We stayed at the Arcanus Resort for 2 weeks in October, 2023, with a family of 9 ranging in age from 23 to 85. We had an excellent experience. We were especially impressed with how friendly and helpful the staff was, at the reception, spa services, restaurant, cleaning, etc. We had a multi-lingual company, speaking Russian, English and German. Our rooms were comfortable and cleaned every day. We had enough linens, towels, robes, slippers, drinks, etc. All the grounds and facilities are kept very clean as well. The restaurant had great variety of foods every day, for all 3 meals, and open long enough to accommodate all guests. There was enough seating for our large group. We enjoyed our meals every time. There are other places to eat and get drinks around the resort so we were never thirsty or hungry. Deserts were especially impressive, with large variety of Turkish baclavas. We all went for hamam, they had a private session for our large group. Great experience as well, taking care in accommodating our senior parents. We also had additional massage sessions. There is a variety of activities at the resort to stay active: yoga in the morning, water aerobics, water sports, table tennis, volleyball. We tried them all. They have special staff that organizes the sessions and games. Beach was great as well, mostly sand with a few pockets of small pebbles washed up on the shore. There is one place with large rocks, but it can be eastly avoided. Fish likes to congregate around the rocks, so it's the place where some people went snorkeling. We enjoyed swimming around the pier. Water was very warm and clean. As for evening entertainment, there was a program for kids and adults every night. Kids program was pretty much the same every night, but adult one had different performances every time. And now for the cats. There is a colony of kitties that live on the property. They are well behaved, clean, healthy-looking and accustomed to the humans. Cats are allowed inside the property as well ( lobby, restaurant, hallways). If you are not a cat person or allergic, this is probable not a place for you. We have cats at home, so we enjoyed there presence quite a bit. Now for the negatives: If you went to the restaurant towards the end of the service, there was a chance that they would be out of some juices or coffee in the machines. At the spa they were kind of aggressive in trying to sell us additional massage sessions. Yoga was very simple and more of a series of stretchers rather than actual yoga. This is also not a quiet place. There are a lot of guests and also active evening entertainment programs, not just at the Arcanus but also at the neighboring resorts. So, there is usually music late into the night, at least till 11 pm. And lastly, since it's located on the outskirts of town, you need some means of transportation to go to Side or other places. There are scores of taxis by the gates that would gladly take you anywhere you want to go. The bottom line, I w