Great hotel for families, value for money

Written: 25 june 2019
Travel time: 10 — 20 june 2019
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 10.0
I will tell you about our wonderful vacation, I hope the review will be useful to someone. The three of us rested - my husband and I and a child 2g8mes.
From the airport, we did not drive 3 hours, as everyone scared, but 1 hour 45 minutes, and then with a 15-minute stop. We arrived around half past 12 and were seated immediately. I do not know what type of room it was, there is a suspicion that this is not a standard, but a family one. But he's just magical. Not a super fresh renovation, but the room is large, everything is there, on the 1st floor, so the air conditioner was turned on 1 time, there was always a pleasant coolness, and there was a terrace with a table and chairs to the room. Right next to the terrace there are orange and lemon trees, rabbits run around, chickens. The room is located in compartment A, very close to everything, probably 30 seconds to the restaurant and reception. But since the disco and the whole engine was across the highway, then there was no noise at all.
The road to the sea took a maximum of 2 minutes, taking into account how "quickly" the child went down the stairs. The underground passage, decorated with underwater drawings, is very short, but thanks to it we did not notice at all that the track was nearby, it was not visible.

The beach is good, sand (more precisely, crushed pebbles), there were always enough sun loungers, although we were in season, large awnings. Entering the water is not very convenient, small stones, for small children under 3 years old is not the best option, but you can always bring it into the water on the handles : ) Also, in the water, 3 meters from the shore, high huge stones begin that you can hit. Therefore, with small children you can swim within this 3-meter strip, and adults can go swimming from the pier, there is very beautiful clear water and a convenient ladder into the water.
Animation. A large team of animators for every taste - dancing, yoga, sports games, morning exercises right on the beach. But, pretty much the same. Dancing, exercises, mini disco every day to the same music in the same sequence, i. e. day after day absolutely the same songs, you can go a couple of times, then you get bored.
For children. There is a mini club, interesting for children from 4 years old, younger ones can come to draw with their parents. We came 1 time and the kids were watching cartoons so we left. There is a good playground with swings and slides, we enjoyed running there. There are 2 children's pools, 1 near the restaurant, 1 near the beach, with a children's slide, there were always enough sun loungers around. In the evening, half an hour of cartoons on the big screen, after that a mini disco (in general, not bad, but Groundhog Day : ), the child was fed up). There is practically no separate baby food, as stated. On the "children's" distribution table, it was almost the same as on the adult. Sometimes there was puree. For a child under 2 years old, it will not always be possible to find something to eat, but at that age we brought jars from home. From 2 years old, children can always find enough food on an adult table (milk porridge in the morning, though very sweet, eggs, omelettes, rice, mashed potatoes, pasta, noodles, boiled vegetables, there was boiled chicken, more often : ), fish, fresh vegetables, fruits, cheeses, our child ate all this with pleasure).
Food for adults. Quite varied. Not really chic, there was no seafood and an abundance of fruits, but for this you need to go to 5 *. And here, as for a 4 *, everything was very tasty, beautiful and varied. 2 times a week, dinner was served near the beach and some unusual dishes were prepared, which were beautifully served. Always played beautiful music, very atmospheric.

Also, from morning until 5 o'clock, fast food was always prepared near the beach, all kinds of cakes, pizzas, and there was a choice of vegetables and salads. I would love to really replace fast food with fruit, but perhaps it is more expensive and is offered in more expensive hotels. Also, in addition to standard drinks, there were chilled lemonade with sugar-free mint and ayran, which was very pleasing, the whole family drank all day long. Near the beach they sold ice cream (1 dollar), corn, popcorn, hookah.
The hotel area is incredibly beautiful, green, a real Garden of Eden. Fruit trees, huge palm trees, various flowers. Also living creatures (rabbits and cockerels with chickens) and a huge cage, even more like a mini-zoo with parrots for the kids to enjoy. 5 pools, slides, a lot of shade and there is where to take a walk. We NEVER went outside the hotel for 10 days of rest)) In the reviews, they complained that the hotel goes uphill. There is such a thing, we went through it on purpose. But everything is so close and conveniently done that even from the most distant buildings it takes a maximum of 2 minutes to walk, just up the stairs. Well, that's good, with such a quantity of food, small physical loads are only good : ) And families with children in strollers are accommodated in the nearest buildings without stairs. There is also a shop on the territory where you can buy swimming accessories, souvenirs that are cheaper than in the store you will be brought to on the way back to the airport, and very tasty fruits for $ 2 per kg.
Cleaning. In the reviews I read a lot of complaints about the cleanliness last year. I don’t know, maybe we were lucky, but our room was well cleaned and we only left a dollar on the penultimate day. The territory was constantly cleaned, all the corners, they always reacted very quickly if something spilled somewhere, I did not have time to notice the garbage. In my opinion, everything is excellent in this regard.
The staff is also friendly and accommodating.
Wi-Fi at the reception and in some places on the beach worked very well, sent photos and even videos.
The bus ride back wasn't as short as it was, though, a big bus that went to more than 10 hotels, so it took me 2hr 40min by my reckoning with a 15min stop.
In general, the rest left the most pleasant impressions, I did not want to leave. We will definitely come back to this hotel : )
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