GRAND PARK KEMER 5 Hotel — Turkey
GRAND PARK KEMER 5 Hotel — Turkey

The GRAND PARK KEMER hotel is in the lovely village of Beldibi, not far from Kemer — in fact, at the other end of the village from Club Hotel Belpinar, where we began our travels. The hotel is understated: moderately pretty, moderately quiet, moderately inconspicuous. Check-in at the GRAND PARK KEMER went quickly; the safe... » read more

Side Prenses Resort — Turkey
Side Prenses Resort — Turkey

So, the Side Prenses Resort. I won’t write about arrival and departure: the guides’ scare tactics are standard and have been described in previous articles, for example in the article about Club Hotel Belpinar. I’ll only say that we didn’t even plan to go to the meeting with the guide and waste our personal time... » read more

At the CONCORDE EL SALAM hotel — Egypt
At the CONCORDE EL SALAM hotel — Egypt

Our second trip was just as predictable a choice as the first. We chose Egypt! We were recommended the CONCORDE EL SALAM hotel. This article is about that hotel. We stayed there in March 2017. At check-in we weren’t even given the chance to state our preferences. When we asked whether guests’ wishes were taken... » read more

At the CLUB HOTEL BELPINAR, the guide, Turkey
At the CLUB HOTEL BELPINAR, the guide, Turkey

At last I’m ready to describe our first trip abroad from our home country, Ukraine. We took our first step into this insanely beautiful and vast world in May 2016, and in this article I’ll describe how we stayed in our first hotel abroad, outside Ukraine. Never having been outside our own country as adults,... » read more