Good afternoon! I also decided to leave my own review, because I myself listen to the opinions of other people. The hotel is a top three in the literal sense (I was in Turkey in other threes, this one is the worst). I flew with Turkish Airlines, without incident, everything is fine, but night flights. I got from Antalya in a little over an hour to the hotel, at 10 I went to the beach, back as everything below says the flight is only at 16.
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Good afternoon! I also decided to leave my own review, because I myself listen to the opinions of other people. The hotel is a top three in the literal sense (I was in Turkey in other threes, this one is the worst). I flew with Turkish Airlines, without incident, everything is fine, but night flights. I got from Antalya in a little over an hour to the hotel, at 10 I went to the beach, back as everything below says the flight is only at 16.00, the 1st day in the heat, I decided to take a taxi - 5 dollars. Then I found out the way, walked - 20 minutes of fast walking, 30 waddling : ) The shortest road to the beach is past McDonald's, a cemetery, a park, turn left, past a bus stop and 5-10 minutes along a dusty road to the sea : ) - beach free from Selenium hotel. The bartenders are young guys, special thanks to the chef of the bar, he treated me to free cold water and tea! Very sociable and friendly. The sea is excellent, the sand, the sunset is comfortable, warm at this time, super! You can walk far along the coast.... At the hotel, the service is described below very correctly, I won’t repeat myself, but as for the staff, I can add that if you talk to them and treat them kindly, they also respond, I didn’t experience any negative, but there were difficulties in communication (I don’t know English and this is my omission). Well, they settled on the 1st day at 12, the room was apparently free. Was also on the 3rd floor on the other side of the bar. The muezzin was especially pleased at 5 am : ) Boredom in the hotel in the evenings, there is no animation, they pour economy economy - for example, beer in a small plastic cup. . . You won’t get fat definitely with such food, it’s very monotonous, how much I love Turkish cuisine, and then I got tired of it for the 2nd week. . . Well, what did I want from a three-ruble note? Ideally, you could take only breakfast at this hotel, and go to the embankment and the old town for lunch and dinner, it’s more fun, more beautiful and more pleasant there. . . prices in terms of rubles are quite high. I really liked the ruins : ), the museum, the amphitheater and just a walk along the embankment. . . Excursions from the hotel are naturally expensive, on the street nearby it is 2 times cheaper, so there is a choice. All in all a good vacation. I want to WARN about the guides of this hotel, or rather about their absence. As usual, upon arrival at the hotel, they warn about a meeting with a guide - register tickets, etc. , the guide did not come at the appointed time (Ruslan), I waited for some time, I decided to call. In short, only through the office in Antalya was she able to contact Ruslan. After my call, as many as 2 guides came running, also Anna : ). Too bad they found out everything, she left the phone. She herself called about the flight to find out the day before departure (there was no information at the reception), but worst of all, on the day of departure, she waited an hour (at the appointed time the bus did not come for me), there was less and less time left before departure, again after my call she arrived Anna, then they transferred me to some kind of minibus, while they dealt with the driver for a long time, he categorically refused to go, but everyone persuaded him, and thanks to my initiative, I ended up at the airport on time. I flew with Natalie Tours. To summarize: the hotel is just for living (spend the night), it is better to walk in the old town and eat in a cafe, the sea is super! Take excursions on the street - for example, in Manavgat it cost $ 20. , we had a great swim on a yacht, there was a Russian guide, we saw a flock of dolphins! , the waterfall in Manavgat is so-so, I paid 4 dollars for the entrance in vain. , delicious ice cream was sold locally, delicious pomegranate juice freshly squeezed, the prices for fruits and vegetables on the market are very pleasant : ) In general, I think that the rest was good!
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Just got back from the hotel. I will write the whole truth. As we understood, the Russian-speaking segment has only recently begun to go to the hotel, it is more designed for burghers who come to drink beer by the pool and are not at all interested in the sea. The beach is the biggest disappointment. Join-up tour agents will tell you that the beach is a kilometer from the hotel.
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Just got back from the hotel. I will write the whole truth.
As we understood, the Russian-speaking segment has only recently begun to go to the hotel, it is more designed for burghers who come to drink beer by the pool and are not at all interested in the sea.
The beach is the biggest disappointment. Join-up tour agents will tell you that the beach is a kilometer from the hotel. Don't believe! The beach is 28 minutes of walking, of which a third of the road you need to go along a dusty sandy road down to the sea and all passing cars kick up dust. The beach, however, is free, but the hotel has only a tiny piece, local bartenders carefully monitor that you do not take good places on the first line, because they offer them for money to other tourists. The beach bar is chargeable.
There is a transfer to the beach, but at a completely debility time - 10.00, 10.30, 11.00 there - it's the hottest. And back - 14.30 and 15.30. You have a wonderful choice - either walk 30 minutes to the hotel at noon, or stay without lunch and wait for the return transfer, dying from the heat on the beach. There are buses back to other hotels around 11-12 o'clock, they do not pick up Selge guests. The bus at 10.30, which returns to the city for other tourists, refuses to give a lift even for money. The only chance to leave the beach is a taxi. We did not take it, but people say 10-15 dollars.
The idiocy of Selge is already legendary among the Turks themselves, on the last day we were given a lift by the manager of another hotel in his own jeep for free, because he simply regretted it.
On other days, to get to the hotel, I took a cold shower on the beach right in my clothes with my head on and walked like that. On the way there is a cemetery, there are taps with water on it - you can wash and freshen up.
Tried walking to the closest beach - about 15-20 minutes from the hotel. According to Turkish laws, the beaches belong to the city, hotels have the right to put their sun loungers, but if you just sit on the ground on a bed, they don’t have the right to kick you out, in the evenings we did it. A pair of sun loungers and an umbrella on the beaches of other hotels cost from 6 to 10 dollars - it all depends on the caretaker of the beach.
Now about the hotel itself. There are few staff, they are mainly focused on foreigners. Nobody speaks Russian. I am glad that I know English, otherwise we would be left without the means to communicate. The rooms are small but normal. Don't ask for a room overlooking the pool - you won't sleep. We had a view of the neighboring street, it was quiet at night except for the Muijins. We lived on the third floor, we were cleaned only 2 times in 8 days, although cleaning was declared daily. I complained to the Polish girl at the reception, she said that this could not be - there are reports on the cleaning of each room.
Soaps and shampoos are not available, so bring your own. There is a tank for liquid soap on the wall, when we arrived, it was on the bottom, then no one poured a new one.
A huge minus for me is the weak air conditioning (this is the observation of all the guests - we talked with other tourists). Air conditioner remotes are stored at the reception, people on the first day of duty cannot interrogate them.
Another point - the hotel does not have air conditioning at all at the reception and in the restaurant, as well as in other areas except the rooms, so on the last day, when at 12 o'clock they cut off your bracelet and take the keys to the room, and you have to sit by the pool all day (there is a shadow there, but it's still very hot and stuffy), we were saved by walking in supermarkets.
To any claims, the Polish woman at the reception replies that they have an inexpensive hotel (I don’t know the cost per day - we took a standard tour package and not so cheap)
By the way, there are 3 supermarkets near the hotel, everything is sold there for lira, we took fruits, ayran and food there for the journey.
Now about food. Firstly, breakfast as for a hot time late - from 8 am. I would like to be able to eat at 7-7.30 and go to the beach in minimal heat. Lunch is from 12.30 to 14.00 and dinner is from 19.00 to 20.30, so you will not admire the sunset on the beach either or go for an evening swim after eating. and stay at the hotel until 19.
We didn’t sit hungry, but I don’t remember such a redneck table in any of the three. For breakfast, boiled eggs, olives, cheap colored sausage and cheese, muesli and cold cheap milk. For lunch and dinner, no soup, the main dishes are salads with unsweetened yogurt (grated carrot + yogurt, grated radish + yogurt, cucumber + yogurt and everything in that style). There is also rice, sometimes pasta, stewed vegetables. Meat is almost always only 1 kind and only 2-3 times a day it really was meat, and not minced soy cutlets and chicken nuggets. Fish was given 1 time for all the time. Those who were with children suffered a lot and bought food in the supermarket.
The restaurant has a cooler with water, you can safely pour it into a bottle, there is also UPI, tea and coffee machine.
The inclusive bar includes soft drinks, mineral water, wine, beer, vodka and brandy.
In general, the resort is more English and German speaking.
Souvenirs and Turkish delight are best bought in shops in the Old City. There are normal prices and sellers are bargaining. Shops near city beaches are designed for Europeans, where prices are in euros and are traded minimally.
The normal price for a bundle of 5 boxes of 125 g Turkish delight is $4, for 10 packs - 7, for 15 - 10.
There are also attractions - the temple of Apollo, the theater (entrance 20 lire), the museum (10 lire). Take excursions not from a guide, but on the street. By the way, we accidentally met the guide the day before departure, we had not seen it before.
On the last day, as I already wrote, check-out is at 12, then everyone is allowed to dine for free - you just need to agree in advance at the reception and you can still safely drink water from the cooler in the restaurant, as well as pour UPI and drinks from the coffee machine. For this we thank them very much.
In general, maybe this is my subjective opinion, but it seemed to me and a few other tourists that the staff treats Russian speakers with some contempt. In the evenings I drank 1 glass of wine with ice, they looked askance at me, and the Englishwoman who got drunk in the trash, who knocked down a bransboyd, was escorted to the room with a smile.
I am aware that I went to an inexpensive three on the third line, but still, from all the travel experience, this hotel is still on the list of the worst.
As we understood, the Russian-speaking segment has only recently begun to go to the hotel, it is more designed for burghers who come to drink beer by the pool and are not at all interested in the sea.
The beach is the biggest disappointment. Join-up tour agents will tell you that the beach is a kilometer from the hotel. Don't believe! The beach is 28 minutes of walking, of which a third of the road you need to go along a dusty sandy road down to the sea and all passing cars kick up dust. The beach, however, is free, but the hotel has only a tiny piece, local bartenders carefully monitor that you do not take good places on the first line, because they offer them for money to other tourists. The beach bar is chargeable.
There is a transfer to the beach, but at a completely debility time - 10.00, 10.30, 11.00 there - it's the hottest. And back - 14.30 and 15.30. You have a wonderful choice - either walk 30 minutes to the hotel at noon, or stay without lunch and wait for the return transfer, dying from the heat on the beach. There are buses back to other hotels around 11-12 o'clock, they do not pick up Selge guests. The bus at 10.30, which returns to the city for other tourists, refuses to give a lift even for money. The only chance to leave the beach is a taxi. We did not take it, but people say 10-15 dollars.
The idiocy of Selge is already legendary among the Turks themselves, on the last day we were given a lift by the manager of another hotel in his own jeep for free, because he simply regretted it.
On other days, to get to the hotel, I took a cold shower on the beach right in my clothes with my head on and walked like that. On the way there is a cemetery, there are taps with water on it - you can wash and freshen up.
Tried walking to the closest beach - about 15-20 minutes from the hotel. According to Turkish laws, the beaches belong to the city, hotels have the right to put their sun loungers, but if you just sit on the ground on a bed, they don’t have the right to kick you out, in the evenings we did it. A pair of sun loungers and an umbrella on the beaches of other hotels cost from 6 to 10 dollars - it all depends on the caretaker of the beach.
Now about the hotel itself. There are few staff, they are mainly focused on foreigners. Nobody speaks Russian. I am glad that I know English, otherwise we would be left without the means to communicate. The rooms are small but normal. Don't ask for a room overlooking the pool - you won't sleep. We had a view of the neighboring street, it was quiet at night except for the Muijins. We lived on the third floor, we were cleaned only 2 times in 8 days, although cleaning was declared daily. I complained to the Polish girl at the reception, she said that this could not be - there are reports on the cleaning of each room.
Soaps and shampoos are not available, so bring your own. There is a tank for liquid soap on the wall, when we arrived, it was on the bottom, then no one poured a new one.
A huge minus for me is the weak air conditioning (this is the observation of all the guests - we talked with other tourists). Air conditioner remotes are stored at the reception, people on the first day of duty cannot interrogate them.
Another point - the hotel does not have air conditioning at all at the reception and in the restaurant, as well as in other areas except the rooms, so on the last day, when at 12 o'clock they cut off your bracelet and take the keys to the room, and you have to sit by the pool all day (there is a shadow there, but it's still very hot and stuffy), we were saved by walking in supermarkets.
To any claims, the Polish woman at the reception replies that they have an inexpensive hotel (I don’t know the cost per day - we took a standard tour package and not so cheap)
By the way, there are 3 supermarkets near the hotel, everything is sold there for lira, we took fruits, ayran and food there for the journey.
Now about food. Firstly, breakfast as for a hot time late - from 8 am. I would like to be able to eat at 7-7.30 and go to the beach in minimal heat. Lunch is from 12.30 to 14.00 and dinner is from 19.00 to 20.30, so you will not admire the sunset on the beach either or go for an evening swim after eating. and stay at the hotel until 19.
We didn’t sit hungry, but I don’t remember such a redneck table in any of the three. For breakfast, boiled eggs, olives, cheap colored sausage and cheese, muesli and cold cheap milk. For lunch and dinner, no soup, the main dishes are salads with unsweetened yogurt (grated carrot + yogurt, grated radish + yogurt, cucumber + yogurt and everything in that style). There is also rice, sometimes pasta, stewed vegetables. Meat is almost always only 1 kind and only 2-3 times a day it really was meat, and not minced soy cutlets and chicken nuggets. Fish was given 1 time for all the time. Those who were with children suffered a lot and bought food in the supermarket.
The restaurant has a cooler with water, you can safely pour it into a bottle, there is also UPI, tea and coffee machine.
The inclusive bar includes soft drinks, mineral water, wine, beer, vodka and brandy.
In general, the resort is more English and German speaking.
Souvenirs and Turkish delight are best bought in shops in the Old City. There are normal prices and sellers are bargaining. Shops near city beaches are designed for Europeans, where prices are in euros and are traded minimally.
The normal price for a bundle of 5 boxes of 125 g Turkish delight is $4, for 10 packs - 7, for 15 - 10.
There are also attractions - the temple of Apollo, the theater (entrance 20 lire), the museum (10 lire). Take excursions not from a guide, but on the street. By the way, we accidentally met the guide the day before departure, we had not seen it before.
On the last day, as I already wrote, check-out is at 12, then everyone is allowed to dine for free - you just need to agree in advance at the reception and you can still safely drink water from the cooler in the restaurant, as well as pour UPI and drinks from the coffee machine. For this we thank them very much.
In general, maybe this is my subjective opinion, but it seemed to me and a few other tourists that the staff treats Russian speakers with some contempt. In the evenings I drank 1 glass of wine with ice, they looked askance at me, and the Englishwoman who got drunk in the trash, who knocked down a bransboyd, was escorted to the room with a smile.
I am aware that I went to an inexpensive three on the third line, but still, from all the travel experience, this hotel is still on the list of the worst.
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The concept of the hotel does not match the advertising on the websites of tour operators: there are no water slides, the beach is not your own (partner hotel) at a distance of more than two kilometers, the food is disgusting - there was never fruit, only rice and pepper, there is nothing for children, free towels are not provided either by the pool or by the beach, on the beach sun loungers are paid for three dollars, the hotel manager is lying in the eye.
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The concept of the hotel does not match the advertising on the websites of tour operators:
there are no water slides, the beach is not your own (partner hotel) at a distance of more than two kilometers, the food is disgusting - there was never fruit, only rice and pepper, there is nothing for children, free towels are not provided either by the pool or by the beach, on the beach sun loungers are paid for three dollars, the hotel manager is lying in the eye. The only adequate and normal person in the hotel is Claudia, many thanks to her for her attention and care!
there are no water slides, the beach is not your own (partner hotel) at a distance of more than two kilometers, the food is disgusting - there was never fruit, only rice and pepper, there is nothing for children, free towels are not provided either by the pool or by the beach, on the beach sun loungers are paid for three dollars, the hotel manager is lying in the eye. The only adequate and normal person in the hotel is Claudia, many thanks to her for her attention and care!
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