Of all the Turkish resorts, Alanya can rightly be called the most popular among Russians. It is located on the southern Anatolian coast, near a mountainous cape, protruding into the Mediterranean Sea. The resort is located between two longest sandy beaches. This picturesque tourist center with modern hotels and affordable pensions is one hundred and twenty kilometers distant from the famous Antalya. In size, Alanya is second only to it. Groves with lemon and orange trees, wide fertile plains, endless beaches, well-preserved sights just perfectly contribute to a vacation on this Turkish "Riviera".
Avsallar
To the north of Alanya is one of the most beautiful beaches in the area. It is located near the lively resort village of Avsallar, the distinguishing feature of which is primarily its nature: the rich, playing with all tones of green, rich vegetation gives tourists even pleasant heat on a sultry day. On this part of the Mediterranean coast there are surprisingly clean sandy beaches, many high-quality hotels, including inexpensive ones, restaurants and bars.
The active nightlife of Avsallar attracts young people who long for cheerful sleepless nights. And for those who come not only to relax, but also to improve their health, the resort offers a wide range of spa services, thalasso therapy and excellent massage rooms.
Avsallar is one of the warmest areas on the Antalya coast, since the bay in which it is located protects the village from strong winds. Small but very sweet bananas grow here - “royal”, delicious oranges and lemons.
In addition, this place seems to be intended for shopping lovers. Numerous boutiques and shops, a noisy oriental bazaar in the center of the village - all this seems to guarantee tourists active bidding and successful shopping. On the main street of Avsallar there are collapses, shops where not only souvenirs are sold, but also leather and jewelry.
Hotels
There are no luxury apartments in the village. Actually, they are useless here. Those four- and five-star hotels that have been operating in the resort for many years have long established themselves as the highest quality on the coast, the level of service has not deteriorated since the opening, remaining stable. There are club-type hotels here, for example, Lonicera World or Pegasos Club, Aska Just in Beach, Alara complex, etc. Many hotels, including the Arabella World Hotel, are popular among the "fours".
general information
It is built on the second line from the sea, two kilometers from the center of Avsallar. The hotel was opened in 2000. Ten years later, another building was added to it - a six-story building. The area of the hotel is small - four and a half thousand meters, but it is thoroughly thought out and landscaped.
Alanya is twenty-six kilometers away. You can get to it by the motorway passing near the hotel. The airport in Antalya is a hundred kilometers away. This is not particularly convenient for those young children who do not tolerate the road, although the shuttle service is provided by comfortable shuttles. The hotel does not have its own parking. There is free public parking at the entrance.
The last major overhaul at the Arabella World Hotel was in 2013. At this time, not only were the rooms renovated, but the plumbing was completely replaced. The very beautiful design of the Art Nouveau hotel creates a feeling of lightness. Marble, glass and snow-white walls cheer you up.
Infrastructure
The Arabella World Hotel is a four star hotel. He has a fairly developed infrastructure. In the buildings between the floors, modern elevators "fly", there are concierge services. Laundry and dry cleaning services are available for a fee. There is also a beauty salon, shoe shine, a currency exchange office, as well as shops in the administrative building where you can buy souvenirs at an inexpensive price. The medical office is open around the clock.
The front desk is also open 24 hours. Here you can send or receive a fax, photocopy all the necessary documents. Those who did not care about the return transfer should not worry: it can be ordered directly upon arrival. On the ground floor of the main building there is also a rental point for vehicles, including bicycles. Many Europeans, renting them, travel around the village, independently exploring local attractions. Well, those who need the help of professionals on excursions can order tours directly from the reception. You can also order a taxi there.
Hotel Policies
Hotel Arabella World Hotel 4 has a specific time for settlement - thirteen hours. But if arriving outside the office hours are lucky, and the room booked by them is free, then after just fifteen minutes without bureaucratic delays, they can be given the keys to the apartments. Check out must be done before noon. When checking into a room, according to the rules, you need to leave a deposit: in cash or by credit card, as well as present an identity document with a photo. According to the rules, the hotel must reserve a massage course in advance. Safe in the room - paid service: a day will cost residents two euros.
Hotel Arabella World (Alanya) has three wheelchair accessible rooms. Small pets are allowed, but in order to avoid misunderstandings, it is better to discuss this issue with the administration in advance. Smoking is not permitted on site.
Cost of tours
A standard double room with one double or two single beds according to the concept of "all inclusive" for seven days with a flight from Moscow can cost in May about forty-eight thousand rubles. Prices may vary depending on the availability of charter flights, season and hotel occupancy.
Housing stock
In total, the Arabella World Hotel 4 (Turkey) has two hundred and seventeen rooms, of which eighty-six are standard in the old building, one hundred and thirty are the Standard Room in the new building and one Suite.
Depending on the type, their area ranges from twenty two to thirty square meters. Standard rooms can accommodate 2 (+1) people at a time. The rooms have comfortable beds, a work desk, wardrobe, bedside lamps and nightstands.
The walls are painted in neutral colors, not tiring and soothing. Curtains and bedspreads are selected in color. Flat televisions are installed in the rooms, showing two Russian-language television channels. For using the safe in the room you have to pay extra.
On the day of arrival, the minibar is free of charge filled with carbonated drinks and mineral water - one plastic bottle each. The room also has a large mirror and a direct dial telephone. On the floors - ceramic tiles. The entire territory of the buildings is air-conditioned. The rooms are equipped with split systems, the capacity of which is designed for an area of up to thirty square meters.
Bathrooms combined. They have showers. There are also hair dryers and slippers. Maids, daily necessary for personal hygiene - soap, shampoos, gels - are updated by the maids. New bathrooms in the bathrooms, non-slip tiles on the floor.
All rooms have furnished balconies or terraces. There are also tumble dryers. Bed linen is changed twice a week. Cleaning is carried out daily, with the same frequency there is a change of towels.
Nutrition
Everyone who comes to the Arabella World Hotel 4 (Avsallar) is greeted with the inherent Oriental hospitality. Residents are offered the all-inclusive food concept. Four meals a day are served in the main restaurant. Meals are carried out according to the schedule. Tourists will learn breakfast, lunch and dinner time from the memo that they are given upon check-in. There you can find all the services that are offered at the hotel. The restaurant is big enough. It can simultaneously take food for up to four hundred people. There is always an atmosphere of goodwill.
The menu includes vegetable salads, an abundance of fish, meat, chicken. Fruits are certainly served: cherries in season, watermelon, oranges and apples, bananas and grapes. A lot of baking. Almost every second review of those who have already visited the Arabella World hotel speaks of oriental sweets. Especially a lot of memories of delicious baklava and pastries.
In the evenings, if you wish, you can spend time in one of the three bars on site, as well as visit the à la carte restaurant. Tables need to be ordered at the registration desk. The all-inclusive concept also includes wine, carbonated drinks, beer and many other Turkish-made drinks. Ice cream, Turkish coffee and fresh juices must be paid extra.
Sea and beach
Just four hundred and fifty meters separate Arabella World (Turkey) from the coastline. The beach can be reached through the underground corridor passing under the motorway leading to Antalya.
The hotel has its own swimming area. Umbrellas, chaise lounges and plank beds are issued free of charge. On the territory of the sandy beach there is also a shower, toilet and changing cabins. To enter the sea does not require special shoes. The hotel does not provide bath towels.
Pools
In a small, but quite convenient area, Arabella World has two pools: the main open and the second for children. Around them there are always a lot of sun loungers, which are not required to be paid. There is also a bar. Local alcohol is given only to those sitting at tables. Pool water is replaced every other day. Those who wish can do water aerobics exercises in the morning with the group. Those who do not want to go to the beach will comfortably sunbathe by the pool, lying on the trestle beds, as well as ride from the water slides, of which there are two for adults.
Entertainment
Arabella World 4 for adults periodically organizes discos and theme nights. You can play table tennis or darts at the property. Those who prefer not to sleep at night, but have fun, can go to the center of Avsallar, where there are a lot of fascinating places for spending youth leisure time. For an additional fee, guests are invited to use the pool tables or just sit in the Internet cafe.
On the beach of the hotel there is a sufficient variety of water activities, such as volleyball, motorless or motor sports, a trip on a tablet, on a banana. There is a rental point for scooters and pedal boats. Those wishing to feel the adrenaline rush are invited to fly by parachute, which pulls a boat along a long cable.
Leading a healthy lifestyle will enjoy visiting the gym, spa and massage room. Arabella World 4 features a Turkish hammam. You can get into it only by appointment. The spa offers a selection of beauty and massage treatments, ranging from sports massages to thalassotherapy. There is also a cinema hall.
Services for small children
The Arabella World Hotel 4, which reviews are mostly positive, offers its children a kids club for kids from five to ten years old, an equipped playground in the shade of trees, and a pool with slides.
In the restaurant, parents will be served, upon request, dishes from a special menu and a high chair for easy feeding. For the most comfortable stay of dads and mothers, the hotel has such a service as a nanny. On request, guests can add an extra cot in the room. This must be warned in advance by the administrator on the floor.
Equipped for children, the shallow and very clean swimming pool with slide is very convenient for young children. Everything is thought out here to ensure the safety of small hotel customers. Parents can, without worrying about their babies, allow them to have fun splashing in the clear water.
Excursions
In the resort Avsallar there are many attractions, excursions to which you can buy at the Arabella World Hotel 4. Photos of tourists in the dolphinarium, located a twenty-minute walk from the hotel, takes everyone who has stayed with him home. The region is very interesting due to its rather ancient history. Here is an old Seljuk fortress dating from the thirteenth century. In addition, judging by the reviews, a boat trip that starts from Cleopatra Beach is very interesting . It lasts until about seven in the evening. On the yacht there is also an animator entertaining tourists. The cost of such an excursion is about twenty-five dollars per person. There is also a tour with a disco, often a foam, on board a yacht with drinks. It ends at three in the morning and costs around forty-five dollars.
An interesting excursion is rafting. Rafting takes place along the Manavgat River, which is not very far from Arabella World Hotel 4. For the sake of being able to get a dose of adrenaline, even tourists from many remote resorts - Camyuva, Tekirova, etc. come here for many. Many take children with them, because there are several levels of complex river thresholds. Therefore, while relaxing with your family, you should not give up rafting at all, which costs about fifteen dollars with lunch.
Some prefer to go to Alanya or Side and there independently visit all interesting places. Buses leave every fifteen minutes, their parking is at the entrance to the hotel.
Reviews
Arabella World Hotel was liked by many Russians. They admit in their impressions that at first, choosing this particular hotel, they doubted the correctness of their action, as they were traveling with small children. The long transfer, some remoteness from the big cities were alarming.
But they were wrong. Hotel Arabella World Hotel 4 * is really good. Check-in is made immediately, without a long wait, although many, as they themselves admit, arrived at inopportune times. Without any surcharges, you can get a room with a sea view, if, of course, there is available.
Both the old and the new building are well repaired. Plumbing in the rooms works fine, the rooms have everything for a normal stay. And although the general cleaning is carried out only between settlements, the daily was enough for many. The maids cleaned the rooms unnoticed, mainly when tourists went down to the restaurant. This was appreciated by mothers, vacationing with children and watching closely so that their children’s sleep was not disturbed.
The fact that you need to walk to the beach for a few minutes is not particularly annoying. Many tourists perceived this as an additional promenade in the fresh air. Despite the fact that the road in some places runs along a busy highway, exhaust gases are not felt at all.
Many reviews relate to beach terraces with sun loungers and parasols. Our compatriots liked them. Neither on the beach, nor by the pool, no one lost anything, which is very important for a relaxing holiday.
Nutrition ... Almost everyone is happy with it: a variety of fruits, a lot of meat, fish every day. Nobody remained hungry, and some even gained weight. There is no problem with drinking water: coolers are everywhere.
Some discontent caused some lack of courtesy of employees at the registration desk, but this can be explained by lack of knowledge of the Russian language.