Saphir Resort & Spa 5* (Сапфир) Saphir Resort & Spa 5*

Great hotel!! ! The building itself is new, and this is very important, the hotel wears out very quickly, but here the furniture is brand new, not shabby, everything is brand new, clean, beautiful. A beautiful hotel both outside and inside, a designer has obviously been here, it's just nice to walk along the stylishly furnished lobby, every corner is comfortably furnished, decorated with flowers - just lovely. It is clear that no money was saved. The lobby lobby is stylishly made with neoclassical furniture, a chic huge balcony overlooking the sea and the pool with wicker tables and chairs. Beautiful hall -3 floors with wicker furniture with pillows. The rooms are large, comfortable, new plumbing, furniture, bed linen and towels are not washed out, not faded, a charming shower window - a balcony with wicker chairs and a table, air conditioning, plasma TV with many channels. Everything is well thought out and well thought out.
The territory is small, but very beautiful, well-groomed, palm trees, bushes, flowers, lawns
...And there is a highlight - an artificial waterfall, next to it there are massage cabins like in the pictures of different SPAs (a wooden gazebo hung with translucent tulle ... ). In the evening, the waterfall is illuminated very beautifully, it will be pleasant to sit there after dinner on a sun lounger (not plastic like on the beach, but wicker - these are the ones near the pool), take a look at the waterfall, listen to music (the headquarters of the animators and the DJ cabin are located nearby, so that musical accompaniment for the "tantras" can be arranged for yourself). Although there are no shady places in the greenery, there are excellent wicker sofas with a canopy along the beach, and hammocks among the "rotundas" entwined with flowers. A large pool, although shallow only 1.40m. , But in the pool you don’t push like in a hodgepodge. Next to the large pool is a small children's pool "knee-deep" with a children's slide - an elephant, it's so touching.

There is a canopy over the children's pool so that the children do not burn in the sun when they swim in the pool. Separately, there is a swimming pool with slides for children and adults. There is a children's playground, billiard and tennis tables under a canopy on the street, an Internet cafe. The most comfortable sun loungers around the pool, you can lie under a stationary sail-shaped canopy, or you can sit under a mobile umbrella with a stoic. There is also a pool bar and a snack bar nearby, tables under a canopy, during the sunshine period a great place to spend time. There is constant animation near the pool, so there is fun, music. The beach is quiet. But this issue can be resolved by agreeing with the DJ, next to the beach there is an amphitheater building for evening shows, there is a DJ console, and sometimes on the beach we were also pleased with musical accompaniment.
At the same time, on the other side of the amphitheater there is a beach bar with wicker chairs and tables under a canopy and a "woman with cakes" - an essential attribute of every self-respecting Turkish hotel.
The beach is excellent, clean, sand, the entrance to the sea is sand + small pebbles, a relatively steep descent into the sea, it gets deep pretty quickly. The water is very clean, so if you swim a little from the shore, you can see the boulders at the bottom a little eerie, but you can’t get to them without diving. The sea is super clean, no algae, you can walk along the beaches, a nice foot massage on small pebbles, walk from the beach of your hotel towards the Arycanda and Leodikiya hotels, I don’t recommend walking in the opposite direction, there are not pebbles, but stones : ( The hotel is located in a very charming little cove, so the sea is calm almost all the time. On the beach there are new fabric large cool umbrellas, new mattresses and comfortable sunbeds.
And this is very valuable, especially in comparison with neighboring hotels, where there are frail little straw umbrellas that let in the sun's rays or there are no individual umbrellas, but there is one common canopy, under which everything is like sprats in a jar. Moreover, if one wants to be in the sun, and the other wants to be in the shade, then you will have to lie down separately: (.
The food is amazing, the best I have ever seen. Huge selection for every taste and almost around the clock. Breakfasts are standard: omelettes, fried eggs, eggs, pancakes, various jams, jams, cheeses, sausages, sausages, vegetables, fruits, yogurts, muesli, teas, coffee, buns, etc. From 11:00, the "woman with cakes" begins her work ", and until 17:00 with a lunch break from 12:30 to 14:00. There is also a parallel snack bar with hamburgers, fries, spaghetti, kebabs, meat, chicken, vegetables, fruits, and sweets. Lunch is almost like dinner. Dinner is +4 kg in 9 days: (. Everything is very, very tasty!!!

Every day there are also fish dishes (sometimes they bake a huge tuna, there is always a grilled fish, either small whole baked or large pieces), and meat dishes in all kinds of forms from simply baked chicken, turkey or beef to some delights from beef liver and etc. , and seafood (shrimps, mussels), and salads, vegetables, side dishes (rice, spaghetti, mashed potatoes, grilled corn, baked potatoes in their skins, french fries, fried potatoes, pasta, and all kinds of variations of this with vegetables, mushrooms), and all kinds of fruits (watermelons, melons, oranges, bananas, apricots, peaches, nectarines, cherries, pears, plums, cherry plums... ) - and just enough!! ! There was no shortage. Therefore, dear Russian and Ukrainian tourists, do not come 10 minutes before the opening of the restaurant, create a crowd, fly into the restaurant, pick up full plates, of which you will not eat even half.
Half of the dishes are prepared right there in the restaurant in front of you, half in the kitchen, if something is over, then in a minute it is immediately replenished. It is better to take a little bit of everything for a sample, what you like, you will always have time to take more. It's just terrible when full plates are thrown away. There is a large selection of diet food: stewed chicken, turkey, boiled rice, stewed broccoli, Brussels sprouts, carrots, etc.
The staff are kind, sincere, smiling people. The service is excellent, not yet spoiled by Russian rudeness. Everything from the gardener, beach boy, cleaner, waiter, bartender, and ending with administrators, cooks, managers - all very hospitable nice people who will greet you, smile, wish you everything they know in Russian. Do not look at them like a wolf for this, as if they will demand something from you for this.
Smile back, learn a couple of words in Turkish, they will be stunned with joy and happiness, say "please" and "thank you" at least in Russian, because it's not difficult. It would be a shame if such a hotel deteriorated. The atmosphere of this hotel is an indescribable feeling of one big friendly family!! ! this is something incredibly fantastic!! ! At the restaurant, leave a couple of dollars to the waiter, smile, thank you, and next time he will replenish your glasses, bring drinks, reserve your favorite table, etc. Leave the bartender a couple of dollars at the bar near the pool (where you often run during the day ), smile, thank you, and at the disco he will make you an excellent cocktail, if you want to drink - water will not be $ 2, but free of charge (after 24:00 all drinks are paid). For example, at the disco, we wanted a mojito, but they didn’t have mint, the bartender offered to replace it (what do you like? Do you want it with lemon? Sweet? But without cola and ice cream?

- please), creatively approached the issue, we left $ 5 for a tip, and the next day in the evening after dinner, he found us on a sun lounger by the waterfall and brought two mojitos from himself, compensation for yesterday's lack of mint : ). Drinks - like everywhere else, beer, wine in barrels, local whiskey, gin, vodka, crayfish ...yuppie juices, cola, fanta, sprite, nestea ...Leaving a tip is normal, it's civilized, after all, tips in all inclusive are not are included. After all, usually, if you like the service, you leave it for a tip?!
Animation - just darlings, all the guys. I am generally not a fan of all kinds of activities in animation, but the guys are all great: beach volleyball, air shooters, darts, basketball, tennis, belly dancing, aqua aerobics, club dances, all kinds of competitions in the pool - I didn’t take part anywhere, but most importantly animators don't hang around if you don't want to participate. After dinner, I slept on the beach under an umbrella, so the bugs did not scream as they passed by, inviting people to the next event so as not to wake me up.
It's so sweet and touching. Evening show - never loved before this time. Of course, all this amateur performance is unprofessional, but very fun, entertaining. Therefore, I repeat, if you like it - leave a tip for the animators, let them earn money, buy a club disc from them (which animator you buy from, that one earns, so we bought 3: ), buy bingo loto tickets (we bought 2 from each: ) . All the guys (both staff and animators) radiate light, just sunshine, smile, get to know each other, then just chat, joke, everything is so kind. The staff - not everyone speaks Russian, but they try, many speak English well. Therefore, who wants to Russian hotel - you do not come here.
The contingent is 70-80% Russian, 20-30% of all: Lithuania, Germany, Moldova, England, Syria, Belarus, various countries of the former Yugoslavia, Ukraine, Romania, Kazakhstan, etc.
Excellent SPA massage - masseuses girls from Bali, Indonesians, professionally do.

About the tour operator Anex Tour - we were taken from the airport to the hotel, and back to the airport from the hotel (the bus back was with very hard seats, my back and neck still hurt). That's about all they did. For a person who wants to travel on excursions, who has not been to Turkey, who needs help with settling at the reception - choose another operator. The guide at the hotel from Anex - Rustam (I think so) - is a rare boor, it’s better not to meet him at all, and even more so not to communicate, it will ruin the impression of everything, well, of course, such a person cannot tell about excursions, something then to advise or suggest, and even more so in case of something to help, the maximum it will drag you on a shopping tour. I have already outlined the details to the tour operator, but here I don’t want to talk about the bad.
The hotel is wonderful!! !