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Hotel Aqua Bella **** rested from 03.06. to 10.06. 2008
We are in Turkey for the first time, so there is nothing to compare with, but I will try to objectively, as far as possible, describe my impressions of the trip and the hotel. Vacationers are almost all from Russia and Ukraine, not counting a few Poles and Germans. The food was quite varied and tasty, all kinds of chicken dishes, olives, olives, and a lot of different salads in various combinations. Very sweet cakes, and very tasty fresh bread. I didn’t really like the first courses, let’s say, for an amateur, perhaps that’s why there was never a queue there. For dessert, they alternated: watermelons, melons, apples. The wine is red and white, the quality leaves much to be desired, but not at all strong, in general, to drink lunch or dinner. The beer is good, in my opinion it is better than all the local drinks that were offered to us. The service staff performs their duties well, I mean waiters, maids, etc. The exception is the animators, they are simply NO, perhaps there was not enough professionalism...... in neighboring hotels the animators were cheerful and groovy, maybe because the Russian guys, but we have local natives. So if you prefer quiet evenings without all sorts of competitions, discos, then you are here - in the Hotel Aqua Bella ****. As for sports games such as volleyball, for example, there really is a terrible volleyball court, which is two pillars on which a volleyball net is somehow stretched, the coating is sand mixed with pebbles the size of a chicken egg and more. In a neighboring hotel, the playground is a little bit better, at least the net is stretched as it should be and the playground is marked, but the vigilant and hospitable Turks carefully watched that vacationers from other hotels would not play on their playground. When we decided to play, the first three days could not find a volleyball, the animators explained to us that the ball is kaput and you can buy a new one from Abdul, in a local store.
Sun loungers and umbrellas are provided free of charge, towels are also issued free of charge, there are not enough umbrellas for everyone, so the most ingenious get up at 7 in the morning and occupy the umbrellas, sun loungers and mattresses of a neighboring hotel, our hotel does not have its own mattresses.
Double rooms are quite comfortable, cleaned regularly and not bad, if you want even better and faster - leave a tip of $ 1, it will be even better and faster. There is a hair dryer, towels, toilet paper and liquid soap in the shower room, but there were no shampoos, after asking us they gave us a small bottle at a time. So if you are going to this hotel, be sure to bring shampoo with you. The hotel is after renovation, which is probably why the first time from morning to evening on the territory of the hotel, something was cut, welded, clogged, hollowed out, dug up and buried again. But it's all temporary and will end soon.
The hotel guide, like everywhere else, is trying to sell excursions at a price 2-3 times more expensive than street tour bureaus, but they do not differ in quality at all. We only used street bureaus and were satisfied, we were also offered a tour by the hotel guide shopping centers at very competitive prices (it is not clear to anyone profitable), we decided to go but only to Antalya, just to walk along the old streets of this town and admire this old city, this idea did not like the hotel guide at all, he convinced us that it’s not accepted that in this case he is not responsible for us, he suggested that we write a receipt that we voluntarily refuse to tour these flea markets and after that they dropped us off at the bus stop and left us without their annoying attention. I didn’t fully understand what the duties of a hotel guide are, except to try to sell very expensive excursions (2-3 times more expensive than similar ones on the street) and to agitate for shopping excursions where you will be taken to the most expensive shops and markets, apparently on prior agreement with the sellers for a certain percentage of the guide.
In general, we really liked everything in Turkey, and the gentle sea and very beautiful mountains and hospitable and friendly Turks. Very interesting and informative excursions, and of course a Turkish bath and definitely on the first day - so that you have the most beautiful tan.
We are in Turkey for the first time, so there is nothing to compare with, but I will try to objectively, as far as possible, describe my impressions of the trip and the hotel. Vacationers are almost all from Russia and Ukraine, not counting a few Poles and Germans. The food was quite varied and tasty, all kinds of chicken dishes, olives, olives, and a lot of different salads in various combinations. Very sweet cakes, and very tasty fresh bread. I didn’t really like the first courses, let’s say, for an amateur, perhaps that’s why there was never a queue there. For dessert, they alternated: watermelons, melons, apples. The wine is red and white, the quality leaves much to be desired, but not at all strong, in general, to drink lunch or dinner. The beer is good, in my opinion it is better than all the local drinks that were offered to us. The service staff performs their duties well, I mean waiters, maids, etc. The exception is the animators, they are simply NO, perhaps there was not enough professionalism...... in neighboring hotels the animators were cheerful and groovy, maybe because the Russian guys, but we have local natives. So if you prefer quiet evenings without all sorts of competitions, discos, then you are here - in the Hotel Aqua Bella ****. As for sports games such as volleyball, for example, there really is a terrible volleyball court, which is two pillars on which a volleyball net is somehow stretched, the coating is sand mixed with pebbles the size of a chicken egg and more. In a neighboring hotel, the playground is a little bit better, at least the net is stretched as it should be and the playground is marked, but the vigilant and hospitable Turks carefully watched that vacationers from other hotels would not play on their playground. When we decided to play, the first three days could not find a volleyball, the animators explained to us that the ball is kaput and you can buy a new one from Abdul, in a local store.
Sun loungers and umbrellas are provided free of charge, towels are also issued free of charge, there are not enough umbrellas for everyone, so the most ingenious get up at 7 in the morning and occupy the umbrellas, sun loungers and mattresses of a neighboring hotel, our hotel does not have its own mattresses.
Double rooms are quite comfortable, cleaned regularly and not bad, if you want even better and faster - leave a tip of $ 1, it will be even better and faster. There is a hair dryer, towels, toilet paper and liquid soap in the shower room, but there were no shampoos, after asking us they gave us a small bottle at a time. So if you are going to this hotel, be sure to bring shampoo with you. The hotel is after renovation, which is probably why the first time from morning to evening on the territory of the hotel, something was cut, welded, clogged, hollowed out, dug up and buried again. But it's all temporary and will end soon.
The hotel guide, like everywhere else, is trying to sell excursions at a price 2-3 times more expensive than street tour bureaus, but they do not differ in quality at all. We only used street bureaus and were satisfied, we were also offered a tour by the hotel guide shopping centers at very competitive prices (it is not clear to anyone profitable), we decided to go but only to Antalya, just to walk along the old streets of this town and admire this old city, this idea did not like the hotel guide at all, he convinced us that it’s not accepted that in this case he is not responsible for us, he suggested that we write a receipt that we voluntarily refuse to tour these flea markets and after that they dropped us off at the bus stop and left us without their annoying attention. I didn’t fully understand what the duties of a hotel guide are, except to try to sell very expensive excursions (2-3 times more expensive than similar ones on the street) and to agitate for shopping excursions where you will be taken to the most expensive shops and markets, apparently on prior agreement with the sellers for a certain percentage of the guide.
In general, we really liked everything in Turkey, and the gentle sea and very beautiful mountains and hospitable and friendly Turks. Very interesting and informative excursions, and of course a Turkish bath and definitely on the first day - so that you have the most beautiful tan.
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