good, but with a lot of small flaws.

Written: 19 june 2015
Travel time: 8 — 22 july 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 8.0
We rested in 2013, before the blockade by Bendera. Now we can’t go to the Crimea because of these freaks, so I’m looking for other options. I remembered about the rest here - I decided to write. Perhaps things have changed for the better in the past 2 years.
The overall impression is good. Boarding house for a relaxing family holiday, many children. It is not noisy at night, you can sleep. They feed, though in a simple way, but satisfying and do not save on meat. There are no mosquitoes. The pool is large and deep. The sea is nearby. There are exercise machines, table tennis, children's disco/animators/cartoons in the evening. The territory is well-groomed, a lot of greenery and flowers - very nice. Immense respect for gardeners. At the reception adequate talking people - a rarity for the Crimea. These are pluses.
And now the cons.

Cerberus supervisors in the pool - God forbid you want to give the child an apple or a peach by the pool - immediately run away shouting that you can’t eat / drink / live by the pool. The same situation with the slides - they constantly climb to the children, then you can’t move head first, then you can’t move out in twos, then they shout loudly, then they run fast... At lunchtime, everyone is kicked out of the pool - it closes for a break, opens late in the morning, closes early in the evening . A shallow pool with a waterfall and massage jets - only for children, if you want to lie in it calmly - they immediately run screaming, kicking you out, although there is no one there at all at that time and you don’t bother anyone. It’s not very pleasant, it constantly strains, interferes with rest, I want to shoot these Cerberus. Floats-paths in the large pool interfere with swimming. Vacationers are not athletes, they do not need paths, they need a pool. Too much chlorine in the water.
The beach by the sea - literally a couple of meters and water, pebbles - you can't walk with your bare feet. The depth is very sharp, 2-3 meters from the shore and there is no bottom. The sea is constantly stormy, the water in the sea is cold, swimming between the breakwaters is not pleasant. Half the time due to the waves the sea beach was closed.
The dining room is hot, the salt/sugar bowls are constantly empty, the waiters are struggling because of the number of people. There is a small selection in drinks and dishes (2-3 drinks to choose from / 2 first / second courses to choose from). The food is good, a lot of meat (it's impossible to eat everything), but quite simple and not always tasty. They don't know how to cook potatoes and pasta. The staff in the dining room is honest - I forgot my bag with money and mobile (I didn’t even notice) - after 2 hours they called, returned it, not a penny was lost.
The room is comfortable, medium in size, not a kennel - there is where to stand / walk. Toilet / shower in the room, normal. Water is available all the time. Towels are provided upon arrival, but are changed for a fee. The same applies to bedding. The air conditioner works, there is a remote control. But there are no sockets, the refrigerator / TV is connected and that's it, you need to charge your phone or connect a laptop - turn off the TV. It is imperative to have a tee with you, without it in any way. The air conditioner was hung right above the bed, whoever slept under the air conditioner will understand me - this is horror. Or hot, or windy.
WiFi is both there and not at the same time. There is a signal, although weak, but it connects every other time, and the Internet is so slow that it’s hard to even browse sites. Skype/video is out of the question. If it was possible to receive/send mail - lucky.
For all these cons, I'll take off 3 stars. But everything else is good. In some ways even better than Turkey. For a relaxing holiday - the most it.
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