Аринна- твердая четверка Arinna - a solid four

We rested in Turkey from June 8 to June 22.2010. Our trip began from Tomsk, to Tolmachevo Airport in Novosibirsk, we arranged delivery with the Auto-Class company. We drove very comfortably, with a breeze. Although a day before departure, we found out that our plane does not depart at 14.00, as stated in the ticket, but at 21.00 on June 8th. We quickly received electronic tickets and all documents at the Pegas-Touristik counter at the airport, but registration was delayed, in addition, the plane was delayed for another 1 hour, as a result of which we flew to the place of rest at 22.00 Novosibirsk time. Such a situation, as we later learned, was with all the rest with us in the hotel at that time. Pegasus charter flights are just awful!!! ! They paid for the ticket from June 8, and landed in Antalya at 23.45, at the airport terminal they were at 00.15 local time already on June 9. Lost Day Delivery to the hotel was quite comfortable and fast, although by this time all the people were like the plague, sleeping exhausted waiting at the airport. As soon as we entered the Side region, we experienced a feeling of joy, although it was night, but..... it was simply impossible not to notice the beauty) We drove up to our hotel, saw a beautiful view, which we then fell in love with! We were accommodated very quickly, since we arrived at night together, there was no one else, registration at the reception took 5-7 minutes. We were accommodated by a young man named Ahmed, a very pleasant young man who, with pleasure when meeting us later, opened a Russian-Turkish phrase book and amazed us with beautiful phrases! Well done boy, it was a pleasure to talk to him!!! ! So, we are in the hotel, the interior view is quite beautiful, although the hotel is not very new, but everything is neat, clean, a lot of flowers inside the hotel. Our room was on the 5th floor overlooking the hotel pool. In addition, every morning we woke up with the sunrise, which rose from behind the mountains, and we watched this picture with great pleasure! ! To the left of the Arinna Hotel, there was the Venus Hotel, also quite attractive, with beautiful flowers on the grounds. Shortly speaking, …. We were very happy with the accommodation! In the morning the sun, and in the afternoon a shade on our balcony! The room itself is very spacious, we had 2 single beds, a mirror with a nightstand, a chair and an armchair, a TV and a mini-bar. On the balcony there are also 2 chairs, a table and a clothes dryer, very comfortable, by the way. They took a rope with them, they thought they would have to pull it to dry clothes, it was not useful !! ! ) The bathroom is small, but comfortable, everything suited us, the water was always hot, although we were not overbearing, even sometimes I wanted to wash in cool water. In the mini-bar every day put water, based on 1 person 1 bottle of mineral water and 1 bottle of ordinary water. That is, the two of us were supposed to have 4 bottles a day. The minibar is free, everything is included in the price of the tour! ! The food at the hotel is at the level, I would say that Arinne is fed 5, not 4 stars. Of course, there were no delicacies, but....Just a lot, tasty, varied, fresh. Breakfasts, as usual, started at 7 am and lasted until 10, while we baked pancakes, scrambled eggs with cheese or just fried eggs !!!! ! And what buns, wow, yummy, butter is very tasty, sandwiches just melted in your mouth !! ! A lot of fresh vegetables for breakfast, 2 types of yogurt, a lot of canned fruits, oranges, grapefruits, raisins, dried apricots. Well, how can you not eat???? ? I'm silent about cheese and all sorts of cuts ! ! ))) Lunch even more amazed our imagination, there was a lot of meat and variety, except for chicken, which is most common in Turkey, there was delicious beef, veal (barbecue, chops, grilled), lamb, turkey, liver, tongue and many, many Total. For 2 weeks, the menu almost did not repeat! Many thanks to the chefs and all the staff of the restaurant. During lunch, drinks were ordered from the waiters, which is not very convenient sometimes, because there were a couple of cases when we had already eaten, but the drinks had not reached us yet ((. And a little more inconvenient that tea and coffee in the restaurant could be poured only for breakfast, and then even it was impossible to order. It turned out that they ate all sorts of sweets in a restaurant, and washed down with hot tea, coffee or chocolate only in a bar, near the pool. Sweets, by the way, are very tasty and varied. Fruit was also served 3 times a day, for lunch and dinner there were apples, oranges and watermelon. Cherries, peaches, strawberries were bought either near the beach for 3-4 dollars per kg, or they went to the city of Manavgat, where all the fruits cost 1 dollar !!! ! On Mondays and Thursdays there are markets for tourists in Manavgat, the bus leaves directly from the hotel, buses run frequently, every 10-15 minutes. The fare is either 1 euro per person, or 3 dollars for two. By the way, you can exchange it for Turkish lira, then the fare will be even cheaper. On the market you can buy not only fruits, but also many, many things, whoever needs what, these are sweets, and clothes, and shoes. Everything is not very expensive, much cheaper than in stores located on the street of fountains. It is very beautiful on it, especially in the evening, and you can go to it from the courtyard of the hotel, the shops are immediately visible. In the evening, a real folk festival begins there!! ! The distance to the sea is 400-500 meters, we walked slowly for about 7 minutes, the road is absolutely not annoying, on the contrary, you experience a lot of pleasure, you breathe air that you can hardly find anywhere else. Eucalyptus trees on the left, pine trees on the right, and the aroma is in the air, beauty !!! ! There were almost always enough sunbeds on the beach, everything was free. The entrance to the sea is not very (((((many stones. And at the entrance to the sea, stone slabs were sometimes visible, sometimes they were covered with small pebbles. Although we chose the safest place to enter during the rest and entered without problems !! ! sand on the beach, garbage is cleaned every day. On the beach, as well as by the pool, there is a bar. It opens from 10 am, at first only drinks, tea, coffee, mineral water, yuppies, beer....And by 12 o'clock salads, snacks, cheese , they start baking cakes with different fillings, very tasty. True, they ate everything only once, because it is simply impossible to eat so much )))))). By the pool, by the way, from 12 pm to 4 pm they baked pizza, they also tried it once, it was quite edible!!! ! From 16 to 17 tea time, a lot of different biscuits. The Germans are bursting - that's the only way !! ! ))) In short, everything is great with food in Arinna! ! We went on 2 excursions, we bought one from Pegasus, Demre-Mirra-Kekova, it cost $ 65 per person, left at 4 am, returned at 20.00. The tour is very I liked it, the bus is comfortable, the road is very beautiful, there are many photos. Church of St. Nicholas made a huge impression! I also liked the yacht trip to Kekova, everything was interesting! ! We bought the second tour not from Pegasus, and we were very satisfied, the price is 2 times cheaper, but no less impressions! We went on an excursion in Side, sailed on a yacht, visited the temple of Apollo, the ancient theater, walked around the city, along the embankment, on which there are a lot of inexpensive cafes !!! ! Then, on the way back, we stopped at the island, looked at the sea turtles, took a picture, but it was deep, the pictures did not work out. We swam in the open sea on the way back, such a beauty !!!! ! Such an excursion cost only 10 dollars! The animation team is also very good, the guys from Georgia work, cheerful, active, very talented. Everyone dances well themselves, Nino and Kaho are teaching Latin American dances, Niko himself showed a fire show, Mate walked on glass and did all sorts of tricks! Well done guys!!!! ! I can draw only one conclusion: the rest was a success, we liked everything!!! ! We are glad that we chose this hotel, this region for our vacation! ! We left at 6 am and were picked up from the hotel at 1 am. So in the end we lost 2 days of rest!! ! The feeling that the tour operator Pegas-Touristik did this with all flights! We decided that next year we will go with another tour operator!