Amara: pros and cons

Written: 14 may 2011
Travel time: 5 — 13 may 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 7.0
The network "Amara", of course, is focused on capricious customers. Since 5 stars appear in everything: chic food (many people praise the hotel’s chef), the staff is unobtrusive and very courteous, cleanliness, beauty, order, impeccable organization, there were still moments that I would like to draw the attention of MOMMS with Babies . This year is very, very not five-star animation, especially for children. Russian-speaking Yvon this year for the whole summer - and if there is no help for her (I noticed a boy of about 16 - either an intern, or a pioneer animator), you need to take care of entertainment for the children yourself (yourself). she didn’t leave, because she didn’t meet any attention to children’s pranks that can be dangerous (the board game she plays with three children is all her attention, at a time when several active kids fly from the slides, fall under ball hits, etc. ). Apart from the mini disco - 20 minutes in the evening where Yvon tries to entertain the kids, there is nothing more fun to do.
Another minus is that on the first floor in the bungalow there is a musty smell (due to humidity and closed balcony doors), I recommend choosing the second or third floors: calmly leave the door open when you are away, everything is ventilated.
Next up: Surprised by the curtain covering only half of the bathroom, so the floor was never dry (splashes).

All of the cons. The rest is just pluses, including for children. The 40 cm deep pool with sea water at 29 degrees saved our mood. There are also pools of 140 cm and 110 cm deep. Joyful children (however, like adults) - moved down from four water slides.
The kitchen deserves special delight: milk porridge (oatmeal or rice) in the morning, two first courses at lunch and in the evening. An incredible number of salads, hot dishes, chic meat (soft juicy odorless lamb, chicken, beef, quail, duck, fish... ), very efficient waiters, especially after a tip, they even help to carry tea, a bag, a cape... Drinks : there are also good ones (beer was praised), good wine, champagne is sour, but edible. It is better to take strong drinks in their pure form, cocktails, as for me, are too flavored with syrups. For an amateur. By the way, you can always order warm milk at the bar, so the mother drank Baileys, and the child milk with foam in a glass with a straw.
The sea is still cold: from 18 to 21, but you can swim for cheerfulness.
We went on 2 excursions: Demre (St. Nicholas) = ​ ​ $ 55 per person and Ecopark (we, as fans of dinosaurs, really liked the private terrarium) with a cable car ride to Mount Tahtali (adrenaline, fun) = $ 75 per person.
It takes 20 minutes to go to the center of Kemer - walk along the souvenir shops along the main street.
Next time I will not change Amara, but I will master Amara Dolce Vita, choosing the end of May.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original