Отдых удался! Vacation was a success!

Hello! It was the first time in Turkey. We rested together with my husband from 07/12/10. until 22.07. 10. Before the trip, we searched the Internet in search of a suitable hotel for us. We dreamed of a small hotel with a green area, its own beach and a calm atmosphere. We opted for Larissa Akman Park and did not regret it! We went from TEZTUR. Everything is clear, on schedule and with a smile. We plan to continue traveling with this operator.
We arrived at the hotel in the morning, somewhere around ten. And we were far from the first to wait for the settlement. Got to your room at 11.45. Building Olympos, to the right of the reception, the second "entrance", third floor (water pressure was sometimes weak). The sea is not visible from the balcony, but it is much quieter than in the rooms with a "sea view". We got used to the cicadas on the second day. We read a lot about this hotel on the Internet and were ready that the rooms were not very good. But the bed linen and waffle bedspread still unpleasantly surprised. Of the four, two towels were more or less. For the sea, we had towels with us, as well as shampoo, soap, clothespins, rope. Plumbing, air conditioning and TV worked properly. We took a lot of medicines with us just in case, we are glad that nothing came in handy. The Raptor liquid from local mosquitoes is rather weak, they were still splashed with Off sometimes and always on evening walks.
The territory turned out to be, as in the photographs that captivated us. Beautiful, green, many flowers, constant care, watering. Nice to wander around!

The food was perfect for me personally. The husband threatened to eat in local cafes if there was not enough meat, but the menu suited him too. I love rice very much, here it is cooked deliciously. They also had baked potatoes. They didn't eat pasta, although people did, especially children. For some reason, there was always a queue for fries, but as soon as the tray was empty, they brought a full one again. There was a lot of food in general, we happened to come at the end of lunch / dinner, we didn’t go hungry! Soups are unusual, only with lentils I can single out. They usually took the first one for two. Lots of stewed vegetables, legumes, interesting salads. Every evening they cooked different things on the grill (fish, chicken skewers, etc. ), and there were always beef / turkey with vegetables. For breakfast, I liked to eat milk rice porridge, sometimes an omelet cooked on the street. The husband ate muesli with milk, buns with butter and cheese. We don't like sweets, I can't say anything. Of the fruits, only oranges were very tasty. Bought peaches on the street a couple of times. But even with such a healthy diet, I recovered by 1 kg, my husband by two! We enjoyed drinking beer and gin tonic. On the first day, we bought two bottles of water for 0.5 in the store opposite, then we constantly filled them near the bar. So in the room, and on all trips, we were with water.
We went to the hammam (bath) at the hotel on the second day, we liked it. We took one train from TEZTUR with a historian guide, three on the street. We decided next time to take everything in the hotel or go ourselves, if nearby. For less money and the organization of the trip turned out to be worse and it ended much faster.
A few words about the reception. When our safe stopped opening two days before departure, they opened it, but they didn’t provide others with serviceable ones (only promised! ), Although it was paid for all the time. They offered to move to the room with a safe (which is just stupid two days before departure) or leave everything at the reception in a safe, which is not at all convenient for us.
Now about the pleasant. The hotel has very affectionate cute cats. According to the staff, they catch lizards and are, so to speak, in the state. If they are treated in the open part of the dining room, of course they do not refuse. But they do not climb themselves, they sit decorously. Suitable for families with children. They were never seen inside the room where the food trays are. In the evenings we enjoyed playing with them.
Almost every evening we watched children's animation, it was fun. As an adult, they usually did not stay. During the day they played only darts, if not on a trip, there were interesting acquaintances. There is also table tennis, volleyball, you can do oriental dances, water aerobics, etc. The animators tried hard! In general, we liked the atmosphere in the hotel. Calm, cozy and somehow at home. Very hard working, polite staff. Most speak Russian. As a tip, in addition to money, cigarettes helped out. In Turkey, a pack is about four times more expensive than in Ukraine. We specially brought them with a good "reserve".

The sea is wonderful, very transparent, only a couple of times in 10 days in the evening it brought mud from yachts. For diving it turned out to be unexpectedly salty, I had to buy glasses. I saw several varieties of fish, even once a large flounder or stingray. Another surprise was the absence of seagulls. We were later explained that the currents carry plankton, few fish and practically no seagulls. Only twice in the morning it was cool to swim, otherwise the water is very warm. We didn’t sit by the sea all day, but you can always try to find at least one sunbed to leave your things and swim. Although still very annoying abundance of sunbathing towels. You look - everything is busy, but there are 2-3 people in the water... But such a problem is not only here, alas.
And in conclusion. We think we'll want to come back here!