Very good hotel

Written: 24 february 2020
Travel time: 14 — 23 february 2020
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 8.0
You can agree with all the advantages and disadvantages described below, depending on which criterion is important EXACTLY for you when evaluating a hotel.
The feature of this hotel is the combination of the possibilities of a small (almost club) hotel with the possibilities of a large one. In fact, the concept of nesting dolls is implemented here - when one higher-class small hotel is located in a lower-class hotel.

As a result, this gives Sentido vacationers:
tastier food (especially meat dishes), as it is prepared for fewer guests;
no queues, except for scrambled eggs in the morning (2-3 people do not count);
quite fast and polite service from the staff;
the possibility of full use of the infrastructure of the hotel Reef Oasis Beach Resort 5 *. On the one hand, this gives you the opportunity to retire to your hotel, where there is a calm, measured rest and pleasant live music every evening.

On the other hand, if you want to "go out to people" in just 3 minutes. from you is the "life center" Reef Oasis Beach Resort 5 * (bars, restaurants, shops), where a lot of people walk, various contests and animations take place. If desired, this may be enough for a holiday without going out (departure) to the city.

What we liked:
good sandy beach with a gradual increase in the depth of entry into the water;
THE MOST EXCELLENT underwater coral reef (literally 50 m from the shore) - every day yachts arrive with vacationers from other hotels who snorkel in this bay;
fast Wi-Fi both in the rooms and throughout the Sentido hotel;
service personnel do not beg for baksheesh;
grilled meats at Cactus Bar (by appointment only for Sentido hotel guests);
morning coffee at La Terrazza&Oasis Senses Caf? (after 10.00);
Italian food in the evening at La Terrazza & Oasis Senses Cafe (evening visit by appointment for Sentido hotel guests);
panoramic view of the bay from La Citadel restaurant on the beach;
pizza on the beach at The Reef Snack Bar;
the ability to walk to the Old Town (with all the shops and cafes) - a little over 3 km, with an average step it takes about 30 minutes;
evening view of the Sentido Hotel;
upon arrival, you are immediately given a bracelet that no one requires you to remove until you ACTUALLY leave the hotel.

What we didn't like:
rather high price for an off-season holiday;
beach towels (they are only blue for a vacationer of this hotel) are formally exchanged for fresh ones several times a day, in fact - you get after dinner (and even the next day! ) a towel from your neighbor on a sun lounger. It works for them like this: You handed in a towel, if it is dry - it was beautifully folded and after a certain period of time (so as not to be noticeable) it was given to the next vacationer. Be carefull!!!
weak animation, and here it is decomposed into two components:
the Italian animation team is focused only on Italians, who are very numerous at the Reef Oasis Beach Resort 5 * hotel - there are no complaints about it (their Latin American dances are impressive! ), you can see from the outside how they light up and entertain everyone who knows Italian (in other languages ​ ​ they do not own);

a Russian-speaking team of animators (consists of 3 girls and two guys) - in fact, only one is a “lighter” (we saw how she conducts aqua aerobics), and the rest are “serving a number”, probably random people in this direction.
CONCLUSION: according to the totality of all its advantages and disadvantages, we can say that we liked the rest and we would come back here again.

P. S. By the way, the weekly animation schedule is something like this:
amphitheater (from 21.30 to 22.45): Monday: Miss hotel show; Tuesday: Tutti Frutti show; Wednesday: dance competition (Latin American dances); Thursday: Oriental Show; Friday - Variety; Saturday: Eastern show; Sunday: Karaoke.
daily (except Sun): pianist at the Rendezvous Bar (Sentido);
daily (except Sun): live music in the Pizza bar (Reef Oasis Beach Resort 5*) - Russian-speaking performer;
daily children's cinema (cartoons): 19.30;
daily amphitheater (20.30-21.15): disco for children;
daily Miniclub Solino: 10.00-13.00, 15.00-16.30.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original