Great hotel, great location, cleanliness and comfort

Written: 2 september 2021
Travel time: 13 — 19 august 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
We rested at the hotel from 13 to 19 August 2021. We were very satisfied with absolutely everything: the location, the surrounding landscapes, the infrastructure of the hotel, the room, the food, the beach, the service - everything is on top. For a moderate fee, here you can get everything that a 4 * hotel can offer. Many thanks to the owners and staff for a wonderful stay! The hotel is suitable both for lovers of a beach "seal" holiday - the hotel has everything for this, and for those who like to take a walk, see something, shop and not overpay for a hotel where you will not spend all the time. More details on the main points:
1. Location. The hotel is located in the city on the embankment in a very convenient location - it is easy to get to any sights from here, there are many shops, shopping centers, cafes, discos and other things nearby. At the same time, it is located just below the embankment in an alley, which is very convenient - you left the hotel on the embankment and you are in the center of city life, you entered the hotel territory - and it seems like you are outside the city, you don’t hear street noise at all, and there are stunning views of the sea and mountains around . The embankment itself is very beautiful, extending in both directions for many kilometers. Along it are several beautiful park areas, as well as many shops, cafes and restaurants. 4 km to the right along the embankment is the famous Duden waterfall, I highly recommend taking a walk to it. It is very picturesque in the daytime, and in the evening it is also illuminated. Halfway to the waterfall on a parallel street is one of the largest shopping centers in the city - TerraCity, there are a lot of shops - both local brands - LC Waikiki, Defakto, etc. , and European ones like Zara.
On the left side of the promenade, there is a beautiful park with ponds in which turtles and colored Koi swim. From the hotel, we also went to the Old Town Old Town, the aquarium (near it is also Ataturk Park, amusement park, the national archaeological museum and the huge Migros shopping center). You can go by regular bus (KL08), but to travel you need to buy a special card with a QR code, register and activate it on a special website, which is not very convenient. Cash and bank cards are not accepted in Antalya public transport. Therefore, it is better to take a taxi - you can simply catch it (there are just a bunch of them everywhere) or call it by pressing a special yellow call button - they are located just everywhere on poles, there are also right next to the hotel. Cash payment on the meter (for example, from the hotel to the Old City, the cost was 27 lire).

2. Hotel infrastructure. The hotel consists of several multi-storey buildings. The territory is not huge, but quite spacious, everything is very neat, clean, well maintained. The views from the hotel are just breathtaking! It is located at the top of a sheer cliff, respectively, from above the view is gorgeous - the sea, mountains, rocks. At the same time, the view is very good both from the pool and from the pool bar, and from the snack bar, from the sports ground. I really liked how convenient everything was planned on the territory. For example, the point of issue/replacement of towels is located in a small house right next to the entrance to the beach and opposite the main pool. Easy to drop off and change along the way.
There is a shower near the sports ground. Everything is thought out also for the disabled. The set of services corresponds to a hotel of this class - a spa, a gym, a sports ground, several pools, including a slide, 5 bars, a shop. Animation is moderate - some daily activities (such as water aerobics, volleyball), live music in the evening, DJ or mini-show. But this is understandable - most guests go for a walk in the city in the evening, so there is no particular need for entertainment.
3. Internet. Free wi-fi is available throughout the hotel (even on the beach) and is of very good quality. This is rare in hotels in Turkey, usually free wi-fi is available only in the lobby, sometimes in the room, but generally everywhere... A pleasant surprise!
4. Settlement / room / service. We arrived at the hotel at two o'clock, we were quickly issued, put on bracelets and we went to dinner. We dined until 14 and then we were immediately settled. The hotel employee took the suitcases to the room, he also showed what and how it works in the room and gave the password for wi-fi. We offered him a tip, but he didn't take it. They cleaned every day without a tip, too, the bed was changed like 2 or 3 times in 7 days, towels were changed if they were put in the bathroom on the floor. The room was very nice, clean, overlooking the inner courtyard. We did not ask for a room with a sea view, because we only changed clothes and slept there, and from the entire territory of the hotel, the views are very beautiful everywhere. And there are no wastelands and trash cans nearby, so I think that there are good views everywhere. Everything worked in the room, I was very pleased with the centralized almost silent air conditioning. Cosmetics were also all there - soap, shampoo, toothpaste, shower gel, something else. They were also replenished from time to time. Also in the room there was a kettle, cups, coffee / tea, sugar sticks, water in the fridge. Safe is free.

The staff at the hotel is very friendly, they helped in everything, answered all questions. Everyone speaks English, most also Russian. The service is excellent - polite, unobtrusive (although the spa services were offered very intensively, but is that around? ). Everywhere in the hotel is very clean, I had breakfast early and saw how in the morning they wiped all the sunbeds with an antiseptic, cleaned the pool. The staff observes quarantine requirements very strictly, including all, without exception, constantly wear masks. Masks and antiseptics were always available for hotel guests, but they were used only at will, no one demanded to wear masks.
5. Beach. Along Antalya, the coast is steep almost everywhere, beaches with a gentle approach are rare. The hotel is located at the top of the cliff, respectively, you need to go down the stairs to the beach. The staircase is concrete, wide, comfortable, with railings, going up and down is not difficult (if there are no serious problems with the musculoskeletal system). Fig trees grow along the slope above the stairs, ripe figs fall right on the steps? . The beach is a wide wooden deck with railings and comfortable stairs to enter the water. On the beach - sun loungers, awnings, showers, changing rooms, a bar with drinks. Up the stairs - a snack bar with snacks. There were enough sunbeds for everyone, there was no need to take them in the morning, although some did so, but not en masse.
Sunset in the sea - immediately depth. For those who do not know how to swim, towels are given out such flexible pasta, as in aqua aerobics, which can be wrapped around the body in every possible way and so stay on the water, half of the people swam with them (or with all sorts of mattress circles). The water is clear, you can see the bottom well. I liked it even more than a gently sloping sandy beach - no need to walk on hot sand, wash your feet from it and constantly shake it out from everywhere, clean sunbeds, again. There is also a club of professional divers on the beach. They swim there all the time, they train everyone for a fee and you can dive with them and swim to the sunken submarine.
6. Food. The food is varied and very tasty. There are a lot of various vegetables - both raw and cooked (especially delicious eggplants in all variations). Four times a day there were 2 kinds of soups, different every day. Lots of olives and cheeses. Seasonal fruits - melons, watermelons, nectarines, plums, grapes, apples, everything is ripe and tasty. Meat is mainly chicken and turkey, but in different variations - with vegetables, and grilled, and breaded, and stewed, and in the form of cutlets and nuggets. Fish was also always available for lunch and dinner. In the evening, the grill was working on the street, they cooked an average of 6 different dishes on it. For breakfast, they served delicious fresh pastries of several types + always pancakes. Dietary and children's food is also full of all. Desserts are common for Turkish hotels - biscuits with different layers, jelly, soufflé , baklava, delicious caramelized pumpkin, brownies, yogurt desserts. In the snack bar - burgers, french fries, vegetables, fruits, grilled meat, guzemle cakes with various fillings, drinks.

I was very pleased that coffee was everywhere natural, not instant. Water was put every day in the room for 4 bottles of 0.5 liters. In unlimited quantities, it was in all bars in sealed plastic containers of 200 ml. (like yogurt in cups). It turned out to be very convenient, because it was just enough for one person to get drunk once while it was cold, and the next time to take it out of the refrigerator again. The distribution of food was carried out by the staff, as elsewhere during the quarantine. But there were practically no queues - everything was very fast, the workers just “flyed”. Food was put as much as you asked, an unlimited number of times. There was just enough for the end of the meal. There were enough tables in the restaurant for everyone, both inside and outside. The guests approached somehow evenly, they did not all run to the beginning of the meal.
7. Contingent. Mixed: most Germans, French, Turks; fewer Ukrainians, Russians, Kazakhs (apparently that's why I never heard Russian-language music in the hotel, and it was great! ). We had children, but not many. The age is mostly young and middle. The atmosphere among the guests was very calm, friendly, I did not observe any conflicts, screams, noise and other things.
So I liked the hotel in all respects, I didn’t notice any shortcomings (I didn’t look specifically and meticulously, but I have something to compare with), I can safely recommend it to everyone.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original