As nonsense as "where is the gift for Ahmed?" can spoil the impression of a normal hotel

Written: 24 february 2020
Travel time: 19 — 23 february 2020
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
4.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 3.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 5.0
Amenities: 4.0
At check-in, they immediately asked for $ 10 for the best room. Although I was paid for the best pool view, I agreed without hesitation. If what I got is the best number, I wonder what others. As I received the usual standard room on the ground floor (everyone had the opportunity to look), with the stench of chemistry. After that, the dude who showed me the number demanded "Agde a gift for Ahmed. " After this scene, I wanted to turn around and go look for another hotel. I'm sorry, but tips are a voluntary thing, and I decide who deserves them and who doesn't. Is that 1 dollar worth of spoiled mood of your tourist for the whole holiday?
Immediately about the reception. They promise to kiss your feet there. That's just in words. He complained that there were no towels in the room (in fact, he later found them hidden in the shower behind the curtain), they promised to bring them in 10 minutes ...after waiting for a long time, no one came.
There is NO HOT WATER in the room - they swore to fix it, they wrote it down in the plumbing magazine ...I was on the paid beach under the street shower until the end of the holiday.


Food. I got off the wheels for lunch. And he was terrible. There was no choice, the meat was cut into thin slices of something, 30 grams. Of the fruits - melon with a bitter taste of toothpaste. No drinks!
But not so bad. Dinner turned out to be quite worthy! Meat one or two types - in portions. I didn't have enough of them (HLS), so the small portion size didn't upset me. Fruit - one species - or melon, or orange, or watermelon. Choosing everything is much better than for lunch or breakfast. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails are prepared.
Breakfast is poor, but they cook scrambled eggs with you and I had enough.
Seeing that there would be snacks by the pool in the afternoon between meals, he was not worth it. He also hardly used the bar. Pour terrible sweet water near the glass, probably so as not to drink a lot.

Beach.
Three to choose from with delivery by minibus. Free is good only because it is in the oldest city. And instead of the beach you can go for a walk near a very beautiful mosque. The beach itself in the bay, I did not like.
Paid beaches (up to $ 2) are transported once in the morning.
I arrived at Fanari and took a taxi in 10 minutes to take it to another beach. Water on his knees, to the depths could not reach or swim through the coral reefs. Sunbeds close to each other, did not even try to borrow. A beautiful beach is possible for children.
I really liked the other Reef beach, but it is for those who can swim well. Entrance from the ladder immediately into the depths, the waves push you to the rocky reef. It is desirable to buy a mask with a tube - a lot of beautiful fish. The beach itself is like on the rocks, a lot of free space, sunbeds. There is a terrace where you can drink lats ($ 2), a wonderful massage service ($ 10). By the way, if not for a hotel card, the entrance to the beach costs $ 3 (with a bottle of water).
Let me remind you that the hotel is far from the sea, I did not try to walk.


Territory. The hotel is quite small. The pool is not heated! For swimmers - unsuitable, blocked by buoys and as if small, without even going. There is no place to spend an hour. The spa salon is very gloomy.
You can walk near the ILMerkato Hotel. This is a whole area built by the Italians, with McDonald's, a bunch of boutiques, fountains. He usually drank coffee there (25 pounds, almost $ 2). I liked the paintings of a local artist (up to $ 100), buying a couple instead of souvenirs.
How to get there: leave the hotel and turn right. Next will be the abandoned entrance to Il Mercato where a pile of dumps. Do not be afraid, go to the end, on the left in the huts you can go and then through the high black gate (opens) you get to the fast pedestrian zone. It is possible to bypass the road, but I walked around for a long time, the area is quite large.

Entertainment.
By bus to the free beach (morning and afternoon) you can go to the old town. The mosque is fantastic, a local imam took me to a closed main hall, then picked up the Koran, where the dollar bills lay, and paid. The bazaar around the mosque is interesting to see once.
At 21 there is a bus to Naama Bay, where the pedestrian promenade. Nothing special, but you can go. I was amused by a VIP center with Kremlin towers - closed and bankrupt.
In general, very few Russians have been banned from flying. Ukrainians are in darkness, besides us there are Belarusians and Kazakhs. I hardly saw Central Europeans.
I took a tour for 4 days, alone, for almost 5.000 hryvnias, so for such money everything was great. In mid-February, 23 in the afternoon, it feels more, in the evening 15 - walking in a leather jacket. He did not take any excursions because he was already in Egypt. I wanted to dive - but the normal coral reserves were banned, they only offer to sail near the shore.
Annex tour was upset: the guide did not show up for the meeting. The plane was home at 7-50, they said about 2-30 to wait in the lobby, and the bus itself arrived only at 4! !!
Have a good rest!
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