One of the best private hotels in Alushta

Written: 12 september 2011
Travel time: 26 august — 10 september 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 5.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
The hotel is not even bad for the Crimea. The rooms are excellent yet quite new and clean, very spacious, made in a modern design, like the hotel itself. The hotel is located at the very end of the Professor's Corner, the place is very quiet and it pleases, because. the center of the Professor's Corner (not to mention the center of Alushta) is reminiscent of Shanghai. A lot of people, dirty, noisy, music blaring from every restaurant, so when you come back to Azure you feel the difference. By the way, you can get from the hotel to all restaurants by electric cars, there are plenty of them, you won’t have to wait, they work until late at night. The fare to the center of the Professor's Corner is 10 hryvnia, to the Alushta embankment - 20 gr. Drive 5 and 10 minutes respectively. It's very fun to ride them. As for food in the hotel itself or nearby, there is nothing very close. You can eat in the hotel itself, the kitchen is pretty decent, a very varied menu, the cost is not higher than in other similar places. But, the only minus - VERY LONG SERVICE. On average, you will wait 30-40 minutes for your order, so we advise you to order food in advance, for example, by phone from your room, especially breakfast in the morning. By the time you get it together, it will be ready. The breakfasts are excellent: cereals, omelettes, scrambled eggs, cheesecakes and pancakes with various fillings. Everything is very homely. There were many children in the hotel and even they enjoyed breakfast. And the restaurant itself is very pleasant, cozy atmosphere, comfortable furniture, beautiful dishes. You can also order food in the room, as well as in the cocktail bar on the roof of the hotel. We often dined there, in the evening they show first a cartoon on a big screen, then a movie. The cocktail bar offers stunning sea views. All restaurant menus can be ordered on the roof, the bartender prepares excellent cocktails, he does not regret alcohol, you can feel it. Tried in other restaurants - one water.
Also in the hotel building on the ground floor there is a wonderful shop with a very wide range. There are alcohol and sausages with cheeses, and delicious pastries, salads, grilled chicken, boiled potatoes, confectionery, tea and coffee, very good fruits: peaches, grapes, watermelons, melons, tastier than on the market in the center of the Professor's Corner. So, if you wish, you can eat on your own. There is also a small department store. For children there are diapers, diapers, a small selection of baby canned food.
Let's get back to the rooms: as elsewhere, the rooms have their drawbacks. For some reason, the owners of the hotel laid a very light carpet, almost white, and because. people come from the sea, bring fruit with them, order coffee, drink wine, all these stains remain on the carpet, i. e. it is dirty, in all rooms. The maids do their best to clean it up, but it doesn't work to the end. AND THIS VERY SPREADS THE IMPRESSION OF THE ROOM, IT IS UNPLEASANT TO WALK BAREFOOT ON THE FLOOR. I also draw the attention of women, in the description of the hotel it is indicated that there is a hair dryer, of course, no one takes a hair dryer with them, and it really is, but it is so weak that it is even possible to dry shoulder-length hair only for half an hour to a semi-dry state. You will never do any styling with this hair dryer, so whoever uses a hair dryer, be sure to take it with you. And the hotel staff advice - please change the hairdryers in the rooms or do not indicate that the room has a hairdryer.

For vacationers with children and pensioners (and we rested with a child of 8 months) THERE IS NO ELEVATOR IN THE HOTEL, and there are no ramps for strollers, so everything will have to be carried by hand. Although we were told that the elevator would be installed next year, there is a shaft for it.
Service: the only administrator working at the hotel is Daria, who checks you in, checks out and solves all your problems. Our problems were solved quite quickly, we did not hear any rudeness from any of the staff, everyone is friendly and ready to help, to the best of their ability. In general, the hotel has a homely atmosphere, apparently because the owners of the hotel live here and constantly personally control everything. At night, a security guard sits, video surveillance works. Parking next to the hotel has its own, which is also not available for all hotels in Alushta.
Beach: there is no beach, and never will be. Yes, this is not necessary for such a small hotel. There are several options for where to go to the beach: 1. to the right of the hotel, the quietest beach, located in the area of ​ ​ ​ ​ children's camps, medium pebbles, walk for 10-15 minutes, but uphill or stairs, because. we were with a stroller, this option did not suit us. 2. The closest is the beach of the boarding house "Sea Corner", from the hotel to the left, go about 5 minutes, one small climb, no stairs, there are already more people, umbrellas and sun loungers for rent, a deck chair - 20 gr. , an umbrella - 10 gr. But you need to have passes, you can ask for them from the administrator Daria. The beach is clean, the sea is very clean, small pebbles. We went there, for us it was the best option. 3. The furthest, from the hotel to the left, there are no lifts at all, but it takes 15-20 minutes to walk. The people are the most, because a public beach, but still very clean, there are "screamers" with samsa, wine, fruit, baklava, etc. There are none on the previous two beaches. Umbrellas and sun loungers for the same price.
Near the hotel they sell fruits, there is a currency exchange, a point with fresh juices, a taxi and a point with excursions. It is better to call a taxi through the administrator by phone. Cheaper than private companies and safer. This has been verified several times.

In general, we went to the Crimea only because of the child, because of the climate, we would never have gone like that, because. like many are already accustomed to vacation abroad. We have been to good resorts in Italy, Spain, Asia, etc. , so we did not expect anything good from Alushta, but we were mistaken, the Lazurny hotel turned out to be quite a decent hotel, of a European level, in which it is pleasant and interesting to relax. We recommend it.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original