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I have just returned from the Erika Aparthotel, Side and have had the most amazing two week stay. I travelled alone to visit some friends working in the resort and found all staff at the Erika to be very friendly and acommodating.
During my stay half the hotel was British and then there was a mix of Scandanavians, German and Turkish. It is a small property with around 36 rooms!
The hotel is clean and very comfortable. Rooms are cleaned daily and towels and linen changed every three days.
The cleaners work from 9am until 5pm.
The reception girl is always available and even at 7 months pregnant in phenomenal temperatures goes out her way to help, she also speaks very good English, and became a friend whilst there.
The hotel bar is run by Hasan and Mustafa who have become like brothers to me and work shifts between them from 6am until the bar closes. This can depend on when the last guests leave as there is no fixed time. It has been known to close at 11pm or at 3am. They are constantly on the go and work very hard. Mustafa speaks very good english and Hasan fluent German however again will always help. To be honest of the many hotels I have stayed in I found these two guys to be the friendliest and most down to earth staff I have ever met. Myself and others in the hotel have even gone out in the evenings as a group and been shown the sights of Side by them. I couldn't fault their service which was excellent for very little wages and long hours with no day off.
The hotel is located a 15 minute walk from the beach and the main resort of Side. This can be reached in a taxi for 8 Lira ( £4). The hotel also offers a free bus to the beach.
The pool area is a good size and even though the hotel can take around 80 people, the hotel pool sunbeds were always available. There was usually only around 10 people by the pool at anyone time and around 20 sunbeds.
Outside the hotel there is a little supermarket which is always manned from am to pm. Also a 3-4 minute walk from the hotel is the main road with many restaurants, shops, clinic, pharmacy, and bars (including an english pub). You also have 2 tour operator offices (Thomsons and Thomas Cook) at the top of the road should you need any help or wish to book any excursions.
I paid £35 for a two week stay at this hotel and was amazed by the standards for a ridiculously low price.
I never saw any bugs in my room and the air conditioning was great when outside is 45 degrees. I paid locally for two weeks £50 but well worth it.
The food is very good and you get lots of it. It is well priced and the bar offers some of the cheapest drinks in the area.
I challenge anyone to find as hotel as good for so little money.
Fantastic place and I cant wait to go back.
All nationalities mixed together and their was no rowdiness in the hotel. Just a good mix of friends that I shall stay in contact with and will see again back at the Erika very soon.
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