Отпуск в Турции Vacation in Turkey

Rested with her husband in Turkey for the first time. The flight was from our hometown, which was very convenient, we flew to Antalya - visas, passport control, luggage - everyone went very quickly, got on the bus - the road to the hotel took about 40 minutes, because. almost all tourists went to the village of Beldibi. The hotel was advised by a travel agency (good value for money + first line). The hotel is compact and very comfortable - rooms, restaurant, swimming pool, bar, sea - everything is nearby. We arrived at about 10 am, almost immediately settled on the 1st floor. The room had air conditioning, a hairdryer, shampoo gels, soap, they cleaned it every day, the bed was changed 4 times during this time, they brought a lot of towels, we had 8 pieces on our chair, there was nowhere to hang them. But these are hotel towels - it was stated in the schedule that if you try to take these towels to the beach, you will be fined $ 10. Beach towels had to be bought for $ 10 at the reception, but we came with our own, so we did not attach any importance to this shortcoming of the hotel. The restaurant had a huge selection of food - salads, cakes, fruits, side dishes, sauces, soups, buns and most importantly - my favorite olives! for breakfast - an omelet was fried right in front of us, for dinner - grilled meat or fish, during the day they prepared cakes, pizza, sweets. In general, they didn’t go hungry, on the contrary, it was difficult to resist the next portion of something tasty (although there were some “deeply intelligent individuals” who, having filled their plates to the brim, complained that everything was tasteless, fatty, fried, dry, sour, peppered and that they cook much better and ate anyway... I got the impression that they were not on vacation, but in exile  ). Beer, wine - good, did not like the local powdered drink Falez (we drank Pepsi and Fanta instead). The animators changed several times, the hotel arranged "Turkish Night" and "Fire Show", there were step aerobics, volleyball, darts, water football. I liked the attitude of the staff - everyone is very polite, friendly, greet, thank you (my opinion is how you treat people - so they treat you). The only negative is that water was brought only 1 time, we had to take it ourselves in the restaurant. The beach is pebbly, small, but there were enough sunbeds, mattresses, umbrellas - everyone had enough, only if you wanted a sunbed in the first row - you had to go down to the beach before breakfast to leave a towel, the same applied to dinner - there were enough tables only if you wanted to sit on the terrace near pool, and not inside the restaurant, you had to come in 10 minutes and take a seat. I really liked to go down to the sea with a glass of wine in the interval between dinner and animation, lie down on a lounger, admire the sea, stars, mountains and airplanes. Once I forced myself to wake up early (on one of the days when we did not go on excursions) in order to meet and photograph the dawn, since the beach is nearby, not far to go. The water in the sea is the cleanest, the coast was awarded the "Blue Flag" - a certificate of quality for the cleanliness of the beaches. The pool at the hotel is small, but with three slides, which we rode when the sea got bored.
The territory of the village of Beldibi is a long street - on the one hand hotels, on the other - bazaars, shops, travel agencies and houses of local residents, all this between the sea and the Taurus Mountains, densely covered with pine trees (although initially it seemed to me that it was deciduous vegetation). We went to a wild beach, I was very surprised that such a huge territory was not fenced and accessible to ordinary people (unlike our Crimea).
We went on excursions with the street agencies "Hay Tour" and "SerKon", because. the prices at "Tez Tour" were simply "draconian" (in reality, the prices of street agencies are 2 times lower). We went rafting on the Kupruchay River (it seems that is how it is written), a big hello to the guide Ali from the "hedgehogs", visited Pamukkale and Hierapolis (we climbed all the ruins, wandered through the travertines - it's a pity they gave only 2.5 hours, besides the weather deteriorated - a strong wind rose), went to Mira (visited the Church of St. Nicholas and rock tombs), the yacht had a sightseeing tour - the flooded city of Kekova (to be honest - nonsense in vegetable oil - they showed a couple of shards through the windows and that's it) and the Simena Peninsula + swimming in the open sea. On the way back, a wheel broke in our bus, we had to stop by Finike for repairs - and then we managed to observe the life of local residents - and they stared at us. Visits to retail outlets were generally not annoying - it was interesting to just go shopping, look at the assortment, even without buying anything special (for example, when we arrived at the onyx factory, we didn’t buy anything, but at the same time we won an onyx egg in the lottery). The only thing that was absolutely pointless was the visit to the carpet factory - firstly, it reminded me of work, and secondly, carpets (even souvenir ones) are very expensive, and the staff is annoying. If you are told that tours from a street travel agency include more shopping trips - do not believe it, buses of hotel travel agencies were met at all points. If you plan to go on excursions, take water with you, because. it is not included in the price of lunch, and one more thing - at the reception you can order breakfast to go, even if you buy excursions not from a hotel travel agency.

All the souvenirs were bought in the village shops - at the same time, I desperately bargained, and they gave way to me (and we were also treated to delicious cold tea there). If we had relied on Turkish duty free, we would have been disappointed, because. the prices there are higher than the prices that the sellers called us initially in stores.
That's all in a nutshell. From this trip, I got everything that I had planned and even more, I really liked the rest, I hope to return to this camp many, many more times!