Приятное удивление pleasant surprise

We went to this hotel with a little apprehension, because. On all sites in the description of the hotel there are discrepancies. INET, for example, is paid, it was not entirely clear with beach towels, etc. But we were pleasantly surprised from the moment we met at the airport: guide David - very cordiality, attention, with tactful unobtrusive humor told all the way about Kusadasi, roads, excursions, fruits. The hotel itself left a good first impression. Leaving things at the reception (we arrived at 11-00, and check-in after 14-00), we went to explore the surroundings. The territory is large, clean, well-groomed. Certainly drawn to the sea. We took our bathing suits with us, changed clothes and went to the sea. Here was a pleasant surprise - the entrance to the sea consists of stones of various sizes. I hurt my leg. But further - sand. We were seated at 13:00. The room is clean and simple. TV with a CRT tube, we could hardly find a Russian channel, but it showed very poorly. We did not wait for help from the hotel staff, my husband set everything up himself. By the way, there are no Russian-speaking employees. In general, during our stay there were about 10-12 Slavic tourists. For the entire hotel. Mostly vacationers - Germans, Dutch, Belgians, French, Poles. The food is excellent - a lot of fruits (pears, plums, melons, watermelons, grapes, apples). I am a peach lover - we bought them. There were no nuts either. Dried apricots, raisins for breakfast - please, but figs, prunes, etc. - were not. The rest of the food is delicious and varied. However, I have always wiped down plates, forks, knives, etc. before filling with food. Often there were traces of detergents on them. Another minus is the beach towels. They must be taken at 9-00 in the morning and handed over at 19-00 in the evening. I like to swim early in the morning and therefore did not give up in the evening, but went to the beach with him. At 9-00 she came to change and almost always received a reprimand from the servants. One evening handed over the towels as expected at 19-00, received a card. The next day we went on an excursion, returned at 17-00, went with a card for towels and again received a reprimand, with a fight they “teared out” clean towels and went to the beach. In general, take your towels or somehow try to come to terms with the situation. In general everything is good. By the way, INET is free at the reception, which again was a pleasant surprise. We were there for 10 days - in principle it was enough. Optimal for this hotel is probably 12-14 days. We never went to the animation, but it was regularly carried out both during the day and in the evening. After dinner, we "walked" to the local market (300-400 m from the hotel) and shopping malls (800-1000 m along the road). Shopping is good. We went to the city several times, since minibuses run very often and stop right at the entrance to the hotel. The fare to the center is 2.5 TL per person. (less than 2 USD). The rate at that time was 1 USD - 1.5 tur. l.
A special delight is the thermal pool! The water is very salty, cool, clean and, they say, healing. Funny ads near the pool must read!