Rest in Arabia Azur

Written: 7 october 2011
Travel time: 17 — 29 september 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 8.0
Egypt Hurghada Hotel Arabia Azur 4*, rest period 17.09-23.09. 11
A ticket for 13 days was bought in Tourskidki for 65 thousand rubles. for two, all inclusive. In Moscow - Troika, in Hurghada - Intourist.
Early departure from Domodedovo, Transaero, everything was on time. We arrived early, at 11.30 we were already at the hotel. They immediately put on bracelets, asked for the 2nd floor, building B, side to the pool, they gave $ 10 - an hour later they received the number B206. Other reviews helped in choosing the hotel and room.

The room is large, with a bathroom, a safe, a flat-screen TV, 2 beds, 3 bedside tables, a sofa, a table with 2 chairs, a large balcony - 2 chairs, a table, there is a towel dryer. There is a kettle, tea, coffee, sugar. A 1.5 liter bottle of plain water and 2 small bottles of cola and seven are placed in the refrigerator daily. I really liked the room, the sea is not visible, because. many trees outside the window. The quality of cleaning is average, it often seems that the linen was not changed, but simply re-made.
The pool is very large with sea water in which bleach is added, a lot of sunbeds - 2 rows with awnings, a smaller pool is connected to it where aerobics is carried out and next to it is another small one. Behind the building there is also a children's town with its own children's pool.
There are toilets and showers on both sides of the pool.
The food is very good, very tasty ice cream, delicious bread, few fruits, the choice of food is good, there is always meat and fish, there is always a barbecue in the evening, there is a separate children's table. Live music in the evening.
Lunch and dinner are held by the pools, nice. Drinks for lunch and dinner are brought to order.
The quality of alcoholic beverages leaves much to be desired, the beer is good. Breakfast in a restaurant next to the reception from the outside, incl. every morning you see the exposed suitcases. Breakfast includes diluted juices and hibiscus, as well as coffee and tea.
There are many bars, there is even a bar in the theater with entertainment programs, but because everything is conducted in German, German management, went rarely. There is a billiard room on the 2nd floor, 10 tables, there is almost always a table, a record at the bar.
Beaches. Because 2 buildings are located in the horseshoe and inside the horseshoe bays up to 2 meters deep, the bay of building B is trimmed with stone, there are sunbeds on the sides, sand in the central arc and a bar nearby, similarly in building A, but not lined with stone, but small pebbles.
A small sandy beach between building B and the entrance to the Marina. There are stones, and most importantly hedgehogs!!! . Better to wear slippers.

Marina is an artificial peninsula with a rounded extension at the end, many palm trees. The length of the peninsula is 250 m. Along both sides and at the end there are wooden deck chairs and umbrellas, descending into the water by stairs. Descent at the end into the deep sea with corals. The Marina also has a restaurant where you can have lunch, eat ice cream, take drinks. Good service everywhere.
Of the pluses - the absence of rushing boats, there is no loud obsessive music, mostly European. Sufficient number of sunbeds. On the day of departure, evening departure, the bracelets were not removed, the hotel was full, it was impossible to extend the room, but for half an hour, according to the schedule, room B178 was provided with a package of towels, by appointment at the reception.
Everything for vacationers. Nicely.
Tours. The situation is calm, people went to Luxor. We took ex. to El Gunna - they are taken to the pier 5 km away, we get on the boat, we swim up to El Gunna, we transfer to the boat with a guide and along the canals, interesting, then back to the boat, stop for swimming near the corals, then stop for fishing, no one caught anything and finally home.
Presentation of 1001 nights in a luxury hotel, the history of the main monuments of Egypt, dancing at the fountain, horseback riding, camel ride. You can see. For both excursions - $ 55. Free in Hurghada, they show the mosque, we go into the basement of a residential building - this is the church of the Copts (the first Christians), though a new church is being built nearby, and then visiting 6 different shops.
We visited the aquarium on our own, ticket 15 pounds, a small aquarium 1 room, turtles, moray eels, stone fish.
Weather, there are no thermometers, but in neighboring Arabella, the weather was written on the scoreboard at 8 am and 12 noon. Water 26-27. Air: morning 26 afternoon 35, wind from 3 to 5. I. e. the wind was almost always, but thanks to the Marina there were no waves.
The holiday was a success, warm sea, nice room, good food, good service, although the sandy beach is small and with stones and hedgehogs.
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