Наш отдых в Эфталии Our holiday in Eftalia

We traveled from Ukraine with the TUI operator. I’ll start in order, about the settlement)) Maybe someone is lucky to settle without a present, we didn’t risk it. For about 10 minutes we explained (in English !! ) to a Turkish girl that we wanted to live nearby (two families), she smiled sweetly, nodded and wrote out rooms at different ends of the hotel. But we want to be nearby! )) We caught a Russian-speaking Turk, and at the reception, we started bargaining from $150, bargained for $50+ a bottle of Ukrainian vodka. We were quickly corrected the numbers on the written papers and were given numbers nearby (it’s convenient to tap, after a couple of days you begin to understand what you were tapped) and with a sea view, in the main building. The rooms are brand new and clean, the bar is regularly replenished, they even take into account the wishes put along with the dollar in the refrigerator). The cleaning of the room depends on the madam who does this, we didn’t tip for how long, nothing has changed, once she even got smart and laid out all sorts of beautiful things on the bed, I think she can answer us the same... but no. Although we talked with other vacationers, they had all sorts of rose petals and swans even without a tip. Well, these are trifles)
Kitchen! The cuisine is varied, but it didn’t seem very tasty to us, the exception is soups, we had to stand in a long queue for puree, enough fruit, delicious ice cream. By the way, there is still a queue in the dining room, but the high season is nothing to blame.
From drinks I liked brandy, you can drink rum, I highly recommend Tequila, well, Baileys. Cocktails are made without enthusiasm, they will try for a dollar, but a smile does not work)). Good guys work in the Ephesus Bar, it is located on the L floor of the central building, they are really smart, they are always happy to have guests and know their business, hello to them!

Hamam! Hamam is average, but we went, a cool sauna with eucalyptus, it's free and you can go at least every day. Children are allowed in the hammam in company with their parents. The behavior of the owner spoils the pleasure, this has already been written a lot in the reviews, he begins to soar to everyone about miraculous massages for 180 bucks - 3 sessions. And everything would be fine, maybe they really know how to help with a massage, but . . if you refused or said "I'll think about it", they won't greet you the next day.
Aquapark! Oh. . . This is really a huge plus of this hotel! ! I, who thought that slides were not my type of recreation, realized that I was mistaken - just like MY!! ! Children are delighted, parents too, a lot of positive!!!
Speaking of the sea, they wrote that it was dirty, they didn’t really believe it, it turned out to be very dirty both the beach and the sea itself, but once a day they got out to splash in the healing sea water.
Animation ((To say "no" is to say nothing. Russians are not interested in them, by the way, there are few Russians in the hotel, I am generally silent about Ukrainians. Yes! the kids won’t want to go to the nursery, and in the evening a mini-disco of 6 cute German songs awaits them, and without options, the repertoire does not change)))
We went on two excursions "Green Canyon" and "Pirate Bay". Canyon - nature is impressive, but "fishing like on white stones" is nonsense. Pirate bay - if you have a rest with children - you are there!! ! There RUSSIAN cool animation, a lot of positive, we were delighted!!
Well, something like that! Now I understand why there are so few Russian reviews about Eftalia, that's why I explained everything so meticulously. In general, the rest was a success, but thanks to the warm company and good mood! And yes, you need to go on vacation!