Отдых за малые деньги Holidays for little money

Hi all. We rested at the Seker Resort Hotel. There were no very big shortcomings, although people are all different and require conditions for themselves. In general, both adults and children liked everything, they went with a group of 14 people (8 adults and 6 children). It's nice that a lot of Russians have a rest and it's not noticeable that you're relaxing abroad. In shops and on excursions, everyone understands Russian perfectly.
The hotel area is small but clean and a lot of greenery, everything is quite comfortable. The disadvantages I would include the following: very hot in the restaurant - air conditioning and ventilation can not cope; there are shortcomings in the cleaning of the rooms - for 10 days they did not wait for the filling of liquid soap and shower gel, it seemed that the shower room was very damp; it is impossible to leave a sleeping child in the room - the light turns off automatically after removing the magnetic key from the front door; leisure time for teenagers and children from 10 to 15 years old is not thought out - it seems that it’s too early for discos and at the same time there is nothing else (it was possible to make a basketball or mini-football court); tennis and billiard tables are on the street - in the heat it turns out not a game, but survival, it is very stuffy; there is no gym as such - one barbell and two dumbbells do not pull on the gym (put at least one horizontal bar and parallel bars); for 10 days of rest, there was never real meat - twice there was chicken cooked on fire with vegetables (distribution of one tablespoon each) and once a whole chicken (it seems boiled, broken and distributed) - 95% of Russians rest, there was very little, at least a little , Russian cuisine.
And now in order and in general. We met well at the Antalya airport (TezTour), an air-conditioned bus, bought cold water right on the bus (1 dollar per liter), a young guy on the way to the hotel told a little about Turkey, asked everyone to tip, which we did later (bus drivers accompanying to the rooms, cleaners, waiters, attendants, etc. ). Drive approximately 40 minutes. Since there were experienced tourists in the group, 5 dollars were collected from each family on the bus to pay for accommodation in good rooms and not far from each other. At the "reception" they successfully handed over a small amount and really settled normally and with a normal view from the window, although all the rooms are similar. As far as tips in general, there has been little improvement or appreciation after receiving tips.

As it was written above, there was an acute shortage of meat (well, this is for me personally), although of course I didn’t sit hungry, I found something to eat, just a lot, a continuous abundance, mostly vegetables. Excellent muffins, bread, cakes, no variety of soups, personally my child found little to eat. It is too bad that there was no karaoke bar, it would have been additional entertainment for children and adults. It was possible to make an evening viewing of cartoons on satellite TV for children. The pool and slides are very good, the kids loved it. Between breakfast and lunch, lunch and dinner, you can have a snack at the additional pool bar. Drinks and buns are also brought to the beach, but it is very difficult to catch something for yourself, they bring very little.
The beach of the hotel, as many people write, is really very small, and accordingly there are not so many free sun loungers. But there was enough space for everyone and, in principle, we did not feel any minor shortcomings. It’s bad that boats, scooters for entertainment are parked on the sides of the beach and sometimes it smelled of exhaust fumes, but not particularly critical, I personally felt quite comfortable on the beach. Animation is a separate issue, the team led by "Turbo" is quite cheerful and tried to entertain vacationers. Every day, water polo, beach volleyball, water gymnastics for women and girls, children's shows and discos, performances and competitions in the evening, which smoothly flowed into discos until 4 in the morning. I didn’t go to night discos, so I can’t say anything. I was present at the daily children's discos at 21-30, every day the same children's dances, the children repeated after the animators, the children really liked it. Every day I played water polo in the pool and volleyball, at 22-00 we watched performances that are different every day. One evening a team came and danced Turkish folk dances "Turkish Night", also not bad. Before our departure, the animators did a big show in the hotel pool (they said that it was the second time during the existence of the hotel). In general, well done animators, experienced tourists said that the animation is much better than in the "five stars".
Now a little about excursions, although we went and did not set out to go somewhere, but then we decided to go, especially since they are offered at every turn. We ordered the first excursion from Tez Tour - a trip to Antalya, then they wanted to refuse, but they refused to return the money to us and had to go - adults $ 10, children $ 5. In principle, they dispelled and did not regret it, the bus is comfortable, the guide speaks Russian. They took us around the city, took us to the center selling leather goods, jewelry, souvenirs and clothes. We did not buy anything, they are specially taken to where tour operators have their own percentage and therefore the prices are very high, although they do discounts, but still here, in St. Petersburg, everything is cheaper and of normal quality. The only thing we bought was souvenirs. In general, you need to buy where there is competition, you can bargain and take off up to 70% of the original cost. If you go shopping, you need to go to local markets and bargain. We were lucky that there are a lot of shops near the hotel and we made a lot of different purchases and with big discounts. All the time they transferred money to rubles and calmed down that they really bought everything much cheaper than from us.
In general, it was possible not to spend money because the all-inclusive system fully justifies itself, of the necessary things they bought only ice cream ($ 1) (they did not offer it at the hotel) and fruits at $ 2 per kg. Drinks at the hotel without restrictions, they themselves drank and scored with them. We booked a boat trip for one day. I advise you to take a separate one for 10-15 people, it will be a little more expensive, but you will not regret it. We immediately rejected the proposed yachts from "Tez Tour", the price is 35 dollars, and the people on the yacht are like sprats in a jar. We went separately with our company for $ 450 per yacht (travel agency right next to the hotel - as you exit on the right), it came out at 56 "bucks" for an adult (children are free). And no one regretted, we swam in the open sea, we looked at beautiful bays and islands, the price of the yacht also includes lunch (drinks with you), although the lunch was not very much better than on an excursion to Antalya. In short, everyone liked the yacht. In general, this year our family vacation was a success, we liked everything - thanks to the Seker Resort Hotel, Turkey and a friendly company - we got more pleasure than grief. There will be questions, write - yport1@mail. ru. Good luck to all