Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
7.0
Service:
8.0
Cleanliness:
7.0
Food:
5.0
Amenities:
9.0
1. Arrival-transfer.
Flight time from Volgograd is 2 hours 40 minutes. At check-in, I politely asked for two seats side by side, one of them by the window, as a result we got chic seats at the emergency exit with the ability to stretch our legs and have a wonderful rest in flight. A "lunch" was provided on board, consisting of a hot dog bun with a thin piece of type-sausage inside and slices of bell pepper.
Drinks are standard: soft drinks and coffee-tea.
After landing, there was an opportunity to visit dutifree, which we did not hesitate to use (Cointreau, 1 liter - 25 euros). Transfer - clearly, without delay. The bus turned out to be big, there were 30 people inside. We actually drove for 30-40 minutes. We were brought in first, which could not but rejoice and reassured us about the short return trip on our return (but in vain). On the way, the guide told standard legends and tales, about tipping the driver, in general, everything was fine.
2. Settlement.
We arrived at the hotel at half past two, which meant that we wouldn't have to wait for a room. . . But, it wasn't there! We were greeted in the lobby by two angry families who had been waiting for check-in since early morning, drenched in sweat. The transfer-guide led us to the counter, where compatriots immediately attacked him with a demand to immediately settle them in a good room. As we understood, they were already shown some option that did not suit them. In general, our guide tried to object to them uncertainly that he would first settle the newly arrived (that is, us) and then try to sort out their problems. But, since a full bus of tourists was waiting for him at the entrance, he somehow quickly disappeared into the air, leaving us face to face with the raging waiters. As it turned out a little later, there had been no electricity in the entire village for several hours, so there was no opportunity to clean the room and put someone in the hotel. Mustafa, a Russian-speaking receptionist, told us about this. If you have read previous reviews, then you probably remember that they speak of him mostly positively (“There is Mustafa - there are no problems” (c)). When he realized that we were not going to make a fuss, since we had come to have a positive rest, he gave us a short tour of the hotel and constantly apologized. It was clear that he was actually very embarrassed for such an embarrassment, and he quite correctly tried to repel the attacks of annoyed tourists about the lack of electricity (and, as a result, water). He suggested that we immediately put on bracelets and go to the pool and bar, which we took advantage of.
3. Number.
We got a cozy, clean room with a view of the mountains and the pool. As has been said repeatedly, the room has everything you need: refrigerator, hair dryer (quite powerful), TV and two beds: one single, the second double. The problem of which of us will sleep on which was decided simply - they threw a coin)). Of the minuses in the room, when the balcony door is open, the split is turned off, and the refrigerator turned out to be useless for the same reason, i. e. electricity is there when someone is inside. We honestly stepped up (could have guessed it ourselves, engineers after all), because it was possible to disconnect the key from the key fob and carry it with you, while the room has electricity and a refrigerator (if desired, split) . . Well, chouz, it's too late to drink Borjomi, as they say. We also had a drawer completely out of the grooves in the bedside table under the mirror, which was mentioned at the reception. The breakdown has not yet been repaired. But we were not particularly worried about this, since this box was practically not used. And, here's another useful tip: if possible, do not switch the shower to the lower water supply in the shower stall. We did not manage to return to the starting position on our own. I had to resort to the help of Mustafa.
Cleaning in the room was every day somewhere during lunch, it consisted in wiping the floors with a mop, taking out the trash.
4. Nutrition.
We, after reading the reviews, were ready for the most unhappy discoveries in terms of food intake. But everything turned out not so scary. Yes, there is no meat, there is no scrambled eggs for breakfast either, there is no sweet at all, but on the other hand there is a sea of u200bu200bsalads, delicious cucumbers (Hello Deniz! ) And for dinner, among other things, watermelon almost every day. There was always one thing from hot to the second, either stewed chicken, or breaded chicken (maybe soy) sticks, or grilled trout (tasty - you’ll eat your mind! (c)).
As for the queues... Well, here's the advice either to come a little earlier and take a table, or after the first wave has eaten... i. e. 30-40 minutes after the start.
The boys who clean/set the tables are very pleasant, smiling and unobtrusive. That is, if you have a free plate, they will definitely come up and ask if you can pick it up. Such as they write here, that they wave almost a dirty rag in front of their noses and carry a vat of slop back and forth, not even in sight! There was a case when some married couple picked up so many plates with everything that was and, realizing that they definitely didn’t want to eat half, they called the cleaning boy almost with a whistle and, pointing at this pile, ordered to clean it... well, it all depends on upbringing... The fact that the cook gives out everything in portions is true. But you can get back to it. At the same time, he does not make any "goat muzzles" and does not give out any negative about your increased appetite.
5. Bar.
Here again, having studied the reviews and taking care of the most pleasant alcohol in the dutik in advance, they took only beer and tea / coffee in the bar in the morning. They pour beer from sealed eggplants, so there is no option to dilute it. Tea / coffee in the mornings sometimes had to be poured into plastic glasses with thick walls, as there were really not enough cups for everyone, but somehow we were not very upset.
The bartender at the main pool (as written in previous reviews) actually comes across as a little gloomy or sad, but it's enough to ask him something like "how are you? " a couple of times. and not express aggression about the slowness or lack of cups / spoons, then drinks will be poured for you with a smile and in glass glasses. Again, it all depends on your upbringing and ability to respect people.
In the second bar near the distant Sea, the bartender rarely appeared at his workplace, but, as we understood, he also worked at the reception at the same time, so it was not difficult to call him... It was more difficult when he disappeared altogether. For 20 - 30 minutes. Then the riots were already starting)))
6. Infrastructure.
Well, everything has already been described here... The beach is opposite the hotel, right across the road, the sunbeds are already occupied at 9 in the morning... The public toilet is 10 meters from our section of the beach... there is a shower. The entrance to the sea is pebbles, it was very convenient for me in corals. There they are sold on every corner.
I don’t see the point in writing about what shops are nearby, since the hotel is in the center of a shopping street. In a nearby store, I tried to bargain several times, but the seller somehow did not reciprocate... Explaining this by the fact that he has a "Fixed Price" for everything. Yes, and God be with him. A little further down the street there is a similar shop, where they gave us a discount and gave us chewing gum bracelets.
Some reviews here recommend "a cafe with a fish pool", which is located "on the left after five shops. " Well, what can I say, they make good tea... But the rest... We even came there again on the last day with the hope that "well, at least today it will be tasty. " By no means! (((We took shrimp baked in cheese - solid butter, although we warned... And the butter is bitter. Then it was bad, yes... On the last day they took lamb skewers ($ 10) and doner (shawarma) ( $ 3). I can say that this is not a shish kebab. Two sticks with dried meat with a total weight of 150 grams, well, not a shish kebab at all. I ate shawarma on the bus, because they forgot to order lunch boxes, and the road is long... Shawarma: meat and onions. Well, maybe almost meat and onions. Moreover, the onions are fresh and with a skin. Yes. That's it with the very hard skin that we used to remove. In general, that famous "cafe with a swimming pool" disappointed us a little. But tea at they are delicious, chouzh...
Right next to our hotel there is a sign pointing to the Black Sea cafe, in the direction of the far building. There we had lamb ribs ($15) and it was just amazingly delicious. By the way, we noticed that the notorious "pool with fish" was also present there (maybe we went to the wrong fish... ). Yes, plus the fact that we got there at 11 o'clock at night, when there was not a single visitor, they prepared everything for us quickly and did not object to two low-alcohol cocktails brought with us.
7. Hamam.
The hotel guide Danil offered us excursions to the hammam for $25 per person. As we were later explained, this price includes a transfer from the hotel, where various tour operators collected their tourists from hotels and unloaded them en masse into the bathhouse. And, accordingly, a group steam room, a sauna and other procedures, also in single file. Having studied the offers in local tour shops, we decided to take a chance and chose the cheapest option - for $ 10. They came the next morning, paid, after 7 minutes a minivan drove up and took us 600-800 meters from the travel agency. It was a hammam next to the Marina Diana hotel (well, or something like that), and it is positioned not as a hotel hammam, but as a separate one with its own completely separate infrastructure. Well, in fact, it is, there is even an entrance separate from the hotel. In general, I'm not really a fan of such events, but my friend really liked it, especially the anti-cellulite massage, for which I had to pay a little extra. She liked it so much that she went again the next day. Well, my impressions of this hammam are also the most positive... What was included in the basic package of services for $ 10, I partially did not use for my own reasons, so the employees offered me various extras in return. options that are not included in the basic package (mud bath and clay face mask).
By the way, about excursions from a tour operator who offers a guide at a morning meeting... Danila (guide) explained the difference in price by 2.5 times by the fact that if we take this hammam in a street agency, then the insurance “in which case” will act will not (!!! ). At my request to show in the insurance contract the clause where this nonsense is written, he began to carefully study this document, wasting our precious time to eliminate his own illiteracy in this matter. As a result, after about 15 minutes, he nevertheless poked at paragraph 9.4. 11 of the exclusion from insured events related (attention! ) to "active recreation: water skiing, surfing, windsurfing, jet ski... ", after which he received a completely reasonable Please clarify how active a visit to the Hammam (bath and massage) is considered. The answer was extremely exhaustive - "You still do not recognize the insured event of the insurance company, if you want - check. " Well, what can I say, I myself once worked as a guide abroad and we had a 10% personal bonus from the sales of excursions. Maybe kind people in the comments will write that my point of view is wrong and the insurance company has the right to refuse a tourist if he takes excursions not from a representative of the tour operator. It's very interesting to me. . .
8. Return.
Since we had a return flight at 5-20 in the morning, we were picked up from the hotel at 1-20, i. e. in four hours, after which we circled around Antalya, collecting 10 more tourists. Then, as usual, a visit to the Sorbet sweets factory, and the airport. Water at the airport after the customs control zone - $ 2 per 0.33 l, souvenirs, a dutik and an airplane.
They returned happy and rested. If there is another opportunity, we will go to the "Sea" again. Sorry for the "many bukaf" and, perhaps, too much detail, but I myself remember how I collected information before the trip, so perhaps this review will be useful to someone.
So, the hotel is normal, don't expect super service from the C grade, don't pay attention to minor flaws and be friendly to the staff, otherwise they will spit in your soup (just kidding).
Flight time from Volgograd is 2 hours 40 minutes. At check-in, I politely asked for two seats side by side, one of them by the window, as a result we got chic seats at the emergency exit with the ability to stretch our legs and have a wonderful rest in flight. A "lunch" was provided on board, consisting of a hot dog bun with a thin piece of type-sausage inside and slices of bell pepper.
Drinks are standard: soft drinks and coffee-tea.
After landing, there was an opportunity to visit dutifree, which we did not hesitate to use (Cointreau, 1 liter - 25 euros). Transfer - clearly, without delay. The bus turned out to be big, there were 30 people inside. We actually drove for 30-40 minutes. We were brought in first, which could not but rejoice and reassured us about the short return trip on our return (but in vain). On the way, the guide told standard legends and tales, about tipping the driver, in general, everything was fine.
2. Settlement.
We arrived at the hotel at half past two, which meant that we wouldn't have to wait for a room. . . But, it wasn't there! We were greeted in the lobby by two angry families who had been waiting for check-in since early morning, drenched in sweat. The transfer-guide led us to the counter, where compatriots immediately attacked him with a demand to immediately settle them in a good room. As we understood, they were already shown some option that did not suit them. In general, our guide tried to object to them uncertainly that he would first settle the newly arrived (that is, us) and then try to sort out their problems. But, since a full bus of tourists was waiting for him at the entrance, he somehow quickly disappeared into the air, leaving us face to face with the raging waiters. As it turned out a little later, there had been no electricity in the entire village for several hours, so there was no opportunity to clean the room and put someone in the hotel. Mustafa, a Russian-speaking receptionist, told us about this. If you have read previous reviews, then you probably remember that they speak of him mostly positively (“There is Mustafa - there are no problems” (c)). When he realized that we were not going to make a fuss, since we had come to have a positive rest, he gave us a short tour of the hotel and constantly apologized. It was clear that he was actually very embarrassed for such an embarrassment, and he quite correctly tried to repel the attacks of annoyed tourists about the lack of electricity (and, as a result, water). He suggested that we immediately put on bracelets and go to the pool and bar, which we took advantage of.
3. Number.
We got a cozy, clean room with a view of the mountains and the pool. As has been said repeatedly, the room has everything you need: refrigerator, hair dryer (quite powerful), TV and two beds: one single, the second double. The problem of which of us will sleep on which was decided simply - they threw a coin)). Of the minuses in the room, when the balcony door is open, the split is turned off, and the refrigerator turned out to be useless for the same reason, i. e. electricity is there when someone is inside. We honestly stepped up (could have guessed it ourselves, engineers after all), because it was possible to disconnect the key from the key fob and carry it with you, while the room has electricity and a refrigerator (if desired, split) . . Well, chouz, it's too late to drink Borjomi, as they say. We also had a drawer completely out of the grooves in the bedside table under the mirror, which was mentioned at the reception. The breakdown has not yet been repaired. But we were not particularly worried about this, since this box was practically not used. And, here's another useful tip: if possible, do not switch the shower to the lower water supply in the shower stall. We did not manage to return to the starting position on our own. I had to resort to the help of Mustafa.
Cleaning in the room was every day somewhere during lunch, it consisted in wiping the floors with a mop, taking out the trash.
4. Nutrition.
We, after reading the reviews, were ready for the most unhappy discoveries in terms of food intake. But everything turned out not so scary. Yes, there is no meat, there is no scrambled eggs for breakfast either, there is no sweet at all, but on the other hand there is a sea of u200bu200bsalads, delicious cucumbers (Hello Deniz! ) And for dinner, among other things, watermelon almost every day. There was always one thing from hot to the second, either stewed chicken, or breaded chicken (maybe soy) sticks, or grilled trout (tasty - you’ll eat your mind! (c)).
As for the queues... Well, here's the advice either to come a little earlier and take a table, or after the first wave has eaten... i. e. 30-40 minutes after the start.
The boys who clean/set the tables are very pleasant, smiling and unobtrusive. That is, if you have a free plate, they will definitely come up and ask if you can pick it up. Such as they write here, that they wave almost a dirty rag in front of their noses and carry a vat of slop back and forth, not even in sight! There was a case when some married couple picked up so many plates with everything that was and, realizing that they definitely didn’t want to eat half, they called the cleaning boy almost with a whistle and, pointing at this pile, ordered to clean it... well, it all depends on upbringing... The fact that the cook gives out everything in portions is true. But you can get back to it. At the same time, he does not make any "goat muzzles" and does not give out any negative about your increased appetite.
5. Bar.
Here again, having studied the reviews and taking care of the most pleasant alcohol in the dutik in advance, they took only beer and tea / coffee in the bar in the morning. They pour beer from sealed eggplants, so there is no option to dilute it. Tea / coffee in the mornings sometimes had to be poured into plastic glasses with thick walls, as there were really not enough cups for everyone, but somehow we were not very upset.
The bartender at the main pool (as written in previous reviews) actually comes across as a little gloomy or sad, but it's enough to ask him something like "how are you? " a couple of times. and not express aggression about the slowness or lack of cups / spoons, then drinks will be poured for you with a smile and in glass glasses. Again, it all depends on your upbringing and ability to respect people.
In the second bar near the distant Sea, the bartender rarely appeared at his workplace, but, as we understood, he also worked at the reception at the same time, so it was not difficult to call him... It was more difficult when he disappeared altogether. For 20 - 30 minutes. Then the riots were already starting)))
6. Infrastructure.
Well, everything has already been described here... The beach is opposite the hotel, right across the road, the sunbeds are already occupied at 9 in the morning... The public toilet is 10 meters from our section of the beach... there is a shower. The entrance to the sea is pebbles, it was very convenient for me in corals. There they are sold on every corner.
I don’t see the point in writing about what shops are nearby, since the hotel is in the center of a shopping street. In a nearby store, I tried to bargain several times, but the seller somehow did not reciprocate... Explaining this by the fact that he has a "Fixed Price" for everything. Yes, and God be with him. A little further down the street there is a similar shop, where they gave us a discount and gave us chewing gum bracelets.
Some reviews here recommend "a cafe with a fish pool", which is located "on the left after five shops. " Well, what can I say, they make good tea... But the rest... We even came there again on the last day with the hope that "well, at least today it will be tasty. " By no means! (((We took shrimp baked in cheese - solid butter, although we warned... And the butter is bitter. Then it was bad, yes... On the last day they took lamb skewers ($ 10) and doner (shawarma) ( $ 3). I can say that this is not a shish kebab. Two sticks with dried meat with a total weight of 150 grams, well, not a shish kebab at all. I ate shawarma on the bus, because they forgot to order lunch boxes, and the road is long... Shawarma: meat and onions. Well, maybe almost meat and onions. Moreover, the onions are fresh and with a skin. Yes. That's it with the very hard skin that we used to remove. In general, that famous "cafe with a swimming pool" disappointed us a little. But tea at they are delicious, chouzh...
Right next to our hotel there is a sign pointing to the Black Sea cafe, in the direction of the far building. There we had lamb ribs ($15) and it was just amazingly delicious. By the way, we noticed that the notorious "pool with fish" was also present there (maybe we went to the wrong fish... ). Yes, plus the fact that we got there at 11 o'clock at night, when there was not a single visitor, they prepared everything for us quickly and did not object to two low-alcohol cocktails brought with us.
7. Hamam.
The hotel guide Danil offered us excursions to the hammam for $25 per person. As we were later explained, this price includes a transfer from the hotel, where various tour operators collected their tourists from hotels and unloaded them en masse into the bathhouse. And, accordingly, a group steam room, a sauna and other procedures, also in single file. Having studied the offers in local tour shops, we decided to take a chance and chose the cheapest option - for $ 10. They came the next morning, paid, after 7 minutes a minivan drove up and took us 600-800 meters from the travel agency. It was a hammam next to the Marina Diana hotel (well, or something like that), and it is positioned not as a hotel hammam, but as a separate one with its own completely separate infrastructure. Well, in fact, it is, there is even an entrance separate from the hotel. In general, I'm not really a fan of such events, but my friend really liked it, especially the anti-cellulite massage, for which I had to pay a little extra. She liked it so much that she went again the next day. Well, my impressions of this hammam are also the most positive... What was included in the basic package of services for $ 10, I partially did not use for my own reasons, so the employees offered me various extras in return. options that are not included in the basic package (mud bath and clay face mask).
By the way, about excursions from a tour operator who offers a guide at a morning meeting... Danila (guide) explained the difference in price by 2.5 times by the fact that if we take this hammam in a street agency, then the insurance “in which case” will act will not (!!! ). At my request to show in the insurance contract the clause where this nonsense is written, he began to carefully study this document, wasting our precious time to eliminate his own illiteracy in this matter. As a result, after about 15 minutes, he nevertheless poked at paragraph 9.4. 11 of the exclusion from insured events related (attention! ) to "active recreation: water skiing, surfing, windsurfing, jet ski... ", after which he received a completely reasonable Please clarify how active a visit to the Hammam (bath and massage) is considered. The answer was extremely exhaustive - "You still do not recognize the insured event of the insurance company, if you want - check. " Well, what can I say, I myself once worked as a guide abroad and we had a 10% personal bonus from the sales of excursions. Maybe kind people in the comments will write that my point of view is wrong and the insurance company has the right to refuse a tourist if he takes excursions not from a representative of the tour operator. It's very interesting to me. . .
8. Return.
Since we had a return flight at 5-20 in the morning, we were picked up from the hotel at 1-20, i. e. in four hours, after which we circled around Antalya, collecting 10 more tourists. Then, as usual, a visit to the Sorbet sweets factory, and the airport. Water at the airport after the customs control zone - $ 2 per 0.33 l, souvenirs, a dutik and an airplane.
They returned happy and rested. If there is another opportunity, we will go to the "Sea" again. Sorry for the "many bukaf" and, perhaps, too much detail, but I myself remember how I collected information before the trip, so perhaps this review will be useful to someone.
So, the hotel is normal, don't expect super service from the C grade, don't pay attention to minor flaws and be friendly to the staff, otherwise they will spit in your soup (just kidding).
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