Paradise on earth. For the Germans

Written: 28 june 2008
Travel time: 1 — 7 august 2007
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The impressions of the trip turned out to be quite positive, the location of the hotel, despite the location on the hill - climbing which was difficult for children 4 and 7 years old, as well as a mother of 74 years old. pretty decent - a little away from the thundering discos at night, but the truth is a little away from any shops, which had to be 400 meters away.
Very decent pools, they swam a lot, free sunbeds were always present, even in the heat. The Excelsior Hotel really liked the presence of a jacuzzi in the pool and a section for the very young, as well as the presence of a volleyball net in the middle of the pool.
The all inclusive food was pretty decent. Although during the 12 days of their stay they still managed to catch the stomach flu, and all six of them, in turn, had been ill for 1-2 days.

The only thing that really bothered me was the negative attitude towards the Russians, which was felt everywhere. Even in the aperitif bar in the lobby of the 1st floor, the waiters gave the Germans cocktails with a straw, and the Russians were served reluctantly, for a very long time, and every time they would give a cocktail without a straw, which they had to ask for separately for children, which again elicited unpleasant grimaces from the waiters. When you start asking for a cocktail or something else (everything is free on the menu), they pretend that they don’t understand what exactly I’m asking, they say we don’t understand Russians and that’s it... And when, at the end of our vacation, I insolently openly, when I ordered tea, they began to demand tea for them too.
There is a good playground and a mini-club for children, in the evenings there are always discos for children. But all this is in German and my children, 4 and 7 years old, simply refused to go to them, because the German children there sang along with the sounding songs and danced to them, and mine looked like renegades and only stupidly contemplated this holiday of life.
In the mini-club, young animators also refused to play and work with our children. At best, they will give a piece of paper and a pencil - draw. There were many games in boxes, toys, we even asked the animators to explain the rules of the games to the children and play, but they only refused - they said they didn’t understand.
All evening animations and animations by the pool during the day for adults were also exclusively for Germans, because in the Bingo lottery I did not know the sound of numbers in German, and all the competitions were also in German... In general, in this hotel they let me feel the full program that Russians are second-class people.
On the beach, although the sand, but the sun loungers are paid. There were practically no free zones (they are at the very edge of the coast, where the waves are. You won’t lie on the wet sand... ), and if you find a piece of dry sand somewhere, where to settle down, they immediately come up and say that you lie here it’s impossible, there is a paid zone and in every possible way they are trying to rip off for a sunbed and a mattress with an umbrella, the prices for which are decently bite. And these conflicts were repeated every time, we even tried to go to the sea extremely rarely (more by the pool), because we knew that now we would have to look for places and in any place where we didn’t settle down, they would again come up and say that it’s impossible here, it's only paid here.

Trains go along the beach, but the conductors on them are extremely arrogant. One, Mihailo, ripped off the fee even from my 4-year-old daughter, although according to the rules they pay only from 5 years old.
Summary: in general, the hotel is not bad, quite comfortable, working on an all-inclusive system, there is animation, good pools, but if you are not afraid of the negative towards the Russians and the prospect of constantly paying for your visit to the seashore, it is worth a trip. You will not regret. Hotel prices are very reasonable.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original