Неоднозначно Ambiguous

September 11.2009 at 14:00 our family (daughter, wife and husband) got off the bus near the reception. There we were met by a nice girl of Slavic appearance and offered to have lunch, after which we would receive the keys to the room. At this time, heavy rain began, which lasted 2 days. As it went on, Club Salima presented a dismal spectacle. There was water all around, everyone was jumping in puddles, it seemed that there were very few seats in the restaurant, because the terrace was closed. But September 13 came, the sun came out, it became warm and the rest changed.
So, first things first.
TERRITORY

Club Salima is located in the village of Beldibi on a vast territory, most of which is occupied exclusively by houses for guests. The territory is very large and green, but I would not call it a big plus of the hotel. I think that for the entire time of the rest we visited only half of the territory, since walking among the monotonous houses is not very interesting. Our room was located in a house by the road at the entrance to the hotel, and daily ten-minute repeated walks to the main complex (beach, restaurant, reception, bar, pool, etc. ) and back did not bring much pleasure. WARNING: Surprisingly, there was a sewage treatment plant (or something like that) across the street from the hotel, which caused our cabin to have a constant smell of sewage. This was not mentioned in any of the reviews I read. For two or three evenings, this smell was practically all over the club. For adults, there are 2 pools, one is located above the other and flows into it with a waterfall (beautiful). Separately, there is a children's pool with children's slides and a pool with adult slides. Slides at 12-00 to 14-00 turned off. It looks like everyone is going to dinner. The water in the pools is cold. Children walked with blue lips. Territory assessment - 4 points.
ROOMS
Despite booking a standard room, our family of three was given a so-called family suite. This is a two-room apartment with white walls, a large bed in the bedroom and two beds in the second room. I liked everything about the room, except that the windows overlooked the road, and the wooden frames let in the noise of passing trucks and buses with ease. I believe that the holidaymakers in the houses closer to the pool also faced the problem of noise due to the loud music during the animation. We intended to move several times to quieter standard rooms closer to the center, but never did. The minibar was replenished. Water in the minibar is free. Cleaned every day, it seems good. For 2 weeks the linen was changed several times (already good). Room rating - 4 points.
NUTRITION

Meals at the hotel are organized, as is often the case, in the only restaurant in the entire territory. I was amazed that there were no tablecloths and cloth napkins on the tables, and paper napkins were handed out one at a time. Service was not very fast. Sometimes it was possible to wait 10 minutes for the waiter to pay attention to you and bring the instruments, since they were not freely available. The food itself consisted of a standard set of cold appetizers and salads prepared from yesterday's products according to the principle: so that nothing wasted, several hot dishes. I would call the hot selection poor. All minced meat products, incl. stuffed vegetables were hardly edible, the only fish was herring, which they called haddock or Mediterranean mackerel. In addition, they served very tasteless lamb meatballs and chicken in various forms. There are no complaints about the chicken. Side dishes were always rice, french fries, spaghetti. From fruits - watermelons (tasty), plums (green) and melons (tasteless). Sometimes grapes and peaches were given. For breakfast there was always the same modest selection of food, and for scrambled eggs lined up in which you could easily stand for 30 minutes. Well, at least they gave freshly squeezed orange juice for breakfast. Indeed, at other times it could not be obtained even for money. It was disappointing that after the end of breakfast (at 10-00) or lunch (at 14-30) it was impossible to eat anywhere until the next opening of the restaurant. I do not take into account toasts in the coffee house from 10-30 to 11-00 and cookies in the pool bar from 16-00 to 17-00. Arriving on the second day from the hammam at 14-20, I had to run to the restaurant on a run so as not to be hungry until dinner. The pool bar is open for drinks only. Once I saw someone begging for nuts there. Any cocktails, ice cream for a fee. Juices from the package for free. The beach bar didn't work at all. In short, they did not remain hungry, but they did not receive pleasure from eating.
Nutrition score - 3 points.
BEACH
The beach is also not one of the strengths of the Salima Club. This is a small stretch of sandy embankment, on which there are an extremely large number of sun loungers. No - a large number of sun loungers is good, it would be worse if there were not enough of them, but because of this, a feeling of tightness was created. Although I understand that it is probably difficult to do better. It is better to enter the sea from the pier. About cobblestones is written in every review, and all this is true. Tip: buy special shoes. I personally cut my leg when I was just standing on a chest-deep rock in the water, playing with my daughter, who was swimming in armlets. The depth of the sea, even at the pier, is small. Poke into the bottom, jumping from the pier - like two fingers. The sea itself is dead. There are fish only at the pier, where they are fed. Well, for fish - this is not here; . Evaluation of the beach and the sea - 4 points.
SPORT
Sports seem to be fine. I am not an athlete. I saw the gym. Someone was doing it. There are ping-pong tables, tennis courts, football, one-ring basketball, beach volleyball. Table tennis for free. Rent of tennis rackets - 10 euros per hour. There is also a wellness center (sauna). Masseurs from the sauna stood outside the restaurant every day, catching tourists who had just arrived in order to lure them into peeling. Let's conditionally evaluate the sport at 5 points.
ANIMATION

Friends, animation is the best thing in the hotel. This is the only reason why it is worth coming here a second time. Amazing young people and girls who create a great atmosphere of general fun and kindness. All day long they hold various competitions and games, football, volleyball, many types of aerobics, entertain children in the miniclub, arrange a children's disco in the evening, after which club dances (Club Dance) and shows. I have never seen such shows guys. This is truly a high level. As one buddy I traveled with after watching We Will Rock You said, "For animation, this is unprecedented. " Great costumes, superb staging, performance and choreography. Animation rating - 5+.
For the first time, when we left home, I was sad, and it was solely because of this atmosphere. Thank you: Ali, Andrey, Dido, Ismail, Kesha, Romeo, Tolga, Yunus, Anya, Katerina, Katya, Nastya, Sasha and Hani. You smoothed over all the shortcomings of the hotel and made our stay special and memorable.
Will we visit Salima again? Don't know. But if we come, it's only because of the animation.