long-awaited vacation

Written: 23 november 2011
Travel time: 8 — 18 november 2011
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 7.0
Why long-awaited, because I haven’t been on vacation for a long time and have been waiting for it for a very long time, we chose a country for a long time, we thought about Thailand, the Canary Islands, Spain, but somehow everyone couldn’t decide and decided to go to the UAE (Dubai), in fact we never regretted, among all the events that took place in the world, floods and volcanoes erupted, crises, we realized that we had chosen the right country. we read a lot of reviews about the country and the hotel and decided that we know everything.
We arrived in Dubai on November 8 in the afternoon, of course, while the retinal scan, the transition to another queue for the delivery of prints, all this took a long time, so that when we approached the baggage belt, everything was standing nearby and take any suitcase at least, no one was nearby. We were met by the Royal Park company, and handed over all the documents, or rather, we found them ourselves.
For a very long time everyone was going to the hotels, which was just tired of hearing all the time, let's go right now and get up and wait for us to get into a taxi and go, they took 25 dirhams for landing, in the end we went in comfort and without long waiting. There was a small traffic jam on arrival at our hotel, it is there all the time, in the end we got 90 dirhams for a trip. Although $ 7 per person is a transfer that we paid, in fact, also when buying a ticket.

We arrived at the hotel, I will say not everything I imagined as in the pictures. 8 minutes and they gave a room, to be honest, I was not very impressed with the cleaning, all the sticky cabinets, cups are just awful, what a mess, in short, we went to change the room, but they told us that they would clean it up right now, but no one came in the end, I cleaned it myself, because so It's impossible to live, they asked for an adapter, otherwise the phone simply won't charge without it, and of course slippers with a bathrobe - they brought it right away.

What is the hotel as a whole:
1. spacious rooms
2.
Gym, sauna, swimming pool with jacuzzi, sun loungers and umbrellas (in order to have time to take a seat, it is better to get up before breakfast and do it)
3. The transfer to the beach was 2 times, then they did three from 9, from 10 and from 12 o'clock, 33 people are placed on the bus, sign up at the reception.
4. Breakfast is good, the dishes changed, but by the end I was already tired.
5. Computer room, Internet 15 dirhams per hour.

In the evening we went to see what is nearby, many cafes, restaurants, but we only went to a couple, of course, the Golden Fork, KFC, and a grill restaurant, how to go towards the Dubai Mall.
The next day, we met with the guide Kira (royal park), a rare unpleasant woman and saw her once, offered her price - EXPENSIVE, but since we read reviews from others, we realized that it was better to go through Arabian Knight or through Aladdin.
We decided that we would go through Arabian Knight (you can call from the room, it's FREE 9-727-91-10) Although Kira claimed that all calls were paid, probably specifically so that they would go from her.

We signed up for a tour of Dubai on November 10 for $ 25 per person, I had to go to the Landmark Hotel on Banyaz Square (Nayser Square) by TAXI 40 dirhams, by METRO back and forth 30 dirhams for two. The metro on Fridays runs from one o'clock. We were met by a girl who answered the phone call - Elena, then they put us in a small bus, the guide was a wonderful Yasmin, she told everything so colorfully and in detail and even more than we thought. We did not regret that we did not leave the hotel.

On November 11, we signed up for the INDIAN OCEAN (from $ 8 to 20:00.55 per person, also through the same company, a great trip, we bought souvenirs and fruits at the market, the ocean was warm with marine life.

On November 13, we went on SAFARI for $ 50 per person, but then the impressions went over the edge, although we had a non-Russian-speaking driver and we were sitting at the very end, the impressions did not decrease. We rode, watched the sunset, came to the camp, rode camels, looked at the belly dance and the man in skirts, who spins for 6 minutes, I couldn’t do it)) and many who tried couldn’t either))), ate. Once again I was convinced that what kind of cattle our Russian men are, and what a hungry people.

The rest of the days, we completely dedicated ourselves to sunbathing (a trip to the bay) and shopping trips. I WILL SAY IMMEDIATELY who would not write PRICES both in St. Petersburg and in Moscow in the shopping center Mega and Gallery, maybe somewhere there is cheaper, well, a maximum of 200-300 rubles. There are departments where discounts of 50-70% are already available, for example, in DUBAI MALL and Emirates MALL in the Pierre Cardin department you can buy everything with a 70-75% discount, there are a lot of departments with discounts for men's clothing.
We went up to Burj Haliva, you can buy a ticket there at the DUBAI MALL downstairs where there are a lot of cafes or on their official website and immediately choose the time in advance, we went at 17:30 this is the most popular time, we saw when everything was light and when it was already dark, fantasies at that the day at 18:00 they didn’t work ...they stood for a long time and waited to look at them from above and then go down and compare it with what it feels like to look below. When they went downstairs, they just started playing, and it was 18:40 on the clock.

We also went to the gold market again ourselves, we were not impressed with the prices, we had to bargain, but somehow there was no desire when a bunch of people were also standing nearby and trying to bargain. We crossed to the other side of the market, which we passed by when there was a tour of DUBAI, where we bought souvenirs for 8 dirhams and a large BURJ KHALIFA for only 65 dirhams, when it is offered everywhere from 130 to 200 in malls.
Honestly, I don’t remember the name of the shop, I’ll say that when you get out of the boat to the shore, you go straight ahead and after about 5 minutes of fast walking, turn right and you will see a small shop with a glass showcase.

We bought a watch at the Emirates Mall, I trade up to about 13% of the amount, but it’s better to take a discount paper from them in which a discount is from 5% to 25% which envelope you choose.

All that looked impressed, gorgeous country.
The day came when we left and then, of course, the Royal Park tried again, no Kira came and put us on the bus, but simply sent an envelope in which it was written what time we should go to the concierge and say (ROYAL PARK AIRPORT, we said so, but when the bus came from them, our number was not on the list, in short, some pipets. I don’t understand why they paid them money. We left for the airport, where we bought alcohol in duty free, much cheaper than in others.
We will come back again, we will go to the water park and I hope we will already have a room in MADINAT JUMEIRA, it’s just a fairy tale to live there and there are many cafes, you don’t have to go far, everything is nearby, by the way, alcohol is sold in cafes if anyone gets bored.

Have a nice holiday everyone!
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