закрытие сезона closing of the season

The sleepless cold Moscow night was replaced by a comfortable +30 degree enveloping warmth. We went through Pegasus. We met and saw off. Only six people were driving towards Side, so we quickly rolled on the Mercedes minibus. Of the three hotel stops, ours was the second. because we arrived at 9 am, and check-in from 14 - we were in no hurry. There was a stop for tea-coffee-toilet-razvodilovo for food and souvenirs in some kind of cafe-shop-tent.
The girl who met Pegasus on the way told a little about Turkey and Side and what they saw from the windows.
We arrived at the hotel at 11 o'clock. We were put on ultra-all-inclusive bracelets and asked to wait 1.5 hours for check-in (because we don’t give money for air)
We walked around the area for a bit. View is gorgeous. On one side there is the sea, on the other side there are mountains, between them there is a lake.
Yes cases: the main in the form of the letter S and a separate one.

It turned out that in the lobby bar around the clock you can not only drink various drinks, but also eat soup with sandwiches or freshly baked buns. In the end, it turned out that we could also go for a late breakfast (aka early lunch) at a snack bar near the pool.
We were seated at one o'clock. Gave room 169 - the penultimate one on the first floor, and on the basement. At first we were very upset, because we walked for a long, long time. The room is good: 2 and 1.5 beds, large bright bath-toilet. It turned out that the room was simply gorgeous: directly opposite, 20 meters away, is the street entrance to the main restaurant, and through the emergency exit at the end of the corridor you can very quickly and conveniently get to the amphitheater with animation. There is something like a large balcony, with a table and chairs. The dryer hangs on the wall.
In connection with living on the ground floor, the presence of ants was frightening. And not in vain. Red ants constantly hung out on the bedside table.
It turned out that there was apparently just a sweet spot. I wiped it with a damp cloth and they did not bother me anymore.
Lighting in the room is weak, lateral. There is no top. In the evening I had to turn on all the floor lamps and lamps.
TV shows 2 Russian channels and some German and Turkish. One channel showed famous films in German. So it was possible to watch without Russian translation.
SAFE IS PAID. 1.5 euros per day. Mini bar constantly filling - free for ALL Inc. b UAll.
After lunch we went to the beach. Towels are provided one per card (so it's a good idea to bring your own towel from home as well), only where the Spa is. From 8 am to 6 pm, you can only change until 12. When we went for a towel, we were immediately taken to the Hamam (hamam, massage and mask). almost 1.5 hours for $50. Everyone says hammam is good for future tanning. so you have to do it on the first day. The procedure was not the most hygienic in my opinion.

The mud mask was applied with the same brush that was applied to all spa clients. In the hammam, a man also did a massage (the girls were either Balinese or Filipino, but there was not a shift). The pluses of a man are that all the same he presses harder during a massage, a minus - he strove to wipe himself with his personal belongings on his arm or leg. I didn't complain to anyone about him.
The spa also has a free gym and sauna. You can also lie down in the hammam for free if there are no paying customers
since the meeting with the girls from Pegasus at the hotel was only the next day, we found out late that they take them to Hamam for free in Side (the same procedures) for $ 25. Where are the halls for men and women and women workers. A little upset. But here, at least immediately on the first day, they were exhausted and everything is close, and then go somewhere else.
Leaving the hotel to the left, going around the lake and going to other hotels, you can find an alley with cafes, shops, bank branches and a pharmacy.
And there is also a hammam. It seems the same procedures for $ 35, but here it’s generally dumb like that.
So....Beach! On the beach there is only water in the cooler, vending machines with coffee, boiling water and fruit drinks. Arriving after breakfast, it always seems that all the sunbeds are already occupied. It was actually easy to find an empty one without a mattress. Bring the mastras yourself from the tent with mattresses. Everything is nearby. It was more difficult by 12 days to fight for the shadow
The beach is sandy. The entrance to the sea is pebbly. Depth is sharp. That's just knee-deep water, another step, already up to the throat. The water is warm at this time of year and clear. But since autumn was already coming, from time to time in the afternoon clouds went to the mountains from the sea, lightning flashed, and the sea became cloudy and worried, and garbage was splashing near the shore - it was unpleasant to enter. Also on the beach are paid: riding bananas, parachuting, etc. Free boccia and volleyball. Many people played volleyball. The Germans are very active and athletic.
The account was spoken in Russian, and the Russians then learned the numbers in German and called the account too. All volleyball players behaved like in professional sports, they always congratulated me on the victory and a good goal.


Food is a separate song. Everything is very tasty and varied. A bunch of cheeses, greens and vegetables, salads. Stewed, boiled, fried and grilled meat, chicken, fish. For children of different ages, too, you can always find something to eat. Soup is for breakfast and two types for lunch and dinner. Fried eggs and pancakes are served in the grill area in the morning, various vegetables and meats are prepared for dinner. In the evening, an ice cream man stands at the exit to the street from the restaurant. From fruits there were delicious pears and apples, plums, melon melon and even their white pomegranate, not very tasty grapes. For a week, I was able to taste sweets once or twice - I ate so much. Turkish sweets are too honey sweet and the mousses and cakes are delicious. For breakfast there was also a large selection of honeys and jams. Honey was even given directly in the combs.
Animation - for children just super. In the mini club they are occupied for almost the whole day (break for lunch). Various contests and competitions are held, and diplomas are handed out at children's animation in the evening. Also once there was a family relay race. They also separately congratulate the children who are in the mini-club, who have a birthday. Children from animators practically do not stick off. So do not be afraid to take them to the mini-club.
Animators Germans, Turks and Georgians (Russian speaking)
For adults - every day different competitions: mini football, volleyball, shuffleboard or something like that. . Diplomas were also handed out.
There are table tennis, basketball and tennis courts. Inventory is issued for money.
Evening adult animation is not too diverse: animators from Georgia are professional dancers. So almost all of their animation was directed towards dancing (Elvis shows and some other shows).
Just once a magician came, once a Brazilian capoeira club (samba, mamba in Brazilian carnival costumes and a capoeira show), once a group from Ukraine dancing modern dances. Exciting too
At first, I really didn’t like that the animators did not announce and the animation schedule for the day was not written anywhere. It turns out that it is written. just habitually, if there was a stand near the reception or at the entrance to the restaurant. And it turns out that the stand was at the animators' house near the pool and in the corridor between the SPA and the entrance to the restaurant. It's just that we went the other way all the time.

There is also a disco on site. From 11 p. m. to 2 a. m. But for some reason, almost no one visited her. No matter how you come in, the DJ and the bartender are sitting outside. Once there were as many as 5 people at the disco.

There are two slides in the children's pool. The adults also enjoyed riding in them. There is also a play area: there is a paid computer room, billiards and something else.

The weather was always super-the whole week it was +30, only in the evening it got colder and colder. since autumn was coming, clouds, lightning and thunder often gathered in the mountains in the evening. A couple of times in the evening it was pouring rain, the animation took place in the lobby and then there was a disco until 23 o'clock. There were a lot of people dancing there. So there were several evenings of live music in a cafe on the street (near the barbecue and the beach, behind the playground)
After a rainy night, the morning was still sunny and hot.

This was the minus of a separate building: you had to go down the street to it from both the SPA and the restaurant. In a downpour, this is somehow not very cool, especially when you have already handed over your towel in the evening and there is nothing to cover yourself with.

Free WI-FI is available in the lobby and ostensibly in the pool area. Never had a problem with seating in the wifi area in the lobby.

Vacationers in their mass were Germans of different ages. Family hotel.
A lot of Russians arrived in the middle of the week (apparently because the school holidays had begun). Mostly from different cities on the banks of the Volga.
the staff speaks good German, Turkish, they understand a little Russian. The cleaners do not understand English at all - they communicated with them with signs.
English is spoken well only at the reception. The rest will be able to understand only the simplest: like beer, wiski, cola. Even the animators speak English with a terrible accent.

There were no problems with the Germans. German old men are very nice and polite. And very avid fans. We watched football in their company on the 3rd floor on a large TV.
We did not bully and did not come into conflict with anyone, so the rest went smoothly
The staff is obliged to treat the Germans better, as most hotels in Turkey are owned by Germans, with German management. And they tip in euros
On the account "for tea": almost on every corner there are boxes-houses for cash.
A dollar was left in the room a couple of times. Once, as much as two dollars, but when they came after dinner: the room was not cleaned (although earlier when they came to the room at one, it was already clean), and the man, the cat, stole the money. put drinks in the minibar. Then they didn’t leave money for several days, but they still decorated the room with swans, bows and flowers.

In general, I liked everything very much

It is a pity that there are few young people. Even young couples. Everyone behaved in isolation. And some loners did not particularly go to get acquainted. So go there with your group. At least from three people: when one wants to sleep, so that the other two can entertain themselves : )