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Rooms:
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Service:
6.0
Cleanliness:
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Food:
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Amenities:
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After reading some of the opuses of the rest, I decided to press my assessment.
The recall will be of the post-coronavirus era, as many hotels have significantly changed the standards of service and reception of tourists compared to previous years.
So, this is not the first time in Turkey, but I consider the Fethiye region one of the best (after Kusadasi). Before that, I had a rest in a really cool hotel Liberty Hotels Lykia - Adults Only (+16) - the older brother of our hotel near Oludeniz.
"My" hotel, which I have not been to before, is located in the small village of Yaniklar, 25 km. from the city of Fethiye, which has about 17.000 inhabitants. There are only 2 hotels in Yaniklar - Club Tuana Fethiye (neighbor) and ours.
Departure at 4-00, flew 2 hours 15 minutes. without delays and surprises – UIA keeps the brand.
The first plus is the transfer time. From the airport in Dalaman, the bus transferred me in 40 minutes, first the vacationers of Club Tuana Fethiye left, in 3 minutes - our group. Quiet and green around.
Local time is 7-45, it is somewhat cool in the morning, but after an hour everything becomes much more comfortable.
The hotel is small in size, everything is compact, the reception is cramped, especially when 50 noisy tourists are trying to check in at the same time. Guest Relations representative will appear closer to 10-00, so check-in is somewhat painful.
Lyrical digression: I am sincerely surprised when I read that "we were afamed on the 2nd". Folks, you knew about the travel date months in advance. Buy/download a Ukrainian-Turkish phrasebook, start memorizing 10 words/phrases a day, repeat while waiting at the airport, on the plane, talking on the beach - and you will be happy. Turkish is not Arabic/Chinese/Farsi, everything is much simpler here. What am I leading up to?
I just went up to a secluded Turkish girl, said hello, asked her name, how are you, released a compliment - she blushed all over and opened up to meet me.
I immediately took my passports, vouchers, asked me to wait 5 minutes, asked for 3 minutes to the window, took out a bunch of papers, showed me where to sign, after another 2 minutes I provided an electronic key. A few questions from my side - when and where is breakfast, where is my body - and voila, a boy on an electric car rushes me as much as 100 meters, brings luggage, a 2-minute check of systems and equipment in the room, 1 dollar as "baksheesh" - and the procedure is over .
This passage has not been brought up to demonstrate my own coolness, but only to make your rest easier and more comfortable. I was convinced dozens of times from my own experience - even a minimal mastery of the "local dialect" is useful for a tourist.
Do not let your own writing and laziness spoil your stay, because we are going for positive and good emotions.
After checking in for breakfast (dined at 21). Idalnia is quite large, especially in view of the total area of the hotel.
The choice of food, although limited, is sufficient. I’ll just list: boiled eggs, omelettes, cereals - 3 types, slicing cheap (and tasteless) sausages, pastries, varieties of 10 different breads, portioned butter, honey, 3 types of jam, vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes), green sea , cheeses - different - at least 8 types, cottage cheese, muesli, several types of yogurt, fruits (apples, pears, tangerines, plums, watermelon, melon). The only inconvenience is that almost everyone is at the counter and seems to be specially placed boys, who are frankly few and simply do not have time, although they are spinning like a top.
In addition, I noticed that many tourists do not even try to say what they want, but simply poke their fingers into the composition, which causes isolated misunderstandings, and, accordingly, the service interval increases. Breakfast - as for a hotel with 4 stars - at the level.
If you want unlimited fresh juice and fresh fish or a shrimp cocktail for breakfast, then you are welcome to Liberty Hotels Lykia – Adults Only, but there a week costs 1000 euros, and here 10 days for 440.
Looking ahead, I’ll just note that the food is pretty decent, especially for a 4-star hotel, everything is delicious, in sufficient quantity. Interesting soups, varied and rich.
A large number of sweets (although I personally am not a connoisseur of them), I have repeatedly heard favorable reviews.
The waiters move around quickly, but the military training of the majority is insufficient, the guys are mostly 18-22 years old.
The hotel is full of greenery and in places resembles a botanical garden.
The hotel has 2 swimming pools, one of them is for children with a water balloon, the kids are delighted.
The gym did not work due to the coronovirus (??? ), but the gym is lousy.
Instead, there was a spa with a hammam and a small sauna. The only caveat is by appointment.
The "chef" of the spa center - the local boy Naseem - is a rather friendly boy, but he is always trying to "suck in" something - massage, spa treatments, etc.
I ordered a peeling scrub on the first day and got a discount from him (Turkish language helped again). After scrubbing, the tan lies like velvet on the skin.
The road to the beach (from half a kilometer) lies through the forest, it is very beautiful and romantic, there is where to take a photo. However, it is not easy for the elderly and vacationers with babies to overcome this distance several times a day.
The beach is not very good. Narrow, with stones, deck chairs and mattresses are sometimes tired. The depth is 2-3 meters, but there is a pier from which you can dive.
On the beach there are showers, toilets, changing rooms, a bar, there is a tent area with a permanent shadow, but already at 09-00 everything is taken apart. By the way, the weather during this period was beautiful: 28-30 air, 23-24 water, not a drop of rain, mostly sunny. I tracked the weather on the Internet until the end of October, the air temperature after 22.
10 slightly decreased (to 24-26), there were short-term single rains.
The bottom is sandy, living creatures - a minimum. In a word, the beach sucks, but ...if you walk along the coast on the right for about 2 km, you will find a wild beach, and behind it - a large number of cozy coves, a paradise for a diver: clear and warm water, depths up to 4 meters, large stones with crabs and octopuses, fish. The only - but a significant drawback - is a dangerous rocky descent to the water from a height of 4-6 meters and the lack of sand. When approaching, you should be very careful, it is very easy to break the withers there.
You should pay attention to the trails laid by the predecessors and the presence of garbage (PET bottles, plastic balls, etc. ) below the water. The latter indicates that the descent is possible and relatively safe. Footwear must be appropriate and minimum physical fitness.
You should descend very carefully and slowly, having a "plan B" in case of negligence. In a word, adrenaline flows in the shoes when you feel it all. These coves are regularly visited by kayakers, small sailing boats with tourists. Of course, everything around is very picturesque - rocks, water area, pine trees, turquoise water, silence. However, remember - 2 km back and forth along the pebbles, then rock climbing, diving - all this requires physical fitness. However, emotions and appetite after that are wonderful.
Due to Covid restrictions: the hotel takes the temperature every time vacationers leave the territory or return, they also take it before dinner.
Dinner is the most rigorous exam for the canteen staff, since there are a lot of people, everyone is eager to open (at 19-00), queues are inevitable, especially at the racks with grill (fish / meat), pasta, vegetables, fruits. Porote, if you come up at 20-00, then there are no more queues, and the food does not end.
However, sometimes it is difficult to find a free and clean table. For me personally, this is not a problem, rearranging the dishes to the neighboring or calling fitsik. By the way, do not neglect the dollar: in poor countries like Turkey, those who at least sometimes leave a pretty penny for a decent service are remembered and served faster and better. It is simply necessary not to litter with tips and mark those who really work better than others. I forgot to note that dishes can be taken to the room without restrictions, and points for distributing bottled water, ayran are scattered throughout the territory.
And by the way, there is an alternative veranda located next to the catering unit, but not everyone likes to carry food there (50 meters), and there are almost no waiters there. And there is no crush, complete privacy and peace.
Entertainment in the hotel is mainly entertainment, karaoke, etc.
From the locations - the embankment and the fish market, where you will be prepared for your favorite seafood. However, you should go there as early as possible, and dolmush starts moving at 7:45, if I'm not mistaken. Fethiye has a huge agricultural market where you can buy vegetables / fruits / cheese / tea / butter / souvenirs, rows of rows of clothes. Some people bought leather jackets there.
The disadvantage of the hotel is the lack of Wi-Fi in the rooms and on the territory, except for the reception and the strip adjacent to it at a distance of 20 meters.
The Internet during the day, in general, is normal, but in the evening, when everyone tends to the reception and crowds there, neglecting all sanitary regulations and overloading the network, it starts to work unstably during this period.
Thrifty katsaps prevail among vacationers, however, many of them are with children/parents, so there were no extremely stubborn characters.
Well, sometimes at night you can hear some of them squealing at the bar and tearing their throats in karaoke contests, and going to breakfast at 7 in the morning you see here and there carcasses on sun loungers in a fetal position. Everyone rests as he or she feels comfortable, and nothing can be done about it.
The excursion program has been reduced due to the virus, but the prices are good. For example, an excursion to Pamukala, which last year cost 70-80 Eurodollars, was offered for 40 Baku dollars.
By currency: the hotel has an exchange, but the exchange rate is not very good. It is advisable to take with you a certain amount in local currency, the current Ukrs is 1 lira - 4 hryvnias.
Summing up: a normal hotel with decent food, a compact landscaped area, a good number of rooms, especially for 4 stars, proximity to the international airport.
Disadvantages - a poor beach, lack of sports grounds (except for a tired tennis court), remoteness from civilization, limited wifi, queues in the dining room during peak hours (mainly at dinner). In my personal opinion, if you pay 440 euros for 9/10 days (seasonal price drop in October), you get a quality product for this money. Costs, of course, are, but one should not anger the gods. In the summer, for example, I took off to Marsa Alam (Egypt) for a large sum and was not too pleased.
Thank you for your attention, rest regularly, take care of yourself and do not expect fabulous service for 45 euros per day. And then your expectations will coincide with reality.
That's the end of the fairy tale, who read it - well done.
The recall will be of the post-coronavirus era, as many hotels have significantly changed the standards of service and reception of tourists compared to previous years.
So, this is not the first time in Turkey, but I consider the Fethiye region one of the best (after Kusadasi). Before that, I had a rest in a really cool hotel Liberty Hotels Lykia - Adults Only (+16) - the older brother of our hotel near Oludeniz.
"My" hotel, which I have not been to before, is located in the small village of Yaniklar, 25 km. from the city of Fethiye, which has about 17.000 inhabitants. There are only 2 hotels in Yaniklar - Club Tuana Fethiye (neighbor) and ours.
Departure at 4-00, flew 2 hours 15 minutes. without delays and surprises – UIA keeps the brand.
The first plus is the transfer time. From the airport in Dalaman, the bus transferred me in 40 minutes, first the vacationers of Club Tuana Fethiye left, in 3 minutes - our group. Quiet and green around.
Local time is 7-45, it is somewhat cool in the morning, but after an hour everything becomes much more comfortable.
The hotel is small in size, everything is compact, the reception is cramped, especially when 50 noisy tourists are trying to check in at the same time. Guest Relations representative will appear closer to 10-00, so check-in is somewhat painful.
Lyrical digression: I am sincerely surprised when I read that "we were afamed on the 2nd". Folks, you knew about the travel date months in advance. Buy/download a Ukrainian-Turkish phrasebook, start memorizing 10 words/phrases a day, repeat while waiting at the airport, on the plane, talking on the beach - and you will be happy. Turkish is not Arabic/Chinese/Farsi, everything is much simpler here. What am I leading up to?
I just went up to a secluded Turkish girl, said hello, asked her name, how are you, released a compliment - she blushed all over and opened up to meet me.
I immediately took my passports, vouchers, asked me to wait 5 minutes, asked for 3 minutes to the window, took out a bunch of papers, showed me where to sign, after another 2 minutes I provided an electronic key. A few questions from my side - when and where is breakfast, where is my body - and voila, a boy on an electric car rushes me as much as 100 meters, brings luggage, a 2-minute check of systems and equipment in the room, 1 dollar as "baksheesh" - and the procedure is over .
This passage has not been brought up to demonstrate my own coolness, but only to make your rest easier and more comfortable. I was convinced dozens of times from my own experience - even a minimal mastery of the "local dialect" is useful for a tourist.
Do not let your own writing and laziness spoil your stay, because we are going for positive and good emotions.
After checking in for breakfast (dined at 21). Idalnia is quite large, especially in view of the total area of the hotel.
The choice of food, although limited, is sufficient. I’ll just list: boiled eggs, omelettes, cereals - 3 types, slicing cheap (and tasteless) sausages, pastries, varieties of 10 different breads, portioned butter, honey, 3 types of jam, vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes), green sea , cheeses - different - at least 8 types, cottage cheese, muesli, several types of yogurt, fruits (apples, pears, tangerines, plums, watermelon, melon). The only inconvenience is that almost everyone is at the counter and seems to be specially placed boys, who are frankly few and simply do not have time, although they are spinning like a top.
In addition, I noticed that many tourists do not even try to say what they want, but simply poke their fingers into the composition, which causes isolated misunderstandings, and, accordingly, the service interval increases. Breakfast - as for a hotel with 4 stars - at the level.
If you want unlimited fresh juice and fresh fish or a shrimp cocktail for breakfast, then you are welcome to Liberty Hotels Lykia – Adults Only, but there a week costs 1000 euros, and here 10 days for 440.
Looking ahead, I’ll just note that the food is pretty decent, especially for a 4-star hotel, everything is delicious, in sufficient quantity. Interesting soups, varied and rich.
A large number of sweets (although I personally am not a connoisseur of them), I have repeatedly heard favorable reviews.
The waiters move around quickly, but the military training of the majority is insufficient, the guys are mostly 18-22 years old.
The hotel is full of greenery and in places resembles a botanical garden.
The hotel has 2 swimming pools, one of them is for children with a water balloon, the kids are delighted.
The gym did not work due to the coronovirus (??? ), but the gym is lousy.
Instead, there was a spa with a hammam and a small sauna. The only caveat is by appointment.
The "chef" of the spa center - the local boy Naseem - is a rather friendly boy, but he is always trying to "suck in" something - massage, spa treatments, etc.
I ordered a peeling scrub on the first day and got a discount from him (Turkish language helped again). After scrubbing, the tan lies like velvet on the skin.
The road to the beach (from half a kilometer) lies through the forest, it is very beautiful and romantic, there is where to take a photo. However, it is not easy for the elderly and vacationers with babies to overcome this distance several times a day.
The beach is not very good. Narrow, with stones, deck chairs and mattresses are sometimes tired. The depth is 2-3 meters, but there is a pier from which you can dive.
On the beach there are showers, toilets, changing rooms, a bar, there is a tent area with a permanent shadow, but already at 09-00 everything is taken apart. By the way, the weather during this period was beautiful: 28-30 air, 23-24 water, not a drop of rain, mostly sunny. I tracked the weather on the Internet until the end of October, the air temperature after 22.
10 slightly decreased (to 24-26), there were short-term single rains.
The bottom is sandy, living creatures - a minimum. In a word, the beach sucks, but ...if you walk along the coast on the right for about 2 km, you will find a wild beach, and behind it - a large number of cozy coves, a paradise for a diver: clear and warm water, depths up to 4 meters, large stones with crabs and octopuses, fish. The only - but a significant drawback - is a dangerous rocky descent to the water from a height of 4-6 meters and the lack of sand. When approaching, you should be very careful, it is very easy to break the withers there.
You should pay attention to the trails laid by the predecessors and the presence of garbage (PET bottles, plastic balls, etc. ) below the water. The latter indicates that the descent is possible and relatively safe. Footwear must be appropriate and minimum physical fitness.
You should descend very carefully and slowly, having a "plan B" in case of negligence. In a word, adrenaline flows in the shoes when you feel it all. These coves are regularly visited by kayakers, small sailing boats with tourists. Of course, everything around is very picturesque - rocks, water area, pine trees, turquoise water, silence. However, remember - 2 km back and forth along the pebbles, then rock climbing, diving - all this requires physical fitness. However, emotions and appetite after that are wonderful.
Due to Covid restrictions: the hotel takes the temperature every time vacationers leave the territory or return, they also take it before dinner.
Dinner is the most rigorous exam for the canteen staff, since there are a lot of people, everyone is eager to open (at 19-00), queues are inevitable, especially at the racks with grill (fish / meat), pasta, vegetables, fruits. Porote, if you come up at 20-00, then there are no more queues, and the food does not end.
However, sometimes it is difficult to find a free and clean table. For me personally, this is not a problem, rearranging the dishes to the neighboring or calling fitsik. By the way, do not neglect the dollar: in poor countries like Turkey, those who at least sometimes leave a pretty penny for a decent service are remembered and served faster and better. It is simply necessary not to litter with tips and mark those who really work better than others. I forgot to note that dishes can be taken to the room without restrictions, and points for distributing bottled water, ayran are scattered throughout the territory.
And by the way, there is an alternative veranda located next to the catering unit, but not everyone likes to carry food there (50 meters), and there are almost no waiters there. And there is no crush, complete privacy and peace.
Entertainment in the hotel is mainly entertainment, karaoke, etc.
From the locations - the embankment and the fish market, where you will be prepared for your favorite seafood. However, you should go there as early as possible, and dolmush starts moving at 7:45, if I'm not mistaken. Fethiye has a huge agricultural market where you can buy vegetables / fruits / cheese / tea / butter / souvenirs, rows of rows of clothes. Some people bought leather jackets there.
The disadvantage of the hotel is the lack of Wi-Fi in the rooms and on the territory, except for the reception and the strip adjacent to it at a distance of 20 meters.
The Internet during the day, in general, is normal, but in the evening, when everyone tends to the reception and crowds there, neglecting all sanitary regulations and overloading the network, it starts to work unstably during this period.
Thrifty katsaps prevail among vacationers, however, many of them are with children/parents, so there were no extremely stubborn characters.
Well, sometimes at night you can hear some of them squealing at the bar and tearing their throats in karaoke contests, and going to breakfast at 7 in the morning you see here and there carcasses on sun loungers in a fetal position. Everyone rests as he or she feels comfortable, and nothing can be done about it.
The excursion program has been reduced due to the virus, but the prices are good. For example, an excursion to Pamukala, which last year cost 70-80 Eurodollars, was offered for 40 Baku dollars.
By currency: the hotel has an exchange, but the exchange rate is not very good. It is advisable to take with you a certain amount in local currency, the current Ukrs is 1 lira - 4 hryvnias.
Summing up: a normal hotel with decent food, a compact landscaped area, a good number of rooms, especially for 4 stars, proximity to the international airport.
Disadvantages - a poor beach, lack of sports grounds (except for a tired tennis court), remoteness from civilization, limited wifi, queues in the dining room during peak hours (mainly at dinner). In my personal opinion, if you pay 440 euros for 9/10 days (seasonal price drop in October), you get a quality product for this money. Costs, of course, are, but one should not anger the gods. In the summer, for example, I took off to Marsa Alam (Egypt) for a large sum and was not too pleased.
Thank you for your attention, rest regularly, take care of yourself and do not expect fabulous service for 45 euros per day. And then your expectations will coincide with reality.
That's the end of the fairy tale, who read it - well done.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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