Двоякое впечатление Double impression

A double impression, that's what I would call a vacation in Utopia. There were four of us, kids 10 and 12.
Because The "permission" to leave was "forced" and there was no time to choose, they settled on Utopia. The trip from the airport by TezTour bus, with delivery to other hotels, took less than 3 hours. And this is taking into account the fact that upon arrival at one of the hotels, the driver knocked down a curb with a bus and stayed there to figure it out. Very quickly found a replacement bus, literally 15 minutes, got further without incident.
Settlement-housing: Double impression. Arrived around 12:00. We started offering several options. In villas “on the outskirts” or on the lowest tier (I don’t know how to describe it, for those who were there: below the pool behind the amphitheater. Yes, yes! There are rooms there! ). They did not agree - to go far everywhere. Although it is worth noting that the proposed rooms are luxurious. But they insisted on their own: The "standard" in the main building was paid - so "take it out for us and put it down. " Almost insolently they demanded money at the settlement - they managed. Because not "married for the first time", then the children's swimming trunks were immediately pulled out of the pockets of backpacks and the kids dived into the pool, the wife went to lunch. At 14-00, after cleaning the room, settled. The room was on the 3rd floor overlooking the sea-Alania, normal, everything is decent enough, nothing flows or falls off, everything works. It looks like the room has been recently renovated. As I understand it, the main and significant drawback of most "standards" is that the remote air conditioner units are located directly in the ventilation duct on the balcony. And even if your air conditioner is turned off, then from the included neighbors there is a terrible heat on the balcony and, accordingly, in the room. Despite the fact that the heat had already subsided at that time, I had to sleep with air conditioning, which I don’t like, besides that it also “hums”.

We went on an excursion to Israel - when they found out about this at the reception, they almost asked on their knees to vacate our room for that day. The hotel is really stupidly lacking space! In return, they promised to settle when returning "to a better one. " I don't know why you agreed? But we went to a meeting and collected all the clothes in our suitcases. The most interesting thing is that when they returned back at 3 o’clock in the morning, satisfied but tired, they thought that they had deceived them - and right now they would have to look for their suitcases-bags in some kind of closet... and again “settle down”. They didn't cheat. They gave me a chic corner room with a beautiful view, two bathrooms and a jacuzzi in the middle of the room. . On a huge balcony, under a bottle of bacardi from duty-free, we joyfully greeted the dawn with my wife. All our clothes were already there.
Cleaning: If in the first room there was a laminate on the floor and it seemed to be cleaned normally, then in the second room there was a carpet, which, it seems, should be vacuumed... but the pistachio left on the floor by the previous tenants lain there for several days (especially not touched))
Power: Double impression.
Breakfast is disgusting. Often there weren't even paper sausages. And about the "non-paper" in general, I am silent. Omelet only from 9-00, but at that time I'm already at sea! Would you like some muesli with fried potatoes? Dismiss! Yes, I want an omelet with sausage, salad, juice and coffee for breakfast. There were no complaints only for juice and salad. Well, even hot pastries saved.
Dinner is bad! I went out for lunch a couple of times and gave up on this case. Absolutely no tasty cooked meat. Fish are often missing as a class. In addition to this, the lunch time is catastrophically short and only until 14-00, why only 1.5 hours? Well, at least until 15-00?!
Dinner - not so much. Fish is not always, there is no seafood, the meat is often overcooked beef. Very rarely chicken, 1 or 2 times turkey. Lamb never happened, turkey like 1 time.
Food in general: No, you won't go hungry! You can eat, but it was far from the most delicious food that was offered to me in 3-4-5 star hotels in Turkey-Egypt-Spain.
A huge plus in terms of food is that there are always good “snacks” on the beach and in the water park: fries, hamburgers (yes, disgusting - but children love it :  ), vermicelli, pizza, vegetables and fruits, Turkish flatbread with different fillings … etc. This allowed us to “score” for lunch, not to adapt to it, and not to drag ourselves to the main building in the heat of “rush hour”.

Territory: Double impression. It’s far enough to walk to everything, and along rather steep descents and ascents. And to the sea on foot after breakfast: the bus does not run until 9-00, although there is still no heat and the trip is quite comfortable. Or from the beach after the bus is no longer running, but the elevator is still working. And to the water park. It's great that the water park is located in a pine forest. I can also advise living in villas to those who do not need evening programs at the hotel and are not afraid of “going” there, as well as for any other occasions and for breakfast and dinner. A bunch of pools around the hotel "in the heat" and in the natural shade in the water park. The last one is very important for us. A good, large pool in natural shade is one of the criteria that is important to me when choosing a hotel. Water park - well, it was enough for me to ride all the slides once. Children rode for a week with squealing and pleasure, and when they got tired of it, they rode without pleasure)). I will not describe the hotel itself - in previous reviews everything is quite detailed. I note that the saunas in the hotel are free! Go there in the first days of your stay before dinner, and then decide whether you need it or not.
Sea: Double impression. There are plenty of loungers everywhere. Stones, cobblestones, boulders are really present. The sea is really muddy. If you stand waist-deep in water, then you may not see your feet. Swim with a mask - the bottom is not always visible due to turbidity from some small plant residues. There were 3-5 such days, with a muddy sea, during our stay. On the other days, more or less, which allowed my son and I to catch the coins that vacationers throw in the hope of returning. Well, yes, I just don’t like to swim - either give me a storm or swim with a mask! Lord! If you really want to go back - throw not rubles into the water, but decent currency! )) Those, about 20 rubles that my son and I caught, were naturally thrown back into the sea before leaving, which cannot be said about the caught gold cross and earring, which were taken as a marine trophy)). Who writes about a sewer pipe on the beach - well, yes, there is one, not on the beach itself, but to the left of the pier, where swimming is not allowed, but it’s still nearby.
Sports: we take table tennis rackets, tennis rackets with us. We also took a volleyball - we did not regret it. Children and spouse love to play volleyball, and animation balls are more like rugby. Children who will play minifootball, let them take sports shoes.
Our approximate daily routine

I wake up early, at 7 o'clock. Before 8-00 I usually have breakfast and go to the sea - the most wonderful time! After 9-00 a senior kinder joins me, then by 10-00 or later the female half, who likes to sleep, pulled up. We had a snack either on the beach, or went by bus, went out on the road to the water park and had a snack there (there is a little more choice of dishes in the water park). We left the beach at about 13-00, when the heat was on. In the water park had fun until about 16-00, there is also table tennis. Then they played volleyball (well, yes, my children played on an equal footing with adults). Further on, there is a swimming pool near the building or near the saunas, a sauna, a "jacuzzi". After dinner on the terrace around the "lobby" - cocktails and "double-triple whiskey", animation entertainment. This is where we usually end up. But for those who like to continue - a disco.
Whom I advise: first of all, for lovers of active pastime, for parents with children from three years old. Will I go here again? – Definitely not! Would I go here if I wasn't there? - Rather, yes.