Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
9.0
Service:
10.0
Cleanliness:
8.0
Food:
9.0
Amenities:
10.0
Let me start by saying that I came across this hotel by accident. I originally booked the Kilikya Palace Hotel, but 2 days before departure, the representative of the tour operator said that the hotel management had resold our reservation to Europe. And as a replacement, Otium Art was offered.
In general, the replacement was worthy. We arrived at the hotel after 15:00, settled us right away, gave us a room in the main building overlooking the road and the parking lot. At first, I did not attach importance to this fact. But after a sleepless night, when buses came to the parking lot every half an hour and tourists fussed loudly around them, we asked to change the number. We were replaced without any problems, now the windows overlooked the park area and the bungalow.
The rooms are small but quite comfortable. Our room had a balcony, but the balcony was quite small. The bathroom is generally normal, but there were some problems with the bath - no matter how carefully we tried to take a shower, a decent puddle of water always accumulated near the bath.
In the room we were waiting for individual bottles of shampoo, soap, cotton swabs and other small things. There was no shower gel. The girl from the guest relations department said that he (gel) was not part of their concept, but promised to come up with something. As a result, a little later they brought individual bottles of shower gel.
The minibar was replenished daily with juices and water.
I want to note the plus of this hotel: all fruit drinks were made from natural concentrated juices, and not from powders, as is done in many other hotels. I liked the juices. In addition, during the day near the bars you could take frozen juices (fruit ice). Also for lovers there was ayran (I, unfortunately, am not a fan).
Another important plus is the very beautiful and well-groomed territory of the hotel. Lots of pine trees, flowering trees and shrubs, huge palms and flowers. There were also orange and tangerine trees with fruits.
The food was good, a large selection of salads and vegetable dishes (just what I like), the meat is mostly chicken and turkey, sometimes there were lamb and beef dishes. They also provided fish from time to time. Very tasty cakes. Of the fruits were apples, grapes, pears, watermelon, plums. A bit disappointed with the choice of desserts - cakes were rare, mostly Turkish pastries soaked in some kind of syrup. The bars serve delicious cocktails.
The Italian a la carte restaurant did not impress us, of the food offered, we liked only baked fish and dessert. In my opinion, the food in the main restaurant will be better. We didn't go to other restaurants.
I liked the service in general. The waiters and bartenders are mostly friendly. Most of them are fluent in Russian. It happened, however, that at the end of the evening in the bars they were in no hurry to clean the dirty tables, and it took a long time to look for a place to sit down.
The beach and the pier were clean, there were no problems with the availability of free sunbeds. It should be noted that the hotel is closed from the west by high mountains and therefore in the afternoon the sun hides quite early.
The sea there is very clean and warm, in late September - early October the water temperature was about 25 degrees. In the outdoor pools, the water was noticeably colder.
I liked the animation too. It consisted mainly of Russians and Turks. Morning gymnastics and aqua aerobics - 5+ (hello and thanks to animators Katya and Alena from Novosibirsk). There is a lot of entertainment there, for almost every taste. Evening shows were fun to watch.
Also enjoyed the disco. Good DJ, great location (near the beach, outdoors). Live music was once a week. I think the youth will like it there.
90% of the hotel guests are Russians. There were also people from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Germany, Turkey. True, at the end of our stay the balance shifted towards the Germans. There is a special, reverent attitude towards them (the hotel belongs to the German network).
I think this hotel is good for families with children. There is also a miniclub and a special children's menu in the restaurant, a blender is provided for preparing baby food. Children are allowed to run on the lawns.
Of the sights, I managed to visit a Turkish bath with peeling and massage (in Kemer) and an excursion to Demre - Mira - Kekova. During the tour, we saw the ancient Lycian tombs, the Greek theater, the temple of St. Nicholas and the sunken city of Kekova. I liked it very much, I recommend it to everyone.
In conclusion, I want to give advice for those who will be in Turkey for the first time. Do not listen to the recommendations of guides and representatives of tour operators about where it is better to shop. I have seen from my own experience that wine and sweets bought in recommended shopping centers are 1.5 - 2.5 times more expensive than those sold in ordinary shops near the hotel.
In my opinion, the hotel is good, justifies its 5 stars. If you do not find too much fault with some household trifles, then you can have a great rest and recharge with the energy of the sea and the surrounding nature.
I wish you all a great holiday!
In general, the replacement was worthy. We arrived at the hotel after 15:00, settled us right away, gave us a room in the main building overlooking the road and the parking lot. At first, I did not attach importance to this fact. But after a sleepless night, when buses came to the parking lot every half an hour and tourists fussed loudly around them, we asked to change the number. We were replaced without any problems, now the windows overlooked the park area and the bungalow.
The rooms are small but quite comfortable. Our room had a balcony, but the balcony was quite small. The bathroom is generally normal, but there were some problems with the bath - no matter how carefully we tried to take a shower, a decent puddle of water always accumulated near the bath.
In the room we were waiting for individual bottles of shampoo, soap, cotton swabs and other small things. There was no shower gel. The girl from the guest relations department said that he (gel) was not part of their concept, but promised to come up with something. As a result, a little later they brought individual bottles of shower gel.
The minibar was replenished daily with juices and water.
I want to note the plus of this hotel: all fruit drinks were made from natural concentrated juices, and not from powders, as is done in many other hotels. I liked the juices. In addition, during the day near the bars you could take frozen juices (fruit ice). Also for lovers there was ayran (I, unfortunately, am not a fan).
Another important plus is the very beautiful and well-groomed territory of the hotel. Lots of pine trees, flowering trees and shrubs, huge palms and flowers. There were also orange and tangerine trees with fruits.
The food was good, a large selection of salads and vegetable dishes (just what I like), the meat is mostly chicken and turkey, sometimes there were lamb and beef dishes. They also provided fish from time to time. Very tasty cakes. Of the fruits were apples, grapes, pears, watermelon, plums. A bit disappointed with the choice of desserts - cakes were rare, mostly Turkish pastries soaked in some kind of syrup. The bars serve delicious cocktails.
The Italian a la carte restaurant did not impress us, of the food offered, we liked only baked fish and dessert. In my opinion, the food in the main restaurant will be better. We didn't go to other restaurants.
I liked the service in general. The waiters and bartenders are mostly friendly. Most of them are fluent in Russian. It happened, however, that at the end of the evening in the bars they were in no hurry to clean the dirty tables, and it took a long time to look for a place to sit down.
The beach and the pier were clean, there were no problems with the availability of free sunbeds. It should be noted that the hotel is closed from the west by high mountains and therefore in the afternoon the sun hides quite early.
The sea there is very clean and warm, in late September - early October the water temperature was about 25 degrees. In the outdoor pools, the water was noticeably colder.
I liked the animation too. It consisted mainly of Russians and Turks. Morning gymnastics and aqua aerobics - 5+ (hello and thanks to animators Katya and Alena from Novosibirsk). There is a lot of entertainment there, for almost every taste. Evening shows were fun to watch.
Also enjoyed the disco. Good DJ, great location (near the beach, outdoors). Live music was once a week. I think the youth will like it there.
90% of the hotel guests are Russians. There were also people from Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Germany, Turkey. True, at the end of our stay the balance shifted towards the Germans. There is a special, reverent attitude towards them (the hotel belongs to the German network).
I think this hotel is good for families with children. There is also a miniclub and a special children's menu in the restaurant, a blender is provided for preparing baby food. Children are allowed to run on the lawns.
Of the sights, I managed to visit a Turkish bath with peeling and massage (in Kemer) and an excursion to Demre - Mira - Kekova. During the tour, we saw the ancient Lycian tombs, the Greek theater, the temple of St. Nicholas and the sunken city of Kekova. I liked it very much, I recommend it to everyone.
In conclusion, I want to give advice for those who will be in Turkey for the first time. Do not listen to the recommendations of guides and representatives of tour operators about where it is better to shop. I have seen from my own experience that wine and sweets bought in recommended shopping centers are 1.5 - 2.5 times more expensive than those sold in ordinary shops near the hotel.
In my opinion, the hotel is good, justifies its 5 stars. If you do not find too much fault with some household trifles, then you can have a great rest and recharge with the energy of the sea and the surrounding nature.
I wish you all a great holiday!
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