Hello everybody. We had a family vacation - me, my wife and a little daughter (almost 2 years old) - from June 30.2018 to July 10.2018. Arrived July 11.2018. I’ll say right away in general, and then I’ll write in VERY detail our opinion about the hotel in which we rested, and actually in GRAND EFE 4 stars.
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Hello everybody.
We had a family vacation - me, my wife and a little daughter (almost 2 years old) - from June 30.2018 to July 10.2018. Arrived July 11.2018. I’ll say right away in general, and then I’ll write in VERY detail our opinion about the hotel in which we rested, and actually in GRAND EFE 4 stars. The hotel can't have that many stars. And now for the points:
1. Check-in for us personally went quite quickly, we arrived at the hotel closer to 11 am, we were warned in advance that by 1.00 we should be settled + - hour, since the hotel is fully loaded at that time and there may be problems with timely cleaning in the rooms. Fortunately, we have a small child, who apparently understood the essence of the situation, was nervous, screamed periodically, wanted to sleep, because. we flew early in the morning, we had to get up at night, and the hotel staff, in order not to see or hear this, an hour after arriving at the hotel, we were settled in the room. The view was of the pool and part of the sea, in principle there were no complaints, and I think the rooms were free. But this is my opinion. However, if we talk about other families who flew in with us, then of course, they were settled almost by 1.00 and even later, and as it turned out later, we found out that 1 family had to be settled in another hotel, and then it turned out that this there were some kind of dark huts, it’s not clear where, a window at the top in the ceiling, and they were there for almost 5 days. Why did it happen? Again, according to this family, they say a large influx of sudden Turks, they say they are populated in priority, sorry !!! ! The tour was bought, the reservation was made, the tour operator's problem, but, as you can see, there was no adequate solution from the tour operator's employees. If this happened to us, I would certainly solve the issue at a higher level, but I would not go to any huts with a child.
2. What we saw right away at the hotel. It was almost lunch time, and here, the spectacle. The restaurant where the meal takes place was still closed, and an incredible line was lining up in front of the doors. We thought maybe this is how it should be, and then the doors will open and everything will be fine, and by inertia (Thank God! ) we began to queue. The door has opened! People ran, we did not immediately understand where and what, then we saw. People didn’t put the hot stuff themselves, but lined up for the cook to put on the plates. RAVE! Anyway, if someone needs 2-3 servings of hot, he says and they impose on him. IS IT IMPOSSIBLE to put 4-8 spoons and people will take FOOD for themselves!! ! No matter how hungry each of us is. This situation was very annoying, there were 2-3 days when a lot of tourists left and new tourists had not yet had time to settle in, then the queue was SMALL - it was pleasing))) and so - it was both at lunch and for dinner! In principle, FOOD is OK, if you imagine that you are at home or somewhere in a good DINING ROOM! It is possible to eat hot, but it stank very much ALLEGED to be beef, which I did not eat, tk. I was sure that it was LAMB, well, it doesn’t smell like Beef))) At least shoot at me and in TURKEY it is not in LARGE quantities. I ate chicken as usual, after 1-2 days there WAS fish. Delicious. The vegetables were in full, I lay in the room for 1-2 days, poisoned myself with stale tomatoes, then I figured out that from them, because. I love tomatoes very much and ignored the fact that they were sluggish and floated in their own juice))) IT'S MY GUILT. I don’t write about pasta salads and sausages from TOMORROW, because. EVERYBODY understands that this will always be present))) Fruits are basically delicious, the situation that kills people is that people pick up fruit in BUCKETS, and then they don’t eat it all and throw it away. People, be reasonable, eat as much as you can, but do not go too far. I won’t say that the dishes were too clean, but I missed it as it is.
3. The territory of the hotel is small, the hotel is not designed for such a number of people, namely about 350 rooms on 7 floors, and if we assume that there are 2-3 people in the room, then about 700-1000 people were in the hotel. There are loungers! BUT!!!!! ! There is nowhere to put them, there is no place, there is not enough space for everyone, I got up every day at 5:30 in the morning in order to have time to take 2 sunbeds for the three of us. IT WORKED, but it was very ANNOUNTING and looked stupid from the outside, that everyone was running and rather taking any sunbed. Everyone ran in the morning and did so! BIG MINUS!
4. There is practically NO BEACH of your own. You walk from the hotel from the back side, 50-100 meters, stairs, go down and there 1 m wide and 50-70 meters long - this is supposedly a BEACH right away. Some stones, and in the sea too, it hurts to walk and go down! BUT!!! ! A solution has been found, on the territory of the hotel there are 2-3 shops of one mistress HADZHIZHE, who has been working there for 25 years. Sells for $5 special shoes for this. GOOD BUSINESS. Everyone has to buy! RAVE! It should be given to tourists for free, if the hotel has such an entrance to the sea. WATER is clean - This is a plus))) not far, if you step aside, there is a sandy private hotel area, where there are wooden GREEN sunbeds, about 20, you can also be there, much better than on the hotel itself with pools. But not BROWN sunbeds, they are private, you can't do it. There is more sand, on that part of the BEACH, with children it is better to be THERE.
5. ABOUT water and living creatures in it. The water - I repeat - is clean, normal, BUT 5-7 meters from the shore there are a lot of stone slabs, on which, in your opinion, who? CORRECTLY - SEA urchins! As soon as I learned about this and saw how a couple of people received injections from hedgehogs, I didn’t go into the water anymore. HORROR! But people bathed at their own peril and risk, as it is! I WOULD KNOW that there are Hedgehogs there, I wouldn’t go there with a child FOR EXACTLY! All the time we were in the pool, for children and adults, I’ll say right away that you are unlikely to swim in it, because. the size of the pools is not large, for children, for adults, but, as you understand, there are HUNDREDS of people! Either at 8 am or at 8 pm free)))
6. ANIMATION! Finally fly away - 2-3 adult animators on site and 2-3 for children. But, what is the animation - at 10 am or 10.30 am the music starts playing and immediately get used to it being the ONE AND THE SAME throughout your vacation, repeated every hour the same or even more often. Allegedly interesting competitions, well. . . you'll see for yourself. . Allegedly WATER GYMNASTICS at 1.00 - well, well. . . you'll see for yourself. WEAK! About children's entertainment, a similar situation - in the evening at 2.00 watch cartoons, the same ones . . like Angry Birds, Well, wait, then 4-5 dances of the ONE and the same every laziness. ARAM ZAM ZAM and CHUKA CHUKA CHOOOOOO. You will see everything yourself. Moreover, the expression on the faces of the animators, God forbid, and one constantly vulgarly chewed chewing gum during children's dances and so when she walked around the hotel. There was also a MACHO animator, probably under 50 years old, it is clear that once he was an ATHLET, but the deposition of fat already suggests the opposite, sometimes he stuck defiantly to girls who were without HUSBANDS or a couple, vulgarly stretching his LIPS to them. HORROR!
7. HAMAM! He is - but just one word, free to enter and warm up. This is where the freebies end. The foam massage itself and scrubbing (body peeling! ) Cost about 30 USD. The massage therapist does not throw off ANY dollar, and the procedure takes about 20-25 minutes. IT'S NOT WORTH IT! One pleased, the masseur did not follow on his heels and did not beg! This is a plus))) decide for yourself whether you want to throw money away.
8. I advise you to go to KUSADASI, the minibus from the hotel runs almost every half an hour, about 10 lira per person or 3 dollars, but it’s better to change the LIRA, the exchange rate is different for everyone AND DISCOVERY! When I arrive in the city - and it takes about 50-65 minutes to go - immediately go ahead 100 meters and to the right and a lot of their shops begin! The prices are different, you can buy a leather bag for 500 TL, and the same bag for 80 TL))) you have to bargain. And Waikiki is there and CATON, etc. All kinds of Turkish sweets, fresh, MUCH cheaper than next to the HOTEL. Keep in mind! PORT in Kusadasi, look, the BEACH is also beautiful there. You can spend 1-2 days on this. We spent a maximum of 4 hours with a small child, because. it’s clear why))) golopam across Europe and focused on the child and his behavior)))
9. There is also a disco for adults on the territory of the hotel from 2300 to 0200 at night, music is okay, the BAR is paid, and the same bartenders work as during the day at other bars, but they are very angry that tourists have a lot of things for free, and then they try to break for 20 grams of vodka or GIN TONIC for 3-5 dollars per serving JUST GORGEOUS!
10. The rooms were not cleared at what time, almost everyone with small children usually sleep during the day, and always, as luck would have it, they come to the room where small children are cleaned at 12:30 and until 14:00 (during this interval! ). Until it pissed me off and I was urged to do it either earlier or later. Changed towels in good faith, sheets - it's OK!
11. There is a children's MINI club - initially it worked from 1.00 to 1.45 and from 1.00 to 1.45, later the time was increased - from 1.00 to 1.00 and from 1.00 to 1.00 - it's not bad, the kids had fun there, jumped, but be careful there is a HOLE under the inner trampoline, my daughter managed to crawl in there, I managed to pull her out, as I could get injured on the head with the LEGS of the children who were jumping on the trampoline at that moment. We talked about this many times, and at the reception and animators, each time the answer is, YES YOU WHAT! Thanks for letting me know - we'll fix it. NOTHING got fixed. There is a bigger trampoline on the outer playground, there is also a HOLE, be careful that the children do not get there, but rather do not let the children go there. They also talked about this, ZERO REACTION.
12. INTERNET! He is and he is NOT! Terrible entrance system, every day you had to re-enter the room number + password, and after 3-4 days - it was necessary to do this already 2 times a day, and then already 3 times a day. I practically did not catch it in the room, it was good only in the bar, on the territory of the hotel near the reception.
It's in short! I think there will soon be other reviews of this hotel from tourists who rested with us. I would rate - 3.75 - NO MORE!
We had a family vacation - me, my wife and a little daughter (almost 2 years old) - from June 30.2018 to July 10.2018. Arrived July 11.2018. I’ll say right away in general, and then I’ll write in VERY detail our opinion about the hotel in which we rested, and actually in GRAND EFE 4 stars. The hotel can't have that many stars. And now for the points:
1. Check-in for us personally went quite quickly, we arrived at the hotel closer to 11 am, we were warned in advance that by 1.00 we should be settled + - hour, since the hotel is fully loaded at that time and there may be problems with timely cleaning in the rooms. Fortunately, we have a small child, who apparently understood the essence of the situation, was nervous, screamed periodically, wanted to sleep, because. we flew early in the morning, we had to get up at night, and the hotel staff, in order not to see or hear this, an hour after arriving at the hotel, we were settled in the room. The view was of the pool and part of the sea, in principle there were no complaints, and I think the rooms were free. But this is my opinion. However, if we talk about other families who flew in with us, then of course, they were settled almost by 1.00 and even later, and as it turned out later, we found out that 1 family had to be settled in another hotel, and then it turned out that this there were some kind of dark huts, it’s not clear where, a window at the top in the ceiling, and they were there for almost 5 days. Why did it happen? Again, according to this family, they say a large influx of sudden Turks, they say they are populated in priority, sorry !!! ! The tour was bought, the reservation was made, the tour operator's problem, but, as you can see, there was no adequate solution from the tour operator's employees. If this happened to us, I would certainly solve the issue at a higher level, but I would not go to any huts with a child.
2. What we saw right away at the hotel. It was almost lunch time, and here, the spectacle. The restaurant where the meal takes place was still closed, and an incredible line was lining up in front of the doors. We thought maybe this is how it should be, and then the doors will open and everything will be fine, and by inertia (Thank God! ) we began to queue. The door has opened! People ran, we did not immediately understand where and what, then we saw. People didn’t put the hot stuff themselves, but lined up for the cook to put on the plates. RAVE! Anyway, if someone needs 2-3 servings of hot, he says and they impose on him. IS IT IMPOSSIBLE to put 4-8 spoons and people will take FOOD for themselves!! ! No matter how hungry each of us is. This situation was very annoying, there were 2-3 days when a lot of tourists left and new tourists had not yet had time to settle in, then the queue was SMALL - it was pleasing))) and so - it was both at lunch and for dinner! In principle, FOOD is OK, if you imagine that you are at home or somewhere in a good DINING ROOM! It is possible to eat hot, but it stank very much ALLEGED to be beef, which I did not eat, tk. I was sure that it was LAMB, well, it doesn’t smell like Beef))) At least shoot at me and in TURKEY it is not in LARGE quantities. I ate chicken as usual, after 1-2 days there WAS fish. Delicious. The vegetables were in full, I lay in the room for 1-2 days, poisoned myself with stale tomatoes, then I figured out that from them, because. I love tomatoes very much and ignored the fact that they were sluggish and floated in their own juice))) IT'S MY GUILT. I don’t write about pasta salads and sausages from TOMORROW, because. EVERYBODY understands that this will always be present))) Fruits are basically delicious, the situation that kills people is that people pick up fruit in BUCKETS, and then they don’t eat it all and throw it away. People, be reasonable, eat as much as you can, but do not go too far. I won’t say that the dishes were too clean, but I missed it as it is.
3. The territory of the hotel is small, the hotel is not designed for such a number of people, namely about 350 rooms on 7 floors, and if we assume that there are 2-3 people in the room, then about 700-1000 people were in the hotel. There are loungers! BUT!!!!! ! There is nowhere to put them, there is no place, there is not enough space for everyone, I got up every day at 5:30 in the morning in order to have time to take 2 sunbeds for the three of us. IT WORKED, but it was very ANNOUNTING and looked stupid from the outside, that everyone was running and rather taking any sunbed. Everyone ran in the morning and did so! BIG MINUS!
4. There is practically NO BEACH of your own. You walk from the hotel from the back side, 50-100 meters, stairs, go down and there 1 m wide and 50-70 meters long - this is supposedly a BEACH right away. Some stones, and in the sea too, it hurts to walk and go down! BUT!!! ! A solution has been found, on the territory of the hotel there are 2-3 shops of one mistress HADZHIZHE, who has been working there for 25 years. Sells for $5 special shoes for this. GOOD BUSINESS. Everyone has to buy! RAVE! It should be given to tourists for free, if the hotel has such an entrance to the sea. WATER is clean - This is a plus))) not far, if you step aside, there is a sandy private hotel area, where there are wooden GREEN sunbeds, about 20, you can also be there, much better than on the hotel itself with pools. But not BROWN sunbeds, they are private, you can't do it. There is more sand, on that part of the BEACH, with children it is better to be THERE.
5. ABOUT water and living creatures in it. The water - I repeat - is clean, normal, BUT 5-7 meters from the shore there are a lot of stone slabs, on which, in your opinion, who? CORRECTLY - SEA urchins! As soon as I learned about this and saw how a couple of people received injections from hedgehogs, I didn’t go into the water anymore. HORROR! But people bathed at their own peril and risk, as it is! I WOULD KNOW that there are Hedgehogs there, I wouldn’t go there with a child FOR EXACTLY! All the time we were in the pool, for children and adults, I’ll say right away that you are unlikely to swim in it, because. the size of the pools is not large, for children, for adults, but, as you understand, there are HUNDREDS of people! Either at 8 am or at 8 pm free)))
6. ANIMATION! Finally fly away - 2-3 adult animators on site and 2-3 for children. But, what is the animation - at 10 am or 10.30 am the music starts playing and immediately get used to it being the ONE AND THE SAME throughout your vacation, repeated every hour the same or even more often. Allegedly interesting competitions, well. . . you'll see for yourself. . Allegedly WATER GYMNASTICS at 1.00 - well, well. . . you'll see for yourself. WEAK! About children's entertainment, a similar situation - in the evening at 2.00 watch cartoons, the same ones . . like Angry Birds, Well, wait, then 4-5 dances of the ONE and the same every laziness. ARAM ZAM ZAM and CHUKA CHUKA CHOOOOOO. You will see everything yourself. Moreover, the expression on the faces of the animators, God forbid, and one constantly vulgarly chewed chewing gum during children's dances and so when she walked around the hotel. There was also a MACHO animator, probably under 50 years old, it is clear that once he was an ATHLET, but the deposition of fat already suggests the opposite, sometimes he stuck defiantly to girls who were without HUSBANDS or a couple, vulgarly stretching his LIPS to them. HORROR!
7. HAMAM! He is - but just one word, free to enter and warm up. This is where the freebies end. The foam massage itself and scrubbing (body peeling! ) Cost about 30 USD. The massage therapist does not throw off ANY dollar, and the procedure takes about 20-25 minutes. IT'S NOT WORTH IT! One pleased, the masseur did not follow on his heels and did not beg! This is a plus))) decide for yourself whether you want to throw money away.
8. I advise you to go to KUSADASI, the minibus from the hotel runs almost every half an hour, about 10 lira per person or 3 dollars, but it’s better to change the LIRA, the exchange rate is different for everyone AND DISCOVERY! When I arrive in the city - and it takes about 50-65 minutes to go - immediately go ahead 100 meters and to the right and a lot of their shops begin! The prices are different, you can buy a leather bag for 500 TL, and the same bag for 80 TL))) you have to bargain. And Waikiki is there and CATON, etc. All kinds of Turkish sweets, fresh, MUCH cheaper than next to the HOTEL. Keep in mind! PORT in Kusadasi, look, the BEACH is also beautiful there. You can spend 1-2 days on this. We spent a maximum of 4 hours with a small child, because. it’s clear why))) golopam across Europe and focused on the child and his behavior)))
9. There is also a disco for adults on the territory of the hotel from 2300 to 0200 at night, music is okay, the BAR is paid, and the same bartenders work as during the day at other bars, but they are very angry that tourists have a lot of things for free, and then they try to break for 20 grams of vodka or GIN TONIC for 3-5 dollars per serving JUST GORGEOUS!
10. The rooms were not cleared at what time, almost everyone with small children usually sleep during the day, and always, as luck would have it, they come to the room where small children are cleaned at 12:30 and until 14:00 (during this interval! ). Until it pissed me off and I was urged to do it either earlier or later. Changed towels in good faith, sheets - it's OK!
11. There is a children's MINI club - initially it worked from 1.00 to 1.45 and from 1.00 to 1.45, later the time was increased - from 1.00 to 1.00 and from 1.00 to 1.00 - it's not bad, the kids had fun there, jumped, but be careful there is a HOLE under the inner trampoline, my daughter managed to crawl in there, I managed to pull her out, as I could get injured on the head with the LEGS of the children who were jumping on the trampoline at that moment. We talked about this many times, and at the reception and animators, each time the answer is, YES YOU WHAT! Thanks for letting me know - we'll fix it. NOTHING got fixed. There is a bigger trampoline on the outer playground, there is also a HOLE, be careful that the children do not get there, but rather do not let the children go there. They also talked about this, ZERO REACTION.
12. INTERNET! He is and he is NOT! Terrible entrance system, every day you had to re-enter the room number + password, and after 3-4 days - it was necessary to do this already 2 times a day, and then already 3 times a day. I practically did not catch it in the room, it was good only in the bar, on the territory of the hotel near the reception.
It's in short! I think there will soon be other reviews of this hotel from tourists who rested with us. I would rate - 3.75 - NO MORE!
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Good day. Were from 07/11/17 to 07/21/17. Drive from the airport (if short road) about an hour. They can take the road through the mountains, then an hour and a half. They can transfer people to other hotels, then up to 3 hours (according to stories). In general, we arrived at 21.30 (after dinner). They settled everyone in 20 minutes.
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Good day. Were from 07/11/17 to 07/21/17. Drive from the airport (if short road) about an hour. They can take the road through the mountains, then an hour and a half. They can transfer people to other hotels, then up to 3 hours (according to stories). In general, we arrived at 21.30 (after dinner). They settled everyone in 20 minutes. They gave burgers in the restaurant and some other crap (I don’t remember). In short, we fed a little. Everyone threw their bags into the bar. It is open until 23.00. We tried a little of everything. Rare bullshit. I won’t say that I’m a teetotaller, but without me. Everything that should "invigorate" is diluted to the point of impossibility. There are no even thoughts about an appetizer, water with water . . Although for the first time we can do it for everyone. We settled on cold beer and medium porosity wine. Burda coffee, but no choice. They didn't drink tea.
Food and next to it.
You won't be hungry. But don't expect fancy. There is no pork at all (the floor of the hotel is Turkish). From fish, mackerel and dumb species like tuna. I don't eat fish so I can't tell you the taste. Mostly chicken in different variations and probably beef in cutlet form. Sausages, sausage, a lot of different cheese, but almost all of it is very salty. Lots of salads and all sorts of local vegetables. But be careful with them, many are so sharp that even a liter of beer was not enough to put out the fire. In short, if you don’t know a lot at once, don’t throw it into the furnace. There are enough sweets. Fruit and berries were watermelon (5+) melon, cherry, peaches, apples (all 3+). And I almost forgot. There was a legend in the restaurant that once they gave red fish in a salad, but I saw only those people who saw those people who saw or tried this gift of the gods. If you get to a meal during rush hour, you will have to stand for a hot meal from 5 to 15 minutes. For the rest, there were no queues. I won’t tell you how long to go, because everyone tried to calculate or cheat, in the end we all stood in the same queue. Although no, if you go for breakfast by 07.00, then there is no queue. Probably. Now briefly about the time of taking this or that food. From 07.00 to 21.00. I arrived plus 7 kg (it would be great to have a couple, but oh well) wife plus 3 (catastrophe), although no one forced the hamster herself. Everything. Ate now about the hotel.
Hotel.
The hotel, as you probably already saw, is L-shaped. Two views of the pool. one for Turkish dachas and the sea (100 meters later), the floor is from the third, and one the hell knows how to call it shorter when you enter those balconies that are from the facade. We were overlooking the pool (partially interfere with pine trees) conveniently. But in the evening I already wanted to go to the side of the dachas. tourists go in shoals, music plays, etc. falling asleep is not always comfortable. The number is normal for me. Air conditioning e. . l brains a little. They told the representative of the tour operator, they decided in an hour. Wi-Fi)) catches very badly. We took at the reception, bar and a little in the restaurant. In the room only early in the morning. The territory is small. In the evening Turkish disco + competitions of the Conchita Wurst format. The Turks are neighing, I do not understand. During the day there is an hour of Russian music. Not so WOW, but top pops of 2016. Let's go further. More precisely back in 90 on the Black Sea. You need to take a sunbed in the garden (on the green zone) at 05.30 in the morning)))). Yes, something like that. The scheme is simple. You go out, put a towel or something on the sunbeds and that's it. For the sake of interest, I tracked a couple of sunbeds, so people appeared there only after 15.00 and no one occupied the sunbed. The pool can be borrowed at 07.30, but there is a risk. You can take it to the sea from 09.00 (for the territory by the sea, see the sea section).
And here is the SEA.
And plus the beach.
The beach beckoned us with partial sand. child is 8 years old.
FUCK THERE!!!
There is a little sand with small pebbles on the shore (and it still cuts a little), but only in the sea, immediately stones, even for an adult, are not very comfortable. Many children (NOT ALL) asked to go to the pool or to the room (SOLELY PERSONAL OPINION). The beach with sunbeds is a little to the right of the hotel. Green sunbeds for tourists, brown ones for summer residents. The sea is calm until noon. after lunch 9 out of 10 wavy, as you like. According to the wave of adults 90% of children 10%. If you stay on the water, it will not be very dumb, but the bitch is very interesting. Almost everyone bought a special. shoes to go into the sea and I, including (although in vain) explain why. I (boast a little) swim very well and like to dive (there is where, but not very much), so swimming in slippers is normal, not swimming. Therefore, I suffered a little (absolutely), that is, I walked on stones and then swam and dived without question. Although no. There were questions. Sea urchins. Where it is interesting to dive (stones and light level between them) there are a lot of hedgehogs. I did not catch a single one, but my friends caught (ambulance + injection + analysis) they have them like our ticks. It's okay, but you don't have to look for them specifically. Hedgehogs are mostly only on a stone (you will understand on the spot). I saw one near the shore. For IMPRESSIVE PARENTS only ONCE in the 200m. The water is VERY clean and ENOUGH salty (rinsed my mouth after the swim) If it gets into my eyes, it also cuts (not very comfortable, but tolerable) And yet the water is 5 +++.
Leisure and around.
Beach volleyball is somewhere 7 to 7 sometimes more (level is about 0 i. e. mine) I went to basketball alone, I didn’t see anyone in tennis (large), mini golf is the same garbage, sometimes they played table tennis and darts. The animation is the same. Mainly for children. Although I jumped a couple of times. Cool. In the evening, apart from the hotel, there is nowhere to walk. Personally, when buying a tour, we were told that Kusadasi or near them, but not so. Kusadasi is 45 km away. The hotel is separate from the village (and there is nothing to do in the village in the evening). Prices for things of the level of Minsk or Moscow are at the level of sales of a brand of the middle price segment (this is already with bargaining). The rate is 3.3 -3.5 lira for 1 forever green.
P. S. I rested for 10 days....lying on the beach on the 7th day, my wife was in a rush for 10 days.
Food and next to it.
You won't be hungry. But don't expect fancy. There is no pork at all (the floor of the hotel is Turkish). From fish, mackerel and dumb species like tuna. I don't eat fish so I can't tell you the taste. Mostly chicken in different variations and probably beef in cutlet form. Sausages, sausage, a lot of different cheese, but almost all of it is very salty. Lots of salads and all sorts of local vegetables. But be careful with them, many are so sharp that even a liter of beer was not enough to put out the fire. In short, if you don’t know a lot at once, don’t throw it into the furnace. There are enough sweets. Fruit and berries were watermelon (5+) melon, cherry, peaches, apples (all 3+). And I almost forgot. There was a legend in the restaurant that once they gave red fish in a salad, but I saw only those people who saw those people who saw or tried this gift of the gods. If you get to a meal during rush hour, you will have to stand for a hot meal from 5 to 15 minutes. For the rest, there were no queues. I won’t tell you how long to go, because everyone tried to calculate or cheat, in the end we all stood in the same queue. Although no, if you go for breakfast by 07.00, then there is no queue. Probably. Now briefly about the time of taking this or that food. From 07.00 to 21.00. I arrived plus 7 kg (it would be great to have a couple, but oh well) wife plus 3 (catastrophe), although no one forced the hamster herself. Everything. Ate now about the hotel.
Hotel.
The hotel, as you probably already saw, is L-shaped. Two views of the pool. one for Turkish dachas and the sea (100 meters later), the floor is from the third, and one the hell knows how to call it shorter when you enter those balconies that are from the facade. We were overlooking the pool (partially interfere with pine trees) conveniently. But in the evening I already wanted to go to the side of the dachas. tourists go in shoals, music plays, etc. falling asleep is not always comfortable. The number is normal for me. Air conditioning e. . l brains a little. They told the representative of the tour operator, they decided in an hour. Wi-Fi)) catches very badly. We took at the reception, bar and a little in the restaurant. In the room only early in the morning. The territory is small. In the evening Turkish disco + competitions of the Conchita Wurst format. The Turks are neighing, I do not understand. During the day there is an hour of Russian music. Not so WOW, but top pops of 2016. Let's go further. More precisely back in 90 on the Black Sea. You need to take a sunbed in the garden (on the green zone) at 05.30 in the morning)))). Yes, something like that. The scheme is simple. You go out, put a towel or something on the sunbeds and that's it. For the sake of interest, I tracked a couple of sunbeds, so people appeared there only after 15.00 and no one occupied the sunbed. The pool can be borrowed at 07.30, but there is a risk. You can take it to the sea from 09.00 (for the territory by the sea, see the sea section).
And here is the SEA.
And plus the beach.
The beach beckoned us with partial sand. child is 8 years old.
FUCK THERE!!!
There is a little sand with small pebbles on the shore (and it still cuts a little), but only in the sea, immediately stones, even for an adult, are not very comfortable. Many children (NOT ALL) asked to go to the pool or to the room (SOLELY PERSONAL OPINION). The beach with sunbeds is a little to the right of the hotel. Green sunbeds for tourists, brown ones for summer residents. The sea is calm until noon. after lunch 9 out of 10 wavy, as you like. According to the wave of adults 90% of children 10%. If you stay on the water, it will not be very dumb, but the bitch is very interesting. Almost everyone bought a special. shoes to go into the sea and I, including (although in vain) explain why. I (boast a little) swim very well and like to dive (there is where, but not very much), so swimming in slippers is normal, not swimming. Therefore, I suffered a little (absolutely), that is, I walked on stones and then swam and dived without question. Although no. There were questions. Sea urchins. Where it is interesting to dive (stones and light level between them) there are a lot of hedgehogs. I did not catch a single one, but my friends caught (ambulance + injection + analysis) they have them like our ticks. It's okay, but you don't have to look for them specifically. Hedgehogs are mostly only on a stone (you will understand on the spot). I saw one near the shore. For IMPRESSIVE PARENTS only ONCE in the 200m. The water is VERY clean and ENOUGH salty (rinsed my mouth after the swim) If it gets into my eyes, it also cuts (not very comfortable, but tolerable) And yet the water is 5 +++.
Leisure and around.
Beach volleyball is somewhere 7 to 7 sometimes more (level is about 0 i. e. mine) I went to basketball alone, I didn’t see anyone in tennis (large), mini golf is the same garbage, sometimes they played table tennis and darts. The animation is the same. Mainly for children. Although I jumped a couple of times. Cool. In the evening, apart from the hotel, there is nowhere to walk. Personally, when buying a tour, we were told that Kusadasi or near them, but not so. Kusadasi is 45 km away. The hotel is separate from the village (and there is nothing to do in the village in the evening). Prices for things of the level of Minsk or Moscow are at the level of sales of a brand of the middle price segment (this is already with bargaining). The rate is 3.3 -3.5 lira for 1 forever green.
P. S. I rested for 10 days....lying on the beach on the 7th day, my wife was in a rush for 10 days.
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The hotel was offered in a travel agency, without thinking for a long time, agreed. The hotel really liked the location, food, room, service, animation.
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The hotel was offered in a travel agency, without thinking for a long time, agreed.
The hotel really liked the location, food, room, service, animation.
The hotel really liked the location, food, room, service, animation.
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I stayed at the hotel with my 7 year old son. From 8 to 22 June 2014. I really liked the hotel. In general, I rested in Turkey for the fifth time. Although to be honest I went to this hotel with apprehension after reading the reviews. Already on the way home I realized that I would definitely come next year to the Grand Effe Hotel! I went to the hotel with a positive, so I spent my vacation on a positive note, although there were still some little things.
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I stayed at the hotel with my 7 year old son. From 8 to 22 June 2014. I really liked the hotel. In general, I rested in Turkey for the fifth time. Although to be honest I went to this hotel with apprehension after reading the reviews. Already on the way home I realized that I would definitely come next year to the Grand Effe Hotel! I went to the hotel with a positive, so I spent my vacation on a positive note, although there were still some little things. Minus is a lot of bleach in the pool. Although I tried to spend all the time at sea, the child still jumped from the hill. And swam in slippers, pebbles. And there are many pluses: a variety of fruits, a good location, there is where to go for a walk. The area is not big, but cozy. Rubenok freely walked everywhere, always in sight. The animation is not bad. On Saturdays the market is open. Very tasty pastries. In general, a holiday of the stomach. The rooms are standard. Very polite, pleasant staff always with a smile, nice. I am writing, but I myself already miss it, but only Grand Effe. I recommend. Have a nice holiday everyone!! ! And positive!!!! !
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Anyone who is going on vacation with his family, then what you need, a quiet, calm hotel, mostly Russian Germans are present there, in general there are a lot of foreigners. This year it was completely renovated, everything is brand new, clean, all plumbing, linen, mattresses, beds, in short, everything, everything is completely, so in general, beauty!!!! Animators are not intrusive, not sticky, without vulgar jokes "below the belt.
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Anyone who is going on vacation with his family, then what you need, a quiet, calm hotel, mostly Russian Germans are present there, in general there are a lot of foreigners. This year it was completely renovated, everything is brand new, clean, all plumbing, linen, mattresses, beds, in short, everything, everything is completely, so in general, beauty!!!!
Animators are not intrusive, not sticky, without vulgar jokes "below the belt. "
But if you are young and think it's good to take a walk, break away at a disco (at the hotel), then you are unlikely to succeed. The disco is so-so, if you only take it well, when you already don’t care what to “light” and “break away”.
And the biggest drawback is a very small area, so all the time you can say that you are lying "bye bye" well, and you can’t really get away with it, if only in the room : )
Good cuisine, although we were at the beginning of the season, there was not a large selection of fruits, but there were cherries, strawberries, watermelons, but there were apples, apricots, oranges and some kind of fruit, I don’t know its name, it is very similar to an unripe plum, only small and green, the second Nispero.
The staff is friendly, not intrusive, helpful and very polite, although few and badly speak Russian : (
In general, the rest for the family is very good, calm, and what else is needed, the child will always be within sight : )
Come, relax, enjoy
Animators are not intrusive, not sticky, without vulgar jokes "below the belt. "
But if you are young and think it's good to take a walk, break away at a disco (at the hotel), then you are unlikely to succeed. The disco is so-so, if you only take it well, when you already don’t care what to “light” and “break away”.
And the biggest drawback is a very small area, so all the time you can say that you are lying "bye bye" well, and you can’t really get away with it, if only in the room : )
Good cuisine, although we were at the beginning of the season, there was not a large selection of fruits, but there were cherries, strawberries, watermelons, but there were apples, apricots, oranges and some kind of fruit, I don’t know its name, it is very similar to an unripe plum, only small and green, the second Nispero.
The staff is friendly, not intrusive, helpful and very polite, although few and badly speak Russian : (
In general, the rest for the family is very good, calm, and what else is needed, the child will always be within sight : )
Come, relax, enjoy
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We recently returned from this hotel. In general, I liked the rest, it corresponds to 4 *. True, the chirping of cicadas and the hubbub of sparrows pestered us. We were just lucky - our room did not have windows into the courtyard. The room was cleaned cleanly. The linen was changed almost every day. It was annoying that at lunch and dinner the cooks served food themselves and had to choose clean plates.
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We recently returned from this hotel. In general, I liked the rest, it corresponds to 4 *. True, the chirping of cicadas and the hubbub of sparrows pestered us. We were just lucky - our room did not have windows into the courtyard. The room was cleaned cleanly. The linen was changed almost every day. It was annoying that at lunch and dinner the cooks served food themselves and had to choose clean plates. The sea is just the cleanest, I haven’t seen this for a long time. I recommend it to families with children.
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Poorly washed dishes (glasses with fat prints) Monotonous food (one type of fish and little meat. If something was not eaten yesterday, then it all ends up on the table the next day, modified, salads are not always fresh, but various fruits). Water from the central communication. At lunch and dinner, chefs stand next to each dish and serve portions, it’s very annoying.
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Poorly washed dishes (glasses with fat prints) Monotonous food (one type of fish and little meat. If something was not eaten yesterday, then it all ends up on the table the next day, modified, salads are not always fresh, but various fruits). Water from the central communication. At lunch and dinner, chefs stand next to each dish and serve portions, it’s very annoying. The entrance to the sea is not very large, large stones covered with silt (slippery) The beach is narrow, but enough for everyone. In the restaurant they often sit at a dirty table (meaning if someone has already eaten in front of you (crumbs, soiled tablecloths). In general, we had a normal rest, if we didn’t wind ourselves up with the above points. But I won’t go there again. animation is strong.
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Hello. Came back from a holiday at this hotel. I would like to share my impressions. We were brought to the hotel at 10 am. After 4 hours of waiting, they settled into a room with a view of the wall. The most interesting thing is that in Minsk I paid $30 for a room with a sea view. This was stated on the voucher.
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Hello. Came back from a holiday at this hotel. I would like to share my impressions. We were brought to the hotel at 10 am. After 4 hours of waiting, they settled into a room with a view of the wall. The most interesting thing is that in Minsk I paid $30 for a room with a sea view. This was stated on the voucher. The receptionist said that there are no other rooms. While things were in the luggage room, I walked to the sea. This is where my mood really deteriorated. In the water, the stones, in addition, are overgrown with green slippery algae. Be careful, there are sea urchins in the sea....Very few people swim in the sea, more in pools. The animation is good. The guys are trying. Hi them all big. The food is excellent. The hotel staff is well trained. Rest mainly Germans, Dutch, French and Belarusians. The hotel is exclusively family-friendly and for pensioners. . IF YOU LIKE TO HAVE AND SHOPPING, THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT YOUR HOTEL.
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Rested - three adults from 05/26/12 to 06/04/12. We were lucky with the weather. The hotel - everything is fine, a strong four. The food is excellent. Beautiful view from the room, the smell of pine trees. Animation - like everywhere else. We went for the sun, sea and beautiful nature, unobtrusive staff. For me additionally - no cooking needed.
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Rested - three adults from 05/26/12 to 06/04/12. We were lucky with the weather. The hotel - everything is fine, a strong four. The food is excellent. Beautiful view from the room, the smell of pine trees. Animation - like everywhere else. We went for the sun, sea and beautiful nature, unobtrusive staff. For me additionally - no cooking needed. Quiet, relaxing stay. And, most importantly, at that time there was no influx of Slav brothers who knew how to relax only in the Soviet way. fly)) - definitely not in Grand Efe.
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I would like to commend this hotel. I liked everything very much. And food, and the hotel itself, and its territory, and service, and climate and everything, everything, everything! The room is normal, neither big nor small, there is air conditioning that works silently, but at night we didn’t need it because it wasn’t hot at night and we opened the door to the balcony and slept to the sound of the surf.
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I would like to commend this hotel. I liked everything very much. And food, and the hotel itself, and its territory, and service, and climate and everything, everything, everything! The room is normal, neither big nor small, there is air conditioning that works silently, but at night we didn’t need it because it wasn’t hot at night and we opened the door to the balcony and slept to the sound of the surf. Large balcony overlooking the sea. The room was cleaned every day and all linen changed every day. There is so much food in the restaurant that we could not try all the dishes. Everything is very neat. The staff is very friendly and not intrusive. There were a lot of vegetables and the freshest quality fruits. Between the main meals, one could still intercept all sorts of goodies, not to mention drinks, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. I really liked the tea. So fragrant, freshly brewed. All throughout the day! Sea charm. The water is clean, the bottom, however, is not quite even, if you sail a little everything is super. We swam in special slippers and the quality of the bottom did not bother us at all. There are all sorts of water activities such as a banana, a jet ski, a parachute and many other things. The catamaran is free. Very pleasant and good memories remained. I want to go there again.
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