There was a "pleasant aftertaste"

Written: 23 june 2015
Travel time: 15 — 29 may 2015
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We love Turkey, we have been traveling for 15 years in a row. We choose hotels carefully, we read a lot of reviews in advance. Basically, they are always satisfied, but last year they were at the Club Sun Heaven 4 * hotel. Everything seems to be fine, but after arriving home, the sensations were unpleasant, I thought why, and then I realized. We were like in a Russian-speaking reservation, constantly under the close attention of the attendants, and at the night disco the guards walked back and forth with their hands behind their backs, well, like guards - all of a sudden you decide to drink your own alcoholic drink, and not bought at the bar (after 11-00), bartenders not quite neat, arrogant, it’s unpleasant to come up for a drink once again, they dripped like a pipette and filled up with ice, the beach seems to be okay, the snack bar is not bad there, but there is no view from the beach, there is no vegetation, there is a wasteland on the side, etc. This year they chose especially carefully according to the criteria: 1) reasonable price, 2) beautiful large territory, 3.5 * ultra all inclusive, 4) proximity to the beach and all infrastructure, 5.
The 2nd half of May is a tradition, because I really want to go to the sea as soon as possible, May 25 is my birthday, and this year is even more anniversary. I chose the hotel as a gift. Traveled with my husband. They were very satisfied. Firstly, the most beautiful nature - the hotel is located between the sea and the mountains, although Beldibi is a complete ruin and a hole. But I didn’t want to leave the hotel territory either - a large territory stretched along the sea, there is everything for which we went to Turkey. They were located mainly on the pier, there is a tier lower for 4 people - around the beauty is the sea, you open your eyes - mountains. The most beautiful resort for me and my husband in Turkey is Marmaris. But there are no flights from Minsk in May. They used to fly from Moscow, but now it's lazy. Nature is breathtaking in this hotel.
In the evening, from a la carte restaurants (especially fish restaurants, it is right next to the sea, water is splashing, gulls and cormorants are flying), it starts to get dark all around along the mountains and the sea, lights are lit, the coastline goes in a semicircle, Antalya is visible, a guitarist plays. Romance! ! ! The view is awesome. They celebrated my birthday there, even better than I imagined, and, of course, with our caviar, champagne and Belovezhskaya, as if without a native. This is what we drove for. I'm on vacation - a complete lazy person. Very satisfied that everything was close to our bungalow. And the main restaurant "Aspendos", and the reception, and the amphitheater, and the beach, and, of course, a lounge bar and a pool bar (large, cool, mountain views, near the beach, food - buffet, shawarma, bake cakes You can order pizza, spaghetti, etc.

) - it is like the epicenter of the hotel, you can "chat", in the evening after the animation, the dance floor with live music (different groups are invited) either directly in the pool bar, or between the main pool and the bar, there is often a karaoke contest. 2 minutes and we are at home - in the room. Check-in is a separate issue - it took exactly 5 minutes. I put 20 bucks in my passport (this is not a bribe, but a sign of gratitude), took out a Belarusian present from my suitcase - a package (a bottle of "Belovezhskaya", a set of chocolates "Minsk" and a pack of colored cigarettes "Assembly"), went to the reception desk, there was a small queue, I was immediately invited to the next counter with a gesture. She handed over passports and a package, asked for wishes for settling, said - I want to go to the buildings starting at No. 6, they immediately called the driver and took us by typewriter to the entrance to our building, 50 meters from the reception. 10 minutes later we were at the bar. Thus, at 6-10 we left Minsk, at 11-00 we were sitting in a bar. Fantasy!! !
This is also + the fact that the hotel is close to the airport, we were taken by minibus in 20 minutes. The room was given a large family room, in addition to the double bed, there is also a bunk bed (probably for children). the loggia is very large with a table and two chairs. The bathroom is spacious. Big wardrobe. After reading the reviews, I was afraid that they could settle in a bungalow on the 3rd floor in a tiny room with a low ceiling, with a small bathroom and with a tiny parody balcony (opposite in the next room there is always a picture - the husband smokes on the balcony and the wife sideways in the opening half-side, so We are talking. But we are lucky. There is beautiful nature around - irrigation hoses were laid, they watered at night, the murmur of water was heard. We slept with an open loggia, in the morning we were woken up by stubborn birds - they yelled almost in my ear - the branches were next to the loggia. For young people on the 2nd floor above the restaurant "Aspendos" from 11 am to 2 am bar-disco.
Were once for a birthday, my husband didn’t like it, the lighting effects are very loud, it’s very loud, it’s impossible to talk. I want to note that there was no gay-type razguyaeva in the hotel, everything is quite decorous and noble. But sometimes the center of the hotel was captured by the general fun. It all depended on the invited groups and their excitement. Well, the Russians, of course. Once there was a light show in the clearing, a disco, go-go girls danced on the pedestals (changed), incendiary disco music with DJs. The first week Russians were the majority (I suppose due to the price promotions of the hotel, I caught a promotion on May 15 for two for two weeks from Minsk 1930 dollars + 80 bucks discount from the tour as regular customers, without a promotion it was $ 3200-3700, but this too much). Petersburgers and Muscovites managed even cheaper than us. And the second week a lot of Russians moved out - the shares ran out, the Germans and Kazakhs came in large numbers. Kazakhs are funny. The animators complained about the Germans. We didn't care
. We both had a good rest. The food is excellent, all kinds of meat, different fish, every day trout, dorado, etc. Duck, chickens in various forms, lamb, goat meat, liver, beef. I found a corner with a dietary kitchen, there boiled carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, rice, boiled chicken fillet, boiled veal, I sometimes grazed veal there. Although my husband and I did not eat bread and ate little of all sorts of "tops" - we went out of the belly restaurant forward. I don’t like cakes, but I couldn’t help but eat a couple of pieces of baklava, and wine or whiskey on top. On Fridays, a feast of Turkish cuisine is an overeating. Wednesdays are seafood day. Crayfish, shrimp are delicious, sushi is impossible to eat. They don't know how to cook or don't want to. Mussels are delicious. There are a lot of fruits - bananas, kiwi, etc.

But I didn’t like that there were no watermelons and melons, there were no cherries, they gave strawberries and apricots, but only those who came to the restaurant first got it, so they ate strawberries once or twice, but there was no desire to go to the market. I liked that the pool bar always had our favorite ayran in 200g jars. Take as much as you want. We are fans, I'm 2 at night, 2 in the morning - the law, and during the day I took my soul away. I liked the fish a la carte, we chose baked shrimp for the main course. Although they position a visit to a la carte for free once, they provided us 3 times + for a birthday and one more time. But we would have gone and for a fee - it's inexpensive 12-15 dollars. I recommend to go to all a la carte, from the kitchen I didn’t really like the Ottoman one. But the noodles as a present were very tasty. I recommend the barbecue. Of the minuses - because the bottom of the sea is covered with stones - you need special shoes, we don’t like them. earlier in the hotel the entrance was made of sandbags, but they were put in our presence.
By the way, there were no inflatable attractions in the sea, which are usual for a hotel. Separately, about medical care. There is no limit to the outrage here. I got drunk cold and got a sore throat with a temperature, the doctor and the nurse refused me honey. help, they didn’t even let me on the threshold - they hurried to the restaurant to eat, although I just asked for soda to gargle or at least measure the temperature. All my Dr. Tyson sucking pills and septolette are complete bullshit, nothing helped. They sent me to the reception to the teztur, they said that they would not serve me under this insurance (why are you pushing them then), they said the way out was to call a private doctor to the hotel. when we buy tickets, we take additional insurance ourselves, but this time they assured us that this is enough. But with a throat, it's a circus. There was no soda in the whole hotel, they were looking for it in the restaurant and in the bars. They wrote me a note in Turkish. The guides from the tour are simply no, they don’t want to do anything.
They didn’t even try to call the insurance company, they say we won’t get through anyway. In short, I had to be treated myself, there were pills for cystitis (there are no pharmacies nearby) + constantly hot chamomile tea. The animators, although there were a lot of them hanging out, worked weakly, I would like more fun and enthusiasm on their part. Then a Kazakh animator, 150 cm tall, arrived, he was very cheerful and positive. I also forgot to mention the civilized lounge bar (cafe), we usually went there after dinner, they make good Turkish coffee there. I am not a fan of coffee, but I sipped it with pleasure, washed down with cold water and even without sugar, which is not typical for me. the Internet works more or less normally in this bar, everyone is on their phones or playing cards. I also note that it is a pity that the White Parties were canceled at the hotel - tables around the pool with white tablecloths, all hotel guests in white clothes, when it gets dark and a special lighting is lit - a bewitching sight.
They replaced it with an extreme party, but it was funny - they called everyone to the beach for 1 hour, turned on the music, started foaming, and weakly, the children had fun, the adults stared from the side. The whole extreme party.

I would put the hotel 10, but the imagination is still not "amazing", I would put 9, but you can't call everything "impeccable". I'm honest, but "very good" is more suitable, so 8. Would love to go again. But I think that places of residence should be changed. I would like to go to the neighboring Nirvana Hotel, and even more to the Utopia Hotel, where the beauty is breathtaking, it stands on a high mountain above the sea - we were nearby when we went on a Jeep safari in Alanya. But the price tag bites. If the price is good in Crystal Frolu Beach, then we will definitely go again. One thing scares me, suddenly they will settle on the 3rd floor in the "kotuh" and I will, with a height of 180 cm, beat my head against the ceiling near the balcony. But this time we were lucky! Hello! I tried for you.
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