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I went to Kolos on the advice of one of the women who visited Kolos last year and wrote a review on one of the sites. Vacation I appoint myself, so it is possible to order tours early. I ordered in January. At first I thought through a travel agency, then I decided to take a direct risk. It turned out - not in vain. Firstly, you can simply book a room by paying for one day, and pay for everything else on the spot. Secondly, the RUR / UAH rate in Ukraine is more profitable than ours, so when buying for 20 days, you can gain 10-15 thousand rubles. on the exchange. Well, and thirdly, what I learned already on the spot, if you order directly for a long time, then they give you a cumulative discount card. Next time another 6 thousand can be saved. You can order from any day, but only the category of the room, not a specific one. I decided to take a three-ruble note in the third building. In this case, I had to pay the full price for my 5-year-old daughter, but there were three full beds. You can order half a day, i. e.
leave not after breakfast, but after lunch. I did just that: we have a train at 16:05, and lunch starts at 13:00. On the last day in the morning we managed to have breakfast, swim in the sea, have lunch, and then the driver drove us an hour to Simferopol and we still had forty minutes before departure. On average, in a three-ruble note, a standard costs two thousand rubles per person. It includes everything that is indicated on the site, plus all concerts, films, cartoons, excursions around Alushta, plus 7 types of procedures 10 times for 20 days.
They issued an invoice in hryvnia, paid in a regular Russian bank at our rate (2.32) for one day of stay to fix the reservation. Before leaving, I ordered a transfer through the on-line manager Tatyana on their website. The train arrives at 13.05, lunch is from 13:00 to 15:00, and we agreed that the driver would bring us so that we could get to lunch. The transfer is slightly more expensive than a taxi (275
against 250 UAH. ). At the exit of the train, a driver with a sign with our name was waiting for us.
I took a heavy bag from my wife and carried it to a taxi. We arrived. The driver dragged the bag to the reception. The porter carried the bags from the reception to the room. Very quickly they issued, put on bracelets (we were determined by them as residents of the sanatorium), and we were able to have lunch. Thanks to the girls who are on the left and right in the photo in the rotation on the main page of the site. What I didn’t like is that the reception does not check the availability of certificates from children and adults. You are supposed to go to the doctor and she will check them. But there is a chance that people will not go to the doctor. Then the sanatorium itself may regret it. I wrote to them as a disadvantage. This, by the way, is a problem not only of this sanatorium, but also of many others. You have to be stricter: check at least the availability of certificates at the reception. And then the doctor will check the contents.
I’ll tell you right away about the location of the sanatorium and buildings. The resort itself is located in the center of Alushta.
On one side, behind the fence, there is a city street, separated by cypress trees densely planted along the fence. If the case windows face this direction, then
passing cars can be heard at night, just as you hear them from the windows of a city apartment if they go outside. We have so
was, but did not experience any inconvenience. Five minutes walk - the so-called first ring. There is a mini fruit market.
I did not take fruits there, because they sell them in stalls along the road. Until the next ring (square) another 5 minutes. All good things are there
civilizations: the old city market, grocery, pharmacies, a hairdresser, a photo studio, a cinema, a two-story supermarket
(products / chemistry / equipment - something like M-video), exchangers, etc. it is more profitable to change there: if the exchanger near the sanatorium had a rate of 2.35, then there it was 2.45-2.50.
There are three buildings on the territory of the sanatorium, and each has its pros and cons. The first is a skyscraper. Part of the windows overlooks a beautiful mountain. Another part of the territory.
In the building there is a reception desk, a USSR bar with free soft drinks, a left-luggage office with safes, a 24-hour medical post, and on the second floor there is a place to relax with a football game. Cons: in the hot season, before sending the bus to the beach, the elevators are loaded, and one more thing: if only one girl remains at the reception, and she draws up someone, then you have to be patient and wait for the key. In the second building, part of the windows overlook the alley of the sanatorium, and part - on a rather dark courtyard. The building also has its own 24-hour administrator. Minus (or plus? ) - there is nothing but the reception desk: a medical center and bars in other buildings. In the third building, in addition to living rooms, there is a medical center. Convenient, you don't have to go anywhere. Downstairs are administrators and a medical registrar who work around the clock. The shape is a square with a courtyard in the center (something reminiscent of some Soviet schools).
The balconies in the third building are common and run along the perimeter inside this square. On the balconies there are hangers for drying clothes, the number of which can be increased upon request. The windows look out on 4 sides: to the city street, to the dance floor, to the pools and to some other courtyard, but I didn’t go there, I don’t know. A bar "Cuba" is built into the building from the outside. on the case there are two speakers aimed at the pool, so they don’t strain. However, the second building is located on the same side, and I don’t know how they hear it. All buildings have water coolers. Surprised that you can not get hot water. after some questioning, I found out that some mother had slammed her ears, and her child was scalded from this cooler. And the water was turned off. In the middle of our vacation, they tried to turn it on again, however, apparently, something happened again, and there was no hot water again. She remained only in the cooler in the exercise therapy room.
If I were in the administration's place, I would not be sloppy, but I would let my parents sign the safety rules and for violations I would also exact from negligent parents. Also in each
The case has vases with caramels, my daughter loved them very much. But redneckness is indestructible, so more than once I watched how dads
handfuls of these sweets were scooped out of vases. Also in each building there are racks with posters of all events for the day. In addition, the administrator has schedules of events for the week with timings, bus schedules that you can pick up. Same
Found in the room upon check in. Announcements are also posted near the dining room, where animators can still stand and advertise the most important of them. The dining room has a schedule of all excursion programs, however, it is on every corner in
the city itself.
The territory itself is very green: palm trees, magnolias, cypresses, pines, all sorts of exotic shrubs, herbs - all with signs with descriptions, like in a botanical garden. The air is wonderful. The owner is gradually replacing the old tiles with stone (I am glad that gradually, because the money is distributed very competently: a little bit for beauty, a little bit for animation, a little bit for concerts, but in general everything is gradually improving), for some reason covering the stones with a special varnish (a couple of evenings for three hours the air was not so wonderful). There are a couple of natural gazebos, one of them has a cage with parrots. Multicolor. Several small fountains. At the entrance - a large plan of the entire resort - do not get lost.
Along one of the two central alleys, closer to the fence, there is a children's town.
Nice playground with stairs, swings, slide, sandbox, house, one big and, in my opinion, three small bouncing trampolines, one big inflatable (only open from 15:00 - siesta? : -)), children's labyrinth with a ball pool and electric car. All this is constantly monitored by a security guard and does not allow several children to jump on a trampoline at once in order to exclude injuries. Of course, everything, as they say here, "bezkoshtovno. "
I want to talk about protection separately. Several people are combing the entire territory (especially actively after dark). At the entrance, the checkpoint passes only on bracelets. Strangers without bracelets can enter the territory in two ways: either they are paid visitors to the treatment center, or, in agreement with the administrator, guests of vacationers until 21:00. Security guards and does not let the children of such visitors even into the labyrinth, not to mention the pools - they themselves observed such a picture.
Returning to our journey.
After a quick registration at the reception, we received a health book. I asked about the safe and went
put documents in it. In order to get into the safe, you need to ask the porter to open the luggage room. You can leave ordinary things in the storage room. There are also safe boxes with combination locks. So it is unrealistic to approach the safes unnoticed. Everything is also free.
Now about lunch (true for breakfast and dinner). There are three halls in the dining room - a VIP on the second floor, served by waiters, for suites / junior suites, and two common ones - below. Downstairs you can eat in any: dine in one, dine in another. We ate in the left one, as there was a microwave and it was possible to heat it up if it got cold. At the entrance to the hall, the administrator stands and makes notes in the books. Nearby are boxes with keys, like in supermarkets, where you can put bags.
The administrator (or rather, there are two of them, they work every other day), seeing that we had just arrived, explained to us the rules in the dining room. Yes, and in the future, the administrators helped us: they indicated where the microwave was (then they put it in a conspicuous place) and explained that it could be warmed up in it, if something got cold, at the request we were given deep plates for dinner (they are only available at lunch) for cooking buckwheat with milk for a child, dessert spoons, helped pour compote when the dispenser broke, etc.
A set of dishes for the whole day hangs at the entrance to the dining room. The food is amazing, homemade. My wife cooks, albeit in a variety of ways, but usually - pasta, mashed potatoes, buckwheat, oatmeal, boiled meat, sometimes goulash, cutlets, stews. We are all busy people. And here you immediately have a choice: And goulash, and fish, and meatballs, and several side dishes, and two types of the first, and whatever salads you want, and pancakes, and buns, and fruits. I must say, the chef plans very well.
Firstly, cutlets, pieces of fish, etc. are small, so you can pick up as many pieces as you eat and not take too much. Secondly, most vegetables for salads are in the form of large pieces, and dressings (oil, vinegar, tomato sauce, sour cream, mayonnaise) separately. Therefore, vegetables do not sour, and you can do what you like. There are also ready-made "names". Everything is in small trays, and when the tray is half empty, they take it away and take out a new full one. I did not find sour, missing products during my stay. Fruits endured those that grew at that time - apples, pears, grapes. From exotic - oranges. This is normal, for exotic you can go to the market. The children were periodically given juices. As for the juices that they were not given to adults, I did not worry.
My brother at one time worked as a microbiologist in one of the Russian juice companies and said that natural juices are only from apples, and all the rest (even pear, carrot) are brought in the form of concentrates from abroad. So natural fruits are healthier.
There are no trays in the dining room, you have to carry plates in your hands. There are moments in the dining room when it overflows and there is not enough space for everyone. It comes at 13:15 when the last morning bus from the beach comes and everyone goes straight to the dining room and starts all the revenge. Therefore, advice: either come to the dining room before this time, or somewhere in half an hour after it - it will be freer. Enough dishes, do not worry - they are updated somewhere every 20 minutes. But there may be unexpected substitutions: for example, for the first time, among other things, there is goulash, and when it ends, it is replaced with cutlets. Or, for example, green grapes are taken out instead of black.
If this is critical, then it makes sense to come before 13:15. There is also a feature in the morning. It is better to leave for the beach at 9:30 at the latest, because umbrellas can run out (there are always sun loungers), so it is advisable to eat before this time. In the evening at 19:00 there are classes for children. If you don't want to be late, eat early. I did not see any special benefits in the meals in the VIP room. Pluses - a guaranteed place, a guaranteed set of dishes. Cons - you have to wait, if you change your mind or something else you want - constantly drive the waiter and wait again. The menu is the same.
Of course, to the dining room, as elsewhere, there are individuals who collect huge plates, so then what you want
you have to wait until the next change of dishes (~20 min. ). This, in particular, was with pancakes, when the tray was simply swept away
by one woman. As a result, the baked pancakes were taken out into the hall, so that you could come up with a plate and, after waiting, get yourself a reasonable amount.
With the distribution of grapes, I would do the same. This is how they do it in Egypt: there, for example, they give out several
slices of watermelon in your hands, and then, if you still want, you come up and take the same amount. Then they will not grab and sort through everything, and then leave half on the table.
After dinner we went to our room. The room (treshka-standard) is small. The size did not bother, because almost all the time you are outside
numbers. If the family is bigger - it makes sense to take a junior suite - there is an additional sofa. If a child is learning to walk, take a suite - the furniture is upholstered there. Our room had three beds, three bedside tables, chairs, a coffee table, a refrigerator, a TV, air conditioning, a wardrobe, a clothes hanger, a shoe rack. There is carpet on the floor, nice wallpapers and curtains. Bathroom - a toilet, a shower with a film curtain, a washbasin, a shelf with a glass, a towel ring (the fact that only one is not enough : -(). There are six towels in the set: three bath and three ordinary ones.
Everything is clean.
As for cleanliness, it is worth noting here. Cleaned, vacuumed
everyday. Towels (all) were changed every day (! ) (I think it's too much). I even then sent the maid myself to not clean up. There are signs "Do Not Disturb", "Please Clean", "Please Change Towels". It's a pity there are no signs "Please do not clean" and "Please do not change towels. " The bed is changed every Saturday.
Things were hung to dry on a common balcony (already described above). Nobody stole anything. The water in the room is hot almost all the time. Sometimes in the evening, after 10 o'clock, it becomes warm.
I would like to note the diligence of the owner. Electricity is not taken in the city, but is obtained from solar panels installed on
hull roof. I think that this system saves many times the payment for electricity and, accordingly, the cost of vouchers.
After lunch, various leisure activities: for adults and older children, outdoor games in live pavilions. I myself am not in them.
I participated, but there was something connected with the photo contest, something-where-when, some kind of quests. Well, during our stay there were 10 different types. If I were the administration, I would publish a list of events for the week, which the administrator has, on the website, so that the tourists who are going to go would also know. And the menu, by the way, would also be published on the site.
For younger children, classes in the building, in air-conditioned rooms (not cold and not hot). Animator Julia (soft character, just for working with kids) taught needlework classes: beading, quilling, weaving from ribbons. Classes were either at 6 o'clock before dinner, we had time to go there, or at 4 o'clock, then we did not go, because my daughter still sleeps during the day. Two more girls (fighting : -)) Ira and Nika organized "Crazy Hands" classes, where they made vases from plastic bottles, sculpted appliqué s, etc. In short, we brought a full package of all this stuff home.
They also rehearsed a children's theater there, but we didn’t go to it - we slept. Unfortunately, I did not find the animators, because they mostly messed around with young people and adults (I know that they played mafia in the evenings), but I did not participate in this. The only thing is that they played great at the Neptune festival. By the way, there were two holidays of Neptune on different days: one by the pools, the other on the beach.
In the evening there was a children's disco. "Lit" Ira and Nika. A good set of children's songs of ours and foreign. The headline was Shakira's song "Waka, waka" (which is the anthem of the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 and which was popular in the resorts of Egypt) - the dance of the Golden Ear. The kids rejoiced, repeated the movements. Discos were not every day (there were other events on other days), and there was a small rotation of songs, so it was not boring. Animators involved adults - snakes, streams, round dances. The kids were happy.
In the cabin, too, there are individuals who are not inferior
small children - they paid for everything, and they cannot be raised. The bus runs comfortably. There, in Ukraine, they bought a Komsomolskaya Pravda and read in it that you can sunbathe before 10 and after 16. The bus runs even later. Never walked to the beach. The density in the bus increases by lunchtime. But up to rush hour in city buses does not hold out. The only thing is when they are removed from the beach, if a storm has begun, then the bus is heavily clogged. If you do not ride city buses, it will be more difficult, but you can also get out. Take a taxi from Kolos hryvnia for 15-20. If you paid, say, 30 hryvnias for a ticket, then these are trifles.
The beach itself consists of two parts: for children - with relatively small pebbles and for adults with larger ones. The beaches are artificial - large stones are poured onto the mountains, and pebbles on top. Stones are a nasty thing. They crawl out from under the pebbles about 2-3 meters from the shore.
And if a child under 7 years old does not reach them and is already starting to swim, then an adult stands somewhere in the middle of the thigh in the water. And then it seems like you want to go further, and your legs are already slipping. You hit the water right away : -). It makes no sense to clean up their sanatorium - there is depth. And the pebbles are blown away by storms (with us there was a storm 5 times). In fact, everyone has such beaches there, so it's not a shame.
In a storm, everyone is removed from the beach, and the bus does not go to the beach. Once, "at the request of the workers, " they were taken to the beach in a storm with a ban on swimming. But there were definitely people who climbed. They warned. Not understood. In the end, everyone was escorted out. Then, the nurses said that four townsmen drowned on the city beach. So it's reasonable. Two lifeguards and a nurse are constantly working on the beach (once a scratched hand was flooded with green paint). Can be rented
mask, fins, mattress, net, swimming pool. Towels are issued free of charge on cards. Hanging sign indicating the temperature
air, water, "capriciousness" of the sea. There is a small kiosk with drinks and ice cream (you have to go up to the embankment, which is true according to the sannorms). No smoking. You also have to go to the toilet from the beach to the embankment. There is a stationary one (I don't know whose it is, but "fuu"), and there is a bio (better : -)). What I really didn't like on the beach was the awning. Although it is long, in the morning the sun rises just opposite the beach and shines under it. As a result, those who arrived in the morning lie down under an awning and still take umbrellas, and then there are not enough umbrellas.
After the beach and lunch, we asked the administrator in the building about the treatment. The medical registrar was also sitting there, a middle-aged woman,
who, although it was already late, issued us three invitations to the doctor Gurzhiy. The two went to her. Very nice woman
got acquainted with our sores : -) and began to recommend programs to us. Although I asked her not to put too much pressure on us, she
she told us that since we arrived at the sanatorium, we need to heal : -). She wrote us massages, baths, a gym, a magnet, a laser, etc. Well, of course, we messed around a little - we still came to rest. And so everyone would have to do 50 procedures. Massage is free for one area only. The wife expressed her desire to massage the entire back, so
paid extra for about 400 rubles (2 more zones) for one procedure. Daughter back massage and salt cave for free. All nurses
friendly, sociable: masseuse Anna, strict Svetlana and soft Nina from physiotherapy, Olga and Nadezhda (in my opinion) from
balneology, Ekaterina in the exercise therapy room. An incident occurred in the physiotherapy room: when I first went there, I saw
devices that look like radio devices of the 70s, on which we studied at the university. I'm quiet until my sister
sees, began to look through the nameplates of devices. 2010.2011 years! Just domestic appliances.
I checked the specifications on the Internet - excellent devices! Again - respect for the owner, does not spend money on beautiful boxes, and in prices,
accordingly, it does not drive. Treatment is cheaper. The only thing that strained: if in the massage room we had numbered sheets, then we had to go to the physiotherapy room with our own towels. It would be possible to have personal disposable.
We tried the pools in the evening. There are 4 of them. One indoor, mainly for classes, open until 21:00 and three open - for children
heated (28C), adult shallow heated (28C) and adult large deep (22C), open until 20:00 (except
specialist. evenings). Towels are issued by cards at the pool. There are a lot of sun loungers by the pool, but when there is a storm, you have to catch them. The water is clean. Vacuum the bottom and walls every day. Once the water in the heated pool turned cloudy. Why dont know. The next morning they were cleaned for a long time.
Periodically at night, the water was drained completely - they also cleaned it. By the pool - a bar Cuba built into the 3rd building. On the side of the bar - dispensers with free lemonade, hibiscus and something else. Drinks are not very tasty. I think it's diluted. Complimentary hot herbal teas and coffees are available from the bartender. Tea is very pleasant, coffee is ordinary - instant. In the 1st building, in the bar of the USSR, containers with tea and coffee stand next to the dispensers - you don’t need to ask the bartender. I took my daughter a fruit cocktail there - 10 hryvnia. Alcoholic drinks are more expensive - 25 hryvnias and more. But I won’t name it for sure - I don’t drink : -).
In the evening, the "Bubble Show" came and performed in the concert hall. I want to say a special word about the hall. The owner - well done - did not destroy everything Soviet. He restored the hall, left all the stucco. Beautiful. The hall is air-conditioned, but a number of seats blow through from the edges of the hall. Air conditioners can be turned off upon request.
During our entire stay in the hall, we saw two different bubble shows, two different circuses, a People's Artist of Ukraine from Simferopol, a group of girls (a la "Brilliant") from the same place, the Alushta Children's Ensemble of String Instruments. They showed cartoons during the day. Several times there were films. Those who wanted 3D could go to a nearby sanatorium. I didn't watch, to be honest, I was resting : -). All these concerts are organized by a very cheerful, groovy uncle (he also records excursions, concerts in the city, organizes excursions around Alushta). He himself is not averse to singing (yes, not bad how! ) And in Ukrainian, and in Belarusian, and in Russian. He showed this at an interesting concert, where the workers of the sanatorium and just vacationers participated.
It was very interesting, for example, to see animator Irina in evening dress, performing "And in the end I will say", after her performance in a wide yellow T-shirt at a children's disco, and shorts, fishnet tights and sailor suits at the Neptune holiday. And there was also a Ukrainian day, with dances, songs, vodka...
We also enjoyed ourselves. For 50 hryvnia, the driver took us to the Alushta water park. The water park is not bad: more than a dozen slides, several interesting pools. There are toilets everywhere, so the risk of swimming in dirty water is reduced. An adult there pays 280 UAH. per day, child - 250. If you come to the end of the day, then the prices are lower, but not by much. There is a large, neglected park next to the sanatorium. It has standard rides for a children's park. There is a large aquarium and terrarium. The exhibition "Crimea in miniature" is interesting. For 250 hryvnias we were taken to the zoo and the Glade of Fairy Tales in Yalta.
On the main alley of the sanatorium, a young Tatar woman, Vasily, was busy with the kids and painted magnets (this is a fee - 20-30 hryvnias). Young people and parents learned to paint oil paintings (this is already more expensive - 250 UAH). It was possible to ride a child in an electric car for free.
If it was necessary to leave for a long time, then it was possible to send the child to the "kindergarten" - a children's room, working from 8 to 8 with two professional tutors. There, too, all week (except Saturday and Sunday) classes are scheduled by day. We ourselves did not give, but our friends gave and went on excursions. They said it was ok. For a fee, even with children, they can work out according to the Montessori system.
The behavior of the director was interesting. Before the trip, reading the reviews, I knew that he would be located on the territory of the resort. When we arrived, I tried for 10 days to guess who he was.
It turned out that he was in jeans and a T-shirt, like a vacationer, pushing a stroller with a child, sitting by the pool, eating in the common dining room. In general, it is practically indistinguishable from mere mortals. However, he monitors everything and reacts quickly enough. Of course it deserves respect.
In general, one could not leave the territory of the sanatorium (except for plums, newspapers, souvenirs).
And so our 20 days passed. Back I also ordered a transfer for 270 UAH. The driver brought our bags to the car. But at the station before the train we are already on our own.
That's all.
And what does Turkey, present in the title, have to do with it?
In the first building, in the bar of the USSR, where bartenders stand in pioneer ties, and vacationers can even be accepted as pioneers, where over
bar counter - portraits of everyone from the Politburo of the USSR, and posters from the Soviet era are hung on the walls, a large poster hangs, on
in which grandfather Lenin shows a big figure, and the caption reads: "Our answer to imperialism! ".
And the answer, I must say, is worthy.
leave not after breakfast, but after lunch. I did just that: we have a train at 16:05, and lunch starts at 13:00. On the last day in the morning we managed to have breakfast, swim in the sea, have lunch, and then the driver drove us an hour to Simferopol and we still had forty minutes before departure. On average, in a three-ruble note, a standard costs two thousand rubles per person. It includes everything that is indicated on the site, plus all concerts, films, cartoons, excursions around Alushta, plus 7 types of procedures 10 times for 20 days.
They issued an invoice in hryvnia, paid in a regular Russian bank at our rate (2.32) for one day of stay to fix the reservation. Before leaving, I ordered a transfer through the on-line manager Tatyana on their website. The train arrives at 13.05, lunch is from 13:00 to 15:00, and we agreed that the driver would bring us so that we could get to lunch. The transfer is slightly more expensive than a taxi (275
against 250 UAH. ). At the exit of the train, a driver with a sign with our name was waiting for us.
I took a heavy bag from my wife and carried it to a taxi. We arrived. The driver dragged the bag to the reception. The porter carried the bags from the reception to the room. Very quickly they issued, put on bracelets (we were determined by them as residents of the sanatorium), and we were able to have lunch. Thanks to the girls who are on the left and right in the photo in the rotation on the main page of the site. What I didn’t like is that the reception does not check the availability of certificates from children and adults. You are supposed to go to the doctor and she will check them. But there is a chance that people will not go to the doctor. Then the sanatorium itself may regret it. I wrote to them as a disadvantage. This, by the way, is a problem not only of this sanatorium, but also of many others. You have to be stricter: check at least the availability of certificates at the reception. And then the doctor will check the contents.
I’ll tell you right away about the location of the sanatorium and buildings. The resort itself is located in the center of Alushta.
On one side, behind the fence, there is a city street, separated by cypress trees densely planted along the fence. If the case windows face this direction, then
passing cars can be heard at night, just as you hear them from the windows of a city apartment if they go outside. We have so
was, but did not experience any inconvenience. Five minutes walk - the so-called first ring. There is a mini fruit market.
I did not take fruits there, because they sell them in stalls along the road. Until the next ring (square) another 5 minutes. All good things are there
civilizations: the old city market, grocery, pharmacies, a hairdresser, a photo studio, a cinema, a two-story supermarket
(products / chemistry / equipment - something like M-video), exchangers, etc. it is more profitable to change there: if the exchanger near the sanatorium had a rate of 2.35, then there it was 2.45-2.50.
There are three buildings on the territory of the sanatorium, and each has its pros and cons. The first is a skyscraper. Part of the windows overlooks a beautiful mountain. Another part of the territory.
In the building there is a reception desk, a USSR bar with free soft drinks, a left-luggage office with safes, a 24-hour medical post, and on the second floor there is a place to relax with a football game. Cons: in the hot season, before sending the bus to the beach, the elevators are loaded, and one more thing: if only one girl remains at the reception, and she draws up someone, then you have to be patient and wait for the key. In the second building, part of the windows overlook the alley of the sanatorium, and part - on a rather dark courtyard. The building also has its own 24-hour administrator. Minus (or plus? ) - there is nothing but the reception desk: a medical center and bars in other buildings. In the third building, in addition to living rooms, there is a medical center. Convenient, you don't have to go anywhere. Downstairs are administrators and a medical registrar who work around the clock. The shape is a square with a courtyard in the center (something reminiscent of some Soviet schools).
The balconies in the third building are common and run along the perimeter inside this square. On the balconies there are hangers for drying clothes, the number of which can be increased upon request. The windows look out on 4 sides: to the city street, to the dance floor, to the pools and to some other courtyard, but I didn’t go there, I don’t know. A bar "Cuba" is built into the building from the outside. on the case there are two speakers aimed at the pool, so they don’t strain. However, the second building is located on the same side, and I don’t know how they hear it. All buildings have water coolers. Surprised that you can not get hot water. after some questioning, I found out that some mother had slammed her ears, and her child was scalded from this cooler. And the water was turned off. In the middle of our vacation, they tried to turn it on again, however, apparently, something happened again, and there was no hot water again. She remained only in the cooler in the exercise therapy room.
If I were in the administration's place, I would not be sloppy, but I would let my parents sign the safety rules and for violations I would also exact from negligent parents. Also in each
The case has vases with caramels, my daughter loved them very much. But redneckness is indestructible, so more than once I watched how dads
handfuls of these sweets were scooped out of vases. Also in each building there are racks with posters of all events for the day. In addition, the administrator has schedules of events for the week with timings, bus schedules that you can pick up. Same
Found in the room upon check in. Announcements are also posted near the dining room, where animators can still stand and advertise the most important of them. The dining room has a schedule of all excursion programs, however, it is on every corner in
the city itself.
The territory itself is very green: palm trees, magnolias, cypresses, pines, all sorts of exotic shrubs, herbs - all with signs with descriptions, like in a botanical garden. The air is wonderful. The owner is gradually replacing the old tiles with stone (I am glad that gradually, because the money is distributed very competently: a little bit for beauty, a little bit for animation, a little bit for concerts, but in general everything is gradually improving), for some reason covering the stones with a special varnish (a couple of evenings for three hours the air was not so wonderful). There are a couple of natural gazebos, one of them has a cage with parrots. Multicolor. Several small fountains. At the entrance - a large plan of the entire resort - do not get lost.
Along one of the two central alleys, closer to the fence, there is a children's town.
Nice playground with stairs, swings, slide, sandbox, house, one big and, in my opinion, three small bouncing trampolines, one big inflatable (only open from 15:00 - siesta? : -)), children's labyrinth with a ball pool and electric car. All this is constantly monitored by a security guard and does not allow several children to jump on a trampoline at once in order to exclude injuries. Of course, everything, as they say here, "bezkoshtovno. "
I want to talk about protection separately. Several people are combing the entire territory (especially actively after dark). At the entrance, the checkpoint passes only on bracelets. Strangers without bracelets can enter the territory in two ways: either they are paid visitors to the treatment center, or, in agreement with the administrator, guests of vacationers until 21:00. Security guards and does not let the children of such visitors even into the labyrinth, not to mention the pools - they themselves observed such a picture.
Returning to our journey.
After a quick registration at the reception, we received a health book. I asked about the safe and went
put documents in it. In order to get into the safe, you need to ask the porter to open the luggage room. You can leave ordinary things in the storage room. There are also safe boxes with combination locks. So it is unrealistic to approach the safes unnoticed. Everything is also free.
Now about lunch (true for breakfast and dinner). There are three halls in the dining room - a VIP on the second floor, served by waiters, for suites / junior suites, and two common ones - below. Downstairs you can eat in any: dine in one, dine in another. We ate in the left one, as there was a microwave and it was possible to heat it up if it got cold. At the entrance to the hall, the administrator stands and makes notes in the books. Nearby are boxes with keys, like in supermarkets, where you can put bags.
The administrator (or rather, there are two of them, they work every other day), seeing that we had just arrived, explained to us the rules in the dining room. Yes, and in the future, the administrators helped us: they indicated where the microwave was (then they put it in a conspicuous place) and explained that it could be warmed up in it, if something got cold, at the request we were given deep plates for dinner (they are only available at lunch) for cooking buckwheat with milk for a child, dessert spoons, helped pour compote when the dispenser broke, etc.
A set of dishes for the whole day hangs at the entrance to the dining room. The food is amazing, homemade. My wife cooks, albeit in a variety of ways, but usually - pasta, mashed potatoes, buckwheat, oatmeal, boiled meat, sometimes goulash, cutlets, stews. We are all busy people. And here you immediately have a choice: And goulash, and fish, and meatballs, and several side dishes, and two types of the first, and whatever salads you want, and pancakes, and buns, and fruits. I must say, the chef plans very well.
Firstly, cutlets, pieces of fish, etc. are small, so you can pick up as many pieces as you eat and not take too much. Secondly, most vegetables for salads are in the form of large pieces, and dressings (oil, vinegar, tomato sauce, sour cream, mayonnaise) separately. Therefore, vegetables do not sour, and you can do what you like. There are also ready-made "names". Everything is in small trays, and when the tray is half empty, they take it away and take out a new full one. I did not find sour, missing products during my stay. Fruits endured those that grew at that time - apples, pears, grapes. From exotic - oranges. This is normal, for exotic you can go to the market. The children were periodically given juices. As for the juices that they were not given to adults, I did not worry.
My brother at one time worked as a microbiologist in one of the Russian juice companies and said that natural juices are only from apples, and all the rest (even pear, carrot) are brought in the form of concentrates from abroad. So natural fruits are healthier.
There are no trays in the dining room, you have to carry plates in your hands. There are moments in the dining room when it overflows and there is not enough space for everyone. It comes at 13:15 when the last morning bus from the beach comes and everyone goes straight to the dining room and starts all the revenge. Therefore, advice: either come to the dining room before this time, or somewhere in half an hour after it - it will be freer. Enough dishes, do not worry - they are updated somewhere every 20 minutes. But there may be unexpected substitutions: for example, for the first time, among other things, there is goulash, and when it ends, it is replaced with cutlets. Or, for example, green grapes are taken out instead of black.
If this is critical, then it makes sense to come before 13:15. There is also a feature in the morning. It is better to leave for the beach at 9:30 at the latest, because umbrellas can run out (there are always sun loungers), so it is advisable to eat before this time. In the evening at 19:00 there are classes for children. If you don't want to be late, eat early. I did not see any special benefits in the meals in the VIP room. Pluses - a guaranteed place, a guaranteed set of dishes. Cons - you have to wait, if you change your mind or something else you want - constantly drive the waiter and wait again. The menu is the same.
Of course, to the dining room, as elsewhere, there are individuals who collect huge plates, so then what you want
you have to wait until the next change of dishes (~20 min. ). This, in particular, was with pancakes, when the tray was simply swept away
by one woman. As a result, the baked pancakes were taken out into the hall, so that you could come up with a plate and, after waiting, get yourself a reasonable amount.
With the distribution of grapes, I would do the same. This is how they do it in Egypt: there, for example, they give out several
slices of watermelon in your hands, and then, if you still want, you come up and take the same amount. Then they will not grab and sort through everything, and then leave half on the table.
After dinner we went to our room. The room (treshka-standard) is small. The size did not bother, because almost all the time you are outside
numbers. If the family is bigger - it makes sense to take a junior suite - there is an additional sofa. If a child is learning to walk, take a suite - the furniture is upholstered there. Our room had three beds, three bedside tables, chairs, a coffee table, a refrigerator, a TV, air conditioning, a wardrobe, a clothes hanger, a shoe rack. There is carpet on the floor, nice wallpapers and curtains. Bathroom - a toilet, a shower with a film curtain, a washbasin, a shelf with a glass, a towel ring (the fact that only one is not enough : -(). There are six towels in the set: three bath and three ordinary ones.
Everything is clean.
As for cleanliness, it is worth noting here. Cleaned, vacuumed
everyday. Towels (all) were changed every day (! ) (I think it's too much). I even then sent the maid myself to not clean up. There are signs "Do Not Disturb", "Please Clean", "Please Change Towels". It's a pity there are no signs "Please do not clean" and "Please do not change towels. " The bed is changed every Saturday.
Things were hung to dry on a common balcony (already described above). Nobody stole anything. The water in the room is hot almost all the time. Sometimes in the evening, after 10 o'clock, it becomes warm.
I would like to note the diligence of the owner. Electricity is not taken in the city, but is obtained from solar panels installed on
hull roof. I think that this system saves many times the payment for electricity and, accordingly, the cost of vouchers.
After lunch, various leisure activities: for adults and older children, outdoor games in live pavilions. I myself am not in them.
I participated, but there was something connected with the photo contest, something-where-when, some kind of quests. Well, during our stay there were 10 different types. If I were the administration, I would publish a list of events for the week, which the administrator has, on the website, so that the tourists who are going to go would also know. And the menu, by the way, would also be published on the site.
For younger children, classes in the building, in air-conditioned rooms (not cold and not hot). Animator Julia (soft character, just for working with kids) taught needlework classes: beading, quilling, weaving from ribbons. Classes were either at 6 o'clock before dinner, we had time to go there, or at 4 o'clock, then we did not go, because my daughter still sleeps during the day. Two more girls (fighting : -)) Ira and Nika organized "Crazy Hands" classes, where they made vases from plastic bottles, sculpted appliqué s, etc. In short, we brought a full package of all this stuff home.
They also rehearsed a children's theater there, but we didn’t go to it - we slept. Unfortunately, I did not find the animators, because they mostly messed around with young people and adults (I know that they played mafia in the evenings), but I did not participate in this. The only thing is that they played great at the Neptune festival. By the way, there were two holidays of Neptune on different days: one by the pools, the other on the beach.
In the evening there was a children's disco. "Lit" Ira and Nika. A good set of children's songs of ours and foreign. The headline was Shakira's song "Waka, waka" (which is the anthem of the World Cup in South Africa in 2010 and which was popular in the resorts of Egypt) - the dance of the Golden Ear. The kids rejoiced, repeated the movements. Discos were not every day (there were other events on other days), and there was a small rotation of songs, so it was not boring. Animators involved adults - snakes, streams, round dances. The kids were happy.
In the cabin, too, there are individuals who are not inferior
small children - they paid for everything, and they cannot be raised. The bus runs comfortably. There, in Ukraine, they bought a Komsomolskaya Pravda and read in it that you can sunbathe before 10 and after 16. The bus runs even later. Never walked to the beach. The density in the bus increases by lunchtime. But up to rush hour in city buses does not hold out. The only thing is when they are removed from the beach, if a storm has begun, then the bus is heavily clogged. If you do not ride city buses, it will be more difficult, but you can also get out. Take a taxi from Kolos hryvnia for 15-20. If you paid, say, 30 hryvnias for a ticket, then these are trifles.
The beach itself consists of two parts: for children - with relatively small pebbles and for adults with larger ones. The beaches are artificial - large stones are poured onto the mountains, and pebbles on top. Stones are a nasty thing. They crawl out from under the pebbles about 2-3 meters from the shore.
And if a child under 7 years old does not reach them and is already starting to swim, then an adult stands somewhere in the middle of the thigh in the water. And then it seems like you want to go further, and your legs are already slipping. You hit the water right away : -). It makes no sense to clean up their sanatorium - there is depth. And the pebbles are blown away by storms (with us there was a storm 5 times). In fact, everyone has such beaches there, so it's not a shame.
In a storm, everyone is removed from the beach, and the bus does not go to the beach. Once, "at the request of the workers, " they were taken to the beach in a storm with a ban on swimming. But there were definitely people who climbed. They warned. Not understood. In the end, everyone was escorted out. Then, the nurses said that four townsmen drowned on the city beach. So it's reasonable. Two lifeguards and a nurse are constantly working on the beach (once a scratched hand was flooded with green paint). Can be rented
mask, fins, mattress, net, swimming pool. Towels are issued free of charge on cards. Hanging sign indicating the temperature
air, water, "capriciousness" of the sea. There is a small kiosk with drinks and ice cream (you have to go up to the embankment, which is true according to the sannorms). No smoking. You also have to go to the toilet from the beach to the embankment. There is a stationary one (I don't know whose it is, but "fuu"), and there is a bio (better : -)). What I really didn't like on the beach was the awning. Although it is long, in the morning the sun rises just opposite the beach and shines under it. As a result, those who arrived in the morning lie down under an awning and still take umbrellas, and then there are not enough umbrellas.
After the beach and lunch, we asked the administrator in the building about the treatment. The medical registrar was also sitting there, a middle-aged woman,
who, although it was already late, issued us three invitations to the doctor Gurzhiy. The two went to her. Very nice woman
got acquainted with our sores : -) and began to recommend programs to us. Although I asked her not to put too much pressure on us, she
she told us that since we arrived at the sanatorium, we need to heal : -). She wrote us massages, baths, a gym, a magnet, a laser, etc. Well, of course, we messed around a little - we still came to rest. And so everyone would have to do 50 procedures. Massage is free for one area only. The wife expressed her desire to massage the entire back, so
paid extra for about 400 rubles (2 more zones) for one procedure. Daughter back massage and salt cave for free. All nurses
friendly, sociable: masseuse Anna, strict Svetlana and soft Nina from physiotherapy, Olga and Nadezhda (in my opinion) from
balneology, Ekaterina in the exercise therapy room. An incident occurred in the physiotherapy room: when I first went there, I saw
devices that look like radio devices of the 70s, on which we studied at the university. I'm quiet until my sister
sees, began to look through the nameplates of devices. 2010.2011 years! Just domestic appliances.
I checked the specifications on the Internet - excellent devices! Again - respect for the owner, does not spend money on beautiful boxes, and in prices,
accordingly, it does not drive. Treatment is cheaper. The only thing that strained: if in the massage room we had numbered sheets, then we had to go to the physiotherapy room with our own towels. It would be possible to have personal disposable.
We tried the pools in the evening. There are 4 of them. One indoor, mainly for classes, open until 21:00 and three open - for children
heated (28C), adult shallow heated (28C) and adult large deep (22C), open until 20:00 (except
specialist. evenings). Towels are issued by cards at the pool. There are a lot of sun loungers by the pool, but when there is a storm, you have to catch them. The water is clean. Vacuum the bottom and walls every day. Once the water in the heated pool turned cloudy. Why dont know. The next morning they were cleaned for a long time.
Periodically at night, the water was drained completely - they also cleaned it. By the pool - a bar Cuba built into the 3rd building. On the side of the bar - dispensers with free lemonade, hibiscus and something else. Drinks are not very tasty. I think it's diluted. Complimentary hot herbal teas and coffees are available from the bartender. Tea is very pleasant, coffee is ordinary - instant. In the 1st building, in the bar of the USSR, containers with tea and coffee stand next to the dispensers - you don’t need to ask the bartender. I took my daughter a fruit cocktail there - 10 hryvnia. Alcoholic drinks are more expensive - 25 hryvnias and more. But I won’t name it for sure - I don’t drink : -).
In the evening, the "Bubble Show" came and performed in the concert hall. I want to say a special word about the hall. The owner - well done - did not destroy everything Soviet. He restored the hall, left all the stucco. Beautiful. The hall is air-conditioned, but a number of seats blow through from the edges of the hall. Air conditioners can be turned off upon request.
During our entire stay in the hall, we saw two different bubble shows, two different circuses, a People's Artist of Ukraine from Simferopol, a group of girls (a la "Brilliant") from the same place, the Alushta Children's Ensemble of String Instruments. They showed cartoons during the day. Several times there were films. Those who wanted 3D could go to a nearby sanatorium. I didn't watch, to be honest, I was resting : -). All these concerts are organized by a very cheerful, groovy uncle (he also records excursions, concerts in the city, organizes excursions around Alushta). He himself is not averse to singing (yes, not bad how! ) And in Ukrainian, and in Belarusian, and in Russian. He showed this at an interesting concert, where the workers of the sanatorium and just vacationers participated.
It was very interesting, for example, to see animator Irina in evening dress, performing "And in the end I will say", after her performance in a wide yellow T-shirt at a children's disco, and shorts, fishnet tights and sailor suits at the Neptune holiday. And there was also a Ukrainian day, with dances, songs, vodka...
We also enjoyed ourselves. For 50 hryvnia, the driver took us to the Alushta water park. The water park is not bad: more than a dozen slides, several interesting pools. There are toilets everywhere, so the risk of swimming in dirty water is reduced. An adult there pays 280 UAH. per day, child - 250. If you come to the end of the day, then the prices are lower, but not by much. There is a large, neglected park next to the sanatorium. It has standard rides for a children's park. There is a large aquarium and terrarium. The exhibition "Crimea in miniature" is interesting. For 250 hryvnias we were taken to the zoo and the Glade of Fairy Tales in Yalta.
On the main alley of the sanatorium, a young Tatar woman, Vasily, was busy with the kids and painted magnets (this is a fee - 20-30 hryvnias). Young people and parents learned to paint oil paintings (this is already more expensive - 250 UAH). It was possible to ride a child in an electric car for free.
If it was necessary to leave for a long time, then it was possible to send the child to the "kindergarten" - a children's room, working from 8 to 8 with two professional tutors. There, too, all week (except Saturday and Sunday) classes are scheduled by day. We ourselves did not give, but our friends gave and went on excursions. They said it was ok. For a fee, even with children, they can work out according to the Montessori system.
The behavior of the director was interesting. Before the trip, reading the reviews, I knew that he would be located on the territory of the resort. When we arrived, I tried for 10 days to guess who he was.
It turned out that he was in jeans and a T-shirt, like a vacationer, pushing a stroller with a child, sitting by the pool, eating in the common dining room. In general, it is practically indistinguishable from mere mortals. However, he monitors everything and reacts quickly enough. Of course it deserves respect.
In general, one could not leave the territory of the sanatorium (except for plums, newspapers, souvenirs).
And so our 20 days passed. Back I also ordered a transfer for 270 UAH. The driver brought our bags to the car. But at the station before the train we are already on our own.
That's all.
And what does Turkey, present in the title, have to do with it?
In the first building, in the bar of the USSR, where bartenders stand in pioneer ties, and vacationers can even be accepted as pioneers, where over
bar counter - portraits of everyone from the Politburo of the USSR, and posters from the Soviet era are hung on the walls, a large poster hangs, on
in which grandfather Lenin shows a big figure, and the caption reads: "Our answer to imperialism! ".
And the answer, I must say, is worthy.
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