ARMAS LARA - Lara Cd.

The hotel is very clean. Meals are moderate but varied. In the snack bar, there is an option of pancakes other than pizza and hamburgers. There is a shuttle service 5 minutes away from the beach. The weather was fine in October, we were very pleased, we are planning to come again next year.

Terrible hotel. Definitely not for young people, but rather for grandmothers. The staff are not friendly. The sea is small. Outside there is no place to go at all. There is no animation. Music every other day. Lobby bar is open until 23.00 and then entertain yourself

The hotel opened quite recently, which is both a plus and a minus. Yes, it's new, new furniture, quite stylish. But, there are a lot of imperfections: the elevator works every other time and creaks very much; in the rooms a lot of that is missing. At first we were placed in a very small room without a balcony, there were no hangers or an air conditioner remote control. The Russian-speaking girl at the reception was only rude to complaints, but the boy who speaks English very nicely solved all the problems, changed the number and (we did not have warm water in the room) helped to solve the problem with water. Cleaning the room can hardly be called cleaning, the towels were simply put on the shelf and made the bed, but did not change it. The towels were changed only once, the mini bar was refilled only once. There is no gym, there is no animation either. The food is quite tasty, a lot of alcohol is poured, the staff is pleasant. The beach is good, the sea is very clean and warm, but sometimes the beach is not cleaned and there may be dirty tables and sun loungers. The slides are good in the hotel, but the working time depends on the lifeguard, at one time they worked only from 1 to 4, the rescuer changed from 9 to 4-5. If you want to go to the city, then you need to buy a bus ticket and connect the geo-code to it. This code is needed everywhere if you want to enter the mall. We took the LC07 / LC07A bus, it takes about an hour and the price is 4.50 one way.

The hotel itself is very poor. The staff at the lower level are nice, the "managers" who are watching over them are unfriendly - they walk stiffly around the facility, they step directly on the guests and they have to get out of the way. Beach bar service was not nice. Very little choice of drinks. Only beer on the beach and it was ultra all inclusive! Food variety, but noticeably less choice at the end. No seafood, only fried herring from fish. In the mini bar at the beginning there were only two bottles with drinks with a capacity of 0.25l ? Dirty glass in the windows, unwashed corridors, staircases .... In Europe, this hotel could have three stars, certainly not five. It is worth looking for a different vacation destination.

Brand new and clean hotel. Beautiful modern design, laminate floors in the rooms (tired of old hotels with carpet), modern technology (TV, air conditioning, bathroom). High-tech rooms. The food is excellent, great selection, lots of fruits. I liked that the ice cream is individually sealed in a sealed package, there is grain coffee, delicious "snacks" in the bars both by the pool and on the beach. The sea is nearby, you can, in principle, and on foot, but there is a private shuttle bus with a very nice driver, grandfather. The sea is very small pebbles, not golden sand as usual on the beaches in the area. The sea is warm, the entrance is smooth, ideal for children. The beach is combined with other hotels. Cheap on the left, expensive on the right, armass in the middle. They swim wherever they want. There is no entertainment for children in the hotel, in 6 days a mini club was opened only once. The children went in, saw that there was nothing special inside and left. There is no animation. But there is a nice little playground (swings / slides). And the most pleasant and important point is the staff. You are really welcome here, everyone is running to help. Of the minuses, these are elevators. There is only 1 working elevator in each building, which constantly breaks down. We had the 6th floor, and the lift only came until the 5th. Since we have three little years (+ stroller), it was annoying. And of course for this area (center, the airport is only 12 km away. It is about 100 liras / 20 mm by taxi) the price is very reasonable. Prices are around at least 10 times more expensive.

The hotel is new. Most of the employees are inexperienced, but most of them try to help. We went to the hotel as two men for 4 days for both business trip and vacation. The biggest negative side of the hotel is its customer potential. Iranian customers are making a mess. Do not go to this hotel with your spouse, family or girlfriend. Those savage Iranians are staring at all the women in the hotel like they're going to eat the girls. While you wait in line to get your food, wild Iranian customers go to the beginning of the set for covid and fill their meals without masks until the plate is overflowing. At 1.30 am, surprise, drunk Iranian customers call each other from apartment to hotel building. (If you go out and say something, they will be lynched. Savages) Maybe you will swim in the most beautiful beach in Turkey, but the Iranians are having fun throwing pebbles at each other. These pebbles come to sunbathing Russian tourists. I think that's enough explanation for Iranian customers. Let me continue with the facilities of the hotel. The hotel is 500 600 meters from the sea. However, there is a Shuttle every 15 minutes and we did not have any trouble commuting. All I can say about food is God bless the master in the oven. We saved the days by eating egg rolls during the day, pita potatoes with cheese at noon, spaghetti and pita with cheese in the evening. There is no such thing as red meat. There's turkey and chicken. I don't eat turkey. They throw a ridiculous sauce on the chickens, you can't eat it. As entertainment, we memorized an Iranian song called Aron afshar janam bash, accompanied by Iranian folk dances. Room cleaning was good. Bathroom wc cleanliness was good. Since the facility is new, all the furnishings etc. in the hotel are very good in terms of cosmetics and cleaning. Will I go again? Never.

Well .... I'll start with the pros: today (autumn 2021) the hotel is new. It has modern design (although controversial in some places), good condition of the rooms and nothing falls off. The rooms also have balconies, which is convenient when you need to dry your swimsuit every day. Quite friendly staff. In the evening, the room is quiet, because there is no entertainment in the evening, thank God, there is. Antalya is 40 minutes by bus if you figure out the transport card. On the downside: it's not just not the first line, it's not even the second. The hotel has its own, rather dull, fig beach knows where. There is, however, a bus. Rooms with views of the wasteland. The hotel has one small outdoor pool. Well, the level of food is standard for Turkish hotels - but no, not really. The fruit was inedible, which is just weird in Turkey in the fall. The hotel closed for the winter on 4 November. All in all, this is a small hotel of a very modest standard.

I am writing this comment because when I decided to go to this hotel, unfortunately there was no opinion about it. Perhaps thanks to him, someone will avoid disappointment and the feeling of badly spent money. I took a chance, tempted by the information that the hotel is new and the fact that it is located very close to the airport. And that was what I cared about the most. I was in the hotel at the beginning of October 2021. Located in a remote area, about a kilometer from the beach to which the bus ran (not every 15 minutes as the reception informed, but it ran). The immediate vicinity of the hotel is a typical Turkish undeveloped area. (bushes, excavations, garbage, everything and nothing). Fortunately, I had a room on the ground floor so I didn't see this mess. The hotel is intimate, relatively clean, fenced area, two swimming pools, a slide, a small playground and a bar. All in all, it has everything that should be for an undemanding client. Cleaned every night. I have not seen any animations, apart from darts and music played from a laptop. The problem that bothered me the most was the permanent lack of hot water in the bathroom and electric fuses constantly blowing out (e.g. when trying to turn on the TV, light or air conditioning). Room acoustics very poor. You can hear the neighbors' conversations, the sounds of flushing water and other things that I do not want to write about here. The rooms are new. But, unfortunately, the quality of their finish is at a very poor level. When it comes to drinking and eating, there are two bars in the hotel, plus one on the beach. When too large group of tourists (organized) check in, the bar introduces drink limits (4 per person) or informs that the alcohol is over. The ULTRA AI formula has not been found. :) The lobby bar is open 24 hours a day (after 2 a.m. payable) Restaurant ... When it comes to meals before opening hours, I can write that it is fairly ok and that the food is there. If someone is late, sorry. Fight for space, cutlery, warm food, etc. Meals are imposed by the service. At nighttime dinners after 23 "covid" it goes to sleep and you can serve yourself. (menu very limited). Nobody at the hotel respects the obligation to wear masks. There is a big problem with communication because a large part of the staff do not even know basic English words. The hotel is probably geared mainly towards citizens of Iran, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine. There were also many Poles, thanks to whom this stay, despite all these shortcomings of the hotel, turned out to be very pleasant and successful. I will not go to Armas Lara again. I will not recommend it to any of my friends. Warm solar Turkey YES. But in a different hotel.