September - Turkey - Club Belinda

Written: 9 october 2008
Travel time: 9 — 16 september 2008
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 9.0
I rated the hotel for the most part as interesting for children. We went to Turkey with two families with children from 2 to 11 September. The flight was normal, they were loaded into branded buses in an organized manner and taken to hotels. We unloaded at the door of our Belinda...
So, meeting. They told us at the reception that we arrived early and we had to wait until the departing people were evicted from the rooms (at 12 o'clock) and the rooms were cleaned. Wait somewhere until 14 hours. We arrived at 11.00. Children after a night flight were stunned by such heat. From Moscow they flew away in hats and jackets at +4. They immediately asked us to place us as close to each other as possible. Children constantly communicate, do not walk the same through the entire hotel. Then we were offered to settle in Belinda Family. At first I was very embarrassed, but I did not refuse to take a ride to look at the number. To be honest: BETTER than the rooms in the main area. Judge for yourself:
+ superbly large room with THREE isolated rooms;

+ two balconies, full bathroom;
+ view of the pool (in our case), it is fashionable to watch children from the room;
+ free safe in the room;
+++++++++ The most important plus is FEW PEOPLE!!!!
On the main territory there is nowhere for an apple to fall from German bodies. The pool is like a bubbling pot. All beds are occupied. During breakfast, lunch or dinner, there are so many people that it resembles a crush on the subway at rush hour.
Another thing in our territory. There are few people. The restaurant is always free. Two large swimming pools and two children's pools. Very, very, very comfortable!
We went to the main territory only on water slides.
Once we went to an evening concert for children. Probably interesting. Our people accepted the idea with great joy, but then it turned out that all the entertainment was in German and our children turned out to be superfluous at this holiday. It was also unpleasant to see how the animators turn to us and entertain the German children, while ours are out of business. Still, they paid the same money. It was unpleasant!
As we were told "hotel for families with children. " Nothing like this. There is no children's animation in their native language at all. And there were no animators to be seen.
But our children only needed water. And so they entertained themselves. They rushed around the territory from one pool to another, swam in the sea for hours. Exactly hours. This is the first time I have seen such a sea. +30 water. It is something! The only thing missing was a washcloth and soap to feel like in the bathroom)))).

The food is normal, BUT again, not for children at all! We looked at the Germans, who, with the whole family, were wrapping loaves of bread with chocolate paste in the morning. And they understood that the hotel was German. No porridge in the morning, no normal soup in the afternoon. Ehhhh. My daughter only ate normal mashed potatoes once in 10 days. I ate a double batch. And so in the morning there is always milk and breakfast cereals, for lunch or french fries (terribly dry) or pasta.
There was a lot of meat, salads too. There were sweets, but not in the quantities that "mountains of sweets" were described to me. Netushki. Moreover, I noticed that for lunch they served sweets made from the morning dry breakfast. Just poured syrup and formed.
I always enjoy going to the markets. And I must say that we are lucky here. There is a decent market very close to the hotel. No leather unfortunately, but the jersey and denim are just gorgeous. Here is an example: I bought two LAKOST jumpers for $30 each. And recently in MEGA I went to the LAKOST corporate department. My eyes became like saucers. My jumper is lying for 6300r !!!!!!!!! ! The seller flew up and cackled: "The girl has already bought from us. " I was just shocked at the difference. If I had known, I would have bought half a bazaar in Turkey.
But from the hotel we were taken to shops, so it's just awful! Prices are 3-4 times more expensive than in Moscow.
As for excursions, I can’t say anything interesting. traveled a little, everything is very far away. With children it is difficult to shake for several hours on the bus.
We visited only Fishing-Picnic. Did not like. The place is very beautiful, but with children it is very difficult there. The playground is in the sun itself, it is impossible to enter the water, because. shell rock along the shore. You can only get into the water from Pantone. The children swam a little, but the water is dirty, some ducks swim nearby and a terrible stench from the water. As the guide said - these are dead mussels. Very cute. Actually, I pulled mine out of the water. We stayed there for about 5 hours. Very tired. Fishing is one name. Everyone was given fishing rods and offered to fish. So imagine how this can be done, when from the other end of the Pantone everyone who wants to ride on jet skis. In short, we gave $ 70 from the nose and were dissatisfied.
In general, a stay in a hotel for 4.
- no children's menu;
- no normal animation;

- Virtually no medical assistance! (take everything with you). In the first-aid post there is a jar of iodine and a band-aid (it looks like one for all).
But there are many pluses too. If you go without children, you can ride on excursions and have fun.
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