Зарисовки об отдыхе в отеле Sketches about the rest in the hotel

in hot pursuit, I decided to leave a review about my vacation at Desert Rose.
from the very beginning, the rest was spoiled by the fact that our beloved Boryspil moved the departure from 13:00 to 17:25, leaving the return flight time the same - 13:00. sort of, and moved it in a day, and we didn’t have to sit at the airport, but the unpleasant feeling remained, because the day of rest was taken away from us (we got to the hotel at 10 pm on Friday, and they took us the next Friday at 9 am). flew with Rosa Vetrov airline. everything is fine, but neither alcoholic drinks (which is not scary), nor tea and coffee (which is strange) are served on board.
Now about the hotel itself. the territory is large, green, the staff is constantly busy cleaning and beautification. bushes and trees are blooming, the grass is green. multi-colored petals from the pool carefully catches the fight all day long. the beach (lagoon) is spacious, but sometimes it smells unpleasant there. at first it was not clear where the smell came from (toilets on the beach are clean and absolutely do not smell), but sometimes annoying. and for people living in buildings on the beach, it’s not sweet at all, I think (especially since there are superior rooms with sea view on the beach). then I came to the conclusion that the water used to water the lawns smells (they are watered especially carefully near the beach).

sun loungers can always be found, but on the beach this is a little worse than near the pool. but, again, everything is known in comparison: this summer, in one of the Sharm hotels, I had to get up at 6 in the morning to take a sunbed - at 8 it was too late.
the rooms are normal - without chic, but neat. however, this is if you don’t have glasses : ) you just start to look closely, you immediately notice that the seams at the joints of the tiles are smeared just as if, and traces of past guests are visible on the furniture - circles from glasses and bottles. after the next cleaning, the floor lamp "squinted" at us. we didn’t run to complain (we didn’t use it anyway), so after a couple of days my husband was frightened off by two dudes who came to solve “problems”. moreover, the dudes spoke only English, I was not in the room, and my husband proudly answered the question "Do you speak English" "A little", which is not particularly true. the peasants themselves did not know what the problem was, they only knew that it had happened to the lamp. therefore, having touched all the lamps (at that time, the husband only smiled at them in a friendly way), they saw a floor lamp, were glad that they had found the root of the problems, dragged it away, and after 20 minutes they dragged it already repaired.
As for cleaning, I have no complaints. our neat cleaner, in addition to cleaning and making swans, arranged all the creams in the bathroom in a straight line and stubbornly twisted the case for contact lenses that I had left to dry.
about food. I’ll say right away that you won’t die of hunger, but, again, if you compare, I’ve seen better. there are usually 5-7 main dishes, plus special ones (pasta, crabs, omelettes prepared by chefs at separate tables). Russian speakers usually have a hard time in the dining room, because all the dishes are signed in English, and in English, Russians and Ukrainians usually speak very badly, if they do. it turns out a situation when a line of Russians opens the lid of a dish signed "Octopus" looks inside - and leaves disappointedly with the words "Again potatoes, damn it. " and there, in the gravy, there are octopuses, you just can’t see them... the conclusion is - learn English, it’s more pleasant to bargain with Arabs on it.

about excursions. we only went to Luxor, and, to be honest, we got a minimum of useful historical information. mostly rode on benches. Karnak temple - a 20-minute tour, and the story is mainly about the fact that this temple was built by Ramses 2nd, and we know about it, because his name is written on the cartouches carved on the walls, so everyone should definitely buy silver cartouches for 15 bucks from the guide. he also sold hibiscus and "yellow tea" at a fabulous price, about which he could not even clearly say what it was. bargain in the shops until you're blue in the face - if they ask for a figurine of 75-100 dollars, say that you won't give more than 10-15. will eventually give up. even if you are in Egypt for the first time, pretend that you already know everything here. do not buy oils in the perfume shop where they will take you. the boy seller with a soulful face says that they sell oils at the same price to both locals and tourists, but believe me, $ 25 for 25 milliliters is prohibitive. if you want to buy oil, you can do it in Hurghada or even in a hotel. Last year, for $18, I bought 2 oils of 25 milliliters each and a beautiful blown glass bottle for oils with two spare sticks (moreover, in Sharm, moreover, in a hotel). I think that I overpaid notably - the oil is generally worth a penny. this summer for $ 10 (again in Sharm) I bought 2 bottles of 25 ml.
The locals love tips, they even try to extort a pen or women's glasses. let's not more than a dollar - for them it's good money.
Well, here, the story turned out not about the hotel at all. I hope that at least someone helped in some way. I advise you to go to the hotel. and for families (for children there is a good playground with a separate pool, there are also small places in adult pools), and for young people (there is a disco, which, due to its location, does not bother anyone). There are, of course, better hotels, but Desert Rose is also good. especially if you are traveling for the first time.