Our holiday in Sider

Written: 25 september 2010
Travel time: 17 — 24 september 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 8.0
Hello.
We went to the Sidera Hotel in mid-September 2010, according to the action bambarbia 7 nights - 610 USD per person (standard room) from TEZ TOUR. We met well, a comfortable bus and an unobtrusive guide, told us a little bit of the history of Alanya,
Arriving at the hotel by 11:00, they waited until 13:00 for check-in, at first they thought to give 10 USD in order to quickly check in, but then they changed their minds, during this time they managed to go to lunch.
I will start writing point by point briefly and about the main thing:
1. Reception.
There is a Russian-speaking girl, you don’t need to give money to check into a good room (We were settled in a good Family room No. 324 - two rooms and a balcony overlooking the sea and the hotel grounds), although five days later they moved to No. the sea and the territory of the hotel are also very good).
2. Number.

The interior is modest, there is a double and a single bed (accommodation in a standard room for up to 3 people), a TV (it catches three Russian channels and two Ukrainian ones (Channel 5 and KRT), a mini fridge with a bar (free of charge when checking in a fanta, cola, sprite, water - (free of charge, replenished every day), a large wardrobe, a safe - for a fee, the bathroom pleased with the presence of high-quality plumbing and cleanliness, there is a table and chairs on the balcony.
The best rooms are from 124 to 185.224 - 285.324 - 385.424 - 485, etc. since they overlook the sea, other rooms overlook the road and nearby hotels.
3. Beach and sea.
The beach is pebbly and sandy, there are tents, there are enough sunbeds, but it is better to take them until 8:30 (you can choose the best places), but even if you arrive at 10:00, you will find free sunbeds and you can drag them to any place on the beach. The sea is warm, clean, the water is clear (the bottom will be visible even if you sail to the buoys). You can also enter the sea with medium pebbles from Paton, a lot of fish (you can take a bun for breakfast and feed them).
4. Nutrition.
FOOD.
Before leaving, I read a lot of negative reviews and thought, well, what do people need, because before that I had been in two five-star hotels in Turkey and I know that they are fed there for slaughter and there is always a choice. Now I understand them. , the choice of food is small, with meat chicken, lamb, fish (I ate mostly chicken, since the lamb has a smell, and the fish is mostly small with many bones, there were mackerel several times), there are different salads (but having tried everything, I ate fresh vegetables and a couple of salads with carrots and cabbage), the side dishes are not bad, you don’t have sweets every time sometimes the same type of cake is deliciously cooked one evening, but you can’t take it and eat it on the other, apples, watermelons from fruit daily , plums, pears, peaches were given every other day and melons twice a week. Drinks: coffee, tea, water and juices (coloured water). Standard breakfasts for seven days are very tired (eggs, cheese and sausage in stock, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, potatoes, puddings, cereals in stock, buns and pancakes and that’s all. In general, everything is standard and does not taste very good (sometimes sour, sometimes a bunch any hot spices, otherwise without any taste at all) although I am unpretentious, the food there is definitely not 5-star.

ALCOHOL - all locally produced and several drinks like "Vermouth" supposedly Greek, because of this, the type of food UAI. All other alcoholic drinks of foreign production are charged.
5. Animation.
The guys are doing their best, on the first day I went everywhere and danced and played darts, etc. then I decided that they had arrived for 7 days, so I would spend them strictly at sea. There were no discos, more precisely! there were but when we went there there was one DJ, since 80% of the vacationers are pensioners or family people, most of them are Russians and Germans. Loved the evening shows. As a rule, once a week Turkish night. We also got to the celebration of the day of the hotel, we liked it very much.
6. Shopping.
We went to the leather and fur store from the tour operator, we didn’t particularly like anything, but the prices are also decent from $ 300 to....
A 25-minute walk from the hotel (you can also drive up for $ 1 by bus) there is the Grand Alara Bazaar, and they were stingy there. Prices are usually said to be two or three times more expensive, it is necessary to fold in half. For example jeans start 85u. e. then we drop it by 10 USD and when you are going to supposedly leave the seller offers the last price of 40 or 35 USD
7. Currency
If you eat from Ukraine, then I advise you to take euros, since their prices for food are lower in euros, for example:
Directions 2. ue. (16 UAH) or 1 euro (10 UAH) for two.
Visa 30 USD (240 UAH) or 20 EUR (200 UAH)
In conclusion, I want to say that I liked the rest, because the most important thing for which I went to Turkey is the sun, the sea, the beach.
A photo report about the hotel is attached : )))
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