Meals - Ultra all inclusive 24 hours. Renovated 2018. Free Wi-Fi throughout. Has its own bakery.
The left side of the hotel is relaxation. The right one is active. The Hotel has a disco, shows, active animation.
Slippers on request. In general, a youth, family - living hotel. But in this hotel the wind is very active - it often blows things off the balconies.
And there is no nature nearby (greenery of trees), but very beautiful sunsets. Gest is very sociable.
Upper floors are deluxe rooms with 1 bed and French balcony.
So, about the hotel. The hotel is very beautiful! You enter the hotel from an elevated position and then take the elevator down to your rooms. Only 7 floors leading down by elevator, the sea is completely below. There is a very important advantage, all the rooms of the hotel have a beautiful view of the sea, so you have no problem choosing rooms - it does not matter, the hotel is one-sided. The rooms are clean and have a modern design, but it shows in the pictures.
The food is good. In the middle of the pool there is a bar where they make delicious cocktails (also seen in the picture).
Animation is good! It is not intrusive, but entertains as you participate in games (daily program). Various water games, yoga, table tennis, archery, belly dancing are fun accompanied by animation, also beach volleyball and so on. In the evening there are good shows, the amphitheater is cool, big. The shows are interesting, sometimes classic, sometimes funny.
The disco is held as if on a large balcony over the sea, the floor is transparent in the middle (in the picture). Live bands came a couple of times a week. In general, it's fun, the continuation happens in the internal disco, but it's too late.
In general, the hotel is very inviting, unless of course you are not too picky about the little things that you may see (amount of food, etc. ). It is comfortable, pleasant, clean, full of fun, if you yourself show a desire to have fun.
In Bodrum, this is the best way to relax from the soul.
Before I go, like many people, I read reviews. I almost always divide by 2. Now I can compare on my own. Fortunately, all people are different and everyone has their own perception, and life is not perfect, and advertising does its job, BUT if you notice only the bad in everything, then you will only remember the bad. The main thing is your attitude to rest and positive. And now about the good and not so much and decide for yourself.
Not good:
1. Poor cleaning in the room. There were cases (2 times) there were no bath towels in the room. They called, they promised, but they didn't deliver right away.
2. Mosquitoes. Unfortunately there are no mosquito nets on the windows. The coolness of the night would be enough for cooling, otherwise these little creatures poison the nightlife. I had to turn on the air conditioner and open the window and balcony only in the morning. In the hotel you can ask for a fumigator, but this is not a solution to the problem.
7. The entrance to the pools for the elderly was not thought out, there are no smooth steps, but only sports ladders, but there were elderly people.
And now for the good:
1. Climate and sea. We were very intimidated by the winds. There was practically no wind. There was one evening - the wind blew strongly, the rest of the time - it's just nice. In the morning, the surface of the sea is like a lake, no waves, swimming is a pleasure. The sea is clean, no glasses, etc. , there are schools of fish at the pier. The weather was good. Air 29-31, water 27-29. The heat was not felt at all. I understood why the Turks and not only they love Bodrum.
2. Convenient and thoughtful location of the infrastructure in the hotel. Interesting design, architectural and design solutions for many moments in the hotel. Almost all rooms have a sea view. And the views are just amazing. There are no sunrises, the mountain closes, but sunsets !!!!!
3. Not a bad gym, there are all the basic simulators, you can keep fit. We didn’t go to the spa, we didn’t go to the sauna either.
4. In the spa salon there was a Vitamin bar - orange juices during the day and for free. You just have to go.
5. A large number of pools for every taste + slides. Separate children's pool.
6. No problems with places on the beach and by the pool. The entrance to the sea is convenient, it is possible from the pier, or from the shore, a path made of sandbags is laid out, it is not slippery. The first day was an unfortunate incident. They left and left towels on the sunbeds, they came - there were no towels. The animators helped to resolve the issue, you just need to leave something on the towel from the things. There were no more such cases.
7. Multilingual composition of guests (Turks, Iranians, Poles, Azerbaijanis, Belgians, Romanians, Russians, Ukrainians, Germans, French, etc. ). Your English is understood, no discrimination. By age - people are different, they were with families and children, and quite crumbs, there were quite old, there were also young groups.
8. Normal food. Quite different, there have always been fruits and different ones. We didn't go to restaurants. We just don’t go for a long time, we consider it a waste of time, the food is almost the same, you sit longer.
9. Live music in the evenings and disco. We finished at 12 at night and quietly until the morning, in the morning roosters from a neighboring village and a call for prayer.
To the question - will I go to Kefaluka again - I don’t know, I love variety, but I will most likely go to the Bodrum region again. I really liked the climate. And yet, your rest and impressions depend only on you, success to you and optimism in the perception of the world around you and yourself, and everything will be fine with you.
Location: The hotel is located quite far from the airport (approximately 1.5 - 2 hours on an individual transfer) and to the nearest settlements (Bodrum or Turgutreis) a little less than an hour - by taxi (60 dollars one way, + even more expensive at night - not a cheap pleasure ) or by hotel minibus (5 euros per person both ways).
Housekeeping - NO, just some pathetic imitation. They asked to be cleaned in the morning, as the children sleep after dinner - as a result, they generally ignored the cleaning of our room. However, on the penultimate day on the bed, the cleaning lady made something like a “heart” out of towels and sprinkled with rose petals - smiled
Animation - OK, but without much enthusiasm. It's annoying that the animators periodically offer: CDs, T-shirts, lottery tickets. And, they perceive the refusal with some kind of resentment that I don’t understand, or they think that a T-shirt with the inscription “Kefaluk Animating Team” will be the main attribute of the wardrobe.
Spa center - seemed quite expensive, but my wife and I took a couple of procedures. There is a small nuance - payment in the Spa center is not made in cash, but is credited to the account of the room and paid upon check-out. As a result, they added extra 80 Euros - I spent about an hour to remove the "mysterious procedure" - it's unpleasant that no one even apologized.
Meals: Food in sufficient assortment, in addition there is a diabetic and children's table. Always a large selection of desserts and fruits, which delighted the children. Never left hungry. Alcohol - normal, really liked the cocktails. However, it is necessary to warn / insist in advance that imported alcohol be poured, since the bartender always has an analogue from the local “unknown couturier”. I was a little upset that all a la carte restaurants are paid (Turkish, Mexican, fish and Italian) - 5 euros per adult. I liked the fish one more, the most important plus is a super panorama.
The contingent is families with children or newlyweds. There is no youth wandering around in a drunken stupor in search of adventure. During our stay, I don’t know why there were a lot of Turks (80%), but the attitude, in principle, is the same for everyone in terms of service.
Climate / water - I really like the climate in Bodrum, as it is very warm during the day, and in the evening it is refreshingly cool and the most important plus is that there is no humidity, such as in Antalya. However, due to the special location of the hotel - a strong wind is constantly blowing, especially on the beach. The water is a little cold, but I personally like it. The beach was very disappointing - there are pebbles everywhere and sharp stones in the sea, even in a special children's area, which is extremely inconvenient with small children. There were never any problems with free sunbeds near the pool or on the beach.
The hotel left a double impression, as honestly expected a big I do not recommend visiting this hotel - the declared price-quality ratio does not match.
P. s. I am writing a report for the first time, I really hope that my review will be useful to you in choosing a hotel!
I wish you all a positive holiday!
The Aegean Sea is ALWAYS cold! If you are flying with small children or chilly ladies, I advise you to skydive before arrival. YOU WILL NOT LIKE IT HERE. The water was 20-22 degrees. We, with an 11-year-old boy, lovers of swimming in a red flag, had a lot of fun. The wind ALWAYS blows, sometimes south, sometimes north. There is a strait and mountains, so calm is a rarity. By the sea, in the evening, the wind blows away, there is no wind near the pools and disgustingly warm water. : )
And here are the pluses - perfectly clean air, especially in the morning. And the emerald refreshing water is full of fish schools. Sand 10 cm under the sun loungers on the beach, coastline and ford - stones cannot be entered. There is a separate harbor for kids, but better from the pier (height 1-1.2m)
2. Hotel and service
There were 2 beds in the room, which moved easily and the next day they were covered as one double bed. The child fit on a portable rather spacious bed.
The service is normal, no one bothers with offers, but at the first request they solve everything quickly. Housekeeping and cleanliness of the rooms is quite good. An interesting landscape from the rooms - the sea and the islands. Mosquitoes are not poisoned, therefore, every man for himself : )
LCD TV, satellite, a lot of programs, but I don’t watch them at home, so I can’t say anything. Minibar with beer, cola and water updated daily.
_WI-FI EVERYWHERE FREE OF CHARGE_ - in the rooms, restaurant, pool, on the pier. Skype voice and browsing - sane, the video shuts up.
As it turned out, there were free mountain bikes. You need to "shake" the reception / animators.
The animation is very weak (and thank God, let me rest in peace), there are games by the pool, there is NO children's employment, which is rather unfortunate, the child had no one to torment from the educators.
There is free billiards, paid bowling and a shooting range (air and laser)
3. Kitchen
We were in Bodrum for the first time, before that - Kemer, Belek, Okurkalar (everywhere UALL). The set of dishes here is 1.5-2 times poorer. You should not expect admiration from dishes, you eat to live. If you have been to Dolphin Botanica before, then most likely you will die of hunger or outrage. Most likely, the proximity to Europe has an effect here, where for breakfast there are only croutons and coffee (by the way, coffee here is full of G, automatic nescafe). However, the bars are open all day and you do not have to run around the clock to different places. Ice cream is real Algida, not a sticky mass, as in other Belek hotels. In the morning fresh orange juice - fill up.
4. Audience
There are a lot of educated Englishmen and Germans, there are Turks and Iranians. EVERYONE is very calm, no one screams or makes noise (hello Botanik, where 100 million children were torn to pieces by the amusement park : ), and no one gets drunk (hello Antedon)
If you are waiting for Russian-speaking communication, fights for sunbeds, queues at 19-00 for dinner, noise and din, you are not here.
Conclusion:
Quiet, new, pretty good hotel with a wonderful view, mediocre food, good drinks, refreshing-invigorating : ) sea, fresh sea air and the breeze sometimes overturning empty glasses on the tables.
Will I come here again? Probably not (but I really want to), since my wife swam only once in the sea (we don’t swim in pools) - she’s cold.
Now about the hotel itself, in general, everything is new, not yet shabby. And yet, when we moved in, in both rooms there was stash dirt, someone's black hair was lying in the bath, bbrrrrr....the towels were in some kind of stains. in general, this is no 5 !! ! this is a smelly three-ruble note!! ! now about food, there was no choice at all, literally 2 grades of meat and that's it, and then either grilled or boiled. (chicken or turkey). The chef doesn't know how to cook. in the morning there were only alady, and then baked as if in the sun. in general, I didn’t like the food (((((. There wasn’t much sweet, one small stand and that’s all, and then all the cakes were of the same type, only sprinkled with different powders ((((. about the beach, I thought there was really sand, but there pebbles obsessed with sand. in general, nothing like that. the pier is normal. but the winds are just awful ((((it literally blown away from the pier! you get out of the water and it’s just terribly cold (((because of the wind.
by the end of the week, my husband and I got sick, although the air conditioner was never turned on. about the animation, it's just awful !!!!!!! ! so the animators gathered 5 people, supposedly to play the game, the husband went. after which they gave us a disc saying that there are supposedly 1000 songs from Bodrum, please buy, they say we have no money. just take it, don't leave. It turned out that the disc costs $30 and is recorded on a regular cd disc that costs $1. this is how the animators are bred. the husband brought him $20, and said, well, we have $20 if you want to take it, well, we decided to help them. so that animator began to cover us with such obscenities that they say $ 30 and not $ 20. I was shocked! in general, no more nude in kefaluka! 80% are only Turks, and a couple of Germans, all the Russians have not seen any more. the hotel stays, the food is maalo!!!!!! ! and also, there is a hookah PAID, HOUSES ON THE SHORE ARE PAID (with mattresses, which are free in ordinary hotels) so here by reservation and for $$$. what the hell is ULtra All inclusive ????????? ? ? fresh juices in the dining room once and only in the morning. in general, I advise you, for this money, go better to antalya, take 5 * and you will be satisfied! Kefaluka is just a smelly hotel for local Turks!!!!!!! and those who write that the hotel is super, then they were not in normal hotels with all inclusive.
The hotel was chosen for a long time, we read the reviews for that period, there were not many reviews about the hotel and they were all positive. Turkey 3 times.
The hotel disappointed us. Indeed, the hotel is new, beautiful, but we had to endure a lot of unpleasant moments in 2 weeks.
1. For 7 days of stay, the room was not cleaned. Bed linen and towels are dirty, requests to clean the room or change linen were responded to by moving the dirty part of the sheet to the other side of the bed. The floors are dusty, in the bathroom neither the bathtub nor the floors were washed. We are not alone in this situation. The matter went as far as filing an official complaint, tk. We are not used to sleeping on linen.
2. The contingent of the hotel is 70% Turks, they have a special attitude, the impression is that the hotel is focused specifically on them.
3. The weather is constantly windy, the sea is cool, but this is not bad in principle. There are a lot of sun loungers on the beach, but they are all occupied with towels for which no one comes during the day. And as soon as the towel was taken and put away on another sun lounger tied with a towel, an hour later vacationers who did not understand Russian or English speech came and made a scandal. The hotel staff took the side of "their own" and said that you can leave towels everywhere, and at this time be absent, and you can sunbathe on the sand. Only after the official statements and the scandal did they apologize to us.
The animation is just a disaster. I have never seen such horror in Turkey.
4. The only thing I liked was the nature of Bodrum. They took a yacht individually and sailed to different places in the Aegean Sea.
5. Good nutrition. Everything is fresh and varied, a lot of different alcoholic drinks.
There are better hotels on the territory of Bodrum. Would not recommend anyone to go to this hotel. The hotel is suitable for lovers of food and drink.
The price-quality ratio does not match.