Good hotel but not 5 star

Written: 14 august 2012
Travel time: 29 july — 12 august 2012
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 4.0
What can I say. to be honest, we expected better from the hotel. Still, according to reviews, he is one of the first.
I will try to systematize
1. big plus - very few Russians. unlike Antalya or, in principle, any other resort in Turkey. mostly tourists from Europe, Turkey itself, etc. rest.
but there is a minus - no one speaks Russian in the hotel. those. All animation and so on is in English only. For us, this was not a minus, but if you don’t know the language well, consider this moment (although, to be honest, you didn’t really have to communicate at the hotel. Well, in any case, some global issues can be resolved through a representative of the travel agency)

2. when I read that the hotel is located on a mountain, I had no idea that it was actually a mountain)))) i. e. to go down to the beach, you need to make a path of 180 steps down the stairs. forward still nothing, but already strained back, after all, +40 on the street)) so you don’t really find yourself. from the beach and to the beach, in principle, there is a mini-train, but it runs once an hour, so we rarely used it. In addition, if you live in villas, then please note that the villas are far from the hotel itself, and again you have to go up the stairs to them. For example, we were settled in the very outskirts and, among other things, also on the 3rd floor))) on the other hand, this is a kind of fitness))
3. we lived, as I said, not in the main building of the hotel, but in villas. I can’t say anything about the hotel, but the villas were disappointing. the renovation was done quite a while ago, and the rooms themselves are a little shabby. Not that terrible, but clearly not 5 stars. (max 3+)
for 2 weeks of stay, we were NEVER brought shampoo to the room (I am generally silent about shower gel or conditioner, although others were brought). A couple of times we complained to the reception, but after that shampoo was brought only once.
True towels and mini-bar in the room changed every day.
from drinks they bring fanta, plain and sparkling water.
4. I will write separately about the sea. especially since the sea was the most disappointing. the water was cloudy and cold. The hotel does not have its own beach at all! those. you have to swim from the pier. .
5. about the weather. The climate here is quite moderate. those. even in 40 degree heat on the street is more or less comfortable. there is no such strong humidity as in Antalya, and the heat is easier to bear. in addition, the wind often blows, which adds its share of coolness)))
6. The air conditioning in the room worked terribly! ! we lived in a villa with two rooms (living room, bedroom). air conditioning (in the hotel, by the way, central air conditioning, but, in principle, it worked all the time) was in the living room. and the bedroom was always hot! ! almost all the days of our stay, it was simply unbearable to sleep because of the heat... a couple of times we even slept in the living room, although even this did not help, the room is very hot...
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