Скучно, но в целом неплохо Boring but overall good

1) The hotel itself. The hotel, to put it mildly, is not new, but I was pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness, which I will write about later. The territory is small, you can not count on long walks. There is greenery, beautiful flowers, but on the first day they sharply noticed the smell of some chemicals with which they are watered. True, later we no longer felt it, or simply did not notice it. .
2) Beach. The first line, its sandy of course. BUT, the sun loungers and umbrellas are already dilapidated, there is no music, it’s a bit boring, although I can note that the elderly Germans, and they are the majority of vacationers, are clearly not embarrassed.
3) Pool. It is alone, with a gradation of 1 to 4 m, and there is also a small puddle-pool for children nearby. Around it, almost all the sun loungers are occupied by those who are afraid or cannot (or maybe do not want) to swim in the bay. The pool looks good, for passive recreation it is the most.


4) Cleanliness - the hotel is clean, it is true that the hotel has already seen a lot, but the cleanliness is maintained in it.
The closet in the room was old, in the bathroom the bath itself is not new, but nevertheless it is nice that the bed is perfectly white, the room is clean, they clean every day, change all 4 towels, etc.
5) Food. The buffet is varied, the menu is new every day. In principle, everyone can find something for themselves.
6) Entertainment. That's where the dog is buried. This is not just a family hotel as the tour operator told us - this is a pensioner's hotel. There are no children, you will not meet married couples under 50 either. Germans and Russians of advanced age. Accordingly, there is no music at all in the whole hotel, do not even dream of a show program after dinner or a disco. I was with my husband, and if not for the excursions, we would have died of boredom on the first day. Alcohol in the bar and of course in the minibar is horrendously expensive. Or buy in advance at Duty Free, or do as we do. In our emirate (Ras al Khaimah) there is a relatively decent pier "Al Hamra", it takes about 15 minutes to go there by taxi.
ZATO, on the reverse side there is an iron door with the inscription "Drinks" or something like that, where you can buy alcohol at very affordable prices.
7) Excursions. I definitely advise everyone to visit an excursion to Dubai ($ 110 per person). We had a guide Alex, to whom we are extremely grateful, we liked everything incredibly, a lot of impressions, a lively story, an interesting program.

SUMMARY. For a budget holiday, the hotel is just right, provided that you bring all the entertainment with you (a noisy group of friends, a tape recorder and alcohol). The UAE amazed me, but if fate gives me a chance to come again, I will try to master the hotel a little better, for example, THE COVE ROTANA RESORT 5 * (the same Ras al Khaimah, but everything is completely different, as tourists told us on the bus in Dubai). Have a nice holiday! !