Wonderful hotel, decent service, delicious food, gorgeous pier

Written: 30 october 2021
Travel time: 5 — 18 october 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 8.0
I visited this hotel in October 2021. I can say that I had a great rest in general and I was very pleased with the hotel in particular. We arrived by transfer from the Anex tour on the evening of October 5.2021 (Moscow-Dalaman flight), we didn’t have time for dinner, no one was going to feed us. But at the reception, I asked to make us a meal, and after check-in, sandwiches were brought to the room, after 10-15 minutes. In Russian, the staff understands only in the dining room, and then not everything and a very small number of words. At the reception only in English you need to communicate.
Initially, they gave the number 244. If you get one, then immediately run to refuse. I did just that, went to the reception to demand a replacement. Is free. Changed room the next day. But the noise from the street did not suit me - this room is just above the group of air conditioners (view of the neighboring hotel) and even with the door to the balcony closed, the noise of the condos is heard. I am a light sleeper and cannot sleep in a noisy environment. Moved to room 363 - there was no noise and everything was fine, although the view remained on the neighboring hotel. But I did not come to sit in the room, especially for 55 thousand per person for 13 nights - for this level of "Five" this is a great price, even at the end of the tourist season. Internet at the hotel is free, it catches in the rooms, but not everywhere - Wi-Fi no longer worked on my balcony. Meals - all inclusive. I can say about the food - very, very cool!
Serve in the dining room at the distribution of food by hotel workers, impose generously and a lot. From meat there was veal, lamb, lamb, chicken skewers, chicken roll, turkey roll, roast beef . . and I didn’t remember much, there was delicious fish along with meat: mackerel, dorado, salmon. Of the drinks, there was ayran (very good - my friend drank it every day), automatic "yupi", some local lemonade, real Coca Cola, Fanta, Schweppes, Sprite, 2 types of iced tea, many types of tea bags, a coffee machine (I drank only cappuccino and it was delicious), water in 0.5l bottles in the dining room and bar was distributed in any quantity. For dinner they gave very tasty ice cream in the dining room. From alcohol I tried only beer and a couple of cocktails (I didn’t remember the names), because I don’t drink and there was only a sporting interest. The drinks turned out to be quite normal for my taste.

The hotel has 2 swimming pools up to 2m deep (quiet and party near the embankment) and a children's paddling pool 0.5m deep (I don’t consider it a pool), there is a bar near each, there are also 2 bars at the reception, everyone went to the beach and the pier with drinks , and the staff then carefully and promptly collected cups. The beach is small, but in October there were always enough sunbeds for everyone, especially since many people sunbathed on soft sunbeds on the pier. Pillowcases on these beds were changed and washed every day. Beach branded towels were issued on cards (20 euros fine for loss) and they could be changed several times a day if desired. There were also large soft pillows on the sunbeds on the pier, but I did without them. The sunset is sandy, smooth on the beach. But I swam from the pier - I like to dive. The depth there allowed it to be done both from a place and from a running start. Nobody interfered with diving, the staff treats this positively. The pier there is magnificent - the best in Marmaris! On the pier there are soft sunbeds with removable pillowcases (changed and washed every day), music speakers in two places (so jumping into the water and just sunbathing was not boring). A guard is on duty at the pier and asks strangers to leave. On the other side of the pier there was a plastic pontoon - from there lovers of parachuting, jet skis and other entertainment rode on boats. The seller's tent with excursions and water activities is almost adjacent to the pier. Discounts on water rides were given, but very reluctantly.
In Marmaris, the Turks are generally very bad at bargaining. Probably accustomed to wealthy British and Germans. According to my observations, the Russians in the hotel were 20-25 percent, followed by the Turks and, in descending order, the British, Germans, Dutch, Belgians and Ukrainians. There was no one from Tagil. There are many youth. The animation at the hotel is sluggish - there was only water aerobics and in the evenings a couple of animators wandered around the territory to no avail - except that they tried to stick to the girls. Once I caught aqua aerobics in the sea. In the evenings, various creative groups performed on the stage by the pool every other day and it was generally impressive (20-30 minutes). There were shows with snakes, tricks with the disappearance of a person (by the way, I still didn’t understand how a tall and large girl disappeared in a box, although I sat next to the stage and tried to unravel the secret of the trick), rather cool acrobats (parkour) performed, there were national Turkish dances. Each of the 6-storey buildings of the hotel has 2 elevators, they go fast - it's very convenient.
If you go on a long excursion, then normal lunchboxes at the reception will not be given - feel free to pick up food in the dining room in advance. A little about the rooms: there are several varieties of them, I had the one that was the most simple and small in size. The room has a hair dryer, a small plasma with 2-3 Russian and fifty foreign-language channels, cleaning every day (and normal), I didn’t leave a tip - they didn’t spin the swans. The money did not disappear (the trifle forgotten on the table also remained intact). Each room has its own balcony. The air conditioner worked properly, the plumbing in the bathroom was normal, shampoos, gels and hair conditioners with shower caps were regularly replenished (I took some with me in my suitcase). The hotel has a gym - a very decent rocking chair. I made a video review about it and on my YouTube channel (called In Search of Adventure) I will try to post this review.
A 3-minute walk from the hotel is a large Migros. Before Kareffur and A101, if on foot, then 15-20 minutes to go. On the mountain above Migros there is a water park (entry 160 lire) - I was there and I will try to make a video review on it too. Between the pier and the hotel is a chic promenade. Rented mountain bikes from the hotel. 50 lira for the whole day and 25 lira for 3 hours. The bikes are in good condition and on the first day of rides we calmly drove about 50 km (I drove the entire embankment from Icmeler to the yacht parking and further to the Nimara cave on the island of Cennet). If you have any questions - write comments, I will definitely answer!
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