First time in Turkey

Written: 18 october 2011
Travel time: 8 — 15 october 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 9.0
The hotel has a large landscaped area, consisting mainly of golf courses. It was a little disappointing that you can’t walk along the golf courses or between them. They explain this by the fact that walking there is dangerous, you can get a strong blow with a ball.
Everything else was great.
ROOM. The room was large and beautiful. Bed linen and towels are white. True, the towels are a little shabby, probably due to constant intensive washing, but this makes them even softer and more pleasant to use. Bedding is changed every 3 days, towels - always when you leave them on the floor. The room has: TV, refrigerator (minibar), air conditioning (central), hair dryer, bathrobes, slippers. Soap, shampoo, shower gel are added as needed. The minibar is replenished free of charge every day - water, fanta, cola, sprite, beer. If you wish, you can also take additional water and drinks in the lobby bar (free of charge). The room has a kettle and tea bags, instant coffee, sugar. Also, you can always go downstairs to drink tea or coffee in the restaurant or in the lobby, but it is especially nice on the terrace of the room. Room cleaning was done well. We left 1 dollar. tips.

NUTRITION. Huge variety of dishes. Salads and side dishes are mostly full of spices, but more neutral dishes can be found, although they are in the minority. Always for breakfast: eggs in all forms, ham, sausage, cheeses, cheese, salads, vegetables, fruits, pastries (there are also salty buns - with cheese, ham, sesame; and sweet ones - with raisins, poppy seeds, cinnamon, chocolate), jam (at least 10 types), honey, honey in combs, yoghurts (also 10 types), cereals, breakfast cereals, dried fruits, oriental sweets (halva, Turkish delight). For lunch and dinner: soups, meat, fish, cheese, side dishes, salads, vegetables, fruits, sweets,... You can’t count everything. It should be noted that you can eat on site almost around the clock. During those rare hours when the main restaurant is closed, you can grab a bite to eat in the lobby or at the snack bar on the beach. A couple of times in the main restaurant I came across not perfectly washed plates and cups with a touch of tea. I got another clean one. But basically everything was clean, the plates were shiny, the tablecloths were snow-white.
STAFF ATTITUDE. The staff was attentive, everyone smiled, sincerely tried to help us in everything. There are few Russian-speaking staff at the reception, everyone speaks English normally. The waiters in the restaurant know a limited set of Russian words, you can explain yourself. I did not feel that we were treated worse than the resting Germans, for example. The waiters always came up, tried to court, asked what to bring to drink.
BEACH. Sandy beach about 50 m wide and 200 m long. Sunbeds are sparse. The beach is equipped with free-standing parasols (not a common canopy). Towels are supposed to be issued once a day, but since it was already not a very active season, you could take as much as you like. The beach is not big, but it is not crowded with vacationers. The reason is that the hotel specializes in golf and some vacationers stay on the golf courses during the day, they do not pretend to the beach. The beach is located at some distance from the hotel building, it takes 10-15 minutes to walk, but you can drive up on a special car that runs between the hotel and the beach quite regularly during the daytime. By the way, the beaches of different hotels are not fenced off from each other, you can walk along the sea far, far away, looking at the beaches of other hotels. This circumstance brightened up our disappointment from the ban on walking on golf courses.
ANIMATION. We rested in October, the animation was completely absent. As far as I understand, they are already at the end of the season, and in the summer there were exercises, and a disco, and other events. But in October it is not hot (+21 - +26), and the sea is still warm.
SPORT. The main sport in the hotel is of course golf, but there is also a small indoor-outdoor swimming pool, as well as a sports center, which includes: a tennis court, a football field, a basketball and volleyball courts.
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