Отпуск постсоветского периода Vacation of the post-Soviet period

Were in this hotel with my husband in July 2010. Previously visited Turkey, Istanbul and Izmir. Rest in Europe. For the first time in the resort of Antalya.
The hotel does not deserve 5 stars.
Of the benefits: a relatively new building, clean and tidy both indoors and on the territory, which is practically non-existent. All staff (except for maids) - Russian-speaking.
We went from Turtess. Flight roundtrip on time, normal transfer to hotel (about 1 hour).
We arrived at the hotel around 9:30. The assistant guide took the passports, issued them and said that they would have to wait until 14:00 for check-in. Because We had an early flight at 5 am, so we hardly slept at night. The prospect of sitting in the hall, where the incredible heat, because. air conditioners in all areas of the hotel are turned off for the sake of economy, did not please. Luckily there was free wi-fi.

At about 11:00 the guide Iskander appeared. He responded to our complaints quickly and tactfully (for which many thanks to him). Half an hour later we were up to our room.
Room on the 4th floor. Sufficiently spacious and tidy, double bed, orthopedic mattress. Design as in the photo of the hotel. Everything is working. Personal air conditioning, a safe with a combination lock (paid, $ 2 per day), on TV there is a Ukrainian 5th channel. But this is the last floor, it is the hottest, but families with children practically do not live here, so it is the quietest.
Room cleaning daily. They clean the same way, regardless of whether you leave a dollar or not. However, they clean up exactly at that afternoon when you are going to sleep. If you hang a "do not disturb" sign, you will generally be left without cleaning that day. Towels are only changed if you throw them on the floor. Bed linen was changed only when we, tired of waiting, demanded replacement on the 7th day of our stay.
From toilet cosmetics - 2 dispensers with liquid soap / shampoo. Because of the very soft water, we developed an allergy to this detergent.
Dining room. Clean and tidy, plates, spoons washed. Tables are cleared promptly. But there is nothing! Very poor buffet. Of what is, most of it is inedible synthetic semi-finished products and stewed frozen vegetables. For 12 days, only 4 times there was tasteless bony fish and lamb, otherwise chicken. From fruits - watermelons, sometimes melons, sometimes inedible plums, 3 times apples, 2 times grapes, which was not enough for everyone.
What you can eat: cucumbers, pure tomatoes (outside salads), rice, french fries, chicken. It seems to be a large, but not changing assortment of sweets. You can choose 4-5 types according to your taste and be content with that. What they feed the children there - I'll never know.
There are 2 swimming pools. They stink of chlorine until they hurt their eyes. Places must be taken before 7 am.

The beach is small, 2-tiered, but you can find a place. However, if you want shade, then it is better to take a place under a palm tree before 7 in the morning. Without beach slippers it will be very bad, the entrance to the sea is large cobblestones. There is a pier with steps.
At 17-00, the impudent Turk begins to clean up all the sunbeds and throw off towels and things in one heap. The beach bar is closed.
Ice cream is served on the beach from 10-00 to 16-00, but only 2 pieces per hand. Drinks in bars: tea, something like coffee, water, cola, sprite, fanta, white and red sour wine, gin, whiskey. Cocktails and fresh juices - for a fee.
There is some kind of animation that amuses people only near the main pool. Every day is the same. There is also a small hill there.
The hotel is located in the village of Beldibi. To the neighboring Guynyuk (travel $ 2), to Kemer ($ 3) and Antalya (it seems $ 5), a minibus runs regularly. But there is nothing to see there, no shopping. You can only buy textiles. Sheepskin coats and leather - Istanbul illiquid of disgusting quality at exorbitant prices. Gold - on special price for tourists from $ 70 per gram. Bags - fakes of different quality for all brands. Everything else is a la Troeshchinsky market with an extra charge. All the sellers are natives of the Caucasus who imitate Turks, who emigrated or came for seasonal work. Practice aggressive marketing. If you didn’t manage to sell anything, they will tell you how they hate Russians and Ukrainians because of their poverty.
Excursions - there is also nothing to see, and in the summer it is even life-threatening, because. very hot.
Our general impressions: we visited a boarding house of the Soviet period somewhere in the Batumi region. In this hotel, however, as well as in Antalya, we will never go again.