Rest is just great!

Written: 7 december 2010
Travel time: 27 august — 3 september 2010
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: 8.0
Amenities: 6.0
The hotel is just great! Rested with my husband at the end of August! First time abroad! Therefore, when choosing a hotel on the Internet, I spent more than one week. I made a whole comparative description of the reviews of the hotel and according to my own criteria. And I will say that CONCORDIA CELES was on the bench. Well, so many negative reviews were written in his address. It was just scary to go. In fact, the devil is not as scary as he is painted!
This hotel is located on the first coastline, and this is a huge plus!! ! On the way to the hotel, I looked at all the hotels that came across on our way, almost all of them were 5 stars. And many of them were not at all impressed, then their beaches are simply terrible, then the territory. Even those hotels that were in the first place on my list were passing by, and what was my surprise that in reality I didn’t like them at all, although they gave them high marks. There were too many vacationers in them, the beaches are generally small and terrible.
And we were lucky. By our arrival, the hotel was half empty, our compatriots behaved decently. They didn't rage. There were plenty of places on the beach, there was no need to borrow anything in the morning.

They settled us without any tip in a room with a sea view, we just asked politely! The room is excellent, spacious, a double bed and a single bed nearby, a dressing table, a TV, a refrigerator (which we did not use), a bathroom and a toilet, air conditioning, a balcony, the elevator worked properly, but we preferred to walk, we lived on the 4th floor. The room was cleaned every 2 days. A couple of times left a tip under the pillow. Bed linen and towels were also changed every two days. The hotel area is small, but it was enough for us. It is a pity of course that the declared free entertainment turned out to be paid. But in the evening, young people, of course, will be bored in this hotel! The disco is terrible, or rather the music, the animation is mostly only for children, and every day is the same. The music is the same every night. By the fifth day, I was already starting to strain)))
The pool is large enough, there was enough space for everyone, even divers like us. The slides are also super, we rode them enough. The beach is clean, the water is amazing, clear, this is not the Black Sea for you!! ! It's salty, but you get used to it quickly.
Food was a shaft!! ! If you are a meat lover, then you are in ANOTHER COUNTRY!! ! Every day we stuffed our bellies, and then spent an hour in bed in the room, we were simply not able to go anywhere!! ! Even my gluttonous husband overate!!!
But the drinks are certainly not a fountain! Beer flowed like a river (my husband almost drowned))), vodka is not for everyone, wine is generally sour, it is not possible to drink. Juice is really UPI, I didn’t like it at all, but Fanta, Sprite, etc. very much nothing. Turkish tea is delicious! From fruits without restrictions it was possible to eat oranges, grapes were given in clusters, of course there were either watermelon or melon, they were alternated. From meat there was only chicken, and even then not always, salads in bulk, no less than 10 cheeses, various sauces, gravies, olives, olives, fish, rice, potatoes, pasta. All that we used to eat in our daily life! True, the Turks had never heard of salt at all, and green salads were harsh, but they did not spare spices, sometimes even too much. Lots of sweets and cakes! Paradise for the sweet tooth!
The waiters are friendly, many speak Russian, they perform their duties quickly, that sometimes you don’t have time to finish your meal, you turned away, and the plates and the trail caught a cold))).

Excursions are also good, only Antalya is far away. The canyon is amazing! But their jeep drivers are crazy, they drive like crazy, they play overtaking, they cut each other, of course I understand that this is fun for them, but not in the mountains, at an altitude of 1000 km. On excursions, take all valuables with you! They steal in Turkey too. A woman from our group, while we were looking at the waterfall, pulled out all the cash from the bag in the jeep (about $ 1000, left only a trifle). Be sure to visit the Hamam (Turkish bath), for the first time in my life my body relaxed, it's just super!
I was also infuriated by traders, they are so arrogant, they don’t bargain at all, they look with disdain when you start to bring down the price. As if only oligarchs and Muscovites go on vacation.
We visited the local flea market (bazaar). Souvenirs are the same as on our coast. Nothing new. Real Turkey in Istanbul! And everything else is the same as in Russia! I didn't feel any difference! Everyone speaks Russian, they sell shirpotrep the same as in Russia, made in China.
But in general, I would put 4 for Russian resorts, and 10 for Turkey.
In Turkey rests both the soul and the body!! !
Translated automatically from Russian. View original