Nice place, good stay

Written: 15 june 2016
Travel time: 22 may — 2 june 2016
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
We rested at the hotel from May 22 to June 2.2016 (2 adults and a child 9 years old). Tour operator Pegas (not a very pleasant moment was with the transfer of the departure time from Antalya to Kyiv). Yes, I know that charters are a possible change in departure time, but it's just the first time in many years that we have had such a change in this time. Should fly at 15.00, but moved to 7 am (departure from the hotel instead of 9 am - 1.30 am). Agree, the difference is big. The child is especially hard. But, charters are charters, so just be prepared for even such big changes.
Now to the hotel. We rested in Turkey about ten times. I've been to better and worse hotels. But I can recommend this hotel. Reading the reviews of vacationers, I can agree with many comments, but I evaluate the hotel: on one side of the scale - the cost, on the other - what I get for this money. Euphoria hotel is inexpensive and has its advantages.
The hotel is in a great location, overlooking the beautiful mountain Tahtali. The territory is a botanical garden: a chic rubber tree, oleanders, tangerines, pomegranates, melias. The air. . . The singing of birds. . . We lived in the De Luxe room (building 3.2nd floor). I liked the accommodation - both quiet and not far from hotel life. Before the trip, I wrote a letter to the hotel with my wishes regarding the room. I was answered and given a number according to my requests. Thank you very much for this hotel.

The room suited us, everything worked, it was cleaned normally. What I note the minuses: the lighting is really not enough in the room (although we were almost never there and it doesn’t matter to us) and the lack of drying for wet things. There are no balconies in the rooms (there is an open area in front of each room and no one goes there except you) and it would not be bad to place a dryer on this site, otherwise everything dried out very badly.
The beach is big and clean. Yes, a lot of busy sunbeds, but no people. But, we never once became without a place. Yes, not in the front row, but there were always seats. Entry into the sea is pebbles, then a slab. I went in crocs, my husband and son were without (there were crocs, it was just more convenient for them to swim without slippers). To whom pebbles are not suitable, there is a pier. There are free kayaks and catamarans on the beach. My men took a kayak (2-seater) - very cool. On a catamaran it is very seasick - keep this in mind.
For those who will plan a vacation during this period, the water temperature is 22-23. We bathed all the time. The sea is clean. This is not the first time I have a rest at the end of May - the beginning of June, but this year there were a lot of rains. They did not spoil the rest at all, because they were short warm and did not greatly affect the temperature of the air and water. I love this period in Turkey very much. We spent all day in the fresh air, there is still no that languishing heat when you simply have to hide indoors after 12.
Animators in the hotel are good. Every evening we were happy to attend evening shows (both imported and our own). Maybe we had a positive mood, but we liked everything. In the evening, in the bar, overlooking the sea, live music. We spent evenings there: dancing, drinking coffee. By the way, Turkish coffee is very tasty there - with Turkish delight, they also drank mojito, very good packaged tomato juice, beer. On the territory of the hotel during the day you can drink a cold ayran. . .
Now about the pool. There were always places near the large pool. The pool is clean. In the morning (I saw it myself), they take samples.

About nutrition. As for us - more than. Weak sweet table, but a huge plus - baklava and, sometimes, tiramisu and fruit and berry is also rather weak. What we heartily ate were sweet ripe watermelons. A lot is cooked outside during dinner. Every evening there was fish (or trout, or mackerel, or tuna, or some other). But, for me, fish is a PLUS. You can also eat fish for lunch in a restaurant near the large pool. There is a wonderful sea language and in general at lunch you can go there to have a bite, and not to the main restaurant.
Now about the problems of the hotel. And they are in the main restaurant. Yes, even before the start of dinner, the heat of those waiting for dinner is collected. We arrived an hour late, everything was enough, but. . . The work of the waiters is poorly organized in the restaurant. I don’t even know if there are few of them or if responsibilities are simply not properly distributed. You come in an hour, for example, there are tables free, but dirty and you catch the waiter to clean the table. For some reason, the staff does not do this on their own (without a reminder and the participation of guests). People are looking for a place, and there are tables nearby that have been vacant for 30 minutes, you just need to remove them. If there are not enough places in the restaurant - learn to clean up quickly !! ! (This is me to the hotel).
About a la carte restaurants. I have never seen such an illogical booking system anywhere. Indeed, at 9 am there is a huge queue and people have been standing in it since 7.30. We got into a Mexican restaurant, we liked it: the service is good, though the dishes are some spicy, but tasty. Also, we visited a fish restaurant ($10 per person, without a queue). Ambiguous: one dish was not given at all, two were not given the ones that were ordered, but dorado, sea bass, soup, Dalyan blue crab - excellent.
More about the good. The hotel on the -1st floor has a wonderful hammam and sauna. We enjoyed visiting every day. Clean, staff is nice.
Maybe someone is interested, we went to Phaselis on our own. Bus for 1 person - 3 lira one way. The minibus takes you to the entrance to the reserve, but you have to walk about a kilometer to the ruins and the sea. Back also, the minibus stops near the reserve. Entrance to the territory of Phaselis - 20 liras per person, a child of 9 years old - free of charge. They exchanged dollars for lira at the reception. The museum does not accept dollars.

Probably everything. And as for the minuses, how important they are, it's up to you, everyone has their own view on a good rest.
I liked mine.
Thanks. Good luck to all.
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