Amara Dolce Vita

Written: 30 march 2011
Travel time: 11 — 22 march 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 9.0
We rested with a company of four adults and one child 3 years old, two deluxe rooms were booked in the Venice building with a sea view.
Since we were traveling individually, the check-in took place within five minutes, and they gave two adjacent rooms, and not at different ends of the building, for which
thank you very much.
What attracts in ADV at this time of the year? This is of course the price, literally in a month it is already twice as expensive.
Cons: A lot of things are closed. Of the 19 bars, 4 were open, of the a la carte restaurants, Dolce Vita, Taverna and Zen Asia were opened (the first one also closed a few days later). Later we visited Zen Asia - a reservation of $ 10 per person (drinks are free except wine and champagne), we liked it in general. For lunch and dinner, Turkish wine is red, white and rose or light and dark beer. in wines.

We went up to the fish restaurant, which is located on a hill in the form of a lighthouse - it’s a pity that it didn’t work, it would be nice to have a meal from there.
The territory is large and very well-groomed, but in one place, then in another there was patching of holes, it is understandable - they are preparing for the season. Opposite the children's club, villas with an individual pool begin - impressive, I would certainly like to relax there.
A lot of greenery - trees (mostly coniferous), flowers. I noticed that each tree has a plate with an individual number attached to it (which means they treat it with care).
The zoo is not particularly impressive, but I think it will be very interesting for children.
There are horses, rabbits, chickens with roosters and goats in the zoo. Rabbits also run outside the zoo.
Our child liked the mini-club only in terms of swings and throwing a ball, he flatly refused to communicate with the animators (but these are already character traits, there are no questions for the animators - everyone is adequate and loves children, especially Kuzya (as he calls himself)). There is also a nursery the playground is clean, with swings and slides, I think the kids will like it.
On the -1st floor in the bowling club there is a corner of children's attractions - 2 dollars or 1.5 euros token. Nothing special - old machines, but for the sake of variety there is where to go with a child.
Of the animators, I’ll note Savash - that’s who has the motor in one place! Everyone loves him - from German pensioners to children, a person gets a buzz from work - that's why people love him. His apprentice Mustafa is also an animator, but inferior. During the day, entertainment - boccia on the beach, archery, air rifle shooting football in the evening.
Evening performances take place according to the scheme at 20-30 - minidisco for 40-45 minutes, and then a themed evening - karaoke, Mr. Amara competition and the like. I would not say that it is very interesting, but the animators are trying.

From 23 disco. Considering that when we arrived the percentage of German pensioners was under 75, there were 10 people at the disco including a disc jockey and animators. My niece said that the music sucks. I like it.
Photographers were surprised - it seems that they did not wake up from hibernation. Remembering past hotels, photographers did not give a pass, just take a picture, and here you need to do a favor so that you deign to work.
I didn’t visit shops on the -1 floor, except for one where any consumer goods are sold at space prices (Turkish Kinder Surprise for $ 2). Used Russian books are also sold for two dollars.
The food is excellent, everyone will find something for themselves. The waiter named Salim immediately fell in love with us and our baby, at every possible occasion we tried to go where he served.
From 10 am to 5 pm there are four types of fresh juices: orange, apple, grapefruit and carrot.
There is a DVD in the room that reads all formats + reads from a flash drive. At the end of the holiday, I found out that at the reception they rent DVD discs for free (deposit $ 10).
Who loves to play sports - there is everything for this, our girls ran in the gym, and we played tennis a couple of times (racquets and balls are free, but there are always problems with the availability, so if possible, bring it from home).
We went to the hammam once to do Ottoman peeling and foam massage - 45 minutes cost 50 euros - I liked it.
True, the hamam is a passage yard, so you lie down, and everyone snoops past you, and the Germans behave in such a way, to put it mildly, not adequately, the attendants themselves then asked them to be quieter. In general, no relaxation.
There are two more saunas - 75 and 95 degrees and one steam room. When the sun is outside, there are no people there, and in the afternoon there is a crush.
For all the time it rained twice, so we went to Tekirova once - on foot for about 20 minutes. Toli due to the fact that it was Sunday morning or something else, but almost all the shops were closed, and the general impression was some abandoned. Although the view of the lemon and orange garden against the backdrop of snow-capped mountains is something!

We dived into the sea once - +18 water is refreshing, but you can swim. The only thing that I didn’t like was a very unpleasant bottom when entering and exiting - slippery cobblestones - you can break your legs.
In general, I want to return to Amara, the only question is financial possibilities.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original