20 дней, которых оказалось мало!!! 20 days, which was not enough!!!

Hello everyone, I’ll immediately make a reservation that I’m writing a review about the rest for the first time, so I apologize if there is a lot of superfluous, but emotions and joy overwhelm and I want to share these feelings with everyone! My review will be more interesting to read for those who are going to focus on children's recreation. Well, let me start...
In short and to the point, our stay at this hotel was a 100% success.
Well, now everything is detailed and in order.
So, starting from February 2010, I began to think about summer holidays at sea. I must say right away that we focused on CHILDREN'S REST. My husband immediately said that he would not be able to go, because there was too much work, and it would not be reasonable to refuse it, but he is afraid to send us alone with a 5-year-old daughter, so the best option is to take my mom, but we didn’t mind)).

When the composition of vacationers was approved, the vacation time was also (July), it remains only to decide WHERE ...To begin with, I determined the main criteria for the upcoming vacation, usually I don’t do this, because before that I went with my husband, and we in general - they are not picky, so they just chose hotels closer to the center, where it is noisy, fun, full of restaurants and cafes (we don’t like all inclusive), we could go both in three and in five, but here the situation is different: firstly, my daughter goes to the sea only for the second time, secondly, our dad does not go with us, thirdly, the duration of the trip should be 20 days to meet the vacation deadlines, and fourthly, it was just scary to go with the "women's team" ))
1. So, one of the main criteria is the location of the hotel on the seashore, a sandy beach, a gentle and also sandy entry into the sea, a warm sea;
2. The presence of a shady park on the territory;
3.
The presence, in fact, of the territory itself, where this shady park could be located))
4. Children's water slides on the territory of the hotel, so that they are not high and not steep on the descent;
5. Good children's animation with games, all sorts of contests; adult animation, in principle, did not interest us;
6. Availability of dietary and baby food (NOT hamburgers and french fries);
7. At least all inclusive, more possible;
8. Good air conditioning system in the hotel, because you know the month of July. . ;
9. Another not unimportant criterion is that the duration of the flight from St. Petersburg should be no more than 4-4.5 hours;
10. And finally, so that we have enough money for all this)))
This is a must. )
In addition to the above, free fresh juices are welcome at least for breakfast; a sleeping place for a child is not a folding bed, but a full bed, well, or a folding sofa; the floor in the room is carpeted, not tiled, because
daughter, and we ourselves love to walk barefoot in the room, but it’s still cold on the tiles; free sun loungers, umbrellas and towels on the beach; I would also like the hotel to be, so to speak, not quite on the outskirts, not far from any settlement, well, perhaps that's all!
When I wrote it all down and re-read it for the first time, I was seized by a real horror, I thought everything, there was nowhere to go to relax with a child, then I said to myself: “Don’t you want a lot? ))) Now I am writing all this with a smile, because I got as a result even more than I wanted, but then I didn’t know this ...)))

So, I continue, a long and painful study of colorful catalogs began, an endless reading of reviews about hotels and countries, such countries as Tunisia, mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands (Majorca), Greece, Cyprus, Turkey were not considered only because I was already there 10 once it was, well, and also because it’s already somewhere, but dad didn’t want to let us go to Turkey without men)))
I won’t go into details why this or that country was weeded out, the reasons are different: somewhere on the beach there is sand with pebbles, somewhere in the sea there are jellyfish, there are no children’s slides, no territory, no all inclusive, or is it just the name all inclusive, the sea is cold even in July, etc. As a result, we came to the conclusion that the sea should be only the Mediterranean, and the best vacation with a child will be only in Turkey, my husband also had no choice but to agree with this and let us go there ...
I chose the hotel carefully and for a long time, considered the fives and some fours of Side and Belek, noted the pros and cons according to the reviews of tourists from different sites. Special thanks to everyone who leaves their reviews, especially detailed ones, they are very helpful when choosing a hotel. Thus, my choice fell on a hotel with the long name Sueno Hotels Beach Side.
In St. Petersburg, I turned to the Optio Travel travel agency, because they decided to go with TEZ TOUR, before that they flew to Turkey with Natalie Tours, but they do not work with the Sueno Hotel. The manager of Optio Travel, Ekaterina, listened carefully to our wishes, calculated everything, because the tour turned out to be non-standard, not 2, not 3 weeks, but 20 days, then they calculated at daily prices, they took the flight business class of Ural Airlines and decided to take it back individual transfer (this is from the hotel to the airport), because

Hotel Sueno was the last one on the way from Antalya Airport, and on the way back to the airport, vice versa, the first one, which meant that we would leave 4 hours before departure, although we would drive 1 hour, and we would stop by other hotels, which is not very convenient. We decided to book a room in the main building, because there is a carpet on the floor and closer to the beach and to entertainment, again thanks to the reviews, thanks to which we made this decision, we also saved money, because it was necessary for lakes pay decently. In general, everything was calculated, paid, and it all happened exactly 3 weeks before departure, there was not much time left, but these 3 weeks seemed like an eternity to me, I really wanted to be on the warm sand by the gentle sea… : -)
We received electronic tickets, vouchers and insurance 4 days before departure.
At Pulkovo-1 airport, as always, there was a mess, a lot of people, just to get to the check-in counters, I won’t lie about the check-in counter numbers, I don’t remember, but not only for flights to Turkey, there was also a check-in for flights to Greece, Cyprus, somewhere something else ...Well, yes, these are all the little things that are forgotten immediately after checking in your luggage and receiving the cherished boarding passes. By the way, at passport control they asked me for my daughter’s birth certificate, because she has a separate, new passport, so don’t be lazy, take the document with you, it will be calmer. We also made a notarized consent from the father for the child to travel abroad, but we did not need it. In principle, I think that it is better to play it safe, and suddenly they would ask permission from the pope ...
We flew on an Airbus A-321, for some reason I always thought that airbuses were huge, nothing like that, such a small airplane, seats in two rows.
Surprisingly, there were empty seats in our business class and economy class. A little shocked on takeoff, not scary. Late only 30 minutes, also not fatal. The main thing is that they landed softly and joyfully so, but each one said to himself: “Hello, Turkey! ".

1. Hotel and room.
We went to the hotel on a small bus, brought tourists to Selin and some other three hotels, it turned out quite a long time, but this is also nonsense, because we were already in anticipation ...And now only we remained in our bus: me, daughter Karina and my mom ))) Fortunately, there were only 10 minutes left to go, and now the roof of the hotel can be seen through the pine thickets, is this not paradise ! ! !

We enter the territory and immediately like everything, in my opinion I smell the Mediterranean pines even through the bus))), we stop at the main entrance, the porter immediately picks up the suitcases and takes them somewhere, but we don’t care anymore, and figs with these suitcases, most importantly, we like it here ... ))) We go into the hall and take a look around ... , the first impression is WOW, what open spaces, different sofas around, a large bar, a coffee house, some shops, well, the reception is in the center, again we love everything!
They settled in 10 minutes, exactly the time I was looking for a pen and filling out a card, they gave me a booklet with information about the hotel in Russian, put a key card (2 keys) and three cards for beach towels into it, on the first page they wrote room number 6812 ...Being in euphoria, without asking which way we should go to get into the room, we approach the main porter (or whatever else to call him, I don’t know : -)), he asks for the room number and, having heard 6812, tells us that this is a lake, you need to go outside, get on a golf cart and we will be taken to the indicated room, and then our suitcases will be brought. We are again at the reception, by the way, most of them speak Russian, I explain that I booked a room in the main building, they tell me, they say, take a lake, you won’t regret it, it’s more expensive, which means it’s better, well, or first look, if you don’t like it, we’ll settle to the main building ...That's it!
We sit in a golf cart, they drive us past such beautiful houses, which are very close to the main building, and we keep driving and driving ...we have arrived ...The porter, he is the driver of the car, asks if we know where the door we need is, shake our heads negatively . He leads us somewhere under the stairs, opens the door and here we are in the room. It’s probably good to live in lakes, provided that they are near the main building, but there were several BUT: firstly, the first floor, and secondly, this house was the most distant from the main building, and therefore from the sea, in thirdly, even with the lights on, it was somehow dark there, fourthly, I go out to the so-called balcony and find myself on the road, along which golf carts and staff walk every now and then, and fifthly, on the floor, of course , tile, not carpet. Although the room itself is nice and spacious. All I said to the driver was: “Take us back, please! ".
At the reception, they were very upset when they heard that we didn’t like it in the lake and said that there were no good rooms in the main building, only rooms overlooking the construction site, where it was constantly noisy, to which I said that if we want to sleep, then we won’t make any noise interfere ...It should be noted the attentiveness of the receptionist who registered us, unfortunately, I do not remember his name. He noted several times that if we are not comfortable and noisy in this room, then after 3 days it will be possible to change it, as there will be a mass departure. Or you can settle in a “good” room now, but in 2 weeks we will have to move to another “good” room, because we arrived for a long time, and there are no free “good” rooms for a full 20 days. I nod my head, thinking at the same time, “let's get the keys faster, ” and now they crossed out 6812 on my little book and wrote 5032.

Again I go to the main porter, he looks at the room, smiles and says Ok, take this elevator, we will bring things in 5 minutes!
The hotel is huge and it seems that it is very easy to get lost when looking for a room, but this is not so, there are signs everywhere on the floors, so we effortlessly reached the 5th floor and found the cherished numbers 5032. While I was looking for a map with a trembling hand and opened the door, the excitement was felt. The first thing we did when we were in the room was to go out onto the balcony and… lo and behold, we like everything))). The view is partly not of a construction site, as we were told at the reception, but of the already built chic Ali Bey Resort Side, surrounded by pine trees, it just started working in 2010, but not all buildings seem to be functioning yet, interior decoration of some buildings is underway, but it does not create noise and discomfort.
And the “noise from the construction site” actually turned out to be noise from the air conditioning system, but these “fans” or whatever they were, were on the sidelines and, moreover, they were not that noisy, and even more so when the balcony door was closed. And the most remarkable thing is that with all this you can see the sea, that is, this is essentially a typical side view of the sea, in general, a class! ! ! There is a table on the balcony, 2 wicker chairs and a small clothes dryer, I’ll immediately note that we usually fit 3 swimsuits, some underwear and, perhaps, everything, well, or some other Karishka T-shirt or T-shirt (this is so to estimate the size of the dryer : -))
In addition to a balcony with a side sea view, the room had 2 fairly wide beds, a comfortable sofa on which my daughter slept, a spacious closet where even empty suitcases fit after they were unloaded, and the first closet consisted only of shelves, and there was also a free safe in it along with instructions for its use, everything is very simple and clear, and the second cabinet with a crossbar and a large number of hangers, as well as boxes for shoes. All our rag and shoe belongings are wonderfully settled in the closet and it looks like he was comfortable there))). The hangers that we took with us just in case were not useful! Opposite the cabinets there is a large mirror and a door to the bathroom and toilet, there is a bathroom with a shower and a glass screen, which was very convenient, no splashes and, accordingly, a wet floor, a container with Schauma shampoo hangs near the shower.

I don’t use it, I always drive my shampoo, so I can’t say anything about the quality, but my mother washed her hair with it, she said that it was a completely normal shampoo. Near the sink is a container with liquid soap, used it, ordinary soap. There is also a hair dryer, sucks, of course, but if you just need to dry your head, then it’s quite suitable, but for styling, as in my case, it’s better to carry your own, which I actually always do)) Mom dried her head with a hotel hairdryer, she liked it. The set of bathroom accessories contains 2 shower caps, a few cotton buds and cotton pads and everything seems to be everything, although I thought that there should be more in a 5-star hotel, but this is nothing, because I always have everything with yourself)) There were also 2 terry white bathrobes hanging in the bathroom, which we put on only to take a picture, and a bunch of different towels: three large bath towels, three small ones for hands and one for legs.
The room has carpet on the floor, which could not but rejoice us. The mini-bar is full: 4 cans of beer, all kinds of Pepsi, Fanta, 7 up, carbonated and non-carbonated mineral water, replenished daily for free. And here again, the attentiveness of the staff is so handy. As soon as we pulled out a bottle of mineral water without gas from the mini-bar, because they were afraid to give our daughter cold water, they didn’t put it in the refrigerator for us anymore, they always left it on the mini-bar. All plumbing worked well. The air conditioning also worked perfectly, when we went to the sea we didn’t turn it off, but when you come, it’s cool in the room, sometimes it was turned off at night, because
it was not hot for us, but this is such a feature of ours, we generally like it to be warmer, so the lowest temperature that we set on the air conditioner is 25 degrees )) to say “outdated” TVs, it would be possible to put a plasma, but this is such a trifle, is it really about the TV! In general, I write in such detail about everything in case it is fundamentally important for someone to have a plasma TV in the room and a full set of bath accessories in the bathroom. In general, we more than liked the room, we immediately decided that we wouldn’t move anywhere from here, besides, another significant plus is that it’s not on the sunny side, i. e. you could easily sit on the balcony and admire the sea floating on it yachts; parachutes, under which tourists dangled their feet, in a word, beauty ! ! !

2. Room cleaning.

We came across just a wonderful maid, so smiling and friendly, cleaned well. On the first day they left her $5 on the bed, a week later another $5. I don’t know if this fact affected the quality of cleaning, but there’s nothing to complain about, and even if there was something, we wouldn’t find fault)). They promised us a change of linen 3 times a week, and a change of towels every day, provided that we throw them on the floor. The first day they threw them on the floor, and on the second day they decided not to throw them, because they were still clean, but they changed them anyway. Subsequently, nothing was thrown on the floor, but the towels were changed every day. Linen was changed every other day, although it could also be done less often)). They twisted all sorts of curlicues from sheets and nightgowns, decorated the made beds with flower petals or simply fresh flowers. In general, everything is at the highest level.

3. Nutrition.
Oooooh, the ultra all inclusive system in the hotel deserves a separate story. First, the layout of the time in the main restaurant:
Breakfast 7.00 – 10.00
Late breakfast 10.00 – 11.00
Lunch: 12.30 – 14.30
Dinner: 19.00 – 21.30
Midnight Dinner: 23.30 – 01.00
Sandwich buffet: 01.00 – 07.00
Breakfast menu: every day there was oatmeal porridge, so delicious yum-yum, a separate table with various cereals (regular corn, chocolate pads, chocolate with honey, light honey, multi-colored rings and some other, I don’t remember), muesli and additions to them in the form of a variety of cookies, raisins, dried apricots, several types of nuts, there were 2 vats of cold milk right there.
A separate table, even several tables with standard cold appetizers: all kinds of sausage cuts, two types of cheese, cheese, several types of olives, cucumbers, tomatoes, some salads, people took everything, I didn’t even try it, it just didn’t fit))), butter all sorts of different things, in packages more fat, in packages less fat, pieces of freshly cut were in a bowl with ice, everyone else took such soft whipped butter that looked like curd mass, I tried it, it was delicious! There was also honey in the combs every morning and always lemon slices and peeled grapefruits, I suppose that it was necessary to squeeze it into salads, but I ate grapefruits just like that, because I love them very much)) There are 5-6 varieties of jams, as always, and still boiled condensed milk, chocolate-nut cream and plain honey, already without honeycombs. They baked a very tasty pita, what a delicious hot one it is, mmmmm, you will lick your fingers.

In general, baking is a separate topic for conversation, in the morning there were so many buns with different fillings (sweet, meat, cheese, without fillings), I didn’t even try most of them. Of the hot dishes, there was always a steam omelet (not fried), the oatmeal already mentioned by me, fried eggs, fried both on one side and on both sides, as you like, soft-boiled and hard-boiled eggs, sausages, fried omelet with cheese, vegetables and greens, you can do without everything, french fries (where to go from it) and my favorite pancakes! ! ! Freshly squeezed orange juice was available on the terrace, where there were also toasters and sandwich makers. My daughter loves sandwiches with sausage and cheese, so sometimes we made them. In addition to orange fresh drinks from coffee, tea, milk, cocoa, juices from diluted concentrates, just water. 5-6 varieties of fruits: necessarily watermelon, grapes, apricots, oranges, plums (we liked the yellow ones very much), apples.
In my opinion, it’s more than enough for breakfast, I didn’t rack my brains for a day how to feed a child and at the same time not eat the same thing every day ! ! !
Late breakfast is, in principle, a continuation of the early breakfast, but without fresh juices and some other dishes, but still there is enough food, we ourselves went to brunch several times, no one left hungry)))
It was possible to dine both in the main restaurant and on the so-called "Side Street", but more on that later. We, personally, always dined at the main restaurant, because we were much more comfortable there. We will come from the beach, take a shower, put on everything dry and go to dinner, knowing for sure that we will not be stuffy, because the restaurant has air conditioning. The menu is varied: there are always two types of soup (white and tomato), but they were always different, from light soups I tried vegetable, mushroom, potato, broccoli, traditional Turkish yogurt soup with rice and herbs, some two more, not I recognized the taste, but everything is very tasty.
Of the tomato soups, I really liked just tomato soup, if you add grated cheese to it, mmmmm it’s so delicious, then I took tomato soup with vermicelli, it’s normal, I also liked the soup, similar to kharcho, some kind of traditional Turkish, it was very tasty. Next to the soups there was always a bowl of crackers. In general, there were cream soups more often at lunch, but at dinner there were also ordinary thin ones))), but we are accustomed to eat the first soup during the day, so I didn’t even try evening soups. Oh yes, it should also be noted that tomato soups are spicier than light soups, so I didn’t take them to the child, my daughter ate light ones, not always, of course, because you can’t even force her to try broccoli soup, but still, without the first one, we tried not manage. Separate tables with all sorts of pickles, vegetables, salads, dressings and sauces, some were amazingly delicious.

There are always several types of meat for hot dishes, as a rule, beef, and lamb, and chicken, cooked differently each time, the fish has always been, by the way, also of several types, it was very tasty steam in some kind of white sauce and also with vegetables , not bony. Of the side dishes, there are usually two types of rice (I’m ready to eat their rice at least all day long), one is ordinary white, the other with some additives, several types of pasta, I never took myself, but I took ordinary spaghetti for my child, there were bowls with grated cheese, two types of french fries, one lighter, the other darker (I have never eaten it myself, so I don’t know what the difference is), the child, however, took light fries a couple of times when she really wanted fries.
For those who still try to keep track of nutrition even with ultra all inclusive, there were always various vegetable dishes on the hot side: either zucchini soufflé , then cauliflower, then broccoli, then Brussels sprouts, all kinds of vegetable casseroles, sometimes just steamed vegetables. But everything is worthy and tasty! Of the fruits, everything is the same as at breakfast, but some more were added, for example, pears, blue plums, or replaced, for example, apricots with peaches. Well, a sweet table, cakes, all sorts of soufflé s, cakes. For us, all this was more than enough, we were always full and satisfied)))
Dinner in Turkey is always the most varied and rich in the number of dishes. As I wrote above, there were also two types of thin soups, not the same as at lunch, but more reminiscent of ours, but I have not tried them. Again, several types of meat and fish (not like lunch), and each type of meat could be cooked in two, three ways.
For example, chicken in some kind of sauce, chicken roll with vegetables, grilled chicken (this is from what I remember exactly), there were always two types of fish - grilled and some kind of steam or stew. The side dishes are almost the same as at lunch, but the rice, which was already with additives with some other additives, is not the same as at lunch, sometimes there was mashed potatoes. The choice of salads is much larger than at lunch. At dinner, grilled dishes were added, in addition to meat and fish, vegetables were cooked on the grill, I really liked the tomatoes. Melon, cherries were added to the fruit table, which I talked about above, once there were pineapples. The sweet table was also much larger than at dinner, baklava was always added, several more types of cakes, pastries, several times there were my favorite profiteroles in chocolate, eclairs and some other pastries similar to bush. How delicious is this, mmmmm! ! !
In addition to the main restaurant, from 12.

30, the “Side Street” already mentioned by me began to work, which is a small street with tables in the middle and cafes on both sides, fans work under the ceiling, but it’s still stuffy, so we went for lunch to the main restaurant. On "Street Side" everything is free too! ! ! I can list what they offer to eat, but only list, because we didn’t try much there.
So, at the very entrance to this street, on the right, there is a showcase with hamburgers and french fries, people wore hamburgers just some royal sizes)), opposite the hamburger baked pita (both without everything and with fillings); right behind the pita (on the left side) they prepared doner, some kind of meat on the grill, some people carried cutlets; on the right side opposite the dö ner, one after another, there are showcases with sushi and something else Chinese (I tried a very tasty chicken in some kind of crispy batter), and behind it a showcase with salads and baked potatoes, in which they then add different toppings according to your taste. Once they took such a potato with vegetables, I also liked it, it was very tasty.
Then "Side Street" turns left, on the left side on the corner there is a bar with drinks, soft drinks (coffee, tea, cocoa, ice tea lipton, concentrate juices) you pour yourself, and for any alcohol, as well as for carbonated drinks (mineral water , cola, fanta, sprite) you turn to the bartender, the bartender, as a rule, is not alone, so I did not observe any special queues. Right behind the bar there is a fruit table, next to it is a tap for washing fruits, but the fruits in the bowls were already washed. There are also refrigerators with ordinary drinking water. Further on the left side is a showcase with several types of ice cream, for 20 days of our stay they gave vanilla, lemon, chocolate, caramel, strawberry and sometimes banana (very tasty) ice cream. There was usually a line for ice cream, but it moved so fast that it did not cause any inconvenience, besides, we went to Side Street by 15.30 - 16.
00 (after lunch and afternoon rest), when the sun is no longer so active, and by this time there were practically no queues, 3-4 people. Next to the ice cream was our favorite display case - cookies, and behind it were sweets. We really fell in love with shortbread cookies: not sweet, there are even salty ones, with sesame seeds, but they are delicious. We only came to this street to eat ice cream and drink cocoa with these cookies, oh, well, for gozleme, of course)). After the cookies, a showcase with at least 8-10 types of cakes (I haven’t tried them), then dumplings, various pasta, and some casseroles were still cooked on the left side. This street ended with a potato showcase, there were potato balls, and some sausages, and french fries again, and country-style potatoes, my mother took some kind of “pie” “not a pie” puff with cabbage, was in delighted, then she took exactly the same with cheese, she said that it was not very good, it was tastier with cabbage.

Gozleme was baked right behind “Side Street”, we took it with cheese and meat, for some reason it was always spicy with cheese, it was tastier with meat. There were sometimes decent queues for gozleme, especially when one woman baked, we usually went when two women rolled out, and the boy baked and turned over, it turned out faster. As I said, the street began to work at 12.30. Sushi, salads, baked potatoes, hamburgers, doners, pitas were open until 16.30, confectionery and ice cream until 17.00, gozleme until 18.00, dumplings, pasta and potato showcase until 19.00. This is about "Street Side".
In addition to the main restaurant, the hotel has 7 a la carte restaurants: Asian, Mexican, Italian, Turkish, fondue, barbecue and fish. You can eat in each of them for free once during your stay, but by prior reservation. It is better to start booking immediately upon arrival if you plan to visit all of them, otherwise you may not have time, because.
I didn’t like Turkish categorically: firstly, everything that was offered to us there was on the buffet in the main restaurant, and secondly, the waiters obviously couldn’t cope, the glasses of water were constantly empty, and the food was spicy, I was constantly thirsty, in general , we (and not only us) just got up and left there. I liked hot fondue in the restaurant (the meat was cooked right on the forks in the fondue pot) and dessert - fruits and chocolate fondue, but there is one significant minus, this restaurant is open, therefore, there are no air conditioners. Imagine an evening in mid-July (19.00), the stuffiness is terrible, we got wet while eating there, but otherwise everything is fine: both food and service. They also booked a fish restaurant, but subsequently refused, because they found out that it was also open, I could not stand another dinner in stuffiness, although we were praised for the fish restaurant. We didn’t go to the Mexican one, because
quite often we go to Mexican restaurants in St. Petersburg, and barbecue was offered to us every day at dinner, so there was no point in going to the same restaurant. You can book an a la carte restaurant through a special terminal, one is located on the lobby floor, two more on floor -1 (this is a shopping center). You swipe the card from the number and information about you is displayed on the screen, then you select the date, restaurant, time of visit, number of people and OK, a receipt comes out with which you are already going to the restaurant, where they will take it from you. That's all the tricks : -)

I liked the coffee house in the hotel lobby, in addition to brewed coffee (I took cappuccino, mama espresso) they offered delicious desserts: profiteroles, cheesecakes, shortbread pies with various fillings. Open until 22.00, everything is free.
And I can’t even say for sure how many different bars there are on the territory, they are located everywhere and, moreover, are free))

4. Sea and beach.
The beach is chic, wide, sandy, there were enough umbrellas and sun loungers for everyone, it has a blue flag assigned for cleanliness. But if you want to take a seat in the front row, then you need to get up early, because by 8.00 - 9.00 the first row is already occupied. My mother got up quite early, went to have breakfast, then swim in the sea, at the same time she took places on the beach in the first row and at the children's pool right away, managed to sunbathe a little, and then at 9.00 she went to wake me and my daughter, we calmly had breakfast and went to the beach . We swam, sunbathed for hours until 12.00, then half an hour - an hour by the pool, because my daughter rode down the hills, and then they went to get ready for lunch (they went to dinner by 14.00). I digressed from the topic, but I’m writing about the beach))) So, you can’t imagine entering the sea better - sandy and gentle, for a very long time it’s quite shallow and it’s wonderful, the child frolicked in the sea while I was lying on a sun lounger, it was possible don't worry about her. The sea is warm, warm, and in the afternoon even very warm aground, mostly transparent.
For a couple of days there were small waves with mud, when she washed ashore, she, of course, was removed, but not clean, in some places she remained. But this is nothing, the main thing is that it is still the sea, and it was amazing, so gentle, with small waves that seemed to whisper something softly. You lie on a deck chair with your eyes closed and listen to this whisper, which beckons you to take a dip. How I miss all this now, I want to go back ...

On both sides of the beach there are souls to wash off the minerals))) I, personally, always wash off the salt after the sea, so it is important for me to have a soul on the beach. At the main entrance to the beach and the pier, there are also separate columns for washing feet. The water in the shower was coldish, to put it mildly invigorating, but with a heat of 35-40 degrees it was only a plus (for adults), I was afraid to wash my daughter there entirely, they only rinsed my feet from the sand.

5. Animation and entertainment.
It's all good, well done guys.
Most of all I can write about children's animation, because they took a direct part in it. We didn't miss the mini-disco even once in 20 days, moreover, we bought a CD with songs in the mini-club and now we dance at home))) The animators in the mini-club are just smart. The kids were busy all the time there: constant games, competitions, olympiads, modeling, and drawing, and riding horses, on a banana, and they showed fashion, and they made masks, and just watched cartoons, in the morning every day for children charging, a separate mini-dinner for the kids was. After the mini-disco, diplomas are awarded to the winners of sports competitions, games, diplomas for participation are awarded. Karina received a certificate of training at the school of super agents (they had such a game). In addition, if parents want to go on an excursion, or just take a break from their child, the child is taken to a mini-club and left on receipt.
Contests and games are held on the lawn behind the mini-club, there is a shade there, which means that the child will not burn out in the sun, so everything is thought out! By 17.00 competitions and games ended, we took Karishka, and she was already going to ride down the hill and swim in the pool, or first in the sea, then in the pool. Both the child and we were delighted. On the last evening, they came to say goodbye to the animators in the mini-club, so even tears appeared in their eyes, well, everything is so sincere!
Immediately across the path from the mini-club there is a playground: swings, slides, all sorts of ladders, all this is set on the sand. Somehow the site didn’t really take root with us, we went only a couple of times.

In the main pool, there were always some kind of competitions, games, it was fun to watch, then they played water polo. At the same time, tournaments were held in football, basketball, some other games such as darts and boccia, and the winners were awarded every evening before the performance in the amphitheater. Every day at 11.
00 aqua aerobics, at 15.00 - pedal boats, at 17.00 step aerobics. I went to aqua aerobics 2 times, that's all, I just didn't have enough time for everything, I wanted to spend most of the time by the sea)))
Special mention should be made of evening shows. I liked everything very much. Every Monday and Thursday, Turkish stars Sibel Can and Ebru Gundesh came (I hope I spelled the names correctly), by the way, as the guides told us, these stars are compared with our Pugacheva and Rotaru))). These days you will not find free seats in the amphitheater, the Turks take everything in advance. We listened a little on the first Monday and Thursday, that was enough for us, on the remaining Mondays and Thursdays we didn’t go to look at them. But on other days, the performances were amazing, especially the Chinese acrobats and ladies night show. In 20 days, the shows were repeated only 2 times, I do not mean the days of Turkish stars. It was really interesting, I didn't get bored.
You can find out which show will be exactly today by looking at the information stand next to the main entrance to the main Akasya restaurant.
I can’t say anything about discos, because I didn’t go there, but those who went praised the beach parties and the foam party on the pier very much.
On the territory of the hotel there is an amusement park with carousels, by the way, not only for children. Upon arrival, 2 free tickets per person are issued, but this, of course, is not enough, because we went there every day, and Karina rode most of the carousels. Tickets are sold right there at the box office, they cost mere pennies (I compare with the cost of tickets for attractions in St. Petersburg), and the more tickets you take, the less money you pay. I remember exactly that 7 tickets cost $10. Lunapark opens from 19.00 to 00.00. By the way, there is also an open ice skating rink, so that everyone can go skating (we did not skate).

From the carousels: for the smallest - horses, a train, chains, airplanes, for older children - a dragon or a mini roller coaster (our favorite carousel was), a Ferris wheel, 2 types of cars, a Spanish bull or whatever. There was also a carousel so creepy in the form of a hammer, I don’t remember what it’s called, but there people are put in a cage-like booth, and then this hammer starts to swing, in general, people turn upside down three times in one direction and three in the other. I don’t know how it feels, but the perfect Russian obscenity was heard every time clearly))) Our dad (he missed us and came to visit us for a few days) rode this carousel once, said garbage, I don’t know ...
I went to the water park for show, I went down the same slide 2 times))) There are mainly adult slides, although the children also rode, but I am against such experiments.
And of course it’s wonderful, our dad was delighted, ride as much as you want, absolutely free, no queues, in a word, beauty ! ! !
There are also tennis courts, football fields, minigolf - free of charge (for a fee, tennis lessons and court lighting).
There is also a cinema, by the way, also free. Before the entrance there is a list of films and the time of the show, but with Russian translation, in my opinion, the films did not go, although I do not presume to say, because we