Sunrise - bungalow rooms and the virus

Written: 16 october 2012
Travel time: 30 september — 9 october 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 10.0
In order not to repeat myself regarding the different aspects of the rest in this hotel, I will say that I basically agree with the review "Good hotel" by sergei-j. The only objection is that I will stand up for the Sunrise-Starlight cuisine, which, in my opinion, is quite worthy. In general, the main advantage of the hotel complex is a real botanical garden throughout. I was also impressed by the spa-thalasso-bath center in Starlight (available also to Sunrise guests) - really luxurious, even if you use only free services (hammam), as well as an indoor pool with it.
I will dwell on the quality of the rooms in the bungalow buildings - maybe it will be useful to someone. Apparently, complaints about oldish furniture in many rooms are fair. We (a family with two children) received one of these as soon as we arrived. It seems to be nothing, but somehow not five-star. Air conditioners are dark gray dinosaurs. In addition, the dampness on the ground floor, absorbed by the furniture, filled the room with a persistent smell. And finally, with a rather large total area of ​ ​ the room, the bathroom was just tiny and, although all the plumbing worked properly, it made a depressing impression with its old tiles, faience and tightness.
On the second day of their stay, they turned to the reception with a simple question - is there something newer. And - lo and behold, we received an offer to choose from two other options.

One is in the notorious (according to previous reviews) remote two-story building with a "dormitory" type corridor system. The option turned out to be quite decent: in fact, two separate rooms, one for adults with a double bed, the other for children - with two single full-size beds. Each room has its own entrance, its own bathroom. Everything is brand new. Internal lockable door between rooms. Only the balcony is small. In my opinion, it is ideal for families with older children - they can generally live completely autonomously in their part.
But we chose the second option - a smaller family room on the second floor in a bungalow closer to the main building. Despite the fact that the bungalow building was the same design and age as the first one in which we were settled, the room here shone with newness. Of the gray dinosaur air conditioners, only one has been preserved, and the second has been replaced with a new white one of the same impressive size (and, apparently, power). The furniture is modern, the bathroom is much more spacious, with a full bath, a marble washbasin and modern lighting (see photo).
So, if you want a renovated bungalow room, there are some options there. By the way, they didn't ask for money. Having already moved in, he gave $ 20 in gratitude.
Another point is the virus that raged this year on the Antalya coast, including in this hotel. I did not attach much importance to these messages (in particular, on another popular review site), but it turned out to be true. We were relatively lucky - the symptoms of the disease appeared in the children already on the plane home, to Kyiv, and I myself fell ill a couple of days later. If you fell ill there at the beginning of your stay, you would lose your rest. Most people call it the "coxsackie" virus - a temperature above 39 for one day, a sore throat, but not a sore throat, but stomatitis, possibly indigestion at first, and later a rash on the limbs and / or body that is painful when touched. It seems that everything goes away in 3-4 days, but it can pretty much spoil the rest.
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