We were driving home after a vacation on the Mediterranean Sea, and closer to midnight we stopped for the night in this beautiful, cozy hotel.
The rooms are very clean, buffet breakfast, friendly staff.
Everything is on 5++++
The price for a double room is 2000 liras
A very positive impression. The staff is friendly and ready to help. The room is clean and cozy. Linen, towels, no comments. Breakfast is also excellent. The care of the staff was constantly felt.
"Terribly cold hammam, sauna and swimming pool."
We were passing through, stayed according to reviews and wanted a hotel with a swimming pool and sauna. The hotel itself looks great, there is no territory as such. We took a room. We visited the hammam + sauna + swimming pool (which we regretted).
+ advantages: cleanliness of the room, order! The pool is clean, the hammam and sauna too. Friendly staff, Turkish breakfast is included in the room rate.
- cons: an unfortunate location, the windows overlooked the power plant, it is right next to it. The overnight stay is normal, for a long time I would not like to stay here for a long time. I think Turks with an understanding of health protection do not have enough knowledge about the dangers of electromagnetic radiation on the human body, the same SanPiN in Russia would prohibit the construction of residential buildings near the power plant. But this is Turkey! This is the first time I've seen hotels built near a power plant. It's nonsense to me. a restaurant for such a settlement in Turkey with inflated prices. We took a piece of brownie to the child at the checkout and paid for it 230 Turkish lira (in rubles 660₽ the price for the current year 2024). In the same center of Zara, in the cafe Akça Pastaneleri, the most expensive piece of a giant cake is 130 Turkish lira. The declared hammam and sauna are turned on for heating in front of visitors, i.e. the hammam did not have time to heat up, it should take 4-6 hours, if there was no one before you, then the stones will be cold. The sauna is turned on when you turn it on and it starts to heat up from a temperature of +30, in 2 hours spent there at the end it warmed up to +68, this is when you are already going out. The owners save money!!! The pool is excessively chlorinated, it hurts my eyes, we went in and stayed there for 5 minutes, the water was cold no longer, well, these housekeepers ruined the whole impression of the Zara Garden hotel. We paid 250 lire for each visitor, 750 lire for three people. All this "cold spa" lasted 2 hours.
But the owners are not confused by the remark made about the cold pool, sauna and hammam, you are a tourist, you arrived today and left tomorrow and you will never be here again. I don't like this attitude towards people. This ruined everything, sorry gentlemen, we are still paying, provide services as expected or make them free for hotel visitors or close them altogether. Maybe someone was more lucky than us and they visited a warm pool and a hot hammam and a hot sauna?! The pool and everything else is clean, apparently the locals already know that it's cold there, and they don't go much. The photo shows a cold hammam, there would be steam in a warm one and the photo would not be clear.
There are hotels where we return several times, but this one is an exception, we will never return here again. We will continue to explore Turkey and look for good hotels. And not those who, for stardom, add to themselves non-functioning amenities and save on everything with the desire to earn more money from tourists.