Эфталия Eftalia

Hello everyone, my Ephthalian epic, which began in February, has ended !! ! We were at the hotel from 15.06 - 01.07, we had a good rest in general, thanks to the company, I didn’t like the hotel, in principle I was expecting something like that, there were no rose-colored glasses and enthusiasm towards the hotel, so there probably wasn’t much disappointment, but still there was hope that the hotel has just opened and the Turks will throw all their efforts into promotion, but no, it sold out so well, which is wasted.
We flew with Sanmar, everything was fine, we met, saw off, a. k. a. to Transaero, everything was also ok without delay, although we were slightly delayed back. We were at the hotel at 12 o'clock, settled in the second hour in building B on the first floor, the windows to the neighboring building A, the room was normal, spacious, we had: a double bed, a lorry, a folding chair. They got off fine. every day at different times, the mini bar was replenished every other time, it was when they didn’t put anything for three days, until they complained to the reception. At the reception, Katya was fired or left herself, there is a tall guy, speaks good Russian, quite adequate, they always turned to him. There is no soundproofing in the room, you can hear everything, if you are not lucky with your neighbors, it will be tin. The hotel guide Bakhtiyar, whose main task (like everyone else) is to sell excursions, as soon as he found out that we were not buying anything, the smile disappeared immediately, then how many times we met. He didn’t even say hello, and in general they have a strange sale, only on the first day and everything, how can I immediately plan a vacation, I love it in a day or two, well, no and no, that means no excursions))
I knew . that the hotel has a small territory, but in fact it doesn’t exist at all (it looks much larger in the photo than it actually is), the buildings occupy the entire territory, small patches remain free, there is almost no greenery, and it’s not provided there, everything is rolled up in tiles. During the day in the heat of the hotel is not possible. the tiles are hot, there is nothing to breathe, although many people sit there all day by the pools, at 8 in the morning the sunbeds are almost all occupied, either by the main pool or in the water park. There are plenty of free sunbeds on the sea, and always.

The main disadvantage for us was that it was a dirty sea, almost the entire vacation, I still didn’t understand for what reason, there was a storm on the night of June 26 to June 27, in the morning the sea became clear, and all the days before departure it was like this, some kind of current changed, roofing felts stopped pouring something)). Food is also a weak side of the hotel, meat (boiled beef and whole grilled chickens) only once a week on Turkish night, the rest of the time soy (and signed like veal in sauce), chopped turkey drumstick , chopped pieces of chicken breast in gravy, for dinner, fried breast was added on the street, behind which there is always a queue, I still didn’t like that the cook gives you this chicken on a plate, there is a crowd with outstretched plates, like beggars, and the Turks are also kidding )), there were shrimp twice. Side dishes like everywhere else, rice, pasta, potatoes (which by the way was not always, fries do not count) vegetables, from fruits, and always the same, it pleased, for breakfast, lunch, dinner: melon , watermelon , apricots, apel sometimes apples, two days for dinner they gave strawberries. Children's table is nothing, fries, soybeans or sausages, peas, whatever side dish. I didn’t like the restaurant itself at all, it reminds me of a school canteen, the tables are shifted by 10 places, if in the evening you want to sit quietly together at a table, drink tea calmly, it’s not there, there are a lot of people very noisy, you want to quickly shove everything into yourself and dump from there. The hotel is not designed for full employment, there were days when there were a lot of people, there was a queue everywhere, there were no places, you were waiting for a table, there were not enough forks, then the whole crowd went to the reception, all two floors were also occupied with nowhere to sit.
In recent days there were a lot of locals, and their families are big)) The waiters work quickly, they immediately come up, they bring drinks, they are always friendly, they smile, they didn’t notice anything bad, the only thing that infuriated them at the end was their molestation of children, not everyone loves it and it started roar. The attitude towards everyone is the same, what about the Russians, what about the Germans, what else to whom. By the way, when we first arrived there were a lot of Germans, in the middle they almost disappeared, the audience in the hotel is different, not many of them. until the morning under the windows, the children sleep where they can, some on the tiles, on the armchair, then this crowd screaming, the children run around knocking on all the doors, go to sleep. , huge candiches, some kind of ogrigats, they will probably make noise. The animation is very weak, I don’t know about the nursery, everyone seemed to like it (especially our boy, Igor seems to be called and an Englishman, such a bald one, in general, all the children adored him, ran after him). The aquapar is good, but for some reason mine only went once, she said she doesn’t want it anymore, there are few circles, almost everyone buys theirs at the hotel, we also bought 13 dollars.
Who here wrote that the Germans are going to the hotel for three kopecks. no, in recent days I met Russian Germans, there are 5 families there, so I asked how much they paid for the tour, 2 adults 1 child 15 nights 2200 euros, and they bought in January and with a good discount, because they were traveling in a group of 17 people, It turns out we were cheaper there.
The Ephesus bar has draft beer, in bottles of 3-4 types, alcohol is poured everywhere (belis, martini, tequila), ice cream at the reception from 10 to 21, by the pool until 17, in the beach bar lunch (snacks, fries, burgers) , from drinks, yupi, tea. coffee, beer, in Burgerland, pizza, hamburgers (all soy), scrambled eggs, 2 salads, sandwiches, nuggets, sometimes they bring you quickly, sometimes you wait, Ala carte can be visited 1 time per check-in, although the guide said once a week, we did not like it. were in Asman, waited a long time, brought rice, some snacks and beef soles, which you can’t cut or chew))

With the exchange of towels, too, cant, they officially change for money, we became friends with the spa chef, changed every day for free, someone said every day that they were leaving tomorrow and went in turn to change. I liked the spa, we went for a peeling, 40 dollars, all procedures took two hours, the prices are different bargain, from 150-250. and to whom they say in euros to whom in dollars.
In hotels, we have infection, roofing felts, humidity, everything with snot, ears, cough, we are 6 people. everyone was ill, and the cough is strange, as if there is not enough air, you walk khe khe, nothing is coughed up. Ambulances came to the hotel almost every day, at the beginning in the afternoon I sat with a PDA at the reception, next to the entrance to the hotel, then stopped, it was not pleasant like that.
The result, for the price that we went, the hotel will go even more or less, I looked now the hotel costs 115t. I would not recommend to my own.