Не променяю на пятерку Won't trade for five

Guys, last year I went with my husband to Sural Hotel 5, I was very pleased with the rest, I decided to definitely go in 2010 with the children. During the rest in the "five" climbed all the hotels of the Sural network and looked out for the Garden - we liked it so much! - not very big, but everything is there, the territory is well-groomed, green. We thought about it and decided to go to it - for four (two adults and two undergrowths) we saved more than 20 thousand in 12 days. Never regretted anything, honestly! Everything is like in the top five - the food is the same, the furniture in the rooms is the same, the level of service, slides in the pool. The difference is not such a large area as in the Resort and Sural Hotel, there is no mini-club, but it is in the Sural Hotel - 3 minutes walk. At lunch in a restaurant on the beach, alcohol is not on a separate table, but at the bar, you have to ask for a pour. There are no other differences. The range of drinks is the same everywhere - beer is good, wine is not. Cognac local Napoleon is not shameful. In Resort to the sea from the building to go even longer than from us. We walked around all the hotels of the network - we spent time everywhere, rested, as it were, in three hotels at once! No one looked askance at our bracelets of a different color, they used everything - swimming pools, food and drinks in bars, slides, beaches, animation in the Resort - everything was available to us, as well as to the "indigenous" residents. Only in Sural Sarai there was nothing to do - he recalled domestic sanatoriums of the 80s - architecture, territory and retirement age of vacationers.
Summary and tips:
1. According to reviews on the internet and in my opinion, Garden is the best trio in the Side area. He has a triple for the following reasons - the second line (you need to cross the road from the paving stones, along which cars drive once an hour; the distance to the sea is still closer than from some fives); there is no own animation (there is in the Sural hotel, from us to go to the amphitheater as much as from them, they went every day, the level of animation has greatly increased compared to 2009); no mini-club (I wrote about it); no tennis court (available at Sural Hotel)

2. Excellent sandy beach and entrance to the sea
3. From the advice - do not sit in your hotel, feel free to walk around all the Surals. In the Resort, for example, there are very high slides, you don’t have to go to any water parks. In the Sural hotel in the pool at 3 o'clock they do water aerobics very well, in the same Sural in the restaurant by the sea for everyone - free airan, until 12 o'clock there is always, drink, it is very healthy.
4. Do not take excursions at the hotel. On the beach near the Sural hotel there is a water sports "kiosk", a great guy Rasim works there, he is from Azerbaijan, our mentality is very friendly, decent. Take excursions to the hammam and rafting from him, it will be almost half the price. There are no more worthwhile excursions in that area, do not waste your time and money. Have the same Rasim fly on a parachute. In the neighboring village of Cholakli, on Wednesdays before lunch, the local bazaar is very colorful, luxurious fruits, very cheap. I recommend local bananas ripened on a tree, you will recognize them by the shape of sausage loaves - they are straight. Walk to the market 15 minutes. There is a car rental at the tourist market, the owner's name is Emre. For two years they used the services - they took a scooter, bicycles, a convertible for walking. We ourselves went to Manavgat, Side, Antalya. What is worth buying - excellent olive oil, very cheap. Excellent walnuts - in Manavgat there are a lot of shops with spice nuts, there is also black tea. Olives of all varieties, honey in combs and without, amazing. Products made of copper and silver deserve attention.
4. I will go again next year, this is the best place in Turkey!