It is a majestix luxury hotel surrounded by the mountains and directly at the beach.
There is a lot of rooms in this 22.000 m2 domain. You have all kind of rooms (standard/ deluxe rooms with pool/ family rooms with pool & villa's with private pool).
We were lucky to get an upgrade to the deluxe pool room. Which means in this case you're located in a building with a pool to be shared with about 10 other rooms (it is no swim-up room).
Rooms:
The deluxe pool rooms are spacious rooms and in our case there was a double bed (200*180) & a single bed (200*90). The matrasses are of a good quality & feel soft. There is 2 different kinds op pillows (1feather/1fibres) per person.
There is a large desk provided with a minibar (filled with soft drinks (coca-vola/fanta/sprite/water & beer) and 100% complimentary) which is refilled Every day.
The different lights in the room make it a very nice atmosphere. A big plus is the wooden floor in the bedroom.
There is a large wardrobe with several amenities (seewing kit/shoe shine/...) and a safe (free).
Bathroom:
The bathroom is spacious with shower (rainshower) & jacuzzi (also shower facilities). The shower has a very good water pressure! There are 2 big towels, 2 small towel & 1 floormat provided per person (which is a real luxury). There is also a make-up mirror.
The amenities in the bathroom have never been seen in my whole life!
There is all normal stuff (toothbrush/toothpaste/comb/..., but on top of that there is a condom, shaving foam/ razor/ nail clipper/hygiene pats for women/...)
The liquid soap, shampoo, conditioneer & body lotion provided are from Bulgary and have a great smell. Those last items are replaced on a daily base.
So the bathroom is really a big plus in this hotel! Except for the hairdryer, that's a real poor thing and a real frustration for women (I had a co-traveller who experienced this as a big issue), so you can better take your own.
Breakfast:
The breakfast is really extensive and served till 11am. The room with the buffet is so big and there is all kinds of stuff served, you can't name it or you'll find it.
They really serve all kinds of preperations of eggs, even 15 kinds of olives... there is a fresh bakkery where you can pick your warm breads. There is at least 10 kinds of yoghurt & on top of that there is even different tastes of yoghurt in packages. Even a whole table with cakes, another table with fresh fruits,...really the largest breakfast buffet ever seen.
Little remark, as you're in Turkey you can not find all the stuff we're used too (no fresh orange juice/ no bacon / no good espresso), but as the offer is so large, you will not be disappointed.
HINT: breakfast is served till 11 am, but when you arrive at 10.50, you'll not be served as good as when you arrive at 10.30, as tables are no longer cleaned & staff had no more attention for you.
HINT: you can ask the bellboys to bring you to the main entrance of the hotel to go shopping & to bring you back (as this is about 500m from the reception).
Pools:
There is a lot of Pools in this resort. There is the main pool with animation pool next to it and on top of that there is several pools which belong to the Deluxe Pool Rooms & - villa's. All Pools have a dept of 140cm and there are also several baby Pools provided.
There is also several baby pools with a dept of 40cm.
Aquaparc:
The aqua parc is a real plus and unique in the hotelworld with 9 tubes, wherefrom 6 accessable with inflatables. There is a wide variation of waterslides which is fun garantied for the whole family. Especially the wide slide with inflatable up to 6 person is a must do for friends & families!
Of course the aquaparc also has a kids part which exists of all kinds of waterfun in indeed water.
The pool in the aqua parc also has jetstreams/fast moving water & fountains.
The aquaparc is accessable from 10 to 18h.
A la carte restaurant @ noon - beach
There is a large restaurant overlooking the beach where snacks are served from 12 till 18h. They serve a wide selection of pasta/pizza/wraps/grilles meat/salad buffet/...
Bars
There are several bars all over the hotel. They serve international alcoholic drinks & soft drinks of the coca-cola company in bottles.
Normally they serve you on the pool & beach, but it depends on their mood (if you know what I mean). Unfortunately it was the end of the season (october) & we had to pick-up our drinks ourselves.
But as I said, the quality of the drinks is very good!
Diner:
Diner is served in the main restaurant from 19h in buffet. The buffet is really large and there is a variety of all you can think about. Even a cheese buffet/fresh fruits/pasta bar/ sushi bar/...
This was really the first time I had such a wide variety of desserts on 1 buffet. And the cool thing is they really serve different stuff every night.
There is also a night restaurant where you can go to enjoy a small buffet all night long. This is a real plus when you arrive late.
Advantages:
- the materiaal used in the room is of a very high quality.
- international alcoholic drinks (Bombay-gin/ Bacardi/ Absolute wodka/...) & soft drinks in a bottle from the coca-cola company.
- very good WiFi all over the resort. Even at the beach, in the restaurant,... (except movies are hard to sent/receive).
- a very nice wellness area - free to use
- public toilets are always clean and checked every 30 min.
- the aqua parc is a real plus and unique in the hotelworld.
Disadvantages:
- staff is not very friendly in the restaurant, into my opinion this has to do with the Russion customers who have no respect for the staff.
- service is not what I expect from a 5*luxury hotel, people at the poolbar do not leave the bar to serve you, not even to pick up empty drinks/ waiters did not took away our plate (last 2 days we had all 6 pilates still on our table when we left).
Also service in the evening bar at the pool is poor, we always had to wait very long before waiters came to us, they really try to ignore you. I'm wondering how that works during high season as the terrace was only 1/5 full and there were at least 10 waiters... --> improvement of the staff is a necessity to keep the Gural standards!
- in general a lot of russion customers, which we all know...
- all light switches do have a blue led, which enlights the room a lot during he night. On top the curtains can not make the room totally dark.
- the hotel is a very big domain with lot's of rooms, which can be crowded in high season (especially in the buffet restaurant). Also a long distance between the rooms & the common facilities.
- hairdryer of a very poor quality - totally not in line with the other facilities in the room, which are of a good quality.
General conclusion:
I would rate the 5* hotel Gural Premier Tekirova 9/10. But when I take into account the money you have to pay for this stay, I think there is work in progress to motivatie their staff (even at the end of the season). But for the quality of the food/drinks & infrastructure in General it is really worth 9/10!
