Alara Park

Written: 9 march 2006
Travel time: 14 — 21 july 2005
Your rating of this hotel:
2.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 9.0
We went on a last minute trip and, as always happens, with the hope that the next hotel will be better than the previous one, well, at least not worse. Turned out worse than expected.
Rest is really unremarkable. I'll try in order:
1) the beach is small, uncomfortable, a lot of stones in the water near the shore. But the most disgusting thing is that next to the beach there is a recreation area for the local population, which flocks and swims on the hotel beach. Sun umbrellas are old, in a small amount, not enough for everyone . The aunt who fried some Turkish chebureks on the beach did it with a look as if she had swallowed a lemon. They did not pay attention.
2) There is a lot of greenery around the hotel and the territory as a whole is well-groomed and flowery. There are many tangerine and orange trees with fruits.

3) the room is more than modest. The floor is ceramic tiles, so that my daughter would not catch a cold, I laid a blanket on the floor. I saw such a miracle for the second time. The first time I saw it was in the old communist hotel "Tatarstan" in the center of Kazan. In the corner of the bathroom there is a shower, splashes from which (if you use it) fly in all directions of the room (both towards the toilet bowl and towards the washbasin, towels, etc. ) B-rr... There is no drinking water in the room. (Other hotels often have a bottle of drinking water daily) Economical.
4) cleaning. I was at the beginning of two days, but not very attentive. The maid with a stupid look even burst into our room during the day when we were sleeping to get water for cleaning in the lobby of the building. The tip did not work even with a stretch.
5) the food is not bad, but the number of people in the restaurant was so huge that sometimes you had to queue for food. Excellent desserts and main courses. Meat in different types of excellent quality. Although the breakfasts are more than modest. Once a week, pancakes and twice an omelette. Flies are innumerable hordes. Waiters and their petty bosses recognize only Germans, they simply defiantly do not turn their heads towards Russians. In demanding attention to yourself, you need to show sweet perseverance and then they approach you.
6) pools. There are several of them, you can choose both by depth and by age. Two large slides, from which even five-year-old children ride with pleasure and their parents smoothed out some of the disadvantages of the hotel. The water park is not needed.
7) Animation. A mini-club worked with Russian girls animators, but my daughter did not go there. Evening entertainment events at the level of club-Soviet amateur performances of the times of socialism. Very boring and monotonous. Two animators, led by the chef, play with anguish: " put all your hands up, pat yourself. The stage is isolated by a distance from the bar, and it was just boring to watch these antics when sober. It was the only evening when a cool guitarist guy performed and sang various songs superbly. circus arena. And the "models" are clumsy and the models are also "clumsy".

8) Sauna. If it weren’t for this building, I wouldn’t be able to lift my spoiled mood. Be sure to visit the sauna, the Turkish bath “hamam” with peeling and foam. But the most important thing is the massage that the masseuse Anna does. She speaks excellent Russian and comes to Turkey to work either from Kazakhstan or from Kyrgyzstan. Apparently, the Soviet school of massage, in which she is just an ace, had an effect! something. She found her place for every muscle and every bone. In a few sessions, I forgot about all my sores that I once had. Once I had a massage with a Turkish masseur: “the level doesn’t even lie around. ” and gentle touches may like it. Anna! good luck to you and a huge thank you!
9) Shops in the hotel are good shops! If you like a thing, bargain a little and buy, because everything is more expensive in the city.
10) Receptionist and safe. We left the darkest and most disgusting memories. Only because of the attitude of the employees of this “central” division, I would like to say to everyone who wants to go to this hotel to relax: “if you have a choice, choose another hotel. Such disrespect and just indifference I haven’t seen my guests anywhere yet. ” And they speak Russian quite well, but they are completely unable to help guests feel comfortable. At the very beginning, I asked for the room to be with a rug. there are no safes, there are only at the reception. And there is this: a box without a code, with two keys: one you have, the second at the reception. And the safety of the contents of the safe is not guaranteed by anything and no one. ) you paid the money for the safe in vain, you would have kept the valuables under the bed with the same success. I lost 20 dollars from the safe and a receipt for the deposit for the key for 10 dollars. A trifle, but rather unpleasant. And the most disgusting the fact that I assumed such a development of events when I saw this so-called “Safe. ” Therefore, for my own peace of mind, I wrote myself a list of documents and the amount of money stored in this box. But then, when the theft occurred, I, of course, could not prove anything, yes I didn’t even try, but in any case, I didn’t feel like a sclerotic and idiot.
Do you need such a holiday? ! If not, find another hotel.
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