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Written: 6 october 2008
Travel time: 6 — 13 july 2008
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I went to Egypt for the 4th time, and always in a big company (8-15 people)!! ! I love this country for the magnificent sea!
Now more about the trip. . . Departure from Domodedovo airport, a / c Transaero, flight delay about 40 minutes, plane - Boeing-757 (seems to be so). In flight, they feed 1 time, 2 times carry drinks. The flight is about 4 hours 15 minutes. The ITS-TOUR company is a German company that allegedly has no complaints from tourists (but I will talk about it in more detail below). We arrived in Hurghada at about 2 am, quickly passed through passport control (since it was not the first time in the country and everything is familiar, the visa cost $ 15 per person. We boarded the bus and left for the hotel. There was no delay in the departure of the autobucha, because this time we were a large company, about 30 people - this is almost a full bus, there was simply no one to wait. It takes about 20 minutes to get to the hotel from the airport. If the bus drops tourists off at other hotels along the way, then I advise you to keep an eye on the bags,
which you put in the luggage compartment of the bus... A large crowd of people (not only our company) has accumulated at the hotel reception, you need to be a little more insolent so that our and foreign brothers do not climb out of line (the Germans are especially impudent) !! ! You can not give money to your passport, if you like the number - thank you for the next one. day! We were given a room in bungalow 2356 near the reception and along the main road of the hotel. The room is clean and spacious with two beds. Bed linen is not torn. Of the insects in the room, red ants were seen in the amount of 3-4 pieces per day, there were no cockroaches. The front door is closed from the inside with a flimsy chain, which flew off for 2-3 days, the lock did not stick, it worked well. The windows in the room had to be kept curtained all day, because it was on the 1st floor and people were walking by. Although, citizens having a rest!! ! You are going to Egypt not to sit in your room!! ! The room had an old color TV (2-3 Russian channels) with a remote control,

refrigerator (a small one with 4-5 FREE bottles of drinking water daily. Bottles can be hidden in a suitcase if necessary, then they will put more and you will have a supply! The floor in the room is tiled. There is a small electronic safe (we had it buggy and opened it by hour) - although maybe my hands are crooked... A wardrobe with hangers, a table, under the table - a trash can WITHOUT A BOTTOM!! ! We had both a shower and a bath. The shower did not leak. The toilet also worked without failures, toilet paper They put a bottle of shampoo and body cream, soap on the sink. There was a hair dryer in the bathroom, the need for which I did not understand (I have long hair, it dried out in 1-2 minutes on the way to the restaurant), but the hair dryer was working. I didn’t look in the sink (because looking at the pictures of the hotel it becomes funny - why do some of our fellow citizens find and remove some cracked tiles) Now breakfast, from 6.00 to 10.00. The menu is quite diverse, no one died of hunger,
from drinks - diluted juices from bags, hibiscus tea (I advise everyone, but not in very large quantities there may be diarrhea). Lunch is the most meager, but you can also find something to eat. The waiters all the time sold freshly squeezed juices, which we ordered when we wanted to, took orange and mango juice. Sprite, cola or other free drinks had to wait for 10-15 minutes, a little strained waiters begging for a tip for nothing !! ! The most plentiful was dinner - 2 types of soup and we also liked different lasagna. The choice of fruits is poor (watermelons, melons - sometimes unsweetened, grapes, apples). But the pastry was beyond praise! You can also eat on the beach. Awesome tasty cappuccino in the lobby bar (included in the all inclusive system)!! ! Beach None of the three hotels did not like (there is something to compare) - sand + fine pebbles. If you come after 10.00, then it is difficult to find a free sunbed. And then - you can find a sunbed,
so try to find beach service staff so that he brings mattresses to your sunbeds, it used to be waiting for 10-20 minutes, and they bring everything to the Germans! Do not think that it is a matter of tips - they are just afraid of the Germans or something, and our Russian people look at everything through their sleeves, do not respect themselves. Towels are issued on cards. We also did not like the sea - too shallow, a lot of some kind of plankton, you can slip and a lot of sharp stones, so you need to buy special slippers. Take a lot of cream with you, it is very easy to get burned. On the beach they offer excursions (we went from a guide), massage (I advise you to do an aroma massage, we gave the massage therapists a lot - I liked it very much). If someone is interested, I will tell you in detail about the excursions, as I have been to almost all of them!! ! Do not believe your guide that in case of a late departure, you can easily extend the number. We managed to do it only until 18.
00 and then with a big scandal (we had many children and a pregnant woman), but where do you order to wait until 23.00? Helped as a result of the grave manager of the hotel, a very good uncle aged 55-65, speaks good English. If you don’t like something, go complain immediately to him, the staff is very afraid of him.

In short, having been in Egypt in different hotels, we will not return to Aladdin !! !
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