Champion HV, Turkey, Beldibi - great family vacation

Written: 14 june 2011
Travel time: 12 — 21 may 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 8.0
Hello,

We rested in Champion HV from May 12 to May 21, two adults with a child of 4 years old, drove from Coral, flew from Transaero. There were no complaints either to Coral, or to the host of Odeon Tours, or to Transaero. The road from the airport took 1 hour 15 minutes, check-in took no more than 10 minutes. The room suited us perfectly, the reception did not pay anything.

The rooms are decent, the floor is tiled, the TV is old, not LCD. Everything is very simple, nothing superfluous, the colors of the walls and furniture are light. Minus: poor lighting - the power of the lamps was not enough, the yellow lampshades made the light even weaker. The buildings are three-story, but there is an elevator (important for those who travel with strollers).


The territory is large and well-groomed, especially suitable for hot summers - pines, palm trees, oranges and lemons provide a lot of shade. The layout is very simple - the central path leads from the reception to the beach, around it are residential buildings, the building of the main restaurant, a free hammam, a swimming pool.
The main pool is great, clean, beautiful view of the mountains, two slides are open for a couple of hours in the morning and in the evening. In the evenings, WiFi catchers walk along the paths, eager to chat on Skype. Paid access or not - I don’t know, but the word free was found in the name of one of the networks caught by the phone.

The biggest problem and disappointment of the hotel is the beach, or rather the entrance to the sea. The beach itself is normal, cleaned and cleaned, but there is practically no entrance to the sea. In the surf lie large stones, somehow cleared of algae by waves. Already a meter or two from the shore lie large slippery boulders overgrown with algae. I tried three times to enter the water from the shore - three times I fell, and left the pier. You can swim only from the pier, there are two of them. Whoever says that he enters the water easily and with pleasure from the shore is either a yogi who can walk on broken glass, or a nihilist who does not care about anything, even his legs that are beaten against stones.
But the lack of a convenient entrance to the sea is compensated by the amazingly beautiful view of the mountains. Antalya is visible at a glance, the opposite shore of the bay is visible in good weather, probably up to Side or further. Do not forget to take a mask - a lot of fish swim near the piers, there are flocks of 10 rather large ones, up to half a meter long, sometimes you just swim inside a small flock.

The staff is like everywhere else in Turkey, nothing special. There is always a Russian-speaking employee at the reception - either a hardly speaking Turk, or a woman from ours. The hotel is predominantly Russian. After Russian tourists, the second largest were Ukrainians, followed by the British, Germans, and a few Poles. This is my first hotel in Turkey, in which for some reason there were more English than Germans.


I would divide tourists into 3 main groups: 70% are families with children from 0 to 12 years old, 20% are elderly couples, and 10% are young couples without children who accidentally got there.
The hotel is more like a large pioneer camp, and he left this impression even before the start of the summer school holidays. If you don't like kids, don't come to Champion.

For children, the hotel is just perfect: a small pool 30 cm deep with a slide for the very young; a larger pool for those who are older (depth 140 cm); heated pool for cold weather; children playground; competitions, dancing, games, drawing - and all this in a fenced area.

Hamam is weak, and therefore free. Massage costs 55 USD - I don’t understand why. In my opinion, the price is too high, the quality is not worth it - for this money you are diligently, but without enthusiasm, rubbed with a washcloth in front of curious neighbors who get no less pleasure from the hammam, but for free.

Food and drinks are like everywhere else in Turkey, and those who complain and say that they say it’s not tasty or monotonous are lying.
Yeah, right now, like at home, they are used to cooking 3 types of meat every day, 2 soups and heels of different side dishes. They sit at home on potatoes and pasta, but in Turkey they are capricious and twist their noses like aristocrats in a cheburechnaya. I agree with one thing - there was very little fruit, only apples and bananas. Occasionally, strawberries appeared, which the rustic Russo-tourists piled on themselves with a slide until they began to fall off the plate, so that no one else would get it.

Opposite the hotel is a bazaar with a full range of the usual Turkish junk. Prices are about the same as in Kemer. On the right, if you stand facing the entrance to the hotel, there is an ATM. Works fine, tested. There is a minibus stop at the entrance to the bazaar, travel to Kemer - 3 USD, children on their knees are free. They go until 10 pm, go to the center of Kemer for half an hour, passing through Goynuk.

The hotel leaves the impression of a solid 4 * with a plus.

In general, I am 100% satisfied with the rest, the hotel fully meets the expectations of those who are looking for a calm, measured family holiday with small children. Couples and those who are looking for a relaxing holiday - you are here. Who wants to bulge to the fullest and can not stand children - you are in Kemer, there is nothing to catch here. Well, those who put solid deuces whine about every reason - do not pay attention to these losers, the sea is always too wet for them, the sun is too sunny and stuff like that.

Have a nice rest!
Your.
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