UAE - a fairy tale

Written: 27 november 2008
Travel time: 15 — 22 november 2008
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 9.0
For a very long time, my wife and I chose where we would go next time. Turkey and Egypt (in the latter we did not like it at all, neither the first nor the second time) are already tired. I wanted something new, a little exotic and at the same time comfortable. We settled on the UAE. Honestly, at first they were afraid: the Arabs, a strict country, thought that the price would not work. But, having come to the agency, they picked up a hotel acceptable for us (at a price), dissuaded our fears about evil Arabs, and so on (oh, you should have seen that my wife was talking about them there! ). Well, the rest, it really turned out to be very, very good.
We went to Sharjah, we were not afraid of the dry law, because we ourselves do not drink (we are such a healthy family! ), And we do not like our eternally drunk comrades. As it turned out later, it is still possible to bring alcohol to Sharjah, but in moderation.
We went by a tour operator with a romantic name - Natalie Tours. As we were told in the agency, they are leaders in this area, and therefore they are the best in organizing the rest. I didn’t understand why they are better than everyone else, but they didn’t spoil our vacation and helped us in every possible way, for which we thank them.

The hotel we chose is a rather cheap, three-star, Beach Hotel Sharjah, but nevertheless it is quite cute and cozy. I must say right away that mainly Italians and Germans rest in it, although there were quite a lot of ours, as a rule, all families with children.
The first thing we did was, following the tradition of my wife, they immediately changed the number, although the first one suited me personally. But we achieved a beautiful view of the sea, which smiled at me, sitting on the balcony, from a distance of as much as 20 meters. Fairy tale.
If the conversation turned to the sea, I will say that it is clean, blue and full of water, salt water. No algae under your feet, only flocks of small fish and clean sand under your feet. Not like in Turkey or Egypt!
Here comes the conversation about the main thing! About food! Tasty! Fruit, meat, seafood. Yum! The chef and manager walked around all the time and tasted the food, what he didn't like, he immediately took away. There is a children's menu. I must say right away that do not order too many dishes in a restaurant - the portions of the Arabs are oh-oh, how big!
The rooms are standard, clean, quite comfortable, there is everything you need. I did not like the fact that hot water sometimes flows too weakly.
We went shopping in Dubai (the bus from the hotel goes there for free) and Sharjah, shopping is great! We bought a fur coat for a penny for my wife, although we had to bargain and look.
Loved the city of Sharjah. Green, clean, beautiful city. Be sure to take an excursion to Dubai, the modern architecture is simply amazing with its beauty and unusualness. I also advise you to go on a jeep safari (in the UAE it is much better than in Egypt).
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