с приключениями adventurous

The first day of rest, having barely begun, ended immediately, because the plane landed an hour later than expected at 2315, and we checked in at 2355.
Probably in order, when booking a hotel in Bodrum, we made a choice consciously, devoting two weeks to choosing a place and a hotel for rest. The choice fell on "Iborel Bodrum Princess" the reasons for the choice were as follows: a good hotel with a variety of food and entertainment, a minimum of compatriots, the proximity of places of cultural and educational recreation (cultural and historical places). The hotel itself promised, according to the Riviera tour operator, comfort and peace. Spacious rooms (39 sq. m. ), sea view (for deluxe room), bath, shower and separately we asked for a French bed.
A new day, right from the earliest, brought its own surprises: the room turned out to be really large, but the terrace-balcony (or I don’t know how to call it correctly) went out onto a ventilation pipe with a diameter of a meter and a half with eternal noise, howling of the drawn or drawn wind. The view of the sea, in addition to the aforementioned pipe, was decorated with the roofs of residential buildings and incomprehensible building bulges facing our building. Yes, the hotel consists of multi-storey terrace-buildings (2-3 floors), not connected to each other and the main building of eight floors.

There were two beds in the room at once, but the trouble is, I am not the smallest build and my Tanyusha is also not a baby, we could hardly fit together on the provided beds, although they looked wide outwardly, it turns out to be an optical illusion. Well, instead of a bath, we found a shower built into the wall... Yes, I didn’t fully understand whether it was in all hotels in Turkey or only we were so lucky, in short, there were no slippers or bathrobes in the five-star hotel room.
In general, the mood has deteriorated. The hotel staff said that there were no additional requirements when booking. Not finding anything smarter, I climbed onto the tour operator's website and left a request for help in all possible contact boxes. I also left a letter asking for help to the local meeting company. I must say right away that I don’t know which of them woke up earlier, but on the third day of our stay in Bodrum we were moved, judging by the fact that the host and the tour operator have the word Riviera in their names, I am writing: THANK YOU to the Riviera, they helped.
So the first day, immediately after getting acquainted with the hotel and eating breakfast, we went up to the reception to communicate with our guide-nanny, who, it should be noted, was already waiting for us as agreed in the evening. Smiling amiably, she told us the minimum necessary information and accepted the money for the excursions we had chosen. A very curious moment was the fact that the time of departure from the hotel was not indicated in the tour packages, we had to check the time the night before, but more on that later.
The first day was marked by a visit (excursion) to the hamam, it should be written that trips to the hamam are divided into morning and evening, our evening began in the afternoon at 1600, by 1930 they promised to return us for dinner. Well, acquaintance with the hamam began with a driver who came to us directly from the hamam, it seems that he was late for something and we flew, didn’t get there, but flew to the hamam in 15-20 minutes, it was scary. (A minibus will take approximately 40 minutes to deliver). We were brought to the bath-hamam by a group of 25 people, unexpectedly, in my opinion, a lot. We were warned to bring swimsuits (swimming trunks) and towels, the latter were not useful. And the bath turned out to be shared with cheerful attendants, who mostly joked with us when we were not washed. Massage and bath all honestly, all in one pool and back to the bath and so 3 times, but ice with juice (do not confuse with frozen juice or fruit ice) at a price of $ 5 per glass is fun!!! ! There is no possibility to take a drink with you, all things are deposited in a safe.

They cleaned, washed and stroked us not badly (but I like the Russian bath more) and released us in 1920, but then a surprise, we went out into the fresh air and they announced to us that our minibus had already left without waiting for us. A slight panic was extinguished by the message that the minibus had already been called to us, as a result, around 2030 we were taken from the hamam and brought to the hotel at the beginning of ten.
Thus, completely washed up, we still had time for dinner and now I can highlight the issues of the kitchen in the complex. As for the abundance of food, in my short practice of resting abroad, it is unrivaled (before that I went to Malta to the Dolmen Resort and Greece to the Grecotel Lakopetra). Both breakfast, lunch and, of course, dinner can satisfy various needs, for special gourmets there are a la carte restaurants, it seems 4 pieces. A variety of fruits pleased, sweets in abundance and local and European samples, fish, meat, of course everything except pork. Service in the restaurant is not intrusive and very timely. Alcohol of local origin is light but pleasant. Mini bar is free. The hotel provides room service, but this is already outside the scope of ol inclusive.
Here we realized that the hotel was 80% filled with Russian speakers, not the fact that it was compatriots, but on the second day the waiters spoke Russian with us. True, they knew only a couple of on-duty phrases, but this is significant.
The second day (the third by registration) began with the beach and the first excursion to the Bodrum fortress. The beach is great, sandy beach but very small and narrow. The beach itself is located in a bay of the Aegean Sea, closed from the winds, which ensures eternal calm, the hotel has a couple of platforms for swimming in the open sea, but there are rocky entrances or immediately to the depth, in short, I didn’t swim there, I can’t comment, but on the main beach everything is not bad, they give out two towels on the cards, spread over the beach, at first glance rudely, native to pain in the bones of the pine and create a lacy shadow with their paws, it’s beautiful and it’s not bad to sunbathe.

The excursion to the fortress was with the guide Jamil, who was either shy or very nervous, his speech was abrupt and quiet, he was more careful that we did not run away. In personal communication later, he really told interesting details, but it was hard for him with the group. For about 1.5 hours we hung around the fortress, I don’t know why they (underwater archaeologists) dragged so many amphoras from the bottom of the sea, I DON’T KNOW. But in general, the fortress was assembled from the world one by one, from different pebbles than God sent, even the wonder of the world tomb of the Mausoleum was exhausted for construction.
On the same day, we were transferred from room to room, it should be noted promptly and without further questions, before that (yesterday) they said that there were no available rooms. Thanks again to the Riviera people, the nanny guide Olga left a reminder at the reception in the morning. In the evening, as it was said after dinner, we went to find out how much the excursion to the beautiful Dalyan River and the ancient city of Kaunas would be. There was no information on the stand, and the guide - the nanny promised to report after 2100. As promised, she said: HALF 6 IN THE MORNING. That was a surprise, getting up after 7 hours, at the resort... On the whole, we managed.
The day began with an early rise and a joyful meeting with Jamil… I don’t remember how I fell asleep on the bus, but the last thing I remember was the promise of a traditional Turkish breakfast at the nearest bus stop. There was a stop - it's true, but breakfast... The traditional Turkish breakfast is a hard-boiled egg, black bread, butter, jam and cheese, and even coffee, probably grown right in bags. But at the same time, there were trays with the words “Extra” next to the distribution, these were trays with real food, but it was already for money. After breakfast, we listened to a brief information about Turkey from Jamil and found out that we would ride along the river, they promised us even to get wet in the local therapeutic mud and hydrogen-sulphur baths. The ancient city of Kaunas did not want to see us, it was said that excavations were being carried out there, which means we were not allowed to go there. We were only allowed to take pictures of the Lycian tombs from the river. Soaked in the dirt with a soul. And while traveling along the river, we met culinary fishermen who offered to taste blue crab for 10 dollars (no hints), the crab is like a crab only small. Then we were brought to a sandy spit separating the river from the sea, and, of course, we were allowed to wallow in the Mediterranean Sea. The return to the river port was marked by a traditional Turkish lunch, which is no different from a European lunch in nature. On the way back, we were taken to a traditional, apparently, gold jewelry salon. Something like this. In general, they entertained and drove, and thanks for that.
It was decided to spend the next day on the hotel's beach.