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And again Egypt, and again Hurghada. Tour for 6 nights, rested with my daughter, from 17-23.04. 19. Join ap tour operator, Bukovyna airlines aircraft. All on time and without delay. The hotel was about 9 local time. At 10.00 they put on bracelets and invited me to go up to the billiards bar for a bite to eat. Puffs, tea, coffee....


Check-in from 14.00, but having smiled sweetly at the receptionist, they received the key earlier (at 11 they were in the room), thanked. The pool view room, although the standard in the reservation, is a nice bonus, thanks to the reception). The porter escorted me to my room. Loved the view from the room and the room itself. Two one-and-a-half beds, a dressing table with a mirror, a chair, TV (2 channels of Russian-language STS and TNT), under it there is a refrigerator in the nightstand. There is no overhead light in the room, two floor lamps. Coffee table and two armchairs.
The bathroom consists of two rooms, in the first one there is a wardrobe with a safe and a washbasin, in the second there is a toilet bowl and a bathroom with a curtain and a removable shower. Makeup mirror. The water is hot all the time. Bath cosmetics in tubes: shampoo, shower gel, and solid soap. The safe did not work, they said immediately at the reception, after 5 minutes. replaced. Safe electronic, use free of charge. The room opens with a key card. Demagnetized 1 time, at the reception in a second the problem was fixed. Guest relay Julia is always helpful, her desk is to the left of the reception desk. A pleasant, attentive girl, she also has an entry in the Lebanese a la carte. She called the room, asked if everything was fine with us, and every time we met. It can be seen that a person does not care, it disposes. And all the staff at the hotel, friendly and attentive people, ready to help. Although not everyone speaks Russian, you can speak up in broken English.
The room was cleaned in our absence, the cleaner Ahmed coped with his task perfectly well, there are no comments. Water upon check-in 2 to 1.5l. + 1l. Cola. In the following days + 1.5l. water.

Territory. Very large, a complex of 5 hotels on line 1, of which only Emerald and Paradise work, and two more non-working hotels on line 2, across the roadway. They were not there, they only walked around their territory: to the beach, to the water park, to the central entrance with a barrier, where there is a huge pyramid at the entrance. Part of the non-working territory is closed, you can’t walk, but palm trees and flowering shrubs are still pleasing to the eye. To say that everything is just dead and ugly is not. The territory of Emerald itself can hardly be called green, but gardeners are working and some kind of landscaping and watering work is being carried out on the site towards the beach. On the way to the beach there is a playground.

In the building itself there are elevators, with a transparent wall and a view of the territory, the doors in the corridors are sliding-automatic. A very beautiful hall, everything is so pompous, there are fresh flowers in vases, sofas, the atmosphere is pleasant. Exchanger in Paradise, rate 1 $ = 17 pounds. Before Paradise in the evening they turn on a singing fountain, illuminated, beautifully…

Pools. Cases Emeralda in the form of the letter P, in the center is a swimming pool, without heating. My daughter swam once, I never decided. In the sea, the water is much warmer, but sunbathing on a sun lounger by the pool. There is also a towel dispenser by the pool. That's something, well, towels need to be changed for a long time, I have never seen such ugly ones anywhere, it was a shame to take with me on a boat trip, honestly. Washed, shabby, terrible. I had to take towels from the room and my own, bought at the Sheraton in Karkush.

Beach. From the room to the beach, go 2 minutes, and there already chose the sun loungers and the location on the spot.
As for me, the most convenient place for swimming and for entering the water is at the beginning. Sand like semolina at the bottom and on the beach itself is fine, and the further you go towards the water park, the coarser the sand. Closer to lunch, a slight ebb, areas with coral are exposed, and near the shore at the beginning of the beach a shoal appears, with the most delicate sand. This is the best place to enter the sea. There are also pebbles at the water's edge, my daughter only used corals a couple of times, and then we bought them in a store behind the barrier because our legs (the feet were burned on top). By the way, the price of coral slippers in the magician. near the reception $6. On the street in the store bargained for $ 4. The beach is very big and great. We swam with a mask near the corals, there are fish, we filmed with a phone cased in silicone, the quality is poor, but I will add a photo. The fish are not like on the reefs near Utopia, but there are. The sea here is in the classical sense of the word, open, with waves, space, just super.

You can close your eyes to many things in the hotel, the sea and the beach cover everything! Good depth, gentle entry and very smooth to the depth, great for families with children. The water seems cold at first, but it's worth taking a dip and that's it, cool. Temperature 23-24. The only drawback of our holiday is the weather, or rather the wind, cold, northern, not stopping all 6 days. The locals themselves are shocked by such weather. Only when you lie on a sun lounger behind the counter from the wind, it’s good, it’s hot. The air temperature in the first days was +26-27 then +24. Racks save from the wind, they are there, enough for everyone and this is a plus. But with the wind, all the heat disappears, it feels like +20. Brrrr. Well, we were not lucky ...Music plays on the beach, there is animation (volleyball, we saw dancing). You can ride a camel or a horse, I don't know the price. Offers of excursions go, but they don’t really bother. And along the beach they carry fresh (smoothie) mango, guava, strawberries 1 glass for $ 2 or 2 for $ 3. They took guava and mango, delicious.

Nutrition.
It is difficult to rate, it all depends on expectations. For me, this issue is secondary. It was enough for me and my baby. The daughter said that the sweets were not impressive, a lot of the same type of biscuits and margarine cream. But oriental sweets are nothing like that, and jelly. In the morning, traditionally, an omelet with additives or fried eggs, if desired, hard-boiled eggs, pancakes are fried. Cutting vegetables and salads, two types of sausage and 2-3 TV. cheese, packaged processed cheese, salted cottage cheese 3 options, yoghurts. Packed oil. Two types of dry breakfasts. Pastries, cereals, side dishes, Egyptian nat. dishes, stewed vegetables, sausages, desserts, oranges and guava or grapefruit. Tea bags (black, green, anise, mint, hibiscus, coffee and milk. Self-service. In the bar there are 2 types of hardware juices-yupi + water. They also make orange fresh juice in the restaurant, for a fee. By the way, all drinks (cola, fanta / mirinda, sprite ) from bottles. I tried white wine for dinner, dry, well. There is a children's corner, I'll add a photo.

I was pleased with the presence of hardware coffee in the lobby bar (mocaccino, latte, cappuccino, chocolate, etc. ) and delicious non-alcoholic cocktails from the bartender. Breakfasts almost do not change from day to day, but the range is in any case more than at home. Lunches are more interesting, dinners even more so. In the bar of the restaurant, non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks, beer. There are always enough tables, cleaned and served quickly. For dinner, a dish from the chef, a la carte: grilled chicken, beef roll, fish. Meat, as a rule, 3-4 types in one meal, including fish. Pasta, potatoes, macaroni. Sliced ​ ​ vegetables, from which you yourself make a salad with dressings, a lot of ready-made salads. Roasted vegetables, marinated, c. including olives, legumes. Desserts for dinner are more varied. Of the fruits for all the time was: orange, grapefruit, guava, dates, sometimes melon, fruit salad. In general, there is enough food, but rather for an unassuming tourist. Even cards. mashed potatoes are normal, not water-water, but soups are terrible.
Always 2 types, usually vegetable and puree soup, not edible at all. Awesome seafood soup was ordered at the Star Fish restaurant, near the Mirage Bay hotel (the hotel next to us, from the barrier to the right, 200 meters). The price of a serving is 55 pounds. 0.5l bottle of water - 4 lbs. , hot tortillas and lime included. It’s good that we didn’t rush to order something else, we barely mastered the soup)). There is also a pharmacy nearby, to the right of the entrance to Mirage Bay, a good seller, Russian-speaking, prices are normal, healed my stomach and my daughter's sunburn, makes discounts.
Snacks. One floor up from the reception there is a billiards bar, where after 10 snacks there is a tea break. There is a fridge with ice cream and popcorn, it's for a fee. Beach bar on the beach. Roll with cutlet, sauces, vegetable slices, rice, potatoes. Drinks, including alcohol. On the way to the sea, a shisha bar sells fresh juices and Nestlé ice cream. A pack of $ 1-2, depending on what.
Once you can go to the Lebanese restaurant for free by appointment (next to the beach bar), well, the appetizers are not impressive, the main dish on the mini grill is delicious, especially the chicken kebab, the liver is nothing like that, a tortilla with meat. You can say solid meat for dinner, hard), drinks were offered and water.


Aquapark. Almost on the beach. One part (several slides) did not work, the workers are doing something there, perhaps they will open it soon. Our water park was not included in the tour, there was no water park mark in the voucher, but after contacting the guest relay, Yulia found out that the price per day was $ 4. Payment at the entrance. Guests with purple bracelets have it on, I had a white bracelet, my daughter had a red one. In short, at the entrance, the employee wrote out a check for me $ 4, my daughter for free. The bar is turned on, but don't throw away the check, at the bar, when he saw my white bracelet, the employee said no free, and when he saw my check, he apologized and invited me to go through.
Children's town with very cold water in the pool, there are many slides, but my daughter was not impressed. Of the normal adults, there are only two slides, and everyone descends on them in single and double circles. I didn’t like the triple slide a little further away (descent on the rug), the height was like 5 floors, but nothing. There is a wave pool, with water, but we did not see that someone would swim and the wave was not turned on. Near the children's water park there is a good swimming pool with sunbeds under water, cool, but cold. On the territory of the water park there are good new sun loungers, umbrellas. 3 or 4 different colored toilet/shower stalls, to the side, across the footbridge. Didn't see an exchange of towels. There are also slides that do not work near Emerald, but there are no plans to launch them along the way.

Leisure. They did not take part in the animation, two guys walked along the beach, invited to evening events, there is an entertainment program at the reception desk.

There was a mini disco, for sure, we saw children painted with face painting, but we had all the days scheduled, then excursions, then Senzo Mall, went to the Sheraton, were on the embankment, in general, there was hardly enough time for everything). Now in more detail, maybe someone will find the information useful. It takes about 20 minutes to walk to Senzo Mall, from the barrier to the right, towards the center of Hurghada, past the Desert Rose Hotel, Dana Beach, Sunrise Garden, Sentido Mamluk, and immediately cross the road, then cross the second one and a little left and right, you can see it from the road. Back, tired, took a taxi, bargaining from $ 5 to $ 1. We bought a local Vodafone SIM card, for this you need a passport and local money (4gb 100 or 110 pounds, I don’t remember). There is an ATM in Senzo at the main entrance near the frame with a metal detector, the entrance where KFC is. There is free Wi-Fi at the hotel, near the reception, for correspondence and even calling normally. As for a trip to the center at the Sheraton, Marina, you can take a minibus, like the price is 5 pounds / person.
, but we did not dare, we went by taxi, bargained from $ 5 to $ 3, but as the locals said, there is a price of $ 3-4 from our hotel. This is not the first time at the Marina, everything is the same, the prices in the cafe are approximately 15-20 pounds for tea, latte-type coffee 50-60. Excursions were taken from a good friend from past trips, the local guide Mido Bikham, the head of the Tiba tour, by the way, they were also in his office at the Sheraton, this is in the building opposite the Bella Vista Hotel on the 3rd floor, entrance from the left end. We are always satisfied with the good organization and warm friendly attitude. The fact that we order from Mido for the third time says something, reliable, punctual and inexpensive. It’s better to pick up trips on his website tibatur com, and agree on viber. We booked a trip to Utopia, according to the forecast, we chose the calmest day, we were delighted with the trip, it was fun, interesting, a great yacht, a great team.
The sea is of incredible color ...There were two stops for snorkeling (equipment is included), the beauty of the underwater world conquers ... , then there was fishing, a fish was caught and released, it was a pity, beautiful, but we caught about 5 squids, though not us). Then there was a seafood lunch, squid + shrimp with vegetables, delicious, fried mackerel, meat, side dishes and salads, cola / fanta drinks, tea, coffee. Then on a boat with a transparent bottom went to the island itself. What struck me was the temperature of the water, very warm, 27-28 degrees, the sand is the most delicate, white. Delighted with the island. We were on the island for about an hour, and back to the yacht. Then another banana tablet. Very rich trip on impressions, cool, I want to repeat again. Most of the photos are from there. The next excursion is a horse ride, these are completely different emotions, we got a lot of pleasure from riding, from communicating with horses.
Mido also went with us, but he is experienced in this matter, not like us, so we were wearing helmets (safety is paramount) and next to us were two people accompanied)). Super, we were mega satisfied, we arrived at the hotel for dinner, we also managed to go to the beach.


What can be said about our holiday and the hotel in general. Expectations were justified, we knew where we were going and what to expect, the weather certainly upset us, or rather the wind, the attitude of the staff is friendly and not intrusive, no one extorts money, they accept with gratitude. There are certainly shortcomings, but I did not want to pay attention to them, but to enjoy my vacation. The main thing is still the mood, to go on vacation, and not to play the auditor and that everyone owes you. The hotel is the most budgetary of all offered, we paid $ 500 for 6 nights, and you should not expect cool service or chic cuisine from it. Everything corresponds to the money paid and even more.
If you want a higher level, then it is better to immediately take a more expensive hotel, there will be no miracle that you pay what you get. Of course, if possible, we will go to another hotel, the choice is huge, but if the option is only in this price category, I think we will come back, primarily because of the beach, it is really super here!

P. S. We didn’t see the hotel guide, because they didn’t go to the meeting, surprisingly they didn’t pester us. Although we were driving to the hotel from the airport, the guide on the bus strongly advised to go for it, arguing that we would not know when to fly away and we need to register with the police ...Nonsense. Information lists are posted every evening at the information board. We knew that our flight was rescheduled, the travel agent wrote to me in Viber, from 7:00 to 12:15, and the same information was on the stand in the evening before departure. This meeting is necessary for the guide to sell excursions.

Not more than that, all the information about the hotel is given in an envelope upon check-in, plus there is Yulia)) But after talking with tourists, I found out that the guide Luxor + Cairo + boat trip is 80 + 80 + 40, and in Tiba the tour is 40 + 40 + 20 please. We calmly had breakfast, handed over the keys and cards, received lunch boxes (although they were not supposed to be in principle, because there was breakfast, special thanks to Yulechka for this, she organized it, and it was just the way on the plane)). What was in each lunch box: water 0.5, apple, cucumber, tomato, 2 sandwiches, one with cheese and one with meat. But the bracelets weren't cut off, they were brought home) Thanks again to all the hotel employees for their warmth, sensitivity and care. We wish the hotel prosperity!
Well, everything seems to be, if you have questions, ask, I will answer; )