first visit to Egypt

Written: 7 october 2010
Travel time: 30 august — 13 september 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 9.0
I visited Egypt for the first time... but the second time, probably, will not be soon... I did not like everything as soon as we left the plane. But this is a purely subjective opinion... The flight was delayed for an hour (a trifle, of course, but somehow it was a little unpleasant). They took us to the hotel for a very long time, on the way we got a shock from the landfills and construction sites of the city... We settled in very late, while we witnessed the scandals of visitors and staff . . EVERYONE wanted to change the room... Of course, we too)) But in the morning seeing that the view of the sea is still lateral, they calmed down and thought that anyway we only spend the night in this room, change clothes and take a shower. The room, by the way, is the simplest without frills . . The problem was that the plaster crumbled in some places, the sink was constantly forgotten (in my opinion, a problem in all rooms), as well as a few cockroaches killed by me and my friend)) We were pleased with the size of the beds, good air conditioning, spacious balcony.
Basically liked the food. Yes, a little monotonous (for 14 days, oh, how boring), but still, the main thing is not to be hungry. By the way, they serve delicious pancakes for breakfast)) It was worth getting up early for them.
Animation team, all very nice boys and girls. The guys are not clowns, they did what they could (or wanted), they couldn't like everyone either.

The hotel area is normal, there is where to walk (and retire)))) I didn’t really like the beach (but I don’t like sunbathing in principle). The water is of a beautiful color, but there is nothing interesting in it))) I really liked the shisha bar, it was very cozy to spend evenings and smoke hookah under Michael Jackson))) Probably the only place where it was virtually impossible to stumble upon Arabs. About them a separate proposal. In reality, I have never met such uncivilized and wild people... The passage was simply not allowed to the point of horror, this also applied to cleaners, and waiters with bartenders, and even one maniac at the reception)) Walking around the hotel to the beach was already a test ! ! (on the beach, I had to fight off annoying advertisers and two similar photographers like two drops of water))) By the way, I did a photo shoot for myself, and I am very pleased with the work of the photographer Ramil, a very pleasant person with whom it was easy to work). Of the staff, only a few people made a good impression, the rest were just sick of the questions Where are you from? What is your name? as well as with their songs and proposals to go to the city (I still have a nervous tick at the word Habibi)))).
Of course, I don’t remember everything, if you have questions, ask, I will answer from my own experience. And as a conclusion, I can say that if you look for flaws, they will definitely be (there is nothing to hide, the hotel does not pull 5, maybe 4). But next time we will not even consider Hurghada.
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