Nice, quiet hotel for relaxing without fuss

Written: 10 january 2022
Travel time: 4 — 15 november 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 8.0
It doesn't often get out. I am writing the first, I only read before. ) I had a rest in early November (11 nights). I have read a lot of reviews, both good and different. Knew what to expect. True, according to reviews, there were usually not very many people there, and mostly Europeans. In short, I chose for nature and the absence of a crowd))). We were not lucky with the crowd, the load was full, most of them were Russians, Ukrainians, Germans, there were Czechs and Austrians.
In general, I liked the hotel. It takes 1-1.3 hours to drive from Sharm, it all depends on the road circumstances and the expectation of convoy escort, but time flies by, the road is good, between the mountains, so time flies by while admiring the mountain beauties.
Dahab is 15-20 minutes away, in the evening there is a free bus by appointment (3 flights) or you can order a taxi ($ 8 per car).

A beautiful place at the foot of the mountains and the sea (1 line). A fairly large private beach, 4 swimming pools (sorry not heated), there are slides. Beautiful landscaped area.
The check-in was slightly delayed, this is more likely due to the fact that a lot of us arrived at the same time (2 large buses, like). In general, the entire rather small reception was occupied with people and luggage. We arrived at about 11, check-in from 14, but you could change clothes and go to the beach. The bracelets were fastened earlier around 12-12.30, we were settled at about 13.30. The hotel itself consists of separate houses-buildings. There are 2-storey houses with repair, there are still without. All rooms are quite spacious, with air conditioning, hair dryer, safe, small refrigerator and TV (who even needs it? ), no kettles, no irons. There are family double rooms. On the territory of a spa, a gym, like billiards, and a children's area. The Internet is only at the reception by the hour, it works like God puts it on the soul (the guys there are obviously doing something chemical))))
At our request (at no extra charge), we were settled on the 1st floor with a small terrace, though almost at the other end from the sea (building 3) and the room has not yet been restored, but surprisingly clean, everything worked fine and everything is in pretty good condition, at least nothing not broken and the safe worked without problems and air conditioning, normal beds good mattresses (at first we thought to try to change closer, but then we even liked it, calm, quiet, behind the mountain house). Probably someone "unfastened" for the best accommodation (although sometimes it seems to me that this is the best was not quite the same) There are 2 dining restaurants in the hotel)) everyone also has an open area with tables, you can use anyone.
The food is not super varied, but quite tasty, there was always fish, chicken, beef, sausages (the only thing that is not very edible for me), stewed vegetables, rice, potatoes, pasta, sweets, fruits... in general, you can’t list everything, you’re definitely hungry nobody could stay. The staff worked quickly, especially considering such an influx, there were enough dishes, always clean, even hot. The dishes were also cleared from the table very quickly. Everyone tried. At lunch and dinner, they poured and poured alcohol))) the guys-waiters... also quite quickly))).

Beer, wine (local), cola, fanta, sprite, tea, coffee, juice (maybe slightly diluted but normal is not worse than in bags). At the bars, cappuccino and espresso and instant coffee, whoever likes what, and of course beer and cocktails were made with vodka, tequila, rum, and I don’t even remember what else was there (I’m not judging by alcohol, so I won’t judge the quality, I was beaten at the request without alcohol, but I tried the beer, it’s good) though the cups are small standard disposable ones.
The beach is large but with the influx of people there was a problem with sunbeds. I had to borrow at dawn)) closer to our departure, the replacement of old umbrellas with new ones began. I think a little time and everything will be very good there. Towels on the cards handed over the towel returned the card... we were always given good ones but some complained. The sea is super, corals, so the entrance is from the pontoon, but on the right side of the pontoon itself there is a clean strip without corals and you could carefully enter from the shore (but you still need slippers) and carefully. sometimes you could see stone fish at the bottom. Beautiful fish, even if you don’t swim far, so the mask will make you happy)))
The animation is unobtrusive, a little exercise in the morning, a warm-up such as dancing, volleyball, darts, bocha, yoga, aqua aerobics in the pool, some programs in the evening. Children's disco mini-disco. Of the programs, I especially liked the fire show (Jamaica is well done, a very versatile guy ; ) ) and the violin.
Cleaning. Like it was every day. Someone complained, but it was always clean in our room and on the terrace, there was always a pleasant smell of detergents, if they left something, then also flowers with figurines)))). towels changed, bed 2-3 times, too. Near some of the rooms closer to the beach and the reception, people complained about the smell when watering the area, we were lucky in this regard, we didn’t smell))) probably the wind was not blowing in our direction.
There are a lot of cats in the hotel. Well, as in Egypt and without seals. We love cats, we had no problems, the kittens were clean (again, surprisingly) we watched them with pleasure and played; ) they were very funny. By the way, almost around the hotel there is a road along which quadrics ride on their way to the mountains on excursions, so in some parts of the hotel it can be quite noisy in the morning))).

Let me tell you again about the staff. If people are not treated as servants, then they will behave with you accordingly, and this is normal. They are friendly, attentive and despite the fact that they are bad (from the word at all) with the Russian language))) they try to understand, prompt and resolve issues. But they have + they learn quickly.
We didn’t have any problems during check out, the flight was delayed, but anyway it was until 12 (standard check out time) so everything was fine with us. The day before, the flight was delayed by people for almost a day, it seems that there were some questions about food after 12, but everything must be decided with the tour operator then.
In general, I liked it, we did not have any problems with either the staff or food, or anything else.
I would like to thank everyone for their work.
If you just want to relax without spreading your fingers like a fan for a reasonable price, admire the mountains, fish, some local flavor, then I recommend the hotel. She would have returned.
Let me summarize.
Pros: Sea, nature, calm environment, well-groomed, tidy territory, pools with slides for children and adults, friendly staff. Pretty tasty food without issuing a gram (as they say in other hotels, even 5 stars). Unobtrusive entertainment.
Cons: Internet; the number of rooms in need of repair, and by the way I didn’t write, but the bar on the beach would also be updated); cold pools (you don’t really want to swim in them.
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