Мой еще один незабываемый отпуск My another unforgettable vacation

Hello gentlemen travelers! Always in the process of choosing a country-resort-hotel, I turn to the reviews, so I want to share my impressions with the poet, maybe they will also be useful to someone. Rested together with a friend, girls 30 years old. The ticket was bought from "Mayak Tour" (Minsk). They flew by the national "much-to-everything-cursed" company "Belavia". We really liked it, a neat plane, decent food, pleasant flight attendants, and, as usual, a soft landing. Every time I want to say a huge thank you to our pilots - they are professionals. The company Zen Tour met us. To be honest, we liked it at first sight, I have been traveling for many years (Greece, Spain, Croatia, Tunisia, Italy, etc. ), but I have never seen such a fast, clear and well-coordinated work. And we were not disappointed in them and for our entire stay.
Special thanks to the guide Masha, who always helped us in everything, and did it without fatigue and anguish, but calmly, easily and, it seems, with all her heart. No one imposed excursions, shopping on us, we chose everything ourselves. Special thanks and a huge hello to the guide Avni - we went on an excursion to Ephesus with him, thanks to him for a wonderful excursion (Ephesus itself, the house of the Virgin Mary), for his subtle humor and desire to tell as much as possible about Turkey, its customs, culture and history . By the way, he speaks Russian just fine.


Now directly about the hotel. Wow, beautiful area! Big, well-groomed, green. We were given a room in building C on the 4th floor - no complaints. Large bright room with a huge balcony and a surprisingly beautiful sea view. There are very beautiful sunsets. Dinners are held to the music on the terrace, in the open air ...From there, a delightful view of the sunset opens.
When the sun falls below the horizon, candles are lit on the tables. Looks very nice.
The room was cleaned well, in my opinion, bed linen and towels were changed every day, there was a good hair dryer (and I, as usual, dragged my own, but in vain). There is a dryer on the balcony. Plenty of space for clothes and suitcases. We left every day for 1 dollar or one and a half Turkish lira. There were no questions. They took a safe - left a deposit of $ 20 and used it. I haven't heard of anyone on the property being stolen. I myself saw how cameras and phones were left, people went to swim. True, I am not a supporter of such extreme “leaving” things, but I write what I saw with my own eyes.

The food at the hotel is good.
There was enough meat, there were very tasty mushrooms (we tried to find them both in salads and in the second one, we really liked them : )), there were seafood (mussels, shrimps, squids), maybe not every day - I don’t remember , but already their presence was pleasing, because I love seafood. There were sweets, specific in taste, but I liked it. There were always watermelons, during the holidays there were cherries, sweet-sweet apricots, grapes. True, sometimes there was not enough for everyone (the hotel was 100% loaded, in my opinion, especially on weekends), but we came to the beginning and had time to try everything. By the way, bartenders, waiters are well-trained, it is clear that strict managers do not spare them much, they only drive like that. After dinner, we went to the Blue Corner Bar to drink Turkish coffee and watch the first stars appear in the sky. Behind the hedge, children's animation began: ).

Beach.

At first it seemed a little dirty to me, but it turned out that we arrived too early and they had just begun to clean it. Removed, everything turned out to be clean : ). Beds with soft mattresses. We took beach towels on the way to the beach. Hello David. He works in a massage parlor, and also gives out towels - a very nice person, he is from Tbilisi and speaks excellent Russian, if you need to ask something, you can safely contact him, he will help you without questions.

Sea. Sea! ! Sea!! ! I love the Aegean Sea, crystal clear, gentle. Kusadasi has an amazing sea, warm, calm. True, at the end of our vacation, a strong wind began, and the sea also got colder - for two days I did not dare to swim : ). But I manage to freeze everywhere, so you can’t be guided by me : ). But still, the sea there is wonderful.

The beach also has a bar, there is drinking water.
The road to the beach, perhaps, will seem heavy to someone, you have to go up the stairs, but personally such jogging was very useful for us - after an active all-inclusive).

Animation. This is perhaps the only negative of the hotel. It seems that the guys did try, but it would still be nice to reanimate them first : ). There was an exercise and an evening show, but… It was hysterical, “parochial” somehow, without a soul… And dousing tourists with cold water during the animation is not at all worthy of entertainment. There is no disco in the hotel. I really don't understand why. ITS can be arranged here in the open air, under the huge southern sky. And everyone would have more fun. But… For some reason, no. We were not bored, because every evening we sat on dolmush and left for the center - there are wonderful discos, bars (we especially liked the “Another bar”, Irish bars ...And what a situation there !! ! So much fun, the atmosphere of absolute relaxation , diversity of countries, languages, cultures in one place.
The atmosphere is great!!!

Kusadasi. The city is really beautiful. The city is green. It just needs to be seen from the inside. Take a walk along its streets, sit in cafes, dance at night ...Take a walk in the shops in the evening. With the advent of darkness, life boils in it. The streets are filled with walking tourists, numerous lights are lit ...Live music begins to play in cafes. I am writing and I understand that I miss all this terribly. Kusadasi has a soul, and not every resort town has it.


The shops. Numerous shops with colorful Turkish ceramics from which you can’t take your eyes off, but which are quite burning down. I have never seen such beautiful paintings in any of the countries I have visited before. Before the trip, I promised myself not to buy anything else, but ...One plate still flaunts in the kitchen : ). Turkish sellers behave very dignified, I expected to see a slightly different attitude.
But once again on this vacation I was pleasantly surprised - everything is fine, no one was rude, did not throw offensive phrases after us (we are both blondes and look quite good : )) ...We were asked where we were from, when we answered - from Minsk, everyone broke into a smile - I know Minsk, etc…. When they didn’t want to answer, they just walked without turning around, no one caught up : ). I want to note that the sellers don't speak Russian, so it's better to have English with you : ). Bought souvenirs (by the way, very expensive, but you have to bargain and bargain again).
We found a cool leather shop - right in the center on the transitional street (you reach the Caravanserai, go forward, after the arch - to the left), called "Ricci" (sounds the same with Nina Ricci, only without Nina). I think, if anything, you can ask any of the sellers - they will show. WHAT is the choice! To be honest, they were amazing. Models are absolutely new, unbeaten, the range is huge.
Although the store at first glance suggests that it will be expensive here. But prices by Minsk standards are generally normal. The guys are just GREAT - they work with all their hearts, the main thing is unobtrusively, with pleasure, they try to pick up a thing for you, and not push it more expensive. More importantly, a guy works in the store who speaks excellent Russian, his name is Yura. As a result, in the second parish, I bought myself a sheepskin coat there. Satisfying unspeakably.

At night, they returned to the hotel by taxi, it’s better to agree on the price right away, otherwise they, like our taxi drivers, run up sooo different amounts “according to the meter”. Be alert.

And summing up, I just want to wish everyone a good rest and kindly envy those who have not had a rest this year, but are only going to. You're lucky! : ) Take with you more ...good mood, it will come in handy.

Kusadasi has an excellent climate, pleasant atmosphere, gentle sea, and if you mix all this and add just a good mood, you get a wonderful cocktail called “My Another Unforgettable Vacation”! Good luck, if you have questions, write!