Great place for family vacation

Written: 3 november 2021
Travel time: 19 — 30 september 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 10.0
Review could not be written immediately, a month has passed since the holiday in Turkey. But when I was resting, I decided that I would definitely write, although I rarely do it.

The Pinebay hotel sunk into the soul and memory for a long time, you probably won’t forget this. In addition, it was the first time of rest in Turkey, now there are only good impressions about Turkey so far.

We rested in September 2021, the air temperature was 28-31 degrees. In fact, we felt the velvet season - the temperature is high, but does not “burn”, the word “velvet” sun speaks in the best way for a comfortable climate at this time.

The hotel has a lot of pluses, everything is so good that I'm afraid I won't forget something.


1. A huge territory of more than 40 hectares, mountainous terrain, various shrubs and trees everywhere, everything is in bloom. A lot of olives, which were directly harvested with special devices, pomegranate trees with pomegranates, palm trees everywhere. Thanks to such rich vegetation, the views are amazing everywhere.
To take a picture, you do not need to look for and choose a place, wherever you are, everywhere is beautiful.

2. The water temperature in the sea is 24-25 degrees, at first glance it’s not much, but it doesn’t “shake” and when you go out you don’t urgently need to wrap yourself in a towel, a warm breeze and the sun make swimming comfortable. Many pools have water about the same, maybe a little warmer. Probably the coldest water was in the indoor pool 23-24 degrees, but it was not needed, because I wanted to be in the sun.

3. Internet throughout the territory is free and good!!!
They didn’t strain at all, everything downloaded and uploaded very well both in the rooms, and by the sea, and throughout the territory, anywhere.

4. The food is very varied and it is all very tasty, there is everything and there is enough of everything. They gave grilled meat, chicken, grilled idea, even grilled tuna, many different cakes and pastries, cheeses and olives - just an abundance, main courses, salads and vegetables, we did not have time to try everything.
What was especially pleased with the wide variety of fruits and oriental sweets.

5. Separately, I want to highlight that food is always available. I thought that I would have to run to the cafe on a schedule, but everything was very comfortable. We didn’t go to the main cafe for lunch, we ate mainly in the cafe by the main pool and mostly Grilled Salmon with vegetables (large portions).

Maybe someone will need a cafe schedule.
Main cafe:
7.00-11.00 - breakfast
12.30-14.30 - lunch
19.00-21.30 - dinner
23.00-01.00 - late dinner

12.00-16.00 - snack bars
Panorama (on the rock) - Italian pasta, pizza, wings, burgers.
On the beach (until 17.00) - various Turkish grills and salads
By the main pool - grilled salmon and grilled beef, salads
Marina bar - seafood
Burger House - 10.00-18.00

Other bars with ice cream, drinks, tea and coffee are open mainly until 00.00
There is one bar open 24 hours.


6. The coolest thing about convenience with food is that you can take it to your room! When you travel with small children, this is very handy.
That is, there is no tension at all, just food, snacks, especially fruits - everything is allowed to be brought to the rooms. It may seem that they just do not tell you that you can not, but it is not. They have special boxes for dirty dishes on the floors of the hotel, in the form of houses. I ate in the room, on the balcony and then put it in the corridor in these boxes. The same boxes are on the street for those who are accommodated in houses, and not in a hotel.

7. Water park - 5 slides, all really interesting, open until 17.00 There are several slides for the little ones.

8. Pools seem to be 10 open and one closed, all clean, cleaned.

9. The sea is calm, although there are places with waves, as you like. Every day there were waves, in that part of the bay where the Hotel and the pier are located, there, by the way, the bottom is more rocky. And from the side of the water park there are almost no waves, and the entrance there is sandy, here we swam in masks and looked at the fish, there are a lot of them.
If anyone likes it, you can feed them, they are apparently accustomed to this there.

10. There are a lot of sunbeds everywhere, both on the sea and by the pools, there are always a lot of free places. We have never seen that someone takes a place, as it happens, they write in the reviews. They were even surprised, they thought that there were not enough people. But as it turned out, the hotel was almost full, about 2 thousand people. But thanks to the seemingly huge territory of the hotel, you almost don’t notice people, that is, they seem to be few. By the way, there are no strong queues in the canteens either, everything happens quickly thanks to the well-coordinated work of the staff.

11. There are elevators to the beaches, if someone does not want to walk, especially back to the room.


12. We lived in a hotel, we liked the rooms, especially those that look at the sea. Although my wife and I were on the mountain, but it was also not bad, the trees brightened up the views and you could sit on the balcony in the shade and in silence. In addition to the hotel, there are houses for 2-4 people, maybe more.
There are villas on private territory.

13. Cleaning every day, clean well. In the bar every day they put cola, fanta, sprite, just water, all this is free, because, ultra all inclusive. The air conditioners are really not new, but they still work, if they change, it will be better, but in principle we didn’t strain at all, we first set it up as we needed and then forgot.

14. At the beginning, when we stopped by, they checked everything, asked the workers to come to solve the issue with the bad smell from the ventilation and the leakage of the glass damper in the bathroom, all issues were resolved immediately and we were no longer worried about anything. They said that if not corrected, they will be moved to other rooms. But it didn't come to that.

15. Separately, I would like to thank the hotel staff for their responsiveness, quick feedback and help on all issues. Everyone works with high quality, they try.
Upon arrival, we were not allowed to carry our suitcases to the room, they were taken by a special worker and did not take a tip for this, the cleaners clean carefully, the waiters and cooks are very attentive (sometimes someone might get tired and not notice you), but basically everyone is very responsive .

16. Separately, I will single out the workers at the reception. You just need to understand that there are two departments at the reception, one of them settles and arranges you, while the other solves current issues. Others are more necessary and useful to you, their table is located next to the counter, on the right, if you look from the entrance to the hotel. I especially want to thank the girl who introduced herself as Ilke, she solved all the questions and problems that arose within a few minutes. Thanks a lot.

17. There is only one difficulty - in this hotel the staff almost does not speak Russian, apparently there are not many Russian vacationers. Therefore, you have to turn to Google translator, and it’s good that there is Internet everywhere.

eighteen.

We are not very fond of animation, but here we liked it. It is enough for both adults and children, every day a new program.

19. The only thing we did not manage to go to is the Ala Carte restaurant. We thought that we would go at the end, and when we arrived, we were told that everything was scheduled for 2 days in advance. Therefore, we advise you to sign up in advance, at least 3 days in advance.
20. Many thanks to Kemran, the hotel guide from Pegasus, very quickly helped to solve all the org. questions, helped translate and communicate with local staff, which he probably does not even have to solve.

If we go to Turkey, then of course we will consider this hotel for visiting and relaxing. And if we want to see something new, then at least we will ask the tour operator to select something similar in terms of the level and quality of service.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original