Budget option to stay outside the hotel

Written: 30 september 2019
Travel time: 7 — 15 september 2019
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 1.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 9.0
Check-in: we were brought to the hotel at 9:30. At the reception, we were immediately issued and put on bracelets, after which we were immediately sent to breakfast. After breakfast with one of the hotel managers - Mustafa - a dialogue took place about the settlement, the local hammam and the price list for all this. Because we flew in to rest with a child, then the issue of early check-in (not at 14:00) and late check-out (not at 12:00, because we planned to leave at 21:30) I immediately decided with Mustafa, it cost $ 30 . After solving this issue, I was offered a local hammam worth $ 25 (I think it would be possible to agree cheaper, as was the case with local massage sessions (but more on that later)). Total check-in + hammam = $55, which is called the first day.
Territory and rooms: because we are the first time abroad, I will only state my impressions, because there is nothing to compare with (but while relaxing on the Black Sea coast I have been in much better rooms! ). So, the territory: small, but green and clean (I myself saw how in the morning they not only swept the fallen needles from the paths, but washed them off with a hose), the beach is also cleaned!
Rooms: we were settled in the old building ($ 20, let me remind you, we paid for early check-in, and of course I expected a decent room to be included in this amount) and it's just trash: starting with the smell in the building and rooms and ending with a cramped shower (which is very much written about in the reviews, so I will not engage in taftology! ). But since I came to rest not on the territory of the hotel, but on the territory of Turkey, because there was a task to spend as much time as possible on the beautiful sea and see more, the hotel, although it left an "indelible" impression, but I abstracted from this and rested as planned! We still had to change our original number to a similar one, of course, but quieter, because. the presence of 5 * hotels on both sides, as already mentioned, until 24:00 - do not fall asleep, and in the morning you had to wake up to the sounds of kitchen workers all from the same fives (well, the hotels are in very close contact with each other! ).

Kitchen: a couple of times we came to the beginning of the meal, the rest of the time, about an hour after the start and never had a problem with food! There was always a lot of food and we always found something to eat according to our preferences. The meat was mostly chicken, but a few times there were dishes of some kind of meat, presumably goat meat or something. The first courses were a little disappointed - 1 kind of some kind of cream-substance. Baking - for an amateur. A huge amount of vegetables, herbs and fruits. Drinks: all kinds of lemonades, powdered juices, tea and coffee from vending machines (there was not enough ordinary mineral water). As for alcohol: beer is ordinary, wine is none, cocktails are the simplest and most common, but it depends on the bartender.
Entertainment/animation: I don't know if it's the end of the season or it's always been like this. . . there was a feeling that they were tired, although the girl (Olya, it seems) always invited everyone to aqua aerobics, dancing/yoga or evening shows. For the kids there were master classes and a mini-disco (30 minutes in the evening), although maybe I didn’t see everything, because. Most of us were not at the hotel. Evening shows (the ones we did get to) were very personal, I really liked the girl who danced the belly dance.
Swimming pool with one slide... I can’t say anything at all, because. they didn’t even approach him, they say they organized foam parties there, I haven’t seen it even once in 9 days, they were on excursions, I saw foam there.
About the local hammam: after the hammam offered for $25, Mustafa offered a massage course of 4 sessions for $75, but agreed on $60 + 1 session, the massage therapist gave (for which special thanks to him! ). Of the total cost of $ 85 for 6 massage sessions of the WHOLE body (with stone massage) + face, in my opinion it is very worth it, but the funny thing is that there is no hamam itself. You are first taken to the sauna, then the Turkish bath and after that for a massage and a face mask, with drinking powdered tea, but there is NO classic hammam!
Results:
+ first coastline
+ clean area and beach
+ helpful staff
- old building and furniture in it
- entry into the water without aquashoes is impossible
- wi-fi could be faster
As the managers promised, there will be a renovation by the next season. And if there is, they will replace the furniture and air conditioners, iron the curtains and re-plan the bathroom. knots - you can definitely return to this hotel and recommend it.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original