Vacationed as a family of 2+1 (3 years old) + infant (6 months) for 3 weeks. Before check-in, I wrote a gesture to Dasha, asked for a ground floor and a baby cot. A very nice girl, she helped a lot du...
Vacationed as a family of 2+1 (3 years old) + infant (6 months) for 3 weeks.
Before check-in, I wrote a gesture to Dasha, asked for a ground floor and a baby cot. A very nice girl, she helped a lot during the entire vacation, gave my little one little gifts, on her weekend my daughter was upset that Dasha was not there)
We flew in early in the morning, we were at the hotel around 8:30, we got to the room around 12:00, because they were preparing family meals for us. But the bracelets were put on immediately and sent to breakfast.
The territory of the hotel : large, very green, well-kept, neat. Near the pools, new deckchairs (except for the water park), good umbrellas.
The music plays, from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m. (during lunch and children's sleep) it plays quietly and very pleasantly, slowly.
There is a large water park , as well as a separate children's pool with slides. The children are all delighted. The slides are all new, beautiful, well-kept. The pool is washed and cleaned every morning. Works from 10:00
The hotel also has an amusement park (for an additional fee: 1 ticket - 50 pounds; 16 tickets - 400 pounds (about $16). Attractions for different ages, from primitive for children to cars, chains and roller coasters for adults. Very nice French carousel 😍
There are food courts and a bar near the water park. There is pizza, burgers, fish & chips, chicken nuggets, french fries, pasta, salads, chili concarne, ice cream, desserts and pancakes
Juice on the bar: orange, pineapple, apple; drinks: Pepsi, Seven Up, Fanta. There is also beer, non-alcoholic and alcoholic cocktails.
In the bar on the beach and in the restaurant, everything is the same, except for chili concarne and pancakes. There is also a coffee and tea machine.
The main restaurant is large, there is a children's area with a TV and small tables, show Tom and Jerry. The choice of dishes is not large, but in 21 days I can't say that I got bored of anything.
Standard breakfasts: pancakes, omelet, scrambled eggs, cheeses, sausages, Greek salad, vegetables, olives, many delicious pastries, croissants, many fruits, yogurts and various jams, puddings, purees, boiled eggs, baked tomatoes with cheese, Egyptian cake , grilled and deep-fried vegetables (slippers are delicious 🙈), falafel, sausages, milk porridges, and to them additions: raisins, coconut shavings, nuts, various quick breakfasts: cereal, balls, muesli; toast There is a microwave, who needs one.
Lunch and dinner: 2 types of soup (there was borscht, but I did not taste it), grilled fish, several types of meat with different cooking methods, a station with pasta, potatoes in different variations, several types of rice, salads, fruits, vegetables as raw, and stewed or grilled. They also make burgers or shawarma, roast turkey, lamb, chicken, duck, fish. Crabs several times a week. On Saturdays, shrimp, squid, different fish. Fruit, pastries, baklava, ice cream for dinner. In general, each dinner is themed.
There is also an al dente restaurant (it is planned to be Italian ala carte soon), and now it is open for guests with the ultra concept. There is a smaller selection, a more refined presentation, different tablecloths, and seafood is much more common. For breakfast, dor bleu and red fish are also served. I have mangoes for dinner.
On Sundays, at 3:30 p.m., there is a mango festival in the food court area near the water park: fresh fruit, lots of mangoes and various mango desserts are prepared. Music, animation
Regarding the concept: there is a normal and an ultra (+20€ per day per person), I will add the difference in the photo (free laundry, diving, massage, the possibility to use everything on 1 line). The possibility to use the al dente restaurant is one of them.
Water park for guests from 1 line is paid - 15€ for an adult, 10€ for a child 6+, under 6 years - free. There is a one day visit in the hotel - 1000 pounds per person.
A bus goes to the beach every 10-15 minutes. You can walk through 1 line, walk for 15 minutes.
The entire territory of both hotels is without steps, very convenient with a stroller.
In general, the 2nd line is a purely children's concept . There, the concentration of children is 3 times higher than that of adults 😀
1 line (Serenity Makadi Beach) is very calm, there is not even music there, at dinner it’s like at a wake 🙈 But my mother, after 3 weeks with me and my children, said that it was the perfect option for her 😆😆😆
1 line is also very green, well-groomed, more refined. All the rooms there are already renovated, there are many Germans among the staff. But, on the 2nd line, in my opinion, the staff is much better. Someone more friendly and attentive.
Rooms at Fun City are being renovated little by little. I will add new and old ones to the photo. Old rooms are probably the main disadvantage of the hotel. But bear with me, everything works, everything is clean and tidy. In the hotel, something is being repaired and painted all the time. Does not interfere.
One food court near the pool is currently closed for renovations, the work is not noisy.
The beach . There are nuances here. This is a beach of the 1st line, and compared to the whole area, it looks old. Everything needs to be replaced already. But some of the new towels were brought to us, which makes me happy). The beach is big, there is enough space for everyone. There are like 3 lagoons. The most beautiful is to the left of the pontoon, if you face the sea. A wide strip, sand, a good sunset into the sea, you can do without special shoes. There are natural ponds, very convenient for swimming with children. The first lagoon on the right is the same, but smaller and there are stones, and the second one, the farthest from the pontoon - only special shoes are needed, there is coral crust.
When I was going, I read the review of a colleague who saw the hotel on a promotional tour, that the beach is bad, there is nowhere to swim. But it is not so.
In 3 weeks, the sea was different: there were tides and low tides, several days there were strong tides in the morning, and then there was really no water near the shore, but after lunch it came. Mostly it was like this: I drank a lot of water in the morning, left a little for lunch and returned in the evening.
The first week there was a strong wind, there was often a red flag for half the day, it was difficult for many to swim from the pontoon, but it was cool for me, they rode the waves. After the wind disappeared, the sea was so calm that I swam from the pontoon in a vest with my 3-year-old child. One day a huge turtle swam in, I was just swimming with a small one, she was delighted)
Animation in the hotel is 4. I wouldn't call it software, but it's not very active either + the team is changing and because of this, it feels a little uncoordinated work. But in general everything is good. Darts, aqua aerobics, foam parties, polo.
Mini discos are cool when they are led by Luka) his kids adore him, girls don't communicate as coolly with kids as he does. In the mini club, every day is themed. They cook pizza on Saturdays, so my little one had the most favorite day 😆
The hotel should definitely be offered and sold to families with children) Especially since the prices have dropped a lot now, I made a reservation back in August, and it was 30% more expensive than it is now. Personally, I want to return to the hotel again! 💖
PS: all photos are of 2 lines
* And a la carte additions:
Only 3 work, not 5: Royal, Andalusia and Asian.
An incredibly tasty steak for 1, and a seafood plate for an additional fee of €5;
In 2 sets of tahina, hummus, muhamara and babaganush + excellent meat presentation
At 3, everything was delicious: especially chicken and veal and rice) I don’t like it, but here I ate it all) tom yum, not very tom yum, but it was delicious)