Your rating of this hotel:
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
9.0
Service:
9.0
Cleanliness:
9.0
Food:
9.0
Amenities:
7.0
It just so happened that in June 2011 I was vacationing at Amara Wing, and in August I visited Amara Beach. I doubted the choice of the hotel for a long time, I thought about going to Amara Wing again, but then I decided to go to Amara Beach and compare these two hotels. When I booked a ticket, there was very little information on Amara Beach - I was guided by last year's reviews and the opinions of those people who had once visited this hotel. Now there is much more information on Amara Beach, fresh reviews have appeared, so I decided to write my review in the context of comparing the two hotels Amara Wing and Amara Beach.
DEPARTURE:
Transaero company. Flight UN1549. Departure from Sh-F.
There was a flight delay of more than 6 hours due to weather conditions (fog).
Under the new rules, when flights are delayed, people are required to provide drinks and hot meals. Here's what came out of it.
We were supposed to leave at 6:15. Suddenly, we are told about the flight delay until 8.15 (! ), then until 9.15 (! ! ), then until 10.15 (!! ! ! ). Around 10 am organized the issuance of drinks.
There was a huge queue. Then they announced the delay of the flight until 12.15 (!!!! ! ! ) and the issuance of vouchers for hot meals. And then the most interesting began.
The queue for vouchers again lined up (these are 2 delayed charters, that is, about 800 people. ) Vouchers were issued by 3 employees. It happened like in a slow motion movie, because each of them, not in a hurry, in addition to issuing a voucher, made some notes by hand in each of them. After receiving the vouchers, people in a friendly crowd “rushed” to the cafes indicated in the list, which was issued along with the vouchers. And again - queues, queues, queues ...In the cafe, the bartenders could not cope with serving such a crowd, the tables around were occupied by "sleeping" people, and those who hold the long-awaited plates of food in their hands simply have nowhere to sit down and eat ...And this, given that that basically all the detainees are families with children flying to Turkey ...
So, before people had time to buy vouchers, and the queues for food had not yet resolved, when suddenly they urgently announce landing ...As a result, those who did not have time to eat, with these eggplants, boxes, plates, came to the plane ...Russia ( (((
The funny thing is that only 2 charters to Turkey were delayed (we, that is, flying to Antalya, and “friends in misfortune” flying to Dalaman). The rest of the planes took off calmly - both the regular season and Aeroflot planes.
We flew out, thank God, at 12.15 ...As a result, the day was lost, and we arrived at the hotel at about 17 hours. We drove to the hotel, as written in previous reviews, really 40-50 minutes. Our hotel was the first in the check-in.
SETTLEMENT:
They are greeted with Champagne and Turkish delight - it's true. But after all the “ordeals” I didn’t feel like it somehow ...We filled out the questionnaires, they gave us the key to the room. Here again is an ambush.
Actually, we booked Sea View, and they offer us such a strange room - with a view of the wall of the neighboring hotel.
There is a walking path between the hotels, and directly under the balcony there is a utility room for waiters. Yes, the sea, of course, can be seen - but only if you look closely ...Gorgeous, you won’t say anything
We resolutely go to the reception with a request to change the room. The answer is that there are no more rooms, and what you don’t like is a side view of the sea ...Some kind of nonsense! As if we did not rest in rooms with a sea view. I wrote to the hotel about a month in advance, where I indicated my wishes ...And I booked a ticket 2 months in advance. In addition, in June we visited Amara Wing, and we heard that those who visited one of the hotels of the Amara chain are certainly declared “repeat”, they give good rooms, and they also send fruit and wine to the room ...No, nothing like that we did not see!
Most likely, we “ran into” the wrong receptionist (the name of the girl was Dilyara, it seems). True, yet she offered to move to another room the next day.
But the night had to perekantovatsya all the same in that room.
The next day, the receptionist Elena Tunch (a very nice girl - attentive, polite, always trying to do everything that depends on her) changed our room, did everything with a smile, literally in 10 minutes. We liked this number much better. In my preliminary letter to the hotel, I asked for it - "with a view of the pool and the sea, not far from the restaurant and reception. " All these points have now been taken into account.
The only thing, if someone suddenly wants to settle in this side, I want to immediately warn you that several times a week during the show or Live music, until about 23-30, music plays quite loudly, which can be heard even when the balcony is closed.
TERRITORY:
The territory is compact, even very. Greenery and trees are present, there is a relaxation area with pillows on the lawn. You can find a place to hide in the shade.
Until 7 o'clock in the morning, "practical" Germans occupy the most successful places by the pool in terms of location, and this despite the fact that the hotel administration writes "letters" to all guests with a request not to take sunbeds.
And they also say that Russians like to get up early and take their “place in the sun”! They themselves saw how the Germans at 5 in the morning take their sun loungers, and strictly until 7.30 lie on them. The Russians were still sleeping at that time!
It is clear that it is difficult to “walk around” on the territory of the hotel - these are not huge hotels with golf and football fields in Belek, and not luxury hotels in the Beldibi and Tekirova areas. However, everything you need is here. Many wrote about the territory, so I will not repeat myself, but will focus on the inconveniences.
As an INCONVENIENCE, I would note a small number of sunbeds at the "lower" pool, as well as the lack of lying places DIRECTLY AT THE POOL WITH SLIDES. How to control children riding slides?
One of two things: either constantly sit on the edge of the pool in the sun, or get up with roosters, that way at 5 in the morning, to get ahead of the enterprising Germans and take those sunbeds that are in close proximity to the slides.
AND THE SECOND INCONVENIENCE is the remoteness of the pool and the sea from each other, and the road itself from the sea to the hotel, going, though not much, but noticeably “uphill” - but in the heat this, alas, is not ice ...
BEACH:
Well… The beach is another story. Beach, consider that there is simply no. Rather, there is a beach, but it is impossible to swim in the sea. Some reviews have already written that there are boulders and sharp stones in the sea ...And this is true. Almost no one swims on Amara Beach. And although it’s not far to go to other beaches, it’s still somehow strange ...Is it really impossible to come up with something with your own beach?
Well, the beach itself is quite dirty. And cigarette butts are lying around, and dried pieces of algae. Observed that 13.08.
2011 repairmen buried in the sand under the Amara Beach pier some strange iron pipe ...What kind of pipe? What will flow through it? Maybe who knows?
At first, we got out of the situation, leaving to swim on the beach in the direction of the Diamond Hotel and the yellow four-star hotel (I don’t know what it’s called), its beach has a distinctive feature - pink mattresses on the sunbeds. It seems to be nice there, but there are a lot of people, of course. The Black Sea coast of the times of the scoop immediately comes to mind. At sea all the time there is a “wave” - many people swim with mattresses, children like to “ride the waves”.
BUT! BE CAREFUL! Stray dogs run along the beach. Two of these dogs took the ball from my child. At first they just started playing with him, and then one dog grabbed the ball in his teeth, and both dogs ran away. The child is hysterical - how so, the dogs took their favorite ball.
I am shocked - to run and catch up with these dogs, and who knows what kind of dogs these are so “magic” and what they have in mind in general, and what if they still tempt ...then they still need treatment ...Thank God, the world is not without good people - there was a savior, a kind man who did not lose his head and scared the dogs, and my son got the ball back ...
All in all, it's a strange picture. On the beaches of five-star hotels that position themselves quite high, packs of stray dogs live. What is it like?
The notorious river next door to the hotel, which flows into the sea, which many have already written about. Someone writes that this is a harmless puddle - maybe, maybe ...But ducks live in it, which, naturally, ...crap in this river. Then all this "joy" peacefully flows into the sea. We went away from the river, but once on the mattress a wave carried us just to the place where the river flows into the sea ...The smell, I tell you, was not very pleasant. Obviously dragged by the sewerage.
The son said that something smells bad here and refused to swim on that beach.
After this incident, we decided to go swimming on the Turana beach. The people are terrible, everything is on top of each other ...Maybe someone likes this ...As a result, we began to walk even further, beyond the Turana beach, to the beach of the Atlantika hotel - go for about 5 minutes, but at least there is nothing does not smell, the sea is quite clean and there are almost no people ...Does it make sense to relax in a five-star hotel where you need to go to other people's beaches?
POOLS AND SLIDES:
The hotel has two swimming pools - relaxation (the one located at the top) and the lower one, which was occupied by the Germans. We didn’t go to relaxation, because you can’t squeak, scream, squeal there - which is simply impossible with children I accidentally took a sunbed there somehow, but when I lay down on it, I felt like “behind enemy lines” - in- firstly, there are only Germans around, secondly, the sunbeds are very tight, and lying like this “side by side” was somehow not great ...You don’t feel personal space, or something ...
About hills. According to the child, the yellow slide is “the fastest”, he rode mainly from it. The joints seem to be even, the slides themselves are normal. Opening hours - from 10 and almost all day with a short break.
BE CAREFUL! It's SLIPPER at the yellow hill. There is a place on the right, not covered with a path. Just there, there is a constant puddle almost up to the ankle, and no one cleans it up. Beech-boy, however, wiped the floor several times with a mop in our presence, but this does not save the situation. Ten minutes later, the same picture is observed. One boy in this place slipped badly and fell, hitting his back and forearm badly. There were tears.
There is no lifeguard on the hill. The chair is standing, but there is no lifeguard. Nobody regulates the process of skating.
Once I saw how they took water for analysis from pools, which means that there is control over the state of water.
MINI CLUB:
There is only one animator working in the mini-club - the charming Lenochka. Beautiful girl!
The children are delighted with her. Very polite, tactful - both in relation to children and in relation to parents. And although Lena is alone in the mini-club for a sufficient number of children, nevertheless she copes - and does her job with pleasure, in a good mood! Lena, hello to you if you are reading, and thank you very much!
In the beginning there were mostly Germans in the mini-club. Ours was 2-3 people, no more. Then there were more Russians. My son was there all the time - well, I just couldn’t get out of there !! ! ! Although, he’s not such a fan of mini-clubs for me - we’ve traveled a lot, but I haven’t noticed this before ...Probably, it’s all the fault of letters that are given to children for participation and victories in activities Every evening after the children’s mini disco they are called to the stage by name, publicly awarded, diplomas are presented. In general, children like it, well, it stimulates them to participate in competitions in the mini-club in the future.
Classes are something like this: sand paintings ($ 7.00).
), painting T-shirts, bandanna (T-shirt-$15), plaster painting, feeding fish from the pier, various crafts, pasta beads, bracelets, board games, mini golf, mini darts, rings, and so on. There was a face painting before the Gala Dinner and on some day it was according to plan.
Separately, I wanted to say about riding a banana. In the mini-club they offer one day to ride on a banana ($ 10) Children put on vests, sit on a banana, everything is as always ...And then some “crazy” photographer appears on a boat pulling a banana (turk-painted blond, it’s impossible not to notice him), who at full speed invites the children to let go of the handrail and raise their hands up, and this continues for almost the entire trip. Some children, having obeyed this miracle photographer, fell from a banana. And for this photographer, at least something - throughout the skating, he continued in the same spirit.
Considering that many children from the mini-club are under 11 years old, or even younger, and they mostly ride alone, then observing such a “don’t give a damn” attitude of this photographer, let the child more on this banana with an extreme photographer something do not want…
Mini disco like everywhere else. The set of songs is the same from year to year heard in different hotels. The only novelty is the song of the AQUA group "Barby Girl". Nowhere else on Mini-disco have I heard this well-forgotten old hit ...Lenochka dances with children. The kids love it and enjoy dancing!
ANIMATION, ENTERTAINMENT:
We were not particularly interested in this issue, because during the day the animation took place by the pool, occupied by the Germans. We arrived at the sea, so we tried to spend most of our time at the sea, and not by the stuffy pool (it was really stuffy there in the morning).
Well, from the animation there was something like water gymnastics, archery, pool-games, beach volleyball ...Maybe there was something else - but, as I said, they were not keen on this issue. I can say that the music playing by the pool was well chosen, which speaks of the good taste of DJ.
Evening shows, mostly all dance. Either imported artists, or their own animator guys show something. We liked the number in which the animator "with dreadlocks" performed (he conducts archery classes - sorry, I don't know his name) - in the evening show he impersonated Michael Jackson. Apparently, it was a kind of tribute to the famous singer. The guys did a number to the music of "2BAD" and "THRILLER", dressed as mummies - it was something like the video of the same name by Jackson
A-LA-CARTE:
Were not. Everything somehow wasn’t before, so we didn’t reach it
GALA DINNER:
The gala dinner was just crazy. Grandiose! We liked!
Preparations for the Gala Dinner began in the morning, all the lawns were closed, and in the afternoon they began to remove sunbeds from the pools, take out tables and chairs, lay tablecloths, decorate ...In a word, the work was done by the staff colossal!
By evening, all the tables and chairs were dressed in white, decorated with fresh flowers, beautiful candlesticks, and the place by the pools was transformed beyond recognition ...They mounted a stage above the pool, and the pool itself was decorated with floating baskets of flowers. In the clearing near the Turkish restaurant, everyone around was forced to float with amazing dishes, mountains of fresh and juicy fruits, and delicious sweets. In general, what just was not! ! !
Before the start of the Gala Dinner at 18:00, a Gala Cocktail was announced. People began to gather at 18:00 at the entrance to the pool (near the stairs), but the entrance was blocked.
As a result, a large number of people crowded at the entrance, and when the attendant began to let people go to the tables, German (or maybe English? ) teenagers “rushed” there to take places closer to the pool and the stage. The hotel staff at the entrance gave each guest a rose and greeted them with joy. It was nice
We wandered for a long time in search of a place, because, unfortunately, we were not as quick as those German teenagers. All seats near the pool and in the vicinity of the stage were occupied within 5-7 minutes after the entrance was opened. As a result, we ended up at a table far, far from the pool, and, accordingly, far from the stage.
As a result, we ended up at a table with a German couple and another German family of three, but we didn’t sit at the table for a long time - we went to do face painting in the mini-club. Since everything was “tied” to the child, I didn’t stay at the table for long.
Music played all around, people sat at tables, ate, got to know each other, lively German-English - less often Russian speech was heard everywhere ...
An interesting idea was to distribute balloons to children, and to the song of Michael Jackson "Heal the world" (Heal the world), our kids released balloons into the sky. It was very touching...
After that, all the management and staff of the hotel went on stage, each of them was introduced, and the fireworks began - it was very cool!
The evening continued with a ballroom dance show. Further, after the end of the ballroom dancing show, there was live music - a good repertoire
Great Gala evening, I recommend it to everyone! ! !
Nutrition:
And finally, the most favorite topic)))
I really liked the food at Amara Beach. In a nutshell, the food at Amara Beach is GOOD, QUALITY, EDIBLE. It’s not a problem to find something for yourself and for a child (I’m talking about a 7-year-old child, but how about babies and babies, the question is, of course, an interesting one)
Breakfast:
Fried eggs, scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs with vegetables, french fries, sausages, fried sausage, croutons, pancakes, pancakes, porridge, yogurt, honeycombs, muesli, hot puff pastries, stewed potatoes, meat, various types of cheeses, a decent selection of sausages, vegetables , greens, pastries, a lot of fruits: watermelon, melon, nectarines, apricots, grapes, plums, bananas, apples. Maybe I forgot something, but something like that; )Girls in wheelbarrows deliver orange juice and coffee. Someone wrote that these girls ignore the Russians - yes, there was one there, “point-blank” she does not see anyone ...Then she was gone. Maybe they complained about it? The rest of the girls and guys with "cars" are very nice and friendly, they offered me 5 times.
Dinner:
We visited for lunch both the Turkish restaurant and the main one (dinners outside by the pool). What can I say, in a Turkish restaurant, very tasty cakes - guzelme! The dough is tender, the cakes just melt on the tongue! There is also a small but sufficient selection of dishes.
I don’t eat sweets, but people seemed to praise me.
Drinks are served by waiters.
Dinner: Dinner from 18-00 in the main restaurant. Everything is also very good, I will not repeat myself - a wide variety for every taste. Just a lot and delicious. I want to try everything, but it really doesn't work!
I had a chance to visit the Bistro once, before leaving. Someone wrote that the bistro is open around the clock and you can eat at any time from the menu. The bistro can and does work ...But at our request at 6 in the morning to eat something and give us a menu, the waiter replied that the cook was sleeping. Very interesting!
But we did not raise any hysteria, because a bus was about to come for us ...But the fact itself is “the cook is sleeping” ...it's funny ...
MAINTENANCE, SERVICE:
In general, I liked everything. The waiters are polite, helpful, delicate, attentive. They will always offer drinks, take away the dishes. All with a smile, without any preference for Russians over Germans or vice versa
The porter was also polite and accommodating.
Maid - cleaned, vacuumed, cleaned, changed, wiped the dust. True, I left her a tip every day.
On my birthday, she wove me hearts and swans, and from the hotel they brought me a fruit platter and red wine to my room. A trifle, but nice.
On the last day of our stay at the hotel, the maid again wove my heart and put a rose on the bed
HOTEL GUIDES:
Maya and Ivan. I can't say anything about them, good or bad. Guide Maya held a meeting the next day after arrival - she provided the necessary information, talked for a long time and in detail about the excursions. Information about the time of departure from the hotel was provided on time. There is nothing more to add.
And now, separately, as promised, I will highlight a comparison of the two hotels Amara Wing and Amara Beach.
So,
AMARA WING VS AMARA BEACH (for those who doubt which hotel to choose).
Resettlement:
Amara Wing - 5+
Amara Beach-5-
In Amara Wing, all wishes were taken into account in advance - sea view, pool, 3rd floor.
The keys were issued in a minute and there were no delays. And in general, resettlement in Amara Wing was the fastest for all the time where I have ever been. Amara Beach had to change the room. They wanted to “sell in” a side view of the sea, which can’t even be called a view.
Territory:
Amara Wing-5
Amara Beach-4
The territory of both hotels is small. But still, in my opinion, everything is arranged more competently in Amara Wing. Everything is close, everything is at hand.
In Amara Beach, you have to overcome quite long distances from the sea to the pool (and all this is downhill in the heat), from the sea to the mini-club, etc. . You simply don’t run after a child (my personal experience) to a mini-club, then to the sea, and then again to the slides and so on in a circle ...
Also, in Amara Wing you can always find shade compared to Amara Beach, which does not have many shady corners, which would be relevant in the sun.
Beach:
Amara Wing-5
Amara Beach-3
Amara Beach is poorly guarded, dirty, stray dogs running along the beach, a puddle with ducks living in it, flowing into the sea on a nearby beach, rag merchants, beads, and so on. rubbish. The sea is dirty, even compared to Belek, not to mention the crystal waters of Kemer…
In Amara Wing, the beach is well guarded, equipped with sunbeds, a pier for sunbathers, however, places on the first line must be taken at 7-7-30 in the morning. There are always places on the beach in Amara Beach, you can come at any time and take it.
Amara Wing is located in Kemer itself, not far from the hotel and the port itself, where yachts are moored. Yachts cruising along the coast make plums, which is sometimes reflected in the purity of the sea in the Kemer region. Foam and debris were observed at Amara Wing on several occasions at the same time on several days in a row. There were complaints about the reception, I don’t know, maybe the hotel took some measures, but no one else writes something about it.
And after us, vacationers wrote that no more emissions were observed ...
It is clear that there are pebbles in Kemer, and sand in Side, and comparing a pebble beach with a sandy one is stupid. It is also clear that in Kemer the water is crystal clear due to pebbles, and in Side it is cloudy. But here everyone chooses for himself.
And if you compare the beaches in terms of cleanliness and order, then, of course, cigarette butts and dirt in the form of algae, bags, and so on. you won't find it in Wing, and even if you do, it won't be in the same quantity as in Beach. Because even if the sea brings something like that, then the beach attendants immediately catch it all with nets, and there is no dirt.
Slides and pools:
Amara Wing-5+
Amara Beach-4
There is NO LIFEGUARD on the slides at Amara Beach (there was a lifeguard on the slide at Wing ALWAYS and strictly regulated the process! ).
There are NO LOUNGE LOUNGES near the pool with slides in Amara Beach (how to keep an eye on the children? ) (there were sunbeds in the Wing in the Aquapark, it was also convenient to watch the children from the jacuzzi in the pool)
Amara Beach is VERY SLIPPER near the pool with slides. And although the place near the slides is covered with paths, a PUDDLE constantly appears to the RIGHT OF THE EDGE OF THE YELLOW SLIDE (if you look at the slides frontally). I saw with my own eyes how the boy slipped and hit his shoulder and back hard. The boy looked about 10-12 years old, and yet he cried a lot (((The animator came running and began to calm the boy and his parents ...What's the point? It would be better if the water was removed.
I also think that in Amara Beach the pool is small for all this “patch”. Not everyone goes to the relaxation pool, because it is stated that you can’t scream, squeak, squeal, etc. there. that it is simply impossible for vacationers with children ...It remains to go to the lower pool, to which you still need to take a place at 5 in the morning. And in order to swim normally there, you don’t even have to dream, because at lunch they also play water polo.
The Amara Wing had a large nice freshwater pool with jacuzzi, and 3 pools in the Aquapark (toddler pool, jacuzzi pool, pool with slides). Moreover, in the Aquapark pools were with sea water. In Amara Beach, the pools are fresh.
Mini Club:
Amara Wing-5
Amara Beach-5+
Mini-clubs are almost identically equipped, children are engaged throughout the day. In both hotels, wonderful animators Yvonne (Amara Wing) - a child still remembers her, and Lenochka (Amara Beach). At Amara Beach, the animators have a very good idea - to award children with certificates for participating in various games. There were no awards in Amara Wing.
Animation, entertainment:
Amara Wing-5
Amara Beach-5
The animation here and there is completely unobtrusive. Shows at Amara Wing were mostly acrobatic, while shows at Amara Beach were mostly dance. Some of the shows we saw earlier in Wing - for example, the Mongolian circus, the magician Alex-show, well, the same Brazilians performed from the Samba Show (they always perform at the Gala Dinner in Amara Wing).
Gala Dinner:
Amara Wing-5+
Amara Beach-5+++
Gala dinners both there and here were very well organized.
At Wing, during the gala show, there was a takeaway of a huge ice cream cake, which was then served to hotel guests. After the performance of the Brazilians there was something like a laser show plus a disco. Gala Dinner at the Wing takes place every Friday.
The gala dinner at the Beach impressed with the magnificence of decoration, chic fireworks, and an abundance of delicacies. The Beach Gala Dinner takes place once every two weeks.
If we compare the Gala dinner at Wing and Beach, then I can say that everything was organized on a grand scale in Beach.
Nutrition:
Amara Wing-5+
Amara Beach-5+
Liked everything. The food is excellent, you can say homemade. Tasty, appetizing, varied, high quality! Well done!
Service, service:
Amara Wing-5+
Amara Beach-5+
Both hotels have well-trained staff, there were no problems. Everything is fine, there is nothing to add.
Conclusion: So, I made the necessary conclusions for myself. But I do not undertake to impose my opinion on anyone, to advise anything, that is. k. ungrateful this occupation. I'm just providing food for thought.
In general, these hotels correspond to 5 *.
There are some shortcomings in both the one and the other hotel, but I hope that they will be eliminated. It is difficult to choose between these two hotels. Depending on who loves what. I like clean clear water, nice beach, beautiful scenery. To some, pebbly beaches will seem terrible, and the desert landscape and muddy water in the sea will not be a hindrance ...The taste and color ...The food in both hotels is the same on "excellent". Animation-calm and there, and there. The gala dinner at the Beach is more luxurious than the Wing. The beach is DEFINITELY better in the Wing. And I like Kemer more than Side.
ALL GOOD REST AND GOOD LUCK!
DEPARTURE:
Transaero company. Flight UN1549. Departure from Sh-F.
There was a flight delay of more than 6 hours due to weather conditions (fog).
Under the new rules, when flights are delayed, people are required to provide drinks and hot meals. Here's what came out of it.
We were supposed to leave at 6:15. Suddenly, we are told about the flight delay until 8.15 (! ), then until 9.15 (! ! ), then until 10.15 (!! ! ! ). Around 10 am organized the issuance of drinks.
There was a huge queue. Then they announced the delay of the flight until 12.15 (!!!! ! ! ) and the issuance of vouchers for hot meals. And then the most interesting began.
The queue for vouchers again lined up (these are 2 delayed charters, that is, about 800 people. ) Vouchers were issued by 3 employees. It happened like in a slow motion movie, because each of them, not in a hurry, in addition to issuing a voucher, made some notes by hand in each of them. After receiving the vouchers, people in a friendly crowd “rushed” to the cafes indicated in the list, which was issued along with the vouchers. And again - queues, queues, queues ...In the cafe, the bartenders could not cope with serving such a crowd, the tables around were occupied by "sleeping" people, and those who hold the long-awaited plates of food in their hands simply have nowhere to sit down and eat ...And this, given that that basically all the detainees are families with children flying to Turkey ...
So, before people had time to buy vouchers, and the queues for food had not yet resolved, when suddenly they urgently announce landing ...As a result, those who did not have time to eat, with these eggplants, boxes, plates, came to the plane ...Russia ( (((
The funny thing is that only 2 charters to Turkey were delayed (we, that is, flying to Antalya, and “friends in misfortune” flying to Dalaman). The rest of the planes took off calmly - both the regular season and Aeroflot planes.
We flew out, thank God, at 12.15 ...As a result, the day was lost, and we arrived at the hotel at about 17 hours. We drove to the hotel, as written in previous reviews, really 40-50 minutes. Our hotel was the first in the check-in.
SETTLEMENT:
They are greeted with Champagne and Turkish delight - it's true. But after all the “ordeals” I didn’t feel like it somehow ...We filled out the questionnaires, they gave us the key to the room. Here again is an ambush.
Actually, we booked Sea View, and they offer us such a strange room - with a view of the wall of the neighboring hotel.
There is a walking path between the hotels, and directly under the balcony there is a utility room for waiters. Yes, the sea, of course, can be seen - but only if you look closely ...Gorgeous, you won’t say anything
We resolutely go to the reception with a request to change the room. The answer is that there are no more rooms, and what you don’t like is a side view of the sea ...Some kind of nonsense! As if we did not rest in rooms with a sea view. I wrote to the hotel about a month in advance, where I indicated my wishes ...And I booked a ticket 2 months in advance. In addition, in June we visited Amara Wing, and we heard that those who visited one of the hotels of the Amara chain are certainly declared “repeat”, they give good rooms, and they also send fruit and wine to the room ...No, nothing like that we did not see!
Most likely, we “ran into” the wrong receptionist (the name of the girl was Dilyara, it seems). True, yet she offered to move to another room the next day.
But the night had to perekantovatsya all the same in that room.
The next day, the receptionist Elena Tunch (a very nice girl - attentive, polite, always trying to do everything that depends on her) changed our room, did everything with a smile, literally in 10 minutes. We liked this number much better. In my preliminary letter to the hotel, I asked for it - "with a view of the pool and the sea, not far from the restaurant and reception. " All these points have now been taken into account.
The only thing, if someone suddenly wants to settle in this side, I want to immediately warn you that several times a week during the show or Live music, until about 23-30, music plays quite loudly, which can be heard even when the balcony is closed.
TERRITORY:
The territory is compact, even very. Greenery and trees are present, there is a relaxation area with pillows on the lawn. You can find a place to hide in the shade.
Until 7 o'clock in the morning, "practical" Germans occupy the most successful places by the pool in terms of location, and this despite the fact that the hotel administration writes "letters" to all guests with a request not to take sunbeds.
And they also say that Russians like to get up early and take their “place in the sun”! They themselves saw how the Germans at 5 in the morning take their sun loungers, and strictly until 7.30 lie on them. The Russians were still sleeping at that time!
It is clear that it is difficult to “walk around” on the territory of the hotel - these are not huge hotels with golf and football fields in Belek, and not luxury hotels in the Beldibi and Tekirova areas. However, everything you need is here. Many wrote about the territory, so I will not repeat myself, but will focus on the inconveniences.
As an INCONVENIENCE, I would note a small number of sunbeds at the "lower" pool, as well as the lack of lying places DIRECTLY AT THE POOL WITH SLIDES. How to control children riding slides?
One of two things: either constantly sit on the edge of the pool in the sun, or get up with roosters, that way at 5 in the morning, to get ahead of the enterprising Germans and take those sunbeds that are in close proximity to the slides.
AND THE SECOND INCONVENIENCE is the remoteness of the pool and the sea from each other, and the road itself from the sea to the hotel, going, though not much, but noticeably “uphill” - but in the heat this, alas, is not ice ...
BEACH:
Well… The beach is another story. Beach, consider that there is simply no. Rather, there is a beach, but it is impossible to swim in the sea. Some reviews have already written that there are boulders and sharp stones in the sea ...And this is true. Almost no one swims on Amara Beach. And although it’s not far to go to other beaches, it’s still somehow strange ...Is it really impossible to come up with something with your own beach?
Well, the beach itself is quite dirty. And cigarette butts are lying around, and dried pieces of algae. Observed that 13.08.
2011 repairmen buried in the sand under the Amara Beach pier some strange iron pipe ...What kind of pipe? What will flow through it? Maybe who knows?
At first, we got out of the situation, leaving to swim on the beach in the direction of the Diamond Hotel and the yellow four-star hotel (I don’t know what it’s called), its beach has a distinctive feature - pink mattresses on the sunbeds. It seems to be nice there, but there are a lot of people, of course. The Black Sea coast of the times of the scoop immediately comes to mind. At sea all the time there is a “wave” - many people swim with mattresses, children like to “ride the waves”.
BUT! BE CAREFUL! Stray dogs run along the beach. Two of these dogs took the ball from my child. At first they just started playing with him, and then one dog grabbed the ball in his teeth, and both dogs ran away. The child is hysterical - how so, the dogs took their favorite ball.
I am shocked - to run and catch up with these dogs, and who knows what kind of dogs these are so “magic” and what they have in mind in general, and what if they still tempt ...then they still need treatment ...Thank God, the world is not without good people - there was a savior, a kind man who did not lose his head and scared the dogs, and my son got the ball back ...
All in all, it's a strange picture. On the beaches of five-star hotels that position themselves quite high, packs of stray dogs live. What is it like?
The notorious river next door to the hotel, which flows into the sea, which many have already written about. Someone writes that this is a harmless puddle - maybe, maybe ...But ducks live in it, which, naturally, ...crap in this river. Then all this "joy" peacefully flows into the sea. We went away from the river, but once on the mattress a wave carried us just to the place where the river flows into the sea ...The smell, I tell you, was not very pleasant. Obviously dragged by the sewerage.
The son said that something smells bad here and refused to swim on that beach.
After this incident, we decided to go swimming on the Turana beach. The people are terrible, everything is on top of each other ...Maybe someone likes this ...As a result, we began to walk even further, beyond the Turana beach, to the beach of the Atlantika hotel - go for about 5 minutes, but at least there is nothing does not smell, the sea is quite clean and there are almost no people ...Does it make sense to relax in a five-star hotel where you need to go to other people's beaches?
POOLS AND SLIDES:
The hotel has two swimming pools - relaxation (the one located at the top) and the lower one, which was occupied by the Germans. We didn’t go to relaxation, because you can’t squeak, scream, squeal there - which is simply impossible with children I accidentally took a sunbed there somehow, but when I lay down on it, I felt like “behind enemy lines” - in- firstly, there are only Germans around, secondly, the sunbeds are very tight, and lying like this “side by side” was somehow not great ...You don’t feel personal space, or something ...
About hills. According to the child, the yellow slide is “the fastest”, he rode mainly from it. The joints seem to be even, the slides themselves are normal. Opening hours - from 10 and almost all day with a short break.
BE CAREFUL! It's SLIPPER at the yellow hill. There is a place on the right, not covered with a path. Just there, there is a constant puddle almost up to the ankle, and no one cleans it up. Beech-boy, however, wiped the floor several times with a mop in our presence, but this does not save the situation. Ten minutes later, the same picture is observed. One boy in this place slipped badly and fell, hitting his back and forearm badly. There were tears.
There is no lifeguard on the hill. The chair is standing, but there is no lifeguard. Nobody regulates the process of skating.
Once I saw how they took water for analysis from pools, which means that there is control over the state of water.
MINI CLUB:
There is only one animator working in the mini-club - the charming Lenochka. Beautiful girl!
The children are delighted with her. Very polite, tactful - both in relation to children and in relation to parents. And although Lena is alone in the mini-club for a sufficient number of children, nevertheless she copes - and does her job with pleasure, in a good mood! Lena, hello to you if you are reading, and thank you very much!
In the beginning there were mostly Germans in the mini-club. Ours was 2-3 people, no more. Then there were more Russians. My son was there all the time - well, I just couldn’t get out of there !! ! ! Although, he’s not such a fan of mini-clubs for me - we’ve traveled a lot, but I haven’t noticed this before ...Probably, it’s all the fault of letters that are given to children for participation and victories in activities Every evening after the children’s mini disco they are called to the stage by name, publicly awarded, diplomas are presented. In general, children like it, well, it stimulates them to participate in competitions in the mini-club in the future.
Classes are something like this: sand paintings ($ 7.00).
), painting T-shirts, bandanna (T-shirt-$15), plaster painting, feeding fish from the pier, various crafts, pasta beads, bracelets, board games, mini golf, mini darts, rings, and so on. There was a face painting before the Gala Dinner and on some day it was according to plan.
Separately, I wanted to say about riding a banana. In the mini-club they offer one day to ride on a banana ($ 10) Children put on vests, sit on a banana, everything is as always ...And then some “crazy” photographer appears on a boat pulling a banana (turk-painted blond, it’s impossible not to notice him), who at full speed invites the children to let go of the handrail and raise their hands up, and this continues for almost the entire trip. Some children, having obeyed this miracle photographer, fell from a banana. And for this photographer, at least something - throughout the skating, he continued in the same spirit.
Considering that many children from the mini-club are under 11 years old, or even younger, and they mostly ride alone, then observing such a “don’t give a damn” attitude of this photographer, let the child more on this banana with an extreme photographer something do not want…
Mini disco like everywhere else. The set of songs is the same from year to year heard in different hotels. The only novelty is the song of the AQUA group "Barby Girl". Nowhere else on Mini-disco have I heard this well-forgotten old hit ...Lenochka dances with children. The kids love it and enjoy dancing!
ANIMATION, ENTERTAINMENT:
We were not particularly interested in this issue, because during the day the animation took place by the pool, occupied by the Germans. We arrived at the sea, so we tried to spend most of our time at the sea, and not by the stuffy pool (it was really stuffy there in the morning).
Well, from the animation there was something like water gymnastics, archery, pool-games, beach volleyball ...Maybe there was something else - but, as I said, they were not keen on this issue. I can say that the music playing by the pool was well chosen, which speaks of the good taste of DJ.
Evening shows, mostly all dance. Either imported artists, or their own animator guys show something. We liked the number in which the animator "with dreadlocks" performed (he conducts archery classes - sorry, I don't know his name) - in the evening show he impersonated Michael Jackson. Apparently, it was a kind of tribute to the famous singer. The guys did a number to the music of "2BAD" and "THRILLER", dressed as mummies - it was something like the video of the same name by Jackson
A-LA-CARTE:
Were not. Everything somehow wasn’t before, so we didn’t reach it
GALA DINNER:
The gala dinner was just crazy. Grandiose! We liked!
Preparations for the Gala Dinner began in the morning, all the lawns were closed, and in the afternoon they began to remove sunbeds from the pools, take out tables and chairs, lay tablecloths, decorate ...In a word, the work was done by the staff colossal!
By evening, all the tables and chairs were dressed in white, decorated with fresh flowers, beautiful candlesticks, and the place by the pools was transformed beyond recognition ...They mounted a stage above the pool, and the pool itself was decorated with floating baskets of flowers. In the clearing near the Turkish restaurant, everyone around was forced to float with amazing dishes, mountains of fresh and juicy fruits, and delicious sweets. In general, what just was not! ! !
Before the start of the Gala Dinner at 18:00, a Gala Cocktail was announced. People began to gather at 18:00 at the entrance to the pool (near the stairs), but the entrance was blocked.
As a result, a large number of people crowded at the entrance, and when the attendant began to let people go to the tables, German (or maybe English? ) teenagers “rushed” there to take places closer to the pool and the stage. The hotel staff at the entrance gave each guest a rose and greeted them with joy. It was nice
We wandered for a long time in search of a place, because, unfortunately, we were not as quick as those German teenagers. All seats near the pool and in the vicinity of the stage were occupied within 5-7 minutes after the entrance was opened. As a result, we ended up at a table far, far from the pool, and, accordingly, far from the stage.
As a result, we ended up at a table with a German couple and another German family of three, but we didn’t sit at the table for a long time - we went to do face painting in the mini-club. Since everything was “tied” to the child, I didn’t stay at the table for long.
Music played all around, people sat at tables, ate, got to know each other, lively German-English - less often Russian speech was heard everywhere ...
An interesting idea was to distribute balloons to children, and to the song of Michael Jackson "Heal the world" (Heal the world), our kids released balloons into the sky. It was very touching...
After that, all the management and staff of the hotel went on stage, each of them was introduced, and the fireworks began - it was very cool!
The evening continued with a ballroom dance show. Further, after the end of the ballroom dancing show, there was live music - a good repertoire
Great Gala evening, I recommend it to everyone! ! !
Nutrition:
And finally, the most favorite topic)))
I really liked the food at Amara Beach. In a nutshell, the food at Amara Beach is GOOD, QUALITY, EDIBLE. It’s not a problem to find something for yourself and for a child (I’m talking about a 7-year-old child, but how about babies and babies, the question is, of course, an interesting one)
Breakfast:
Fried eggs, scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs with vegetables, french fries, sausages, fried sausage, croutons, pancakes, pancakes, porridge, yogurt, honeycombs, muesli, hot puff pastries, stewed potatoes, meat, various types of cheeses, a decent selection of sausages, vegetables , greens, pastries, a lot of fruits: watermelon, melon, nectarines, apricots, grapes, plums, bananas, apples. Maybe I forgot something, but something like that; )Girls in wheelbarrows deliver orange juice and coffee. Someone wrote that these girls ignore the Russians - yes, there was one there, “point-blank” she does not see anyone ...Then she was gone. Maybe they complained about it? The rest of the girls and guys with "cars" are very nice and friendly, they offered me 5 times.
Dinner:
We visited for lunch both the Turkish restaurant and the main one (dinners outside by the pool). What can I say, in a Turkish restaurant, very tasty cakes - guzelme! The dough is tender, the cakes just melt on the tongue! There is also a small but sufficient selection of dishes.
I don’t eat sweets, but people seemed to praise me.
Drinks are served by waiters.
Dinner: Dinner from 18-00 in the main restaurant. Everything is also very good, I will not repeat myself - a wide variety for every taste. Just a lot and delicious. I want to try everything, but it really doesn't work!
I had a chance to visit the Bistro once, before leaving. Someone wrote that the bistro is open around the clock and you can eat at any time from the menu. The bistro can and does work ...But at our request at 6 in the morning to eat something and give us a menu, the waiter replied that the cook was sleeping. Very interesting!
But we did not raise any hysteria, because a bus was about to come for us ...But the fact itself is “the cook is sleeping” ...it's funny ...
MAINTENANCE, SERVICE:
In general, I liked everything. The waiters are polite, helpful, delicate, attentive. They will always offer drinks, take away the dishes. All with a smile, without any preference for Russians over Germans or vice versa
The porter was also polite and accommodating.
Maid - cleaned, vacuumed, cleaned, changed, wiped the dust. True, I left her a tip every day.
On my birthday, she wove me hearts and swans, and from the hotel they brought me a fruit platter and red wine to my room. A trifle, but nice.
On the last day of our stay at the hotel, the maid again wove my heart and put a rose on the bed
HOTEL GUIDES:
Maya and Ivan. I can't say anything about them, good or bad. Guide Maya held a meeting the next day after arrival - she provided the necessary information, talked for a long time and in detail about the excursions. Information about the time of departure from the hotel was provided on time. There is nothing more to add.
And now, separately, as promised, I will highlight a comparison of the two hotels Amara Wing and Amara Beach.
So,
AMARA WING VS AMARA BEACH (for those who doubt which hotel to choose).
Resettlement:
Amara Wing - 5+
Amara Beach-5-
In Amara Wing, all wishes were taken into account in advance - sea view, pool, 3rd floor.
The keys were issued in a minute and there were no delays. And in general, resettlement in Amara Wing was the fastest for all the time where I have ever been. Amara Beach had to change the room. They wanted to “sell in” a side view of the sea, which can’t even be called a view.
Territory:
Amara Wing-5
Amara Beach-4
The territory of both hotels is small. But still, in my opinion, everything is arranged more competently in Amara Wing. Everything is close, everything is at hand.
In Amara Beach, you have to overcome quite long distances from the sea to the pool (and all this is downhill in the heat), from the sea to the mini-club, etc. . You simply don’t run after a child (my personal experience) to a mini-club, then to the sea, and then again to the slides and so on in a circle ...
Also, in Amara Wing you can always find shade compared to Amara Beach, which does not have many shady corners, which would be relevant in the sun.
Beach:
Amara Wing-5
Amara Beach-3
Amara Beach is poorly guarded, dirty, stray dogs running along the beach, a puddle with ducks living in it, flowing into the sea on a nearby beach, rag merchants, beads, and so on. rubbish. The sea is dirty, even compared to Belek, not to mention the crystal waters of Kemer…
In Amara Wing, the beach is well guarded, equipped with sunbeds, a pier for sunbathers, however, places on the first line must be taken at 7-7-30 in the morning. There are always places on the beach in Amara Beach, you can come at any time and take it.
Amara Wing is located in Kemer itself, not far from the hotel and the port itself, where yachts are moored. Yachts cruising along the coast make plums, which is sometimes reflected in the purity of the sea in the Kemer region. Foam and debris were observed at Amara Wing on several occasions at the same time on several days in a row. There were complaints about the reception, I don’t know, maybe the hotel took some measures, but no one else writes something about it.
And after us, vacationers wrote that no more emissions were observed ...
It is clear that there are pebbles in Kemer, and sand in Side, and comparing a pebble beach with a sandy one is stupid. It is also clear that in Kemer the water is crystal clear due to pebbles, and in Side it is cloudy. But here everyone chooses for himself.
And if you compare the beaches in terms of cleanliness and order, then, of course, cigarette butts and dirt in the form of algae, bags, and so on. you won't find it in Wing, and even if you do, it won't be in the same quantity as in Beach. Because even if the sea brings something like that, then the beach attendants immediately catch it all with nets, and there is no dirt.
Slides and pools:
Amara Wing-5+
Amara Beach-4
There is NO LIFEGUARD on the slides at Amara Beach (there was a lifeguard on the slide at Wing ALWAYS and strictly regulated the process! ).
There are NO LOUNGE LOUNGES near the pool with slides in Amara Beach (how to keep an eye on the children? ) (there were sunbeds in the Wing in the Aquapark, it was also convenient to watch the children from the jacuzzi in the pool)
Amara Beach is VERY SLIPPER near the pool with slides. And although the place near the slides is covered with paths, a PUDDLE constantly appears to the RIGHT OF THE EDGE OF THE YELLOW SLIDE (if you look at the slides frontally). I saw with my own eyes how the boy slipped and hit his shoulder and back hard. The boy looked about 10-12 years old, and yet he cried a lot (((The animator came running and began to calm the boy and his parents ...What's the point? It would be better if the water was removed.
I also think that in Amara Beach the pool is small for all this “patch”. Not everyone goes to the relaxation pool, because it is stated that you can’t scream, squeak, squeal, etc. there. that it is simply impossible for vacationers with children ...It remains to go to the lower pool, to which you still need to take a place at 5 in the morning. And in order to swim normally there, you don’t even have to dream, because at lunch they also play water polo.
The Amara Wing had a large nice freshwater pool with jacuzzi, and 3 pools in the Aquapark (toddler pool, jacuzzi pool, pool with slides). Moreover, in the Aquapark pools were with sea water. In Amara Beach, the pools are fresh.
Mini Club:
Amara Wing-5
Amara Beach-5+
Mini-clubs are almost identically equipped, children are engaged throughout the day. In both hotels, wonderful animators Yvonne (Amara Wing) - a child still remembers her, and Lenochka (Amara Beach). At Amara Beach, the animators have a very good idea - to award children with certificates for participating in various games. There were no awards in Amara Wing.
Animation, entertainment:
Amara Wing-5
Amara Beach-5
The animation here and there is completely unobtrusive. Shows at Amara Wing were mostly acrobatic, while shows at Amara Beach were mostly dance. Some of the shows we saw earlier in Wing - for example, the Mongolian circus, the magician Alex-show, well, the same Brazilians performed from the Samba Show (they always perform at the Gala Dinner in Amara Wing).
Gala Dinner:
Amara Wing-5+
Amara Beach-5+++
Gala dinners both there and here were very well organized.
At Wing, during the gala show, there was a takeaway of a huge ice cream cake, which was then served to hotel guests. After the performance of the Brazilians there was something like a laser show plus a disco. Gala Dinner at the Wing takes place every Friday.
The gala dinner at the Beach impressed with the magnificence of decoration, chic fireworks, and an abundance of delicacies. The Beach Gala Dinner takes place once every two weeks.
If we compare the Gala dinner at Wing and Beach, then I can say that everything was organized on a grand scale in Beach.
Nutrition:
Amara Wing-5+
Amara Beach-5+
Liked everything. The food is excellent, you can say homemade. Tasty, appetizing, varied, high quality! Well done!
Service, service:
Amara Wing-5+
Amara Beach-5+
Both hotels have well-trained staff, there were no problems. Everything is fine, there is nothing to add.
Conclusion: So, I made the necessary conclusions for myself. But I do not undertake to impose my opinion on anyone, to advise anything, that is. k. ungrateful this occupation. I'm just providing food for thought.
In general, these hotels correspond to 5 *.
There are some shortcomings in both the one and the other hotel, but I hope that they will be eliminated. It is difficult to choose between these two hotels. Depending on who loves what. I like clean clear water, nice beach, beautiful scenery. To some, pebbly beaches will seem terrible, and the desert landscape and muddy water in the sea will not be a hindrance ...The taste and color ...The food in both hotels is the same on "excellent". Animation-calm and there, and there. The gala dinner at the Beach is more luxurious than the Wing. The beach is DEFINITELY better in the Wing. And I like Kemer more than Side.
ALL GOOD REST AND GOOD LUCK!
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