I liked the hotel, we recommend

Written: 2 august 2021
Travel time: 22 — 29 july 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 8.0
Rested at the hotel in late July 2021 with a 12-year-old child. Impressions are good, although there were some drawbacks.
Numbers. Lived on another floor, in all rooms Standart sea view will be only from the side, to the 3rd floor behind the trees are not actually visible at all. But the plus is that there is a separate entrance by stairs from the street and you can not spend an hour on elevators and changing clothes from the beach. Another feature is that the Standart rooms do not have a separate bed for a child, only an extra bed. We had a mattress killed on it, the first night the three of us slept on a double bed. After contacting the reception, they put an extra topper, which got better. The room is normal, a safe deposit box, not used, 1.5 liters of water daily, there is tea, coffee, air conditioning buzzed, turned off at night, a hair dryer is, but also old. Of the cosmetics, only two dispensers, so there will be no souvenirs in the form of small bottles-tubes)) maybe it's an hour of the pandemic.
Territory.

Small in size, but since the hotel is not new, lots of greenery, trees and flowers, well-groomed. Two pools, quite deep and spacious + small for little ones. There were a lot of locals at the hotel on the weekends, so there were no free sunbeds by the large pool. On Monday you could even choose) We never ran to the sunbeds, we could always find a place, if not near one pool, then near another, or by the sea, and there are enough of them, so it's not a problem. The plus for us was that there was quiet music by the pools, it was almost inaudible in the rooms, and it didn't live in the evening either. Only cicadas disturbed sleep, very loud)) There is a bar by the leather pool, snack menu + ice cream in the afternoon. Delicious donuts)) Drinking water is given in separate sealed cups of 0.2 liters.
The descent to the beach is easy, although the stairs, the child while we were on the beach ran several times to run to the pools and back) There is a lawn with grass, you can lie on pillows under palm trees.
Beach. Large enough, there was always enough space. Sunbeds with mattresses. Shower, locker room, toilets - everything is there. Towels are provided daily. Descent into the water on the steps, as in the pool. At first there were 2 of them, then they put a third one, there were never any queues) You can jump from the parapet, the depth is 1.7 m at once (but be careful, there may be sea urchins at the bottom). When choosing a hotel we were a little confused, but in fact it is even better, do not go out and go for pebbles, and think, is not very cold water), go down and swim)) Once bathed a few people, 10 people at a time, children from about 8 years. Why people with small children came to this hotel remains a mystery to us) The water in the sea is wonderful! !!
Really cool, the weather forecaster wrote 24 degrees, but it feels 20-22, after the hot air is very cool. The waves were almost always, bigger in the evening. A couple of days the water was a little muddy, other days clear and clean. The pontoon was closed for repairs, in the first days it spoiled the aesthetic appearance of the sea, then they stopped noticing it. There is only a bar on the beach, you have to go upstairs to get something to eat. A couple of times we went with the child to a nearby hotel on the slides, there is sadness, but there are two children's slides, you can have some fun, no one pays attention to the bracelet of another color))

Food. There is enough food, we tasted it, it is quite diverse, many dishes are prepared on the terrace. Of the seafood, only fried fish, several times there were portioned salads with shrimp and mussels, anchovies, once sushi. The restaurant is large, there is an indoor hall and a terrace with gorgeous views. It is impossible to collect food because of the pandemic, workers impose, but there were no queues.
Many Poles, Germans, Italians, Russians and Ukrainians were probably about the same. The hotel guide was once, then you could contact Viber. Free Wi-Fi only at the reception! At check-in, they offer to buy access for 1 euro per day for one device, which we did not take. Rooms were cleaned daily, towels were changed, bed linen was not changed in a week in my opinion, maybe you should have asked. There is animation, daily beach volleyball, aqua gym, yoga, darts, water polo, children's disco in the evening and probably some adult entertainment after it, I don't know, never went) For some reason there were never any performances, although there is an open stage. Nobody bothers with masks, they got used to them in a week, but the staff is all in masks, antiseptics are also everywhere. In the city, in shopping malls masks are a must! Turks are all in masks, despite the heat and suffocation.
Excursions. Chosen between Ephesus, Pamukkale and the island of Samos (Greece).
Ephesus was chosen for Samos due to the pandemic. I liked it, but it's hot, be sure to take water and hats. Take the entrance to the house of the Virgin Mary, there is a special place, probably painted) to Ephesus only 17 km. We went to the city center by minibus (number 6.7), saw the Caravanserai and the fortress of Barbarossa on the island, took a walk on the waterfront, I liked everything, but you need to go closer to the evening to avoid the heat. To the right of the hotel in 10 minutes on foot like a bazaar, another 15 minutes. - a large shopping center, you can walk and go shopping, prices are cheaper than in Ukraine, works up to 24. If you go to the left, right next to the gas station is also a shop with products and all sorts of things (Sok), cheaper than the market.
At the bazaar, by the way, right near the entrance is a private travel agency, the same tours are much cheaper. Ephesus, for example, $ 40, in a hotel 55.

There were no problems or delays with departure and arrival at Join UP. Izmir Airport is about 1.
5 hours, if expensive arrivals to other hotels, may be longer. The hotel does not remove bracelets for late departures, you can use the area and the restaurant. Have a nice holiday everyone!
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