Decent stay for the money

Written: 18 september 2009
Travel time: 1 — 11 september 2009
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Good afternoon! Rested in September in Turkey, Washington Resort 5 *, flew from anex tour www. anextour. com, and the entire hotel is probably assigned to this tour operator. We were met, as expected, at the airport, put on the bus.
Meals: early and late breakfasts, lunch, sweets, dinner, late dinner, there are also cakes during the day. There is quite a lot of choice in food, I didn’t really like their dishes, so I ate vegetables and fruits separately, there is little meat (they have problems with this), bread products are always fresh, but they rarely have the most delicious, watermelons are given 3 times a day. day, but melons 2. Other fruits are also served such as peaches, grapes, apples. Late dinner is terrible, soup and 2 salads, which you look at, and your appetite disappears. You can also go to an A La Carte restaurant (Ottoman or Italian) once, by prior reservation, although I did the right thing that I didn’t get it, at first they bring you something that you wouldn’t eat, and after you ate from it , then they will bring you meat dishes, and all this is carried from the main restaurant where everyone eats a buffet. Sweets are in abundance, but not everything is delicious, which is beautiful, but still, you can pick up delicious.
Drinks: it is not possible to drink juice, it looks like a UPI. Wines white and red leave much to be desired. Beer, and everything that is locally produced for free, imported drinks for a separate cost. But still, people in the bar (open until 24h) get drunk! Whiskey Cola and the like.

Room: Standard room, combined bathroom, carpet, TV with 2 Russian channels First and RTR planet. There is also a mini fridge, it is filled on the day of arrival (cola, fanta, soda tastes all sucks, although in the bar the same cola and whether the sprite is poured the same as ours), after arrival the bar is filled only with plain water. They clean the room every day, they left $ 1 for it, they also change towels, they also give bottles of shampoo, gel and soap. The entrance lock works from the card as well as the light in the room! The central air conditioner works by the hour, but apparently it worked for us around the clock. To take a room with a view of the pool and the sea, you need to give $ 10 at the reception at the entrance.
The sea, the beach, the pools: the beach is sandy, the entrance to the sea is pebble, it is painful to walk on it, during the rest period the sea was not calm, and therefore unclear. There are sun loungers and mattresses for them, the beach is constantly cleaned, the hotel security is constantly on duty near the beach, there was also a lifeguard on the tower. The sea is very salty! The pool is open, there is a closed one in the spa center, there is also a children's pool. When you are in the pool water, you smell chlorine, but this is understandable, you never know who came to the hotel with some skin diseases.
Animation, games, entertainment: Animation is more or less spoken in Russian, but our humor is hard to understand  , and the animation itself is 4-, it’s not very people tout, but for children 3 girls try so that the children are always cheerful. Contests other than volleyball, and a couple more games are not held anymore, although the stand is painted. I’ll write separately about volleyball, there weren’t many people from the hotel, they weren’t recruited for 2 teams, so I went to play in a neighboring hotel (luckily it’s 50 meters from the hotel if you walk along the beach) so it was recruited for 3 teams. In the evening, animation performances in the amphitheater, but before it starts you have to clap for a long time, and the breaks between the numbers are long, and rarely, but interesting numbers slip through. But animation communicates abundantly with visiting girls. There are 4 tennis courts and an archery range. For rackets you will have to leave a deposit of $ 20. some at the reception can breed tourists that the court after 18 paid $ 10 and that the lighting costs the same! So it's better to negotiate with Maria, who mainly works from 9-18 at the reception. 2 water slides that work by the hour, but both are dangerous, since you can skin your body on them, I was not the only one who had such an opinion in the hotel. Disco is music that is played on dynamite or energy, and is repeated every day. But when they turn on Russian music, you can hear applause, Turkish motives are not included, unless of course it's Tarcan.
Excursions: Before leaving, I read reviews that they were being imposed, no one personally imposed them on me, and I personally chose 3 pieces, although they are cheaper outside the hotel. 1st Turkish bath (some kind of action came under the action), so sit on tiles and boards, then peel, anoint with foam and sit in the salt room for free, but for a massage and oils, it seems to cost $ 25.2nd Side - Manavgat waterfall. For $ 10, it was possible to take, but for 4 hours we were dragged to the shops, and then they brought us to the waterfall to take pictures and feed. I liked the 3rd rafting most of all, the tour is full of impressions, the only minus is that then I sell you a disc with a recording of your descents on the water for $ 30, but if you take one disc to the hotel, it comes out much cheaper, and the hotel could have it copy from hotel guides.

SPA center: This is a massage, a gym, an indoor pool, a sauna, something for a fee, something not.
PS: In general, my impression of the hotel is decent, the hotel is 4 * stars, but the fact that there is a spa center is its 5 *. Lots of families with children. I met vacationers who are not the first time in this hotel. I’m satisfied for a vacation for that kind of money, and you need to go there with a big company, so good luck with your choice ; -) When they take a bus, whether it’s an excursion or moving to the airport, they are constantly brought in a store where prices are much inflated. And take water from the hotel with you, as they feed on excursions at the expense of a ticket, but drinking costs money.
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