Отпуск в Эмиратах Holidays in the Emirates

Good afternoon to all tourists. I will be glad if my review of this hotel will help you. We chose the hotel for a very long time. At first they wanted to go to the Radisson Blu, but there were no places there. I read a lot of different reviews and decided that I had to go and see for myself. We flew with Natalie Tours with Fly Dubai. The planes are good, new, with digital screens, but food, drinks and movies and games are all paid, there are several free games. At Dubai Airport, the check-in process was fairly quick, we were put on a bus and taken to the hotel. Drive 2.5 hours. We checked into the rooms around 1 am, they brought us dinner to the room (vegetables, fruits and sandwiches. The room has a set for tea and coffee (it’s not possible to drink coffee, it’s just terrible) we took our own iron, we took an adapter at the reception, but the sockets are in the rooms are shaky and sparkle from time to time. There was an unpleasant smell in the room, we constantly ventilated the room and everything was ok. The room is good, natural furniture. The carpet is a little worn. There are bathrobes and slippers. On arrival you are given an envelope and everything is written there about the chosen type food, and about the hotel, about spa treatments, etc.
I can not say that Natalie Tours directly rip off money from tourists. If a taxi from Dubai costs $100, then they have a sightseeing tour of Dubai for $110. Prices for all tour operators are about the same. Guide constantly from 9 o'clock to one o'clock in the afternoon was at the hotel. I did not notice Russian-speaking staff at the reception (although they said that these girls come at 11 o'clock), but I speak English well, so there were no problems.
About the beach. I read that oil sticks to everything. So, oil looks like pieces of oak bark 2-2.5 cm in places floating near the shore and does not stick to anything. At the bottom in the sand, you can step on it, but with the usual greasy cream or napkins on the beach, everything can be removed. The oil didn't bother me at all. It was only 3 days, and the ocean was clean and transparent, a lot of fish swam.

The beach is dirty, cigarette butts, papers, cocktail tubes were scattered in places, the sand was not level. I didn't like the beds.
The territory is green, everything is well-groomed and beautiful.
Nutrition. We took breakfast and dinner, lunch was completely superfluous, we ate so much that we didn’t feel like eating until the evening. For breakfast, the food is monotonous, but the dinners are chic, several times there were seafood, red fish, barbecue almost every day. For breakfast, tea and coffee drinks are free, we didn’t order drinks for dinner and didn’t sign any checks. You can replace dinner with lunch once. On the 1st day, we went to the Lulu supermarket, bought fruits, natural yoghurts and juices and ate them for lunch.
We got to the Kurban Bayram holiday, so there were many locals and it was interesting to watch them. Do not climb the tower, because. there were no tickets for the required day due to the holidays. We took excursions: a sightseeing tour of Dubai and a jeep safari (2 excursions $ 220, we liked it very much. The guide from Natalie Tours Tatyana was a market aunt with fuzzy diction, but in principle she told everything well. ) Ticket prices for the tower are 400 dirhams ($ 100 ) if you want to climb the tower right away, and if you buy in advance, then the prices are half cheaper, so immediately upon arrival ask the guest relation to book a ticket for the tower for you. You can sign up for a free bus to Dubai and Fujairah once. At first, we went on a sightseeing tour of Dubai (everything was very fast, you really didn’t take a lot of pictures from the bus window, and then we walked on the bus ourselves and rode the metro and took pictures. Our guide gave us 2.5 hours in the Dubai Mall, we managed to see a chic aquarium, fountains, souvenirs and climbing the Mall in general. Prices are almost the same everywhere and not cheaper than in Ukraine for cosmetics and clothes like Zara, Mango, Mark&Spenser, but even though everything is made in China, the quality is very good. Branded clothes are very expensive. Duty Free some cosmetics are even more expensive than in the Malls. But when you buy in the Malls, you are also given a bunch of samplers as a gift. We were not interested in fur coats, gold and silver.

In general, holidays in Fujairah are mostly family-friendly. Lots of kids. Many Russians, but there were also Germans, Austrians, Scandinavians and British. It was boring in the evenings, there were few young people. Every day live music, disco until 3 am. Animation is sluggish, I was attracted only by water aerobics.
They didn't take a deposit from us. When they checked out, some people were told that they used the mini-bar and demanded to clean up everything, they called the hotel manager, but in the end no one paid anything, but in the end they still ruined the mood for people. On the eve of departure, a hotel employee came to us and asked if we used the mini bar, we said no and everything was ok.
In general, the hotel, food, everything was pleasant. We wanted to swim and relax, and we got it. I did not pay attention to small flaws.