Замечательный отель Wonderful hotel

We rested in Grand Side with a young man from July 14 to July 21.2018. What can I say... We all really, just loved it. The hotel is German, all the staff and 90% of vacationers are Germans. Germany is felt in everything here: German quality and German service need no introduction. For tourists who believe that in Turkey everyone is required to know Russian, the hotel will not fit categorically: the staff understands excellent German, not bad French, very bad English and does not understand Russian at all. We wanted to go somewhere where we would really feel like we were abroad, so we were very happy about that. The vast majority of vacationers are Germans, a few French, a few more Ukrainians and few Russians. The cuisine is at the highest level, there is always a lot of food, it is varied and often changes. For dinner and lunch every time they cook new very tasty soups. For lovers of sweets, this place is simply a paradise: a huge number of pastries, cakes, buns, baklava and other things. From drinks, coffee, tea, juices (orange, apple, cherry), cola, sprite, fanta in limited quantities in the restaurant, in the pool bar, beer from alcohol, local red and white wines (very tart), cola with whiskey and three cocktails (vodka/tequila+fanta+syrup, vodka/tequila+sprite+syrup, vodka+sprite+lemon juice). The hotel rooms are chic: everything works, in excellent condition, looks good and provides the most comfortable stay. The rooms have a hairdryer, a kettle, mugs, teas and instant coffee, a safe, a constantly replenished mini-bar with water, cola, fanta and soda, a spacious balcony with a table and chairs. The rooms are cleaned every day, they are cleaned clean, as usual they are cleaned except before arrival, they change towels, if asked - and bed linen. We had a room overlooking the pool and garden, although the sea was also perfectly visible, which is also a plus. There are no complaints about animation either, they played darts, water polo, beach volleyball, boccia with us, did gymnastics and shooting, water aerobics took place twice a day. As for children's animation, it's hard for me to judge, but I've never seen a single child running out of the children's room with a request to return to their mother: they draw with them, and play, and sculpt something, and just do not do. By the way, an animator who speaks excellent Russian is involved with the children, so there is no need to be afraid that the child will not understand anything and he will be bored.
Since the hotel is designed for Europeans, everything extra (sauna, hairdresser, photographer, or some small ball, sunblock, chips, etc. ) is sold in euros, but it’s good to come with a dollar and change it here for Turkish lira.
As for the rest itself... There are three swimming pools on the territory of the hotel: one main, the second with three slides and the third for children with children's slides, well, just for the little ones. Near each there are sun loungers that are in excellent condition, they are washed every day, tables and umbrellas, a bar. Towels are given out here, for this they give a special card upon arrival, but we came with our own. The hotel, a 10-second walk, has its own sandy beach with the same sunbeds, tables and umbrellas, where you can also take hotel towels and drinks. The sand is fine, white and clean. The only serious disadvantage is the entrance to the water: a huge number of large reefs underfoot, which are still not very visible, cause a lot of pain and discomfort. But if you literally walk for 20 seconds to the beach of the neighboring hotel (Larissa Beach, right next to the pirate ship), then this problem is solved by itself: they don’t have stones when entering the water. And so, the water is very warm, the entrance to the sea is gradual, the water is salty, as it should be : )

Of the excursions, we went only to the Land Of Legends Water Park, where we received just a storm of positive emotions.
The hotel is positioned as 4 stars, but the only thing that was not here, as in the top five, was shampoos, shower caps, toothpastes and other bathroom paraphernalia. Although there was always liquid soap near the sink, there was also gel in the shower gel dispenser in the shower.