Нам понравилось! ))) We liked! )))

Good day to all. Rested 14 days from 5 to 19 July. I am with my husband and 2 children 17 and 2.5 years old.
In Antalya, we were met by the tour operator Vi-Va with a bouquet of flowers and on an individual transfer, I must say that it impressed us, we were taken to Grand Park Lara. The trip took approximately 15-20 minutes.

The hotel met a large crowd of departing in the lobby. Champagne was not met, although it was in a vase, they did not give a fish. The hotel guide Eric, (thank you very much for the excellent work), filled out everything himself, we were put on bracelets and offered to have breakfast. Eric led us to a restaurant, explaining where everything was and how it was located along the way. Checked in at 12:00. I don't remember how long we waited, but we had breakfast and had already begun to rest, so the time passed quickly.

Standard rooms without balcony! ! On the official website of the hotel there is a gradation of rooms: Standard rooms (max. 2 + 1 people), Family Deluxe (max. 3 + 1/4 people) and Family Elite (max. 5 + 1 / 6 people). For this question about the type of room, be sure to discuss with the travel agent. We were 4, settled in the Family Deluxe (as indicated in the voucher).
As far as I heard, for moving from a standard room to a Family Deluxe, people paid extra $ 20-30 per day.
The room is cozy, 2-room. Each room has air conditioning, LCD TV, bar for a fee, 2 bottles of water daily free of charge. Safe 5$. Our room had a view of the pool and the sea. Super! The view may also be on the construction site, which is located nearby.
When we chose the hotel, Grand Park Lara was in favor of: proximity to the airport, good food, a large number of sun loungers both by the pool and on the beach. When we left the reception, we were struck by the number of people, that is, the hotel is far from empty, as we had hoped.
Hotel on 2 lines, consists of 6 buildings. At the time of our settlement, only 4 buildings were functioning, by the time we left, the 5th building was only half operational, and by August, as they say, all 6 buildings will be working.
Food is great, it's delicious, a lot and always! Meals "5 with a plus" Now there are already queues, maybe there are more people.
Places in the midst of a meal are difficult to find, but still possible. The service is excellent. Wine only from bottles. The waiters do a great job! Mereprodukty is and almost daily, Fruit-sea. Everything is fresh and tasty. Dishes are many and varied.

For children: Good playground: 2 swings, slides, 2 trampolines (the big one was set shortly before our departure). 4 types of rocking chairs, 2 of which have already been broken. 2 mini clubs. Swimming pool 35 cm, You can ride cars in 8.10 min. For $ 10, make a picture of colored sand with your child in the evening. Good children's animation. Free popcorn and cotton candy, ice cream from 14:00 to 18:00. We had something to do, and the older children have a special program in the mini-club.


Beach and sea. To the beach 200-250 meters. From the hotel to the restaurant on the beach 500 steps, a step of about 50cm. that's what happened. ))) A mini-car also goes to the beach. The road to the beach runs along the territory of the hotel "Dolphin Palace", along this road food waste is taken out of the hotel.
If you get at this moment, then it smells, of course. unpleasant. We ran into the removal of slops from the Dolphin only once. The beach is large, sandy and clean. There are a lot of loungers. Enough for everyone. Charming ducklings amuse children at the bar, they can be fed with french fries. ))) In the bar, alk and bulk drinks, french fries, hamburgers, etc.
Warm sea. It was stormy, because the sea was dirty, which did not please, there was garbage along the water's edge. The beach, of course, has not been finalized yet, not ennobled.

A particular minus of the hotel is the elevators. Firstly, they are small, and secondly, they are not adjusted, that is, if the elevator goes up and you need to go down, it will stop on your floor anyway. Very uncomfortable. No lift for staff. Elevators, and there are 2 of them in each building, often break down. In 14 days, they were repaired 4 times. You can't wait for elevators. We lived on the 3rd floor, actually it is the 4th floor. We walked, but by the end of the vacation everyone was tired, including the child, and in my arms, it became problematic to bring him to the 4th floor.
The hotel has 2 adult pools, 1 with 4 slides-120cm and a large 140cm. At the beginning of the vacation, there were always a lot of sun loungers. By the end of the holiday by 9.00 everything was busy. Moreover, new places were equipped. The baby and I were often in the children's pool, so we still couldn't lie down. We would come and lay the towels right on the grass. Some even had their own tent. In general, there are many places.
Animation is cool, both daytime and evening, which has not been repeated even once in 14 days. Interesting, colorful - well done! For example, the Turkish Night is held once a week. But to my surprise, "Turkish Night" was completely different. Pleased with fireworks from other hotels.

We didn’t go to the Turkish bath, the hotel has a hairdresser (manicure, pedicure, etc. ) I will note a very unobtrusive service, starting from the spa and ending with photographers. By the way, not everyone speaks Russian.
I was struck by the fact that in the hotel shops you can not pay with a bank card. Even in the shopping center they didn’t want to accept it from me, they began to ask for cash, of course, you can understand them, but it’s somehow strange. In Kemer, for example, we even paid for beer for $ 2 by card and no one was ever against it. In the hotel itself, for services, of course they accept cards.
Wi-Fi catches even in the room in the morning, but in the evening it is simply not possible to use it.
So far, there is very little greenery in the hotel, but time, I think, will eliminate this shortcoming. I especially liked the fountain in the hotel, very beautiful! At the time of our stay, when only 4 buildings out of 6 were working, there were practically no minuses, but it seems to me that the opening of the remaining buildings will make the hotel cramped. Although, who knows, there is a lot of space, there is still where and what to develop and implement ideas)))
Summing up, I would like to thank the hotel for a good stay. We were not going to, but luckily got to this hotel. Rest turned out to be very good!
And if by next year everything remains at least at this level, we would return. Thanks to all those who helped us relax!