Great holiday with nuances.

Written: 7 september 2009
Travel time: 30 august — 6 september 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 10.0
Yesterday my husband and I returned from the Joy World Palace Hotel. I never wrote reviews, but here I want to share my impressions, maybe it will come in handy for someone. We had a great rest, because we know how to relax and find positive things from everything too. The hotel is good, but has two drawbacks - crazy " overload" of the people and the venerable age of the hotel. From here all the nuances emerge. And now, in order.
1. SETTLEMENT. As already mentioned, it really doesn’t make any sense to contact Russian girls. They are probably there for beauty. although every normal person understands this anyway. And yet, keep in mind that rooms with one large bed are in short supply there.
2. TERRITORY. Excellent, green, large, thoughtful. Populated mainly by Russian citizens, the rest are their brothers from the expanses of the former USSR. They dreamed of getting to a time when there were few children, but (despite the beginning of the school year) there were more than enough that I don’t like children, it’s just that now, when my son has grown up and hasn’t given grandchildren yet, we want to take a break from this business). Nuance: it seems that crowds of people are always and everywhere where you need to move.

3. NUMBER. Most of the rooms here have a miracle that I have never met in my life: two sinks right in the room. Our room turned out to be an exception (we lived in No. 6234), it is simply larger than other "standards". As I wrote, the hotel is old, -this, of course, the rooms require serious repairs. But we are not picky people and this did not spoil our mood at all, although there are nuances with a balcony door and weak air conditioning, but, thank God, we were not settled there for life, but only for a week. There are problems with sewerage in buildings 4 and 5, located closer to the pools, we had 6. There is plastic furniture on the balcony. The safe is paid, $ 3 per day. do not throw away the money - the view will be sideways, through the trees. Buildings 4 and 5 will not work for peace (the building number is the first digit).
4. CLEANING. If desired, it was possible to find fault more than once, despite the tip, but we came to rest. Yes, and it is simply impossible to achieve super cleanliness in the bathroom due to dilapidation. In the end (putting my hand on my heart), I don’t clean my house every day, but here, after all, they cleaned it, the bed and towels were changed. The only thing that I myself had to wash the railing on the balcony on the first day, they apparently don’t consider it to be related to the room. It’s useless to talk about something with the maid: not understands neither English nor Russian, I don’t understand Turkish. Communication was limited to smiles (and that’s nice).
5. POOL. The only thing I can say is: "He is! . And not small, and not even one. " For me, it’s generally a mystery why go to the sea to sit in the pool, but this, as they say, to each his own. I didn’t dare to go down the hill, as many complained about the joint, and I already know that I didn’t want to bring down my back.
6. SPA CENTER. Killed by prices - hammam $ 65! In the hotel opposite "Larissa" - $ 25 a complete "set" of excellent quality (thanks I read it in one of the reviews).
7. BEACH. Big, I didn’t observe much suffering for the sunbeds. Of course, if people with a large company at 10 o’clock want to find sunbeds nearby, and even in the place where everyone wants, then I’m sorry - miracles don’t happen. There are also enough awnings. Nuance: there is no toilet on the beach you need to go to the pool. For that, there is a bar and a shower! Towels are changed as much as you want. There are few tables and urns, there are no ashtrays. urns.
8. SEA. Awesome clean, but (compared to Red) - lifeless. I'm surprised by some reviews complaining about pebbles at the entrance to the sea. What, they don't understand where they are going? People! In Kemer, pebbles are everywhere!

9. ANIMATION. It simply doesn’t exist on the beach. The performances are not bad. Nuance: you need to take places in the amphitheater in advance (beginning at 21.30), if you get to the performance, then you can’t find places in the pool bar where everyone is hanging out. There is live music, dancing and drinking . Disco from 00.00 to 03.00 in a stuffy basement, but there is a bar. I won’t say anything about children’s animation, I know that it exists.
10. FOOD. This is a “klandike” for those who like to eat. You definitely can’t die of hunger there, rather from gluttony. Full of meat, vegetables, fruits, sweets and all sorts of things, so many dishes that it tires the detour. Nuances: if you don’t come at 19.00, you can look for a place for a long time - the costs of "overloading". Do not look for imported drinks. We still did not understand what ultra consists of. In the pool bar, even local baileys and tequila usually ran out before closing. Big minus - + 2 kg. , now you have to fight.
11. EXCURSIONS. Do not listen to Pegasus' "horror stories" about insurance: it doesn't work the same everywhere. costs $ 50 per person, $ 27 at the agency. Everything is the same: an excellent guide, bus, yacht - no questions. The tour is magnificent, not particularly tiring.
CONCLUSION: If you do not set yourself up for super, you will have a great rest. Do not
flatter yourself - this is not 5 * (at least by European and American standards, I have not yet understood Turkish standards). We went on last-minute trips and paid much less than many others, so we are all the more satisfied. This hotel is unlikely for discerning tourists I will not go here again just because I want variety.
Thank you for reading. I will post a photo later. I will answer any questions (if I know).
Translated automatically from Russian. View original