One of the most fashionable tourist regions of Turkey is Side. Here you will find a lot of luxury hotels for every taste, as well as a wide variety of entertainment. If you have chosen Turkey as the place for your next vacation, Vera Stone Palace 5 * (Side) will be an excellent option for accommodation. Today, we will find out what this hotel offers to its dear guests, as well as what impressions the rest in our compatriots left in it.
Where is the hotel complex
The hotel is located in the resort village of Cholakli. Side is eleven kilometers from the city of Side, and 65 kilometers from the largest coastal city of Antalya. The nearest airport to the hotel is 55 kilometers away. So after landing your plane in the air harbor, the path to the hotel complex will take you a little more than an hour. Despite the fact that Vera Stone Palace is located on the second line, the hotel has at its disposal a wonderful private beach with clean, fine sand. Going to it is not far away - only 250 meters.
Vera Stone Palace 5 *: photo and description of the hotel
This hotel complex received its first guests in 1998. Since that time, reconstruction works have been carried out here several times, the last of which occurred in 2012.
Today, Vera Stone Palace is a comfortable, modern hotel with all the necessary infrastructure. In total there are 330 rooms located in several four- and five-story buildings. Since Vera Stone Palace is a 5-star hotel, all rooms are spacious, bright, clean, cozy and comfortable. Here you will find everything you need for your stay. The same applies to the general infrastructure of the hotel. So, the hotel offers you a number of various services, as well as a lot of opportunities for entertainment and interesting relaxation. The area of this hotel is 32 thousand square meters. "Vera Stone Palace" is perfect for a relaxing pastime for family people with children of different ages, and for fun young companies.
Hotel Policies
In accordance with the internal rules adopted by Vera Stone Palace 5 *, hours are set here for the registration of arrival and departure of guests. So, the settlement of the staying travelers is carried out starting from 14:00. However, this rule is not strict, and the administration always tries to meet tourists. Therefore, if you arrived earlier than the deadline, provided that your room has already been vacated by the guests who stayed there before you and properly prepared by the hotel maids, you can enter it immediately. Such an opportunity is not always available at the peak of the holiday season, when the hotel complex is full, as they say, "to the eyeballs." So, if your room is not yet ready for check-in, you can leave things in the storage room and dine in the restaurant, take a swim in the pool, take a walk around the hotel or go straight to the sea on the beach.
As for the departure from Vera Stone Palace 5 *, you must vacate the occupied room before noon. Upon delivery of the keys, it is also necessary to pay the cost of living. You can pay both in cash and with plastic cards of payment systems such as Mastercard or Visa. The question of the possibility of paying with cards of other payment systems should be discussed in advance with the hotel. If you bought a tour to Vera Stone Palace through a travel agency and fully paid for it for your stay, then when you leave you will only have to pay for additional services if you used them.
Accommodation for guests with children
Since the five-star hotel complex “Vera Stone Palace” positions itself for the most part as a place for a family vacation, tourists with children of all age groups are welcome here. At the same time, if you place in your room on an extra crib a baby up to two years of age or in existing beds - a baby up to twelve years old, then you will not have to pay extra for this. Placing a child over twelve years of age or an adult in an extra bed will cost 70% of the cost of living for one person. Keep in mind that in each room of the Vera Stone Palace Resort 5 * hotel complex, only one extra bed for children or adults can be installed. In addition, if you require such a service, you must inform the hotel in advance and receive confirmation from it.
Pets welcome
This item is very important for those tourists who can not imagine a trip on vacation without the company of their little (or not so) four-legged friend. So, according to the internal rules of the Vera Stone Palace hotel complex (Side, Turkey), pets are not allowed on its territory. Therefore, you will still need to leave your pet at home for the holidays or to look for another hotel that belongs to the Pets Friend category.
Number of rooms and room categories
As already mentioned, the five-star Hotel Vera Stone Palace, located in the Turkish resort region of Side, has at its disposal 330 comfortable rooms located in modern five- and four-story buildings on the green and picturesque private territory of the complex. The rooms are presented in the following categories: standard, family, superior and designed for disabled guests. We offer you to learn in more detail how these numbers differ among themselves.
In Vera Stone Palace 5 * standard room (standard type room) has an area of 24 square meters. The hotel has 165 rooms of this type. All are comfortable and decorated in a contemporary style. The rooms offer scenic views of the pool, beautiful garden or street. A maximum of 2 (+1) guests can be accommodated here.
The family room has an area of 32 square meters and has two bedrooms. In total, the hotel has 107 rooms of this type. It offers side views of the pool, hotel garden or street. This room category is designed to accommodate a maximum of 4 guests.
Superior room has an area of 28 square meters. These rooms also overlook the pool, garden or street. A maximum of 2 (+1) guests can accommodate in a room of this category.
In addition, the hotel has three rooms, prepared and equipped with everything necessary for the disabled.
Room features
All rooms of the Vera Stone Palace 5 * hotel (Side) are comfortable and are excellent for staying during your vacation in Turkey. Each of the rooms has a private bathroom with a bathtub, shower and hairdryer, a balcony with a picturesque view, comfortable furniture, a minibar, satellite TV (including channels with Russian broadcasting), a telephone, central air conditioning and a safe. A laminate floor is installed on the floor in the rooms. Doors to the room are locked with electronic locks. Rooms are cleaned every day. In addition, maids will change bed sheets and towels every three days. In addition, all hotel guests have the opportunity at any time to order a room service.
Restaurants at the Vera Stone Palace Hotel Complex
The power system in Vera Stone Palace Resort 5 * is organized according to the very popular all-inclusive (ol inclusive) system. The main hotel restaurant, called Stone, serves a buffet from morning until late in the evening. Here, experienced chefs will offer you delicious and varied dishes of both national Turkish and international cuisine. There is also a children's and diet menu. In addition to the main one, there are two à la carte restaurants in the hotel territory: fish and Italian. You can dine there by ordering meals from the menu. If you want to go to the à la carte restaurant, you should reserve a table in advance.
Hotel Bars
On the territory of the Vera Stone Palace 5 * hotel, in addition to restaurants (both with a buffet and those working on an a la carte system), several bars also function. So, here there is a lobby bar (a wide selection of drinks from 10 am to midnight), a pool bar (a variety of drinks, as well as live music), a snack bar (here you can not only order drinks, but also have a snack), a bar in the amphitheater, as well as a disco bar (open from midnight to three in the morning).
Sea and beach
As already mentioned, despite the fact that the five-star Vera Stone Palace Hotel (Side, Turkey) is on the second line, it has its own sandy beach. It is only 250 meters away. On the beach at the disposal of the guests of the hotel complex are comfortable sun loungers and tents. There is also a bar with drinks and snacks and a restaurant where you can dine without having to return to the hotel. In addition, the beach has a lot of opportunities for outdoor activities on the water.
Pools
Vera Stone Palace Hotel 5 * has five pools. Among them there is a large outdoor pool, a pool with slides, a children's pool, as well as indoor pools. The hotel also has a large sun terrace, where you can comfortably sit on comfortable sun loungers. In addition, there is also a poolside bar with a wide selection of both alcoholic and soft drinks.
Entertainment and sports
In addition to swimming in the pools, the sea and relaxing on the sun terrace and the beach, the hotel has the opportunity to visit the spa and wellness center. Here you can go to the sauna, hammam (Turkish bath), for a massage, as well as do cosmetic procedures. In addition, the hotel has a beauty salon and hairdresser, where you can do manicures, pedicures and a new hairstyle.
In the Vera Stone Palace 5 *, all day long and until late evening, animators work, making every effort to make your leisure time interesting. In the evenings, the amphitheater hosts guest shows and fun contests.
Lovers of outdoor activities can play beach volleyball, tennis or ping pong, billiards, darts, ride a horse, attend aerobics classes and a gym. The beach has everything you need for water sports.
Vera Stone Palace 5 *: tourist reviews
Since many travelers, when choosing a place to stay, are guided, among other things, by the opinion of a hotel of people who have already visited it, we bring to your attention generalized reviews about Vera Stone Palace (Side, Turkey).
In general, it should be noted that this hotel complex for the most part has met all the expectations of our compatriots. Perhaps the only minus of the tourists called the location on the second line. However, many travelers claim that walking a few minutes to the sea with an unhurried step is not at all difficult, but, on the contrary, is even pleasant. The beach itself was very clean, large, with comfortable sun loungers and tents, as well as a bar and restaurant. Some vacationers, however, were a little confused by the fact that beach towels can be replaced, albeit for a symbolic ($ 1), but surcharge.
As for the rooms Vera Stone Palace (Cholakly) 5 *, then most Russians were completely satisfied with them. So, cleaning was carried out regularly, and bed linen and towels were changed on time. In particular, maids tried if vacationers left a tip.
No particular disagreement arose over nutrition. So, many of our compatriots found the food here very diverse and delicious. You could always find a dish to your taste. So neither adults nor children remained hungry. In addition, I was pleased with the opportunity to dine right in the restaurant on the beach without having to return to the hotel.
The largest number of positive reviews about the Vera Stone Palace Hotel relates to the animation team working in it. So, our compatriots found its representatives as true professionals in their field who really love and know how to entertain holidaymakers. So, many tourists say that they did not see a similar level of animation in other five-star hotels in Turkey. Moreover, the entertainment program covers everyone here, regardless of age and nationality. So, for the kids a mini club is open daily, and discos are held in the evenings. For lovers of outdoor activities classes in aerobics, yoga and other sporting events are held. And those who prefer to relax by the pool, expect a lot of fun contests and other recreational activities. And, of course, in the evenings, bright and fiery shows are held in the hotel's amphitheater.
Summing up, we can confidently say that the vast majority of Russian tourists were quite satisfied with their stay at the five-star Vera Stone Palace Hotel (Side, Turkey). They do not exclude the possibility of coming here again and will be happy to recommend this hotel to their friends and relatives.