fine

Written: 16 september 2008
Travel time: 17 — 24 september 2008
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We rested at the Goldenday Hotel from September 2 to September 12.2008. Tour operator Tez Tour, flew from Domodedovo by the Yamal airline, everything is fine. The cost of the tour with fuel per person was 20.000 (this is a triple accommodation, all inclusive, 10 nights).
HOTEL: normal for a three-ruble note, the hotel is large, the city center, Migros is 200 meters away. We arrived in the evening after dinner, they were placed in 2 minutes. (We left early in the morning, they gave out a roll with cheese and tomatoes with cucumber, because we skip breakfast). The guide was asked not to come, because. we had friends on the spot and we all planned to go around ourselves, we didn’t need excursions, especially since they are 2 times more expensive. Claims about cleaning - in my opinion, the bedding was not changed at all, they were not vacuumed for sure, thanks for changing the towels (here she tried every day, well, or almost every one) and toilet paper, otherwise... if we also swine ourselves, then put out the lights but we girls are neat. The rooms are ok, we had the 5th floor, view of the pool, city, port and evening sunset, very beautiful, no comment. The furniture is mahogany, a little bit old, but not noticeable.
FEEDING: breakfast is always an omelette freshly prepared with you, but for omelet only sausages in tomato sauce and chopped sausage. There were also hard-boiled eggs, who cares. Next, chopped 2-3 types of cheese, sausage, vegetables - cucumbers, tomatoes, with cabbage something like lettuce, olives, etc. Tea, coffee, some cakes of the same kind, peach jam, strawberry, some other and sometimes honey. In general, not so hot choice, but honestly you will not die of hunger. Lunch - puree soup (I don’t eat soups, I tried it here - you can eat one that is tomato, white - not very). Side dish - always stewed vegetables, pasta, maybe french fries or mashed potatoes, there was rice, and there is a separate little man on the meat and puts each 2-3 pieces of something in portions, and it is very tasty. There is no more tea and coffee, and there will be none for dinner. Of the drinks, local Tan (by the way, it is sold in bags in Migros, diluted with water), but the thing is delicious and all of Turkey loves it. Thank God there is always water in the coolers, only you can’t pour it into bottles, they made a remark to me, but they took it out in glasses, then poured it out in the room. Lunch-type dinner, meat che-thread, side dishes. By the way, there was always meat, of course, they won’t put you a ton, but it’s enough for 1 person, if you dial everything. Oh yes! There is no fruit at all, except for the daily serving of watermelon for dinner! By the way, I don’t advise you to be late for feeding for more than half an hour, something may not turn out. In general, feeding is good. The room is inside and outside, very convenient.

Pool: cool, depth 1.8m. Clean and lots of space. For kids, it is made separately, where it is very small. Before breakfast, they threw a towel on a sun lounger, occupied it, so to speak.
Air conditioning and other equipment: thank God everything worked, cooled normally (at a temperature of 30-33 outside). The hair dryer is good, it dries instantly. The shower was leaking in one place, otherwise it was ok. The refrigerator froze wonderfully, while we were not there, it did not even have time to defrost. By the way, if you need to go away, and the key sticks out in the fuse, just remove the key from the key fob, let your room cool down while you are away. The TV was not even turned on, once. Take a rope with you, build something on the balcony to dry things, you will not regret it, there is nowhere to dry.
CITY: an average small resort town, very beautiful, clean, comfortable, similar to Marmaris, only less greenery. Embankment, market in the same place, fortress, bar street, clone city. A little more expensive as it seemed to me, the fare is 2.5 lira on a dolmush. Bird Island in half an hour of slow walking, a very beautiful view from there. To the bus station (otogar) a little further from the center, everything can be walked on foot. Liners enter the port every day, beauty! We didn’t swim within the city, there were a lot of people and not very clean water (the port is nearby), we went to Pigale Beach, a nightmare, such waves that knocked out of the water ashore, swimming is unrealistic at all. Haven't been to Ladys Beach. We also went to Milli Park (Dilek), 30 km from the city (my friends and I were in a car, so we all drove around), there are pebbles, along the beach line there are tables with benches, an umbrella and 2 sun loungers, i. e. you can relax with your company separately from your neighbor. There are soft waves and warm sea. Wild boars run around, we fed them with chocolate roll, just be careful, these are animals after all. For entry paid 9 lire per car, umbrellas, sun loungers for free. Open until 19.00, so we watched the sunset from the mountain, super view!
We were in Ephesus, the entrance is 20 lira, you can get there by minibus, it costs like 4 lira (this is in the direction of Selchuk). Take suntan lotion, the place is open, the sun is very hot. Interesting enough, we climbed there for about 2 hours, probably like monkeys, we liked it.

We were in Izmir, the city did not make a special impression, we expected more color, but there was not much of it left there. The city is modern, I was somewhat infuriated by its elongation for 36 km along the coast, it was enough to get from one area to another even by car. Konak Square with a clock, a fortress and an agora, nothing else particularly caught my eye. I don’t recommend girls to walk one especially in the evening, you are a potential orospa, you can come up and ask how much it costs? Carry a copy of your passport and a bracelet from the hotel without fail.
We swam in Cheshme - a place where all Izmir families rest, 70 km from Izmir. The town is like on the French Riviera, the charm, the water is excellent. Sun loungers are paid everywhere, about 5 liras per person.
We were in the Aqua Fantasy water park, there is another Adaland (with a model of St. Basil's Cathedral), but we were where the turrets are a la Disneyland. Big enough, we spent one of the best days there, a lot of fun, there are enough slides, there is a catering network around (a piece of pizza-half + cola + french fries costs 10.5 lire, enough for two).
A 1.5 liter bottle of water costs 1-1.5 lira, depending on the place of purchase, we drank it from the sea, there are also wonderful juices - all with pulp, overeating, and some kind of Cappy brand that we especially liked. A watermelon of 7 kg pulled in Migros for 2.7 lira. A souvenir magnet in the market is 2.5 lira, mosaic lamps (table, embossed) traded for 60, although initially they wanted 100 for them, what else... the dollar to lira exchange rate was 1.17, there are a lot of banks, ATMs with Russian cards are almost everyone is working. Russian money is also changed in some places, you just need to look.
In the end: I liked everything, minor troubles for that and minor ones, so as not to pay attention to them, I would go to the hotel again, in terms of price / quality ratio, it’s normal. The staff at the reception is attentive, in the dining room a little silly looking (very young stupid waiters and their idiot boss, who started to roll up, but we rolled him back, he still has a bzik “what is the difference between Belorash and Rashi”, got everyone, it’s a pity there was no gun with myself). So there are no particular complaints about the hotel, the people were average, perhaps because of the duration of the trip - September, and they even had a post. But everything is calm.

The most unpleasant incident happened with the insurance company Reso-guarantee. My friend's temperature rose to 39.2. They called a doctor from the hospital (see all the phone numbers on the insurance leaflet, a call from the reception of a short duration costs about 5-6 lira), he arrived, gave a pill, in the morning the temperature was the same, we went with him in his car to the clinic to do tests, because we had to go to the clinic. to. the reason is not clear. They took blood, urine, half an hour later they gave out data on a computer that the excess of leukocytes was 5 times, an infection of the urinary-genital system, they prescribed antibiotics and pills for temperature. The staff is super, everyone is very attentive, the clinic is modern. As a result, she recovered in 3 days, everything is fine, but Reso refused to pay the cost of the tests, 60 dollars, motivating the following: “they just persuade you, wait another 2 days until it gets worse, then call him again” !! ! how do you like it! A man lies delirious, cannot speak, they offer to die, and then call a doctor! In short, they were dealt with by phone with 5 people from the Russian office and one Turkish, they kicked each other and as a result they hung up! The Turks' eyes popped out on their foreheads, they said that this is not the first situation with us, so it is! Thank you, Motherland! And the sum insured in the insurance is 15.000 rubles. No comment, we'll talk to them later. Well, that's the only thing that spoiled the holiday. So don't worry and good luck!
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