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I stayed with my friends in August in this hotel. Everyone was in Turkey for the first time. We bought tickets, and then read the reviews... it was even scary to fly. But we set ourselves up for a good rest and did not regret it)
Our flight to Antalya was delayed for 5 hours, so we arrived sleepy, hungry and terribly angry. At the airport, we were immediately met by representatives of Pegasus, quickly and comfortably delivered to the hotel. We were seated within 10 minutes. We were initially given a room in the main building, but we asked for a bungalow. No sooner said than done and no additional payment was required. True, I had to search and ask around where everything was, because there were no maps of the area anywhere. Now in order.
1. Territory. Any hotel can envy - big, green and very beautiful. There is so much greenery and all kinds of vines that a deceptive impression of some kind of neglect is created, like in the jungle. In general, some pluses)
2. Numbers. Well, not five-star, that's for sure. Everything is old, shabby, and somehow soviet. The furniture is painted a creepy green. Add. sleeper-folding sofa the size of one and a half beds, very good. In the minibar, a couple of cans of local "Pepsi" and a bottle of mineral water. By the way, in order for the minibar to be updated, you need to pull out all the bottles from it and God forbid leave at least one)) The air conditioner looked more like a fan and tried to refuse a couple of times. But the safe is an irreplaceable thing, 3 dollars a day and no worries about the safety of money, documents, etc. But in general, we didn’t come to sit in the rooms, especially with the memories of Russian boarding houses, our room seemed almost like a palace)
3. Sea, beach. It is not very convenient to enter the sea, because. pebble. So we dived from the pier. Well, if you didn’t want to dive, then there is a staircase on the pier into the sea. By the way, it is already deep in some 5-6 meters from the shore. The water is clear, blue, wonderful. Only here are some uncultured vacationers sitting in a bar on the beach, often throwing glasses, plates and all sorts of other rubbish into the water. There was never a shortage of sun loungers, as well as in places under awnings, although there were a lot of people resting.
4. Pools, slides. Everything would be fine, only the pools are apparently also far from new. Here and there chipped tiles, uneven joints. My friend hurt her leg. The same trouble with the slides - fun, good, but the joints are terrible, as if you were going up the stairs, then everyone walked in bruises.
5. Food, drinks. Fed to death. Very varied and tasty. I don’t know who writes what about meat here - it has always been in several versions. Men was constant only for breakfast, but every day something new. next door to the main restaurant - Express restaurant, where you could eat pizza or make yourself something like a hamburger from any ingredients. The pizza there is simply divine, now I can’t go to any Moscow pizzeria, everything seems tasteless)) As for drinks... UAL doesn’t smell - everything is local, diluted and simply undrinkable in most cases. Shop at Duty Free. We messed up here. In the evening after arrival, we decided to celebrate the beginning of the holiday with tequila. After one sip, I thought that's it, stop drinking, get up on water skis. I have never tried such a savory before. As a result, through numerous trial and error, it turned out that you can drink there only a semblance of Baileys, rum-cola and mojito (provided that there is mint). In general, the most popular among all the guests was the “something-sweet-to-your-taste” cocktail)). Well, at least you can drink... sometimes. And another minus - there are no normal juices, only local soda (extremely disgusting) and vending machines with an incomprehensible liquid like "yuppie" everywhere, and tea and coffee. One of the evenings we went to the "A-la carte" fish restaurant (free of charge 1 time, $10 reservation). Amazing - by the sea, by candlelight and very tasty. The evening was simply unforgettable!
6. Service. Another very big plus of the hotel is the inconspicuous staff. In a good way) If something was needed, then someone was right there. The room was cleaned if you leave a sign on the door, regardless of whether you give a tip or not. Somewhere in a day we left a dollar or two, for which towels were folded into flowers for us - a trifle, but nice) And in order to change the linen, you just had to drop it on the floor, the same with towels. And in general, I heard a lot about the harassment of the Turks, about the rudeness of the staff. Nothing like that, all polite and nice people. Yes, by the way, almost everyone in the hotel is from Russia or Ukraine. Sometimes you close your eyes and it feels like you are in the Krasnodar Territory)
7. Entertainment, animation. Well, this is worse. Some games and competitions were constantly arranged, but everything was somehow sluggish and there were too many people who wanted to, so for example, to throw a couple of darts at darts, you had to stand in the sun for half an hour. So we only went to aqua aerobics, a very handy and useful thing in all respects. Once we went to shoot with a gun. They searched for a shooting range for a long time. It turned out to be some kind of iron shed right behind the public toilet. Firstly, it smelled terribly there, as if the toilet was in the shooting range itself, and secondly, there were mountains of some useless rubbish piled up there, like in a swak. We left right away. Shame for a 5* hotel, just out of the way. As for the evening animation - I have not seen such stupidity and vulgarity for a long time. Comedy with Full House is just some great art compared to this. Humor below the belt. I never went to these shows again. I am not at all against "spicy jokes", but not to such a degree of vulgarity and dirt. Dear organizers of all this! The brain of vacationers is not yet so shrunken to enjoy such mediocre performances! Moreover, many parents come to the evening animation with their children. And one more thing: we were constantly haunted by the word "Upsalla" from all the animators. I don’t know what that means, maybe some Turkish mate. At the end of the holiday start to enrage terribly.
8. Excursions. Never, hear, NEVER take an excursion to Pamukkale in this hotel. These calcium terraces are certainly very beautiful, but you will only be there for a couple of hours. But the rest of the day they will drag you around the shops - they will bring you to an onyx store (with tasteless and very expensive trinkets that you can buy in Moscow for 100 rubles), to a "textile factory" (a store with some exorbitant prices, compared to which Cherkizon just a boutique), to a carpet factory (you will be given a short tour, shown how carpets are made, and then naturally offered to buy them - "only" from $ 1.000 to $ 25.000. everything is beautiful, but does not leave the feeling of a "shop-on-the-couch") , and in the end - for a wine tasting (this is certainly good and tasty, but don't flatter yourself, the wine you bought there will be fundamentally worse than what you were poured at the tasting). By the way, take dollars with you, all excursions and prices in shops are indicated in dollars, and in euros it turns out to be much more expensive. Perhaps these shopping trips are just a "surcharge" of Pegasus, because. took at the hotel and it turned out one and a half times more expensive than anywhere else. And if, nevertheless, you will be brought to Pamukkale, then at least do not swim in the Cleopatra pool. This is some kind of swamp with slimy columns covered with mud, scattered in disarray along the bottom and stinking of bleach. Disgusting, we climbed in and out. The guide was just a boor, rude to everyone and even threatened in response to the discontent of the people. Yes, and we expected beautiful legends from him about each stone (guides, learn from the guides of the Krasnodar Territory, who, with tears in their eyes, will tell you a good hundred beautiful legends, and the same number on the way back), but received a tedious lecture on niflation in Turkey, import-expore and other crap that is not interesting to anyone. Oh yes, the one-way road is 5 hours, but the scenery is very beautiful - the only plus of this excursion. In general, the day is absolutely lost and terribly sorry for the money spent. This excursion spoiled the whole impression of the rest, thank God, there were still a few days left and Turkey was almost completely rehabilitated in my eyes.
9. Departure. Our return flight was at 9:50. For some reason, the transfer from the hotel was scheduled for 4.30 am. We wondered for a long time why to go so early. Well, we stopped at a few more hotels for people, but there was still a lot of time left. Everything turned out to be simple - we were brought to another store! At 5 am, which store? ? The Pegasus guide, in response to the general dissatisfied murmur, assured "for 15 minutes. " As a result, we spent at least an hour there, despite the fact that almost no one went to this store, I even managed to fall asleep on the bus. Conclusion - I will never use the services of Pegas Tourist again. We came to relax, not to go shopping. For those who need shops, free trips to shopping centers are provided. Moreover, the absolute deafness of the guides to the dissatisfaction of vacationers is simply outrageous.
Summing up, we can say that the hotel is definitely not 5 *, but 4 * firmly and even with a small plus sign (for the territory)). The hotel is absolutely consistent with the money we paid for the rest. If you are not going to bother with the shortcomings of the rooms and other not-so-big minuses, then you are simply guaranteed a great vacation and impressions. So do not be afraid of the reviews, the devil is not so terrible)
Although. . . if I ever visit Turkey again, I'll probably choose another hotel. . . )
Our flight to Antalya was delayed for 5 hours, so we arrived sleepy, hungry and terribly angry. At the airport, we were immediately met by representatives of Pegasus, quickly and comfortably delivered to the hotel. We were seated within 10 minutes. We were initially given a room in the main building, but we asked for a bungalow. No sooner said than done and no additional payment was required. True, I had to search and ask around where everything was, because there were no maps of the area anywhere. Now in order.
1. Territory. Any hotel can envy - big, green and very beautiful. There is so much greenery and all kinds of vines that a deceptive impression of some kind of neglect is created, like in the jungle. In general, some pluses)
2. Numbers. Well, not five-star, that's for sure. Everything is old, shabby, and somehow soviet. The furniture is painted a creepy green. Add. sleeper-folding sofa the size of one and a half beds, very good. In the minibar, a couple of cans of local "Pepsi" and a bottle of mineral water. By the way, in order for the minibar to be updated, you need to pull out all the bottles from it and God forbid leave at least one)) The air conditioner looked more like a fan and tried to refuse a couple of times. But the safe is an irreplaceable thing, 3 dollars a day and no worries about the safety of money, documents, etc. But in general, we didn’t come to sit in the rooms, especially with the memories of Russian boarding houses, our room seemed almost like a palace)
3. Sea, beach. It is not very convenient to enter the sea, because. pebble. So we dived from the pier. Well, if you didn’t want to dive, then there is a staircase on the pier into the sea. By the way, it is already deep in some 5-6 meters from the shore. The water is clear, blue, wonderful. Only here are some uncultured vacationers sitting in a bar on the beach, often throwing glasses, plates and all sorts of other rubbish into the water. There was never a shortage of sun loungers, as well as in places under awnings, although there were a lot of people resting.
4. Pools, slides. Everything would be fine, only the pools are apparently also far from new. Here and there chipped tiles, uneven joints. My friend hurt her leg. The same trouble with the slides - fun, good, but the joints are terrible, as if you were going up the stairs, then everyone walked in bruises.
5. Food, drinks. Fed to death. Very varied and tasty. I don’t know who writes what about meat here - it has always been in several versions. Men was constant only for breakfast, but every day something new. next door to the main restaurant - Express restaurant, where you could eat pizza or make yourself something like a hamburger from any ingredients. The pizza there is simply divine, now I can’t go to any Moscow pizzeria, everything seems tasteless)) As for drinks... UAL doesn’t smell - everything is local, diluted and simply undrinkable in most cases. Shop at Duty Free. We messed up here. In the evening after arrival, we decided to celebrate the beginning of the holiday with tequila. After one sip, I thought that's it, stop drinking, get up on water skis. I have never tried such a savory before. As a result, through numerous trial and error, it turned out that you can drink there only a semblance of Baileys, rum-cola and mojito (provided that there is mint). In general, the most popular among all the guests was the “something-sweet-to-your-taste” cocktail)). Well, at least you can drink... sometimes. And another minus - there are no normal juices, only local soda (extremely disgusting) and vending machines with an incomprehensible liquid like "yuppie" everywhere, and tea and coffee. One of the evenings we went to the "A-la carte" fish restaurant (free of charge 1 time, $10 reservation). Amazing - by the sea, by candlelight and very tasty. The evening was simply unforgettable!
6. Service. Another very big plus of the hotel is the inconspicuous staff. In a good way) If something was needed, then someone was right there. The room was cleaned if you leave a sign on the door, regardless of whether you give a tip or not. Somewhere in a day we left a dollar or two, for which towels were folded into flowers for us - a trifle, but nice) And in order to change the linen, you just had to drop it on the floor, the same with towels. And in general, I heard a lot about the harassment of the Turks, about the rudeness of the staff. Nothing like that, all polite and nice people. Yes, by the way, almost everyone in the hotel is from Russia or Ukraine. Sometimes you close your eyes and it feels like you are in the Krasnodar Territory)
7. Entertainment, animation. Well, this is worse. Some games and competitions were constantly arranged, but everything was somehow sluggish and there were too many people who wanted to, so for example, to throw a couple of darts at darts, you had to stand in the sun for half an hour. So we only went to aqua aerobics, a very handy and useful thing in all respects. Once we went to shoot with a gun. They searched for a shooting range for a long time. It turned out to be some kind of iron shed right behind the public toilet. Firstly, it smelled terribly there, as if the toilet was in the shooting range itself, and secondly, there were mountains of some useless rubbish piled up there, like in a swak. We left right away. Shame for a 5* hotel, just out of the way. As for the evening animation - I have not seen such stupidity and vulgarity for a long time. Comedy with Full House is just some great art compared to this. Humor below the belt. I never went to these shows again. I am not at all against "spicy jokes", but not to such a degree of vulgarity and dirt. Dear organizers of all this! The brain of vacationers is not yet so shrunken to enjoy such mediocre performances! Moreover, many parents come to the evening animation with their children. And one more thing: we were constantly haunted by the word "Upsalla" from all the animators. I don’t know what that means, maybe some Turkish mate. At the end of the holiday start to enrage terribly.
8. Excursions. Never, hear, NEVER take an excursion to Pamukkale in this hotel. These calcium terraces are certainly very beautiful, but you will only be there for a couple of hours. But the rest of the day they will drag you around the shops - they will bring you to an onyx store (with tasteless and very expensive trinkets that you can buy in Moscow for 100 rubles), to a "textile factory" (a store with some exorbitant prices, compared to which Cherkizon just a boutique), to a carpet factory (you will be given a short tour, shown how carpets are made, and then naturally offered to buy them - "only" from $ 1.000 to $ 25.000. everything is beautiful, but does not leave the feeling of a "shop-on-the-couch") , and in the end - for a wine tasting (this is certainly good and tasty, but don't flatter yourself, the wine you bought there will be fundamentally worse than what you were poured at the tasting). By the way, take dollars with you, all excursions and prices in shops are indicated in dollars, and in euros it turns out to be much more expensive. Perhaps these shopping trips are just a "surcharge" of Pegasus, because. took at the hotel and it turned out one and a half times more expensive than anywhere else. And if, nevertheless, you will be brought to Pamukkale, then at least do not swim in the Cleopatra pool. This is some kind of swamp with slimy columns covered with mud, scattered in disarray along the bottom and stinking of bleach. Disgusting, we climbed in and out. The guide was just a boor, rude to everyone and even threatened in response to the discontent of the people. Yes, and we expected beautiful legends from him about each stone (guides, learn from the guides of the Krasnodar Territory, who, with tears in their eyes, will tell you a good hundred beautiful legends, and the same number on the way back), but received a tedious lecture on niflation in Turkey, import-expore and other crap that is not interesting to anyone. Oh yes, the one-way road is 5 hours, but the scenery is very beautiful - the only plus of this excursion. In general, the day is absolutely lost and terribly sorry for the money spent. This excursion spoiled the whole impression of the rest, thank God, there were still a few days left and Turkey was almost completely rehabilitated in my eyes.
9. Departure. Our return flight was at 9:50. For some reason, the transfer from the hotel was scheduled for 4.30 am. We wondered for a long time why to go so early. Well, we stopped at a few more hotels for people, but there was still a lot of time left. Everything turned out to be simple - we were brought to another store! At 5 am, which store? ? The Pegasus guide, in response to the general dissatisfied murmur, assured "for 15 minutes. " As a result, we spent at least an hour there, despite the fact that almost no one went to this store, I even managed to fall asleep on the bus. Conclusion - I will never use the services of Pegas Tourist again. We came to relax, not to go shopping. For those who need shops, free trips to shopping centers are provided. Moreover, the absolute deafness of the guides to the dissatisfaction of vacationers is simply outrageous.
Summing up, we can say that the hotel is definitely not 5 *, but 4 * firmly and even with a small plus sign (for the territory)). The hotel is absolutely consistent with the money we paid for the rest. If you are not going to bother with the shortcomings of the rooms and other not-so-big minuses, then you are simply guaranteed a great vacation and impressions. So do not be afraid of the reviews, the devil is not so terrible)
Although. . . if I ever visit Turkey again, I'll probably choose another hotel. . . )
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