Nice getaway for unassuming travelers

Written: 29 september 2011
Travel time: 1 — 11 september 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 6.0
Yes, it's true, the hotel is so-so. And the main reason is the rooms facing the road. You can't get away from them. And we came across just such, and no bribe helped us. Probably, we were not persistent, because we came to rest, and not to swear at the reception. We rested with a child, spent all the time at the sea or by the pool. We didn’t sleep the first night, we could hear a lot of noise from the road, and there was a real highway, trucks, buses, police sirens. And until 5 am from a local cafe across the road, you can also hear the noise. Then we got used to it, the whole day at sea, we swim, swim and fall asleep like the dead. They didn’t even turn on the split system, but slept with the window open. By the way, the split system always worked, at any time, we ourselves turned it on or off when we wanted.
They smoke everything and everywhere. Although the hotel administration placed a tiny scribble in the elevators that smoking is prohibited in places where people stay, ashtrays are in the restaurant and near the sun loungers. Our return flight was delayed for 12 hours and at the expense of the company we were given a room for another day. So - this number was soooo smoky. And not only this one, there are many. So if you are lucky with the location of the room, then the surprises may not end there. I think the hotel management should take some action. Yes, it's elementary to fine smokers and prohibiting smoking signs should be BIG and there should be a lot of them, not just one tiny one in the elevator.
We were fed normally, a lot of vegetables, fruits, watermelons. I heard how one tourist was indignant that they did not give lobsters. We did not count on lobsters, everything was delicious. Tea, coffee, drinks, water - it's generally at any time.

Loved the hotel lobby. The Internet catches only there. Very cozy, you can comfortably accommodate, there is a bar in the lobby, we liked it there in the evening.
It is bad to go into the sea, the pebbles are small, sharp. In general, the child was only carried into the water in her arms, and in the water she tried not to get up with her legs, her legs were sharp and sharp. The sea is warm, clean in the morning, in the evening it brings all sorts of things. Especially after passing tourist ships after 5pm. Plastic cups, tea bags, cigarettes, cigarette packs, etc. We went to the sea in the first half of the day, and in the second we relaxed by the pool. There were always enough sun loungers and umbrellas. At any time they came and found free ones. There are no beach towels, you have to bring your own.
The territory of the hotel is really big, well-groomed, green. But, although the hotel positions itself as a family hotel, there is NO playground at all. A very old, small, carousel could only be rolled out by a strong man somehow, I only got a creak, and I could not move it from its place. Probably, there are some requirements for 5 stars, that the hotel should have a playground, well, there it is.
The main thing that I liked was that we didn’t get sick, we didn’t even sneeze. Although they practically entered the water in the morning and left it in the evening.
Apart from the room, I enjoyed my stay. Now, when choosing a hotel, I will look where the windows of all the rooms face, or already stipulate this moment in the contract. In general, if the hotel is so close to the road, then it no longer has the right to 5 stars. Or it is necessary to design in such a way that household premises, and not numbers, go out onto the road. Naturally, we will never return to this hotel, it is not worth it.
A couple more tips.

The hotel has an extremely uncomfortable shower, which is high and tightly built into the wall. How to wash a 4 year old child? We collected water in drinking water bottles and washed our daughter like that. The cleaning lady took an empty bottle from us a couple of times, so we began to hide it. It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
We removed the electric key from the key fob, although for some it was soldered.
Sea mosquitoes - take fumigators.
There were also enough ants in the room, no need to carry food to the rooms.
When you go to Avsalar, and this is a town right across the road, then when crossing the road, be extremely careful - THE DRIVERS DO NOT ALLOW PEDESTRIANS ON THE PEDESTRIAN ZEBRA!! ! They even blow and twist their fingers at the temple. It is better to walk another 100 m - there will be a traffic light, Turkish drivers respect the traffic light more and stop.
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