all it's interesting!
We also recommend taking a walk around Torba. Climb up the mountains in front of the hotel for a great view!
It is also useful for a tourist to know that dollars are accepted everywhere in Turkey, so you can have lira in minimal quantities. There are also tip boxes everywhere, but we didn’t leave tips anywhere during our vacation and everything was ok!
Souvenirs that we bought in Bodrum: Turkish delight (we didn’t really like it), leather wallets (cheap, but stylish), apple tea in granules, glass tea cups on saucers (I haven’t seen such in Kyiv), olive soap! (take more for mothers, grandmothers - they will be happy), bookmarks for books with Turkish symbols and original key chains in the form of the patron saint of Bodrum, Priapus with a large... .
Everything else is up to your taste and wealth, but do not buy right away - compare prices, bargain, so as not to be a fool in Durakmarket. This is a joke, but in fact - it's prices are not high.
So, despite the low level of the hotel, we made great friends there from Belarus and Russia and had a great time, mainly due to the many early read reviews of our predecessors. Considering the cost of the tour 470 dollars per person + 30 dollars for a visa + 150 dollars for excursions and souvenirs in Turkey, only 7 nights of our holiday cost us 650 USD. from a person. Those who are informed are armed!
Have a nice holiday!
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