Vacation and Birthday in Melanie

Written: 29 april 2008
Travel time: 1 — 8 september 2007
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Rested in Melanie from 21.09. to 5.10. 2007 with two girlfriends. When choosing a hotel based on the reviews of friends, tourists on the Internet and the recommendations of a travel agency employee, the following were chosen: Deha 3 *, San Haven 3 + *, Melanie 3 *. Further, the decision was in favor of Melanie due to the lower cost with a flight from Yekaterinburg. For me, this trip was a continuous debut - for the first time to the sea, for the first time on a plane and for the first time abroad, and even a birthday. Therefore, there were many experiences, especially because of the abundance of negative reviews about hotels in Turkey, even in the 4 * and 5 * categories, not to mention three. Many things were taken with us, including a large first aid kit and a travel iron. In Antalya, we were met by a Pegas Tourist bus and taken to the hotel. We had 1 double room and 1 single room. I lived in a double room. We waited for 2 hours until the room was free, when it was all the same free, then all three of us were offered to check in and were even surprised when we refused. Then this issue was resolved.
We had a room on the 2nd floor with a balcony overlooking the pool (sea view, in my opinion, was hardly possible from this hotel), the 2nd floor allowed us not to use the elevator, which often broke down in the hotel, and I dared to ride this attraction only once, though not stuck, but enough impressions. 2 beds (double and single), air conditioning, TV with Russian channel, dressing table, mini-fridge, two bedside tables and wardrobe, and a bathroom with shower. The drain did not work at the tank and the air conditioner dripped, but everything was immediately repaired. The rooms were cleaned every day, tips were left every other day for a dollar. Nothing was missing from the room, although they used the safe at the reception for documents and money. The living conditions turned out to be quite tolerable, especially after the living conditions during the sports camp. On the territory of the hotel there are 3 buildings, 3 adult pools (in one of them I have never seen swimmers,
perhaps due to its unfortunate location) and one for children. It was possible to go down to one of the pools from the water slide, which I myself personally tested : ), only the water in it warmed up very poorly, and the smell of chlorine was felt stronger. All-inclusive meals, all the time I wanted meat, not local soy patties, of course it was, but the men were unhappy with its quantity. But a lot of vegetables, melons, watermelons, plums, oranges. They say their stews are very tasty, but I did not dare to try. For breakfast, among other things, several types of jam and delicious buns, I, a sweet lover, even had to control myself, tried to replace it with cereal with milk : ), but for lunch and dinner there were 2 types of sweets for 14 days, we named one type " wet cookies "they are delicious but by day 3 we reduced them to a minimum. There was also an afternoon snack, also with cookies. From drinks I drank only water and tea without sugar,

although many praised the beer at the bar; on the beach, the water. I liked the food, I never had to use the funds from the first-aid kit, which were many in terms of digestive problems. Eating somewhere in the cafe did not pull. Although the location of the hotel among the numerous bars and restaurants tempts.
Turkish bath and sauna are available on site. I really liked the Turkish bath, a mustachioed uncle with a medical education works there and does a very good massage.
A couple of minutes to the beach, there is an underground passage. The entrance to the sea is disgusting - stones and blocks, went 60-80 meters to the right, the bottom is much better there. There was volleyball on the beach. There could have been a little more sunbeds, but there were not enough umbrellas, and after 11 people tried to go to the pool in the shade.
As for the guide and excursions. On the day of arrival at 2 pm a meeting was scheduled with him, to which he did not come,
but we met other tourists from Russia and until the end of the holiday we were in the company of 11 people. The guide appeared the next day and offered excursions, and very expensive ones, warning that if we go with local operators, then if something happens to you, then they won’t pay you for the treatment, and medical services in Turkey are very expensive, and Pegasus tourist has insurance included in the cost of the tour.
I went on a yacht in Pamukkale and all this in a big company with Raphael, who offered the same excursions on the beach. We went great. At 2 kilometers from the hotel there was a good shopping center Alanium, the METRO is even closer, we were given a map at the reception. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, the fruit bazaar comes with a huge selection (I really liked the figs), but to buy something from clothes there... it’s better to go to the METRO. An exhibition and sale of leather products comes to the hotel on Thursdays, we didn’t get to the first one, but we attended the second one,
besides the exhibition there was a belly dance-beauty of course. These products are cheaper with us, and if you consider that it is also to drag on yourself...

ANIMATION was children's "aram-shim-shim" and so on for 14 evenings, but they organized a trip to the disco at the Jim Beam bar, I liked it very much, admission is free, but the prices in the bar, even by club standards, are very high. Tired of the club, you can walk around the shops that are open until 2-3 at night, then come back and go to the hotel with everyone. Our company had already 3 birthdays with an interval every other day. The first one I had. I'll remember it for the rest of my life. . . We bought a lot of fruit, got supplies from Duty Free, a gift from the hotel - a big cocktail with sparklers. Miss Melanie dragged me out to participate in the competition, she sang a song, then she had to gurgle with a full mouth of water, then bring a chicken egg between her legs to a basin, but I crushed it and it leaked out through my pants into my shoes,
well, at the end, the animator had to repeat the "dance with a saucer", only mine was in soot, in which my whole face turned out to be! Here is such a lack of animation : ) In general, I liked it : )
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