DISCOVERING THE UAE

Written: 10 october 2013
Travel time: 21 — 28 september 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 7.0
In general, this is my first experience of traveling abroad, there is nothing to compare with, I will just describe my impressions. Tour operator Pegas, I will not say that I am satisfied, another time I will think whether to contact them or not. The hotel was chosen according to reviews, how many kilometers of views and reviews were traveled - dear mother, the medal is deserved, finally the choice has been made, that's it, let's go to order tours. Flight Flydubai, fed for money, again after reading the reviews, they took sandwiches with them, packaged juice, the flight attendants just smiled, by the way, I looked closely, half of the cabin was eating their own products. But it was not funny for my neighbors when they wanted to eat, it turned out that the food was over, we were sitting almost at the end of the salon, there was only a variety of drinks left. Arrival in the evening, it took a very long time to scan, there was a desire to return home, well, everything has been passed, it’s not up to the duty cycle, hurry up to the transfer and to the hotel. The hotel was friendly, polite at the reception, as a deposit - your passport, but if anything, they give it right away, madam, they asked for a room with a balcony - here's the key to the room with a balcony, 2nd floor, 2 rooms, clean, comfortable. The first room has a balcony, a small refrigerator, a microwave, a sink with a sink, a few dishes, a kettle, a table, two armchairs, a TV; the second room has a bedroom, there is a window, and a bathroom with everything - a hairdryer, shampoo, soap, body cream , a disposable machine and cream, toothbrush and paste, towels were changed every day, cleaning was also daily, shower accessories were replenished, tips were left, the quality of service was not affected in any way, everything is at a good level. The balcony helped out, things dried very quickly, and I wanted to breathe fresh air, the air conditioner was tiring, by the way, you can adjust it yourself, I didn’t know this at first, the neighbor suggested. Food - we only took breakfast, everything suited us, hearty, tasty, fresh, no one left hungry. I'm sure many people don't have breakfast like this. We flew out early in the morning, without any problems at 4 in the morning we were fed, and with freshly prepared food. The beach is not its own, public, they give towels for the whole day at the reception, there are no sunbeds and umbrellas, it's all on the beaches of neighboring hotels, where you can go for 20 dirhams. We were satisfied with the public beach, nearby 5-7 minutes walk, clean, we really couldn’t enjoy swimming enough - we got into a storm, jumped on the waves all week. Trips to shopping centers - every day 2-3 times they are taken to large stores in Sharjah, in Dubai once a day, they are brought to Nasser Square. Excursions - we went ourselves, we didn’t have time to see everything, we didn’t have time, but we visited Abu Dhabi, the famous White Mosque, it captures, emotions were overflowing, we visited the aquarium in Sharjah, it’s interesting, well, of course, the Dubai Mall, its many shops, cafes, well, the fountain show, where without them. I didn’t dare to climb the tower, I heard enough of others - some got sick, and some just got into the fog and haze and didn’t see anything. But in general, it’s so interesting there, you can just walk, watch, admire, envy the locals a little, their infrastructure is very developed, metro, buses, taxis, even public transport stops - everything is clean, air-conditioned, comfortable, and everyone is polite to you and friendly, will help in any matter. Shopping is, as they say, the taste and color, but for me, you can only buy cheap fur coats, gold is not much cheaper than ours, appliances, phones, tablets, etc. - the difference is 2-3 thousand, we don’t know yet what they put on you, clothes, maybe I didn’t see anything like that, maybe we went to the wrong stores, there were plans to dress up, alas, so small things. BUT. . . a dream to buy a fur coat - YES, IT HAPPENED! In order: after reading a lot of stories, even at home I selected several fur salons that I had to go around, while remembering about kamaks, which had to be thrown off their tails even when approaching Nasser Square (otherwise your dreams of a good bargain and a cheap fur coat would cry); we went to the first salon "MOSINIO", yes, bleglama, the prices are appropriate, but I didn’t like anything, especially after the words of the seller "We have expensive fur coats", okay, let's go further, especially since they pick you up by the arms and lead you to another salon, where you are dressed, undressed and so many times, it’s already dazzling in your eyes, there are a lot of salons, fur coats immeasurably, I don’t even pay attention to the words “How much are you counting on? ”, I consider this already rudeness, the seller’s business is to promote me for a purchase, and as expensive as possible, but she, you see, does not want to waste her time and energy, okay, with the words "we will come to you again", we move on, we went out into the street, the Abrazh center disappeared, tourists walked from our hotel - nothing looked after, the planet of fur is the same, we go along the hotels, here it is the Landmark hotel, then the center of the fur "Crystal", we go to the elevator, there are some suspicious types that look like kamaks, we are waiting for an empty cabin to come to us, we sit down , look around, and suddenly somewhere behind the sheathing or on the ceiling - kamak, no, there are two of us, we press button 6, on 4 floor, the elevator opened its doors, before our eyes there was an abundance of fur, but we remember the number 6, we go further, as it turned out later, enemy machinations, there are cameras in every salon, and the sellers simply press the button on their floor to stop the elevator, that's it, 6 floor - we arrived, we see the sign "Elena Fashions", we went in, two charming girls Irina and Yulia invited my mother to sit down, water, tea, a question for me - if you please, I just managed to say a few of my wishes, everything, they understood me perfectly, no one did not ask about my financial capacity, my size was guessed, unobtrusively offered different models, different styles and colors. You can describe endlessly, everything, the option has been chosen, now the most important thing is bargaining, then SHE appears, the hostess Elena, really, very effective and no less charming, my mother, with the words that she won’t leave and won’t get up from this sofa, started bargaining, because k. she does it very, very well, I entrusted this matter to her with relief, I won’t describe it for a long time, I can only say that the bargaining was a success, Elena made a good discount and everyone was satisfied, especially me, you don’t need to talk about my mother at all- daughter is happy, mom is happy. I want to say special thanks to Katya’s review, under the nickname Kateni4ek, it’s according to her story that I found Elena’s salon, made a successful purchase, I post a photo of Elena and her two assistants. If you have questions, write, I will answer.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original