Hotel for five with a minus

Written: 18 june 2009
Travel time: 30 may — 6 june 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; 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: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 9.0
Rest time - from 30.05. 09. until 06.06. 09
Tour operator "TezTur".
The hotel has recently joined the "Crystal" chain, so the reviews of "old years" looked somewhat frightening. But we decided that the new owner changed everything for the better and booked tours.
We arrived at the hotel at 10:30 in the morning, we were immediately put on bracelets and offered to go to a late breakfast. Returning to the reception (about 11 am), we received a room key card. I must say that the official check-in time at the hotel is 14:00.
The territory of the hotel is not huge, but you can’t call it small either. Everything you need is there and the location of it all is thought out to the millimeter! Landscaping is generally a separate conversation. Lepota!
The building of the hotel in the shape of the letter U reliably protects the territory from the wind and partly from the scorching sun. Inside the hotel is also beautiful, in its endless corridors we sometimes even got lost)))

I read in the reviews that the road bothers. We didn't notice her. You can hear the cars only if you are lying in the rows of sunbeds closest to the edge of the beach. And again, even though the highway is large, the traffic there is not like in a large city.
The room is quite spacious and well furnished. Everything is clean and in good condition. The floor is carpeted. Safe in the room is free.
TV: 2 Russian channels, 1 Ukrainian. There is also a hotel channel in Russian (4th).
The bathroom is also spacious and has a hair dryer. The room has a bath, not a shower.
The room was cleaned every day, towels were changed every day (although towels are changed every 3 days). Mini bar fills up when empty (soft drinks only).
According to the location of the room: if the windows overlook the pools, you will listen to the midnight disco. If the windows face the opposite side in the left wing (when viewed from the sea), then you will listen to the croaking of frogs living in the river flowing outside the hotel. Our windows overlooked the village and partly the sea, we lived in the right wing of the hotel. Excellent number, I tell you; No one and nothing bothered, only the swallows chirping a little, living on the balconies of almost every room.
The pools are huge, there is where to swim. Depth 1.40 m (2 main pools). There were always enough sunbeds, I don’t know, maybe the hotel was not full?
There are 2 more pools near the slides. Water slides are open from 10 to 12, and then from 14 to 18. There are small slides for children (in a separate pool)
The beach is large and there are plenty of sun loungers. The beach is sandy - the same Turkish sand of an obscure color, the entrance to the sea is pebbles. Entering is quite simple - 5 steps on the pebbles and you can swim, it is not necessary to walk between large stones. The vodka is transparent.
The bar on the beach ("Carriage") has a lot of goodies and drinks. In general, the food at the hotel is excellent, that pizza in the beach bar, that the fish in the Aspendos snack bar by the amphitheater! In the pool bar ("Laguna") and in the Lobby bar, only drinks. There are also several bars in the hotel.
More alcohol is added to cocktails at the Lobby Bar than at the Laguna.

The main restaurant has a large indoor area and 2 terraces to the right and left of it. There are always free tables inside and outside, the waiters are nimble. There is a lot of different food, there are always several types of meat, fruits are available (including strawberries). Honey was given for lunch. But not just honey. They put a frame from the hive, and honey, along with honeycombs, had to be removed directly from it !! ! In general, it is impossible to complain about the food.
There is also a restaurant for children and 5 a la carte restaurants, a table reservation is 5 euros.
Animation in the hotel is. Since we are not fans of daytime animation, we sometimes saw its manifestations, passing by the "busy" territory. Sunbathing in the depths of the hotel, away from the booth of animators, we were quiet and calm, and no one pulled us with offers to play or dance.
In the evenings in the amphitheater there are shows for children, then shows for adults, and closer to the night - a disco by the pools. As for the adult show, it's amazing! Every day is different: dances, acrobats, clowns, theatrical performances. . .
The hotel is located far from other hotels, there is only a small village nearby. In this village there is a shop with snacks, fresh fruits (strawberries, cherries) and some little things. It takes about 15-20 minutes to go to Side, in the middle of the way there is some kind of nightclub.
Minibus stop and taxi rank near the hotel. Car rental - at the hotel.
And now about the cons. More precisely, we noticed only 1 minus - a weak air conditioner. And more precisely, it is simply turned on at a minimum. Therefore, in all areas of the hotel stuffy and hot. I think that during the Turkish heat season, the air conditioner will turn on at high power.
About the weather - great! there is still no strong heat, and in the evening you can put on a light blouse. On May 30-31, I did not swim, and my husband splashed in the refreshing sea. then every day the water warmed up more and more and by June 5 it was already warm, warm. one day it was windy.
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