The fish rots from the head

Written: 29 march 2013
Travel time: 30 july — 7 august 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
3.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 3.0
Service: 4.0
Cleanliness: 5.0
Food: 3.0
Amenities: 6.0
I rested there from 2007 to 2011 inclusive, in some years even 2 times. At first, even under the old administration (husband and wife Oksana and Konstantin), the base was excellently landscaped and equipped, since then half of the trees and shrubs have already dried up, but with the new ones everything looks sad, although the roses have not yet been destroyed. At first there was no air conditioning in the dining room, but the food was excellent, and although without frills, the food was delicious, varied and everyone was full. Under the new owners, the emphasis was solely on making money, because from year to year prices are rising, and the quality of service is falling. In terms of nutrition, in general, for the last year the main emphasis has been on chicken legs in their different versions and portions cut to the limit. The food ration is also far from a fountain, although they came up with a customized menu, and finally put air conditioners in the dining room, but I want to say that nutrition has deteriorated significantly. Nothing has changed in the rooms over the years, only it broke off and, in general, of course, the order at the base began to specifically limp, although a lot of course depends on the vacationers, the contingent has changed lately, again, not for the better. Separately, a few words about the beach: it doesn’t exist, and no one worked on those 20 meters near the pier until the year 11, when they finally brought several cars of granite stone there, apparently unloaded it on the beach in the fall and the sea polished it as best it could from sharp edges, but walking along it’s still hard for him without shoes, but children can’t do that at all. There are a lot of boulders at the entrance to the sea. Previously, there was an agreement between the administration and the neighboring MAI base, but the new owners obviously didn’t share something with the Muscovites and last year they put bars at the entrance and came up with security with passes, in general they cut off access to their beaches, although they themselves frankly, they didn’t deal with their beaches all these years, but simply used them, there is only one normal with small pebbles opposite the central building of the MAI. On the other hand, the beach of the neighboring base, plus there is a pioneer camp and a bunch of cottages, in general, there is nowhere to fall, they didn’t even try to go there. In short, the MAI beach in bars and swearing with the guards became the last straw after which we decided for ourselves that this place no longer suits us. Without a car, there is nothing to do there, and parking is free. . There are 2 km of a steep climb to the highway uphill and 30-40 minutes to Alushta, the prices for taxi drivers at the base are exorbitant, a minibus goes upstairs, but you still need to get there. About the rest, in general, they write quite truthfully about themselves. The nature there is beautiful, the sea too, but something needs to be decided with food and especially with the beach. . .
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