Review of Saphir Resort & Spa 5*

A review of the tourist about the hotel Saphire (Sapphire) 4**** Alania, Канаклы. Rest is good, but with nuances. Rested from 15 to 28 may 2011 Tez Tour, 66000 rubles (early Booker). Let me say at once that review is based on personal experience, if you have one then the other, then. He is different. Arrived (me, wife, son of 3.5 years) before settling, the room offered quickly (maybe because in this hotel just come alone we), and smiled, обласкали my 3, 5-year-old son (about respect for children later). Wanted to see the room before to sign the card settlement and carry our suitcases (hoping that незаселенный man with a suitcase in the hall oppressively will act on the administration, and if the room is not like, for this reason will be offered another), but then I was convinced that the signature on the card has no effect, and the room I already defined forever. Settled us in a 7-floors building with a view on the street, mosque under construction booth unknown destination, empty boxes from under something (type dump in the road) and the 3-star San Marine. View me not upset, looking out from the balcony realized that some were even less lucky and calmed down. Were even less lucky — it means someone balconies went to the same high building San Marine c «the magnificent» 3-хзвездочным views and lack of sunlight (left wing), someone at the noisy air conditioning the hotel (rooms somewhere 2332 and next), and all on the ground floor at the grid-netting wreathed Naja. Room 2326 (2nd building, 3rd floor, room 26) : standard room, destruction, collapse, rotting furniture, as I read in some reviews. Mini bar — 1.5 l bottle of water, for 13 days (and maybe someone left). Furniture: 2 plastic chairs on the balcony, 3 wooden stools soft in room, table, bedside table, Desk wall, bench, wall, wardrobe, lorry bed and small apartment (of which was immediately done one large rookery). Mattresses normal, orthopedic pillows under (small stuffed with wool; who are used to down, polyester — not). Towels like net (under a magnifying glass not examined). The shower running properly, there standing. Decomposed, went to explore the area. After the evening're supposed to sleep. We arrived after 2-хдневных rain, so the weather was cool, especially at night, so the air conditioning is not used, and the child were afraid to catch cold. As it turned out later this miracle Turkish equipment not managed to deal with the set before it, and may all artificial cool people took with 4 floors above us. Anyway, I don't know the principle of the action of Central air conditioners and do not presume to guess it, but we have not worked, only change the noise level from buttons «more», «less», and the temperature is always the same: at least + 5 C stake, at least at + 35 — FACT. Daytime sleep with this air conditioning hot, although the son and wife slept (true woke up wet as a mouse), I was more 30-50 minutes would not hold and ran into the shadow of the bars the water. Sleep wherever you went, however, the window will not open — machine ездют, however after 2 hours of the night less often. At 4:45 woke up from a wild wail. Of course, I read about the hymns of the mules, but did not think that they will be as loud as the siren in the besieged Leningrad. The benefit is usually 5-15 minutes (but several times a day and evening), the son woke up and we used to be in the worst conditions. Yes, I forgot, I want to give advice, bring earplugs, although in берушах noise enough, who are accustomed to a more or less quiet rest. In my opinion, insulation glass panes does not withstand any criticism, especially when I found gaps in the frames 1, 5-2 see Межстенная by the way good, and perhaps we were caught, quiet neighbors, and in San nodes to hear everything, but it does not matter — it is not visible after all. Housekeeping: left 2 $, one pillowcase posted standard checkmark, the second one was neatly folded; tidied: floor swept (in a hurry), toilet washed, ashtray washed, noise, linen changed, not tidied up the glasses not cleaned, bathroom mirror (all уляпано splashes of soap and washing), shower (with a piece of soap, which has fallen into a corner, and lain 2 weeks), balcony (not swept never), glass balcony did not wash once. A couple of times left a tip, but the quality of cleaning is not affected and we spit. Especially cleaning service: 1 week cleaning starts from one end of the corridor, 2-week — from another. Accordingly 1 week cleaning up dinner, week 2 in the afternoon (poorly who the kids are asleep, we cleaner couldn't get three days). On the first day of a kind a caring mother сперла our plate «remove» and «do not disturb», albeit with a hanging sign knock at the door (can cleaners English is not aware, when I'm on a piece of paper painted skull and bones with the inscription «NO» (as spare plates in the hotel was not), no more crashing in the room with the desire to remove. Morning. In the morning, had Breakfast (about the feeding habits below) and I decided to try my luck with the change rooms. Went to the counter and asked politely if there is a possibility to change the room to the other, since the night of alleged child (Turks because very love children. ) scared of chants mules. I received a polite reply with a smile that the hotel is fully populated and there are no rooms available. I said that I knew that the hotel smelled half, and perhaps less, and saw the available rooms. The answer was that it was on the other side of the pool populate it makes no sense, because there is heard the mule (not verified) + music poolside plays from 10.00 to 18.00 loud (true), + music at night plays from Sammer Garden up to 4 o'clock in the morning (some support this, although I couple of times during the night passed and heard nothing). I was kindly offered rooms in the villas for a nominal charge 300 peanuts $, however, tacitly were sent far away, and that was it. As it turned out later, it's such a policy of the hotel, offer for currency only the numbers of the categories above with an additional charge (one дядечке even penthouse offered), since these numbers are almost nobody buys — all go in the standard. So, it turned out that in the case № 2 do nothing. But there are still building № 1 in the building where респепшен and a main restaurant, there will be better (but I for some reason there was not even offered on the exchange). One of them with sea view (the best), the other overlooking the main pool with bar (music from 10.00 to 18.00 + Sammer Garden at night). In General, the chance to be populated in a good number somewhere in 1 of the 4 (villas in the account are not taken, there is even better but Supplement of 10000-15000 rubles, for the money you can take a normal hotel of a higher class. Tourists in the bus liked Delphin Botanic (km 10 + patient+to no mullahs and quietly) ). Weather: the first 2-3 days: the sea and the pools were heated; after the temperature of the water in the sea has become more bearable, in the basin of the fine, after 1 week of the sea and the pools comfortable. The weather is mostly Sunny day + 30-33 C and The night + 20-25 C. One day was cloudy, without rain — spent time shopping. Meals: the first 3 days, while the hotel was not inhabited food is good, there are no lines, waiters cope, cooks and helpful. Breakfast in the main restaurant: eggs 3-and 5-иминутки, rolls, likeness omelet or алашки or once was fried + tomatoes, cucumbers and olives. A long lunch in the Italian restaurant. There feed: spaghetti, pasta, sauce, French fries, soup (tomato or tripe soup), salad (tomatoes, cucumbers), pickled vegetables, bread, stewed beans and main course (fried fish or chicken for шавермы or eggplants, stuffed with курицой, or deep-fried semi-finished products (fish, chicken) or stewed eggplant with minced meat). Pluses in that opens early and closes later to the main restaurant and the people there not breaking (most awaits you open the main restaurant for lunch). During the day (not remember the exact time, as was seldom) in the bar by the main pool French fries and likeness of hamburger. By the way at the main pool is стоечки in the water, but none brings nothing (although in other hotels, even in a lower class of this mayhem was not), they're so for entourage. The bar by the sea grandmother bakes cakes mainly with tasteless cheese and pepper, rare with potatoes and pepper, for children with crushed nuts and likeness of honey. For my taste is possible only with potatoes that I once did. In other hotels, it seemed to me make tastier, there have gorged himself with food. Lunch and dinner in the main restaurant: of the fruit gave apples or oranges or watermelons or apricots (50% Mature, 50 percent — no) or even some local yellow garbage from the bone. Pasta, diet steam serves 4 species (e. G. : hearts отворные, Col. Cabbage boiled, boiled rice, etc. Etc), pizza likeness, steamed vegetables; deep fried ground remains of yesterday's vegetables; once were fried shrimp, lost in a large number of vegetables, fried fish, fried sausage/sausages; minced meat in butter; stir fried chicken; once was a lamb; tuna in a different state (maybe even what are the main dishes were, now I can't remember), soup; salad tomato-cucumber;marinated vegetables (mostly not edible stand for extras) ; desserts (mainly cakes of different configurations — one taste + baklava + jelly + shortbread; cakes do not principally (but a couple of times), as the Russian people a lot and everyone tries to dig a piece of core cake — to 10 visitor can only pile of obscure тортяных fragments). Now after the third day brought several buses of people (what will be in the peak months!? ). As a result the hotel was populated almost entirely, and Russians there was more than United Russia in the state Duma of about 90%. Мамааа! It began. At lunch and dinner in the main restaurant would rather not go: crush, crush, обругают, poured soup and main course still not wait. Exaggerating of course, but the situation was close to that. For example, when given watermelons lined forty people hungry prisoners Асвенцума (do not say that all of them were Russians by nationality), neat matron competed who is greater than he could carry watermelons on a 2, 3 or 4. I had to somehow stand up for pancakes (because the child except pancakes almost nothing from local't eat), the picture is take, take, che W by little, while the dishes a La carte (on the flop) our managed to make distributor fit on 3, 4 portions on a plate, Yes + come with 2, 3 plates. Turks watched the wild, with rounded eyes. Although it is fair to say that the Turks are guilty ourselves: is one обжарщик single main course, he has to serve more than 1000 people! well put you another couple of plates and people for cooking! and queues may not be. Although Russian love to freebie makes life more modest people unbearable. Indicative: gave vegetables for self-slicing: cucumbers, tomatoes, and a couple of other items. The next table teen dragged cut floor of the lettuce! cabbage!, father and says ему6 «did You eat? », the «No, but give the same». I even писнул on a chair from laughter. We went to the second half of lunch and dinner, it's easier, less people, queues, less food to eat. When you pass the main restaurant opening up before lunch or dinner for 15-20 minutes, observe the following picture: mother stands before even closed the entrance to the restaurant eager near espousal (friend or the eldest son), and such accumulates at the place of opening quite a lot. Dad and who are younger been taken have not yet served table (restaurant is closed, but the Russians it a little «opened») and nervously tapping fingers on the table in anticipation of delicacies;. On the count of three, when reading a tape along a predetermined plan, one runs to a single rack, another runs to the other, is where the queue and sent to the third. Laughter and a sin. Food like at all lacking, nothing is constantly update, but it seems that someone is afraid to starve. We somehow by mistake came in ten minutes after the opening, the wife wanted to take a few apricots, but was not. But it was obvious Russian tourists on a desktop, not on the same plate with a mountain stood apricots, Recalling pyramid Хиопса. While this mountain peaches донесешь to the table, part of naturally falls to the floor, the other crush, cleaners, of course, tried, but apricot carnage, творившееся on the floor, looked interesting. If people would take only what they could eat, on my modest calculations, the hotel Sapphire would not have to take out (or process for tomorrow) at least by 2 centners Obyedkov daily. Although the Turks again are to blame, the tablets with the name of the specialities are extremely rare, and because the Turks grind everything is fried, sprinkle, mix, it is impossible to understand, that you take and when you try it, and you understand that this is FU, then, naturally, do not eat, and another can be and would have liked. So oatmeal on гоно and translated. After dinner, and till the beginning of the twelfth for $ 2 you can purchase the cob свежесваренной corn (cook it with sugar and salt, it turns out juicy and delicious), immediately cotton candy, candy, ice cream 1$. About hotel maize also 2$. Cross over the road is the same for $1. Eat in cafes costs around 50$ for a double room (a few Beers, a second course, теряющееся in a huge number of greens, cucumbers and tomatoes). Entertainment and recreation, the beach Of free entertainment: table tennis racket and ball, boccia, volleyball, football, water Polo. Once seen as a shot from a pneumatic, archery never shot (target lonely stood a few days and then I saw her ukatyvayut out of sight in utility rooms). Of paid entertainment and services: Internet, подстрижка hair (children 10 $), henna tattoo (the smallest 10-15 $), the prefix SP (30 min — 4 $), Billiards, magnetic hockey and football, children machines (4 chips 5$), tennis. A free plastic town with slides in the hotel and on the beach a tolerable condition. Animation: satisfactory. Children (from 4 to 12 years) 2 times a day. As it turned out on day of departure, children free make ice cream, though, when most of them asleep. Morning animation always engaged in painting pictures — always! After lunch che too, crawling, and watching a cartoon, of course, not in Russian (although the Russians 90%). In the evening, «yippie-yippie EA» (a song I two weeks permanent listening memorized), children's disco (of course in German, what else), awarding prizes to those who усидел and still painted the whole day. Adult animation program is different every day, but the same from week in week (so we looked at all 2 times in 2 weeks). Fakir show, бреак dance, show transvestite (vulgar nonsense with inflatable balls), Turkish night launch balloons in the sky, and still something there. Beach: normal sand, pebbles, there is a pier (but there savvy people occupy at 6 am), we came down to the floor-the eleventh couple of sunbeds with mattresses always could find, the truth is not under umbrellas. All mattresses on the beach without the straps to hold onto the sunbed, so all изгаляются at fixing the mattress as may, generally uncomfortable. The first big pool with access to the bar and 3 water slides. There is the main part of the tourists (not including the beach), water gymnastics, sometimes a small аниматорская activity. Slides stuff, I first noticed that not roll officer (whether water head a little and slide dry, more likely, I gained 1.5 kilos, which is less likely), Central hill-jump, too, no emotions aroused (but for an Amateur, can someone be thrilled). There is still a slide on the beach directly in the sea, it is more interesting because hangs in the 2 m above the sea. From the large pool of entrance in Spa beauty: Hamam for free anytime, dry sauna, sauna with steam. There are additional services: the peeling, massage and other (not particularly interested in). The chapters. Doctor (so I named the man in the white coat, constantly seeking to newcomers and offering them to «remove» the Horny layer of dead skin) offered us a course of massage and associated procedures. He boasted that, for these purposes specially imported secretly. I said I did not think that English is always an alcoholic, and brother tyke a professional massage therapist, and I lost interest. But maybe worth a try, about Spa anything bad from the rest does not heard. The second large pool next to the kids, there quietly (music from 10 to 18 not yells, except that children повизгивают), quiet, and clean. Settlement and purchasing: in the evenings nothing to do and went to the village of Konakli. It's a pretty big cafes, toys, Souvenirs. Everything is there. There are two types of traders: annoying (you'll immediately notice), which inflate the price of the goods from 2 to 10 times, and peaceful + boutiques (much less), are traded reluctantly, price tags usually hang on goods, they don't care about you leave the store with shopping or without such выторгуете up to 25% of the value of the goods. Bought a good denim dress just 50$, wanted to buy sheepskin coat (buy$400, and may just below throw), but then bought in Alanya leather winter jacket too$400. In Alanya went into one of the largest leather shops «Ponto», sellers there are very annoying, inflated rates more than 10 times from the actual rates. For example, almost bought a sheepskin coat value of 4900 Euros for 600 $, but then changed his mind, too seams quickly crept away. In всез stores a lot of hand guns, check the quality. And generally, if you go away, they will likely call last more appropriate for you and for them the price, but there really decide. Excursions, guides to this hotel: excursions used only to vanish from repetitive day-to-day routine. Dolphinarium and walk on a yacht «VAVA». Dolphinarium: there are 10 km from Канаклы. There's 4 of cat, 4 Dolphin, shark — kirdyk. TEZ offered for this 35 $, on the street bought for a$ 25 + free kid. Hotel guide confined to suck the Maxim of You money: says that all other шарлотаны insurance, You not, etc etc. Now шарлотаны were more mobile, cheap and not deceived. At the expense of insurance do not know, but I feel a vague question, going by yourself (by bus or taxi or car) to attractions and injured his anything it does not recognize the insured event. According to hotel guide, I should swim, walk in closet, jump into the pool only in his presence, and even go beyond the territory of the hotel and even more so not worth it. That's complete nonsense. Too lazy to read the contract of insurance, look for yourself, I believe that everything will be recognized as insurance events, except specified non-contributory. Struck as TEZ together with Анексом «diluted» the girl on a trip from the hotel by taxi (I just came to get acquainted with a guide ten days later). She had to whether to move to another hotel, whether to go to Alanya with Luggage. The guide said that it will cost 150-120 $. I was amazed, said the poor man, what a trip it will cost$20, and a taxi stand at the hotel (which aroused the indignation of the abstracts and Anex, stripped of easy money). 2nd trip on a yacht: 50$free child. Rode about 4 hours, watched fortress (nothing to watch), the marble caves (especially) that there Cleopatra (built 10-15 years ago), stayed 4 times for swimming, fed, watered (not alcohol), command fun in General once on the name ' BABE ' ride worth it. Money take in $because of rounding the value of things is not in the direction of large Euro. The Euro take the Дьти Fries, all евриках. Love and flutter to the Russian children alluvium (Turks (in any case, staff and vendors) play on your feelings to their own children, растрогаетесь, immediately buy something, forget about the claim and etc). From the local whisky and beer com get up in the throat, get something for the stomach and plenty of alcohol Duty free. Do not drink pseudo juices «Yippie» from the machines, can suffer stomach. There may not always be bottled water (once saw poured straight from the tap, but not in this hotel). About Ira don't know people were, but I am categorically against such practice (looked, washing machine with ayran), also the quality of dairy products is not check until it is not possible to heavy food poisoning (and dairy products it is). Territory: a decent (50, 000 sq m), but note that in this territory are at least 6 residential buildings and a lot of support, so if you take another hotel with one of the building, the territory he will have a proportion comparable. Total: well rested, the main sea, drink, food to eat, a part of entertainment (not enough — extract themselves), and most importantly positive and not pay attention to the little things, BUT in this hotel Berlin. Sincerely, Alexey S.