weird 5 star hotel

Written: 5 june 2012
Travel time: 31 may — 5 june 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 2.0
I am currently on the beach by the sea. Two more days of rest, but the impressions have already accumulated, I decided to state it. This is the second time in Turkey, so there is already something to compare with. Resting with a friend who is here for the first time, but our opinions about the hotel are the same. We didn’t have time to choose a hotel, the travel agency proceeded mainly from the price and a couple of photos, there was no time to read reviews. Weird hotel. Yes, it is a bit cheaper than other fives in this region. The building itself looks decent, the rooms are spacious and comfortable. They have everything you need. The only thing that bothered me was the shower curtain. We arrived at the hotel at 12 o'clock, and since the check-in was after 14, the Russian girl at the reception directly offered us either to wait or pay 20 dollars. Since we asked for a room with a balcony, the requested amount increased to $30. Paid and received by location, probably one of the best rooms. The hotel is built in the form of a horseshoe around the pool
. There are rooms with balconies and French balconies (dvkr balcony and behind it after 5 centimeters handrail, you can not get out), the windows can go both inside the pool and on the outside of the hotel, and then quite sad. Our room turned out to be on the 2nd floor, with windows overlooking the pool, almost in the center of the horseshoe, we could see both the restaurant and the snack bar, and the stage for animation. The hotel does not have its own territory at all and it is surrounded by wastelands on both sides. What is shown in the photo as a field of sunflowers is it, but now in May they have just risen and so far it looks exactly like a wasteland with stones. Clearly this beauty lacks protection. Therefore, at the hotel itself, you can only lie by the pool. There are practically no complaints about food, the usual standard feeding of a Turkish ordinary five-star hotel. Not a lot of meat, little fish, but a lot of fruits (there are always watermelons, peaches, apples, oranges, plums) and vegetables.
I really liked the grilled vegetables, which are served from morning to evening. The hotel is not fond of preparing salads for lunch from sausage and noodles not eaten for breakfast. There is enough food for everyone, if something runs out, they quickly inform. We have ultra all inclusive, except for local drinks, cognac, liquors, martinis are poured in the lobby bar. On the beach by the sea, only instant juices and water are free. Everything else just buy. According to reviews, the people strongly miss the free beer by the sea. The hotel has its own beach, but it is not nearby. You can walk to the beach in 5-7 minutes or take the hotel bus. With such a rest, it is useful and pleasant to walk, but sometimes the "unobtrusive" Turkish trading service on the street strains, some employees of street travel agencies simply run to cut you and it can be very difficult to get rid of persuasion to go for leather or on an excursion.

The bus to the beach runs only according to one understandable schedule. Sometimes they just couldn't get it. The beach is small, located in the bay of the moonlight park. Clean and beautiful. Under the buoys there are meter-long turtles. The sea is clean and transparent. One "but", there is no free toilet on the beach from the hotel, you need to go to a cafe and pay Turkish lira. Since this is a bay, there are no big waves.
Apparently based on the principle that all children are by the sea and lack of territory, the hotel does not have a playground. Of all the children's entertainment, we noticed only a half-hour children's disco on stage at 9 pm. The animation of the hotel caused a lot of emotions and bewilderment. What is shown on the stage in the evening is somehow difficult to even determine. In our kindergartens, matinees are better for children. Everything looks like an unprofessional, vulgar amateur performance of several high school students.
But everything ends pretty quickly and you can safely go to bed. For young people, Kemer is full of discos, there are a couple of parks nearby, not far from the center of the town, so there is a place to take a walk if you wish.
In principle, we had a good rest, we just didn’t bother with oddities, but there is no desire to return to this particular hotel.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original