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January 31, 2023
I would like to start with the fact that we rested in Turkey for the first time, as well as on the all-inclusive system. Travel experience is available and quite large, mainly Europe, Asia, as well as India, Morocco, Georgia. Turkey was ignored on principle, considering it too “pop” direction. However, this year I just wanted a lazy rest in the mode everything is at hand. The purpose of the trip was the sea and nothing more, from this point of view we give an assessment. Let's start with the cons of the hotel. 1. Location. It took about 4 hours to get from Antalya Airport with stops at other hotels. The same thing happened on excursions, they took us the very first and brought us the very last. Instead of 1.5 hours on the road to Side, we traveled more than 3 hours. Keep this in mind, as they promised us that they would pick us up around 8 in the morning, but in the end they scheduled a check-out time before breakfast and returned at the very curtain of dinner. Nearby within walking distance there was nothing, no markets, no sweets, no souvenirs, no cafes. Supermarket, however, around the corner and a couple of ATMs. There is also a small clothing store. The guide said - very expensive, but given the exchange rate of the lira, it did not seem so to us. We bought a cap for 250 rubles, beach slippers for about 400. A lot of knitwear, especially men's and everything is "branded" :), but the quality is pleasant. The market in Alanya (which on Mondays and Thursdays in 2022 was located in the area of the Asia Beach Hotel, either at 10 Sokak or at 30 Sokak) was easily reached by 1 bus directly from the hotel, about 25 minutes away. It is more difficult to get to Alanium and Neva (located across the road from each other), walk to the bus stop for 15-20 minutes and take bus 2B there. Taxi turned down about 700 rubles. They were just too lazy to go to the center, but it's even further, probably 35-40 minutes on the way in the heat. Although the buses are not bad, the air conditioning works, it is not very comfortable in a crowded bus. It's a pity, since there are local attractions, and the whole civilization like Starbucks and branded stores. On the penultimate day, returning by bus from the shopping center, we saw that, in general, tourist points begin 1.5-2 km from us: markets, cafes, tour agencies. But this is not along the main road along the sea, but a little in the depths, so we didn’t see it before, since we went to the market and on excursions along it. 2. Sockets in the rooms. Something we were totally unprepared for. Sockets do not pull powerful "fast" charges. Also, it was not enough to charge the laptop, I had to give it to the reception. They took it without problems, they did not ask for anything for it. But we thanked with a small tip (about 20 lire). With the usual charging, the phones were charged per hour by a teaspoon. Considering that when leaving the room, all the light and sockets, of course, turned off, charged at night. Life hack: the TV outlet always works, we figured it out later. You can leave it to charge when leaving the room. 3. The numbers themselves. Very, very modest, absolutely not modern. Not dirty, no stains on the walls and falling off handles. But everything is old. Not to say that they are large, but there was enough space for two. In Europe
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