Belpinar, wait for me and I'll be back!

Written: 29 october 2010
Travel time: 9 — 23 october 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 10.0
Advantages:
Briefly do not count everything! Meals, animation, very friendly and friendly, smiling, despite the great fatigue at the end of the season, the staff, more or less speak Russian. Very well-groomed, green and clean territory, clean pools, working water slides. . . The most important advantage is the division into a relaxation zone (buildings with rooms) and an active zone across the road (there is a well-groomed and beautiful underground passage) - music, animation, swimming pool, slides, restaurant, beach. . . There is where to walk outside the hotel - a lot of shops, cafes. Not far from the airport.
Disadvantages:
Whoever goes looking for flaws will find them. There were no downsides for me. Well, except that there are no shelves in the closet - this is a small minus. And there are steps, the edges of which are not marked in any way, which is difficult for people with poor eyesight. In Turkey, the 11th time, there is something to compare.

99% of the hotel guests are from the CIS, the behavior of some tourists leaves much to be desired (drunken screams and fights at night, rudeness to the staff, some "bend their fingers"). But this does not apply to the shortcomings of the hotel.
Review:
Hello!
I booked a ticket almost a month in advance, because now only one plane flies from my city, Dnepropetrovsk, and it was very difficult to get air tickets. The flight was at 5.40. I was surprised by the large number of children not only of preschool, but also of school age. We took off on time, the flight went smoothly, but we got into turbulence, we were a little worried. Having quickly settled all the formalities at the airport, we boarded the bus. Belpinar is about 40 minutes drive from the airport, which was very pleasing, they landed first. We settled in about an hour after arrival, they offered to go to breakfast while the room was being cleaned. I must say that when I arrived at the hotel, it was pouring rain, and I was upset: what kind of weather... But in the afternoon the sun came out. Later I was told that the saying "spring and autumn - the weather is eight on a day" in October in Turkey is more relevant than anywhere else. : ) TezTour - well done. They met, brought, drove, saw off - everything was on schedule, they did not let you get bored on the road. I can’t really say anything about the hotel guides Anna and Nurhan, since I wasn’t at the information meeting (I don’t see the point in wasting time on this, I already know everything about excursions, and if problems arise, I’ll solve them myself, since I’m a Turkish language translator ) I just came up one day, gave Anna their part of the voucher, and that's it. Excursions - a tour on a yacht and a picnic-fishing on the lake - I took at the Hay Tour agency (at Mansur) on the street, 2 times cheaper than from hotel guides.

They gave me room 3216 in the third building. It looks like the room has been recently refurbished and is brand new. The room is very spacious, bright and comfortable, with tiles on the floor. In the bathroom there is a hair dryer, a shower with a removable shower (I went to visit a friend's room, so their shower was not removed). I liked the fact that there was a good flow in the shower, the water did not stand, and there were no puddles on the floor, since the cabin was hermetically sealed. There was always hot water. There are two chairs on the large balcony, a view of the mountains and neighboring buildings, but there was no feeling of "window to window".
In principle, all the advantages of the hotel are described in great detail in previous reviews. Personally, I liked everything about this hotel. Was in Turkey 11 times, there is something to compare. A well-groomed area with a variety of greenery, date palms, which at this time of the year have already yielded, and dates hang on them, as if in shopping bags... : ) Everything on the territory is very thoughtfully and compactly located. Clean pools and area around them.
Separately, I want to write about the hotel staff. They work from early morning until late at night, like bees, so that we can have a comfortable rest! While doing their job, they still have time to smile and joke! The maids clean the room very well (although some complained - they say, "I crushed a cockroach under the bathroom a few days ago, so the corpse is still lying !! ! They don’t clean it at all !!! " But you can’t pick it up and throw it into the trash can? The crown will fall off ? ), lay out swans and scatter flower petals even without a tip. Kindness at the highest level! And requests are answered promptly. Somehow I needed some soda, asked the waiter and sat down to dinner. They brought it in a minute. Moreover, the chef came up and asked if they brought me soda. And another significant case: when I returned to my room after a tour on a yacht, I found that there were no large and small white towels, the old ones were taken away, but they forgot to put fresh ones. I called the front desk and calmly asked for it. A minute later (! ) a boy came running (probably from the laundry, I don’t know) with towels and a thousand apologies. All the staff, including the technical staff (which is a rarity) speaks Russian - some are better, some are worse, but you can understand. (True, I spoke Turkish with them, and they treated me a little more friendly and kindly than others). One of the colorful personalities in the hotel is the administrator of the hammam Nurik. He speaks excellent Russian, is omnipresent, loves to chat, calls all men "bogatyr", and women - "beauty". : ) I don’t understand those who complained that the staff was rude - I didn’t see not only rudeness, but even just not a single dissatisfied face! People, this is still staff, and not "servants" or "maids", as they say in reviews or some say! They are the same people as you and I, and how you treat them, you will receive exactly the same attitude towards yourself. Photographers are unobtrusive, but if they offer a photo session, do not refuse, the pictures are simply amazing! I agreed and did not regret it: Cosmo models are resting! Bought a CD with over 100 photos for $80. Expensive, but worth it. There are two brothers there, Mustafa photographed me.
Special thanks to the girls-animators Nastya, Kristina and others! Very cheerful and groovy, did not let you get bored for a minute! Some kind of entertainment every half hour: morning gymnastics, darts, belly dancing, gymnastics in the sea, volleyball, water polo, then a break until 15.30, then water polo, volleyball, boccia, gymnastics in the pool... How do I know the schedule so clearly? Yes, because I participated almost everywhere, in the end I didn’t gain a single kilogram, although I ate a lot! I was surprised by the people whose whole rest was reduced to lying on a sunbed with rare visits to the sea and non-stop drinking alcohol, and they also said that "the animation is boring"! And when the girls tried to pull them out for at least something, they lazily waved them off: "Yes, fuck off, I'll lie down... " Like that. So the rest of vacationers is the work of the vacationers themselves. If you don't want to get bored and get fat - go to the gym! There was a show in the evening, but I only went to them a couple of times - I'm not interested. Although the belly dance performed by Christina on "turkish night" was just super! In general, the animation program was very rich, despite the end of the season. I also really liked the fact that the music near the pool sounded quite loud, but did not scream and did not "hit the brain", as in other hotels.

Restaurant. Big and clean. If you want - eat on the street, but if you want indoors. Although with an eye on the weather, most ate inside. I can not say that I "did not eat anything sweeter than carrots. " On the contrary, I am quite picky about food. Chefs and confectioners - a huge respect! Cooking WELL VERY TASTY! Of course, there were salads made from the remains of yesterday's dinner, but you can not take them. And then, any housewife tries to make cooking as waste-free as possible, right? In addition to salads, there are many other tasty things. Every day they fry something on the grill or on the grill: fish, chicken, meatballs (not soy! ), chicken breasts or wings, meat. On the Turkish night, which is held every Saturday in Belpinar, they fried lamb, a very tasty turkey, there was something like shawarma. What is fried on the grill is usually handed out by chefs, but you can take it yourself. At the same time, they are not greedy, they put as much as you ask. Or rather, until you say "enough" : ) Garnish - rice, pasta, spaghetti, lentils, stewed vegetables, french fries and mashed potatoes (in my opinion powdered). There were even small dumplings. Food is plentiful and for all tastes. A very tasty and varied sweet table: pastries, puddings, jelly, cakes, buns... Apples, pears, grapes, melons, plums were given from fruits. For breakfast there was everything you needed, every day they fried either fried eggs, then super-tasty pancakes, then scrambled eggs... There was milk. Separately, I want to note the amazing orange jam. Before lunch, there was gozleme with various fillings near the animation stage. And again, they were dissatisfied! It seems that people at home eat black caviar with spoons, they are already tired of lobsters and lobsters, and they only eat thirty dishes for lunch! Or is it such a lifestyle - to dress up and find fault with everything you see ???
In general, the hotel can be called "Russian". The contingent of vacationers is 99% of the CIS, Germans, Poles and one Turkish couple were seen, obviously newlyweds or even a brother and sister, given the very young age of the girl. As I already wrote, the behavior of some of our compatriots is simply terrible: drunken jumping into the pool, screaming and showdowns at night, rudeness to staff, drunk girls openly hang themselves on the Turks... Some write - "it's a shame for the state. " No, it's not a shame - thank God, the Turks have already begun to treat a particular tourist not according to his nationality, but as he personally deserves, so let everyone think for himself. Not everyone knows the rules of conduct in public places, for example, at eight in the morning they can go out into the corridor near their room and talk loudly. You go out, make a remark, and in response to an unperturbed "what? " Once I had to call security - in the corridor at 2 am there was a drunken fight, they woke up the whole floor. The most interesting thing is that they get drunk as an insole, lose their human appearance and rowdy more often not men, but just women. Or they discuss their personal problems (and even intimate life! ) for the whole beach. They call their children and grandchildren again to the whole district, and if someone wants to take a nap on a sun lounger under the sound of the sea, they don’t care. And one more typical feature of ours: to occupy everything and everywhere. You will approach the beach at 9 am - there are no more free sunbeds. As always - no one is there, only children's flip flops, Panama hats, towels are lying. And rudeness, in a restaurant you come up to a table: “Excuse me, is it busy here? ”, In response you get a rude “What, don’t you see yourself ?! ” Yes, we still have to learn and learn about culture...
There are many retirees and young people. Everyone will find a holiday to their liking.
Not far from the hotel there is a small mosque, and the sounds of ezan - a call to prayer - will wake you up in the first days of commercials at six in the morning : ) Then you will get used to it. What can you do, a Muslim country, a different culture, and we must treat it with respect! Personally, ezan did not bother me.

The hotel has its own pier, on which outsiders are not allowed to enter. It is better to enter the water from it along the ladder, because the pebbles at the entrance to the sea are quite slippery. The water is very clean, transparent, no feces and dirt were observed. The water in October is already cool, but the pool is even colder. There are a lot of security guards on the beach and in the hotel, which is good, they strictly follow the order. There were no cases of theft. Rent a safe - $ 2 / day, I rented - for my own peace of mind.
There were many families with children, they were engaged in separate children's animators. Either they did exercises on the grass, then they drew something or sculpted in a mini-club, celebrated the birthdays of children. In the evening there is a mini disco, songs like everywhere else. There are high chairs in the restaurant. I don't have any children of my own yet, so I'm only describing what I've seen.
Conclusion: Belpinar is just super, a four-star player who can give odds to many Turkish fives! I would recommend to everyone and will come back myself! The only thing that was a little late with the season is that it is better to go early, somewhere at the end of September, otherwise during my vacation there were only 4 completely sunny days out of 14. My vacation was a success, and I wish you the same! The main thing - take goodwill and good mood with you!
And one more thing: I expressed ONLY MY OPINION. I tried to be as objective as possible.
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