The hotel is ok but a lot of nuances

Written: 20 june 2021
Travel time: 3 — 10 june 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 4.0
Service: 4.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 4.0
Amenities: 8.0
I chose a hotel based on reviews, I flew to Turkey for the first time. It was Beldibi that was advised in the travel agency, because as a vacation with a child of 1.9 years, the choice fell on Selchukhan. We arrived at the hotel at 8 am, I had a birthday and a small child. Yes, I dreamed of indulgences and early settlement. By the way, going up to the hotel I smelled strongly of burnt food. Luggage can be left in the reception room, take beach towels and go to the pool or the sea. There was also breakfast, which you can immediately go to the settlement. But more separately.
ROOMS
We were given the first room at 10 am (in general, check-in from 14). The room was overlooking the mountains, at the end of the hotel. It was located on the second floor in the kitchen. Remember the smell of food upon entry? So all this stench was in my room. The rooms, by the way, are not the beautiful ones that are on the site. I'm talking about the standard. Nice rooms for families. But 2 adults and a child is not a family. Okay, here are questions for the tour operator, they could have warned. Went down to the lobby, said I didn't want to live in a stinky room. The next room was given at 11:30 on the 3rd floor overlooking the neighboring hotel (there is a beautiful area, I will attach a photo) and the mountains. Room 1329. From the pros: it didn’t stink, there is practically no sun in the room, it’s not hot. Cons: soviet repair, dead bathroom, no place to hang clothes. Yes, I did not come to hang out at the hotel, but still, everyone here praises this hotel so much, the truth must also take place.

Another downside is cleaning. It is necessary to give grandmas or bow at the feet so that they come to wipe the dust (when the dust settled on the former bed, the dust was from the time of the dinosaurs). The sheet is all with yellow spots, the bedspreads are the same. The towels are also dirty. Every other day I asked to change the towels, but they brought me rumpled, smelly and dirty. I didn’t want to swear, and I just went up to their cart, which is in the corridor, threw dirty towels where necessary and chose clean ones. Shower gel and Conder are also stingy. But shower caps and ear sticks were thrown a year ahead. Like, put a hat on your head and you won't see that your head is dirty. The bar originally had 2 bottles of water 0.5 each, never delivered again.
NUTRITION
It's downright pain. I thought that I would come to Turkey, I would eat fruits, vegetables, some light national dishes . . as a result, breakfast: some balls, cereal, oatmeal, yogurt, jam, eggs, fatty omelettes and cheese. Cheese pleased. There were a lot of sweets for lunch, but they were not tasty for me. Biscuits with a bunch of cream, only on the day of departure there was baklava. For lunch there is rice, salads, something like meat, some kind of soup. And a lot of fast food. In general, 70% of food is semi-finished products (fries, nuggets). Dinner: then finally there was a watermelon / melon, or rather the melon was 2 days out of 7, apples, peaches, oranges. All fruits are like last year. I was surprised there were no strawberries. All of Turkey is in greenhouses, but they are fed junk. By the way, if there was pasta for breakfast, then for lunch there will be pasta with sauce, and for dinner something incomprehensible with the same pasta. Juices on tap are all powdered. An adult has something to eat, in principle, but it was difficult to feed a child. Either semi-finished products, or very fatty, or sweets. Yes, there are many more greens that are constantly finding new life in new salads. The food was very disappointing.
You can’t take food from the restik to the room, and when I said that the child was sleeping at lunchtime and I would take it with me to feed when he wakes up, they almost beat me on the hands, shouted, threatened with a fine, but they didn’t let me take food for child.
ANIMATION
This is what creates the atmosphere of the hotel and because of which it can somehow be rehabilitated and recommended. In the morning dance on the beach, then yoga, darts, aqua aerobics, zumba, children's disco and dancing for adults. But in Turkey there was a curfew and all the fun stopped at 22:00. Evening dances take place near the sea and do not interfere with hotel guests at all.

The hotel also offers massage and hammam. I was seduced and took a hammam + peeling + foam + massage procedure. I enjoyed the massage so much that I took another course for the remainder of my stay. It's just magic.
TERRITORY
The territory of the hotel is very beautiful, a lot of greenery, on the one hand the sea, on the other mountains. Simply breathtaking beauty. From the hotel to the sea you have to cross the road (the whole Beldibi is like that), then there is a green area of ​ ​ the hotel, where there is a stage, a summer bar and from there a descent to the sea. Lots of sun loungers, but you have to borrow in the morning. They all lie on each other's heads, because there are a lot of people, and the beach is not big. The beach itself is pebbly, even stone, I would say. Entrance by pantone or bridge. Everyone told me that I should take aquashoes with me, but I didn’t need them. But you can walk to the bridge in slippers, but in the water you can’t even reach the stones. At the level of the end of the pantone, the sandy bottom begins. The sea is very clean, the water is clear and warm. And at night on the beach you can meet huge turtles. It was very scary and interesting. They are also very fast, as it turned out))
Near the hotel (on the right) there is a travel agency Kemer tour, where the main Sedat is, a very nice man. Prices are much lower than in a hotel and lower than in neighboring travel agencies. The bazaar also comes on Mondays, but the prices on it turned out to be higher than in the shops of Beldibi. In Kemer and Antalya, prices are higher for clothes and souvenirs.
In general, I will like the rest, it is for quiet companies, and although there were a lot of children in the hotel, my stay with the child became a burden. You can say no to animation for children, there is just a girl who is next to the children on the playground, on which there is a swing, an empty pool, a slide and a house where you can draw.
Would I return to Selchukhan? Yes, but only with a friend. Without a family and a child.
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