Совсем не Golden Beach Not at all Golden Beach

GOLDEN BEACH NOT GOLDEN AT ALL

We were at the Golden Beach Hotel in Hurgada the first week of October 2022. We chose the hotel based on reviews from the Internet…. For some reason, on the site where we chose, there were only positive reviews ...we had to think about it ..... In order.


1. The hotel is located 20-30 minutes from Hurghada airport. We arrived at 18.00 and checked in for 15 minutes. When we entered the hotel, there was a feeling - a dining room (they have a main restaurant on one wing - the smell of fried food is worth a pillar). When we went up to the room, I realized that we made a mistake in choosing a hotel. There were 4 of us (two adults, two children), beds in room 3. We called the reception, they said they would do everything now ....(for a minute, we arrived at 18.00, and the room is not ready). They brought the mattress, laid out the sofa (I accidentally saw a protruding open pin in the sofa !!!!!! ! - showed this to the guy who brought the mattress, he removed it .... ) The picture is still the same: the sofa is laid out, and on it is the mattress ....
I put a pillow with a sheet, but no duvet cover ...Once again we turned to the reception for a duvet cover. In general, this time.
Second: the room is so old and shabby that I could not believe that this still happens. Shabby doors. Furniture. There are holes in the cash (as at the time of construction), there are also holes in the ceiling ... , the toilet is leaking, no one has been cleaned in the corners for 100 years, the switches have not been washed either, probably never, you know, you turn it on - and there is such dirt ...black and yellow ....In the children's bed, when we spread the blanket, we saw women's hair. At first I thought, well, they changed the bed, the hair fell, not food, okay, we are tired, we don’t want to call anywhere anymore ..... But when I realized that there were no cleaners (women) there, and if there were staff, women, their hair collected and covered with a scarf!!! ! some men clean, I realized that the bed linen was not changed from previous guests. It's a nightmare, of course.

Third, it's an air conditioner. It sounded like a train.
When turned off - it was impossible to sleep from the heat and noise of the air conditioners in other rooms. Beds hold together terribly! That's terrible! . In general, despite the fatigue, both we and the children after the flight slept a maximum of 3 hours per night.

Also, of course, our flight was overlooked and underread, but who would have thought that there was no balcony in the room !!! ! How? There is no balcony on the sea? ! We were told that we ordered such a room, and that we were lucky in general that it is large, others have small ones ....They did us a favor) they gave a large room for 4 people. In the morning we asked to change the room. We were told we had to pay an extra $60 per day…… f*ck just……. We refused. We were given a different room (no extra charge)…. even worse, even shabbier and even dirtier. But there was a big plus - there was no air conditioning!

After discussing the situation with my husband, we decided that we would not spoil our vacation and get upset ...We agreed (at the reception with a smile they said that we can change rooms at least every day .... ) and were very surprised that the room suited us.

For the whole week of our stay, the cleaning was daily, the floor was clean, the beds were messed up, the tap in the washbasin was rubbed to a shine, but I don’t know whether the shower cabin is helping her with old age, or they didn’t remove the word at all. The water drains sooooo slowly (but if it had been washed, it would have been noticed and the drain cleaned, otherwise, I think that it was not washed). Rusty shelves (rusty tiles look strange) in the shower. And only a "rain shower", there is no shower, such as you can comfortably wash yourself. Only a tropical shower pours over your head. In general, the number is clear. This one and the previous one are gold numbers. You can earn money from them. Who wants to live in such a place?!

2. Food. Breakfast: normal (eggs, sausage omelettes, cheese).
Sweets. No fruit at all. A lot of rolls (but not for everyone, as for me). Coffee only for breakfast!! ! It is not available for lunch and dinner (you need to leave the restaurant and bring it from the lobby). I liked how they cook meat (especially beef), there was chicken. I ate fish a couple of times, it’s normal, but you won’t find lemon for fish. Rice, french fries and potato chunks. Salads and just chopped vegetables. There are 20 types of sweets. Dinner, everything is the same as for lunch, only more sweets and salads, some fruits are added. Also, % 50 of the guests are Arabs, and I really didn’t like how some women (Arabs), coming up to take some food, can’t wait 10-20 seconds, and the rod is out of line. At first I thought that this was an isolated case, but by the end of the holiday I realized that this was such a practice.
There are places where you take your own food, and there are places where they give you, and so where they give, they stupidly come out of line - and the one who pours, smiles and serves it out of line ...And everyone around smiles ...No matter what happens, the staff smiles.


There are ala carte restaurants, but everything is the same as in the main restaurant. I was not hungry, I ate deliciously, but on the 5th day of monotonous food I got fed up. In my opinion, the biggest problem is that there is no normal water. They put 1 bottle of 0.75 per person in the room ..... it's 38 degrees of heat then ....What is in the bottles stinks of bleach. And what you can take is all carbonated, glasses of an incomprehensible smell, if drinks are mixed chemistry ..

3. The territory is large, green, well-groomed. Beautiful views.

4. Beach, sun loungers, everything is good!

seas - knee-deep.

5. Animation. Everything is bad. At 10 they come to the beach, walk around and shout "Morgen gymnastic". Then after 20 minutes they go again shouting "stretching" ...And then at 13.00 they go for lunch ....
I waited a couple of times for this morgen gymnastics. Once in the pool I waited 30 minutes, then I came up and asked, where is the charge, the animator laughed in my face and said that it was not today. The next day, they again called for gymnastics, I asked what time, they said now. I said that yesterday you also spoke now, I waited 30 minutes, but there was nothing. Reaction: they just laughed in my face and left…. What I saw was once Belidance and once salsa danced for 5 minutes. If with salsa the animator somehow taught people - there were both guests and the animator in the process, then with belidance it was a sad picture ....The animator turned his back to the dancers and danced for himself. What people did, he didn't care…. . Do you know why? Because it is necessary that someone turn the music on and off when they are learning the movements, and they are too lazy. Therefore, I turned on one song, turned my ass to people and that's it ....Worked out.
Every morning, lazy animators walk along the beach, shouting something. What they do is volleyball at 16.00.


A few words about children's slides: everything is ok, children like it. Several guards on each hill. With me it was that thanks to the guard they saved the boy. The little one moved out, and there is more water for him than his height ....and could not swim, began to choke. It's a matter of seconds. It's good that they are watching! But the question is: why were they allowed to go to such a depth with such growth ??? ? Minus: these same guards make fun of children who do not speak Arabic. I personally observed that one guard asked a German boy to say a word in Arabic to the guard at the top of the hill ....The boy got up and said ....They laughed merrily. Then the guard at the top, the same boy, passed the message to the guard downstairs. And they laughed again. I don't know Arabic, I can only guess what those words were and why it was so funny.
I was also surprised by the moment that the ultra all-inclusive hotel paid parties ....For 5 euros. And EVERYONE sells tickets to these parties. On the beach, animators become active and sell. When you take and hand over towels, they sell you. When you come to eat, you go to get bread, and they try to sell you a ticket there. The constant jokes of the staff were also very annoying. This is when they give you something, you stretch out your hand to take it, and they abruptly remove it ....Such a joke ....we are all friends there and have known each other for a long time ...familiarity ....When on the territory of the hotel, you go to the sea, you pass by a store with the name Police, and they constantly (4 times a day) cling to you to buy something or something else ....this is downright annoying. I also recommend DO NOT go to the store near the pier (to the left of the hapi dolphin) they sell teas there ... , it says something like a small store, but good (I don’t remember in German). We went once, the seller from the entrance!!!!
he slipped a glass of something under my nose and began to laugh ...This pungent smell made my head spin for a few seconds, it seemed to me that I could not breathe, tears flowed ...It was eucalyptus, the seller shouted something there, that this is very useful, but my husband nearly punched him in the face. Fuck the sellers. For a moment I have pressure problems...

My conclusion: they like to neigh at people there. Cheerful joke. Maybe it's part of their culture. It's alien to me. If they expect to earn money from those who come from Europe (and there are 40% of German-speaking tourists), then a greeting, wishes for a good day and a smile are appreciated here. If you still haven’t understood this or haven’t learned it ...it’s difficult.


6. We took a tour. I liked it very much. We took a private tour. With us was the captain of the boat and 2 guys who taught us to swim with a snorkel and a mask, everything was interesting and pleasant. We saw fish, beautiful corals and had a great time.
No banter and stupid jokes.

Conclusion: We will not be returning to this hotel. This is our experience. Everyone decides whether to go or not. We do not recommend.