Tender sea, bright sun, interesting excursions - this is a wonderful holiday that Turkey provides. There are a wide variety of holiday destinations: megacities and small towns, historical monuments and protected areas, elite beaches and crowded resorts, such as the Lara area.
Lara
In a special tourist area near Antalya called Lara, many hotels have been built, including the Lara Hadrianus Hotel.
The resort area of Lara is known for its excellent beaches, which stretch in a continuous golden strip for many kilometers between Kundu and Antalya. Hotels of various classes are concentrated here - from the most luxurious complexes to budget buildings. The price level of rest in Lara depends on the distance from the sea coast.
Any map of Turkey with hotels shows a high concentration of resort infrastructure in this area - more and more shops, spa centers, amusement parks and restaurants are being built here.
Arriving at Antalya airport, you can get to Lara by city bus (600A). It usually departs from the International Terminal and the ticket costs approximately three and a half lira.
In Lara Hadrianus Hotel 4 you can alsoget by taxi or hotel bus, after ordering a transfer service.
Climate
In the Lara zone and in Antalya the same climate is typical for the Mediterranean regions. In summer, the weather is hot (more than thirty degrees) and there is almost no precipitation, and in winter it is not cold at all (on average, fifteen degrees Celsius) and there is a lot of rain, as mountains are nearby - they stand in the way of cyclones, and heavy showers are shed on the sea coast.
Snow can be seen in Lara, but only as an extraordinary event - only once in the last seventy years.
Lara Hadrianus Hotel
This is an inexpensive hotel in a typical urban neighborhood. Lara Hadrianus 4 is located in the Lara area. Distance to the seashore - 650 meters, to Belek - 35 km, to the center of Antalya - 16 km.
The hotel welcomed its first guests in 2006, and was renovated in 2010. The area of the entire hotel territory is 3600 square meters. Guests of the hotel are housed in three buildings with a height of seven floors. The buildings are similar to typical buildings in many Russian microdistricts.
The Lara Hadrianus Hotel 4 (Antalya) has about 130 rooms. Among them there are combined rooms for families, separate apartments and rooms for smokers and non-smokers.
Standard room is about 18-20 square meters. meters and is designed to accommodate no more than three people. The room has a shower and toilet, a small bar, hair dryer, cooling air conditioner, telephone, Internet, TV (one of the channels is ORT onin Russian), a safe for storage, a refrigerator and a balcony.
On the floor - parquet or soft carpet.
Services
According to the hotel's website and brochures, Lara Hadrianus Hotel provides animation services for children and adults and organizes entertainment programs and discos.
On the beach, tourists can practice all kinds of water sports, and you can also swim in the outdoor pool on site or visit the he alth club, relax in the hammam, get excellent massages.
The hotel has special tennis courts (table) and billiard rooms.
A children's play area has been built for hotel guests with children, there is also a pool for kids.
Beach and extras
The hotel is located near the city beach (300 m) - you can easily walk along the crowded streets of the microdistrict.
At some distance is the hotel's own beach, where there are not so many people, the sea is much cleaner and there is a bar.
Lara Hadrianus Hotel (Turkey) provides tourists with a free shuttle bus to take them to their beach in the morning and back to the hotel in the afternoon.
For those who do not have time for hotel bus flights, a paid delivery service is organized. Near the beach there is a yellow box with a button to call a taxi. The car arrives within a few minutes, the fare is about 10-13 lira.
The hotel has a paid room service, which includesdelivery of food from the restaurant to guest rooms and some other services.
For an additional fee, the hotel organizes conferences, business meetings, meetings and other events in its building.
The rooms have free but slow Internet, and another paid service is getting high-speed access to the World Wide Web.
Food
In Lara Hadrianus Hotel 3 catering is organized for all three types: HB, FB, AI, which respectively means:
- half board (breakfast in the morning and dinner in the evening);
- full board (three meals a day);
- all inclusive.
Half board is the most popular among tourists, as many spend the whole day on the beaches and excursions and stay at the hotel mainly in the mornings and evenings.
Breakfast includes not only traditional salads, fruits, boiled eggs, sausage and cheese, but also hot dishes (fritters, scrambled eggs), as well as jam, sour cream, milk and buns.
Lunch (for a fee) consists of several types of soups, salads, side dishes and meat dishes (chicken or various cutlets).
Dinner often includes open fire dishes, spicy lamb and herb flatbreads, a variety of vegetables (baked and fried), fruits and a variety of desserts.
Reviews and opinions
Lara Hadrianus Hotel 4 is an economical hotel that is not yet included in the best hotels in Turkey. Tourist reviews are mostly positive, given the not very high cost of living.
Opinion about the hotel depends on individual requirements for comfort and level of service, as well as on the purpose of arrival.
Activity lovers almost only spend the night in the hotel - and in this case more positive reviews. And people who spend more time in the hotel note its shortcomings.
Positive Feedback
One of the advantages is a separate beach, which is spacious, clean, clear sea water and no hustle. There is a lot of greenery on the beach, a bar, changing rooms, decent toilets and showers.
The hotel bar serves beer and wine. Coffee, tea and water are always available.
The food in the restaurant is good. The meat here is not served in whole pieces, but the chefs try to diversify the menu and prepare many types of dishes from minced meat or chicken.
Often mentioned about the composition of holidaymakers at Lara Hadrianus Hotel 4, reviews include reports of a large number of Iranians who come with families.
Russian tourists talk about traditions that are unusual for them: for example, Iranian women bathe in a hotel pool in their clothes. For many Russians, this is the first experience of communicating with other cultures, which often turns out to be very useful for them in terms of learning about various traditions.
In addition, Iranians drink very little (or not at all) and are always decently dressed, which is also an example for many, maybe an example.
There are many Turks in the local parks, who always walk with their wives and children. And there are practically no drunks on the streets (with the exception of tourists) - even in the evenings.
Bcozy rooms are quiet and peaceful, as there are almost no young people, discos are not very noisy and end early.
Despite the proximity to the airport, the noise of the aircraft in the room is not audible - just close the door to the balcony.
The hotel is small, everything is compact and the atmosphere is very peaceful.
Critical reviews
Quite a large number of tourists mention the location of the Lara Hadrianus Hotel. Reviews are not always positive - many did not like the fact that the hotel is adjacent to an ordinary city microdistrict with cheap high-rise buildings, cluttered wastelands, crowds of working people on the streets and many stray cats and dogs.
City beach, which can be reached on foot in a quarter of an hour, is polluted and has no infrastructure. The road to the city beach runs right through the crowded streets, where it is not very convenient to appear in beachwear. In addition, stray dogs can be found on the city beach.
On the private hotel beach, only wicker umbrellas are provided free of charge, but they do not protect from the hot Turkish sun, so you can get burned quickly.
It is forbidden to bring your own drinks to the hotel beach - you have to buy at the bar.
The free bus goes to the hotel from the beach without a fixed schedule, so it's easy to miss the only flight - in this case you will have to pay for a taxi.
The rooms are cleaned very rarely, the stairs on the floors are not washed or swept, only sheets are changed when bed linen is changed.
Tourists who rested at Lara Hadrianus Hotel 4report that for lunch anddinner is served mainly chicken - there may not be hot dishes from other products in ten days.
In the hotel bar and restaurant, drinks are served only in cups (100 grams), for an unopened bottle of water, juice, beer or wine you have to pay extra. Naturally, all drinks in cups are heavily diluted.
The bathrooms are cramped in the rooms, so it is impossible to fully open the door (as it rests on the plumbing) and you have to somehow squeeze into the toilet.
Many tourists note the absolute absence of the animation declared in the advertisement. Vacationers have fun at discos or watch movies on the Internet (but you have to pay extra for high-speed access).
Some tourists are annoyed by the morning and evening calls of the muezzin (mosque mouthpiece) and the proximity to the airport.
Other hotels in Turkey
In the Lara zone there are several more hotels similar to the Lara Hadrianus Hotel in terms of cost of living, room size and catering and leisure for tourists.
For example, Club Hotel Falcon 4 is also a city hotel and consists of several five-story buildings. Standard room - 18-20 meters. On TV you can watch 2 Russian channels. The same set of services is provided as in the Lara Hadrianus Hotel - and also in the reviews of tourists there is a lack of declared animation and meat for lunch (except chicken).
Club Hotel Falcon is value for money, and the hotel is well suited for active travelers who want to spend their holidays economically.
Amongfour-star hotels in Turkey in other resort areas, you can mark hotels with similar rates.
Thus, in Kemer (not far from Antalya) is Blauhimmel Hotel, where the minimum cost of living is 64 dollars, while the cheapest room in Lara Hadrianus Hotel - from 40 dollars. Blauhimmel Hotel offers the same rooms and services.
The difference lies in the location - not in an urban microdistrict, but on the seashore. Tourists who left reviews note that this hotel is a great place for a budget holiday for picky and active lovers of southern flavor.
Attractions
Guests of Lara Hadrianus Hotel have the opportunity to visit the same interesting places as tourists living in Antalya. Excursions can be booked directly at the hotel.
A short list includes the following attractions:
- the ancient city of Perge;
- sand sculpture exhibition;
- Duden waterfalls;
- Lara Kent Park;
- Kaaraalioglu park;
- "cotton fortress" Pamukalle;
- water park in Antalya (Dedeman).
Tourist Tips
In order for your vacation at Lara Hadrianus Hotel to be successful, you should take note of some tips from experienced tourists:
- You need to take an English phrasebook with you, as well as an Arabic dictionary, as the staff does not speak Russian at all, and not all of them speak English.
- Employees working in room service needtip.
- Please bring instant coffee or your favorite tea bags.
- There is a large Migros store near the hotel where you can buy bottled water and drinks, as well as all sorts of sweets.
- Towel for going to the beach must be taken to the reception, and they are open only from 9 am. Therefore, lovers of early bathing are better off taking a towel from the room.
- For good things you should go to the local market, especially on Wednesdays. The quality is excellent, and the prices are eight times cheaper than in Antalya.
- Own hotel beach is far away, the bus runs only once (and not always on schedule). You can arrange with a local taxi driver and safely go back and forth (about 15 lira).
- If a tourist leaves early in the morning when the hotel management is not present, the reception staff may demand money for mythical "extra services". In this case, it’s not worth paying, but it’s worth calmly “sit down and wait for the boss.” Then all problems will disappear with lightning speed.
- High-speed Internet is paid, so you just need to take more movies, books, games and so on on a flash drive.
Conclusion
Summarizing numerous reviews, we can conclude that the quality of service at the Lara Hadrianus Hotel is quite consistent with the cost of living.
The hotel provides a good opportunity for an economical holiday for middle-aged people who appreciate the silence, comfort and tranquility in the room, active holidays at sea and trips to interesting excursions.
