Our summer holiday in Ramadan in Acacia. )))

Written: 28 july 2014
Travel time: 11 — 20 july 2014
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 5.0
The motivation for such a seemingly thoughtless act was the cost of the tour.
For three, 8 nights HB cost a little more than $ 1.000.
Frankly, they flew with apprehension that because of the heat the rest would be spoiled.
But there is nothing terrible in the summer in the UAE.
Yes, it's hot, but the sea is almost hot.
But all this is not critical, if you do not have an individual heat intolerance, then the rest will go well.
And the water temperature of 32 degrees led our children to complete delight.
Another advantage of the summer UAE is a small number of tourists on excursions.
There is no crowd of people in the same Dubai, you walk and take pictures everywhere comfortably.
Before proceeding with the review of the hotel, I would like to note one more nuance of a summer holiday in the UAE.
This is Ramadan.

You need to understand that this is a very serious post in Muslim countries, so be prepared for the fact that almost all cafes and many shops are closed during the day, everything opens after 1.00.
You can forget about alcohol, there is simply nowhere to buy it in Ramadan, and that vaunted alcohol market near the Acacia Hotel will be closed.
So take everything with you, and consume only in the room.

So the Acacia Hotel.
We arrived at one in the morning, asked for a room overlooking the pool, asked for an adapter for an outlet, asked for bathrobes and slippers. All our requests were fulfilled with lightning speed and unquestioningly.
Hotel.
Really located in the industrial zone and looks a little like a hotel for tourists.
But we were ready for it, and not too upset.
The contingent of guests mainly consists of Indians who came to this area on business.
And in this atmosphere you feel not quite comfortable.
In all other respects the hotel is excellent. I haven't seen such perfect service in a long time.
The hotel has a good fitness room with very good equipment.
Separately, I would like to note the high professionalism and hospitality of the employee of the Muganada hotel who sells excursions
Feel free to approach this person.
Number.
We got a regular standard room.
Safe, fridge included. The main disadvantage of the room is the lack of a balcony.
They cleaned up well. They left a dollar on the bedside table, they didn’t take it. I'm shocked.

Nutrition.
We had 2 meals a day.
Everything was top notch.
The assortment is not very large, but everything is delicious.
For dinner, drinks are paid, even water, for 1.5 liters of water 11 derhams.
Unpleasant.

Territory.
Very small, but there.
Decent swimming pool, two dozen sun loungers, bar, playground.
The biggest plus is that the pool is cooled. In 40-degree heat, this moment was very fitting.
Beach.
Located on the territory of the hotel, the same network, Bin Majid Beach Resort 4 *, where the bus takes every half hour. with a break for lunch from 1.00 to 1.00.
Specially spotted, go there 6 minutes, back 8.

The beach is located on the territory of an artificial bay, because of this, the bottom of the sea is overgrown with algae, on which you walk like a carpet. It didn't bother me, but it was kind of annoying.
The sea is shallow.
It is also unpleasant when the tide is low in the morning, the sea turns into a swamp. Hours after 10 am, the tide begins and it becomes normal.
At the entrance to the beach hotel, absolutely no one cared what we had in our bags, carry whatever you want.
But this is most likely because of Ramadan.

General impression.
Despite the fact that the hotel is far from being located in the resort area, and there are almost no tourists there, the hotel did not leave any negativity behind. It can be seen that the staff tries to compensate for the location of the hotel with good service.
And if you came to the UAE to watch the country and not sit in a hotel, then this option, in principle, is suitable.
In principle.
But I still recommended choosing a hotel with a more touristic bias, the same Bin Majid Beach Resort 4 * of this network will probably be more sensible for a tourist.
From the recommendation of the hotel, I probably refrain.
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