no need to hack the hotel! There are cons, but they do not affect the quality of rest)))

Written: 21 may 2009
Travel time: 1 — 9 may 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 8.0
Advantages:
The territory is large, the UAI system includes free access to the sauna, gym, billiards, tennis, ping-pong, which came in handy during the rain. Food - ok. worthy, not a single case of departure, the food can be said around the clock and is quite varied. Drinks are worthy, "non-diluted", bottled wine, there is vermouth, in addition to "yupi" for breakfast there was orange fresh juice. There is an open terrace where you can have breakfast/lunch/dinner overlooking the sea. Immediately behind the Annex building (Palms) is the Sammis disco, small but nowhere else. Right behind the main entrance are shopping arcades. Lot. The range is like everywhere else, bargaining is also like everywhere else. The spa center on the territory is good, everything is done with high quality, but expensive. The rooms are decent, cleaning och. good.
Disadvantages:

Animation - six animators could not cope, although they tried to do something (perhaps due to the beginning of the season - they had not yet dispersed), at the reception - extortion, the feeling that the hotel staff focuses on German-speaking citizens, English and Russian are not quoted, the bartender in the bar by the pool, even German was difficult to understand (apparently it was necessary with him at all in Turkish). Behind the beach weakly watched - for nine days they cleaned it once, two days before that algae lay on the shore in a hill, and in the sea of ​ ​.20 meters you had to go knee-deep in them (they apparently gather here, because the entrance is very gentle - almost like on the Sea of ​ ​ ​ ​ Azov ). As a result, the floor of the holiday was swimming on the beach of the neighboring hotel. The huge disadvantage of the hotel is guest relations - blonde Valentina. It can be rude. You approach her with a problem - and she’s like: “Why is your mood spoiled today? You didn’t eat something wrong at dinner! Everything suited you yesterday. ” Disco - no. They said that it was flooded with water and could not be dried and repaired in any way. On the open terrace (where you can eat with a view of the sea), cats often operate - they try to steal food from you or sit on you and look....It's pathetic. Apparently tourists taught them to come here for food.
Review:
In general, the holiday is not bad, but it is not "five-plus-ultra-all-inclusive". Worked more personal relationship with the staff (good attitude towards them / tips) and their own cheerful company. Holidays are more likely to be designed for families than for youth. Children will be fine there.
Details:
Tour operator - Coral. Everything would be fine, but even with a height of 175 cm, I could not comfortably place my legs in the transfer bus on the airport-hotel route (it was normal back). I sat for an hour in the "frog pose". Pleasure is unpleasant. I am not used to the fact that my knees do not fit in the space between my seat and the back of the person sitting in front. Nothing else. They sold free tours: a sightseeing tour of Antalya (read a shopping tour) and a check-in on the way back to the factory of sweets and souvenirs (all the same, only cheaper, you can buy at any gift shop, including on site. The only thing is everything centrally, in one place and a large assortment + beautiful packaging of sweets).
Check-in: a room with a sea view costs 30 USD, or you can do the same for free, but with Pts. big scandal. Without baksheesh, you run the risk of being in a room on the ground floor without a balcony overlooking the wall. Pleasure is unpleasant.
Receptionist: hardly understands Russian and English. Apparently he speaks good German. Shift receptionists sometimes speak English, one young man was completely Russian.
Guest Relations: Blonde Valentina actually serves as an interpreter between you and the staff, turns on blonde as soon as you have the slightest problem.

Room: small but clean. A bit dark due to the fact that the window and balcony are small. Each room has an extra sofa that turns into a bed without pillows. There is a TV in the room (4 Russian channels), a mini-bar (one bottle of 1.5 liters of mineral water, 0.33 liters of fanta and 0.33 liters of cola are put a day), two telephones (in the room and above the toilet - by the way, why is he there? ), a table, two bedside tables (open), a wardrobe (open and closed), a safe in the closet (despite the voodoo dances over it, our equipment did not work), a hair dryer in the bathroom (you can dry it, meet it - no), a mirror above the table "from the waist". The balcony is small, only two plastic chairs fit (or three people - one standing). The dryer is nailed to the wall. There are no free sockets in the room. The only one is in the bathroom. If you want to turn on the hairdryer and dry yourself not in the bathroom, but in front of the mirror in the room, you have to turn off either the TV or the mini-bar.
Room cleaning: change of linen every three days, everything is cleaned well, towels are left according to the number of beds taken apart after sleep. Because one of my friends didn’t spend the night in the room from time to time, then they didn’t leave towels for her soul that day. The maid is a fetishist. Periodically lays out various cool things from nightgowns and underwear. Encouraged her violent fantasy tip : -)
Territory: large, green, attempts are being made to make it well-groomed (maybe better in season). Lots of different transitions. There is navigation, but insufficient - some signs (for example, to the game bar) are not available at all, others are - but found only on the last day due to how "successfully" they are located. In general, everything is well located on the territory.
Infrastructure: from May 01 to May 09, the main restaurant, fish a la carte (1 time free of charge, by appointment), four bars (by the pool, lobby, billiards, on the beach) worked at the hotel. The rest of the bars/restaurants were closed. Maybe the season is better. In the basement there is: a solarium, an indoor pool (ice-cold, better after a sauna, free of charge), an Internet cafe (1 hour 5 dollars), a beauty salon (hairdresser, manicure, pedicure), a doctor's office, a gym (free of charge), a spa center ( sauna + lie down in a Turkish bath on a stone for free, if you don’t order services from them, then with your own towels), a game room (billiards for free, attractions, simulators and air hockey - I don’t know. You can take cards, backgammon, checkers, chess, etc. ). p. on bail). There are three ways out of the basement to the tennis court (free of charge, rackets/balls on deposit). There are about 10 shops-shops (mini-market) in the courtyard. Prices are the same everywhere. There is a water sports center on the beach (there are bananas, tablets, motorboats, scooters. Maybe something else, I was not interested. I personally rode a scooter - $ 20 = 20 minutes. I LOVED it! ). There are two "paparazzi" on the territory - they walk and take pictures of you, whether you like it or not (from the patio and from the beach). The price of the 1st printed photo from the paparazzi from the patio is $7, with retouching - $9, shooting is free. Valuing the 1st printed photo of the paparazzi from the beach - $ 5, shooting is free. Takes better pictures than patio paparazzi. The beach is large, there are no umbrellas (stripes of an awning). Sun loungers, mattresses, towels (on bail) for free. There is beach volleyball on the beach. There are three swimming pools on the territory (one large, one with slides, one for children). With a height of 175 - a large pool up to my chest. There is water polo. There is also an amphitheater and animation nearby.

Food: no poisoning. You won't be left hungry. Everything is varied. There is show cooking. Drinks are good, not diluted, from bottles. Breakfast three types of eggs, sausages, hot buns, just buns, pancakes / pancakes, several types of vegetables / salads / yogurts / toppings for yogurt / fruits / gravy-additives to main dishes, etc. tea/coffee/juice/orange juice and so on. Lunch: 10 kinds of hot dishes (vegetables, side dishes, meat, poultry, fish, mixed dishes), 10 kinds of salads/vegetables, fruits, sweets and so on. Dinner is the same. On the beach from 12 to 15 fast food + salads + grandmother bakes insanely delicious cakes on a stone (like our pancakes, but tastier) with three types of filling. From 15 to 17 in the lobby bar coffee and sweets. From 23 to 01 night soup (essentially a late dinner). The lobby bar is open until 06 am (a plus for those who like to drink until late - and they also go there).
Service: as everywhere. With a tip it improves a lot. It's bad that the staff hardly speaks either Russian or English. They understand mostly German. There are individuals who do their job perfectly and improve your holiday as best they can. In particular, special thanks to the chef-manager of the restaurants, who brought us whipped cream for strawberries from the kitchen. Special thanks to the billiard boy Mevlud, who taught us how to play billiards.
Animation Entertainment: like a half-empty hotel, six people animators, but still boring. In the morning exercises, darts, children's animation. Sometimes water polo, beach volleyball. Coffee game. Music by the pool. Evening shows/competitions/karaoke. All. Disco - no. They said that it was flooded and they would not dry this room. Apparently in the season with animation it will be better, as the animators rehearsed a lot. The animators themselves are very good girls and guys. I liked them. Special regards to Olesya)))
Location: in the village of Kumkey. You can walk outside the territory, but after two days you get bored. Same. Shopping malls / local cafes. For entertainment it is better to go to Side)))
PS I hope my review will dispel the gloomy mood of people who read reviews and think that the hotel is really terrible. There are cons, but in terms of price-quality ratio - this hotel is not even bad)))
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