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Written: 7 august 2021
Travel time: 25 july — 3 august 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 8.0
The hotel was chosen based on the price-quality ratio and reviews. Reviews on the Internet about the Side Alegria Hotel & Spa 5 * are contradictory, but given the most reasonable price among analogues, we decided to take a chance... and in the end, we do not regret anything.
Our check-in was after lunch, in the late afternoon. Settled quickly, in a room overlooking the city on the 5th floor. They offered to pay 60 dollars for a room with a sea view, but we refused (we went to the sea every day anyway, in addition, you can admire it from the corridor and the elevator).
The territory of the hotel is small, everything that is on the territory corresponds to the description on the Internet.

At the beginning it was difficult to connect to the Internet, but when I succeeded, it turned out that the Wi-Fi caught very well in the room, it worked without interruptions. Everything in the room and on site is clean and well maintained. The maids cleaned regularly at our request (we hung a sign on the handle and left 1 dollar). By the way, if you don’t hang a “do not disturb” sign on the handle, they themselves went into the room and asked if cleaning was needed, however, before that they knocked.
The room has a kettle mini bar, which is updated during cleaning. There is coffee, dry cream for coffee, tea, sugar, water. In the bathroom there were two towels for hands, bath and one for feet, as well as soap, shower gels, body lotions and hair balms (2 bottles each), toilet paper. Toilet paper was regularly replenished, but the rest was not. You need to take shampoo with you, because they don’t have shampoos for some reason. There is a hair dryer, but it is rather weak and not very convenient.
Our tour fell on the period of forest fires in Turkey. They did not interfere with rest, but there were problems with electricity in the city. At the hotel, during dinner, the lights once went out, but after a few seconds, the generators were turned on and everything worked again, including air conditioners.
All the staff are polite, pleasant, always smiling, but they explain themselves in Russian rather poorly... but they still understand what you want from them).
The beach is 5 minutes walk down the road. It seems to be pedestrian, but cars and buses drive periodically. The beach can be reached by the hotel bus, which runs according to the schedule. This is true for the elderly, and it’s easier for everyone else to walk than to adapt to this transfer. The beach is large, sandy and clean. Sunbeds, mattresses for sunbeds and towels are provided by the hotel. To change a beach towel, you need to pay 1 euro, or use the towel issued for the entire period (we did not change beach towels, we just dried them on the balcony). Entry into the sea is gradual, very comfortable. On the beach there is a bar with free drinks, water and beer, where you can also dine.
The food is excellent in my opinion. Many dishes - meat (chicken, beef, turkey and lamb), fish, all kinds of side dishes, vegetables, pickled vegetables, cheeses, sausages (though only boiled), bakery products, fruits, sweets, sauces, salads... Everything is delicious and OK.

The hotel has a wonderful "chip". . . cats, cats and kittens live in the backyard. They have a house, bowls with food and food. Animals are not afraid of people, but at the same time they are not too contact, they are not particularly suitable and are not given into hands. It was very pleasant and touching to watch them).
Despite the fact that we rested at the peak of the season, the guests do not interfere with each other, there is enough space for everyone. In the evening, however, queues form in the lobby bar, but the bartenders work quickly, you don’t have to stand for a long time.
There are four small cons. First: every day in the restaurant, the dishes are about the same, although they try to diversify the menu. Second: signs are not always placed near the dishes, so it may not be clear what they are offering. The third minus: the restaurant, the bar with alcoholic drinks and the bar with sweets are located in different rooms, which is not very convenient. And the fourth is animation (we went 3 times). We got to amateur performances in the form of karaoke and song and dance competitions. Well, this... for an amateur. However, these disadvantages are minor and do not spoil a good impression.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original