Первые впечатления о Турции First impressions of Turkey

I must say right away that we rested in Turkey for the first time, so there is nothing to compare with. Went with three friends. The manager of "Coral" picked up the "5" ultra hotel in Side for us. We flew with the Red Wings company, the flight was excellent, without delays, we liked everything very much. When checking into the hotel, I had to pay an extra $ 30 at the reception, otherwise we would have lived in a room overlooking the road and air conditioners from the entire hotel were noisy under the balcony. The travel agency did not warn us that for the key to the room and for the cards on the towel, a deposit of $ 20 is left for each card, the safe in the room is paid $ 2 per day. This is so, note. We were very pleased with the room we ended up with, on the third floor overlooking the pool. Of course, we didn’t really like the cleaning of the rooms, the bar was replenished every other day, the linen was not changed even once in a week, although the towels seemed to be changed. But these are trifles and because of them you should not spoil your vacation. Everything is solved by contacting the reception, they immediately correct all their mistakes. The room had a very good air conditioner, TV with 5 Russian channels.
The territory is small, but all the free space is occupied by the pool. There are no problems with beds and mattresses. There are water slides. There is nothing to complain about here, it was very wonderful to swim and sunbathe there.
The road to the sea does not take even five minutes. Walk along the road, on one side there is a river and some flowers, on the other a fence. You can even walk in a bathing suit and pareo. For the lazy, there is an electric car, but they didn’t drive it. On the way to the beach in the river there are a lot of fish and turtles, you can feed them with a bun. The beach itself is big and clean. Plenty of sunbeds and mattresses, enough for everyone. The sea is just great! On the beach there is animation from 10 o'clock: darts, boccia, volleyball. The bar also opens at 10 am. There is a paid vitamin bar with cocktails.

We liked the food, everything is very tasty, although it can be monotonous. Meat, though not enough, it is replaced with all sorts of cutlets and minced meat rolls. But there are a lot of chickens, turkeys, fish. Everyone will find something to their taste. Thanks to the staff, they are all very attentive, polite. We tried ice cream only once, delicious. But everyone, like crazy, is gaining five servings in one hand, as if they will not give more. Therefore, we no longer began to stand in line and wag our nerves because of the starving vacationers.
The animation is unobtrusive. The guys are very funny and friendly. Almost everyone speaks excellent Russian. During the day all sorts of games, contests, aqua aerobics, step, table tennis. In the evening, the animation program, to be honest, we didn’t always like it, it was boring. Then a mini disco. The hotel has a club, there is a bar, open until 2 am. The club is small and when we were there, the ventilation did not work, it was very stuffy.
As for drinks. Everything is quite acceptable, but of course you will not find a real Baileys there. Personally, I settled on whiskey-cola-ice and felt great. You can also drink beer, my friends tried it on themselves, everything is fine. The bar by the amphitheater runs out of booze quickly, and the lobby has almost everything and always.
I can’t say anything about the gym, we didn’t take sneakers with us. But he is. There is a sauna, hammam and spa treatments.
The hotel is a paradise for children! Children's pool, slide, mini-club. They are entertained there, arrange discos. For children there is a special room in the main restaurant, tables, chairs, etc.
I will say separately about the hotel guide. They did not provide us with any specific assistance, they did not tell us everything that should have been told about the excursions. As a result, we lost a whole day on an excursion that turned out to be semi-shopping, in the heat and almost without water. Since water is not included in the price of the tour, although we were fed lunch and dinner.
We went to Turkey to rest and had a great rest. The main mood! We really liked the hotel itself, we liked the people who work there, but we did not pay attention to the little things. I recommend this hotel to everyone, excellent value for money.