Better than the sea can only be the sea

Written: 4 august 2015
Travel time: 4 — 11 july 2015
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: 8.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 9.0
Before this trip, we rested in Bulgaria, Montenegro, Greece. We decided to try Turkey, although many people start with it.
HOTEL. We arrived at 8 o'clock. in the morning and we were immediately offered breakfast. At 11 o'clock (and not at 14-00 as it should be according to international standards) we were settled in the first building (it is quieter and calmer) in a room overlooking the sea, the pool. It is worth noting that early check-in and improved sea views were not requested. Many thanks to the Russian-speaking girl Camille at the reception, who is ready to answer and solve almost any of your questions related to your stay at the hotel. The hotel itself is very beautiful, both inside and out. There are many low palm trees on the territory of the hotel that fall into the frame and make the photo exotic, there are hammocks, tents / canopies for relaxation
The second building is closer to the sea, to the pool, but in the evening you can hear the music of the animators for a long time.

SPA, sauna, Turkish bath are located in the second building.
ROOM. Our room was on the second floor, comfortable, beautiful, with decent furniture. The room has a refrigerator, minibar, hair dryer, el. kettle, cups, tea and coffee bags. The mini bar was replenished every day, there are all toiletries, but nothing was replenished during the week of our stay. I had to use my own soap. Big minus - 1. The absence of a door and a side in the bathroom, as a result of which the floor in the entire bathroom becomes wet). 2 - The room was cleaned 1 time per week, and then after we posted the “Prepare the room” sign, the linen was not changed at all. Towels for the beach were changed in the second building (the one closer to the sea), you can change them every day throughout the day.
NUTRITION. The food in the restaurant is beyond praise, well done, thank you!! ! They try very hard! The guys at the bar on site also try to please! The food is wonderful! The main restaurant is located in the first, main building and partly on the street between the first and second buildings - the open part of the restaurant.
Everyone will find food to their taste. For breakfast there were a lot of pastries, pancakes, pancakes, eggs, omelettes, muesli, jams, cheeses, various nuts, prunes, waffles, cookies, 3 types of Turkish delight, baklava, honey in combs, chocolate paste, dried apricots, figs, peanuts, awesome chocolate halva, didn’t like the sausages, there were no smoked ones. Three times a day, even for breakfast, there was amazing mackerel and some other small fish, like anchovies. Fruits (peaches, apricots, plums, kiwis, oranges, bananas, grapes, pears, apples, cherries, too), sugar watermelons, melons are always for breakfast, lunch and dinner. We often saw that fruits were taken out of the restaurant on plates to the rooms, no one scolded. You make your own hot sandwiches. Freshly squeezed orange juice from 7 a. m. to 10 a. m. There is a lot of meat for lunch and dinner: stew, steamed, and grilled. There was always turkey, grilled chicken and chicken in sauce, veal or tongue, even dumplings. There was also fish, liver, mushrooms, stuffed peppers, dolma. Garnish with noodles, spaghetti, rice, pilaf, french fries or fried potato wedges, mashed potatoes. A lot of dishes of stewed or fried vegetables. A lot of salads (were with squid and mussels), a variety of cakes, biscuit rolls, cakes, desserts. At lunchtime and in the evening, ice cream of 6 types in waffle cones is sure to be served. Many dishes are cooked in front of you on the grill: chicken, meat and fish. All cooks wear gloves. As soon as the food in the tray starts to run out, they immediately bring a new portion. Lots of vegetables. Vegetables lie separately, you collect the salad yourself, if you want, and pour it with various sauces, oils. There are no lines for food. There are no problems with free tables either. The waiters work very quickly, as soon as you sit down, they already ask you what you want to drink. Someone wrote that Russian-speakers were the last to be approached - they didn’t notice, drinks were brought immediately and several times. Dirty dishes are cleaned with lightning speed, a new tablecloth is immediately laid out and clean cutlery is put in. If someone spilled something, dropped it, scattered it - cleaning is carried out immediately. There is a children's table. We used the Ala Carte restaurant. We chose fish, very tasty fish dishes! ! In general, you can eat at the hotel around the clock. You can have a bite to eat at any time, you go to the sea right there is a bar, you go to the pool and then there is a bar! The poolside snack bar is excellent.

SEA. The sea is clear throughout the day, you can see the bottom, there were no waves. There was no algae, no debris floated. Each sunbed has a jug for garbage and cigarette butts. Every day the staff cleans the beach. There are rubbish bins everywhere. So it all depends on the level of culture of vacationers. The sun loungers on the beach are far away, directly from the very entry into the sea, but they can be moved to the shore (without an umbrella). They went to the sea in flip flops, the air temperature was 35-45 degrees and the sand was red-hot. The beach is large sandy, there are pebbles at the entrance to the sea, 7-8 steps.
Entry into the sea is very sharp, at a distance of 5-6 meters from the shore for adults (1.65m) along the "neck", for small children it is not very convenient, they swam on circles and mattresses. But we massaged our feet with pebbles, we did not use special shoes.
SWIMMING POOL. The hotel has 4 swimming pools: 1 - for children, 2 - common with a bridge, 3 - with slides (out of 6 slides, 5 worked), 4 in the second building, indoor, near the spa center with cooler water.
The common pool is large, as a result of which there is no crowding, no one bothers anyone to swim, jump, dive. The pool is good and clean. The water in the pool is warm. We spent most of our time by the sea.
Water slides worked on schedule. There was always an attendant on the slides and said when the next person could slide down. Thanks to him, I was always calm that my child, having rolled down, would have time to sail away from the slide before the next person went down.
THE INTERNET. Wi-Fi catches well in the pool bar, they mostly used it there, a little worse in the lobby.
ANIMATION. Animation in the hotel is, the animators are trying very hard. How good, I can’t say, we didn’t need it. It was a birthday party, the chefs baked a huge cake and after congratulating the "culprits" they distributed it to everyone. It was Turkish night. There was an evening for the best married couple, etc.
HOLIDAYERS. During our stay 20% Russians, 20% Germans, 20% Turks, 12% Czechs, 9% Slovaks, 8% Poles, 4% Romanians
Despite some shortcomings, the hotel left a good impression.
Leaving, at the reception, a sympathetic and friendly girl Camilla asked our opinion about the rest at the hotel. We did not have time to answer, as she herself admitted the lack of cleaning of the rooms. She said that the salary of the maids is small and they don’t want to get a job with them because of this. And everything else, if you do not delve into the details, is wonderful. Come and have a rest.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original