Sarigerme. From the river to... the river
To the detriment of all the world's misunderstandings, the Vorobeichikovs are expanding their geographical knowledge : ))
This is a kind of continuation to my review of the TUI BLUE hotel Tropical 5*.
No practical usefulness, just a description of the nearest hotel. Not all tourists know what Sarigerme is. I, too, didn’t know until I found myself there, I didn’t even remember the name of this area the first time. This is what kind of Abra-kadabra the tour operator sent us to : ))
Actually, any vacation trips to foreign countries, and in modern realities - this is Turkey, were not planned, from the word at all. No, of course, I looked at the price tags in August (after the resumption of charters) at the beginning of October... Ahaha, this convinced me even more that Turkey is not this time. And seriously I began to calculate the Crimea, a variety of options (airplane, train, car), taking into account the small probability of beaching, well, that is, the predominance of zyring. The fact is that historically, one might say, it has developed that the beginning of October is the period of our family vacation, coinciding with the celebration of Father's Day. And since our children have not yet entered the age of especially zealous admiration for architectural and natural masterpieces (daughter 10 years old, son 9 years old), so far the beach, water slides and aram-zam-zam are our everything : )).
But. . . Oh, this human envy, kind, of course, when you envy - and rejoice )). Here and there all sorts of reviews about Turkish hotels appear, they really climb out of all the cracks. Both good ones and horror stories… Well, it’s necessary, and the cost of the tours has entered a digestible framework… And I already want to dilute the sight of my native expanses with overseas landscapes… And I’m tired of all this hysteria… And the body is already bored without solar roasting, yeah, probably over the years its biorhythms worked out, since October - give beaching : ))...
Due to all this unstable situation, the purchase of the tour was delayed until the last. You never know, they will close the “window to Turkey” again, and we already have a deposit in one airline, we don’t want to have another one. Here, at school, a couple of classes were quarantined. Yes, only on our dates, miraculously, the price tag began to grow, departures both there and back are lit with the mark “little”. Strange, until the next school holidays (according to the modular system) there is still a week. Something more or less acceptable in terms of cost and the range of hotel amenities and services provided remained in the Bodrum-Kusadasi direction.
In general, I will not delve into the family debate on the topic "fake our happiness" and "ffse, we're not going anywhere. " But the result of these was a departure a day earlier than the planned vacation (the employers pretended to be angry, we pretended that we would not do this again... probably) to the Dalaman region of Turkey hotel TUI Blue Tropical 5*.
In the vastness of TUI BLUE Tropical
I really liked the hotel, pleased with its service in modern plague realities. I do not hesitate to recommend it for a lazy holiday. But I wrote in detail about life and life in separate review.
In connection with all the vital features of 2020, our vacation was planned without leaving the comfortable reservation. Well, what, the experience of great sitting, only in more closed conditions of 55 square meters. m already exists : )). That is, no excursions and trips in public transport, perhaps we will think about renting a car. But as practice has shown, we were in such a... er... village that there was nowhere to rent it, and there was no need.
But no matter how cozy and tasty it was in the hotel, our wild souls required expanding the boundaries of the view. So we went there, I don't know where - in Sarigerme. 2.5 km from our hotel.
So, Sarigerme is actually a beach. As described in Internet sources, stretching for 7 km. If we understood each other correctly with the online translator, then Sarigerme can be translated as “stretching (or stretching) yellow”, sari - yellow, germe - stretching, tension. Yeah, here it is stretching.
And the village nearby is called Osmaniye, although it is marked Sarigerme on the maps, it may have already been renamed to avoid confusion.
A village in one street, but for the suffering tourist everything you need is available: shops, cafes, a pharmacy, ATMs of several banks.
By the way, about the exchange of money. According to the guide who accompanied us on the bus, the Turkish authorities banned hotels from exchanging, so if you need lira, it is recommended to contact either the hotel guide or the bank, if there is one, of course : )), well, or an ATM. In the shops they are happy to take euros with dollars. They say it's more profitable to pay with lira. Perhaps, but we bought a couple of bottles of beer, didn’t notice any exchange rate inflections, calculated 8 lira per euro at the official bank rate of 9 something at that time.
We didn't notice any hectic life in the village, but there is no desolation either. There are small hotels and guest houses that are obviously not empty. As usual, they turned into the wilds, and here the spare parts are lying around : )...
Nothing interesting was found in those parts, except for panoramic views. Yes, when like this - all at once.
I have already mentioned more than once in my “works” that such sweeping views from above are simply necessary to replenish the internal energy of a tourist. And if for some reason I can’t get hold of such pictures, I still have a feeling of malnutrition or something, incompleteness, misunderstanding.
I read on the Internet that a free bus runs from the village to the beach. Yes, we saw a stop with a schedule, I won’t say about free.
In general, the views near the village do not fit with the Mediterranean at all, it’s just some kind of Southeast Asia : )).
I think we can charter a boat. We saw how such boats sailed out of the channel and even went out to sea.
Official entrance to the beach:
I don't know how much it costs and whether it costs something. We swam there, going along the sea from the side of our hotel. We met local fishermen with fishing rods. There were also vacationers, but not many.
We didn't go far inland, there was movement among the trees, several picnic tables were occupied.
Well, well, well. . . and what kind of Gulliverian swing is this. . . No, this case needs to be studied. So they diluted their lazy pastime with an almost breathtaking and stomach-gripping attraction.
Like any no man's land, this piece of beach is a little littered.
And the river quietly and peacefully continues its way to the sea. It is marked on the map as Sari Su. If the Yandex translator gave me correctly, then this is Zheltaya Voda. Maybe it's not quite yellow, but unclear, of course.
And these floating plants were regular, but infrequent guests on our, that is, hotel, piece of beach.
Find the cat : )
Of course, if there is a path, and in this case a bridge, then we need to go there.
The chic beach of the Robinson Club Sarigerme Park 4 * hotel hid behind a rock.
The sand is dense, not as loose and sticky as in our, Tropikalovskiy, regions. No pebbles when entering the water. The bottom is clean and even, the depth increases smoothly, without sudden drops. Yes, the beach is somewhat unkempt, since the hotel did not open this season, but they are looking after it. It can be seen that the garden is not abandoned, and the guards are clearly watching for walking people. We visited Robinson Beach a couple of times. In the first one, the security guard allowed us to use the beach shower without any problems. Of course, he was without a watering can, but there was water. And on another day, another guard was indignant, they say, it’s not allowed, etc. She rinsed the children, and they themselves had to itch to their hotel.
The rock looks very enticing, it has painfully cute teeth. Well, yes, and we, like small children, do not miss the opportunity to climb somewhere : ))
Beautiful!
There further - also Sarigerme beach. A whole string of various hotels is based on it. And there are very nice options in the mountains. Far from the sea, but the views and the air, you know, awesome (our friends told us). And transfers to the sea are organized.
Stone lace:
If you had suitable shoes, you could also go down to the cove, in slippers, of course, they didn’t dare.
We also went to Dalaman. But not to the city, of course, but to the Dalaman River. This is already in the other direction from our hotel TUI BLUE Tropical.
The rivulet is the complete opposite of Yellow Water, fast and transparent. They say that rafting is arranged for tourists on it.
And we arranged our rides when you lay down on the water, and it carries you into the sea. . . Whatever the next attraction : ))
A small section of the river runs almost parallel to the sea surf.
And then elegantly combines with sea water. Here it is - the meeting place of two elements:
Sarigerme Beach is a protected area. Caretta-Caretta turtles lay their eggs here between May and July, and baby turtles appear in the world, sort of, in August-September, although Internet data differs on this. Is this really so, it’s hard to say, there were no reviews on this topic from tourists from that area. But the information board on the beach calls to be more careful and not interfere with the life of a turtle.
In any case, we did not find Turtle season. But they got to the season of flowering of sand lilies. The species is also considered endangered. Yes, it is quite unusual to observe flowering in the sands. Of course, in the most real deserts, such phenomena are perhaps more fabulous and spectacular. But I've never been there. So the gentle lilies in the sands of Sarigerme impressed me.
We also found a colony of snails:
Well, this species is hardly endangered. But it turned out to be interesting for us. Therefore, the children dragged the snail into the room and started growing it. Yes, yes, collecting various leaves and petals so that the snail has a tasty and varied diet has become an obligatory daily program : )). My daughter even wanted to take her pet to Moscow with her. I had to explain that undeclared living creatures will not be allowed through the border : )). The snail returned safely to its fellows.
A snail is nothing. They wanted to adopt a crab. But the crab turned out to be cunning, he immediately showed his temper : ).
The crab was not harmed during the shooting, more than dad's fingers : )
Even with the most lazy leisure, you always want to diversify the lying-eating lifestyle. Yeah, take a break from laziness : )). This is such an almost round-the-world trip we got around the TUI BLUE Tropical hotel: mountains, rivers and plains, Mediterranean and Asian landscapes
As for the place itself, Sarigerme is a wonderful place! Exactly what you need for a relaxing pastime for those who are tired of the bustle of the city, from the noise and whirlwind of life. There are no attractions, shopping centers, night activities. And yes, what is important - the airport is very close by.
A village, in a word, Turkish and on the sea. . .
