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My husband and I rested at the Dream by the Sea hotel during the May holidays. Our room was on the second floor of the climate pavilion. The hotel was chosen according to several criteria:
1 place
We chose a place for a relaxing holiday. In previous reviews, they talked about a noisy disco and, frankly, this was very embarrassing for me. Somewhere on the Internet then I found information that the disco burned down. Indeed, there is no disco. But, having arrived at night from May 1st to 2nd, after 6 hours of standing at the border, meeting with the local traffic police and stressful driving along Alupka along the route laid out by the navigator, we were very unpleasantly surprised to see and hear on the embankment (she located below, right next to the building of the climate pavilion and does not belong to the territory of the hotel) some youngsters, teenagers 15-17 years old. With the balcony door closed, they were still quite audible. The only good thing is that, apparently, local youth gather there only on holidays.

On other days they were not seen or heard, and the room was quite quiet. True, a couple of nights loud music was heard from a cafe on the waterfront. Complained in other reviews that you can hear your neighbors, we didn't hear them, and I hope they didn't hear us either 
The location of the hotel itself is very good (a beautiful view of the sea), a good equipped area. Near within walking distance of the Vorontsov Palace and Alupka Park. With the exception of these two attractions, Alupka is not remembered for anything particularly impressive. And we didn't sit in the same place.
We chose a place that would be convenient to travel around the neighborhood in our car. A steep and winding road leads to the hotel itself, even two. One is better, the other is worse. We didn’t try to drive on the second one, the car coped with the first one.
2) sea view.
The rooms really offer a wonderful view of the sea, which, however, is spoiled by anti-storm fortifications.
It was great to sit on the balcony in the evening. We saw dolphins a few times.
3) Number
The number corresponds to the description and photo on the official and other sites. There was a hairdryer in the room (I did not find information about this on the Internet, and took my own, although the hotel one was not particularly powerful). As a very big plus, I want to note that the rooms have their own boiler, so you can not be afraid that you will be left without hot water and you will have to wash yourself with cold water. Towels and linens were changed as promised. As for cleaning, it was done, in my opinion, quite normally. The only thing I didn’t really like was that when cleaning things that were on the bedside shelves or a table, the maid rearranged the way she felt comfortable (or seemed better to her). I'd rather things stay where they are, even if the table underneath isn't scuffed. The room has a small set of crockery and cutlery.
The refrigerator was very cold, which, according to my husband's experience, is not often the case in hotels, at least in Russian ones.
4) breakfasts

Yes, I really wanted to not have to think in the morning what to eat and how to feed my husband. Breakfast at Dream by the Sea is served at the Sea Club restaurant, which is located on the third floor of the climate pavilion. There is an open area and a closed, glazed terrace. Breakfasts are quite normal (of course, not a buffet in Spanish hotels), but if you stay in a hotel for a long time, they may seem monotonous. For the first, milk porridge is served, for the second - scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs, hot sandwiches, etc. Although the dishes served differ, as I understand it, depending on the category of the room. The inhabitants of the suites had a choice of dishes for the main course. We lived in the standard, so we had no choice. The buffet is a slice of sausage and cheese, vegetables, buns, bread, butter, cookies, honey, condensed milk, jam.
The drinks included juice, tea bags, instant coffee, milk, yogurt, kefir. Service was good, food was served quickly and with a smile. Our vacation fell on Easter. It's nice that at breakfast we were treated to Easter eggs and Easter cake. We never had lunch or dinner in the restaurant, so I can’t say anything about the cuisine and service, apart from breakfast.
5) Parking
She is on site. Parking spaces are marked, although there were not enough of them for everyone. But we found a place where to park the car.
6) Internet
Free WiFi was promised. He was absent. They said that a wire broke somewhere (! ). Was not all 7 days while we lived in the hotel.

In general, we are satisfied with the rest. Our expectations were met, but we would like to note the following:
1) inconvenient booking system. For residents of Russia, making an advance payment becomes very problematic. For example, in our city, which is still far from small (millionaire!
), the transfer of Unistream turned out to be impossible in the form in which the hotel administration requires. Transferring to a card through the Visa Money Transfer system also turned out to be problematic, since I had to open a QIWI wallet specifically for this.
2) There are no road signs to the hotel. And we even almost drove through the gates of the hotel (it was dark, there was no name of the hotel, before that there were also signs, only on the gates I noticed a small banner that said about the sauna at the Dream by the Sea hotel). We drove on the navigator, which, as it turned out, did not know Alupka at all. In a letter from the management after booking confirmation, the way to the hotel was described very superficially. The husband wrote down the route from Yalta to the hotel on the navigator. If I find a way, I'll post a link to it.

3) There is no information in the room. That piece of paper that hung on the door can hardly be called information (as I recall, there was a ban on night guests and the offer of sauna services). We arrived at night.
The key was given to us by the security guard, who escorted us to the room. It would be nice to know how the balcony door closes (the mechanism is unusual and very non-obvious), where is the restaurant, reception, etc.
4) The entrance gate to the territory is automatic, but the system is also broken. The guards had to run up the hill to open/close the gate.
5) I would like to see the name, at least some sign with the name of the hotel (ideally: in large gold letters on the building, so that it can be seen from the sea). Its absence (or invisibility) significantly reduces the class of the hotel.
6) There is a cafe on the beach next to the hotel, in May it was not very crowded. But it does not add prestige to the hotel either.
7) There is a beach near the hotel, but, as I understand it, it is public, very small. I don’t know how it is in the season, at the beginning of May there were several warm days, and there were enough people on it. The hotel has its own pontoon, but it is for launching boats and for sunbathing.