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Hotel Karmir Resort & Spa, Goynuk, Kemer, Antalya. Standard room (mountain view) No. 1249.
We chose a tour under the conditions of coronavirus restrictions, certain of our requests related to the fact that we were resting with a child of 3.9 years old, an important condition was normal nutrition.
Arrived from Kyiv to Antalya at 03-10 at night. Control, luggage, found the desk of the tour operator, boarded the bus. The road from the airport at night - 35-40 minutes, no more, since our hotel was the first on the list, the rest had to go further. Upon arrival at the hotel, large luggage remains on the platform in front of the entrance, where once there was a luggage package. It is treated with a disinfectant solution from some kind of fumigator, then they themselves bring the suitcases to the luggage room. Since we arrived in the dark, and the check-in was generally from 15-00 in the conditions of the coronavirus, we were a little depressed and fell asleep on the sofas in the hotel lobby. At the request to find a room early, the porter on duty was not led. Drinks in the 24-hour lobby bar could already be taken. Closer to eight in the morning, the shift at the reception changed. At our request to get in position after all - after all, a small child, etc. , the new receptionist said that he would try to find something by 9-00 and that “nothing is needed for this....here, ” simultaneously put on bracelets for my wife and me. We went to have breakfast, returned - we were taken to a room on the second floor, No. 1249. Already there, the receptionist directly said that thanks to the pocket does not pull and took 20 euros of "reward". We were satisfied, and so was he.
Room: the room is good, everything works, nothing is broken, a double bed and a folding chair-bed, TV (about 70 channels, there are Ukrainian, and Russian, and English-speaking, and local). Mini-bar - upon arrival there were two juice bags for children, 1d bottle of cola and sprite, 4x0.5 and 2x0.2 bottles of drinking water. Further, the mini-bar is replenished for free, BUT - only with drinking water, which is now given everywhere in Turkey - sealed plastic cups of 0.2 liters. Juice and sodas are not replenished. By the way, water in cups can be freely obtained in the bars and restaurants of the hotel. There were enough towels, branded cosmetics (gel, shampoo, conditioner, shower caps, cotton buds and cotton pads) - too. All plumbing worked. The room has a safe, use is free, the air conditioner worked properly, the main thing is to set the intensity and temperature to 18 degrees, and 23-24, then it’s comfortable and you won’t catch a cold. Without any problems, they made a second key card from the room at the reception. Cards for beach towels are exchanged at the SPA center on the minus ground floor. It makes no sense to take cards every day. Just in the afternoon from 12 to 14 you can change beach towels for fresh ones in the same SPA. So we gave the cards for towels on the first day and took them on the day of departure.
Territory: Not very big, but enough. In the center is a large swimming pool 140 cm deep, with a 30 cm "shelf" where you can lie on sun loungers with your booty and back in the water. There is another 120 cm - you move down to it from three water slides. Next to the pool is a pool bar open until midnight. Places, in principle, enough. The lawns are well-groomed, the palm trees are beautiful, there is no garbage. There is a separate children's courtyard - with its own round paddling pool, a small slide near it and a swing-crust around, awnings are stretched. On the territory there is also a street terrace of the main restaurant, an "a la carte" restaurant (10 euros per person, but we never got out there) and another round open cafe where they make pastries. Access to the territory and to the main restaurant is from the minus the first floor.
Communications and transport: Free wi-fi only in the lobby, on the minus ground floor below it and a little by the pool. Although the entire territory is already covered by a paid signal - 4 euros per day or 15 per week. This is a little greedy, but who cares - you can buy a local SIM card for 25 euros with 25 GB of Internet - literally 100 meters outside the market. The rooms have telephones with access to Turkey and international, we did not use.
right at the exit from the territory towards the beach - shuttle buses stop to Kemer or Antalya (depending on the direction). It is not long to go to Kemer, they take a dollar from an adult. But if you exchange for lira, but 4-5 lira, it is less than a dollar. From Kemer back to Goynuk, the last bus is around 22:00, but already at 20:00 they are very crowded with people, keep in mind. There is a car rental desk in the lobby, several rental cars were constantly seen in the parking lot at the entrance.
Beach: go to the beach from the gate of the hotel - exactly the length of the abandoned football field of the neighboring hotel, along which you will move. Well, that is - 2-3 minutes. At the entrance to the beach there is a modest beach bar, where some snacks are usually served, drinks, you can also take water there in the same disposable sealed cups (very convenient). Sunbeds, of course, are occupied by many from the early morning, but in principle, there is enough for everyone, even if you arrive at 10-11 hours. In extreme cases, there is still a stack of spares, you can take. There are awnings. The sea is warm, there is a bridge for a more comfortable entry. The water area is limited by buoys, it’s better not to swim much beyond them - there boats carry parachutes and bananas. There is no garbage, workers periodically pick up what people throw.
The main minus, or rather not a minus, but just a feature that needs to be taken into account - the beach is NOT sand. In the area of sun loungers, it is rather such microscopic pebbles, as if a stone crumb honed by the sea. And in the surf it's just small pebbles, so the entry may not be the most comfortable for someone. True, owners of especially sensitive feet can buy bathing slippers at the same neighboring market. The temperature of the water in the sea in September was ideal - at least three hours sit in the sea, you do not freeze - you look either at the sea distance, or at the majestic chic mountains with clouds clinging to them.
Meals: breakfast from 7 to 10, lunch from 12-30 to 14-00, dinner from 18-30 to 21-00, and there seems to be a late dinner (we didn’t, we don’t know). Plus - pool bar, beach bar, lobby bar, a la carte restaurant and pastries. Separately, there is an ice cream shop, but it was closed, apparently due to quarantine. You must wear a mask at the entrance to the restaurant, you can take it off inside. At the entrance in the morning, they measure the temperature and spray everyone with an antiseptic on their hands, at lunch and dinner - just an antiseptic.
The food is on the windows behind the glass, at the request of the staff imposes you what you want and how much you want. Personally, it seems to me that this is even more convenient and correct than the classic buffet - no one scatters, no one touches your potential food with their hands. Everything is great with food. Always two soups to choose from. Meat - chicken, turkey, beef, veal, lamb. The child mostly preferred to eat grilled cutlets. Fish - different, every day there is at least a little. There was one of the days more fishy: in addition to the usual fish, there was also red, some seafood - stewed mussels, squid, shrimp, and sushi in the form of rolls - not the best in my life, but not the worst either. Fruits - watermelon, melon, peaches, apples, plums, tangerines, grapefruits, grapes - almost constantly. There were fresh vegetables. Sweets - for lunch and especially for dinner - are beautiful and varied.
We don’t really drink alcohol, but beer is poured for lunch and dinner - on the counter on the open terrace of the restaurant, there is also local alcohol.
RESULTS: I definitely recommend the hotel to visit. Especially if it turns up at a good price. Food - ok, service - ok, rooms - ok. The sea is super, the beach is special. I would recommend rooms with a view of the mountains, but someone may also like a pool party with music, a matter of taste.
We chose a tour under the conditions of coronavirus restrictions, certain of our requests related to the fact that we were resting with a child of 3.9 years old, an important condition was normal nutrition.
Arrived from Kyiv to Antalya at 03-10 at night. Control, luggage, found the desk of the tour operator, boarded the bus. The road from the airport at night - 35-40 minutes, no more, since our hotel was the first on the list, the rest had to go further. Upon arrival at the hotel, large luggage remains on the platform in front of the entrance, where once there was a luggage package. It is treated with a disinfectant solution from some kind of fumigator, then they themselves bring the suitcases to the luggage room. Since we arrived in the dark, and the check-in was generally from 15-00 in the conditions of the coronavirus, we were a little depressed and fell asleep on the sofas in the hotel lobby. At the request to find a room early, the porter on duty was not led. Drinks in the 24-hour lobby bar could already be taken. Closer to eight in the morning, the shift at the reception changed. At our request to get in position after all - after all, a small child, etc. , the new receptionist said that he would try to find something by 9-00 and that “nothing is needed for this....here, ” simultaneously put on bracelets for my wife and me. We went to have breakfast, returned - we were taken to a room on the second floor, No. 1249. Already there, the receptionist directly said that thanks to the pocket does not pull and took 20 euros of "reward". We were satisfied, and so was he.
Room: the room is good, everything works, nothing is broken, a double bed and a folding chair-bed, TV (about 70 channels, there are Ukrainian, and Russian, and English-speaking, and local). Mini-bar - upon arrival there were two juice bags for children, 1d bottle of cola and sprite, 4x0.5 and 2x0.2 bottles of drinking water. Further, the mini-bar is replenished for free, BUT - only with drinking water, which is now given everywhere in Turkey - sealed plastic cups of 0.2 liters. Juice and sodas are not replenished. By the way, water in cups can be freely obtained in the bars and restaurants of the hotel. There were enough towels, branded cosmetics (gel, shampoo, conditioner, shower caps, cotton buds and cotton pads) - too. All plumbing worked. The room has a safe, use is free, the air conditioner worked properly, the main thing is to set the intensity and temperature to 18 degrees, and 23-24, then it’s comfortable and you won’t catch a cold. Without any problems, they made a second key card from the room at the reception. Cards for beach towels are exchanged at the SPA center on the minus ground floor. It makes no sense to take cards every day. Just in the afternoon from 12 to 14 you can change beach towels for fresh ones in the same SPA. So we gave the cards for towels on the first day and took them on the day of departure.
Territory: Not very big, but enough. In the center is a large swimming pool 140 cm deep, with a 30 cm "shelf" where you can lie on sun loungers with your booty and back in the water. There is another 120 cm - you move down to it from three water slides. Next to the pool is a pool bar open until midnight. Places, in principle, enough. The lawns are well-groomed, the palm trees are beautiful, there is no garbage. There is a separate children's courtyard - with its own round paddling pool, a small slide near it and a swing-crust around, awnings are stretched. On the territory there is also a street terrace of the main restaurant, an "a la carte" restaurant (10 euros per person, but we never got out there) and another round open cafe where they make pastries. Access to the territory and to the main restaurant is from the minus the first floor.
Communications and transport: Free wi-fi only in the lobby, on the minus ground floor below it and a little by the pool. Although the entire territory is already covered by a paid signal - 4 euros per day or 15 per week. This is a little greedy, but who cares - you can buy a local SIM card for 25 euros with 25 GB of Internet - literally 100 meters outside the market. The rooms have telephones with access to Turkey and international, we did not use.
right at the exit from the territory towards the beach - shuttle buses stop to Kemer or Antalya (depending on the direction). It is not long to go to Kemer, they take a dollar from an adult. But if you exchange for lira, but 4-5 lira, it is less than a dollar. From Kemer back to Goynuk, the last bus is around 22:00, but already at 20:00 they are very crowded with people, keep in mind. There is a car rental desk in the lobby, several rental cars were constantly seen in the parking lot at the entrance.
Beach: go to the beach from the gate of the hotel - exactly the length of the abandoned football field of the neighboring hotel, along which you will move. Well, that is - 2-3 minutes. At the entrance to the beach there is a modest beach bar, where some snacks are usually served, drinks, you can also take water there in the same disposable sealed cups (very convenient). Sunbeds, of course, are occupied by many from the early morning, but in principle, there is enough for everyone, even if you arrive at 10-11 hours. In extreme cases, there is still a stack of spares, you can take. There are awnings. The sea is warm, there is a bridge for a more comfortable entry. The water area is limited by buoys, it’s better not to swim much beyond them - there boats carry parachutes and bananas. There is no garbage, workers periodically pick up what people throw.
The main minus, or rather not a minus, but just a feature that needs to be taken into account - the beach is NOT sand. In the area of sun loungers, it is rather such microscopic pebbles, as if a stone crumb honed by the sea. And in the surf it's just small pebbles, so the entry may not be the most comfortable for someone. True, owners of especially sensitive feet can buy bathing slippers at the same neighboring market. The temperature of the water in the sea in September was ideal - at least three hours sit in the sea, you do not freeze - you look either at the sea distance, or at the majestic chic mountains with clouds clinging to them.
Meals: breakfast from 7 to 10, lunch from 12-30 to 14-00, dinner from 18-30 to 21-00, and there seems to be a late dinner (we didn’t, we don’t know). Plus - pool bar, beach bar, lobby bar, a la carte restaurant and pastries. Separately, there is an ice cream shop, but it was closed, apparently due to quarantine. You must wear a mask at the entrance to the restaurant, you can take it off inside. At the entrance in the morning, they measure the temperature and spray everyone with an antiseptic on their hands, at lunch and dinner - just an antiseptic.
The food is on the windows behind the glass, at the request of the staff imposes you what you want and how much you want. Personally, it seems to me that this is even more convenient and correct than the classic buffet - no one scatters, no one touches your potential food with their hands. Everything is great with food. Always two soups to choose from. Meat - chicken, turkey, beef, veal, lamb. The child mostly preferred to eat grilled cutlets. Fish - different, every day there is at least a little. There was one of the days more fishy: in addition to the usual fish, there was also red, some seafood - stewed mussels, squid, shrimp, and sushi in the form of rolls - not the best in my life, but not the worst either. Fruits - watermelon, melon, peaches, apples, plums, tangerines, grapefruits, grapes - almost constantly. There were fresh vegetables. Sweets - for lunch and especially for dinner - are beautiful and varied.
We don’t really drink alcohol, but beer is poured for lunch and dinner - on the counter on the open terrace of the restaurant, there is also local alcohol.
RESULTS: I definitely recommend the hotel to visit. Especially if it turns up at a good price. Food - ok, service - ok, rooms - ok. The sea is super, the beach is special. I would recommend rooms with a view of the mountains, but someone may also like a pool party with music, a matter of taste.
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