No frills but everything was in acceptable condition. Toilet, sink, shower - everything worked flawlessly.
In terms of nutrition, I can say that everything suited me. The wife complained that the menu is rather monotonous. It's hard to give an objective assessment. I did not see that there is a children's menu. As for fruits, I will say that every day there were watermelons, excellent peaches, pears, apples, grapes. Breakfast and dinner take place in a large dining room, where there was enough space for everyone.
Lunch was either in the snack bar (hotel area) or on the beach. On the beach, the menu is a little more varied.
The hotel is located on the 2nd line and in fact 300 meters from the sea. 100 meters from the sea there is a very wide alley that stretches along the sea. This is a wonderful place for evening walks after dinner: there is where to take a walk, breathe in the sea air, many shops, and it’s just interesting to look at the hotels that are on the 1st line.
The sea is probably the best we have ever seen. The entrance to the sea is very smooth, gentle sand, without stones. The buoys are somewhere at the level of 100 meters from the shore, where the depth is about 180-190 cm. These days the sea was very calm and clean, a couple of times there were small waves that only attracted vacationers. There were plenty of sun loungers, we were very pleased with the wide long sunshades, unlike small mushrooms on some other beaches. Every day we made long kilometer walks along the sea, very convenient if you do not want to sunbathe "seal".
In our time, there were about 30 percent of Poles, 20 percent of Ukrainians and Germans, and about 30 percent of Russians, who made up the main percentage of complainers at the reception)
They returned alive, healthy and tanned. I don't know what to complain about. The sea temperature was 29 degrees, during the day 32-33, at night 25-26.
1 Check-in went flawlessly. At first they gave a room on the ground floor, but according to my first objection, they replaced it with a room on the 2nd floor without any additional payments and difficulties
2. The beach is ideal in the sense of a smooth entry into the sea. But the sea is always stormy, so you can only jump on the waves. The sand is dirty. There are a lot of sun loungers, there is a free one at any time, Beautiful wide canopies on the beach !!!
3. The food is delicious, high quality, varied!! ! Wish for baby food: since not only Germans come to the hotel, but also tourists from Ukraine / Russia / Belarus, it would be right to add soup to the menu, more familiar to our latitudes. There are two Turkish soups on the menu, similar to mashed potatoes, which our children do not agree to eat ! ! This is important, please convey this information to the management!
4. The hotel is very cozy!! ! The staff is friendly and always ready to help! After a day of stay, you already feel at home.
Definitely next year we are not looking for other options and will be happy to come to this hotel. Good luck and development!
About the hotel itself I can say the following:
1. Cleanliness - everything on the territory is well-groomed, washed, grasses and bushes are cut, the pool is cleaned every night, in the restaurant the waiters immediately clean the used dishes and quickly set the tables. Nobody has to wait. Rooms are cleaned daily.
2. Room - neat, clean, well decorated. In our room "Standard" there was a double bed and a single bed, a large closet, safe, TV, air conditioning, 2 windows and a balcony, clean bathroom, happy that there is no mold. The bathroom has soap in dispensers, hair dryer, cotton pads, ear sticks, shower caps.
3. Food is varied.
For breakfast, greased eggs, pancakes, sausages in tomato, there were several types of yogurt that could be supplemented with jam or pickled fruit, several types of cheese, sausages, salads and just vegetables, as well as breakfast cereals with milk, and everyone could make toast . The number of bakery products impressed me a little, there were especially many for breakfast. Lunch and dinner did not do without 2-3 types of fish and meat. Meat on the grill was also prepared for dinner by the pool. The choice of sweets made me think, because I wanted to try everything. The chefs tried very hard and baked wonderful cakes in addition to traditional Turkish sweets. For children, nutrition is a paradise. Their favorite fries, sweets, ice cream, fruits (grapes, watermelon, peach, apricot, plums, pears, apples and oranges), burgers and delicious gozleme with various fillings.
4. Entertainment - a team of animators well done. The animation was throughout the day and into the evening.
Chris and Tattoo worked by the pool for a day. On the beach called for all the activities of Mino and Bingo. The evening animation began with children's entertainment, followed by small program shows for everyone who wants to sit at the bar and enjoy a cocktail or something stronger. On Thursday they have a Turkish night. The chefs start the program with their torches and a huge ice cream cake. All this is accompanied by loud music and dancing. After that, the dance show of the invited group begins on the stage. Twice some local bands were also invited to sing. For the particularly lazy, you can not go outside the hotel.
We went on a tour of Side Antique on our own. We got there by minibus for 3.5 lira. There they joined the Russian-speaking tour group. And such a beautiful and inexhaustible tour cost us 2 people 14 lira instead of 40 euros per person offered by the tour operator.
5. Beach - 3 minutes.
walk from the hotel, wide sandy with lots of sunbeds and shelter from the sun. There was enough space for everyone. The entrance to the sea is very gentle.
The only downside was that the hotel has the practice of continuing to stay in the room for an additional fee. This is very convenient for those who have an evening flight and for 15-20 euros you do not have to vacate the room for 12 years. However, those who come to your place have nowhere to move. So it happened with us. We were visited by 4 families at the hotel and we were all told at the reception that we were accommodated temporarily for 1 night in a standard room without a balcony. However, no one could have thought that this room was under a hot roof and also had no windows (it was impossible to call the window a small glass triangle near the ceiling, which did not even open). But some people were even more surprised - our neighbors also did not have air conditioning. Our first impressions and hopes for an unforgettable vacation were ruined.
However, the next morning we were moved to beautiful, spacious rooms and, as an apology for the temporary inconvenience, we were given a safe for free and fruit and wine were brought to our room.
The contingent of the boiler is 80% Germans, the rest - Poles, Ukrainians, Russians, Slovaks.
We are satisfied with the general rest. I can recommend this hotel to my relatives and friends. The hotel fully justifies its price, and in terms of stardom could claim five.
P. S. one unpleasant moment upon arrival at the hotel - not immediately checking into the room, even for thanks * in the passport, I had to wait for the standard time. but this is perhaps one of the minuses ??? ?
The food is certainly delicious, but the dishes are washed terribly. A small child of 3 years old has nothing to eat, so the Children's table in the description is a hoax. On the 6th day, the child was poisoned, as the local doctors said (this is a separate issue), but on the last day before departure, my wife also became ill, upon arrival there was a VIRUS! No wonder - The hotel is dirty, they clean up tyap, a blunder even with a tip, and the Germans in the neighborhood rubbed, God forbid, apparently they give a lot more, they snickered. And in general, the division into Germans and Russians is visible, it’s not pleasant.
Of the benefits, a great beach, not far to go 300-500 meters.
Animation - nothing to say, our child did not participate.
Tui is a normal tour operator, the guide Daria is average, if only to sell.
The staff is more or less not a pleasant story with the extension of the room, the Turkish worker refused in a rude manner and also laughed, I wanted to punch him in the face.
It was the first time in Turkey, the impression was very bad, we will not go again. I do not advise the hotel, there is something to compare, such an attitude for the first time.
That's it in a nutshell! Until next year Serra Garden!
We lived in a bungalow on the first floor, the windows overlooked the backyard, where no one went, only cats)). The rooms are freshly renovated, all furniture is new, all appliances are working. The surprise was the presence of the Internet throughout the hotel, including in the rooms, although for some reason it periodically disappeared in our bungalow, the signal was good at the reception. All social networks worked (except Viber). Linen is snow-white (I wanted to ask how it is bleached like that? ). From technology, a TV with a bunch of channels, only at the end of our stay we found one Ukrainian channel 1 + 1 (under the number 9002) very by accident, otherwise all German and Russian. Air conditioning, hair dryer and a small refrigerator (although it didn’t freeze very much, but we didn’t need it). Another of the innovations is a key card that starts the electricity in the room, that is, while you are not in the room, the refrigerator does not work. The room is cleaned daily unless you put up a "do not disturb" sign. The linen was changed with every cleaning, only once we did not put $ 1 to the maid, so they forgot to put a foot towel and paper on us... and so they left us a couple of sweets for tea. Be sure to take a rope and a couple of clothespins for the balcony and mosquito repellent.
About food. A very large selection of products, a lot of fresh and baked vegetables, various salads and sauces, fruits were always 5-6 types (watermelon, apples, apricots, plums, melons, cherries, pears). We gorged ourselves on olives and sweets (this is another story!!! ). Every day there was meat of different types (turkey, chicken, less often beef), fish, french fries, all sorts of grilled sausages. In the evening, be sure to grill vegetables and meat or fish. We always ate and even overate, because we wanted to try everything! For those with a sweet tooth, check out Nutella pancakes and donuts with powdered sugar at the bar for an afternoon snack. Delicious!! ! The waiters are very prudent, they really want to please you, you need to make sure that they do not take away an empty plate while you want to soak up a delicious sauce))). Of the vacationers, Germans predominate, then Russians, Poles. There are far fewer Ukrainians. The staff is very friendly to everyone, they always smile, say hello, really want to please.
The sea, as always, is clean, warm, sunbeds have always been free. Entertainment at sea for every taste and budget. In the evenings, the animators entertained mostly in German, but you could sit with a cup of coffee or a glass of beer. We also went to the promenade along the embankment in the evening, examined coastal hotels.
The hotel went to the sauna and hammam for free. But most of all I was pleased with the large pool with clean and very warm water. Every evening something in the pool was cleaned. The sunbeds next to it were always free in the early days, later the people pulled themselves up and after dinner it was already necessary to look for. Since we were without children, the rest of the pools were of little interest to us, but we went down a couple of times on the slides! In general, this hotel is ideal for families with children, there is everything for this - swimming pools, a kids club, animators entertain, and there is food.
We did not go on excursions, since we had already seen a lot on the last visit. There are many shopping malls near the hotel. On this visit, we did not even go to Manavgat. They entertained themselves with "zyring" (shopping without money), until they looked closely and asked the price of purchases. Then everyone bought everything at once, and why you need to bargain, sellers are willing to make concessions if you take a few units or make compliments)). The currency was not changed to the local one, both dollars and euros are accepted on the market. Recalculate the price on the go.
We were very lucky with the carriers, everything was strictly on schedule, there were no flight delays. The hotel guide held a meeting with us on the first day, where he told us everything in detail about the hotel, about excursions, how to act in an insured event. Including warned on the eve of departure to clarify the time of departure and be ready to leave.
Recommended for families with children or older couples, young people will be bored. It is clean, comfortable, safe, the environment is pleasing to the eye. The hotel is in no way inferior to a five-star and maybe better.
The hotel is located near Side, we got there with a guide by bus from the airport in Antalya. We arrived very quickly, comfortably, immediately there was a cool impression from the guide and from the trip in general.
The territory of the hotel itself is quite large, it is not one big hotel, but somewhere around 1.3-storey houses.
Upon arrival, they told us everything and showed us, the staff immediately liked it, they spoke Russian) And of course, they fed us right away, and then we realized that Turkish cuisine is something) Tasty, a lot of seafood, spicy dishes, fruits...
The room was very bright and nice. There was everything you need - TV, air conditioning, shower, hairdryer, mini-bar, safe and even a balcony))
The coolest thing is that the hotel has its own sandy beach, about 200 meters away. We were in October, but the water was warm and, most importantly, clean) But there are so many different entertainments on the territory of the hotel that you can’t even leave it) There are swimming pools, restaurants, water slides, a sauna, a gym, volleyball and much more . We tried almost everything, so we were not bored for a minute)) We even went for a massage, of course it is paid here, but we still decided to make ourselves a gift))
In general, the rest is unrealistically satisfied)