Solid budget four

Written: 15 september 2021
Travel time: 1 — 12 september 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 9.0
Before that, I was in 4 hotels in Turkey from the standard fours in Beldibi, Camyuva and Kemer to the Salima Club Hotel for $2300+! So I will try to objectively evaluate the price-quality, and not the expectations-desires.
1.9 nights and 10 days cost us $1000, departure from Kyiv! We bought 2 months before departure, Anex tour. Claims to Anex 0. Well done.
- we were at the hotel at 8 in the morning, put on bracelets, left the bags at the reception, went to have breakfast and at the sea. We asked for a room away from the disco and music (because it is from 8 am to 00:00)! If you are ready to sacrifice tranquility but a beautiful view of the mountains - building A is for you. I asked for building C, I didn’t give money, they didn’t hint me. What they asked for, what they gave. The room was clean, comfortable, everything worked, there was hot water, the code worked. There is no mold, nothing fell off, the water in the shower left quickly.
Pros.

+ Very beautiful hotel from the entrance to every corner of the territory. And it is big here and everything is buried in greenery as in a good 5 *! This is one of the greenest hotels on the second line with a 4 * class in the Kemer region. Yes, and at the foot of the mountain!
+ Two huge and CLEAN pools (there were enough sunbeds for everyone).
+ Beach and sea. Walk 400-600 meters. Probably the best place I have stayed in Turkey. Small pebbles, it is possible without aquashoes. The sea is about 28-29 degrees - like fresh milk, clean. Behind the buoys without immersion in water, I saw the bottom, how clear the sea is. When the storm is also cool, but not so clear water is understandable. There were always enough sunbeds, many simply went to the left to MaxRoyal (between it and us there is no man's huge beach), where there are no sunbeds, but there is a lot of space and fewer people crowd.
+ Staff kitchen/bar/restaurant/terrace. All great guys, someone knows a couple of words in Russian, but they always answer please, have a nice one. They were never rude or rude, they never made a displeased expression on their faces. All 5.
Great to eat on the terrace. The manager Rasim is there. A very pleasant and polite man (Azerbaijani, he knows Russian well, because he is about 55 years old). He always greets, says goodbye, helps if something goes wrong, the waiters always quickly clean up, friendly. We all ate on the terrace for 10 days. They also ordered boiled crayfish for $ 8. I recommend the terrace! In the main restik - all the rest - the people are dark, but the air conditioners work.
+ Hamam. I always recommend visiting the hammam on the first day, it’s a cool thing for tanning. There you will meet Irakli, the head of the SPA center. Cool guy, always greets everyone, communicates. We took an average package for 3 (peeling, massage, mask with tea after the massage). If you tan correctly, then the tan lies evenly well after these procedures. On the 4th day I was a black man with a bronze tan. Prices are the same as on the street, but you don’t need to travel and waste time anywhere. I recommend the local hammam!

+ Food. In general, this will be in any budget-average 4 *, do not flatter yourself with the illusion that you will be served shrimp or barbecue every day! ) There is something to choose, nothing has ever ended, everything has been. Everyone chooses for himself what to eat. Yes, monotonous in some ways - but then go to restaurants. I was ok.
Minuses.
- Room cleaning. For 10 days - 2 times cleaned in the room. 1 time they changed the towels of their own free will, the 2nd time on the 9th day, when I came with claims. Toiletries - shampoo and shower gel updated 1 time, toilet paper refilled 1 time. The bedding was never changed) In general, this is the scourge of all 4 * hotels! There is not enough staff or money for it. On the 9th day, when there was no paper and gel in the shower, I went to the reception desk, got paper on the counter. I say, do you seriously think that I will walk in my hands with paper through the entire hotel? ) They gave me a package) The gel was never changed. In the morning I went again to ask for replenishment. So they didn't fill it up. Although they changed the towels, which were not asked to be changed. Krch, reception and cleaning are different planets) Once I left a dollar, they didn’t clean krch anymore)) I don’t recommend leaving money for cleaning. Everyone says it. Go to the reception and kill the admin with timing and emotions.
- Wi-Fi. Paid even in... lobby! ) I'm just in shock. $2 per day! Given that he is so-so, turn the pages - we did not buy. Across the road there is a free tour agency, but it only reaches the border of the hotel. Buy a local card and don't get attached to the hotel. Money is the same - but it is freedom.
Perhaps these are the only and significant disadvantages for which I took 1 point. Be realistic people - you pay a budget price for a budget hotel - no need to deduct points for everything, simply because you were not settled in a new building, you were not served foie gras and you did not wipe your ass at the right time. If you want all this - get $ 2500 and there it will all be! And not for $ 1000 attitude, as for a hotel for 2500.

Excursions - it is better to take from the hotel guide, Katya. I went from the street - 6 out of 10. The difference of $ 5-10 is not worth it) We took 3 excursions in 1. Rafting, bungee and canyon. We were followed by a 2000s Volkswagen Type Sprinter, which we drove only through Antalya for 2 hours due to traffic jams. Not comfortable at all. These are not the Mercs that come from Anex or Teza or others! )) The seller said that they would not feed, take it with you. We took it like fools, but in the end they fed us. Minus the seller for ignorance of the product! The rafting instructor was kind of nervous with a set of Russian words in 10 pieces! In addition to shouting "rowing", right-left-back and all this confusing places - there was no pleasure from the rafting. Then we climbed the canyon - 32 bodies were unloaded from two trucks of our delivery - they said you have 15 minutes and we are leaving! ))) It is clear that everyone rushed to take a picture. The site is not large, queues, psychos, etc. I ask - I paid for an excursion here and not for a 15-minute photo shoot in line and mats. I was told this to the seller of the tour) I asked this question to the seller - they shrugged, saying that each company (who organizes and does not sell decides how and how much). Okay, ok... Then they went down to the bugs, who bought this tour. Of the 32 bodies, only 6 people did not buy, incl. And we. Bottom line - like fools, we waited 1 hour for others to roll! Although those who did not pay for the canyon went to it for free! ) The guys with bugs arrived - everything was covered in dust, sand in their eyes, in their mouths, everyone was spitting - because. they were not given protective masks and all 13 cars drove one after another - the dust was a column, nothing was visible... In general, 90% said - a hat!
Back we also stood in traffic jams in Antalya for 1.5 hours. If you want to experience the same delights for the same money as a hotel guide - go ahead! It's not worth it. Especially in Pamukala, where to go 6.5 hours one way. If a minibus comes for you - bury your tour right away))
Therefore, do not listen to street vendors that they give the same thing for less money - nonsense! It can't cost the same thing so cheap)
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