A very compact hotel. There were only a few Russian speakers. It's better to come here with a group and it will be fun. Delicious food, an incomparable a la carte, a large selection of delicious cocktails (I didn't even try everything during my vacation), nimble waiters, good cleaning. Drinks are brought quickly by the waiters during the meal, if you do not take the drink yourself, it is convenient. Colorful shows in the evening. Within walking distance of the ruins of the ancient city, there is a place to walk. A clean beach. One disadvantage is that you need to drive to the beach.

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Calimera Side Resort is a 5-star hotel Calimera Side Resort is primarily an example of proper management at all levels – from the rank and file to the top management. There is such an important component in competitions, when, for example, a lightweight fighter is not put up against a middleweight fighter, as they do not put an average weight against a heavyweight, and heavy weights against super-heavy ones. Calimera Side Resort is just aiming to take the highest weight. And he is being confidently led in this direction. If we start with the top management, the current Calimera Side Resort was acquired by the takeover and annexation of the neighboring Side Resort Annex (Oz Side Hotel) and what is now the Calimera Side Resort Aqua. Initially, these three were three completely different enterprises - Side Resort is a residential complex converted into a hotel, Side Resort Annex (Oz Side Hotel) was built immediately as a 4-star hotel, and Side Resort Aqua was built with 5 stars, but with a small number of visitors, especially the relatively densely populated and built-up Side Resort. (Ch. 01, 02, 03) The unification was clearly beneficial, as it was possible to combine the advantages of all three buildings for the benefit of vacationers. What the current current leadership is clearly aimed at, more on that later. Placement: The rooms at Calimera Side Resort are 1-bedroom apartments consisting of a bedroom proper and a single room, an entrance hall with a 2-bedroom corner and a kitchenette, as well as a balcony, which is both a smoking area and a place for drying clothes. It should be noted that clothes dryers are made of thick, durable and smooth pipes relative to conventional dryers. That is, you can dry things on them without even squeezing them out before drying. Due to the fierce fight against smoking in Turkey, the maids do not serve ashtrays, so they need to be serviced independently. The bathroom is large and comfortable enough. There were enough shelves too. (Ch. 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09) Wi-Fi turned out to be frankly not just a strong point, but the strongest side of Calimera Side Resort, as it turned on without a password and on an unlimited number of gadgets. We didn't drive much, but there were no difficulties with the speed of traffic. The safe was frankly surprised by its antiquity, but it did not cause any complaints. (Ch. 10) The TVs were slightly newer. We didn't find anything special about them. There were no Russian channels. We watched Turkish in English. Or rather, we hardly watched it because there was Wi-Fi and we were on vacation. Elevators were one of the main reasons for choosing Calimera Side Resort. They are no longer new, but they are working properly. Therefore, with baby strollers in Calimera Side Resort, you can move into any floor. There is a kids' club for children by the main pool. Sometimes we didn't have time, sometimes we didn't pass by age, then we went to the beach. (Ch. 11) However, the animators themselves invited the children to accessible events. When we were there, it was a Crocodile. A huge inflatable crocodile with an obstacle course that had to be overcome during the distillation. The guys really liked it! The zoo is represented by an aviary for parrots, which is located between the children's club and the grill area of the Telya Restaurant & Grill restaurant. Almost all the parrots are yellow-green, but one is blue-white. (Ch. 12, 13) The trees along the paths are covered with embroidery to the height of a good human height. This is some kind of local trick. (Ch. 14, 15) There are two more jokes about the origin of man from a monkey and eventually becoming a basketball player or swimmer. This is definitely a management joke. But he can definitely afford it. (Ch. 16, 17) Near them is the wall mentioned in the reviews. Do not refuse such numbers. They are quiet, not hot, and close to both the Telya Restaurant & Grill and the water park, towel service, and reception area. And most importantly, you do not need to turn on the air conditioner, because with air conditioners we have, for example, "differences in understanding the meaning of the Writings of Thomas Aquinas or the Venerable Bede." Clothes on dryers dry well in the shade, especially at night when the humidity drops. The air conditioners at Calimera Side Resort work well. Turn it on if necessary. Food: The restaurant at the original 5-star Side Resort Aqua does not have a choice of dishes comparable to the main restaurant Telya Restaurant & Grill, primarily due to the lack of space. But it is suitable for dormice who overslept breakfast (07.00-10.00), but are ready to hang out in the morning at the water park (10.00-12.00), in a small adult (120 cm deep) or in a very small (30 cm deep) children's pool with a bar when choosing ice cream, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. (Ch. 18, 19) The Side Resort Aqua restaurant (12.00-16.00) offers burgers with their own set of prepared buns, lettuce leaves, pickled cucumbers, onions, tomatoes and cutlets, as well as French fries, pasta, chicken, fish, mayonnaise, ketchup, a variety of vegetables, fruits, etc., etc. alternates boiled corn and soups. My jocks ate burger patties in their pure form, 4-5 at a time. There were no complications. There was a taste. The benefits were immediately apparent from the vivacity of visiting the water park. The positive side of this restaurant for active vacationers is that, due to its proximity to the pool and water park, vacationers in swimming trunks and swimsuits are served without objections. Unless it's completely wet, it's better to sit on a large veranda rather than inside. The evening water park (14.00-17.00), with a full, final and irrevocable visit, "from now to now" offers dinner only at the Telya Restaurant & Grill, where entry in swimming trunks and swimsuits is prohibited (ordered). Entry in swimming trunks and swimsuits is prohibited (ordered) even for children, who in Turkey are adored and almost everything is forgiven for them, but not in this case, not the naked torso. Therefore, even with small children, you can only go in wearing at least a T-shirt and shorts. The occupancy of places in the canteens of the Calimera Side Resort indicates the workload of the enterprise and the absence of downtime. For breakfast (07.00-10.00) at Telya Restaurant & Grill, people drag on for a long time and are doomed, so there are plenty of empty seats at any time. We had a late breakfast (10.00-10.30) after an early return from the beach. At lunch (12.00-14.00), cheerfulness increases, but you can sit down with your family at any time. For dinner (18.00-20.00), be prepared that almost all the vacationers will come by the beginning of it, so you can still sit alone inside, but it will be difficult to sit with the family only if you are not in the front rows or if you agree to dine outdoors at the Grill bar, or at the cage with parrots by the trees. with embroidery. Therefore, we started having dinner closer to 19.30. (Ch. 20, 21) Apparently, there is a birthday service. Contrary to the reviews, the waiters never asked for tips. Russian Russian was spoken by the waiters, as well as by one who spoke pure Russian. One waiter mistook us for Poles, so we had to remember Polish. If there had been a brother who knew Polish, he would have happily come off, and even expanded the waiter's horizons. The waiters and bartenders understand and speak English quite well. There was a case with a vacationer who had to translate into German, which some waiters and especially cleaners know better than English. My wife once tried to speak English, but it turned out that the older ones in Turkey clearly learned German, so it was better to speak German with them. But if there are young people, then English goes better with them. The work with the waiters at the Side Resort is very well done and they work very well too. (Ch. 22) Unlike the Side Resort Aqua, Telya Restaurant & Grill offers a much larger selection, which is especially noticeable in meat, salads, herbs, sweets. There was always steamed fish and soups. There were also diet and children's corners. There was also an alcoholic and non-alcoholic bar. In the Side Resort Annex, the dining room was closed as unnecessary, but the bar was open. Extremely useful for the evening performances that took place every evening. There was meat, and it should be noted that in Turkey it is twice, if not three times more expensive than in Russia. As well as coffee, by the way. Gozleme's tortillas were never tasted, as they were already frankly well-fed and well-fed, but the old woman with dirty hands mentioned in the review was not found, although there were regular visitors and consumers of Pepsi-Cola and 7up in the bar nearby. Gozleme was clearly made by younger workers and the queue of those who wanted to was constant. Gozleme is baked on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 11.00-12.30 and 14.00-16.00. Waffles and rings are baked on Thursday and Friday. Kapari restaurant also did not have time to visit for fullness. Turkish Coffee Day was also presented by clearly younger workers. Rest: The main pool at Calimera Side Resort is the most popular, especially among British people of all skin colors. There is also the most popular Good Mood bar near it, or simply the one closest to the main pool. (Ch. 23) Places, especially near this pool, begin to be occupied in the morning, that is, from sunrise. The leadership is fighting this phenomenon by laying out notes on the inadmissibility of such acts. But the choice between taking a seat or being without a seat is obvious. Intimidation about fines of 10 € for the loss of towels has little effect. Thanks to the reviews we read, we took our own beach towels in advance. And they were not alone – more than half of the tourists went that way too. At the same time, the sun beds were also occupied with the help of hotel towels. The ones with a fine of €10 for loss. But in 10 days, thefts of towels have never been encountered. Towels are exchanged for cards between the main adult and the main children's pools in Building A, where there is a sign for massage and hammam. The reason to take a seat in advance was that we didn't really need to sunbathe, as there were two seats next to each other between the main adult and the main children's pools. After 1-2 hours of use, we left the occupied sun beds, freeing up places for the seekers. It was quite correctly noted in the reviews that the main children's pool is noticeably colder than all the others. The difference was about 5 ° C – if the water in adult pools and water parks was like fresh milk, that is, clearly more than 25 ° C, then in the main children's pool it was slightly more than 20 ° C. But it also had a small water park for small children under 7-10 years old, and it turned out to be very popular!! However, the warm adult pool took its toll and we alternated between these two pools. They were particularly contrasting. The other pools in Annex and Aqua were very warm. The situation with towels and busy people was the same everywhere. But the movement of vacationers was also in force, so there were plenty of places. Toys, especially large inflatable ones, are often left in pools or on sun beds. If they were not found in the morning, then look at the children's pool. The ministers put them there in one common pile. The water park in its main offer, Calimera Side Resort Aqua, is represented by four lanes. On the first day, you need to sign in the book of honorable visitors about taking responsibility for yourself, after which you will no longer need to sign in the following days. There are four tracks. The fastest ones are the "yellow tube" and the "blue tray" on the far left. The brown eight is the calmest. The widest track is the rainbow, which is also the most tricky, as it drifts heavily in the absence of experience, so you need multiple exercises and more exercises to cope with it. But it is suitable for adults, especially those with high degrees of fatness, since when they fall into the water, they give the largest spray spread all the way to the very end of the pool. On the fastest two tracks, English teenagers reigned supreme, whose special joke was not to get into the water when flying out of the tray, but to ride on the fifth point to the end of the pool. The German and Turkish teenagers were much quieter. The Russians were somewhere in the middle, but they took a completely opposite approach - descending on their stomachs and entering the water without splashing, followed by swimming to the end of the pool underwater. The children's water park is located in that very cold pool, and even if it consists of only "one curved track", that is, a python, but it is also in demand and does not even stand idle. The Calimera Side Resort beach was the target of our moves from the pools, it actually belongs to Apollo beach, which in turn provides it to our hotel, Amour and Löwe Hotel. At the entrance, our sun beds were on the left, and the Amour and Löwe Hotel sun beds were on the right. According to the rules of Apollo beach, entry with your own drinks and food is prohibited, but this was not particularly watched. Apollo beach has its own cafe, which is not included in the all inclusive package for Calimera Side Resort. We always had a pile of baby food with us, so there was no time for a cafe. There is an employee on the beach who should be tipped 50-100 Tl, then even during rush hour there will be seats in the front row, if this is important to anyone. There are many British people at Calimera Side Resort, who are often scolded for relaxing exclusively by the pools, but that's why there are always sun beds in the back rows on Apollo Beach, even during rush hour before lunch or after. We also couldn't stand the daytime temperature of the sand, so we went to Apollo beach either early in the morning or late in the evening, when there were even seats in the front row. The very first bus leaves for the beach at 07.50, and from the beach at 08.50. The last one is at 18.20, and from the beach at 18.30. There is no more passage along the shore in Side through the gate of the Sea Tower, it has become a paid museum entrance to the Museum of ancient Side, but at the end of the beach there is a path leading past three restaurant tables The Zula Side restaurant is located on Barbaros Lane, which runs along the shore exactly to the Temple of Apollo. Therefore, you can safely go to the Temple of Apollo in 20 minutes there and 20 minutes back. There is also no direct access to the beach from the hotel through the dunes, as everything is fenced off, gouged by ATVs, archaeologists are working and a new well-maintained gendarmerie post has been set up next to them. Sea turtles nest on the beach, that is, they lay eggs, from which turtles hatch and crawl with all their might to the sea, which we witnessed. In addition, there was a cat at the Apollo cafe with three already large kittens, which we fed a little. There is also a three–horn shower near the cafe, as well as a separate male and female toilet. There are two taps for washing your feet from the sand – one at the cafe itself, and the other is hidden in a palm tree at the Apollo Gate at the entrance to the beach. The shuttle to and from the beach does not accept barefoot, so you need shoes and the opportunity to wash them from the sand. There is definitely an opportunity, even at the last moment before boarding the bus. On the bus, the driver has free water in the refrigerator box. The management of Calimera Side Resort is working. They love children in Turkey! The youngest son was even allowed to drive in the parking lot, but was not allowed to start the bus. But he was already satisfied! The bus, as correctly noted in the reviews, is quite new and air-conditioned, clearly in a positive difference from some buses of other hotels. The eldest son was worried about the exact year of the Isuzu release. But it's definitely new enough. In addition, they are allowed to board the bus in swimming trunks and swimsuits. And even in wet ones. Therefore, the driver has waterproof pads, which, if necessary, lie on the luggage racks of the bus. The entrance to the shuttle is only through the front door, and at the exit, when there is a heavy load, the driver opens the back door. You can not give baksheesh in your hands, but you can put it in a Tip box. This is welcome. Chek-out: There is a check-in service and a boarding pass printout at the reception desk. This service is paid – registration is 4 €, a printout of the boarding pass is 1 €. The reception has a waiting area at check-in and check-out with all-inclusive in the form of juices and snacks. In general, we really liked Calimera Side Resort! Google The rooms at Calimera Side Resort are 1-bedroom apartments consisting of a bedroom and a single room, an entrance hall with a 2-bedroom corner and a kitchenette, as well as a balcony, which is a place for smoking and drying clothes. Due to the fight against smoking in Turkey, the maids do not serve ashtrays. The bathroom is large and comfortable enough. There were enough shelves too. Wi-Fi turned out to be frankly not just a strong point, but the strongest side of Calimera Side Resort, it turned on without a password and on an unlimited number of gadgets. The safe was frankly surprised by its antiquity, but it did not cause any complaints. The TVs were a little newer. Elevators were one of the main reasons for choosing Calimera Side Resort. There is a kids' club by the main pool. The zoo is represented by an aviary for parrots. The trees along the paths are covered to the height of human height with embroidery. The air conditioners are working well. The Side Resort Aqua restaurant (12.00-16.00) offers burgers with an independent set of buns, lettuce leaves, pickled cucumbers, onions, tomatoes and cutlets, as well as French fries, pasta, chicken, fish, mayonnaise, ketchup, a variety of vegetables, fruits and alternating boiled corn and soups. Due to the proximity to the pool and the water park, vacationers in swimming trunks and swimsuits are served without objections. But in Telya Restaurant & Grill, entry in swimming trunks and swimsuits is prohibited even for children, who in Turkey are adored and almost everything is forgiven, but not in this case. For breakfast (07.00-10.00) at Telya Restaurant & Grill there are plenty of available places at any time. For lunch (12.00-14.00), the family can sit down at any time. For dinner (6 p.m.-8 p.m.), it will still be possible to sit alone inside, but it will be difficult to sit down as a family, so we started having dinner closer to 7:30 p.m. The waiters never asked for tips. The waiters and bartenders understand and speak English quite well, some know Russian and German. Telya Restaurant & Grill has a large selection, which is especially noticeable in meat, salads, herbs, sweets. There was always steamed fish and soups. There were also diet and children's corners. There was also an alcoholic and non-alcoholic bar. There was meat, and it should be noted that in Turkey it is twice, if not three times more expensive than in Russia. Gozleme is baked on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday 11.00-12.30 and 14.00-16.00. Waffles and rings are baked on Thursday and Friday. The main pool at Calimera Side Resort is the most popular, especially among the British. The most popular Good Mood bar is located next to it. Towels are provided between the main adult and the main children's pools in Building A, where there is a sign for massage and hammam. The main children's pool is colder than all the others. The other pools in Annex and Aqua were very warm. The Calimera Side Resort Aqua Water Park is represented by four lanes. On the first day, you need to sign in the visitor book. The fastest two tracks were dominated by English teenagers, who had a special style of riding their buttocks to the end of the pool. The German and Turkish teenagers were much quieter. The Russians were somewhere in the middle. The children's water park is located in that very cold pool, but it is also in demand and is not idle. The beach belongs to Apollo beach, which provides it to our hotel, Amour and Löwe Hotel. At the entrance, our sun beds were on the left, and the Amour and Löwe Hotel sun beds were on the right. It is forbidden to enter with your own drinks and food, but this was not particularly watched. Apollo beach has its own cafe, which is not included in the all inclusive package for Calimera Side Resort. The first bus leaves for the beach at 07.50, and from the beach at 08.50. The last one leaves at 18.20, and from the beach at 18.30. You can easily go to the Temple of Apollo in 20 minutes there and 20 minutes back. Sea turtles nest on the beach. The cafe has a shower and toilet. The shuttle to and from the beach does not accept barefoot. The driver has free water in the refrigerator drawer. In addition, they are allowed to board the bus in swimming trunks and swimsuits. You can not give baksheesh in your hands, but you can put it in a Tip box. There is a check–in service and a boarding pass printout - check-in is 4 €, boarding card printout is 1 €. In general, we really liked Calimera Side Resort!

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One of the best hotels in Manavgat. We had a great stay at this hotel! I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the staff for the high level of service. I would especially like to mention the delicious and varied food in the hotel restaurant, especially the dinner. The gala dinner on Friday was very interesting, for the first time we saw such a show from the chefs. The only thing I would like is for the glasses in bars to be washed in the dishwasher, because the glasses look cloudy and seem dirty. We will definitely come back to this wonderful hotel.

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