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I was in Almena from May 12 to May 26.2018, and, most importantly, I want to say to all those who doubt the choice of a hotel - do not hesitate! "Almena" is a nice, calm city-type hotel, where you feel not in Turkey, but in Europe. Yes, there is no five-star Turkish luxury familiar to many and a private beach, but there is cleanliness, comfort, delicious food, wi-fi free (even sometimes it was good to catch in the room) and the sea is 2 minutes away!! ! Well, plus, on the one hand, a very beautiful village of Icmeler, on the other - a street of bars, an old town and an embankment with many yachts!
I chose a hotel based on the location (which, in my opinion, is ideal! ) And on the price. The price was suspiciously inexpensive, but since I went to Marmaris for the first time and really wanted to explore the city, as well as go on excursions, I didn’t see the point in overpaying for accommodation. To be honest, I was afraid that the hotel would not be very good, but in the end everything turned out the other way around! I liked the room, the food, the cleaning (sometimes they even made beautiful bows out of towels), the staff, the vacationers themselves. I also liked that the restaurant is only on the street (there are no tables inside), and when you have dinner, choosing the tables that are located near the road, you feel like in an open-air cafe! The only negative of such a restaurant is that it was still cold in the evenings in mid-May, you had to put on a jacket, but towards the end of the month it became warm!
In general, if we talk about the weather, it is very hot during the day, cool in the evenings, but I swam in the sea from the first day! I expected that I would swim only in the last days of my vacation, I thought the sea would be icy (in the Icmeler area it really turned out to be colder), but in the center of Marmaris it was acceptable for swimming. Perhaps I was lucky with the weather this year, I can’t say for sure (vacationers who have been to Marmaris more than once said that here even in early June it’s hard to get into the water from the cold), but in the end I swam in the first half day, and the second, enjoying the beautiful mountain scenery around!
I even managed to swim in the Aegean Sea (in Marmaris, after all, the Mediterranean), the Aegean, however, is colder, but it is very beautiful and transparent! I went on several excursions, for the first time in the history of my trips to Turkey I did not buy from a hotel guide. To begin with, I monitored the situation on the street, went around several agencies selling excursions near the hotel (I arrived in the morning, so I had a whole day before meeting with the guide to find out everything). After meeting with the guide the next day, I weighed all the pros and cons and decided to take a chance by choosing one of the agencies with a Russian-speaking manager.
I bought excursions at the Yagna Tourism agency, from the manager Pasha - he speaks Russian, talks in detail about each excursion, and you can negotiate an acceptable price with him if you buy several trips at once. At first I was afraid that everything would not be the same as that of hotel guides in terms of quality, in the end everything turned out very well! The office is located to the left of the hotel, near the Blue port shopping center, opposite the Kipa store. I will leave here the manager's phone number + 905438264085, because I can recommend, because the excursions left very positive impressions!
I went to the hammam (before I started sunbathing), to the "Confluence of the Two Seas" (Mediterranean and Aegean), to Ephesus, to Dalyan and on a boat trip in the evening Marmaris with a foamy disco. I liked everything very much, there are many amazing places in Marmaris that are worth visiting!
You can also gain vivid impressions in the city itself, on your own - as I wrote above, there are interesting places both to the left and to the right of the center that you simply cannot but like! You can also go deep into Marmaris and find an amphitheater or go to the food market, which is open on Thursdays and, like, Sundays. In general, this city can be recommended to everyone - a very beautiful, interesting and unforgettable place!
And even if you find any serious, in your opinion, minuses in the hotel, there are too many amazing and beautiful things around to forget about them!
I chose a hotel based on the location (which, in my opinion, is ideal! ) And on the price. The price was suspiciously inexpensive, but since I went to Marmaris for the first time and really wanted to explore the city, as well as go on excursions, I didn’t see the point in overpaying for accommodation. To be honest, I was afraid that the hotel would not be very good, but in the end everything turned out the other way around! I liked the room, the food, the cleaning (sometimes they even made beautiful bows out of towels), the staff, the vacationers themselves. I also liked that the restaurant is only on the street (there are no tables inside), and when you have dinner, choosing the tables that are located near the road, you feel like in an open-air cafe! The only negative of such a restaurant is that it was still cold in the evenings in mid-May, you had to put on a jacket, but towards the end of the month it became warm!
In general, if we talk about the weather, it is very hot during the day, cool in the evenings, but I swam in the sea from the first day! I expected that I would swim only in the last days of my vacation, I thought the sea would be icy (in the Icmeler area it really turned out to be colder), but in the center of Marmaris it was acceptable for swimming. Perhaps I was lucky with the weather this year, I can’t say for sure (vacationers who have been to Marmaris more than once said that here even in early June it’s hard to get into the water from the cold), but in the end I swam in the first half day, and the second, enjoying the beautiful mountain scenery around!
I even managed to swim in the Aegean Sea (in Marmaris, after all, the Mediterranean), the Aegean, however, is colder, but it is very beautiful and transparent! I went on several excursions, for the first time in the history of my trips to Turkey I did not buy from a hotel guide. To begin with, I monitored the situation on the street, went around several agencies selling excursions near the hotel (I arrived in the morning, so I had a whole day before meeting with the guide to find out everything). After meeting with the guide the next day, I weighed all the pros and cons and decided to take a chance by choosing one of the agencies with a Russian-speaking manager.
I bought excursions at the Yagna Tourism agency, from the manager Pasha - he speaks Russian, talks in detail about each excursion, and you can negotiate an acceptable price with him if you buy several trips at once. At first I was afraid that everything would not be the same as that of hotel guides in terms of quality, in the end everything turned out very well! The office is located to the left of the hotel, near the Blue port shopping center, opposite the Kipa store. I will leave here the manager's phone number + 905438264085, because I can recommend, because the excursions left very positive impressions!
I went to the hammam (before I started sunbathing), to the "Confluence of the Two Seas" (Mediterranean and Aegean), to Ephesus, to Dalyan and on a boat trip in the evening Marmaris with a foamy disco. I liked everything very much, there are many amazing places in Marmaris that are worth visiting!
You can also gain vivid impressions in the city itself, on your own - as I wrote above, there are interesting places both to the left and to the right of the center that you simply cannot but like! You can also go deep into Marmaris and find an amphitheater or go to the food market, which is open on Thursdays and, like, Sundays. In general, this city can be recommended to everyone - a very beautiful, interesting and unforgettable place!
And even if you find any serious, in your opinion, minuses in the hotel, there are too many amazing and beautiful things around to forget about them!
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