Как жаль, что в этом отеле мы отдыхали без наших детей!!! What a pity that we rested in this hotel without our children!!!

Vacation turned up spontaneously, not planned; the children left for the whole summer to rest with their grandmother, and we started repairs, which a month later got us so bad that we didn’t want to see anyone. In such circumstances, I went to the TUI travel agency and asked them to pick up a small, quiet hotel for us . The choice fell on Julian forest suites, which was located far from the sea, in a pine forest, where there are no more than 300 vacationers, this is how the vacation was planned. But 5 days before departure, they called us and said that the British bought the entire hotel and offered us Santopia as compensation. I was upset of course, but in such a situation, what can be done? just take it for granted. But disappointments continued: the flight was delayed for 12 hours and thus we lost a whole day of rest. We got to the hotel by one in the morning, tired, hungry and really angry. And here it is our number - the last one overlooking the road with a view of the high-voltage wires. Is this a fabulous holiday? We decided in the morning to correct the situation, and first to sleep. In the morning we visited the restaurant, the mood really improved, then we walked around the territory - a beautiful landscape. We watched the animators - even fun. In general, by the end of the first day, our impression of the hotel has changed, and even when we were offered to change the room, we refused, because we found a lot of pluses in the one that we got. We really liked the entertainment programs in the evenings, my husband and I spent every evening there. Animators work as a friendly team of Russian girls and Turks: incendiary dance performances in their performance looked with a bang. I was impressed that the hotel had its own dance and song, which was performed during the day not once and during water aerobics and all kinds of entertainment programs, so by the end of our vacation we danced and sang with everyone around. Children's animators aroused a separate delight in me, for the first time I saw how they are engaged with children inside and out. Children are divided into groups (language barrier) and, as in a pioneer camp, they play charades, then they play Cossack robbers all over the territory, but everything is organized, in pairs with chants and songs. It was then that I felt guilty that I ended up in this hotel due to circumstances, but I don’t have my children with me. This is a great hotel for families with kids!
The food is very varied, in the main restaurant every evening even alternate cuisines (Turkish, Chinese, Russian, Italian). We only visited the Italian a la carte restaurant - we sat comfortably, but the wine is not tasty...
We visited 2 free excursions from Tui, a sightseeing tour to Marmaris and Fethiye (I liked it, they were very informative, they brought a lot of photos from there), of course with a stop at the shop centers, but no one bred for shopping, if you want - you buy, if you don’t want - just stare . We visited Pamukkale - this is a miracle of nature, it must be seen. We were also in the Blue Lagoon in Fethiye, a very beautiful bay and beach, but a lot of people.

I hope that my story will be useful to someone, since we are not on vacation in Turkey for the first time and there is something to compare with, but we didn’t regret the fact that we got to this hotel against our will, and even planned it if possible to return there again, but only with a full squad with our children.