Five for the price of three, with service for 4+!

Written: 22 december 2009
Travel time: 7 — 21 august 2009
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The first condition was the city of Kemer (small, near the mountains, the heat is easily tolerated, there are good beaches). The second is a hotel of at least 4 stars. The third - a certain amount in USD, which was set aside for vacation (the less spent on a ticket, the more USD will be left for shopping!!! ). After reviewing the offers of leading tour operators (Tez Tour, Coral, Pegast), we settled on the Kemer Reach Hotel from Tez Tour. Well, firstly, this is not the first time we have chosen this tour operator, and secondly, we VERY liked its price offer (Coral, Pegast had triplets with very low ratings according to tourists at the same price). Kemer Reach Hotel is a new hotel, located 200 meters from the sea (in a straight line), about 400-500m to the beach. Unlike the hotels of Kemer, located on the first coastline (from the balcony of one hotel you can see the PANTALONS of the guests of the neighboring hotel), the Kemer Reach Hotel is located in a private house.
At the hotel, we were offered to leave our things at the Reception and go to dinner. The restaurant hall is large and therefore you can immediately see where there are empty seats. The choice of hot dishes and cold snacks at first glance is small at the level of a good four, but when you put on a plate at least a spoonful of everything that your eyes have stopped at, it turns out “with a slide”. The food quality is good. I especially liked the seafood platter (I don’t eat mussels, but in this combination they “went” with a bang). The choice of sweets and desserts is simply huge. Here, obviously, not three or four with their "PACHENYUShKI" in sugar syrup did not stand next to each other. I still dream of cakes and mousses. And dried apricots with almonds are not just delicious, but VERY DELICIOUS!! ! And it's also useful! A huge selection of fruits and a sufficient amount of them (taken out several times in large bowls). Kitchen workers (cooks and their assistants) went out into the hall in beautiful uniforms, but the waiters were dressed, to put it mildly, haphazardly. A white T-shirt (cotton without stretch looks like a bag after several washes), trousers dusty at the bottom and even more dusty shoes. Their professionalism was evidenced by the sound of breaking (For Happiness!!! ) dishes. But they tried; ) They quickly took away the dirty dishes, laid out the cutlery on the empty tables... Tablecloths and cloth napkins on the tables were always clean, otherwise even in some 4+ hotels you can unmistakably "read" the menu that was a week before your arrival .
They settled us at 13.40. When we were told at the Reception that a cot would be placed in the room for the child, we experienced a slight shock (immediately imagined a “portable guest bed” from our distant childhood – an ugly, uncomfortable LUMINUM construction). It turned out that this is just an assembled frame, slightly shorter than a standard bed with a chic soft mattress. The room was given on the 4th floor of the building (3rd residential floor) with a view of the hospital, tangerine garden, football field and mountains (without bucks or any other "feed"). THE BEAUTY!! ! The rooms are small in size (on the site it is indicated 20-22 sq. m). Very beautiful color choice. Plasma TV panel (would like more music channels). The furniture is new and modern. “A separate song” about the closet - roomy, with a huge number of hangers and shelves in which two women easily placed their outfits, and there was still space left. The safe is located in the closet at a level of about 1 meter from the floor (in most hotels you have to kneel or “somehow” to put something in it or take it). On the balcony, in addition to chairs and a table, there is a nice nickel-plated hanger for linen and swimwear. Room cleaning is fast. Sometimes they were encouraged with a "coin". The bathroom is small with modern fixtures. In addition to the large mirror above the sink, there is a small movable mirror with two surfaces (zoom in and out), which we really appreciated when applying makeup. When you turn on the light in the bathroom, the exhaust ventilation starts to work (in old hotels, if one went to the toilet and “thought” longer than usual, then the rest had to evacuate the room in a hurry). There is a telephone on the wall next to the toilet (it's a pity that no one called at such an "intimate" moment; ). Containers with liquid soap and shower gel were always full (in many hotels, shampoo and gel are poured into small bottles, which are very inconvenient to use: unscrew, screw on  The bottles of water, which replenished the bar every day, came in handy.

Breakfast had to be sacrificed - it starts at 7.30 (I would like to advise you to reconsider the concept and start breakfast, as in many hotels, from 7.00), and because of the heat, I wanted to get to the beach early. The road to the beach is “colorful” (it spoils not only the impression of the hotel, but also shoes): dust, pebbles, sometimes heaps of freshly cut grass from the football field, and so on until the turn to Gul Resort. In hotels that are located on the first coastline, a third of the sunbeds are occupied from early morning, and the owners of abandoned beach towels appear at best by 10-11 o'clock. I didn’t observe such “tricks” on the beach at the Kemer Reach Hotel, there were free sunbeds at any time. This is the beauty of the remoteness of 8-12 minutes at a walking pace (once we drove by bus - it took longer to get on and off). There is fine sand on the shore, and a small pebble (really small) begins 1.5-2 meters before the water. The entrance to the water is also sand and pebbles. Every evening, a beach worker lined up sunbeds and collected mattresses. In the morning, they were eagerly waiting for his arrival, as it was harsh to lie on a deck chair without a mattress. Then I had to stomp and drag the uncomfortable mattress to carry with my own hands. There is a small bar on the beach where you can get soft drinks or beer. At 11 o'clock on the beach you can have a bite to eat. Personally, I liked the fried chicken wings and pizza. It was possible to sit at tables under a canopy or settle down on pillows in one of the two pavilions, or go on a sun lounger (towards the “blue sea” itself). They write a lot about the nearby base, where the Turks have a rest with their families. Young girls (and not so young ones) just need to understand that walking the streets in one swimsuit in a Muslim country is not only the height of indecency, but also disrespect.
In the Kemer Reach Hotel, I saw a disco hall, but I never heard anything held in it during the two weeks of my stay. The animators took those who wished to the city discos, which are sometimes so crowded that it is impossible to take a step either to the left or to the right. All that remains is a jump in place... And that is regarded as an attempt to fly away...
Today I can compare the advantages and disadvantages of hotels, and when for the first time the tour operator sent two inexperienced tourists to the top four, which I now really put 3-, then, oddly enough, we are GREAT!! ! rested. I think it all depends on the mood for the rest. It is impossible to see rednecks in the staff serving you (it is in us "SOVKOVOST" jumps up: "We are great and invincible !!! ").
MINI TIPS:
If you go from the hotel to the center (towards the tower) and turn left at the first traffic light, then after 10-15 minutes you will find yourself in a small beautiful park with a fountain, which is located on the seashore. The park has enclosures with black swans, geese, rabbits, etc. Fish swim in the pond, and peacocks walk freely along the paths (for some reason, only “girls”). There are discos and beaches nearby.
On the dolmus (stop in front of the tower or where you wave your hand) you can drive to the nearest villages of Goynuk (about 7 km) and Beldibi (about 14 km) and stroll through their shops. If you make a large purchase there (leather, gold) and say that you can pay only at the hotel, then you will be taken to Kemer for free (that is, for free). Save a few dollars or Turkish Lira ; )
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