Не все ожидания сбылись Not all expectations came true

We just returned from vacation, went with my family - me, husband, child 5 years old. We were in anticipation of this holiday, but somehow it turned out to be a "four", the hotel is nothing - the territory is very large, the animation is good, it is aimed at a large number of active people, but we participated in few places - due to the heat of 44-48 degrees once again just go out into the street. They went to the sea in the morning - from 9-11 o'clock and in the evening - from 17 o'clock. until 19h. , the beach is a bit wild because of the turtle protection zone, but maybe it’s good, the only thing is the sand is fiery, you can easily burn your feet, there are no paths along the entire beach, there is no pier, sun loungers and umbrellas are far from the water, but it’s good to walk on warm sand in the evening The sea stormed a couple of times, but nothing, we swam. The water temperature is refreshing 22-25 degrees exactly. we can say that the hotel does not pay attention to the sea and the beach at all - there are a lot of broken sunbeds, the number of sunbeds itself is not large, often I saw a lot of cigarette butts in the sand, . In general, I concluded for myself that the beach and the sea are more for Russian-speaking guests, foreigners go there less, their territory is mainly by the pool, and we didn’t bathe there near chlorine water, after all, we came to the sea, but to the pool with a child, often ill, especially bronchitis, it is better not to walk. By the way, on the second day the child had diarrhea, we went to the pharmacy for diafuril (the prices of medicines make me very happy in this country for the second year - they are very acceptable, cheaper than we have much), because smecta did not help for 2 days, and the large pool was closed for disinfection for a day, you can see the infection was caught from it, but we still went to the children's slide for 1 hour every day, although the slides do not work very long a day 3-4 hours in just two periods - it’s a shame for the children from such savings, they just sobbed when the slides were suddenly closed and everyone was kicked out of the slides. In general, it is difficult to pull a child out of the water, all parents will understand. There are a lot of vacationers, I think there were at least 1000, there were many Englishmen, but they are on their own, and we are on our own - no one interfered with anyone. We spent the whole dinner due to the heat in the room, watched TV -2 channels and slept. As for the cleaning in the room, everything is fine, the pastel was changed, the towels too - and regularly, and not always for a tip. We liked the room and the location, including, because it was close to the reception, restaurant, on the 2nd floor. , but it was very quiet and calm there, no noise was heard, and as for the sea view, I generally doubt whether anyone had it in the main hotel, because. Since the sea is far from the hotel, in general the room pleased us. Now about the food: it is monotonous, there is a lot of food from the cycle, but there is nothing to eat, we had something to compare with, I give the food a “four”, only because of a good assortment of fruits, delicious crayfish (once in 2 weeks there were), and restaurants Asia and Turkey. Breakfasts are standard poor - about nothing, every day they ate pancakes with honey and strawberry jam, and an omelet with cheese. Only tea bags and coffee from the machine. Everything is not salty at all, but this is not a minus of nutrition, but a nuance, yet the cuisine is not individual. They don’t know how to cook porridge at all, all soups are mashed, and mostly spicy, with spices, mashed potatoes are always salty, and chicken just got boring. There is always a queue for something tasty, I was guided by it, even if foreigners stand in line for 10-15 minutes, then there is something for that, well, I stood. Salads are also easier to make yourself, since all the ingredients are there, better than a general hash. Been to all a la carte restaurants. Liked Turkish and especially Asia. Turkish "4", Asia - "5", Italy - "3" - I don’t understand how you can spoil salmon like that, it’s clear they chose the wrong dish - grilled salmon, but they saw fried, dry fish with a bitter aftertaste and a meager portion on plates some kind of salad, by the way, unlike other restaurants in Italy, only all drinks are paid, except for water, even tea. But "Asia" respect full everything was delicious, they left just full and with light stomachs. Ice cream in all restaurants is delicious and there is a lot of it, there is a children's menu, so the child ate french fries. salad, dessert and did not cry. Free ice cream is so-so. I advise the hotel to reconsider its policy in terms of food. Green grapes, peaches, cherries and pears were quickly sorted out and the staff did not report them anymore, fruits could be taken out of the restaurant. The sweet table is about nothing, but I didn’t go there so that I wouldn’t get better, and my husband didn’t like almost anything, and even the child had a “sweet tooth”. About excursions: we really wanted to diversify our not very good hotel stay and we did it. They took not very distant excursions and traveled a lot themselves. Excursions were bought in Sarigerme in Panda and Basket. Were in Fethiye and Olyu-deniz ourselves, but I advise you to take a tour, because it turned out to be a little expensive for the total. transport. We went to Marmaris with Basket - roughly speaking, we were taken to the city and we walked around the seaport, bazaar, shops, cafes, made purchases, since it is cheaper there than in Sarigerme and there is more choice. In general, I liked Marmaris, it is somewhat similar in spirit to our Sochi - beautiful, colorful, hot - it was 53 degrees. And Fethiye is small, with some kind of construction site. In Fethiye, there are no Russians at all, in my opinion. but in Marmaris they listened to the speech and didn’t fornicate anywhere and liked everything. In general, this resort - the Fethiye region - is not Russian-speaking, for those who are not friendly and do not know English or Turkish, Marmaris is more or less in this regard. Excursions were especially fun for us, even in the drawings they told us everything about the Lycian tombs - I never listened to history so much fun. We liked the panda, although the option is budgetary, mentally somehow, designed for small groups, we were the only Russians in all our tour trains, it seems foreigners like to go somewhere more. It always turned out to be such an international - we, the British, Germans and Turks in the same car, on the same boat, it was fun. We especially liked Dalyan with its turtles, the sea, the river itself and crabs - beautiful, sincere, for the whole day, but we were not tired at all, we had fun on the mud. Gocek "12 Islands" is also good, but by the end of the day we were tired of endless swimming. Basket is more serious, more expensive, more organized. Since we traveled with a child, we adjusted to it and didn’t go to either Ephesus or Pamukala, although it’s relatively close there - 2-3 hours one way, but we didn’t want to carry the child in such heat and it’s hard for us unaccustomed. We ourselves went to Ortaca on a dolmush from Sarigerme for shopping - an ordinary city not by the sea, and not for tourists, but we bought clothes there, olive oil, Turkish delight. Olu-deniz is crowded with tourists, there are also many Russians, but everything is somehow crowded there, there is nowhere for an apple to fall, three beaches and each sunbed costs 18 thousand liras per person, and the entrance itself is paid per person 5 thousand liras. This is such an expensive pleasure, although it is beautiful there, and there are many paragliders. On excursions we set a full offset for ourselves. This is how our vacation turned out. By the way, about the plane and the tour operator: It's good with Tui. The plane, due to the tight arrangement of the seats, upset, we didn’t manage to sleep at night from Moscow, and this despite the fact that we are people of average build, weight and height, only the child was normal. And the airport is only Domodedovo, it was a little stressful to go to Zelenograd. And so everything is fine, nothing with food on the plane, the staff was trustworthy. And more about the hotel: when choosing a hotel, the travel agent advised us very much this particular hotel and we focused on the child, because. the previous time the child really liked the animation at the Tivoli Hotel (Alanya), and we chose the hotel with this in mind, but our child didn’t go to the kids club at all, he didn’t like it there on the first day, took him away after 2 hours only in tears . Later he refused to go there even with me, he was with us all the time, it seemed to him better with us, although I liked the children's animators, especially Polina and another non-Russian animator, very funny and groovy guys. Yes, and at the children's disco, there are a lot of people, all shy children sit inseparably with their parents on the benches, all active dancers, the animators do not take anyone out of the hall on stage on purpose and the dance movements are shown from the stage, and the children below simply repeat. It looks fun, there is simply no individual approach, as in everything. So, comrade parents, draw conclusions judging by your children and their characters, and not by the reviews of other parents. Now I think that you need to focus on yourself, taking into account the interests of the child, and not vice versa, because the child is happy where mom and dad are. In general, our vacation turned out to be good in many respects thanks to us. . And I advise future tourists not to experience any super-expectations from the hotel, and I am critical of the reviews, because all opinions are subjective. I wish you all a good holiday. And we would not want to return to this hotel, and we will not advise friends and relatives. You can find a cheaper option (the rest turned out to be not economical at all, taking into account early booking) and better, by the way, we liked Marmaris. . .