The hotel is clean, the staff is polite, but the food is bad.

Written: 29 june 2018
Travel time: 16 — 23 june 2018
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 2.0
Amenities: 5.0
Initially, we went to the Idas Club, but upon arrival, the join up representative said that there were no places there and this owner had other hotels, no worse, we would be settled there. As we later understood, they have a well-established scheme, they sell vouchers to a hotel with a better rating, and then they settle in the other two (Idas Park and Idas Hotel).
Checked in at 14:30, although there were definitely free rooms at 11:00. But rules are rules, nothing to complain about. Bracelets were given immediately, we managed to dine before check-in.
The staff is very polite and friendly. There are a couple of Russian speakers, they speak English in a mediocre way, but they try to understand, in extreme cases, you can explain on your fingers and with a phone).

The room given is not bad, of the shortcomings - a bit noisy and dripping air conditioning. Has put under it or him a towel and have reconciled: ). The bed was not changed in a week, I did not throw it on the floor, because it was clean. Towels changed every day, cleaning as well. The room had a minibar fridge.
From the soap accessories there was a small soap and two bottles of gel and shampoo. I took my little shampoo with me, everything was enough. All rooms in the hotel have balconies. Ours was on the 3rd floor (3304), view of the bars, hotels and mountains.
A company of guys came with us, they also ended up in the wrong hotel and they got worse rooms, on the 5th floor, it was very hot even with an air conditioner, some of them did not have a shower.
wi-fi is only in the lobby and then a router with a very limited number of simultaneous connections, you can not always connect.
The pool is small, which upset me, in Idas Club it is much larger. There are sunbeds and umbrellas.
And the main downside is the food. She's lousy here, even if you're not much of a meat eater. According to the reviews of those who did get into the Idas Club, there was a choice of meat, here, at best, there was chicken, cutlets with a taste of sweat (probably lamb). Sausages, sausages for breakfast - soy. Sometimes instead of chicken they gave some soy steaks. Puree is also inedible.
But there are a lot of vegetables, olives, incredibly tasty arugula, we have not seen anything like this. There were several types of cheese, suluguni is edible, the rest are very salty. From fruits, watermelons, oranges, sometimes apples and grapefruit. Sweets - local biscuits soaked in either honey or syrup, delicious. For the first couple of days, this is more or less tolerable, then the body began to demand normal food, since there are plenty of cafes around. : ) From drinks - vending machines with powdered coffee, tea bags and a vending machine with juice-nectars - feee, the chemistry is terrible. On the bar, cola, sprite, fanta are real, delicious. The beer is not bitter, light, we liked it. We also tried a gin tonic, also normal.
It is close to the sea, about 5 minutes. There is no own beach: either you buy something in local beach bars or with a towel on a free beach.

Icmeler is incomparably beautiful and clean, everything is blooming around, the sea and the years, the air is clean. Nature overshadowed all the shortcomings of the hotel!
I recommend taking sea excursions right on the embankment, and it’s cheaper and they won’t take a bus for hours, collecting tourists from all the hotels. We took an excursion to the Aegean Islands just on the embankment for $ 12 per person, at the indicated time the boat took everyone and transported them to the ship, did not wait for anyone, sat down and sailed. Had a nice lunch with grilled chicken steak. Gorgeous coves and wild beaches. I recommend taking a mask with you if you know how to dive, the sea is very salty, bakes in the eyes. The water is clear and clean, it's fun to dive with a mask. In local shops, the price of the mask is about 60 lire.
We took an excursion to Cleopatra Island near the hotel for $19 per person, there are also strange inscriptions in Russian: "Boris you are right" and "Boris is here" : ) - I do not recommend! for more than an hour and a half we were shaken in the bus, they gathered everyone in Icmeler and Marmaris and then back in the same way. Even upon arrival on the island, the boat sailed away without warning anyone, I was very worried.
There are also good 3-hour excursions to the islets and wild Aegean beaches for 30 liras per person, departure at 13:30.10-15 people in a boat.
With a hotel guide, excursions are many times more expensive, for example, the Aegean islands cost $ 30 per person. The guide Ramis is arrogant, he will lie that insurance is not valid outside of their excursions, he took our voucher and then ran after him for three days to return it. Do not fall for his tricks, insurance is valid everywhere.
We rented a scooter, 50 lira for 2 hours, more expensive on the waterfront. Ask again several times if the battery is charged, then they will definitely give you a normal one. : )
Be sure to stock up on sunscreen and check the exchange rate before exchanging money, they are trying to fool.

In general, we were satisfied with the rest, the complaints were directly to Join Up, I’m unlikely to choose them again.
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