Holiday Village "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka)

In Ukraine, near Odessa, there is a wonderful Black Sea resort, where not only Ukrainians come, but also Moldovans, Russians. It's about Zatoka. There are excellent beaches, a delightful sea, an abundance of fruits and vegetables, and most importantly, friendly and hospitable locals. A lot of tourist bases also try to ensure that guests only on a good side remember the rest in Zatoka. "Mountain Eagle" - one of the most convenient in many respects and the most economical bases. The staff here is caring and attentive, the accommodation is for every taste, from wooden houses to "eurostandard" rooms, excellent food, and the prices are ridiculous. But first things first.

A few words about the resort

First, let's talk about the place where the recreation center "Mountain Eagle" is located. Zatoka is a small settlement for 2 thousand inhabitants. From Odessa, he is 60-65 km (depending on which route to go) and about 1.5 hours drive, and from Belgorod-Dnestrovsky - only 15 km, overcome in 20 minutes by road. The settlement grew on a narrow (maximum 900 m) and long (22 km) sand spit, called the Budak (called Bugazskaya, named after the railway station) and deeply embedded in the water surface. On the one hand here is the Black Sea, on the other - the Dniester estuary, which adds to the rest its zest. In Zatoka it's difficult to get bored, since there is an incredible amount of bars, discos, cafes, nightclubs for this small village, there are cinemas, Internet clubs, billiards, post office. On the seashore and the estuary, a wide variety of activities are organized, from skating on a banana to fishing on a boat. For shopping in the village a lot of shops, two markets, and Odessa is nearby.

The situation with public transport

The village is territorially divided into districts. In Limansky is just the recreation center "Mountain Eagle". Zatoka has a remarkable transport development. Along the spit stretches the route T16-04, connecting Odessa and Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, and the railway branch from Odessa to Izmail. The station Bugaz (center of the village) stops passenger trains №902 and 288. They follow from Kiev to Izmail. There is also a train No.686 going from Odessa to Berezino. At the station Limanskaya stop all trains. But it is more convenient to travel around the area on the minibuses. In the village there are flights:

• №560 to Odessa or Belgorod-Dnestrovsky;
• No. 534 on Belgorod-Dnestrovsky through the village;
• No. 6 and No. 13 in different ways to Belgorod-Dnestrovsky; From Odessa, minibuses depart from the station and from Privoz.

Description of the base territory

Pension «Mountain Eagle» (Zatoka) is located in the heart of the Liman district of the village. Near the main alley with shops, cafes and bars. In five minutes the market. Also there is a railway station and bus stops. The territory of the base is quite spacious, with wide asphalt and concrete paths. On the perimeter it is enclosed by a low fence. All buildings of the base are buried in verdure giving a thick shadow of trees. On lawns pleasantly pleases the eye with fresh grass, and flower beds amaze with an abundance of flowers. For the rest from the summer heat on the shady alleys there are wooden benches. Everywhere cleanliness and order. Without exaggeration, one can say that one of the most well-maintained resort bases is the "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka). The photos made by tourists become that confirmation.

In addition to the objects of economic importance, there are several sports grounds, a playground for children, a small shop where you can buy many things, cafes, tennis and billiard tables. Parking as such is not on the base, but there is always a place for the car.

Accommodation options

The base "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka) can offer vacationers accommodation for a wide variety of tastes and prosperity. There are buildings that differ in terms of living conditions:

1. New four-storey, built to modern standards. There are only "suites".
2. Two-storey cottage. (Designed, most likely, for the staff).
3. Three-story brick building. The rooms in these categories are "luxury" and "junior suite".
4. Wooden houses. In them the numbers are only "standard".

In each building, rooms of absolutely all categories are provided with double, triple and quadruple rooms. There are also houses for five people.

Elevators in "high-rise" buildings are not provided. There are external and internal stairs.

Description of the "suite"

Rooms of this category on the basis of "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka) are located in a new four-story building and in old three-story buildings. In the new one there are "suites" one-room and two-room. All of them are extraordinarily spacious, equipped with solid furniture and equipped with new plumbing fixtures. The design of the rooms is simple - parquet floor, walls in pastel colors without any glaring excesses. From the furniture cabinet, table, chairs, bedside tables, single or double beds, soft sofa. Electrical appliances - wall-mounted TV, air conditioning, refrigerator. In two-room TVs and air conditioners on two. Each room has a balcony. From the upper floors are opened quite good views. In the hygiene room the equipment is as follows: bath, toilet, washbasin, large mirror. In the "suites" of the old building everything is the same, only not so new and beautiful.

Description of "junior suite"

At the recreation center "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka) this category is assigned to block-type numbers. That is, the hygiene room in them is one to two adjacent rooms. In each of them there are standard sets of furniture (single and double beds, wardrobe, table, bedside tables, chairs). Electrical appliances are represented by TV (cable and satellite TV not available), small refrigerator and air conditioning. Each room has a balcony. In the hygiene room there is a toilet, a wash basin and a shower (without a booth).

Description of houses

Summer houses are the most economical option of accommodation, which the recreation center "Mountain Eagle" can offer its guests. Reviews about this type of housing, to put it mildly, not very much. But, probably, for the money that is worth living in houses, it is unlikely that somewhere you can rest better. So, in the rooms there is nothing but furniture (bed, wardrobe) and a small refrigerator. Windows in some houses do not close well. Facilities presented in the form of a summer shower, a washbasin and a toilet are located on the street. True, the shower is served and hot water. Built these houses for a long time, repairs in them was held too long ago, hence the censure of tourists. The area of each such room is small. Beautiful design as such is not provided. The purpose of this type of housing is to give the tourist a place to sleep and relax after an active day at sea.

Food

The base "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka) takes good care of the food of its guests. On the territory of a separate building there is a dining room where breakfasts, lunches and dinners are served. Meals are organized in 2 shifts. According to numerous reviews rested on the base, the dining room staff is friendly, diligent, efficient, polite and kind. The main contingent is students of culinary educational institutions in Odessa and Belgorod-Dniester, who are practicing. Variety of dishes is pleasantly amazed in the first week of rest. In the future, the assortment is repeated. The menu is hot (soups, borsch, saltworts), second dishes (for meat, side dishes from potatoes, pasta, porridges plus a small salad of fresh vegetables for the season). Third - compote in the afternoon, and in the morning and in the evening tea, sometimes cocoa. Every day on the tables seasonal fruits. For dinner, they serve pastries. For children there are dairy dishes.

Entertainment

Recreation center "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka) does not have in its infrastructure a swimming pool and a spa. Animation is also not there, neither child nor adult. For entertainment in the territory there are sports grounds, tables for table tennis and billiards. To celebrate the triumph or just relax, listen to music for a shish kebab in a small cafe located here, on the territory. Anyone who does not like noise and bustle, has the opportunity to relax in one of the gazebos or on a bench with a book, tablet or computer. Wireless Internet on the basis of "catches", however, not everywhere. Kids can spend time on the playground. There are ladders, horizontal bars, a pair of swings. For children and adults a stone's throw from the base is the amusement park.

Sea and beach

Beach vacation is the main thing, why people go to the boarding house "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka). Photos of tourists show how spacious and clean it is here. The sea is located from the base in 200-250 meters. Beach in the Liman region Sandy loam with a small admixture of seashells. It is spacious, wide and comparatively clean. Sunset at sea is very suitable for toddlers, since it is flat. Depth does not begin immediately. From the entertainment on the beach there is a cafe, a disco, organized riding on inflatable bananas, and in Limansk you can rent a catamaran, a jet ski.

Everyone traveling to the base "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka) and generally to the spit, it is necessary to take into account that the sea in this area even in July can be cold (water temperature up to +22 degrees or slightly lower). Of course, this is not for the whole month, but only for a couple of weeks because of the underwater currents. Climate Zatoka is mild. Precipitation throughout the year is about the same intensity. The average air temperature in the middle of summer rarely rises above +30 ° C.

Additional Information

1. Holiday Village "Mountain Eagle" begins to receive the first tourists from the end of April and closes in the last days of September.
2. For the check-in you need an adult passport and a birth certificate for the kids.
3. Children under the age of five, provided that they arrived with 2 adults and live without a place and food, settle in the room for free.
4. Children from 5 to 12 years who are also with 2 adults, without extra space and food pay only the utility fee.
5. For a child of 12 years (with meals and bed), payment is made at a discount of 20%.
6. At the discretion of the director, a permit for settling into a room with small domestic animals is possible.
7. Also, at the discretion of the director and the administration, it is possible to provide a transfer to the railway station in Odessa to departing people, and arrivals - a meeting at the station and delivery to the base.
8. The prices for accommodation vary depending on the season. On average in 2015, one-room suite for 2 persons with meals costs from 280 to 420 UAH per person per day. Two-room - from 500 to 1000 hryvnia without food. Block "junior suite" will cost from 240 to 330 with food, a house (also with food) from 160 to 200. Triple and quadruple rooms, respectively, are more expensive.

Boarding house "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka). Good reviews

About the holiday in the boarding house "Mountain Eagle" written many reviews. There are among them enthusiastic. People happily share the impressions left by the Mountain Eagle. Among its advantages are the following:

• Wonderful territory, everything is beautiful, lots of greenery and corners for rest;
• Wonderful rooms where everything works, nice furniture, clean and cozy (such reviews only about the "suites" in the new building and the couple about the "suites" in the three-story buildings);
• Responsive, efficient, friendly and helpful staff;
• Great food in the dining room, a great variety of dishes, lots of fruits and vegetables every day;
• Convenient location of the base (all nearby: the sea, and entertainment);
• There is where to play children and do sports for adults.

After reading these reviews, you begin to present the base "Mountain Eagle" as a paradise oasis among the sand of the Budak Spit. Especially a lot of warm words are addressed personally to the director. His hospitality is so great that he can move from "standard" to "luxury" at no extra charge, to feed a whole family of 6 people free of charge and even give money for the journey home (this is mentioned in the recall of one couple who stole money). In general, the "Mountain Eagle" is a real fairy tale.

Recreation center "Mountain Eagle" (Zatoka). Reviews unkind

But on the other hand, many people remember about rest in this institution as a waste of time. Reading their reviews, you start to think that there are two boarding houses in Zatoka "Mountain Eagle", where two completely different directors work. The second hospitality of his guests does not spoil and not only does not move them to the best room, but also booked and already paid does not give because of the lack of places. And to solve an unpleasant issue for days, marries people in line under their study. In addition to these complaints, comments to the database are as follows:

• In the rooms absolutely not clean, regardless of the number of days of residence, and for self cleaning, a broom, a mop, a bucket is required;
• Beds, towels do not change, regardless of the number of days spent on the base;
• Rooms in the most uncomfortable condition, close, dirty, with windows not closing and old furniture (such reviews only about small houses);
• In the toilet rooms there are no showers, only a hole in the floor (about the "lux" and "junior suite" in the three-story building);
• No toiletries are given even on the day of arrival and even in new "suites";
• There is no parking lot as such; people park where they want;
• A monotonous menu in the dining room;
• Scanty portions of salads and fruits;
• Bad Wi-Fi (works in separate points of the database, which must be searched for);
• Very poor playground for children;
• Too loud music in the cafe (reviews living in the rooms next door to this institution);
• There is no reception, on all disputable issues you need to contact the director.

The general in kind and not so responses is the following:

• The proximity of the sea;
• Beautiful green area;
• Efficient staff in the dining room (trainee students);
• Low prices for food and accommodation.

Conclusion: if you go to the "Mountain Eagle" for the sake of the sea and do not expect from the service base at the level of foreign resorts, you can relax here well.