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Hello! I want to share my impressions and observations regarding the rest in Jasmin Garden Hotel. Vacationing with a girl. We went through the operator Kariya-Tour (there were no tours in Turtesse). I want to say right away that this is far from my first trip across the cordon of our vast Motherland, therefore, I have experience in both flights, service, and hotel service.
The settlement, as previously described by tourists, is specific, that is, if you want to live in a more or less normal room, you will either have to fork out for 10 bucks, or be a little Jewish. To my request "to give a good number for the newlyweds in the main building", and even better - on the 6th floor, from the start, without false modesty, the "receptionist" told us that "there is a very good room on the 4th floor, 10 tanks and it is yours, and the 6th floor is all occupied, sorry! I suspect that this is not part of their duties for a long time, they attribute this to extra services. Zhakh.
We asked to see this "super room", it turned out to be full standard with old furniture, renovation 5 years ago and ...separate beds for newlyweds, in short - a normal Soviet boarding house : ) Thinking that it was not worth $ 10, we went to look at the bungalow.
As an educational excursion and for comparison, I advise you to go - as they say "feel the difference" - the door lock is gouged, that you can stick your finger between the door and the boat, repairs are about 10 years old, plumbing is on its last legs, the bed is one big, but it staggers so much that it’s better to do it ...on the floor, otherwise you will break it inadvertently, they will bill you for 300 tanks; ) And there is no safe in the room, you have to go to the main building.
It was decided to take the proposed number 421, but for free ...for this you just need to make a stupidly smiling face with an impudent squint and say that it is simply impossible for a normal person to live in a bungalow, therefore we take it in the main building + take a safe, the “Turk” gives you the keys to the room and a safe, a remote control from the air conditioner, you give money for the safe ($12 for 8-9 days), take everything in hand and go. But ...your luggage, which all this time has been quietly languishing in a corner at the reception, is not given to you, they say “everything is OK, go up to the room, we will deliver the luggage”, for which they will ask for a couple of tanks upon arrival. I advise you to give 2-3, no more. The beds turned out to be sliding, and the plumbing was quite normal, everything worked. Hooray, you can eat in the sea!
Nutrition. For all 9 days there were no complaints about food, except for the monotony of fruits (only watermelon, oranges and cherry plums).
I really liked the dishes cooked on the grill (the grill is located on an open large terrace) and something like an oblong pizza baked in the oven (on the same terrace). I didn’t like the presence of queues for delicious, I remembered the Crimean canteens of the early 90s. My precious half fell for apple tea, which is hot in coffee machines, cold - on the street next to drinks like yupi. I divided the days into "beer" and "wine" (both of decent quality), in the evening I could indulge in gin and tonic. To be honest, the choice of alcohol they have is not so hot. I didn’t understand the Rakia drink at all - a special Turkish type of vodka on anise - and the smell and taste of a Russian person is familiar from childhood, but is associated with painful memories of swallowing cough medicine, while the mixture is with a good degree, brr: (
On the last day (Friday) on the large terrace of the restaurant, the hotel management decided to thank us (me and my beloved : ), joke) for visiting their modest abode - they invited musicians and ordered 2 hours of selected Turkish music, which we were extremely happy about and for this special thank! : )
In the evening of the first day, we had to get acquainted with the guides already described below (or reptiles, as it is more convenient for anyone) Bakhtiyar and Emil. Yes ...those are still peppers, especially Bakhtiyar. If you are not a young lady of 16-30 years old, or even if you are, but with your husband (boyfriend), you are not welcome in their company. At the very first meeting, there were cheating on all Russian tourists (including Ukrainian tourists), and wishes to sleep longer, so as not to come to the restaurant at the opening like a flock of fucking ... , and not to take excursions in other places besides guides.
The most offensive, of course, is that they blame us, the CIS tourists, for all the problems that occur in the hotel, and these stories were so convincing that we ourselves were seduced and we became terribly ashamed of all Mother Russia.
But! do not believe the Turkish word, check it yourself. Getting up at 7 in the morning, you will see that the sunbeds on the beach before breakfast are mostly occupied by the Turks (Turkish vacationers, who, by the way, are 30 percent there and they behave there as masters of life, and not friendly guests), the Turks are the first to come for breakfast (and not our crowds running around the hall and creating a bazaar from morning to earlier), the noise near the bar and on the beach is created by the children of the Turks (by the way, by chance my kohana saw how one such detoturk defecates in a big way right in the sea in front of a smiling from such an event mothers), etc.
Tours. The question is twofold.
For example, we took a chance and went to the Partners Tour office (we left the hotel entrance gate and right after 30 meters you will see the Leather House, and on the left in the same travel agency building). Prices are an order of magnitude lower than those of Kariya guides. So, we took a trip to Demre-Kekova (the program for all travel agencies and guides is similar) for 74 tanks for two and a yacht trip to Alanya with a visit to the caves for 15 tanks (the girl was given an invitation card for free, because she doesn’t know how swim and did not really want to go, so the manager persuaded her). The excursions themselves were very pleasant, but there were also small problems. There was no good guide on the yacht and we didn’t learn anything special as a result, but we rested, walked for 2 hours in Alanya (enough with our heads). We had to leave for Demre at 4 in the morning, we woke up like decent ones at 3.
20, in order to still have time to have breakfast (by the way, you won’t wait for lunch packages in this hotel, they simply don’t exist, but a snack bar is open around the clock where you can make boutiques, drink coffee), and the bus arrived at 05.20! If the girl didn’t really want to go on this excursion, I would go to bed, and in the morning I would give the manager of the travel agency a forehead and take the money. Otherwise, I liked the tour. By the way, the bureau apologized the next day and promised to improve. For other excursions, unfortunately, not in the know.
Beach and sea. The beach is 40 meters from the hotel, the pool is even closer. The beach is large enough, there are enough sunbeds, but things are worse with the shade. A shade can be found either under canopies in the form of fungi or under palm trees (to the right of the pier), but there is not enough of it for everyone, try to come to the beach before 8.30, otherwise you will have to be content with little. We were more comfortable near the beach bar : ) The sand on the beach is not very good, but it can be worse, however, it can be much better.
The entrance to the sea is divided into 2 parts by a pier (from which you can dive into the water wonderfully, the depth at the end of the pier is about 3 m): to the left of it, the entrance is cleaner, sand prevails, but there are always a lot of kids; to the right of the pier, sand with stones, and the more to the right, the more rocky, but there are fewer people, the fish swim almost to the shore, it’s good to swim with a mask (the farther into the sea, the more interesting). There is also a great place for photo sessions - 60 meters to the left of the pier along the coast, where the stones form a turquoise lagoon, where you can also fish for crabs.
Shopping, souvenirs. Right next to the exit from the hotel (slightly to the left) there is a shop with all sorts of nonsense - do not buy anything there! We didn’t like the prices and quality of some goods there (the suntan cream was stitched), and from other people we heard complaints that our brother was fooled there, cheated, weighed, they don’t want to give change in bucks, in the end they can send ....
Leaving the hotel, pass by this store and go straight along the road on the same side of 100 meters to the gas station, immediately after it a decent market begins to the left, where a lot of tourists buy up. There is everything, well, almost everything that a normal tourist needs (there is even a pharmacy - they eat there what you can’t buy anywhere else ; ) ). I advise you to go after dinner, there are fewer people, you can normally see everything and bargain. We found a fairly inexpensive shop with all sorts of souvenirs, hookah tobacco, dishes, etc. - when you get to the gas station, turn left in front of it and walk along this street for 15-20 meters, the store will be second or third on the right, the owner Afis is ours dude (10 years ago he moved from Dagestan), much cooler and friendlier than the Turks, treated him to a normal hookah, poured some seagull, gave a good discount and loaded him with gifts (he has friends in Lvov, so he treats Ukrainians especially well).
If it’s not broken, in the evening you can walk to Avsalar (a territorial unit of Alanya) - it’s a 20-25 min walk in the same direction as to the bazaar along the coast, the city will start on the right side of the road, it will be indicated by the entrance under the arch, you can see the mosque nearby, on it and go, from the square with fountains turn left along the shops. In stores, the choice is more than at the bazaar, but the prices are a little higher, they don’t bargain much, you can sit in cafes.
Valuable advice to those who want to buy more junk, goodies, fruits. On Sundays, a large market comes to the site right across the road from the hotel. So, we bought lokum by weight at 8 lira/kilo (normal price - 12-15 $/kilo), sherbet - 12 lira/kilo (usually - 20-25 $/kilo); awesome strawberries-grapes-peach-cherries - all for 2.5 lira/kilo, a little worse - 1.5 lira/kilo.
Souvenirs are not much cheaper than market ones and sellers for the most part do not understand Russian speakers well, therefore we did not kill time for this.
Money. As an enterprising person, with a higher financial education, on the second day in Avsalar, I exchanged 50 bucks for lira at the bank (rate 1:1.3). By the way, banks (like almost all institutions of the tourist coast) work until very late - until 23.00 - 24.00. It is more convenient to bargain in lira at the visiting market (on Sundays) and in the shops of Alanya (for example, 0.5 l of mineral water in a store costs either 1 lira or 1 dollar). Strange, but very few people change their "green" for local currency. You may be afraid, they had demonetization two years ago and introduced new lira into circulation (before that, inflation brought prices to "millions"), and not even many Turks know different banknotes "in person", they can cheat, since our person does not immediately figure out what's what.
Another interesting means of payment they may have is Nemirov vodka ($10-15/bottle) and Marlboro cigarettes ($15/block). I have not tried it myself, but knowledgeable people bring a couple of bottles of vodka and a couple of blocks of cigarettes there.
Special opinion. The attitude of the Turks towards us is formed by ourselves, or rather, by some of our brightest representatives. I talked with the Turks who speak English and Russian normally, everyone unanimously claims that no one brings such profits as Russians and Ukrainians! Only we leave normal tips to services that have already been paid for by the amount of the tour (eg maids, receptionists, bartenders). A local Turkish tourist will never give 10-20 bucks (lira) just to be given not a bungalow, but the main building (some managed to give money for settling in a bungalow! ). Our tourist is sure that if he leaves the maid a couple of bucks for tea, she will vacuum the room 2 times and make the bed smoother.
I, as advised by "knowledgeable people" on the sites, on the third (day of changing bed linen) left $ 1 on the bed and ...we were not replaced with linen! I understand that I offended her with this lonely buck (others give more?! ). And even a complaint to the guide and at the reception could not correct the situation right up to the next mandatory change of linen - that's where the bureaucracy is : ) If the Germans do not bargain as if they have the last 10 dollars, they do not buy a couple of kilos of unnecessary junk, knick-knacks . In general, dear friends, we spoiled them ourselves, therefore, if you please, do not be rednecks, fork out right and left ...
Findings. The Jasmin Garden hotel is quite drawn to the "Turkish" four, except that the rooms (not counting the 6th floor) - to the C grade. The surrounding nature does not indulge in choice, but it does not let you get bored, even on the territory there is something to see.
Otherwise, Turkey itself is a completely normal country for recreation, although I won’t go there again for the next 5 years, then you can, for a change, relax in Marmaris, where the service seems to be better ...
Have a nice holiday everyone!
The settlement, as previously described by tourists, is specific, that is, if you want to live in a more or less normal room, you will either have to fork out for 10 bucks, or be a little Jewish. To my request "to give a good number for the newlyweds in the main building", and even better - on the 6th floor, from the start, without false modesty, the "receptionist" told us that "there is a very good room on the 4th floor, 10 tanks and it is yours, and the 6th floor is all occupied, sorry! I suspect that this is not part of their duties for a long time, they attribute this to extra services. Zhakh.
We asked to see this "super room", it turned out to be full standard with old furniture, renovation 5 years ago and ...separate beds for newlyweds, in short - a normal Soviet boarding house : ) Thinking that it was not worth $ 10, we went to look at the bungalow.
As an educational excursion and for comparison, I advise you to go - as they say "feel the difference" - the door lock is gouged, that you can stick your finger between the door and the boat, repairs are about 10 years old, plumbing is on its last legs, the bed is one big, but it staggers so much that it’s better to do it ...on the floor, otherwise you will break it inadvertently, they will bill you for 300 tanks; ) And there is no safe in the room, you have to go to the main building.
It was decided to take the proposed number 421, but for free ...for this you just need to make a stupidly smiling face with an impudent squint and say that it is simply impossible for a normal person to live in a bungalow, therefore we take it in the main building + take a safe, the “Turk” gives you the keys to the room and a safe, a remote control from the air conditioner, you give money for the safe ($12 for 8-9 days), take everything in hand and go. But ...your luggage, which all this time has been quietly languishing in a corner at the reception, is not given to you, they say “everything is OK, go up to the room, we will deliver the luggage”, for which they will ask for a couple of tanks upon arrival. I advise you to give 2-3, no more. The beds turned out to be sliding, and the plumbing was quite normal, everything worked. Hooray, you can eat in the sea!
Nutrition. For all 9 days there were no complaints about food, except for the monotony of fruits (only watermelon, oranges and cherry plums).
I really liked the dishes cooked on the grill (the grill is located on an open large terrace) and something like an oblong pizza baked in the oven (on the same terrace). I didn’t like the presence of queues for delicious, I remembered the Crimean canteens of the early 90s. My precious half fell for apple tea, which is hot in coffee machines, cold - on the street next to drinks like yupi. I divided the days into "beer" and "wine" (both of decent quality), in the evening I could indulge in gin and tonic. To be honest, the choice of alcohol they have is not so hot. I didn’t understand the Rakia drink at all - a special Turkish type of vodka on anise - and the smell and taste of a Russian person is familiar from childhood, but is associated with painful memories of swallowing cough medicine, while the mixture is with a good degree, brr: (
On the last day (Friday) on the large terrace of the restaurant, the hotel management decided to thank us (me and my beloved : ), joke) for visiting their modest abode - they invited musicians and ordered 2 hours of selected Turkish music, which we were extremely happy about and for this special thank! : )
In the evening of the first day, we had to get acquainted with the guides already described below (or reptiles, as it is more convenient for anyone) Bakhtiyar and Emil. Yes ...those are still peppers, especially Bakhtiyar. If you are not a young lady of 16-30 years old, or even if you are, but with your husband (boyfriend), you are not welcome in their company. At the very first meeting, there were cheating on all Russian tourists (including Ukrainian tourists), and wishes to sleep longer, so as not to come to the restaurant at the opening like a flock of fucking ... , and not to take excursions in other places besides guides.
The most offensive, of course, is that they blame us, the CIS tourists, for all the problems that occur in the hotel, and these stories were so convincing that we ourselves were seduced and we became terribly ashamed of all Mother Russia.
But! do not believe the Turkish word, check it yourself. Getting up at 7 in the morning, you will see that the sunbeds on the beach before breakfast are mostly occupied by the Turks (Turkish vacationers, who, by the way, are 30 percent there and they behave there as masters of life, and not friendly guests), the Turks are the first to come for breakfast (and not our crowds running around the hall and creating a bazaar from morning to earlier), the noise near the bar and on the beach is created by the children of the Turks (by the way, by chance my kohana saw how one such detoturk defecates in a big way right in the sea in front of a smiling from such an event mothers), etc.
Tours. The question is twofold.
For example, we took a chance and went to the Partners Tour office (we left the hotel entrance gate and right after 30 meters you will see the Leather House, and on the left in the same travel agency building). Prices are an order of magnitude lower than those of Kariya guides. So, we took a trip to Demre-Kekova (the program for all travel agencies and guides is similar) for 74 tanks for two and a yacht trip to Alanya with a visit to the caves for 15 tanks (the girl was given an invitation card for free, because she doesn’t know how swim and did not really want to go, so the manager persuaded her). The excursions themselves were very pleasant, but there were also small problems. There was no good guide on the yacht and we didn’t learn anything special as a result, but we rested, walked for 2 hours in Alanya (enough with our heads). We had to leave for Demre at 4 in the morning, we woke up like decent ones at 3.
20, in order to still have time to have breakfast (by the way, you won’t wait for lunch packages in this hotel, they simply don’t exist, but a snack bar is open around the clock where you can make boutiques, drink coffee), and the bus arrived at 05.20! If the girl didn’t really want to go on this excursion, I would go to bed, and in the morning I would give the manager of the travel agency a forehead and take the money. Otherwise, I liked the tour. By the way, the bureau apologized the next day and promised to improve. For other excursions, unfortunately, not in the know.
Beach and sea. The beach is 40 meters from the hotel, the pool is even closer. The beach is large enough, there are enough sunbeds, but things are worse with the shade. A shade can be found either under canopies in the form of fungi or under palm trees (to the right of the pier), but there is not enough of it for everyone, try to come to the beach before 8.30, otherwise you will have to be content with little. We were more comfortable near the beach bar : ) The sand on the beach is not very good, but it can be worse, however, it can be much better.
The entrance to the sea is divided into 2 parts by a pier (from which you can dive into the water wonderfully, the depth at the end of the pier is about 3 m): to the left of it, the entrance is cleaner, sand prevails, but there are always a lot of kids; to the right of the pier, sand with stones, and the more to the right, the more rocky, but there are fewer people, the fish swim almost to the shore, it’s good to swim with a mask (the farther into the sea, the more interesting). There is also a great place for photo sessions - 60 meters to the left of the pier along the coast, where the stones form a turquoise lagoon, where you can also fish for crabs.
Shopping, souvenirs. Right next to the exit from the hotel (slightly to the left) there is a shop with all sorts of nonsense - do not buy anything there! We didn’t like the prices and quality of some goods there (the suntan cream was stitched), and from other people we heard complaints that our brother was fooled there, cheated, weighed, they don’t want to give change in bucks, in the end they can send ....
Leaving the hotel, pass by this store and go straight along the road on the same side of 100 meters to the gas station, immediately after it a decent market begins to the left, where a lot of tourists buy up. There is everything, well, almost everything that a normal tourist needs (there is even a pharmacy - they eat there what you can’t buy anywhere else ; ) ). I advise you to go after dinner, there are fewer people, you can normally see everything and bargain. We found a fairly inexpensive shop with all sorts of souvenirs, hookah tobacco, dishes, etc. - when you get to the gas station, turn left in front of it and walk along this street for 15-20 meters, the store will be second or third on the right, the owner Afis is ours dude (10 years ago he moved from Dagestan), much cooler and friendlier than the Turks, treated him to a normal hookah, poured some seagull, gave a good discount and loaded him with gifts (he has friends in Lvov, so he treats Ukrainians especially well).
If it’s not broken, in the evening you can walk to Avsalar (a territorial unit of Alanya) - it’s a 20-25 min walk in the same direction as to the bazaar along the coast, the city will start on the right side of the road, it will be indicated by the entrance under the arch, you can see the mosque nearby, on it and go, from the square with fountains turn left along the shops. In stores, the choice is more than at the bazaar, but the prices are a little higher, they don’t bargain much, you can sit in cafes.
Valuable advice to those who want to buy more junk, goodies, fruits. On Sundays, a large market comes to the site right across the road from the hotel. So, we bought lokum by weight at 8 lira/kilo (normal price - 12-15 $/kilo), sherbet - 12 lira/kilo (usually - 20-25 $/kilo); awesome strawberries-grapes-peach-cherries - all for 2.5 lira/kilo, a little worse - 1.5 lira/kilo.
Souvenirs are not much cheaper than market ones and sellers for the most part do not understand Russian speakers well, therefore we did not kill time for this.
Money. As an enterprising person, with a higher financial education, on the second day in Avsalar, I exchanged 50 bucks for lira at the bank (rate 1:1.3). By the way, banks (like almost all institutions of the tourist coast) work until very late - until 23.00 - 24.00. It is more convenient to bargain in lira at the visiting market (on Sundays) and in the shops of Alanya (for example, 0.5 l of mineral water in a store costs either 1 lira or 1 dollar). Strange, but very few people change their "green" for local currency. You may be afraid, they had demonetization two years ago and introduced new lira into circulation (before that, inflation brought prices to "millions"), and not even many Turks know different banknotes "in person", they can cheat, since our person does not immediately figure out what's what.
Another interesting means of payment they may have is Nemirov vodka ($10-15/bottle) and Marlboro cigarettes ($15/block). I have not tried it myself, but knowledgeable people bring a couple of bottles of vodka and a couple of blocks of cigarettes there.
Special opinion. The attitude of the Turks towards us is formed by ourselves, or rather, by some of our brightest representatives. I talked with the Turks who speak English and Russian normally, everyone unanimously claims that no one brings such profits as Russians and Ukrainians! Only we leave normal tips to services that have already been paid for by the amount of the tour (eg maids, receptionists, bartenders). A local Turkish tourist will never give 10-20 bucks (lira) just to be given not a bungalow, but the main building (some managed to give money for settling in a bungalow! ). Our tourist is sure that if he leaves the maid a couple of bucks for tea, she will vacuum the room 2 times and make the bed smoother.
I, as advised by "knowledgeable people" on the sites, on the third (day of changing bed linen) left $ 1 on the bed and ...we were not replaced with linen! I understand that I offended her with this lonely buck (others give more?! ). And even a complaint to the guide and at the reception could not correct the situation right up to the next mandatory change of linen - that's where the bureaucracy is : ) If the Germans do not bargain as if they have the last 10 dollars, they do not buy a couple of kilos of unnecessary junk, knick-knacks . In general, dear friends, we spoiled them ourselves, therefore, if you please, do not be rednecks, fork out right and left ...
Findings. The Jasmin Garden hotel is quite drawn to the "Turkish" four, except that the rooms (not counting the 6th floor) - to the C grade. The surrounding nature does not indulge in choice, but it does not let you get bored, even on the territory there is something to see.
Otherwise, Turkey itself is a completely normal country for recreation, although I won’t go there again for the next 5 years, then you can, for a change, relax in Marmaris, where the service seems to be better ...
Have a nice holiday everyone!
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