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In Hurghada for the first time, we went with my mother. I wanted to see other resorts in Egypt and have a relatively budget-friendly vacation. Hurghada itself is radically different from Sharm and already conveys the realities of non-tourist life. The hotel has recently been renamed, so be careful when booking, because they did not immediately deliver to the address (this is a chain and the same owner has 3 hotels nearby, but of different categories).
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In Hurghada for the first time, we went with my mother. I wanted to see other resorts in Egypt and have a relatively budget-friendly vacation. Hurghada itself is radically different from Sharm and already conveys the realities of non-tourist life.
The hotel has recently been renamed, so be careful when booking, because they did not immediately deliver to the address (this is a chain and the same owner has 3 hotels nearby, but of different categories).
Reception wants to be better. Because from the street he looks absolutely miserable. However, literally at its doorstep, when you enter the territory - a truly bright summer opens! It was because of this garden, colorful tables and chairs, palm trees and flowers on the background of the sea that I chose this hotel! Actually, very simple and very cute)
Check-in is worth mentioning separately, because at first, with a very sweet smile, we were told that check-in is from 12, but we will be checked in an hour earlier. Also that we have a standard room and if we want to change it, it is for $20. They led to the right wing opposite the kitchen.
Another hotel is behind, from the window there is a courtyard and a bit of the sea, but the room...Just a shed. Shabby, small, with low ceilings, with a tiny window, old furniture falling apart, a steep bathroom with only soap, a narrow closet without a safe. In a word, she was scared, nostalgic for the poor areas of Sri Lanka and ran to the reception to change this misunderstanding. But for money. And that was a mistake. Because the shrewd manager slipped a piece of paper requesting a supposedly free room change due to the lack of a safe or hot water. They took me to the left building, close to the sea, the second floor, the room is a little better, there is a safe, but it is not fastened. I had to ask him to fasten it, as well as add hangers to the cabinet and batteries to the TV remote control. However, we soon realized that this is not the biggest problem. There is no hot water. After a day and a half on the road and with the cold wind of Hurghada, we got sick and a cold shower was not an option.
I had to wait for a long time for the master, who twice tried to do something there, but it is not in his power - the water circulates first on the upper floors, then on the lower ones, and either it freezes or it does not heat up. I had to change the number again (you remember, the manager slyly prints a piece of paper again that I refused and everything seems to be fair, but I already paid the money). This time it's the third floor, a room with normal curtains, a little better renovation and a high ceiling. However...no safe. I stopped moving, because it was already 11 at night, that is, 12 hours of changing and fixing numbers! ! This is too much. There was hot water when we checked in, but it was gone by the time we moved our things...
The following will be shorter and more positive, because we settled down and settled in) hot water was caught during the day and during dinner.
And although the kitchen was modest by the standards of Egyptian hotels, very conscientious, resourceful and friendly people brightened everything up here.
The food was really tasty: vegetables, rice, pasta, grill, meat, fish, falafel, soups and always fresh pastries. We went to meet them when they asked to feed us lunch earlier so that we would have time for the excursion. And after ordering a dry ration, only these should be done! Because it's just no good - two pieces of inedible sausage and cheese, a bun, olives, cucumber, tangerine and juice. And a bunch of plastic around it.
A la carte fish restaurant is paid.
Territory. It is beautiful, green, several pools, small water slides, but the water is cold, so we did not risk going in.
The sea is right there, the sunset is good, there is a descent from the pier and there you can see coral and fish! ) The sea is clean, even relatively warm, but the famous wind of Hurghada...now I know what it is. It burns and blows with frost, when you come out wet, it is January, let me remind you.
However, the nearby hotel from this chain has a really hot pool with a great view of the sea, we went there, and their guests came to our beach to sunbathe, because we have longer sun.
The animation is cool, a great team, everyone is energetic, passionate, daily games, dances, entertainment during the day, and a show with dances in the evening.
Relatively nearby there is a local bazaar, a good currency exchange at Alexa in the "4 Seasons" hotel, cafes and Hurghada city center with a large and profitable Carrefour. Central market street Sheraton - some trash, as far as I'm concerned. Tired, didn't like it at all. Uber is the best for getting around. Funny prices and good service.
As for the hotel, in general, there are more advantages than disadvantages and a strong desire to switch - this created a good impression)
The hotel has recently been renamed, so be careful when booking, because they did not immediately deliver to the address (this is a chain and the same owner has 3 hotels nearby, but of different categories).
Reception wants to be better. Because from the street he looks absolutely miserable. However, literally at its doorstep, when you enter the territory - a truly bright summer opens! It was because of this garden, colorful tables and chairs, palm trees and flowers on the background of the sea that I chose this hotel! Actually, very simple and very cute)
Check-in is worth mentioning separately, because at first, with a very sweet smile, we were told that check-in is from 12, but we will be checked in an hour earlier. Also that we have a standard room and if we want to change it, it is for $20. They led to the right wing opposite the kitchen.
Another hotel is behind, from the window there is a courtyard and a bit of the sea, but the room...Just a shed. Shabby, small, with low ceilings, with a tiny window, old furniture falling apart, a steep bathroom with only soap, a narrow closet without a safe. In a word, she was scared, nostalgic for the poor areas of Sri Lanka and ran to the reception to change this misunderstanding. But for money. And that was a mistake. Because the shrewd manager slipped a piece of paper requesting a supposedly free room change due to the lack of a safe or hot water. They took me to the left building, close to the sea, the second floor, the room is a little better, there is a safe, but it is not fastened. I had to ask him to fasten it, as well as add hangers to the cabinet and batteries to the TV remote control. However, we soon realized that this is not the biggest problem. There is no hot water. After a day and a half on the road and with the cold wind of Hurghada, we got sick and a cold shower was not an option.
I had to wait for a long time for the master, who twice tried to do something there, but it is not in his power - the water circulates first on the upper floors, then on the lower ones, and either it freezes or it does not heat up. I had to change the number again (you remember, the manager slyly prints a piece of paper again that I refused and everything seems to be fair, but I already paid the money). This time it's the third floor, a room with normal curtains, a little better renovation and a high ceiling. However...no safe. I stopped moving, because it was already 11 at night, that is, 12 hours of changing and fixing numbers! ! This is too much. There was hot water when we checked in, but it was gone by the time we moved our things...
The following will be shorter and more positive, because we settled down and settled in) hot water was caught during the day and during dinner.
And although the kitchen was modest by the standards of Egyptian hotels, very conscientious, resourceful and friendly people brightened everything up here.
The food was really tasty: vegetables, rice, pasta, grill, meat, fish, falafel, soups and always fresh pastries. We went to meet them when they asked to feed us lunch earlier so that we would have time for the excursion. And after ordering a dry ration, only these should be done! Because it's just no good - two pieces of inedible sausage and cheese, a bun, olives, cucumber, tangerine and juice. And a bunch of plastic around it.
A la carte fish restaurant is paid.
Territory. It is beautiful, green, several pools, small water slides, but the water is cold, so we did not risk going in.
The sea is right there, the sunset is good, there is a descent from the pier and there you can see coral and fish! ) The sea is clean, even relatively warm, but the famous wind of Hurghada...now I know what it is. It burns and blows with frost, when you come out wet, it is January, let me remind you.
However, the nearby hotel from this chain has a really hot pool with a great view of the sea, we went there, and their guests came to our beach to sunbathe, because we have longer sun.
The animation is cool, a great team, everyone is energetic, passionate, daily games, dances, entertainment during the day, and a show with dances in the evening.
Relatively nearby there is a local bazaar, a good currency exchange at Alexa in the "4 Seasons" hotel, cafes and Hurghada city center with a large and profitable Carrefour. Central market street Sheraton - some trash, as far as I'm concerned. Tired, didn't like it at all. Uber is the best for getting around. Funny prices and good service.
As for the hotel, in general, there are more advantages than disadvantages and a strong desire to switch - this created a good impression)
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We stayed at this hotel for the second time, with two children. Beautiful well-groomed area. Three swimming pools (two of them heated) and a small water park (three slides). Comfortable, beautiful beach, has its own small reef, you can watch the fish. The food is good, varied and quite tasty. The service is quite attentive and yet unobtrusive.
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We stayed at this hotel for the second time, with two children. Beautiful well-groomed area. Three swimming pools (two of them heated) and a small water park (three slides). Comfortable, beautiful beach, has its own small reef, you can watch the fish. The food is good, varied and quite tasty. The service is quite attentive and yet unobtrusive. The only negative is the very old number of rooms. Although the room has everything you need: air conditioning, refrigerator, TV, kettle and safe. If there is an opportunity, we will go again.
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We rested at the ROYAL STAR EMPIRE BEACH RESORT 3 * hotel in Hurghada, the hotel is good, the room was overlooking the beach, the area near the hotel is excellent, I liked the food. My husband and I went to the paradise island of Giftun, only positive impressions remained. There were stops for snorkeling in the open sea near the coral reefs, very beautiful.
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We rested at the ROYAL STAR EMPIRE BEACH RESORT 3 * hotel in Hurghada, the hotel is good, the room was overlooking the beach, the area near the hotel is excellent, I liked the food. My husband and I went to the paradise island of Giftun, only positive impressions remained. There were stops for snorkeling in the open sea near the coral reefs, very beautiful. We also swam, sunbathed, the sand is snow-white on the island, the water is clean, transparent. Paradise in one word! The tour was taken in ramzestour.
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Chose the hotel just because of that? that the score was higher than that of Zahabia. The territory is small, green, there is nowhere to walk. The food is ok but the same. Standard, lunch: fish and meat (poultry), dinner is the same, only maybe something on the grill. You will not be hungry, but a week later I went to the fish market for shrimp).
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Chose the hotel just because of that? that the score was higher than that of Zahabia.
The territory is small, green, there is nowhere to walk. The food is ok but the same. Standard, lunch: fish and meat (poultry), dinner is the same, only maybe something on the grill. You will not be hungry, but a week later I went to the fish market for shrimp).
Rooms, changed three. Old, noisy.
The beach is a good entry, you can see: moray eels, lionfish, triggerfish, plantation of hedgehogs). Low sun loungers, a beach for two hotels, a lot of escaped) Russians.
The territory is small, green, there is nowhere to walk. The food is ok but the same. Standard, lunch: fish and meat (poultry), dinner is the same, only maybe something on the grill. You will not be hungry, but a week later I went to the fish market for shrimp).
Rooms, changed three. Old, noisy.
The beach is a good entry, you can see: moray eels, lionfish, triggerfish, plantation of hedgehogs). Low sun loungers, a beach for two hotels, a lot of escaped) Russians.
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For this money, everything is fine in the hotel, except for the dead rooms. We were put in a "good room" and not just "beautiful eyes". When my wife and I entered it, I immediately had a question, what is the "bad number" here. But we did not raise a fuss and settled. Refrigerator and condo rattled like a tractor.
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For this money, everything is fine in the hotel, except for the dead rooms. We were put in a "good room" and not just "beautiful eyes". When my wife and I entered it, I immediately had a question, what is the "bad number" here. But we did not raise a fuss and settled. Refrigerator and condo rattled like a tractor. They had to be turned off at night. I read in the reviews that there was a problem with hot water. But here it was the opposite. Cold water barely flowed, which was a problem in the shower. The choice of food is not the same as in a 5 star hotel, but there was a choice, the food is delicious - you will not go hungry. Sea and restaurant - 1 min. move. The sea is clean, sand type entry (you only need to enter on the left of the beach). Those who wish can swim with a mask - see the corals. With places on the beach tension (everyone from a neighboring hotel comes here - 1 owner for 2 hotels), but you can always find a place or take it at 7-8 in the morning. Summary: for 450-600 dollars for two, you can close your eyes to the shortcomings and enjoy the virtues.
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The hotel corresponds to its description on the Internet. Located on the 1st line, beautiful territory and a good beach. Delicious food and polite staff. Good accommodations with comfortable rooms. I really enjoyed staying here.
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The hotel corresponds to its description on the Internet. Located on the 1st line, beautiful territory and a good beach. Delicious food and polite staff. Good accommodations with comfortable rooms. I really enjoyed staying here.
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Best in its price range! Large green area, nice beach with sandy entry into the sea. No slippers needed. Good restaurant with a wide choice of food. Alas...alas, but without free alcohol. Tea, coffee, sprite - unlimited. The beach is clean and cleaned regularly. The sun loungers have fences from the wind (although there was no strong wind) and from prying eyes.
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Best in its price range! Large green area, nice beach with sandy entry into the sea. No slippers needed. Good restaurant with a wide choice of food. Alas...alas, but without free alcohol. Tea, coffee, sprite - unlimited.
The beach is clean and cleaned regularly. The sun loungers have fences from the wind (although there was no strong wind) and from prying eyes. The only sunbeds... mostly very low. We picked up a couple on legs and in the morning the Bengals "occupied" them with their towel. Towels, of course, are also given out on the beach, but after 9:00. The towels are not new, the fences are dilapidated in places and supplemented with canvas, but this is 3 stars.
Hotel near the center. Any minibus can be reached for 2LE=$0.1, or walk for 20 minutes. If on foot - beware of Seryozha, who is on duty in the middle of the path at one of the excursion shops; )
When choosing a hotel on Booking, I was looking for an inexpensive but good hotel. I think this one is the best.
Video review - youtube. be/x5t4y2NqCKg.
The beach is clean and cleaned regularly. The sun loungers have fences from the wind (although there was no strong wind) and from prying eyes. The only sunbeds... mostly very low. We picked up a couple on legs and in the morning the Bengals "occupied" them with their towel. Towels, of course, are also given out on the beach, but after 9:00. The towels are not new, the fences are dilapidated in places and supplemented with canvas, but this is 3 stars.
Hotel near the center. Any minibus can be reached for 2LE=$0.1, or walk for 20 minutes. If on foot - beware of Seryozha, who is on duty in the middle of the path at one of the excursion shops; )
When choosing a hotel on Booking, I was looking for an inexpensive but good hotel. I think this one is the best.
Video review - youtube. be/x5t4y2NqCKg.
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chose the hotel based on the rating among the hotels and the price of the tour. the hotel is normal. staff is responsive. varied food, fruits, pastries, drinks. the territory is well-groomed, workers from 5 o'clock in the morning begin to clean up, one pool is heated, the other is not. the beach is normal, the entrance to the sea is good, they didn’t even buy shoes.
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chose the hotel based on the rating among the hotels and the price of the tour. the hotel is normal. staff is responsive. varied food, fruits, pastries, drinks. the territory is well-groomed, workers from 5 o'clock in the morning begin to clean up, one pool is heated, the other is not. the beach is normal, the entrance to the sea is good, they didn’t even buy shoes. fish, coral, everything. no complaints about the number to. they came to sleep and take a shower and that's it. Internet is weak, but Skype is possible. Excursions to hotels are expensive. for example, one day in Cairo costs 90 dollars, and if you leave the hotel and turn left, go behind a cafe and another hotel, then you can buy the same tour from Omar for 60 dollars, and if you bargain, then for 50 dollars. traveled and were happy. this price includes a Russian-speaking guide, a comfortable bus, careful drivers, a visit to the Cairo National Museum, lunch with a view of the pyramids, a visit to the pyramids, a sphinx and a descent into one of the pyramids, I don’t remember exactly what it’s called, I just know the wife of a noble close to the pharaoh and also a visit to the oil shop (there do not buy the price more than three times than in ordinary shops) and the papyrus factory (the meaning is the same as in the oil shop). so do not be afraid to take excursions on the street, they are also covered by insurance. it's just that everyone tactfully forgets to talk about it. Souvenirs are better to take on the way to the Triton Hotel, which is located on the second line. and bargain, bargain and bargain again. let's say a thing costs $15, and I buy it for $5. you will be surrounded by attention, what to say when you go down to the hall and just start walking towards the bar, then when you reach it you get a good cocktail. and in the same hotel from the seller of souvenirs and oils you can buy 35 grams of oils for two dollars, and you can buy papyrus for a dollar the size of an A4 sheet. the hotel has Germans, Arabs, on the penultimate day of arrival, a group of tourists from Malaysia arrived. so for those who are not looking for a golden toilet and a silk bedspread, this hotel will leave quite a good impression.
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I got to this hotel at random - I picked up a tour for two for 8 days on the website of the travel agency Unitours, arranged the price, read the reviews - for 3 * it seemed like nothing, went to the travel agency to pay, talked with the manager, they told me about all the minuses and the pluses of the hotel, but thanks for warning us, we were already prepared for some moments, and we didn’t spoil our mood on the spot.
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I got to this hotel at random - I picked up a tour for two for 8 days on the website of the travel agency Unitours, arranged the price, read the reviews - for 3 * it seemed like nothing, went to the travel agency to pay, talked with the manager, they told me about all the minuses and the pluses of the hotel, but thanks for warning us, we were already prepared for some moments, and we didn’t spoil our mood on the spot. The hotel is small, on the second line there is also the Empire Hotel 3 * (don’t mix it up), there is a pool and bars. The repair was obviously done a long time ago, but that's okay, I didn't like the room - the closet was made from the same material as the walls, a strange sight, to be honest. We had a safe in the room, but some tourists had to go to the reception and use the safe there, also for free though. Animation in Russian is. The beach is sand, there are corals, they start further, they were satisfied with the sea.
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We rested from mid to late July this year with friends. The reception is such a small room with a few seats, if a large number of people were checking in / out, then there might not be enough space. The Egyptian immediately asked “Are you good numbers or bad? ”, Having received “good” numbers in response, he began to wrinkle his tits, make sponges into bows, mow in the direction of passports and in other ways show his “say, I’ll bring all the beauty right this second, but you need to appease the golden little bodies in green bills".
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We rested from mid to late July this year with friends. The reception is such a small room with a few seats, if a large number of people were checking in / out, then there might not be enough space. The Egyptian immediately asked “Are you good numbers or bad? ”, Having received “good” numbers in response, he began to wrinkle his tits, make sponges into bows, mow in the direction of passports and in other ways show his “say, I’ll bring all the beauty right this second, but you need to appease the golden little bodies in green bills". . having received the coveted bill, his cheeks turned pink, he clicked his index finger on the mouse a couple of times and put on red little bracelets. . the rooms were beautiful - a table, a chair and a bedside table made of solid wood (I think rare and very valuable, but under a centimeter layer of paint the structure was not guessed, it was nice to think that it was Canadian maple), the built-in wardrobe very successfully combined the narrow depth and flaps that are not tightly closed, so clothes will not wrinkle and will not become moldy from dampness. . The pride of the room is the YORK local air conditioner - a miracle of Egyptian engineering. . with the correct placement of your head, it can be used as a hair dryer, since it was impossible to get cold from it at the initial stage. . sweating heavily while dismantling the chumodans, it was decided to use the local shower. . The water pressure did not reach my emaciated body, so a strategically correct decision was made to water myself with this watering can with one hand, with the other to hold the curtain so that the water gets purely into the pan. . somehow washing off the Egyptian dust (later this procedure became much more dexterous), he discovered the scope and breadth of Egyptian hospitality - there were no body towels as such, and those that were only enough for one half-ass. . Fortunately, there were two of them, because the shame was completely covered. . after drying off and changing clothes, he directed his steps to the reception, inquired "vi hav e problems of visas air conditioning - he dont work", he was sworn assured that the fixed group would immediately deal with this misunderstanding. . Satisfied, he went to the local eatery of Olivos, to taste the Allinklyusian overseas cabbage soup or some other simple meal. . one of my friends immediately piled local yogurts on himself and, without any fear, began to eat it directly with a spoon and into himself. . after which he safely rushed off for two days to test the strength of Egyptian plumbing for ultra-high pressures. . the pipes were screwed up. . Egyptian plumbers rule! True, in one of the neighboring rooms a shower broke through or something, but the entire corridor was flooded. . no floating slippers or any other substances were noticed, there was little bloodshed. . in the meantime, a whole symposium of 5 people and one stepladder gathered near our fierce conder. . it fell to the youngest and, apparently, the smartest to climb the stepladder, since only he had a screwdriver and pliers. . 15 minutes later they called and asked to try the conder in the cold - is it cold? cold! rolled up the stepladder, screwdriver and pliers and galloped off to turn the conders in other rooms. . the night was restless and languid - the conder-prankster again turned into a conder-hair dryer and completely refused to sow coolness and sleep. . a call to the reception "vee have e problems visa air conditioning - he dont work, again", the answer is "butz-team flies to the rescue". . and indeed, after 30 minutes, two came, but without a ladder and a pliers - hardened! they looked at something by eye, waved their hands near the nozzle of the conduit, said "freon" and disappeared into the night. . they called the reception and explained in more detail the essence of the problem "freon yok, it will be tomorrow, good night. " . sweaty sheets - I'm coming to you! you can describe all this for a long time, in general, the conder was fixed on the 4th day, but from time to time he showed his affection for the heater. . there was a solution - you need to get a card "giving electricity", wait until everything goes out and put it into this altar again. . there is a beach. . judging by a bunch of people walking along the bottom like crabs in masks and without flippers - there should be fish too. . I didn’t see it myself, because I ran into the Red Sea, made three beautiful breaststroke swings and urgently ashore, otherwise you never know what. . I didn’t see sea urchins, but some of our compatriots said that families of these prickly creatures live here and here and showed their stung legs for clarity. . therefore, titanium shoes are strictly necessary, while lead shorts will surprise the local public and contribute to a more detailed study of the seabed - without them it is problematic to immerse the body in the Red Sea water, salt water does not accept the Russian body and pushes it back to the surface, away from its treasures. . I advise ladies to pay attention to Arab children of an indeterminate age in masks - those great lovers, as it were, swim up and study your pleasant bulges and depressions at close range, dipping their skulls in water and sniffing noisily into the tube. . Schelbons are easily trained and driven away from the subject of study, but not for long. . therefore, they can be distributed even for prevention, but only slits, from which a more serious type of "fofan", medium-sized children tend to drown, which causes extreme disapproval of the entire Arab teip. . at first they thought they had stolen it, but when they went for juice and discovered it was missing, they didn’t steal it, they just screwed it up. . they didn’t declare at the reception, it’s something of a worldly thing, between us tourists. . in the morning, by a strange coincidence, the French also lost their towels, what a nuisance, fathers! It's good that we found ours. . in general, rested for all the money!
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