had a wonderful rest

Written: 10 october 2010
Travel time: 11 — 24 september 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 7.0
We rested in Keshder in September 2010 with a friend. A friend has already been to Turkey, I was the first time. Rest were satisfied. Beautiful area. Despite the autumn, everything is blooming and fragrant. The weather was great. Even at night the air temperature was from 25 to 29. Water is like fresh milk. It rained once, but everything dried up very quickly and the next day was hot again. Not everyone liked the sea, because there are a lot of stones in the water, and far from the coast, but we quickly got used to it, went along the sand, and then sailed far enough from the coast, paving the "path" past the stones. We got a lot of pleasure from swimming, as there are no big waves in the lagoon. For two weeks, grass was applied a couple of times, but it disappeared very quickly, most of the time the sea is clean and gentle.
There are 4 pools on site, we often swam in the one that is closer to the beach - it is calmer there than in the central pool next to the stage.
They settled us in the main building on the 4th floor (actually it is the sixth, if you count from the basement, where the restaurant and the hammam are located). The view from the balcony was amazing: on the right and left - the sea, in the middle a flowering area and a distant perspective with banana, orange and pomegranate plantings, behind them are many houses (shopping malls, boarding houses), right along the course - a mosque, behind it in the distance - mountains that were always in a light haze. I don’t know if we would have enjoyed such a view if we hadn’t put $ 20 at the reception (on the advice of friends). Above us was an observation deck, which climbed those who lived in other buildings, there is also a bar.

The food, in our opinion, was good: there was a large selection of dishes, although picky men complained about the lack of natural meat (mostly turkey and chicken, rarely minced beef), a lot of fruits (watermelon, melon, grapefruits, oranges, apples, plums, grapes ) Drinks: vodka (optional), white and red wine, beer, local cognac, fanta, cola, sprite and other. Drinks from the machine did not take, did not like: thin and tasteless. Quite decent coffee from the machine and tea.
Standard room - not luxurious, but quite decent, cleaned every day, we left one dollar each and linen and towels were changed to us not twice a week, but every day. Once they even decorated everything with flowers. The bar was constantly stocked with bottled water. We were satisfied with the plumbing and shower and hair dryer.
The staff is quite friendly, smiling, in Russian, however, they speak badly, since the hotel used to work mainly for Germans, now there are at least half of us.
The hotel is very good for families with kids: they are entertained, good children's animation, although for adults the animation is weak. There is a disco club where discos are held from 11 to 2, but they are of course youth, older people have nothing to do there.
Separately, I want to say about the hammam and massage. We went there to do a foam massage with peeling and immediately agreed to a massage course (7 back massages + massage and face mask - $120). The owner of the hammam is an experienced specialist who teaches at the institute and has selected good masseurs.
Wonderful girls work at the reception - Marina (she is from Belarus) and Lena (she came from Russia and married a Turk, who is actually a Bulgarian and works as a massage therapist in this hammam). Special thanks to the girls, not only for telling everything in detail about the massage, but in general for helping to adapt, answering questions and in general it was possible to chat with them (of course, when they were not busy with work). Our masseurs were Bahri and Ali. Both of us were satisfied: the backs straightened, the figures pulled up. Their work, of course, is very difficult, but they remain optimistic, very friendly, smiling.
We recommend that you ALWAYS spend your time and money on a massage, you won't regret it!! ! Thanks to hamam Keshdere, his staff not only helped us to improve our health, but also to look younger!

We were satisfied with the rest, the hotel is good. There are, of course, some shortcomings, but in general it is consistent with the principle of "optimum combination of price and quality. " Thinking about going there next year. By the way, many do just that, they rest in the hotel 2.3 and even 6 times.
Recommended! We wish you to get the maximum pleasure from your vacation and not to find fault with the shortcomings, then you will feel that life is beautiful!
Olga and Irina
Translated automatically from Russian. View original