HV1 против 5* HV1 vs 5*

The holiday was planned for March. We liked the climate near Kemer in 2010, so we were looking for it near it.
Our selection criteria:
1. Sea + presence of a pier.
2. Nutrition.
3. Staff attitude.
4. Infrastructure (territory, fitness equipment, table tennis, internet).
For clarity, I will try to compare 2 hotels: Queen Elizabeth Hotel 5 * (beginning of September 2010.2 people) and Sailor's Beach Club 4 * (beginning of June 2013.3 people). They are located in different directions from Kemer, 7-11 km, i. е. the climate and the state of the sea are almost the same, the time - the end and the beginning of the season, are also more or less comparable. Further hotels I will call "Queen" and "Sailors". Prices at the time of purchase of the tour (end of March, 3 people) were the same in both hotels.

1. The piers were available for both, + Queen in that they had sun loungers with umbrellas on the pier. The beaches are equally comfortable, with sunbeds and awnings. Bold + Sailors - beach on line 1, in Queen - line 2. Snack bars on the beach are available for both. (True, last year, near or on the beach of Queen, the neighboring Cilicia Palace built a new building like... ).
2. Never got hurt anywhere. Personal opinion - the food in Sailors is much better: more varied, more choice, more meat dishes and grill. For some reason, Quinn was remembered for "mountains" of half-eaten food on plates, and not only CIS tourists sinned with this. At first I could not understand - have the morals of people changed so much in 3 years? Then I realized - the waiters in Sailors worked so quickly that there were no plates left at the tables (in Queen, alas, on the contrary - it was striking). But even when I specially observed it a couple of times - far from always empty plates, but precisely "mountains" - I never saw it. From what I liked: in Queen I remembered delicious hot peppers, in Sailors - ayran and yogurts, my wife and daughter praised hamburgers from the snack bar.
Alcohol: beer is not bad here and there. In Queen, bartenders prepared good cocktails even from local ingredients, in Sailors - only Turkish bulk alcohol, cocktails - from 10 dead raccoons. I stopped at the local whiskey - it is undiluted with a strength of about 27 gr. + mojito and dutik bacardi. Even in the pool bar there was a good wine drink such as a crunch or sangria - with ice and pieces of fruit.
3. I really liked the team of staff at Sailors - you can feel the cohesion of work and the result is obvious: when at 3 am on Sunday (the transfer was at 3.40) they went to the sea to throw coins, they looked at us in surprise - a lawn sprinkler, a pool cleaner, a waiter in a restaurant, and, seems to be the owner of the establishment at the exit of their reception. (By the way, they didn’t get to the sea - it turns out that the border of the territory is locked at night). Quinn was remembered for his leisurely waiters and for a day and a half "beating" the power cord for a laptop at the reception. There were no special complaints about cleaning in any hotel, requests were fulfilled.
No money was given at check-in, the rooms were normal in both, tips were left daily in both.

We adhered to the rule - “As it comes around, it will respond” in communication with both the staff and other tourists, there were no problems.
4. Territory Queen - a ship-hotel and a huge pool near it. Greenery - a few palm trees by the pool and about a dozen trees and bushes along the fence, i. e. greenery was not very part of the designers' intention. Sailors - on the contrary, with a smaller area, it is simply buried in greenery - it is very cozy. Rooms - Queen is newer and you can feel it: we had a large two-room suite (for two) with new furniture, internet in the room, and a balcony. In Sailors - a standard room with a double bed and a single bed next to each other, a balcony. Mini fridges and safes in both hotels. Differences - Sailors safe is paid (did not use, bought locks for suitcases, there were no losses). In Queen, 1 bottle of 0.33 beer and 1 0.25 pack of juice per person, and, it seems, a bottle of water were put in the refrigerator daily, in Sailors - only water.
Sailors Internet - only at the reception and not easy (the smartphone was connected to Wi-Fi, and the daughter's laptop lost the network immediately after connecting). In Queen - wi-fi at the reception and wired in the rooms, but power cords were in short supply.
Exercise machines and tennis are about the same. In Sailors 1 was broken, in Queen - 3.
Tennis rackets were killed everywhere (I took a simple one with me, guys from Russia bought a set in a hotel store for 8 ye).

Animation was not particularly interested, but the impressions remained. We did not look for her in Queen and practically did not notice her. In addition to 3 moments - the Turkish night (performance, not bad), Ramadan Bayram - was celebrated with an exhibition of ice sculptures and skillful carving of vegetables (very beautiful), treats with sweets, and a young animator - a Turk who conducted animation by the pool with the inclusion of Russian expressions "on the verge of foul. " It is simply impossible not to notice the animation team in Sailors, the guys are just great. In the reviews of different hotels, many complain about the repetition and monotony (after a week of rest) of animation, without thinking - HOW to make it available in 3-4 languages ​ ​ u200bu200bat the same time (Turkish, Russian, German, English)? And this is not counting the fact that Italians, Slovaks, Poles, etc. were with us. The Turkish night in Sailors was interactive - with the involvement of vacationers. I didn’t ask Dima (Russia, the city forgot) whether they agreed with him in advance, but the belly dance with his participation made a splash ! ! During the day - games, aqua aerobics, shaping, volleyball and a bunch of everything else - and this is practically only for adults. What the little children were doing - I won’t say, but they were busy - for sure.
Bottom line: in all respects, we rated Sailors higher than homemade or something. But the fact that the hotel is for families with children or pensioners (not youth) is 100% true.
Z. Y. Our main mistake was that we went for 7 nights - it takes a couple of days just for acclimatization, we needed at least 10. But this is already a matter of time and financial resources.
Have a nice holiday!