Our family vacation

Written: 6 october 2009
Travel time: 17 — 29 september 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 8.0
I want to share my impressions about the rest at the Hedef Rose Garden 4 * hotel. We rested with my husband from 17.09. 09 to 29.09. 09. And so about everything in order:
1. Transfer: Our tour operator was Coral Travel, aka Odeon. I can only praise his work, the guides guys worked well-coordinated, organized, without delay, all issues were resolved quickly. From them we went on excursions, which we never regretted, even if the tour tickets themselves were more expensive than near the hotel (by the way, there are a lot of travel agencies that sell tour tickets), for that we were calm for ourselves that we are in the safe hands of our tour operator and they bear full responsibility for us + we were always accompanied on excursions by our Russian guides, who told their excursion story in detail and interestingly.
2. Accommodation: Arriving at the hotel, my husband and I had a question whether to put money in our passport right away so that we get a good room or see what kind of room we get, but my husband convinced me to put 20 bucks right away and not spoil myself mood. By the way, we did not regret at all that we invested 20 bucks, because later we heard from some tourists what kind of rooms they got, where there was not even a closet for things. So we did, submitting our passports (“with an application”) to the reception, I asked (in Russian, by the way, almost all the hotel staff speak and understand Russian) a good room, with a good view of the pool and the sea (it was visible, but from afar, because you understand 350m to the sea). The receptionists, having seen the “application” in the passport, smiled and were delighted, they immediately issued us an excellent room without delay. The room had: a balcony (with two chairs and a table), a double bed, a single bed, an armchair, a bedside table, a dressing table, a TV, a wardrobe, air conditioning and a coded safe (we paid 25 bucks for two weeks + 10 bucks - deposit, returned upon check out). The room itself was clean, everything worked.

3. About the hotel: The territory of the hotel is not large - a swimming pool, slides, a summer cafe, a tennis court, a stage - that's the whole territory. But the good thing is that next to the hotel, within a minute's walk, there is a beautiful green Konakli park, in which we often liked to walk. The animation at the hotel is very weak, there were three animators who tried to entertain the kids, but everything was rather weak. In the evening there was first a children's disco, and then immediately an adult one, where none of the adults danced. But everyone who wanted to dance went to other discos from the hotel. But despite this, we did not get bored without animation, we always found something to do. We went for a walk in Alanya (2 bucks per person), walked along the streets at night, enjoying the coolness of the evening. By the way, next to the hotel there were several rows of shops where we bought souvenirs and other little things, the prices there are normal and a big plus that you can bargain well and get pleasure from it and a good discount.
4. The sea was 7 min. walk from the hotel. The beach, of course, was not very good, especially the entrance to the sea itself (there were stone slabs and boulders), but we found a loophole in the sea and it didn’t upset us very much), but only mother nature herself is to blame. For that, the sea itself is for the lazy, you don’t even need to swim, the salty water holds perfectly, we were pleased!
5. Food: We were well fed, I think anyone will find a dish to their liking and will not remain hungry. From the meat was of course all kinds of chicken, lamb, fish, liver. Of course, by the end of our vacation, we already wanted our borscht and beef and pork, but we will make up for this at home. From fruits watermelons, melons, plums, grapes and apples. As for alcohol, we personally more or less liked beer and white wine, the rest is an amateur.
6. Service: The staff themselves are smiling and pleasant, they served well, and if you also encourage their work, then they will do everything for you at the highest level and will be grateful to you. Although no one openly demanded a tip and did not openly hint about it, everything is at your discretion. The room was cleaned normally, towels and bed linen were changed every other day, regardless of the tip, we left almost a dollar each, and as a token of gratitude they laid out patterns from the sheets, very nice and beautiful.
And so our opinion is that the hotel is fully consistent with its category 4 *! We wish you all a pleasant holiday! And do not spoil your rest and mood with not big unpleasant little things, tune in to the positive!
Translated automatically from Russian. View original