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Adhering to the principle of "vacation at least twice a year", winter holidays began to be planned in October. Previously, it was impossible to do this because of the uncertainty about work in December-January, and later it was dangerous - the experience of the hassle of two years ago, when from the beginning of December until January 4 there were no places for flights to Egypt. Considering that my wife is a student, it was necessary to combine my weekend with her holidays. I had to fly only for 8 nights.
A year ago, after a holiday in Stella Makadi, we decided to go even further south to be warmer. It cannot be said that in past years it was cold, but in winter you really want warmth. They knew that in Marsa Alam it was 3-5 degrees warmer, so they were looking for a hotel in those parts. Confused, however, by the lack of flights from Kyiv to Marsa Alam airport (again, Muscovites are lucky ... ), so we opted for a solid chain hotel a little closer to Hurghada - Radisson BLU Resort El Quseir 5 *.
Since TEZ Tour had the cheapest one, we decided to take advantage of this offer of a respected, as it seemed to us before, operator. In early November, they took vouchers, and they take it and it’s cheaper in 3 weeks by $ 160! It's a shame! We hurried ((( The request to return the difference 3 weeks before departure was naturally not satisfied! When asked why the tickets for similar dates fell in price, there was an answer: people are afraid to go to Egypt because of the unstable situation. But "the dog rummaged" in another ...Having received the documents a week before departure, we discovered that the departure from Boryspil would not take place at 6.00, as we were announced when we took the tickets, but at 14.35!! ! And then they paid attention to the time of departure from Hurghada ...And it was also moved, but not 9 hours ahead, but 2 hours ago!! ! From 11.10 to 9.10! SUPER! Departure from the hotel at night! So what are these 8 nights?
5 turns out ...Well, okay. We were set for a good rest, so we tried not to think about such lawlessness of the tour operator.
We flew with Windrose. The Airbus A321-200 is relatively old. The pilots are professional. Stewardesses and stewards are normal, they did not notice the special rudeness that we were warned about in advance. Upon arrival, we did not stand in line for a visa for $17, but without a queue we bought visas for $15 at the box office.
A pleasant surprise awaited us at the airport building. Due to the remoteness of the hotel and the fact that we alone went to it, we were put in a Corolla and delivered to the hotel in 1 hour (! ) Nice, at least something Tezy did good.
A delicious Wellcome Drink was waiting for us at the hotel. Having filled out the questionnaire, we received the keys to room 1903. Having read reviews that the Slav brothers were accommodated in bad buildings "without windows, without doors" and "with a view of the desert", I was surprised, did not understand what was the catch, and, just in case, asked if they have a good room, preferably not ground floor.
I was told that at the moment this is the best room of the Standard category hotel, we can look at it and, if not satisfied, either move the next day to a vacant room, or pay extra for SeaView. They put us in an electric car, loaded our luggage there and took us to our room. The latter turned out to be pretty good: one window overlooked the sea, the opposite to the garden, the restaurant. The only drawback, in my opinion, was that the entrance was from the terrace, and not from the opposite side. But for the winter season, this is not important: it's cold to sit on the terrace in the evening))
The room is nice and spacious. My wife was generally delighted with the room and the domed vaults in particular. Slippers. The bathroom is not cramped. The safe worked well. The TV showed BBC, Euronews, CNN, 3 Italian, 5 German-speaking, 7-8 Arabic channels, incl.
musical, RTR planet and some Russian with a single in the form of a logo (ORT is international, if I'm not mistaken). Cleaned the room regularly, linen, towels changed. They didn't leave a tip.
The main restaurant of Scheherazade is small in size, but the tables are quite dense, including on the street. We did not encounter situations when there was no place to sit down for a meal. Perhaps this was helped by the considerable duration of meals: breakfast from 6.30 to 12.00; lunch from 12.30 to 15.30; from 15.00 to sunset snacks at the pool bar; dinner from 18.30 to 23.00. Very comfortably! The food has always been of good quality. Breakfasts are standard: sausages, cheeses, vegetables, eggs, sausages, potatoes, omelettes, scrambled eggs, dairy breakfasts, a huge amount of all kinds of pastries, jams, jams, as well as yogurts and fruits. Lunches and dinners are varied, with dishes tried not to repeat. There have always been poultry, 1-2 types of meat, 1-2 types of fish. The latter, by the way, know how to cook well.
I am a meat lover, but in this hotel I mainly ate fish and squid. For lunch there were always various spaghetti and something fried in the presence of the client on the grill or in a pan. Dinners were even better, with different themes (Mediterranean, Oriental, Italian, etc. ) with a frequency of 1 week. The salads were a very pleasant surprise. They are fresh produce! I used to be afraid of such "good" in hotels. And then I decided to try it alone, since then we have always taken some salads, which, by the way, turned out to be not only fresh but also tasty. Fruits were always in abundance: oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, guava, bananas, dates, melon, pomegranate, apples. Was it not only grapes, persimmons, strawberries and cherries. Desserts in a wide range in the form of pastries, cakes, fruit cocktails, jelly.
Drinks were brought by the waiters: beer, red, rose, white wine, strong local drinks (I ordered vodka), packaged juices, cola, fanta (terrible), sprite, Nescafe, Lipton tea (assorted for breakfast), water. Brewed coffee and fresh juices, imported alcohol for a fee. Pool bar: from 9.00 soft drinks and cocktails, from 12.00 alcohol + cocktails. The latter have a limited list, although you can order from locally available ingredients - they will do anything (Life Style package). The pool bar is open until sunset. Lobby bar Zar around the clock, but from 23.00 to 9.00 for a fee. Bottled water free of charge in unlimited quantities.
The territory of the hotel is quite large, green enough in some places, there is a banana garden, tangerine trees, many flowers, various cacti, a garden of some prickly dry palm trees and cacti. It's very nice to walk around the area. Between the main restaurant and the pools there is a pond with fountains.
Between the large pool and the beach is the so-called lagoon (no one swims in it).
We counted 3 pools: a small one for children, a medium one with heating and a bar on the water, and a large one. We don’t swim in the pools in the presence of the sea, so we can’t add anything more about them. But on the other hand, they went in the form of bad weather (cloudy, strong wind, storm) the next day after arrival at the SPA center. So-so. The sauna is weak, during our stay in it one of the two heating elements broke and the temperature began to fall below 60 degrees. Opposite is some kind of humid steam room, like a hammam, but the stone does not heat up, but warm flavored water is constantly injected into the air. Nearby is another small pool and jacuzzi. The last one is none at all. The water in it is 25-27 degrees, there are few nozzles and they are weak ((
Thank God in the following days there was no need to visit the SPA center, as the weather was good.
The wind was not always and not very strong, there were no clouds and, most importantly, the sea was calm. For the remaining 6 days, a green flag hung, which only briefly changed to yellow a couple of times. The water in the sea was 23-24 degrees. It was not cold to swim, but it was not very comfortable to go out ((It is better to have a towel on hand.
Speaking of towels. The hotel does not use cards for getting towels: you just come up and take a towel. Bracelets, by the way, are also not worn on hands. The only thing is that you always had to sign the bill for drinks (for control). It bothered me at first, but then I got used to it.
Returning to the topic of the sea, it should be noted that the coral near the hotel is not bad, but swimming is allowed only on the left side of the pier. On the right, supposedly, a large current and depth. But with the fish we were not very lucky. Their diversity was relatively small. There is no comparison with Sharm and Makadi. Although there were some fish that had not been seen before.
Lots of small fish. There were many small jellyfish, literally a wall. Because of them, the wife was afraid to swim, although they did not sting. The length of the pier is 120 meters. You can plunge from the shore in slippers into a small bay carved in coral, but at low tide it is too shallow there - knee-deep.
The beach at the hotel is large, there are always enough sunbeds at any time and they stand at a good distance from each other. This is a big plus, as people do not interfere with each other, including smokers. If we are already talking about smoking, it should be noted that smoking in the restaurant and bar is only possible on the street, it is forbidden to smoke in the room. It was nice that on the beach no one sticks to you with any idiotic offers. Meanwhile, for those who want to ride a camel or a horse, there are both.
From entertainment there is also Aqua-gym, boccia, beach volleyball, tennis, backgammon, chess, books. Once a week after dinner there is a show in national costumes.
In the evenings, a good saxophonist played in the restaurant from Sunday to Thursday and some kind of “under” singer sang songs of famous performers. But drunken German grandfathers liked him very much.
Speaking of German grandfathers. Two-thirds of vacationers, especially during the non-holiday period, are represented by European pensioners who speak German, less often English, Italian and French. The younger generations of the couple and family are Italians, British, Germans, French. Russian speakers were seen by only four couples. There were very few vacationers with small children.
Well, finally, a spoon, or maybe a bucket, tar, presented by Teztur, to this barrel of honey. We ordered two excursions from our Teztur hotel guide Mukhamed: Abu Dabab (I wanted to see the turtles) and Aswan. We paid the money and began to wait for the excursion days, respectively, Sundays and Mondays. Excursion to Abu Dabab Bay cost $35 per person, with departure at 7.
10 am from the hotel and return at 13 pm. On Sunday we woke up an hour earlier than usual, had a hasty breakfast and ran to the reception waiting for transport. At 7.25 I was called to the phone at the reception and our guide Mukhamed said that there would be no tour, as the bus had broken down! Does Teztur have one bus? If you can't make a tour - warn us in advance so that we don't get up early, don't get nervous waiting for transport. They were offered to conduct this tour on another day, for example on Tuesday (and this is after Aswan! ), or return the money. Naturally, we refused this excursion the other day. The money for it was returned to us by the guide who accompanied us to Aswan, but no one returned the sleep and nerves ...Now about the excursion to Aswan. It is not in the list of excursions, but we were offered the so-called individual excursion for 7 people at $ 140 per person, while promising all the best. But it didn't work out here either!
But, anyway, we had a wonderful rest in the "south" of Egypt!
I summarize about the hotel: a solid respectable hotel for a relaxing relaxing holiday with high-quality and delicious food, beautiful territory, good rooms, a beautiful beach, a good sea, efficient, helpful staff and a pleasant contingent of vacationers. Will we visit this hotel again? Perhaps someday (wife wants), but by no means with a teztur! ! !
A year ago, after a holiday in Stella Makadi, we decided to go even further south to be warmer. It cannot be said that in past years it was cold, but in winter you really want warmth. They knew that in Marsa Alam it was 3-5 degrees warmer, so they were looking for a hotel in those parts. Confused, however, by the lack of flights from Kyiv to Marsa Alam airport (again, Muscovites are lucky ... ), so we opted for a solid chain hotel a little closer to Hurghada - Radisson BLU Resort El Quseir 5 *.
Since TEZ Tour had the cheapest one, we decided to take advantage of this offer of a respected, as it seemed to us before, operator. In early November, they took vouchers, and they take it and it’s cheaper in 3 weeks by $ 160! It's a shame! We hurried ((( The request to return the difference 3 weeks before departure was naturally not satisfied! When asked why the tickets for similar dates fell in price, there was an answer: people are afraid to go to Egypt because of the unstable situation. But "the dog rummaged" in another ...Having received the documents a week before departure, we discovered that the departure from Boryspil would not take place at 6.00, as we were announced when we took the tickets, but at 14.35!! ! And then they paid attention to the time of departure from Hurghada ...And it was also moved, but not 9 hours ahead, but 2 hours ago!! ! From 11.10 to 9.10! SUPER! Departure from the hotel at night! So what are these 8 nights?
5 turns out ...Well, okay. We were set for a good rest, so we tried not to think about such lawlessness of the tour operator.
We flew with Windrose. The Airbus A321-200 is relatively old. The pilots are professional. Stewardesses and stewards are normal, they did not notice the special rudeness that we were warned about in advance. Upon arrival, we did not stand in line for a visa for $17, but without a queue we bought visas for $15 at the box office.
A pleasant surprise awaited us at the airport building. Due to the remoteness of the hotel and the fact that we alone went to it, we were put in a Corolla and delivered to the hotel in 1 hour (! ) Nice, at least something Tezy did good.
A delicious Wellcome Drink was waiting for us at the hotel. Having filled out the questionnaire, we received the keys to room 1903. Having read reviews that the Slav brothers were accommodated in bad buildings "without windows, without doors" and "with a view of the desert", I was surprised, did not understand what was the catch, and, just in case, asked if they have a good room, preferably not ground floor.
I was told that at the moment this is the best room of the Standard category hotel, we can look at it and, if not satisfied, either move the next day to a vacant room, or pay extra for SeaView. They put us in an electric car, loaded our luggage there and took us to our room. The latter turned out to be pretty good: one window overlooked the sea, the opposite to the garden, the restaurant. The only drawback, in my opinion, was that the entrance was from the terrace, and not from the opposite side. But for the winter season, this is not important: it's cold to sit on the terrace in the evening))
The room is nice and spacious. My wife was generally delighted with the room and the domed vaults in particular. Slippers. The bathroom is not cramped. The safe worked well. The TV showed BBC, Euronews, CNN, 3 Italian, 5 German-speaking, 7-8 Arabic channels, incl.
musical, RTR planet and some Russian with a single in the form of a logo (ORT is international, if I'm not mistaken). Cleaned the room regularly, linen, towels changed. They didn't leave a tip.
The main restaurant of Scheherazade is small in size, but the tables are quite dense, including on the street. We did not encounter situations when there was no place to sit down for a meal. Perhaps this was helped by the considerable duration of meals: breakfast from 6.30 to 12.00; lunch from 12.30 to 15.30; from 15.00 to sunset snacks at the pool bar; dinner from 18.30 to 23.00. Very comfortably! The food has always been of good quality. Breakfasts are standard: sausages, cheeses, vegetables, eggs, sausages, potatoes, omelettes, scrambled eggs, dairy breakfasts, a huge amount of all kinds of pastries, jams, jams, as well as yogurts and fruits. Lunches and dinners are varied, with dishes tried not to repeat. There have always been poultry, 1-2 types of meat, 1-2 types of fish. The latter, by the way, know how to cook well.
I am a meat lover, but in this hotel I mainly ate fish and squid. For lunch there were always various spaghetti and something fried in the presence of the client on the grill or in a pan. Dinners were even better, with different themes (Mediterranean, Oriental, Italian, etc. ) with a frequency of 1 week. The salads were a very pleasant surprise. They are fresh produce! I used to be afraid of such "good" in hotels. And then I decided to try it alone, since then we have always taken some salads, which, by the way, turned out to be not only fresh but also tasty. Fruits were always in abundance: oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, guava, bananas, dates, melon, pomegranate, apples. Was it not only grapes, persimmons, strawberries and cherries. Desserts in a wide range in the form of pastries, cakes, fruit cocktails, jelly.
Drinks were brought by the waiters: beer, red, rose, white wine, strong local drinks (I ordered vodka), packaged juices, cola, fanta (terrible), sprite, Nescafe, Lipton tea (assorted for breakfast), water. Brewed coffee and fresh juices, imported alcohol for a fee. Pool bar: from 9.00 soft drinks and cocktails, from 12.00 alcohol + cocktails. The latter have a limited list, although you can order from locally available ingredients - they will do anything (Life Style package). The pool bar is open until sunset. Lobby bar Zar around the clock, but from 23.00 to 9.00 for a fee. Bottled water free of charge in unlimited quantities.
The territory of the hotel is quite large, green enough in some places, there is a banana garden, tangerine trees, many flowers, various cacti, a garden of some prickly dry palm trees and cacti. It's very nice to walk around the area. Between the main restaurant and the pools there is a pond with fountains.
Between the large pool and the beach is the so-called lagoon (no one swims in it).
We counted 3 pools: a small one for children, a medium one with heating and a bar on the water, and a large one. We don’t swim in the pools in the presence of the sea, so we can’t add anything more about them. But on the other hand, they went in the form of bad weather (cloudy, strong wind, storm) the next day after arrival at the SPA center. So-so. The sauna is weak, during our stay in it one of the two heating elements broke and the temperature began to fall below 60 degrees. Opposite is some kind of humid steam room, like a hammam, but the stone does not heat up, but warm flavored water is constantly injected into the air. Nearby is another small pool and jacuzzi. The last one is none at all. The water in it is 25-27 degrees, there are few nozzles and they are weak ((
Thank God in the following days there was no need to visit the SPA center, as the weather was good.
The wind was not always and not very strong, there were no clouds and, most importantly, the sea was calm. For the remaining 6 days, a green flag hung, which only briefly changed to yellow a couple of times. The water in the sea was 23-24 degrees. It was not cold to swim, but it was not very comfortable to go out ((It is better to have a towel on hand.
Speaking of towels. The hotel does not use cards for getting towels: you just come up and take a towel. Bracelets, by the way, are also not worn on hands. The only thing is that you always had to sign the bill for drinks (for control). It bothered me at first, but then I got used to it.
Returning to the topic of the sea, it should be noted that the coral near the hotel is not bad, but swimming is allowed only on the left side of the pier. On the right, supposedly, a large current and depth. But with the fish we were not very lucky. Their diversity was relatively small. There is no comparison with Sharm and Makadi. Although there were some fish that had not been seen before.
Lots of small fish. There were many small jellyfish, literally a wall. Because of them, the wife was afraid to swim, although they did not sting. The length of the pier is 120 meters. You can plunge from the shore in slippers into a small bay carved in coral, but at low tide it is too shallow there - knee-deep.
The beach at the hotel is large, there are always enough sunbeds at any time and they stand at a good distance from each other. This is a big plus, as people do not interfere with each other, including smokers. If we are already talking about smoking, it should be noted that smoking in the restaurant and bar is only possible on the street, it is forbidden to smoke in the room. It was nice that on the beach no one sticks to you with any idiotic offers. Meanwhile, for those who want to ride a camel or a horse, there are both.
From entertainment there is also Aqua-gym, boccia, beach volleyball, tennis, backgammon, chess, books. Once a week after dinner there is a show in national costumes.
In the evenings, a good saxophonist played in the restaurant from Sunday to Thursday and some kind of “under” singer sang songs of famous performers. But drunken German grandfathers liked him very much.
Speaking of German grandfathers. Two-thirds of vacationers, especially during the non-holiday period, are represented by European pensioners who speak German, less often English, Italian and French. The younger generations of the couple and family are Italians, British, Germans, French. Russian speakers were seen by only four couples. There were very few vacationers with small children.
Well, finally, a spoon, or maybe a bucket, tar, presented by Teztur, to this barrel of honey. We ordered two excursions from our Teztur hotel guide Mukhamed: Abu Dabab (I wanted to see the turtles) and Aswan. We paid the money and began to wait for the excursion days, respectively, Sundays and Mondays. Excursion to Abu Dabab Bay cost $35 per person, with departure at 7.
10 am from the hotel and return at 13 pm. On Sunday we woke up an hour earlier than usual, had a hasty breakfast and ran to the reception waiting for transport. At 7.25 I was called to the phone at the reception and our guide Mukhamed said that there would be no tour, as the bus had broken down! Does Teztur have one bus? If you can't make a tour - warn us in advance so that we don't get up early, don't get nervous waiting for transport. They were offered to conduct this tour on another day, for example on Tuesday (and this is after Aswan! ), or return the money. Naturally, we refused this excursion the other day. The money for it was returned to us by the guide who accompanied us to Aswan, but no one returned the sleep and nerves ...Now about the excursion to Aswan. It is not in the list of excursions, but we were offered the so-called individual excursion for 7 people at $ 140 per person, while promising all the best. But it didn't work out here either!
But, anyway, we had a wonderful rest in the "south" of Egypt!
I summarize about the hotel: a solid respectable hotel for a relaxing relaxing holiday with high-quality and delicious food, beautiful territory, good rooms, a beautiful beach, a good sea, efficient, helpful staff and a pleasant contingent of vacationers. Will we visit this hotel again? Perhaps someday (wife wants), but by no means with a teztur! ! !
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