For the money - a great hotel!

Written: 23 september 2020
Travel time: 12 — 20 september 2020
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 6.0
So far, I accidentally opened reviews about Sural and was unpleasantly surprised by the fact that they poured mud on a fairly immediate hotel. I wanted to leave a comment first, but I'd better express my opinion.
Yes, I will not argue that the hotel is "tiring", it immediately catches the eye right in the forehead - everything is quite simple, almost spartan. The description of the hotel states that it was built in 1994, but the feeling is 10 years earlier.
I completely disagree with the fact that the hotel is not cleaned - the bed, towels are changed every day, also cleaned. Everything is clean, white.
The rooms (we were in 350 - partial sea view) enough new furniture, new plumbing, TV and individual air conditioning. The old men are just tiles near the bathroom.
Nutrition - solid 4 out of 5 possible points.

There really were no croissants for breakfast - only their freshly baked buns, every morning they spread delicious pancakes, omelets, eggs, yogurt, a variety of cheeses, standard Turkish sausages, ham, sausage, a selection of olives, vegetables, halva, Turkish delight ... , there are worse, but almost as everywhere I would say).
Lunches and dinners are quite varied and delicious. Several types of meat are usually grilled and cooked (turkey, chicken, beef, lamb). Fish was not really served every day, but there was grilled mackerel and tuna steaks, once mussels and shrimp in sauce.
Maybe those who came to the closing of the restaurant did not get all this, I can not say, because we usually came to the opening.
Sweet - standard, Turkish (baklava only on weekends), delicious ice cream at the pool bar from 15:00 to 17:00. At the same time there are cakes and cupcakes. Gezlem in the beach bar from 12:00 to 16:00 (never tried - it was very hot at that time).
As for alcoholic beverages - the wine is quite average, immediate local bailiff. The man praised whiskey and beer (water and beer of their own production).
Quarantine measures were pressing at first, but then we adapted and did not pay attention. The waiters put in as much food as you ask for and ask for, you just need to make it clear what you want. If there is a queue, the number of staff increases somehow by itself.
The area is well-groomed and green, although not very large (before the quarantine you could use the infrastructure of the entire complex Sural, now everyone in his hotel).
The sea is 5 +++ here. Warm + 29-30 in mid-September (remember the fear of + 19-20 in mid-July in Ozder, when he forced himself to dive at least once a day into the water because he came to sea) !! ! The entrance is gentle, sandy. The beach is wide. Sunbeds are new and there are enough of them. You can lie down a little further from the beach - in the shade of palm trees, here are the sunbeds : -).

This year the hotel operates on the concept of 18+, no children, no big plus - if you do not have children. But I have never seen such a concentration of elderly people at sea. Animation ...well, every night at 21 there was a small show, at 16-00 - darts. On weekdays about 10-30 aqua aerobics. On the beach volleyball net - the players were every day… for me animation - the last thing I pay attention to.
Wi-Fi - only in the forehead, perhaps for the better: -)
What's more - the infrastructure nearby - well…. so-so - 500-700 meters from the Migros Hotel and small markets with the usual souvenir shop.
We went on a dolmus in Side - like the ruins - I advise ($ 1.5 travel from the hotel to the ancient Side), and were in the Mall of Side (for $ 1), you could go to Manavgat near Novamolla, but read that from the stop dolmusha need to walk another 20 minutes ...in the heat did not want to wander at night, too.
Between the hotels and the sea is a magnificent promenade, with benches, among a variety of greenery.
Took a small electric car and rode there, but walking was a pleasure!
IMNO - I liked the sea and the beach here the most of all the places in Turkey where I was. The hotel, for its money, is quite good, most importantly - in a great location, clean rooms and delicious food.
If you expect pomp or state-of-the-art refinement - you are not here, but if the priority is the sea, beach, hotel on the 1st line with normal food for adequate money - this is an immediate option!
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