The truth about value for money

Written: 20 august 2013
Travel time: 25 august — 5 september 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 4.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 7.0
I will say right away that the issue of vacation last year was resolved as follows: either we go on a certain day for a certain number of days, or we don’t go at all. I really wanted to go to Kemer, albeit a small, but still a city. Only the Garden Resort Bergamot met these criteria. The travel agent even gently dissuaded him, because in 11 days we paid 187 thousand for four adults. Let's say it's a big amount. There are no complaints about Pegasus: everything is on time, transfer, meeting-seeing off, in a word, just lucky!

The hotel itself is small, with a very well maintained, clean and small area. What is convenient for families with small children - constantly in sight. Children in Turkey are loved: if you want to jump into the pool on your head - please throw a tantrum in a restaurant - a whole group of calmers will gather! Just a disobedient country))! Children's animation (and ram zam-zam) I personally did not like, but the children present really liked it, therefore, the parents were satisfied.

Accommodation. This is the worst thing about staying at this hotel. In our voucher, the connect number was indicated, which is two standards connected by an interior door. We were given Familia, just tiny, consisting of two rooms, about 12 and 5 meters square. I'm not minimizing, you can go to 411 number of the new building and see the dimensions. There was a smell of dampness in the rooms, the lock in the toilet room did not work, and the hotel workers could not fix it, the air conditioner blew directly on the bed, we practically did not turn it on. There were five (! ) coat hangers for four people in the closet. We were sympathetic to all this, the high season - the hotel is full, hoping that we will still be relocated in two days. No one helped us: neither the good fairy Inna, nor the sweet Veronica (representative of Pegasus), nor the director.
First, however, we were offered two standards on the third floor, which were no better, then we were offered two more rooms, which suited us. We quickly packed our things, came to the reception, and then the director: "Oh, oh, I messed up, I can't give you these numbers! " Unpleasant. We decided that we didn’t come to sit in the hotel, and there was Wi-Fi in the room ...The main thing is the sea!

Sea. Is a song! Clean, sweet, warm! Everyone, as agreed, writes the same thing: the road to the beach is not annoying. I'll tell you the truth - it's annoying. The bus runs on schedule, well, sometimes plus or minus. Wet seats, circles and sharks for swimming, so it's better to leave on the first bus, there are sunbeds under a canopy without any problems. A couple of times we walked, at a leisurely pace for 15-20 minutes. There, in principle, but downhill, it's normal. The reverse is hard. On the beach they cook delicious cakes, good coffee. Different drinks, as in the hotel. One problem - there are no disposable glasses, and reusable ones are practically not washed.
There is a volleyball court, if only the animators were invited to the game, but we didn’t need animators either, we were already a whole team, so we took the ball from the bartenders and started playing, the rest were already pulling up. The volleyball court was not watered, as on the neighboring beach, so after 11 o’clock it was simply impossible to play, the legs burned like on a fire.


Animation. Sadness is sadness. I, with my Artek past, didn’t understand at all how it was possible to prepare for the national holiday - Independence Day during it? Animators have a cliché , if Russian means drunk. The Germans in the hotel drank much more. And compatriots made a favorable impression (comparing with Goynuk). I didn’t like the Turkish night at all, perhaps only the Italian evening was remembered. However, I was not interested in animation. I am writing only so that you understand that this place is definitely not a party place, there are no discos for young people.
Nutrition. We liked it. True, meat eaters will miss the steaks, but there was plenty of everything else, they say that the chef used to work in Grand Haber, so the level is high. But the children's table - no! French fries and pasta are not food. Porridges and soups are tasteless (for me personally, and I, believe me, am not picky). Be sure to go to ala carte, order fish, they cook it very tasty there. But keep in mind that if you just taste a glass of wine, then you will be charged as for a bottle, alcohol for a fee.

Hamam. Still, it is better to visit it in a good city bath. We are from Siberia and are accustomed to an excellent steam room and cleanliness. It was not bad: peeling, massage, masks, but I strongly recommend that girls choose female masseuses. They are all from neighboring countries, with a medical education, it is nice to talk with them for life), not to mention everything else.

Excursions were taken from Ginza Travel, two times cheaper than from a tour operator.
Buses are good and comfortable. Delivered on the way to the same expensive stores. When we went to Demre, we bought icons in the church itself, the choice is smaller, but the prices are lower. Tour guides promote the full program, they even offer their money, with a return, of course).

It always seemed to me that we overpaid 30-35 thousand for this hotel. The second time I would not go, but in Kemer itself, there are really few good fours, this one is probably one of the best, but still far from the sea and did not leave the impression of "ideal value for money. "
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