Everything is good enough

Written: 29 july 2021
Travel time: 16 — 22 june 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 7.0
The hotel was chosen based on tour prices, reviews and location. We were brought to the hotel from the airport around 6 am. Although the check-in was supposed to take place at 12:00, the guide agreed that all those who arrived with us (about 10 people) would be settled by 09:45, but the check-in began closer at 08:30 - 09:00. No surcharges, no one was fooled. The guide just agreed, we waited, the hotel populated if possible. You can wait in the lobby or on the beach. Luggage can be left at the reception without any extra charge. At least half of the administrators at the counter speak Russian, as well as a good third of the staff in principle, so if you doubt your knowledge of English, you don’t have to worry.
In general, I would like to especially emphasize the excellent work of administrators, both day and night. The rest of the staff are friendly and do a good job. The area is neither big nor small. The beach is neat, cleanliness depends more on vacationers than on cleaners. The sea is shallow, at the same time there are a lot of corals, and a lot of free space from them, that is, those who prefer any of the options will like it. The kitchen is, well, ordinary. Reminds me of Puzata Hut, who will understand.
The room is neat, simple and clean. There was a small problem with the toilet, but the hotel plumbers solved it quickly enough. Cleaning is done not cardinally just every day. That is, they change towels, vacuum and wash the floor, change bathroom accessories and toilet paper. But bed linen can not be changed. In general, this was not important for us, but if anyone needs it, then there is a universal sign of the need to bring something new - leave it on the floor. The TV shows several Ukrainian, Russian, German, Italian, Hungarian, Polish channels - in accordance with those who are most often guests.

If we make a simplified list of advantages and disadvantages, then:
pros
- administration at the reception - I will not tire of praising;
- clean sea and beach (the only exception was when a lot of garbage dumped from the liner began to be nailed, and together with the hotel workers and part of the vacationers we organized a subbotnik);
- Geographically, the hotel is located in the center of Hurghada, that is, everything will be equidistant for you;
- the food is ordinary, normal, that is, you don’t have to worry that the kitchen will not fit or be too refined, and you can eat as much as you like;
- drinks are poured everywhere endlessly and without pretensions;
- things left in the room remain intact (unless they need to be moved away for cleaning).
Minuses:
- four days later, they noticed that the room was a family room, that is, it has an internal door to the next room. The door is closed and blocked by furniture, but you can just hear everything, even the conversation in an undertone, and when the family drove in there, I felt like an employee of the special services;
- some parts of the room were not cleaned in principle - a table on the balcony and a closet inside;
- if you do not have time for breakfast / lunch / dinner at the very beginning, then the food that they continue to cook along the way to fill the empty dishes often becomes undercooked.
- free wi-fi is available only in the lobby, in the room it costs, in my opinion, $ 5 a day - I pay so much for internet at home per month.
And if you are in Egypt for the first time in principle, then here is important information and a couple of tips:
- choose only official tours from guides. You can find cheaper, but tours from guides give you a guarantee and safety, and on the rest you can simply be scammed for money;
- get ready for the fact that absolutely everyone will try to cheat you for money, with the exception of your official guide and the main employees of the hotel (with the exception of those services that are provided for a fee);

- in Egypt there is no such thing as a fixed price and price tags. You will not be able to walk around and see the goods at prices. The only shop where there were price tags for goods from all the shops we passed was Abu Ashara Supermarket opposite the hotel. In all other cases, you only need to bargain. The first thing the merchant will say is to ask where you came from, and then he will say that only for tourists of this country he offers a price, say, 40 dollars. This means that he has already overestimated it by 2-3 times. If you do not know how to bargain - make a disgruntled face and express doubt with facial expressions - the merchant will see that you are in doubt, but do not leave, and he will begin to drop the price;
- do not think that you can normally walk the streets - merchants will attract your attention in every possible way, constantly call, etc. But merchants in Hurghada are not so bad, if you go on an excursion to Luxor, then there you will know the absolute impudence. But if the tour is from your official guide, then the tour guide will tell you how to behave.
- if, when visiting historical monuments, you are called to show something by people dressed as Bedouins, it’s better not to go. There you can trust only the guards and the police - they can show something that you might not notice superficially (some additional hall with an unobvious entrance), they can help photograph parts that are closed for restoration or simply take a picture of you;
- remember that baksheesh is not only a tradition, but also a necessity. When calculating the cost of your trip to Egypt, consider at least 20-30 dollars per baksheesh. Sometimes they will be asked directly with a universal gesture denoting money, sometimes they will simply stand in anticipation, sometimes they will not be asked, but. Feel free to give 1 dollar or 10-20 Egyptian pounds if asked or expected, and give a little more if you are really grateful for the product/service/work/help. For you, this is not much, but for the Egyptians, this is good money for the family.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original