We were at this hotel from August 1 to August 8, 2024. On the plus side: the staff is very friendly and helpful. Beautiful clear sea. Small pebbles entering the sea. Almost immediately deep. Sun beds and umbrellas on the beach are free of charge. The beach is 150 meters from the hotel.
Food: very monotonous. Only chicken and chicken liver are made of meat. The food is delicious. I'm not picky about food, so I was quite satisfied with the food.
Animation for a C grade. Every other day in the evening.
There is a bazaar, a pharmacy and a Migros store within walking distance.
Internet at the reception is free. We bought wi-fi. $2 for 1 day. 3 days - $5. 7 days - $12.
Do not change dollars at the hotel or at the guides. Their exchange rate is 1 dollar - 30 liras. In most stores, you can pay in dollars at the rate of 31.5 - 33. In general, do not be fooled by the persuasions and assurances of the guide that it is more profitable to pay with lira.
Among the disadvantages: room cleaning. Our room was cleaned once on August 2nd. I approached the reception twice with a request to arrange room cleaning. As it seemed to me, I was heard. But the room was never cleaned again until August 8. The maids explained that they had no time - they needed to deal with the rooms they were checking into. In my opinion, this should not be a problem for resident tourists. I had to go around asking for toilet paper and clean towels. This is probably the only big disadvantage.
In general, I recommend the hotel)))
Great sea! There are always free sun beds! The beach is close! The rooms are old! The staff is smiling, pleasant, cheerful! There is no animation! The main contingent, the elderly (many foreigners), families with children!The food is monotonous!If you don't want any noise...This way for you!
Over the past 2 years, the selection of tours to Turkey has realized that the coronavirus and the economic crisis have greatly affected the situation with hotels. Their food prices have increased 2-3 times, so there are restrictions on the menu of hotels. There doesn't seem to be any money for repairs either. In general, the price-quality ratio is no longer the same as in 2006-2010. If you want a solid three, take a 4. If you want 4 stars, buy a 5-star hotel in a good season.
We paid 154,000 for 8 nights for two. We arrived at 7 a.m., left at 5:30 p.m. (we were lucky that it turned out to be 9 days). We rested from 30.08-07.09.2024.
The Aperion Hotel is a solid three, from the 4th only its own beach. Animation is symbolic and not every day. The impression of the hotel's design is "I made it out of what was..." It looks very shabby, but we knew about it and that it was not the declared 4 stars.
Wi-fi is paid for 1,700 rubles. They did not take it. The free one catches only at the reception and next to it in the smoking room. Dollars were exchanged for lira at Aman at 32 and in Alanya at 33.
A beach with an awning, sun beds, showers, toilets. The pebbles are not small, buy corals. The bar is non-alcoholic, open for a couple of hours in the morning and evening.
The pool – we had a lot of Turkish children, we didn't swim there. There is a shower and an aqua slide.
Check-in. At first they wanted to give us room 109, but we were scared that it was the 1st floor and asked to change it higher. We waited only 30 minutes until the cleaner washed it.
Room No. 121 turned out to be a family room (3rd floor), overlooking the pool and the sea. The renovation in the room is good. Kondey turned on after 2-3 attempts. The refrigerator froze symbolically. The shower doors did not work (as elsewhere), so they did not dare to slide them. Knowing the situation in general, the hotel did not act up. There was toilet paper and liquid soap. We never let the cleaner into the room, we keep it clean ourselves.
We do not recommend taking it to the bungalow, there are many complaints. On the 1st floor. we also do not recommend the main body, there is mold and there are other problems (condiment, toilet bowl). We have inherited our room from Russian tourists.
Breakfast from 8:00 to 9:30
Lunch from 12:30 to 14:00
Snack – the time is inaccurate, it is necessary to guard earlier. There are queues for baking.
Dinner from 19:00 to 21:00
Bar – normal cold beer, dry red and white wine, imitation gin, vodka without anise, cola, fanta, jupi. You can ask to make a gin cocktail.
Meal. We were very satisfied in comparison with last year's good three-piece in Marmaris.
Breakfast – boiled eggs, omelette, soy sausages, cheese, cheese, wet and dry, tomatoes, fresh loaf, butter a la margarine, jam, corn rings and milk. Coffee from the vending machine and tea at the bar.
For lunch and dinner always: very tasty soup (always new), 2 types of chicken, local salads, hot peppers, tomato gravy, zucchini, eggplant/cauliflower, olives, olives, watermelon.
Afternoon snack is one thing: balls / tortillas like crumpets or couscous with delicious vegetables + pickled cucumbers and cabbage.
For dinner - soup, chicken and delicious ventricles with hearts / liver, bulgur, rarely rice, watermelon, rarely potatoes in gravy. Mackerel, lamb and meatballs from it were caught 1 time. Dessert of semolina, cocoa, honey.
Service – there are no complaints. Well-groomed green area, attentive staff. The only problem is that there are not enough staff in the bar and dining room, so there are delays with plates and queues at the bar.
We stayed at the hotel for only 2 days, the rest of the time was spent on excursions, which we took from the Russian-speaking Aman. He sometimes comes to our beach in the morning and the rest of the time in the office (until 23 hours) OUR OWN TOUR Agency is located in the area of shopping tents. It also helps to solve problems for Russians who do not speak English.
Excursions. Green Canyon on a large catamaran (9.30 - 16.00) - an easy excursion along the Manavgat River by ship, clean cool emerald water, 2 stops for swimming, lunch on the shore (trout, chicken or meatballs to choose from, vegetables, bread). There are unlimited soft drinks on board.
Dolphin Island by yacht (8.30 - 17.30) – a very fun excursion along the Manavgat River and the sea towards Alanya. Bathing 3 times, meals on the ship (chicken, bulgur, salad), soft drinks for free, children's animation, foam disco, photo with a parrot (for a fee), gozleme tortilla – 2 euros, ice cream – 4 euros, beer - 5 euros. Dolphins and turtles have not been seen).
Cappadocia for 2 days (4.00 – 20.30) – visited the underground city, cave temples and churches. It's exhausting for a family with young children. With stops in 1 direction, it turns out to be 8 hours. We were traveling only for the sake of 1 balloon flight and 1 panorama.
The first breakfast is your own lunchbox or for a fee, lunches are for 15 euros or your own food (you can buy a snack at gas stations). Only dinner (first day) and breakfast (2nd day) are free at the hotel.
The hotels are ordinary or imitation caves. Inside there is everything for a comfortable stay.
Balloon flight – from $ 200 (no more than 10 balloons) or 300 (more than 100 pieces). Due to the weather, it may be canceled. We advise you to go to see the panorama of balls by: bus - 35 euros, horses (40 euros), jeeps (50 euros /person). An ordinary pink sunset for 15 euros is not worth it (only 5 minutes).
Freshly squeezed juice – 3 euros. If you spend money on all the offers, you can go broke)). There are surcharges everywhere.
We went to Alanya on our own by bus (100 liras in 1 direction), funicular (345 liras), cave (100 liras), swimming on Cleopatra beach, walking. We recommend downloading an offline map maps.me The last bus to Manavgat is at 22.00.
Aman drove us to Side and took us back in his car. We watched the waterfall (for tourists 7 euros), the open-air museum, just walked.
Our vacation was a success, we always rest actively!