Good hotel

Written: 25 july 2023
Travel time: 20 — 29 july 2023
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 9.0
Hi all! Currently (since July 20.2023) I am in a hotel with my husband and 11-year-old son.
We didn’t plan the trip, we wanted to spend our vacation at the dacha, but the weather in Moscow made its own adjustments and as a result we flew to Turkey.
Having run for decency on the availability of tours to already proven hotels, I switched to simpler options - good ones visited on the foot or an inadequate price tag came out for three. We didn’t choose hotels for a very long time - the priority was:
1. Sandy beach, sandy entry into the sea
2. The first line is maximum - I consider long movements in the heat to be superfluous and the child will wander between the sea, pools, bars - you don’t run to follow
3. The presence of slides - if not a water park, but not 2 to be
4. Well, and that the price is acceptable, taking into account the high season.
At the fan & sun travel agency, under my requests, they offered five Caesars in Side.

Within 15 minutes I skimmed through the reviews (in general, everything is positive) - and realizing that if I choose further, I won’t fly away at all. I paid for a ticket, paid extra for an early flight and for a room in the main building (closer to the sea and the dining room).
1. Departed from Zhukovsky, flight without delay, Boeing Redwings, flew in 3.45 hours (4.15 was announced). In flight, they give only simple and sweet water. We thoughtfully ate at the airport.
2. We arrived from the port in 45 minutes without stops, because our hotel was the first
3. We were at the hotel at 13.20, just in time for check-in. They immediately put on bracelets and sent me to dinner (I planned to check in of course and undress at least). But then I realized that they did the right thing - maybe then we might not have time.
4. After dinner, they immediately gave cards and helped with the suitcases. The location of the room is excellent - in the center of the main building near the elevator - close to everything and not noisy. Here is floor 3 - not even a floor, but a span - in principle, an elevator is not needed if it were not for the heat.
There are only two elevators - the workload is large - baby strollers and lazy assholes who ride from first to zero ????
5. I liked the room right away, we didn’t consider it too much - we quickly changed clothes and ran to the sea
6. The sea is 100-150 m from the strength to the beach from us. Seeing the cleanest transparent sea with fish and a perfect sandy entry, I was ready to starve and live sober in the mud (judging by some reviews) ????
7. Personally, my beach Turkey in July - August, I don’t like getting used to the water, twitching that the child needs to warm up or wrap him with a towel. The water is very warm both in the sea and in the pools. The weather is not for everyone, of course - we were right in the scorching heat.
Now everything is in order for our stay at the hotel and read in the reviews.
I clearly understood that I was going to the budget five overseas and warm, so the mood was "without any special claims. " If you are looking for high aesthetics, author's cuisine and champagne for breakfast, this is not the place for you.
1. Accommodation.

The room is standard, quite spacious, a huge bed, an extra bed - a separate bed in a niche, a safe for free, a plasma built into the mirror, a spacious built-in wardrobe, a refrigerator, everything works properly in the bathroom. It can be seen that the number of rooms was updated - everything is modern, unused. The air conditioner works. Purely.
They clean normally, if something is not reported - a call to the reception decides everything. Small balconies - to dry clothes and smoke - quite enough.
2. Food. Well, I don’t know what else to feed so that the food is “not monotonous”. If in one run there is everything that they give at once - then yes, on the third day you will probably get bored. I will not paint - the food is excellent - tasty, varied, a lot of things! Solid Five out of five.
3. Alcohol. Every local is different - the quality is absolutely standard for hotels of this level. Champagne for a fee. Imported alcohol for a fee.
4. Cleanliness. Just clean. Everywhere - from the beach to public toilets.
Around the urns are, garbage cans, containers for food waste. Employees spend the whole day sweeping, vacuuming, tinder, cutting, leveling, washing, cleaning, collecting garbage, which would not exist if vacationers did not pig. The whole "srach" that they write about is an exclusively human factor - it's sickening to watch - they pile mountains and drag five more glasses in their teeth - everything falls down, pours. And then they can’t bring a glass or a cigarette butt to the garbage dump, they leave half-eaten food in plates everywhere - and then they are surprised that the ants have come running. There are a lot of staff, but you can’t assign a personal cleaner to every pig. Especially the high season - the hotel is full.
5. Territory. Not small and not big. Everything is there and everything is compact. They write that there is little greenery - and there is nowhere to just plant it, the whole space is filled. What is left is planted, the lawns are green - but they are also under sun loungers and tables. There are no gardens or lawns for walking.

There is a second building - next to the water park - like the second line. But maybe the territory is small - like the first with huge hotels. There are shops on the territory of the hotel and immediately at the exit - many shopping arcades - from supermarkets, pharmacies to cafes. There are places to walk.
6. Animation and entertainment. Good, active. On the beach and at all pools at different times. And there is a stage for performances and an amphitheater, a kids club, water slides for both young and older, an indoor pool, a hammam.
7. A la carte. By the way, they haven't been yet. There is an assumption that one of them is exactly on the street, and in the evening it is stuffy - there was no particular motivation to get there yet.
8. The hotel is not new, but there is no ruin or dilapidation in sight - all rooms are renovated, interior items are stylized in antique style. Bed linen, towels - all clean, new. In the dining room (main restaurant) tablecloths without stains - not ironed, but washed.
Drinking water portioned in 200 g plastic everywhere in refrigerators and on racks in unlimited quantities. Paid services - such as photos, massages, water activities - are unobtrusive. The staff is friendly, helpful.
9. Dress code. In principle, it is not there - the pareo is wrapped and excellent. For dinner, of course, you can surprise everyone with evening dresses and heels - but this is an exception - everything is very simple.
Of the minuses:
1. The hotel declares the concept of ultra all inclusive. Here I do not agree. There are breaks in feeding during the day, after one in the morning not a single bar is open either for drinks or for food - this is on schedule - I haven’t checked, not everyone has tried it yet - so far this is the opinion. By the way, ice cream is given both at the announced hours and just during dinner - in individual packaging - that’s not for us at the time - when it doesn’t fit and there’s so much of everything - we don’t eat from greed - we haven’t tried it yet
2.
There is practically no shade at the central pool and the water park, and at the same time there are not enough umbrellas for everyone - sadness is direct
3. No soy sauce??? ? with all the diversity
4. The Internet is normal only in the lobby and the room - on the beach there is none at all

We have five more days to go. There will be something to add - I will definitely write.
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