Hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 *: description, reviews

In a wonderful corner of the Turkish Riviera of Antalya, at the foot of the Taurus Mountains, on the shores of the Mediterranean, there is a relatively young Tekirova resort that has become extremely popular. Almost every hotel here is modern, fashionable, giving its guests maximum comfort and convenience. In this list is the hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 *. Reviews of those who rested here in 2015 are so different, as if people wrote about two not only different, but completely opposite hotels. Let's take a short walk around this hotel and try to figure out what kind of recreation conditions they offer.

Location

First I want to clarify that the Larissa Club Saphire 5 * hotel (Turkey, Antalya) was formerly known as Jeans Club Hotel Saphire, but this year the guide was replaced, and with it the name. The hotel is located in the village of Tekirova, near its center. On the one hand is very close to the hotel Rixos, from all other sides of the Larissa Club Saphire is surrounded only by a delightful nature. The nearest airport from where the planes arrive from Russia is in Antalya. Before it - 75 kilometers, or about 1.5-2 hours on a tourist transfer, which is required to provide travel agency, where the vouchers were purchased. Such a long road turns out, because the bus along the way brings tourists to other hotels, because you have to go through Goynuk and Kemer, also very popular with Russian tourists. To the famous tourist center of Kemer from Larissa Club Saphire 5 * - about 18 kilometers. You can get there on dolmushah. The road is located near the hotel. Public transport stops on demand anywhere. Quite close to the hotel are the famous village of Camyuva and Mount Tahtali with a unique cable car, as well as the ancient city of Phaselis.

Territory

Larissa Club Saphire 5 * (Tekirova) covers an area of 3.8 hectares. The territory is very green, well-groomed, causing only positive emotions. Among the trees surrounding the hotel buildings, pine and citrus dominate, creating a unique cocktail of wonderful aromas in the air. On green lawns, in the shade of trees, there are hammocks and small conversations under thatched roofs, where it is pleasant to relax alone or together. Also on the beautiful territory of Larissa Club Saphire 5 * there are a parking lot, a large pool for adults and a small one for kids, shops where you can buy souvenirs, beach accessories and some Turkish goods. Between the trees there was a place for sports grounds, a restaurant and bars.

Infrastructure

Hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 * (Kemer, Tekirova) for providing a full and interesting recreation for its guests has a rich infrastructure. The reception is located in the central building and works around the clock, though not all the time you can find Russian-speaking staff. At the reception there is an opportunity to hand over personal clothes, dry cleaning, order a taxi, room service, exchange currency, rent a car, buy sightseeing tours. In the spacious hall of the hotel there are soft sofas, armchairs, and coffee tables, and each such corner for rest is individually designed. Here, in the lobby of the central building, there are shops with goods of leading brands in Turkey, a large billiard room, slot machines, a lobby bar. For those who want to combine rest with work, Larissa Club Saphire 5 * offers a stylishly designed and well-equipped conference room for 120 people.

The hotel's infrastructure also includes a wide range of facilities offering SPA and other relaxing treatments.

Number of rooms in the main building

Hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 * for accommodation of its guests has a central building of 6 floors and four separate buildings (bungalows) in two or three floors. Cleaning in all rooms is made on schedule, towels are changed every two days, and sheets, pillowcases - every three days. The design of all rooms is based on the principle of minimalism, that is, there is nothing superfluous in the rooms, everything is done in restrained tones, the only thing you can hold your gaze on is reproductions on the walls. The first floor of the central building is occupied by infrastructure facilities (hall, shops, entertainment complexes, restaurants). Rooms start from the second floor. The categories of rooms and living conditions in all buildings are different.

The rooms of the central building of the hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 * Standard (Kemer) all have an area of up to 22 square meters, all equipped with necessary furniture (beds, a closet for clothes, bedside tables, chairs, table) and electrical equipment (TV, free safe, telephone, small Refrigerator, refilled daily with drinks, telephone for communication with the hotel services, air conditioning). The floors in the rooms are carpeted, on the windows - good curtains, not allowing light. Almost every room has a balcony. But despite the apparent equal comfort, rest in the rooms of the main building of the hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 * Standard (Kemer) is very dependent on their location. So, in the hotel all rooms up to the fifth floor (No. 100-499) are connected to the central air-conditioning, that is, in case of malfunctions in the system, it is possible to reduce the heat in the rooms only by opening the balcony at night. In those rooms with windows overlooking the road or to the neighboring hotel "Rixos", or located above the technical facilities of the hotel, where there is a constant noise from the machinery working there, it is very difficult to relax without noise insulation. In the rooms the standard of the main building located on the very last floor (No. 500-599), the air-conditioning system is individual, and such problems do not arise for the guests.

In addition to the standards in the fund of the hotel there are family rooms up to 36 squares. They are two-room (there is an internal door). Equipment - necessary furniture (beds, sofa, armchairs, night tables, table, chairs) and electrical appliances (TV, small refrigerator, safe, telephone, air conditioning).

In the room of hygiene of any room there is a toilet, a washbasin with a table top, a shower cubicle or a bath with a shower, a hairdryer, a set of individual hygiene products.

Number of bungalows

These detached buildings are not distinguished by any exquisite exterior appearance, but they all fit harmoniously into the overall design of the territory. The rooms of the Larissa Club Saphire 5 * standard (No. 600-999) in the bungalow are different from similar in the main building in a more compact size and the availability of individual air conditioning. The furnishings and equipment of the rooms is the same as in the main building. Their minus is almost constant dampness, especially in the rooms located on the ground floors. Their plus (except for individual air conditioning) - there is no need to use the elevator, which in the main building is almost always busy or crowded. In addition to the usual standard and family rooms in the bungalow there are 27 rooms of the so-called Bunk bed room with an area of 26 "squares". They are calculated for four holidaymakers. The highlight of these rooms is bunk beds.

Another plus of the bungalows is the availability of two rooms for disabled people.

Food

Hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 * (Kemer) has a central restaurant, where the main meal is organized (breakfasts, lunches, "self-service" dinners), and a restaurant with a customized a la carte menu, which is recorded and paid for. In occasion of a food in hotel responses of the guests the most different. There are those who consider it excellent, but many are also unhappy with the menu, dishes and service in general. For breakfast, Larissa Club Saphire 5 * offers: several dishes from eggs, pasta, porridges (among them there are dairy), slicing cheeses, sausages, vegetables, several kinds of salads, pancakes, yoghurts, cottage cheese, chicken, meat products. For lunch in the restaurant every day in the menu full (not powder) soups, several types of chicken, there is a turkey or mutton, fish, seafood, three or four types of side dishes, a variety of fruits for the season (melons, watermelons, apples, peaches, grapes, Oranges, apricots), pastries, desserts. For dinner, guests are cooked meat and fish on the grill, as well as in the menu, always salads, side dishes from pasta, rice, vegetables.

Among the drinks offered to guests during the day - juices in packages, fresh juices (charge), "Jupi", milk, coffee, tea. Among the alcoholic beverages here are wines of Turkish production and foreign manufacturers, crayfish, whiskey, vodka, ouzo, beer and others. The bar can also prepare a cocktail.

In addition to the main food, Larissa Club Saphire 5 * (Kemer) has snacks. They can be carried out in a snack bar located by the pool. It offers pizza, flat cakes with and without stuffing, baked potatoes, drinks. On a snack in the restaurant of the hotel, tourists are treated daily by ice cream of several kinds and freshly baked waffles.

The hotel restaurant has a children's area (buffet), where for small guests there are separate tables, high chairs, a children's menu is offered.

Sea

Hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 * (Turkey, Kemer) is located in close proximity to the coast. To the beach from any building no more than 3 minutes walk. The beach at the hotel is very own, very spacious and clean. Covering - a small pebble, on which you can tread bare feet, but there are wooden decking to the very water. Sunbeds, umbrellas, sunbeds, mattresses here are mostly always available, towels are provided free of charge in the Turkish bath of the hotel. Only at the peak of the season, comfortable places on the beach may not be enough, if you come here at about ten in the morning. The sea in the area of Tekirova village is fabulously beautiful, warm and clean. Sunset in the water is gentle, convenient for all. From the entertainment on the beach, standard attractions for sea resorts (banana, bagel, catamaran), there are also jet skis and water skis, a diving center is operating.

Leisure

Hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 * (Turkey) on its territory has one very spacious pool for adults. Loungers and umbrellas around him are always enough for everyone. In addition, the hotel has a smaller indoor heated pool, where there are always available comfortable sun loungers. The highlight of the hotel is water slides that work by the clock. Next to the adult there is a pool for kids. Also for them on the territory of the hotel is equipped with a children's playground, and in the central building there is a children's mini-club, where the teacher is engaged with the children.

For sports fans, there are tennis courts on site, though with a hard surface. There are volleyball and basketball courts, places for darts and archery, tennis tables are installed. In the hotel building there is a well-equipped fitness room, where every holidaymaker can work on modern simulators.

For a relaxing stay, the Larissa Club Saphire 5 * (Kemer) offers a wonderful SPA-salon with sauna and massage room, as well as a hairdresser, where you can make a stylish hairstyle.

Animation in the hotel is present, but to the work of animators there are a number of complaints, in particular, that their work with adults is hardly noticeable. Only for kids animation is more or less interesting. Its highlight is drawing on T-shirts, which need to be purchased for 15 y. E. In addition, for children organize a mini-disco, show cartoons, hold children's competitions.

Those tourists who like to relax not only on the beach, but also get acquainted with local attractions, will appreciate the location of the hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 *. From it to the world famous cable car to the top of Tahtali mountain - about 10 kilometers, and to the ancient city of Phaselis, more precisely to this ancient antiquity museum - about 6 km. It is located approximately in the middle between the village of Tekirova and the village of Camyuva, to which only 10 kilometers from the hotel. By the way, individual tours are organized here, so that tourists can get acquainted with the life of the Turkish people. Another exciting excursion, which is very convenient to carry out from the hotel, is a trip to Kemer, which is less than 20 minutes drive.

In the village Tekirova also has a unique attraction - the first in Turkey ecological park of reptiles. However, here you can admire not only the turtles, but also the reptiles, as well as exotic plants, which in the park collected about 500 species. The garden of cacti is especially noteworthy. The center of Tekirova, where the market is located and the main outlets are concentrated, is about 30 minutes from the hotel. The road lies past the oranges.

Additional Information

Larissa Club Saphire Hotel 5 * is aimed at resting couples with children. The main contingent in this hotel are residents of the former CIS countries. Representatives of other European countries are very rare here. Based on this feature, almost all the staff at the hotel understands Russian speech, and in the rooms - TVs with Russian channels.

Check-in hotel in accordance with the rules should be held from 14.00, but if there are available rooms, they are given immediately upon the arrival of tourists.

For children under the age of six, even with the provision of a separate bed, payment is not made. Extra beds are not available in the rooms. Pets are not allowed.

The hotel can be paid in cash, as well as bank cards VISA and MASTERCARD.

Wi-Fi is available on site free of charge to all comers, but it works very poorly.

Hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 *: reviews of holidaymakers for 2015

As mentioned above, in this hotel owners and management have changed, and with it some features of its work. Reviews about the rest in Larissa Club Saphire, even among tourists who were here at the same time, are very different, just as the assessments differ. Some believe that this is 3 or even 2, others put the hotel 5 with a plus.

The advantages of the hotel Larissa Club Saphire 5 *, noted in the reviews:

- comfortable comfortable rooms, everything is working properly, cleaning at height;

- excellent food, a large assortment of dishes, every day quite enough meat (chicken, lamb, turkey), a good children's table;

- a cheerful incendiary animation for adults;

- a wonderful animation for children (one of the reviews indicates that the child was difficult even to pull out the sea, so I liked it in the children's club);

- friendly, sympathetic, polite, professional staff;

- a wonderful area, many coniferous trees, well-groomed green lawns, flowers, cozy arbors;

- proximity to the sea and the beach;

- The beach is clean, the access to the water is comfortable, the sea is very warm, even in October;

- Absence of theft in the hotel;

- individual reception staff quickly and professionally solve all issues;

- wonderful nature around the village, orange gardens, Takhtala Mountain, which can be seen from the windows of many rooms;

- always free availability of sun beds and umbrellas near the pool;

- a good SPA-salon.

Lows of the Larissa Club Saphire 5 *, noted in the reviews:

1. By numbers:

- old furniture, not working plumbing;

- in the main building in the rooms up to the fifth floor there are no air conditioners;

- dirt, cleaning is not at all. Some tourists bought mops, rags and cleaned themselves in the room;

- dampness, fungus on the walls and on the ceiling;

- change of towels and bed linen only after repeated reminders;

- many ants;

- very poor sound insulation of rooms, which is especially important for the wing of the main building, closest to the neighboring hotel "Rixos", where the disco lasts until three o'clock in the morning;

- only one working and ever busy elevator;

- Many rooms have a view of the windows of a neighboring hotel.

2. By diet:

- the restaurant is very dirty, crumbs are shaken off the tables on the floor, in the children's area dirty trays are simply covered with a film;

- poorly washed dishes (glasses with traces of lipstick, plates with the remains of food);

- eternal queues for everything tasty, which is very small;

- Meat (except for chicken) is represented by soya semifinished products;

- very meager children's menu.

3. On animation: animators for adults work for a weak grade, do not show any shows, organize only some sports events.

4. In general for the hotel:

- not all reception staff understands the Russian language, because of what there are difficulties in solving the arising problems;

- the water in the outdoor pool is not clean enough, on the slides after they are turned off, there is an open climb up the stairs;

- there is no rescue service on the beach, no one is following the order.

The Larissa Club Saphire Hotel was opened in 1993. Many sites indicate that in 2014, the last reconstruction was made here, but in fact, it only touched on certain numbers and services. A complete innovation in this hotel was made in 2008, so many problems arose. In 2015, this institution is again innovating, so next year, 2016, everything should be great here.