Отпуск в Турции Vacation in Turkey

I rested with my son for 6 years, so I chose the hotel mainly based on the reviews of experienced tourists. We drove 3 hours from Antalya Airport with arrivals at 5 hotels. The hotel is very good. If not for the distance from the sea would give it 5 stars. The territory is large, well-groomed, there is where to take pictures. Most vacationers are Germans, Ukrainians, Belarusians, and Englishmen. The staff is sociable, well-trained, but not clamped, they mostly speak English and German, at the reception in Russian, but I, having a minimal set of phrases and words from the school curriculum, did not feel at the same time a special strain. They settled us in exactly 5 minutes, while we paid a deposit of $ 10 for the TV remote control / 3 Russian channels /. The room is good, neat, everything you need was and worked, the hair dryer, in my opinion, is rather weak in power. Meals for slaughter, I came home and was stunned that I gained 5 kg, I didn’t seem to eat much and moved... Breakfast from 8 to 10: usually pancakes or scrambled eggs, 6 types of cereal with milk, necessarily vegetables and cold cuts , for tea, many types of dessert. At 11 at the pool bar they prepared sandwiches with chicken, onions and greens, such as our shawarma / 12.30-14 lunch in a restaurant: 2 types of soup-puree, 2 types of side dishes, lamb meat, veal or chicken in various variations, sliced, salads, fruit usually watermelon and melon, sometimes gave apricots, pears or apples. Lunch on the beach: French fries, meatballs, tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs, watermelon, melon.
From 14-17, near the pool, 2 Turkish women began to cook gozleme, flat cakes with 2 types of cheese or meat fillings. to me
liked very much. At 15:00 to 15:30, children were given ice cream near the pool and on the beach. My child grew bolder at the end and managed to run 2 times. Well, in the evening, respectively, dinner. You definitely won’t stay hungry !! ! As for drinks, white and red wine, sour p / dry or something, I don’t really understand, only Ephesus beer, raki vodka and gin. For children, cola, fanta, sprite, minvoda, water from a cooler or drinks such as Jupi, natural juices are paid 1 euro. Well, tea and coffee.

I also liked the animation, it started at 10 am and ended at midnight: water polo, aqua aerobics, dancing and games by the pool, darts, children's disco, amphitheater, comedy club, adult disco. definitely not. The slides were turned on 3 times a day for half an hour, but this is quite enough.
The pools are very clean, but chlorine-plated. At the end of the 5th day of swimming, a small rash appeared on my arms and legs with my child, and when we arrived home, everything went away after 2 days, apparently an allergy to bleach, although my son and I have never been allergic to that was not, so be careful. Near the pools, pedantic foreigners occupy sunbeds from 6 in the morning, covering them with their own towels, so if you like to sleep, you will sunbathe on the tile...
I'll tell you about the beach, as there is a lot of conflicting information in the reviews. The hotel is located 600 meters from the beach. The first time we went on a tractor / this is generally a unique vehicle of its kind / in order to see the location of the beach, we drove exactly 1 minute 50 seconds, walked back on foot at a walking pace for about 6-7 minutes without straining !!! ! In 15 minutes, as some write, you can crawl on all fours....
The beach is clean, there were always enough sunbeds, the bar on the beach is also quite decent. The range of drinks is the same as in the hotel, except for hard drinks. As for entering the sea, I agree with the previous reviews, quite problematic. In the sea itself, the bottom is sand, but first you need to overcome a large pebble of 2 meters, I’m not a pampered person, but a couple of times it wasn’t a sin to swear.
More or less entry into the sea was to the right of the bar / walk 100 meters / there are very small pebbles and we later swam there. If desired, on the beach you can buy children's galoshes for swimming $ 5, but we did without them.

I can say the following about cash: I took it in dollars and rubles and regretted that I did not believe the reviews. All goods are sold in dollars and euros (mainly euros in Alanya stores) and if you exchange our rubles there, the rate will be very unprofitable. If the rate is 30 rubles for 1 dollar, then you will be charged 32-34 rubles. As for storage: If you store valuables in a safe (in each room) you will pay $ 3 per day, I did not use it and kept the money in the room, everything remained safe. Maybe just lucky?
Hamam at the hotel is generally a separate issue. Cost 35-40$
For this money you will be offered a sauna, a Turkish bath with foam, a clay face mask, a massage with aromatic oils.
To be honest, I'm not a puritan, but the massage seemed too frank to me, and I expected more effect, so after our Russian bath, the whole body really starts to breathe, and after the Turkish bath, well, I washed and ok . . In general, I didn’t understand the joke in the Turkish bath...
Well, in general, that's all. Have a good rest and new impressions!! !