Egypt again

Written: 23 july 2011
Travel time: 1 — 12 july 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 7.0
This year Egypt was again chosen for the rest, I liked it very much that year.
Chose this hotel based on reviews. To be honest, disappointed. Of the advantages can be called only - the sea.
They settled us quickly in 5 minutes, the room went to the 1st floor. At first I was shocked by the balcony, i. e. its absence - it's just an exit from the room, there are no fences, then they got used to it and even liked it - they ran into the pool directly from the room.
The architecture of the building is not very interesting, the corridors were simply killing, the reception has very low ceilings, it is not beautiful and is always smoky with the Germans. The air conditioners work very poorly. If you want to put it on 15 degrees, you want it on 22 degrees, it will still work with a certain temperature (almost like a fan). So for those who do not tolerate the heat - it will be hard in the room, and at the reception too.

Didn't like the food. Maybe it depends on the chef. Vegetables are not stewed, tough (carrots, zucchini, cabbage, eggplants were only 2 times in 11 days of stay), there is no choice of meat dishes at all (something one, maximum two). On the grill, either chicken or beef (very tough), or fish (right in scales) is fried. There are very few pastries - mostly some biscuits and muffins (somewhere around 5-7 types and all from the same dough), for breakfast there are also puff buns. Ice cream is delicious. The restaurant is more like a canteen. Once there was a duck on a spit, once on the beach (at the Marina) quails, fried shells 2 times, they tried to portray sushi - one rice and a cucumber inside. Pizza by the pool is mediocre, better in Albatross. Of course, you won't go hungry, but I would like more. I compare it with the Beach Albatros Garden, which I rested in that year, it is in the same price category, in this comparison Bel Air loses a lot. In general, if you are interested in the sea - then here, if you want to please the eye with something unusual and beautiful - then no.
The hotel has no territory at all, the grass is not well-groomed, all burnt out (in the Garden, the legs were already buried in the grass).
The sea is great. Lots of fish. We also saw squid and stingrays (quite large). That year we went on 2 sea excursions, swam in the open sea - and so they didn’t see anything like that there.
The hotel is located on the territory of the old city, this can also be attributed to the pluses. We went shopping to new buildings - it was cheaper there (as you leave the hotel, turn right and go to the new microdistrict, there you go to the other side of the road), the shops there are not spoiled by tourists and the prices are normal even without bargaining.
There are a lot of Germans and Poles in the hotel, but this year a lot of Russians also had a rest (about 50%). In my opinion, this is a plus, we were not bored. In general, the rest was not bad.
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