Лучше гор могут быть только горы Mountains are better than mountains

After a long flight (6 hours), we got an almost individual transfer - we checked into one hotel, and even then the main entrance to it was right from the highway. The Turkish Schumacher took us from point A to point Y in record time - in 2 hours (last year it took 3.5 hours, on a huge Neoplan, turning into almost every passage and dropping people off). Along the way, the wonderful guide Hamit did not give us vivid stories about Turkey, but simply gave us the opportunity to relax after a hard night flight. On the way, they filmed the Alanya embankment and the yacht parking, while the competent driver deliberately pressed to the right and slowed down for the convenience of filming. Interestingly, the return transfer turned out to be just as excellent - a “separate” minibus, an excellent driver, an absolutely relaxed guide girl with a minimum of necessary information and only one check-in at the hotel already in Side... In general, we were really fabulously lucky with the transfer on this trip ?
Well, now about the most pleasant.
Hello again Utopia!

Receptionist: They placed us faster than I filled out the guest card. We contacted the hotel in advance and got the villa 3401 we needed. View from the room to the mountains and pine trees. The villa is located one staircase from the pool, bar and restaurant. Very comfortable and not noisy. Girls - thank you so much! In addition to accommodation, as regular guests, we were given a pleasant compliment in the room (fruit and wine), a welcome card and a bright beach bag with the hotel logo. A trifle, but really nice? The room itself turned out to be large, it has a full double bed and a teenage couch - last year there were two combined beds and a cot, and the room was clearly smaller. By the way, when we went to visit friends who lived in the hotel itself, we were convinced that the rooms in the villas are clearly larger, at least the standard ones. The room has bathrobes and slippers. Room cleaning daily. If there is a sign, the cleaning lady comes in later.
Meals: Very tasty and varied. Breakfast without any frills, but quite decent. For lunch, several side dishes, meat, chicken and fish in different variations. All kinds of salads and simply chopped vegetables and herbs. A lot of fruit (but we taste better in the south). For dinner, meat, fish and vegetables are constantly cooked on the grill and in the wok. Freshs are paid-$4. We freely found a table in the restaurant at any time. Sometimes we had lunch at the beach bar: chicken skewers, lamb shawarma, hamburgers and hot dogs, vegetables and fruits. There was ice cream in packages, but not always.
The beach this year is more sandy (sand is either imported or alluvial) than last year. But the sea-sea was not happy for us. We swam with a mask and fins for only four days. Then it started to storm. In the last days of rest, the waves became so high that they overwhelmed the pier. But there are pluses in this too: everyone “sausaged” on the waves and took impressive photos. This year, having decided to shoot Utopia from a bird's eye view, I ordered a parachute. Was the video amazing? In a quiet factory near the pier, animators perform gymnastics and aqua aerobics. Since we spent the whole day on the beach, and the child is already an adult, I won’t say anything about daytime and children’s animation. In the lobby bar every day from 19.00 a girl plays classical music on the piano. Several times in the lagoon bar, a local band played classic rock with great dignity - people got excited and danced with great enthusiasm? Turkish night this year was not impressive. It was much better in the past. But the foam party was a success. So we come to the main entertainment of the season - June 29th. Happy birthday Utopia! This year the guests were entertained by: Cornelia Mango, Hot Chocolate, Marina Brioli and Anastasia Volochkova. The host of the evening was Anton Zorkin. A team of confectioners took out a birthday cake with torches, and beautiful fireworks sparkled over the sea. The holiday was no worse than last year, and even better.