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There is an original sin in the layout of the hotel - for some unknown reason, the reception is not located near the main road, thus increasing the distance to traveling cars and the neighboring hotel, but near the beach. As a result, there is a road along the entire hotel, along which tour and transfer buses pass round the clock from time to time, which is not fatal, but unpleasant, especially in the early morning. In addition, from the neighboring, across the road (Simena Hotel? ), hotel from 11 pm to one or two in the morning and sometimes during the day music yells very loudly. She finishes up to the middle of our residential area - at least. The volume makes one suspect sabotage by rival enemies, given the complex relationship between the almost namesake hotels. Where this music does not finish off, other unpleasant moments are possible - noise from the playground or smell from the kitchen. So there are almost no ideal numbers. Although the main thing is the music from the neighbors.
If this issue is resolved, then we can advise this hotel to small children and pensioners. And so ...This music did not prevent me from falling asleep, my daughter still went to bed later, but my wife was a little nervous ...(((
The main restaurant is well planned - all in the open air. In addition, the food that is supposed to be cool (my favorite yogurt, for example) is cool, not icy. The last time the food receiving area was air-conditioned, and there were such icy winds that an adult was blown off his feet. Both yoghurts and kefir were so cold that they had to be abandoned soon after.
There is a lot of greenery, beautiful, since the territory is large, you can walk like in a park with great pleasure.
We had a family room. Small, with two balconies, and only one bathroom, and only with a shower, no bath. Repairs in some places were done simply with their feet, although plumbing is expensive - GROHE ...
They cleaned, changed towels, refreshed drinks in the fridge normally, but without fanaticism.
The beach is not bad, as for Kemer, it can be almost perfect, it is cleaned well. On the shore - in the area of sunbeds - the smallest pebbles, one might say coarse sand. On the approach to the sea and at sunset - small pebbles. It’s a little uncomfortable to enter, but we didn’t get our rubber slippers for swimming out of the suitcase. The water is very beautiful color, clean and very salty. The sunbeds are decent, the mattresses are solid and comfortable. Free sun beds on the beach - no problem at any time, although the hotel was 100% full.
Wine - from bottles, good. Beer - EFES, I don't like it. The whole gentleman's set of drinks - coffee machines, tea bags, machines with ..."drinks from concentrates" (at least, honestly). In addition, in the restaurant and Tea House, there are tea leaves, and in the evening in the Tea House - Turkish coffee. Ice cream - very tasty, but not from goat's milk.
The food is beyond praise. In the main restaurant there are always dishes from lamb, veal (not minced or ground), often grilled. In addition, delicious dishes are reported as they are eaten, the rule “Who first got up, that and slippers” is not here. Small queues arose only occasionally. In the "street food" zone - Turkish cakes all day and almost without a queue, Turkish dumplings and more.
Animation for adults… Evening, by the forces of the locals – not bad in places. All the animators are great, wonderful friendly guys, spinning all day with all sorts of games and so on ...but the evening performance ...is not Oleg Popov ...But there are invited teams in the evening, these are already professionals. The Chinese circus is very cool, but not enough. Turkish dances and Shaolin fighters are fine; well, not for long))).
The mini club is very good. The club itself is not bad, and the staff is sufficient - three (or maybe five) girls.
Our son did not go to such an institution in the last hotel, but here he became a regular. So the girls - a special respect! ! !
In general, all the staff are very friendly, smiling, hardworking.
Special thanks to the girls from the mini club, Alex from Guest Relation, Tate from Reception, the hookah man (forgot his name).
Maybe I forgot...
In general - the holiday was a success! ! ! We really liked the hotel, for the same money as last year (even a little less) we got a vacation of a higher class and quality.
P. S. Don't take it as advertising...If you decide to put a "lamb" in your passport when you check in, then I advise you to give your passport to Tata (Russian-speaking dyed blonde). I gave, without understanding, the Turk, and then regretted it. And Tata, even without money, responded very quickly to our requests.
Excursions in Turkey.
The first three excursions were last year in Kemer (Beldibi) and we took them from a hotel guide (Coral Travel - Odeon Tours).
Pamukkale.
The sight itself does not cause any complaints.
The main thing, of course, is the unearthly beauty of "travertine" (lakes of blue water against the background of snow-white salt). Another - swimming in the pool "Cleopatra". Cleopatra herself hardly swam there, but the ancient Romans-Greeks took a steam bath for sure. It's color, of course. You swim among the ancient columns and all that ...And the place is picturesque. It's important for me. And the ruins of the ancient city have a place to be, although the less collapsed (amphitheater) is located a little away from the main road, you need to walk a little.
Generally. You can google about the beauties of Pamukkale and see photos - everything is true and really beautiful and impressive.
Therefore, about what is not written in advertising.
First, about not dependent on the travel agency. We were in the hottest time of the year - in mid-August ...The heat was simply deadly ...There was no tree or shade in the area ...Because of the heat, no one dared to go to the amphitheater, even me ...In addition, there were a lot of tourists, especially on travertines.
But a year has passed, and the hardships of the path began to be forgotten, and the beauty does not fade in the memory! ! !
We decided to go to Pamukkale somehow, but on a 2-day excursion and to have a lot of free time at the facility.
Rafting.
In general, simply - super! ! ! Not too long road to the place, rafting on a mountain river with picturesque landscapes, fun.
There is only one BUT - water is 12-14 degrees. Me and my son got sick the next day.
I advise you to postpone until the very end of the holiday, so as not to spoil the rest of the rest.
Yacht tour from Antalya.
The worst excursion… The common misfortune of all yachts – tours – tourists on board is like a herring in a barrel. And the objects of inspection - a waterfall, Turtle Island - are not that bad ...but they do not compensate for the inconvenience. Perhaps a luxury yacht (and price) is better?
The next three are already this year, from the street travel agency Pipo Tour, from Kemer (Camyuva).
Diving.
The organization itself is at a good level (diving center Octopus).
My wife is ready to visit with pleasure their new show - Troy, and I ...if in an ancient place - then yes, otherwise ...then no ...
I really envy those who managed to watch this show in the Greek theater ...
Demre - Mira - Kekova
It is considered the best excursion in Antalya and, perhaps, deservedly (considering the tireless transfer from Kemer).
The main goal is the church where the well-known Nikolai Ugodnik lived his church life. Holy place, place of pilgrimage. I googled, just in case, all this is true, and not a publicity stunt of cunning Turks))). The church is quite well preserved from the 6th century, all things considered...There are frescoes (11th century), columns, inscriptions on the walls, the sarcophagus of St. Nicholas. Interesting, in general.
The second object is a necropolis and an ancient amphitheater. Also good. Decently preserved, looks good in the photo))), go from the bus to the place - nothing at all, 50 meters.
The third is a yacht tour for 2-3 hours to the half-submerged city of Kekova with a half-hour swim in one of the coves. To be honest, the antiquities are in such a state that you won’t see much of anything. You can consider this part as just a rest or replacement of yachts - a full day tour.
On the way back, it was not without a half-hour check-in at the onyx store (((.
By the way, in all places (stops at the toilet, yacht, sights) the prices for drinks, food, textiles were unexpectedly very friendly. We even got a little carried away. In one of the shops - near the necropolis, we noticed our guide buying clothes. And this woman has been living in Turkey for 6 years….
Street tour agency against excursions from the hotel guide.
Last year, all excursions were taken from a hotel guide. In this - I decided to turn to a street agency.
All the horror stories that hotel guides tell about street tour desks are nonsense (google it yourself).
If you disassemble by position, then the following is obtained (from my experience).
Buses - street ones were still a little inferior to hotel ones - the same brands, but just a little older.
Guides. The hotel rooms have Russian-speaking students on a part-time job. At the street - a person who earns a living from this.
The tours themselves are exactly the same.
Meals are the same, in the same restaurants.
Transfer times are longer for hotels. They collect huge buses from all over the coast, from Tekirova to Side, it takes a lot of time. In addition, they drag around their stupid shops.
Price - hotel rooms are on average 2 times more expensive. I have a hotel guide booklet with prices from last year, I can compare.
I'll take Demre-Mira-Kekov. At the hotel - 60 per adult, 30 per child. At the street - 20 per adult, 10 per child (and another 24 I paid for tickets to St. Nicholas Church, I was warned about this).
As a result, we have: I paid 94 for my family, and for a hotel it would cost 210. Feel the difference (although I got to some kind of action).
And further. Our street bus arrived at the Lights of Antalya FIRST of all, respectively, we took the best places.
My conclusion is to forget about hotel excursions.
How not to run into a dishonest street tour agency? I went outside the hotel gate on the day of arrival, found the first bureau from it (50-100 meters from the checkpoint) ....
, talked, took the booklet, returned to the hotel and googled for reviews.
Have a nice rest and interesting excursions!
If this issue is resolved, then we can advise this hotel to small children and pensioners. And so ...This music did not prevent me from falling asleep, my daughter still went to bed later, but my wife was a little nervous ...(((
The main restaurant is well planned - all in the open air. In addition, the food that is supposed to be cool (my favorite yogurt, for example) is cool, not icy. The last time the food receiving area was air-conditioned, and there were such icy winds that an adult was blown off his feet. Both yoghurts and kefir were so cold that they had to be abandoned soon after.
There is a lot of greenery, beautiful, since the territory is large, you can walk like in a park with great pleasure.
We had a family room. Small, with two balconies, and only one bathroom, and only with a shower, no bath. Repairs in some places were done simply with their feet, although plumbing is expensive - GROHE ...
They cleaned, changed towels, refreshed drinks in the fridge normally, but without fanaticism.
The beach is not bad, as for Kemer, it can be almost perfect, it is cleaned well. On the shore - in the area of sunbeds - the smallest pebbles, one might say coarse sand. On the approach to the sea and at sunset - small pebbles. It’s a little uncomfortable to enter, but we didn’t get our rubber slippers for swimming out of the suitcase. The water is very beautiful color, clean and very salty. The sunbeds are decent, the mattresses are solid and comfortable. Free sun beds on the beach - no problem at any time, although the hotel was 100% full.
Wine - from bottles, good. Beer - EFES, I don't like it. The whole gentleman's set of drinks - coffee machines, tea bags, machines with ..."drinks from concentrates" (at least, honestly). In addition, in the restaurant and Tea House, there are tea leaves, and in the evening in the Tea House - Turkish coffee. Ice cream - very tasty, but not from goat's milk.
The food is beyond praise. In the main restaurant there are always dishes from lamb, veal (not minced or ground), often grilled. In addition, delicious dishes are reported as they are eaten, the rule “Who first got up, that and slippers” is not here. Small queues arose only occasionally. In the "street food" zone - Turkish cakes all day and almost without a queue, Turkish dumplings and more.
Animation for adults… Evening, by the forces of the locals – not bad in places. All the animators are great, wonderful friendly guys, spinning all day with all sorts of games and so on ...but the evening performance ...is not Oleg Popov ...But there are invited teams in the evening, these are already professionals. The Chinese circus is very cool, but not enough. Turkish dances and Shaolin fighters are fine; well, not for long))).
The mini club is very good. The club itself is not bad, and the staff is sufficient - three (or maybe five) girls.
Our son did not go to such an institution in the last hotel, but here he became a regular. So the girls - a special respect! ! !
In general, all the staff are very friendly, smiling, hardworking.
Special thanks to the girls from the mini club, Alex from Guest Relation, Tate from Reception, the hookah man (forgot his name).
Maybe I forgot...
In general - the holiday was a success! ! ! We really liked the hotel, for the same money as last year (even a little less) we got a vacation of a higher class and quality.
P. S. Don't take it as advertising...If you decide to put a "lamb" in your passport when you check in, then I advise you to give your passport to Tata (Russian-speaking dyed blonde). I gave, without understanding, the Turk, and then regretted it. And Tata, even without money, responded very quickly to our requests.
Excursions in Turkey.
The first three excursions were last year in Kemer (Beldibi) and we took them from a hotel guide (Coral Travel - Odeon Tours).
Pamukkale.
The sight itself does not cause any complaints.
The main thing, of course, is the unearthly beauty of "travertine" (lakes of blue water against the background of snow-white salt). Another - swimming in the pool "Cleopatra". Cleopatra herself hardly swam there, but the ancient Romans-Greeks took a steam bath for sure. It's color, of course. You swim among the ancient columns and all that ...And the place is picturesque. It's important for me. And the ruins of the ancient city have a place to be, although the less collapsed (amphitheater) is located a little away from the main road, you need to walk a little.
Generally. You can google about the beauties of Pamukkale and see photos - everything is true and really beautiful and impressive.
Therefore, about what is not written in advertising.
First, about not dependent on the travel agency. We were in the hottest time of the year - in mid-August ...The heat was simply deadly ...There was no tree or shade in the area ...Because of the heat, no one dared to go to the amphitheater, even me ...In addition, there were a lot of tourists, especially on travertines.
But a year has passed, and the hardships of the path began to be forgotten, and the beauty does not fade in the memory! ! !
We decided to go to Pamukkale somehow, but on a 2-day excursion and to have a lot of free time at the facility.
Rafting.
In general, simply - super! ! ! Not too long road to the place, rafting on a mountain river with picturesque landscapes, fun.
There is only one BUT - water is 12-14 degrees. Me and my son got sick the next day.
I advise you to postpone until the very end of the holiday, so as not to spoil the rest of the rest.
Yacht tour from Antalya.
The worst excursion… The common misfortune of all yachts – tours – tourists on board is like a herring in a barrel. And the objects of inspection - a waterfall, Turtle Island - are not that bad ...but they do not compensate for the inconvenience. Perhaps a luxury yacht (and price) is better?
The next three are already this year, from the street travel agency Pipo Tour, from Kemer (Camyuva).
Diving.
The organization itself is at a good level (diving center Octopus).
My wife is ready to visit with pleasure their new show - Troy, and I ...if in an ancient place - then yes, otherwise ...then no ...
I really envy those who managed to watch this show in the Greek theater ...
Demre - Mira - Kekova
It is considered the best excursion in Antalya and, perhaps, deservedly (considering the tireless transfer from Kemer).
The main goal is the church where the well-known Nikolai Ugodnik lived his church life. Holy place, place of pilgrimage. I googled, just in case, all this is true, and not a publicity stunt of cunning Turks))). The church is quite well preserved from the 6th century, all things considered...There are frescoes (11th century), columns, inscriptions on the walls, the sarcophagus of St. Nicholas. Interesting, in general.
The second object is a necropolis and an ancient amphitheater. Also good. Decently preserved, looks good in the photo))), go from the bus to the place - nothing at all, 50 meters.
The third is a yacht tour for 2-3 hours to the half-submerged city of Kekova with a half-hour swim in one of the coves. To be honest, the antiquities are in such a state that you won’t see much of anything. You can consider this part as just a rest or replacement of yachts - a full day tour.
On the way back, it was not without a half-hour check-in at the onyx store (((.
By the way, in all places (stops at the toilet, yacht, sights) the prices for drinks, food, textiles were unexpectedly very friendly. We even got a little carried away. In one of the shops - near the necropolis, we noticed our guide buying clothes. And this woman has been living in Turkey for 6 years….
Street tour agency against excursions from the hotel guide.
Last year, all excursions were taken from a hotel guide. In this - I decided to turn to a street agency.
All the horror stories that hotel guides tell about street tour desks are nonsense (google it yourself).
If you disassemble by position, then the following is obtained (from my experience).
Buses - street ones were still a little inferior to hotel ones - the same brands, but just a little older.
Guides. The hotel rooms have Russian-speaking students on a part-time job. At the street - a person who earns a living from this.
The tours themselves are exactly the same.
Meals are the same, in the same restaurants.
Transfer times are longer for hotels. They collect huge buses from all over the coast, from Tekirova to Side, it takes a lot of time. In addition, they drag around their stupid shops.
Price - hotel rooms are on average 2 times more expensive. I have a hotel guide booklet with prices from last year, I can compare.
I'll take Demre-Mira-Kekov. At the hotel - 60 per adult, 30 per child. At the street - 20 per adult, 10 per child (and another 24 I paid for tickets to St. Nicholas Church, I was warned about this).
As a result, we have: I paid 94 for my family, and for a hotel it would cost 210. Feel the difference (although I got to some kind of action).
And further. Our street bus arrived at the Lights of Antalya FIRST of all, respectively, we took the best places.
My conclusion is to forget about hotel excursions.
How not to run into a dishonest street tour agency? I went outside the hotel gate on the day of arrival, found the first bureau from it (50-100 meters from the checkpoint) ....
, talked, took the booklet, returned to the hotel and googled for reviews.
Have a nice rest and interesting excursions!
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