GOLDEN BEACH NOT GOLDEN AT ALL We were at the Golden Beach Hotel in Hurgada the first week of October 2022. We chose the hotel based on reviews from the Internet…. For some reason, on the site where we chose, there were only positive reviews ...we had to think about it ..... In order. 1. The hotel is located 20-30 minutes from Hurghada airport.
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GOLDEN BEACH NOT GOLDEN AT ALL
We were at the Golden Beach Hotel in Hurgada the first week of October 2022. We chose the hotel based on reviews from the Internet…. For some reason, on the site where we chose, there were only positive reviews ...we had to think about it ..... In order.
1. The hotel is located 20-30 minutes from Hurghada airport. We arrived at 18.00 and checked in for 15 minutes. When we entered the hotel, there was a feeling - a dining room (they have a main restaurant on one wing - the smell of fried food is worth a pillar). When we went up to the room, I realized that we made a mistake in choosing a hotel. There were 4 of us (two adults, two children), beds in room 3. We called the reception, they said they would do everything now ....(for a minute, we arrived at 18.00, and the room is not ready). They brought the mattress, laid out the sofa (I accidentally saw a protruding open pin in the sofa !!!!!! ! - showed this to the guy who brought the mattress, he removed it .... ) The picture is still the same: the sofa is laid out, and on it is the mattress ....
I put a pillow with a sheet, but no duvet cover ...Once again we turned to the reception for a duvet cover. In general, this time.
Second: the room is so old and shabby that I could not believe that this still happens. Shabby doors. Furniture. There are holes in the cash (as at the time of construction), there are also holes in the ceiling ... , the toilet is leaking, no one has been cleaned in the corners for 100 years, the switches have not been washed either, probably never, you know, you turn it on - and there is such dirt ...black and yellow ....In the children's bed, when we spread the blanket, we saw women's hair. At first I thought, well, they changed the bed, the hair fell, not food, okay, we are tired, we don’t want to call anywhere anymore ..... But when I realized that there were no cleaners (women) there, and if there were staff, women, their hair collected and covered with a scarf!!! ! some men clean, I realized that the bed linen was not changed from previous guests. It's a nightmare, of course.
Third, it's an air conditioner. It sounded like a train.
When turned off - it was impossible to sleep from the heat and noise of the air conditioners in other rooms. Beds hold together terribly! That's terrible! . In general, despite the fatigue, both we and the children after the flight slept a maximum of 3 hours per night.
Also, of course, our flight was overlooked and underread, but who would have thought that there was no balcony in the room !!! ! How? There is no balcony on the sea? ! We were told that we ordered such a room, and that we were lucky in general that it is large, others have small ones ....They did us a favor) they gave a large room for 4 people. In the morning we asked to change the room. We were told we had to pay an extra $60 per day…… f*ck just……. We refused. We were given a different room (no extra charge)…. even worse, even shabbier and even dirtier. But there was a big plus - there was no air conditioning!
After discussing the situation with my husband, we decided that we would not spoil our vacation and get upset ...We agreed (at the reception with a smile they said that we can change rooms at least every day .... ) and were very surprised that the room suited us.
For the whole week of our stay, the cleaning was daily, the floor was clean, the beds were messed up, the tap in the washbasin was rubbed to a shine, but I don’t know whether the shower cabin is helping her with old age, or they didn’t remove the word at all. The water drains sooooo slowly (but if it had been washed, it would have been noticed and the drain cleaned, otherwise, I think that it was not washed). Rusty shelves (rusty tiles look strange) in the shower. And only a "rain shower", there is no shower, such as you can comfortably wash yourself. Only a tropical shower pours over your head. In general, the number is clear. This one and the previous one are gold numbers. You can earn money from them. Who wants to live in such a place?!
2. Food. Breakfast: normal (eggs, sausage omelettes, cheese).
Sweets. No fruit at all. A lot of rolls (but not for everyone, as for me). Coffee only for breakfast!! ! It is not available for lunch and dinner (you need to leave the restaurant and bring it from the lobby). I liked how they cook meat (especially beef), there was chicken. I ate fish a couple of times, it’s normal, but you won’t find lemon for fish. Rice, french fries and potato chunks. Salads and just chopped vegetables. There are 20 types of sweets. Dinner, everything is the same as for lunch, only more sweets and salads, some fruits are added. Also, % 50 of the guests are Arabs, and I really didn’t like how some women (Arabs), coming up to take some food, can’t wait 10-20 seconds, and the rod is out of line. At first I thought that this was an isolated case, but by the end of the holiday I realized that this was such a practice.
There are places where you take your own food, and there are places where they give you, and so where they give, they stupidly come out of line - and the one who pours, smiles and serves it out of line ...And everyone around smiles ...No matter what happens, the staff smiles.
There are ala carte restaurants, but everything is the same as in the main restaurant. I was not hungry, I ate deliciously, but on the 5th day of monotonous food I got fed up. In my opinion, the biggest problem is that there is no normal water. They put 1 bottle of 0.75 per person in the room ..... it's 38 degrees of heat then ....What is in the bottles stinks of bleach. And what you can take is all carbonated, glasses of an incomprehensible smell, if drinks are mixed chemistry ..
3. The territory is large, green, well-groomed. Beautiful views.
4. Beach, sun loungers, everything is good!
seas - knee-deep.
5. Animation. Everything is bad. At 10 they come to the beach, walk around and shout "Morgen gymnastic". Then after 20 minutes they go again shouting "stretching" ...And then at 13.00 they go for lunch ....
I waited a couple of times for this morgen gymnastics. Once in the pool I waited 30 minutes, then I came up and asked, where is the charge, the animator laughed in my face and said that it was not today. The next day, they again called for gymnastics, I asked what time, they said now. I said that yesterday you also spoke now, I waited 30 minutes, but there was nothing. Reaction: they just laughed in my face and left…. What I saw was once Belidance and once salsa danced for 5 minutes. If with salsa the animator somehow taught people - there were both guests and the animator in the process, then with belidance it was a sad picture ....The animator turned his back to the dancers and danced for himself. What people did, he didn't care…. . Do you know why? Because it is necessary that someone turn the music on and off when they are learning the movements, and they are too lazy. Therefore, I turned on one song, turned my ass to people and that's it ....Worked out.
Every morning, lazy animators walk along the beach, shouting something. What they do is volleyball at 16.00.
A few words about children's slides: everything is ok, children like it. Several guards on each hill. With me it was that thanks to the guard they saved the boy. The little one moved out, and there is more water for him than his height ....and could not swim, began to choke. It's a matter of seconds. It's good that they are watching! But the question is: why were they allowed to go to such a depth with such growth ??? ? Minus: these same guards make fun of children who do not speak Arabic. I personally observed that one guard asked a German boy to say a word in Arabic to the guard at the top of the hill ....The boy got up and said ....They laughed merrily. Then the guard at the top, the same boy, passed the message to the guard downstairs. And they laughed again. I don't know Arabic, I can only guess what those words were and why it was so funny.
I was also surprised by the moment that the ultra all-inclusive hotel paid parties ....For 5 euros. And EVERYONE sells tickets to these parties. On the beach, animators become active and sell. When you take and hand over towels, they sell you. When you come to eat, you go to get bread, and they try to sell you a ticket there. The constant jokes of the staff were also very annoying. This is when they give you something, you stretch out your hand to take it, and they abruptly remove it ....Such a joke ....we are all friends there and have known each other for a long time ...familiarity ....When on the territory of the hotel, you go to the sea, you pass by a store with the name Police, and they constantly (4 times a day) cling to you to buy something or something else ....this is downright annoying. I also recommend DO NOT go to the store near the pier (to the left of the hapi dolphin) they sell teas there ... , it says something like a small store, but good (I don’t remember in German). We went once, the seller from the entrance!!!!
he slipped a glass of something under my nose and began to laugh ...This pungent smell made my head spin for a few seconds, it seemed to me that I could not breathe, tears flowed ...It was eucalyptus, the seller shouted something there, that this is very useful, but my husband nearly punched him in the face. Fuck the sellers. For a moment I have pressure problems...
My conclusion: they like to neigh at people there. Cheerful joke. Maybe it's part of their culture. It's alien to me. If they expect to earn money from those who come from Europe (and there are 40% of German-speaking tourists), then a greeting, wishes for a good day and a smile are appreciated here. If you still haven’t understood this or haven’t learned it ...it’s difficult.
6. We took a tour. I liked it very much. We took a private tour. With us was the captain of the boat and 2 guys who taught us to swim with a snorkel and a mask, everything was interesting and pleasant. We saw fish, beautiful corals and had a great time.
No banter and stupid jokes.
Conclusion: We will not be returning to this hotel. This is our experience. Everyone decides whether to go or not. We do not recommend.
We were at the Golden Beach Hotel in Hurgada the first week of October 2022. We chose the hotel based on reviews from the Internet…. For some reason, on the site where we chose, there were only positive reviews ...we had to think about it ..... In order.
1. The hotel is located 20-30 minutes from Hurghada airport. We arrived at 18.00 and checked in for 15 minutes. When we entered the hotel, there was a feeling - a dining room (they have a main restaurant on one wing - the smell of fried food is worth a pillar). When we went up to the room, I realized that we made a mistake in choosing a hotel. There were 4 of us (two adults, two children), beds in room 3. We called the reception, they said they would do everything now ....(for a minute, we arrived at 18.00, and the room is not ready). They brought the mattress, laid out the sofa (I accidentally saw a protruding open pin in the sofa !!!!!! ! - showed this to the guy who brought the mattress, he removed it .... ) The picture is still the same: the sofa is laid out, and on it is the mattress ....
I put a pillow with a sheet, but no duvet cover ...Once again we turned to the reception for a duvet cover. In general, this time.
Second: the room is so old and shabby that I could not believe that this still happens. Shabby doors. Furniture. There are holes in the cash (as at the time of construction), there are also holes in the ceiling ... , the toilet is leaking, no one has been cleaned in the corners for 100 years, the switches have not been washed either, probably never, you know, you turn it on - and there is such dirt ...black and yellow ....In the children's bed, when we spread the blanket, we saw women's hair. At first I thought, well, they changed the bed, the hair fell, not food, okay, we are tired, we don’t want to call anywhere anymore ..... But when I realized that there were no cleaners (women) there, and if there were staff, women, their hair collected and covered with a scarf!!! ! some men clean, I realized that the bed linen was not changed from previous guests. It's a nightmare, of course.
Third, it's an air conditioner. It sounded like a train.
When turned off - it was impossible to sleep from the heat and noise of the air conditioners in other rooms. Beds hold together terribly! That's terrible! . In general, despite the fatigue, both we and the children after the flight slept a maximum of 3 hours per night.
Also, of course, our flight was overlooked and underread, but who would have thought that there was no balcony in the room !!! ! How? There is no balcony on the sea? ! We were told that we ordered such a room, and that we were lucky in general that it is large, others have small ones ....They did us a favor) they gave a large room for 4 people. In the morning we asked to change the room. We were told we had to pay an extra $60 per day…… f*ck just……. We refused. We were given a different room (no extra charge)…. even worse, even shabbier and even dirtier. But there was a big plus - there was no air conditioning!
After discussing the situation with my husband, we decided that we would not spoil our vacation and get upset ...We agreed (at the reception with a smile they said that we can change rooms at least every day .... ) and were very surprised that the room suited us.
For the whole week of our stay, the cleaning was daily, the floor was clean, the beds were messed up, the tap in the washbasin was rubbed to a shine, but I don’t know whether the shower cabin is helping her with old age, or they didn’t remove the word at all. The water drains sooooo slowly (but if it had been washed, it would have been noticed and the drain cleaned, otherwise, I think that it was not washed). Rusty shelves (rusty tiles look strange) in the shower. And only a "rain shower", there is no shower, such as you can comfortably wash yourself. Only a tropical shower pours over your head. In general, the number is clear. This one and the previous one are gold numbers. You can earn money from them. Who wants to live in such a place?!
2. Food. Breakfast: normal (eggs, sausage omelettes, cheese).
Sweets. No fruit at all. A lot of rolls (but not for everyone, as for me). Coffee only for breakfast!! ! It is not available for lunch and dinner (you need to leave the restaurant and bring it from the lobby). I liked how they cook meat (especially beef), there was chicken. I ate fish a couple of times, it’s normal, but you won’t find lemon for fish. Rice, french fries and potato chunks. Salads and just chopped vegetables. There are 20 types of sweets. Dinner, everything is the same as for lunch, only more sweets and salads, some fruits are added. Also, % 50 of the guests are Arabs, and I really didn’t like how some women (Arabs), coming up to take some food, can’t wait 10-20 seconds, and the rod is out of line. At first I thought that this was an isolated case, but by the end of the holiday I realized that this was such a practice.
There are places where you take your own food, and there are places where they give you, and so where they give, they stupidly come out of line - and the one who pours, smiles and serves it out of line ...And everyone around smiles ...No matter what happens, the staff smiles.
There are ala carte restaurants, but everything is the same as in the main restaurant. I was not hungry, I ate deliciously, but on the 5th day of monotonous food I got fed up. In my opinion, the biggest problem is that there is no normal water. They put 1 bottle of 0.75 per person in the room ..... it's 38 degrees of heat then ....What is in the bottles stinks of bleach. And what you can take is all carbonated, glasses of an incomprehensible smell, if drinks are mixed chemistry ..
3. The territory is large, green, well-groomed. Beautiful views.
4. Beach, sun loungers, everything is good!
seas - knee-deep.
5. Animation. Everything is bad. At 10 they come to the beach, walk around and shout "Morgen gymnastic". Then after 20 minutes they go again shouting "stretching" ...And then at 13.00 they go for lunch ....
I waited a couple of times for this morgen gymnastics. Once in the pool I waited 30 minutes, then I came up and asked, where is the charge, the animator laughed in my face and said that it was not today. The next day, they again called for gymnastics, I asked what time, they said now. I said that yesterday you also spoke now, I waited 30 minutes, but there was nothing. Reaction: they just laughed in my face and left…. What I saw was once Belidance and once salsa danced for 5 minutes. If with salsa the animator somehow taught people - there were both guests and the animator in the process, then with belidance it was a sad picture ....The animator turned his back to the dancers and danced for himself. What people did, he didn't care…. . Do you know why? Because it is necessary that someone turn the music on and off when they are learning the movements, and they are too lazy. Therefore, I turned on one song, turned my ass to people and that's it ....Worked out.
Every morning, lazy animators walk along the beach, shouting something. What they do is volleyball at 16.00.
A few words about children's slides: everything is ok, children like it. Several guards on each hill. With me it was that thanks to the guard they saved the boy. The little one moved out, and there is more water for him than his height ....and could not swim, began to choke. It's a matter of seconds. It's good that they are watching! But the question is: why were they allowed to go to such a depth with such growth ??? ? Minus: these same guards make fun of children who do not speak Arabic. I personally observed that one guard asked a German boy to say a word in Arabic to the guard at the top of the hill ....The boy got up and said ....They laughed merrily. Then the guard at the top, the same boy, passed the message to the guard downstairs. And they laughed again. I don't know Arabic, I can only guess what those words were and why it was so funny.
I was also surprised by the moment that the ultra all-inclusive hotel paid parties ....For 5 euros. And EVERYONE sells tickets to these parties. On the beach, animators become active and sell. When you take and hand over towels, they sell you. When you come to eat, you go to get bread, and they try to sell you a ticket there. The constant jokes of the staff were also very annoying. This is when they give you something, you stretch out your hand to take it, and they abruptly remove it ....Such a joke ....we are all friends there and have known each other for a long time ...familiarity ....When on the territory of the hotel, you go to the sea, you pass by a store with the name Police, and they constantly (4 times a day) cling to you to buy something or something else ....this is downright annoying. I also recommend DO NOT go to the store near the pier (to the left of the hapi dolphin) they sell teas there ... , it says something like a small store, but good (I don’t remember in German). We went once, the seller from the entrance!!!!
he slipped a glass of something under my nose and began to laugh ...This pungent smell made my head spin for a few seconds, it seemed to me that I could not breathe, tears flowed ...It was eucalyptus, the seller shouted something there, that this is very useful, but my husband nearly punched him in the face. Fuck the sellers. For a moment I have pressure problems...
My conclusion: they like to neigh at people there. Cheerful joke. Maybe it's part of their culture. It's alien to me. If they expect to earn money from those who come from Europe (and there are 40% of German-speaking tourists), then a greeting, wishes for a good day and a smile are appreciated here. If you still haven’t understood this or haven’t learned it ...it’s difficult.
6. We took a tour. I liked it very much. We took a private tour. With us was the captain of the boat and 2 guys who taught us to swim with a snorkel and a mask, everything was interesting and pleasant. We saw fish, beautiful corals and had a great time.
No banter and stupid jokes.
Conclusion: We will not be returning to this hotel. This is our experience. Everyone decides whether to go or not. We do not recommend.
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The hotel was chosen solely on the recommendation of tourists. Let me tell you straight away, we are travel agents. Unfortunately, they themselves are to blame, they did not take into account that our tourists rested with small children and mainly for their sake. Against the backdrop of everything, I want to say that 16 people were sent to this hotel through our travel agency - 6 applications starting from June 2021.
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The hotel was chosen solely on the recommendation of tourists. Let me tell you straight away, we are travel agents. Unfortunately, they themselves are to blame, they did not take into account that our tourists rested with small children and mainly for their sake. Against the backdrop of everything, I want to say that 16 people were sent to this hotel through our travel agency - 6 applications starting from June 2021. There was no feedback - we decided to go ourselves.
I'll start with the check-in: everything is as usual, check-in to the room only at 14-00 at the time and "offers" at the reception for a bribe to improve your room, although our room was already superior)). We had room 930 - carefully, there is no hot water in the hotel, it is not the season in December.
Meals: everything is monotonous, there are no frills, but this is understandable - 4 *. Breakfast surprised by the lack of good coffee, only instant or ground "stewed" with boiling water. I recommend to wait until 10-00 and go to the Grazy restaurant for a late breakfast, there is a good continental breakfast. Lunch: everything is modest, but tolerable in terms of quantity and quality of dishes. Dinner: "continuation" of lunch, you won't stay hungry, but on the 3rd-4th day everything gets boring.
A la carte: three restaurants. Only two work, 007 is a normal marine, no frills (not even shrimp), but you can visit. Aladdin is an oriental restaurant, but the dishes are the same as you will find at a regular dinner. And finally "Italian")). . . well, this is a very immodest parody of Italian cuisine, I do not recommend visiting if you have ever eaten something tastier than carrots!
Room cleaning - if you are not ready to pay a daily tip for it, then it will not be. And be careful with things, the cleaners are vengeful for the lack of "tea" - they took our key (the second key to the room) from the table when cleaning, so that we would be fined "for losing the key" when leaving the hotel.
Animation - 9 people, no complaints, but unobtrusive. The children's room is open only 3 hours a day. The budget of the hotel is limited, the evening mini disco is 15 minutes, the adult show is cheap local bands for 15-20 minutes and the rest is mostly "our animation forces".
Beach: with this we stuck and hard. Sand, everything is fine, there are enough sun loungers, the first line. But... at 700-800 from the beach, the entry into the water is 20-30 cm deep... there is no depth at all, there is no reef, you will not see fish. You can be patient and walk along the pier - there is a ladder into the water, but there are no sun loungers, no bar, and most importantly, you swim near 4-5 yachts, or rather between them)))... it's tempting to just take a dip. Those. it is impossible to swim from the beach, just get your feet wet and so for almost a kilometer.
Special attention to the owner of the hotel and his top managers, who are afraid of him like fire))... We had a "picky" attitude, to put it mildly, about towels, then we left them where they should not, then the owner considered that we "took "superfluous and probably don't want to give them away)). . As a result, it "pissed me off" for once and we were ready to give towels, cards from them, anything, just to get behind us. But as if on a whim, the owner disappeared for a couple of days, although I personally am ready to send him a parcel from Russia with new towels, so that he "has eaten with his mouth and fifth point. " The hotel management - they approached everyone they could - "take all the cards from the towels, take the towels yourself" went into cipher and did not want to take on such responsibility)).
Internet - free))). . visually you can see how he walks slowly near the lobby. Paid - not cheap and most importantly, be vigilant only on one device, when changing devices (gadgets) it will not work.
Bottom line: there is a beach, the hotel has no sea at all, mediocre food, ultra all inclusive only for an additional fee, local "cheap" beer from cans and one type of alcohol diluted with various additives for taste (rum, whiskey, vodka, etc. ) - deshemanstvo! On all sides of the hotel there is a construction dump, which will continue to work for another 3-4 years. The hotel, the arrogance of the owner and the "admiration" of the staff is a test))). We will try to ensure that our tourists are no longer here.
I'll start with the check-in: everything is as usual, check-in to the room only at 14-00 at the time and "offers" at the reception for a bribe to improve your room, although our room was already superior)). We had room 930 - carefully, there is no hot water in the hotel, it is not the season in December.
Meals: everything is monotonous, there are no frills, but this is understandable - 4 *. Breakfast surprised by the lack of good coffee, only instant or ground "stewed" with boiling water. I recommend to wait until 10-00 and go to the Grazy restaurant for a late breakfast, there is a good continental breakfast. Lunch: everything is modest, but tolerable in terms of quantity and quality of dishes. Dinner: "continuation" of lunch, you won't stay hungry, but on the 3rd-4th day everything gets boring.
A la carte: three restaurants. Only two work, 007 is a normal marine, no frills (not even shrimp), but you can visit. Aladdin is an oriental restaurant, but the dishes are the same as you will find at a regular dinner. And finally "Italian")). . . well, this is a very immodest parody of Italian cuisine, I do not recommend visiting if you have ever eaten something tastier than carrots!
Room cleaning - if you are not ready to pay a daily tip for it, then it will not be. And be careful with things, the cleaners are vengeful for the lack of "tea" - they took our key (the second key to the room) from the table when cleaning, so that we would be fined "for losing the key" when leaving the hotel.
Animation - 9 people, no complaints, but unobtrusive. The children's room is open only 3 hours a day. The budget of the hotel is limited, the evening mini disco is 15 minutes, the adult show is cheap local bands for 15-20 minutes and the rest is mostly "our animation forces".
Beach: with this we stuck and hard. Sand, everything is fine, there are enough sun loungers, the first line. But... at 700-800 from the beach, the entry into the water is 20-30 cm deep... there is no depth at all, there is no reef, you will not see fish. You can be patient and walk along the pier - there is a ladder into the water, but there are no sun loungers, no bar, and most importantly, you swim near 4-5 yachts, or rather between them)))... it's tempting to just take a dip. Those. it is impossible to swim from the beach, just get your feet wet and so for almost a kilometer.
Special attention to the owner of the hotel and his top managers, who are afraid of him like fire))... We had a "picky" attitude, to put it mildly, about towels, then we left them where they should not, then the owner considered that we "took "superfluous and probably don't want to give them away)). . As a result, it "pissed me off" for once and we were ready to give towels, cards from them, anything, just to get behind us. But as if on a whim, the owner disappeared for a couple of days, although I personally am ready to send him a parcel from Russia with new towels, so that he "has eaten with his mouth and fifth point. " The hotel management - they approached everyone they could - "take all the cards from the towels, take the towels yourself" went into cipher and did not want to take on such responsibility)).
Internet - free))). . visually you can see how he walks slowly near the lobby. Paid - not cheap and most importantly, be vigilant only on one device, when changing devices (gadgets) it will not work.
Bottom line: there is a beach, the hotel has no sea at all, mediocre food, ultra all inclusive only for an additional fee, local "cheap" beer from cans and one type of alcohol diluted with various additives for taste (rum, whiskey, vodka, etc. ) - deshemanstvo! On all sides of the hotel there is a construction dump, which will continue to work for another 3-4 years. The hotel, the arrogance of the owner and the "admiration" of the staff is a test))). We will try to ensure that our tourists are no longer here.
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Of the benefits - it's food 24 hours a day, tasty, green area, friendly staff at the hotel. The disadvantages are the sea, the windy zone, but it saves in the heat of 35 degrees, it is impossible to swim in the sea from the shore, the water level is ankle-deep. You can only swim from the pier, which is also not very convenient, as there are many yachts near the pier.
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Of the benefits - it's food 24 hours a day, tasty, green area, friendly staff at the hotel. The disadvantages are the sea, the windy zone, but it saves in the heat of 35 degrees, it is impossible to swim in the sea from the shore, the water level is ankle-deep. You can only swim from the pier, which is also not very convenient, as there are many yachts near the pier. The water was 24-25 degrees in October. The hotel is ideal for kite surfing, diving is taught at the hotel. Building a water park. The furniture in the hotel lobby and restaurants is old and dirty. The room was cleaned well.
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"Golden Beach" without gold. We rested in Hurghada for the second time. The first time was in 2013, in a five-star hotel on the first line. Hotel Golden Beach - four-star, first line. How far from Hurghada airport - I can not say, we flew through Cairo. It’s a five-hour drive from Cairo by bus, but taking into account incomprehensible stops (the drivers went out to chat, then smoke, then they brought them to a cafe.
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"Golden Beach" without gold.
We rested in Hurghada for the second time. The first time was in 2013, in a five-star hotel on the first line.
Hotel Golden Beach - four-star, first line. How far from Hurghada airport - I can not say, we flew through Cairo. It’s a five-hour drive from Cairo by bus, but taking into account incomprehensible stops (the drivers went out to chat, then smoke, then they brought them to a cafe... ) you can go more than eight hours (that’s how long we drove THERE), and six hours (that’s how long we went BACK).
Settled quickly after a bribe of 20 dollars. The hotel is large, many buildings on two floors. The territory is also large, a lot of greenery. Several pools. I was especially pleased with the Relax pool located under our windows: you can’t relax with children there, you can’t listen to music and shout loudly. In a word, a normal place to relax. And this saved us: the hotel turned out to have a huge number of guests from the local population, and with each - offspring from three children or more. And all these comrades - well, very noisy. How we swear - they talk like that. Loud and screeching. It just pissed me off, to be honest. This circumstance in my eyes greatly lowered the level of the hotel.
The room was clean, safe, balcony, TV with three Russian channels. Cleaning - every day. A half-liter bottle of water per person in the refrigerator - also every day, plus a water cooler on the floor. But we didn’t risk drinking water from the cooler, we collected it only for brushing our teeth. This, I think, saved us, on this trip there were no indigestion. Well, you get the idea.
In terms of food, everything was pretty decent, it is clear that the chefs are trying. The meat was chicken, beef, turkey, they gave crabs once. Vegetables - always. Surprisingly tasty fish is cooked, which could not be said about the previous trip to Egypt. Soups-puree variety, very tasty. Even carrot and broccoli. Every day they cook something on the grill. Of the fruits, grapes and peaches were the most delicious, watermelon turned out to be strange: red, but not sweet. The melon is delicious too.
From alcohol in the restaurant, local beer and wine (red and white) from tetra-pak. Stronger drinks - only in the open air, at the Relax pool and at the beach bar. Pandemic, you know.
There are three a la carte restaurants. We visited Italian. They ate pizza, lasagna, drank wine from a glass bottle. It was delicious. But we didn’t go the second time, although we had an ultra all-inclusive and could visit these restaurants at least every day. This is the "ultra" in this hotel. There is no imported alcohol there. At least it's free.
There is a pizza restaurant on site. Takeaway - only for money. If you treat yourself to the restaurant itself - it's free, but the most primitive. If you want meat or seafood - pay.
From our room to the sea - three hundred meters across the territory. The beach is sandy, but does not justify the name of the hotel: one of the guests, playing football, cut his leg with something. Although we saw that the staff leveled the sand with a special rake. And there is no glassware in the bar. But, nevertheless, such a case was. So the beach itself is on the "four". Entry into the sea is sooo long... It's easier along the pier 200 meters and from the stairs - into the water. But there are always boats nearby, sometimes wound up, and then the smell of the solarium will accompany the swimming process (. The swimming area is fenced with buoys. But at low tide, even there is a bit shallow. But the sea is beautiful, clean, gentle, warm! If you crumble bread from the pier, they will sail fish, both small flocks of fish, and specimens more impressive, colorful, bright. You can look at it endlessly!
What pleasantly surprised me this time was the absence of sea urchins in the swimming area. I don’t know, maybe they are “out of season” at this time of the year, but on my first trip to Egypt, I was surprised by their number, you walk along the pier - and at the bottom THEY are whole families. Horror and nightmare of a tourist.
Due to the covid pandemic, entertainment is at a minimum. Hookahs are prohibited. In the evenings, karaoke was sometimes turned on on the beach, companies gather, mostly Russian-speaking citizens, drink, laugh, sing. For lovers of leisure.
There is a small theater, where in the evenings they gave performances from the category of Egyptian folklore. We never went, there was no desire to sit indoors in the heat.
Unpleasantly struck by the uncleanliness, even dirt, in the bar on the beach in the morning. The bar is open from 10 am to midnight, but vacationers go to the sea and the beach from early morning. You have to step over dried puddles of spilled drinks on the spat-stained floor. It's disgusting.
Our hotel guide from Coral was a friend named Mahmoud Suleiman. He made an unpleasant impression on us: he was rude, in his eyes there was only one desire - to sell an excursion. If you do not express interest in his campaigning, he instantly loses his disposition towards you. You can not do it this way.
When leaving the hotel, we had to sit in the lobby from 12:00 to 17:00. We had lunch. But on the road (and we were going to Cairo airport) we were not offered to take anything. They themselves brought out a couple of sandwiches and got water. It turns out that we ourselves had to say in advance that we needed dry food. This is also written in the rules of the hotel in a brochure that is in every room. But we missed this moment. So we need.
There are several souvenir shops in the hotel building. You can buy chips, soda, scotch tape, perfumes. Almost on the territory there is a pharmacy with everything you need. The only ATM seemed to work, but we didn't manage to use it: it "chewed" our card for a long time, then, finally, gave it away, but did not allow any operation to be carried out. However, this is not a problem: you can always buy dollars and euros from a smart guard at the entrance. The course is acceptable. As well as changing them to local pounds.
Summing up, I can say the following: the Golden Beach Hotel is trying its best for its 4 stars. Don't expect anything perfect and you won't be disappointed. You will always be full and be sure to get a tan, because the sun regularly shines every day and the sea does not run so far)) For 135 thousand for 12 nights with a flight from Novosibirsk, we had a great rest)) Thanks to Egypt, the hotel, the sea!
We rested in Hurghada for the second time. The first time was in 2013, in a five-star hotel on the first line.
Hotel Golden Beach - four-star, first line. How far from Hurghada airport - I can not say, we flew through Cairo. It’s a five-hour drive from Cairo by bus, but taking into account incomprehensible stops (the drivers went out to chat, then smoke, then they brought them to a cafe... ) you can go more than eight hours (that’s how long we drove THERE), and six hours (that’s how long we went BACK).
Settled quickly after a bribe of 20 dollars. The hotel is large, many buildings on two floors. The territory is also large, a lot of greenery. Several pools. I was especially pleased with the Relax pool located under our windows: you can’t relax with children there, you can’t listen to music and shout loudly. In a word, a normal place to relax. And this saved us: the hotel turned out to have a huge number of guests from the local population, and with each - offspring from three children or more. And all these comrades - well, very noisy. How we swear - they talk like that. Loud and screeching. It just pissed me off, to be honest. This circumstance in my eyes greatly lowered the level of the hotel.
The room was clean, safe, balcony, TV with three Russian channels. Cleaning - every day. A half-liter bottle of water per person in the refrigerator - also every day, plus a water cooler on the floor. But we didn’t risk drinking water from the cooler, we collected it only for brushing our teeth. This, I think, saved us, on this trip there were no indigestion. Well, you get the idea.
In terms of food, everything was pretty decent, it is clear that the chefs are trying. The meat was chicken, beef, turkey, they gave crabs once. Vegetables - always. Surprisingly tasty fish is cooked, which could not be said about the previous trip to Egypt. Soups-puree variety, very tasty. Even carrot and broccoli. Every day they cook something on the grill. Of the fruits, grapes and peaches were the most delicious, watermelon turned out to be strange: red, but not sweet. The melon is delicious too.
From alcohol in the restaurant, local beer and wine (red and white) from tetra-pak. Stronger drinks - only in the open air, at the Relax pool and at the beach bar. Pandemic, you know.
There are three a la carte restaurants. We visited Italian. They ate pizza, lasagna, drank wine from a glass bottle. It was delicious. But we didn’t go the second time, although we had an ultra all-inclusive and could visit these restaurants at least every day. This is the "ultra" in this hotel. There is no imported alcohol there. At least it's free.
There is a pizza restaurant on site. Takeaway - only for money. If you treat yourself to the restaurant itself - it's free, but the most primitive. If you want meat or seafood - pay.
From our room to the sea - three hundred meters across the territory. The beach is sandy, but does not justify the name of the hotel: one of the guests, playing football, cut his leg with something. Although we saw that the staff leveled the sand with a special rake. And there is no glassware in the bar. But, nevertheless, such a case was. So the beach itself is on the "four". Entry into the sea is sooo long... It's easier along the pier 200 meters and from the stairs - into the water. But there are always boats nearby, sometimes wound up, and then the smell of the solarium will accompany the swimming process (. The swimming area is fenced with buoys. But at low tide, even there is a bit shallow. But the sea is beautiful, clean, gentle, warm! If you crumble bread from the pier, they will sail fish, both small flocks of fish, and specimens more impressive, colorful, bright. You can look at it endlessly!
What pleasantly surprised me this time was the absence of sea urchins in the swimming area. I don’t know, maybe they are “out of season” at this time of the year, but on my first trip to Egypt, I was surprised by their number, you walk along the pier - and at the bottom THEY are whole families. Horror and nightmare of a tourist.
Due to the covid pandemic, entertainment is at a minimum. Hookahs are prohibited. In the evenings, karaoke was sometimes turned on on the beach, companies gather, mostly Russian-speaking citizens, drink, laugh, sing. For lovers of leisure.
There is a small theater, where in the evenings they gave performances from the category of Egyptian folklore. We never went, there was no desire to sit indoors in the heat.
Unpleasantly struck by the uncleanliness, even dirt, in the bar on the beach in the morning. The bar is open from 10 am to midnight, but vacationers go to the sea and the beach from early morning. You have to step over dried puddles of spilled drinks on the spat-stained floor. It's disgusting.
Our hotel guide from Coral was a friend named Mahmoud Suleiman. He made an unpleasant impression on us: he was rude, in his eyes there was only one desire - to sell an excursion. If you do not express interest in his campaigning, he instantly loses his disposition towards you. You can not do it this way.
When leaving the hotel, we had to sit in the lobby from 12:00 to 17:00. We had lunch. But on the road (and we were going to Cairo airport) we were not offered to take anything. They themselves brought out a couple of sandwiches and got water. It turns out that we ourselves had to say in advance that we needed dry food. This is also written in the rules of the hotel in a brochure that is in every room. But we missed this moment. So we need.
There are several souvenir shops in the hotel building. You can buy chips, soda, scotch tape, perfumes. Almost on the territory there is a pharmacy with everything you need. The only ATM seemed to work, but we didn't manage to use it: it "chewed" our card for a long time, then, finally, gave it away, but did not allow any operation to be carried out. However, this is not a problem: you can always buy dollars and euros from a smart guard at the entrance. The course is acceptable. As well as changing them to local pounds.
Summing up, I can say the following: the Golden Beach Hotel is trying its best for its 4 stars. Don't expect anything perfect and you won't be disappointed. You will always be full and be sure to get a tan, because the sun regularly shines every day and the sea does not run so far)) For 135 thousand for 12 nights with a flight from Novosibirsk, we had a great rest)) Thanks to Egypt, the hotel, the sea!
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We went to the sea and ended up in a hotel with a swimming pool. This is my mistake, I did not look at the reviews and trusted the tour operator. We did not swim in the sea at all, since it does not exist. Ankle-deep water 400 meters from the shore. Plus, I've never seen such dirty water. Packages, glasses, papers are floating in the sea.
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We went to the sea and ended up in a hotel with a swimming pool. This is my mistake, I did not look at the reviews and trusted the tour operator. We did not swim in the sea at all, since it does not exist. Ankle-deep water 400 meters from the shore. Plus, I've never seen such dirty water. Packages, glasses, papers are floating in the sea. Bottom - mule. In short, we spent money just to spend time by the pool all day (((
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Hotel with a large green area, 6 pools of varying depth. Internet - free in the public area of the hotel, and from the connection Wi-Fi room for an additional fee (speed up to 50 Mbps). The food is simple and clear, to which we are accustomed: potatoes, rice, pasta, lots of vegetables. Grilled meat and fish are also prepared.
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Hotel with a large green area, 6 pools of varying depth.
Internet - free in the public area of the hotel, and from the connection Wi-Fi room for an additional fee (speed up to 50 Mbps).
The food is simple and clear, to which we are accustomed: potatoes, rice, pasta, lots of vegetables. Grilled meat and fish are also prepared.
The service is very good, the staff is friendly and caring, always welcome, clarify how things are, whether everything is good, whether you like everything, whether you need help.
Internet - free in the public area of the hotel, and from the connection Wi-Fi room for an additional fee (speed up to 50 Mbps).
The food is simple and clear, to which we are accustomed: potatoes, rice, pasta, lots of vegetables. Grilled meat and fish are also prepared.
The service is very good, the staff is friendly and caring, always welcome, clarify how things are, whether everything is good, whether you like everything, whether you need help.
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It was cool when we arrived, two days later +32 air and +28 water. The hotel is located on the outskirts of Hurghada, far and inconvenient. The sea is sooo shallow, so we won’t go here for the second time, the reef is dead. Food in the main restaurant is normal, always something new. Of the a la carte only Italian restaurant - pasta and pizza.
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It was cool when we arrived, two days later +32 air and +28 water. The hotel is located on the outskirts of Hurghada, far and inconvenient. The sea is sooo shallow, so we won’t go here for the second time, the reef is dead. Food in the main restaurant is normal, always something new. Of the a la carte only Italian restaurant - pasta and pizza. The pool and beach bars are open from 10 to 17, then only the only bar in the lobby. Pools do not start working from 8, almost until 9.10-9.20 the pools are washed, well, they drag themselves with a hose and you can’t swim, they closed at first at 16.30, then at 17.00. Towels are not accepted after 17.00. The room is like everywhere else, normal, they didn’t change, everything worked, but constantly they didn’t add towels, then they forgot to put shower gel, soap is generally a luxury. The animators are pleasant, unobtrusive, you can dance and jump. There is no animation for children, no baby food, the children's pool is cold. Slides - I do not advise, it hurts to hit the bottom of the pool with your lower back. We went to rest, so we had a good rest, but we definitely won’t come again. I do not recommend.
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I'll start with the fact that the budget was limited, so we chose this hotel for the price-quality ratio. We arrived at the hotel in the evening. On the recommendation of the tour operator for $ 20, they immediately asked for a better room than economy at the reception. The room was big, everything worked.
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I'll start with the fact that the budget was limited, so we chose this hotel for the price-quality ratio.
We arrived at the hotel in the evening. On the recommendation of the tour operator for $ 20, they immediately asked for a better room than economy at the reception. The room was big, everything worked. Overlooking the quiet pool. Perhaps due to quarantine, but they didn’t give cards for towels, in the morning we had to catch the cleaner ourselves and take beach towels from him. As for food: Breakfast is very modest and monotonous. Lunch and dinner are decent: there were always several types of meat and side dishes. Vegetables and fruits are standard for such hotels. Although there wasn't much food to choose from, it was delicious.
The staff at the hotel is friendly, unobtrusive, they don’t extort money for anything, but they will be happy with the dollar) Room cleaning in Egyptian)) it means beautifully making sheets and twisting a swan) The biggest disappointment is the sea. During the day, hours until 16:00 it is not from the word at all! 300 meters of ankle-deep water. You can go to the pontoon and swim there, but there are also disadvantages: several yachts and boats are parked, from which sometimes a solarium was specifically drawn. In general, swimming among the boats is not fun.
We mostly sat on the pools - there are four of them. One of the pools is for adults only, so we sat on it. The following point emerges from this: the contingent of vacationers is 90% local Arabs with crowds of children! Most likely, this is due to quarantine, because. earlier there were reviews that mostly Germans rest. Indeed, all the text in the hotel is in Arabic, Russian and German. Also, due to quarantine, many excursions are closed, including Luxor and Cairo. In general, the absence of foreign tourists is clearly noticeable in Egypt now. Now locals are walking there)) From 09/01/2020, Ukrainians are allowed to visit Egypt only if they have a negative test for coronavirus!
In general, the hotel is worthy for its money, the territory is good, but the sea is very upset. For views and a beautiful beach - this is not here.
We arrived at the hotel in the evening. On the recommendation of the tour operator for $ 20, they immediately asked for a better room than economy at the reception. The room was big, everything worked. Overlooking the quiet pool. Perhaps due to quarantine, but they didn’t give cards for towels, in the morning we had to catch the cleaner ourselves and take beach towels from him. As for food: Breakfast is very modest and monotonous. Lunch and dinner are decent: there were always several types of meat and side dishes. Vegetables and fruits are standard for such hotels. Although there wasn't much food to choose from, it was delicious.
The staff at the hotel is friendly, unobtrusive, they don’t extort money for anything, but they will be happy with the dollar) Room cleaning in Egyptian)) it means beautifully making sheets and twisting a swan) The biggest disappointment is the sea. During the day, hours until 16:00 it is not from the word at all! 300 meters of ankle-deep water. You can go to the pontoon and swim there, but there are also disadvantages: several yachts and boats are parked, from which sometimes a solarium was specifically drawn. In general, swimming among the boats is not fun.
We mostly sat on the pools - there are four of them. One of the pools is for adults only, so we sat on it. The following point emerges from this: the contingent of vacationers is 90% local Arabs with crowds of children! Most likely, this is due to quarantine, because. earlier there were reviews that mostly Germans rest. Indeed, all the text in the hotel is in Arabic, Russian and German. Also, due to quarantine, many excursions are closed, including Luxor and Cairo. In general, the absence of foreign tourists is clearly noticeable in Egypt now. Now locals are walking there)) From 09/01/2020, Ukrainians are allowed to visit Egypt only if they have a negative test for coronavirus!
In general, the hotel is worthy for its money, the territory is good, but the sea is very upset. For views and a beautiful beach - this is not here.
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The hotel is far away from Hurghada, there are no beggars and you can go outside for a calm walk, no one will cling to you with the words "Well, buy it. " And I don’t advise you to stay at the Regina Swiss Inn Resort & Aqua Park hotel, it is located in the middle of the city on Sheraton Street near Mack, and there you will get sneakers worse than at Barabashovo in Kharkov.
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The hotel is far away from Hurghada, there are no beggars and you can go outside for a calm walk, no one will cling to you with the words "Well, buy it. " And I don’t advise you to stay at the Regina Swiss Inn Resort & Aqua Park hotel, it is located in the middle of the city on Sheraton Street near Mack, and there you will get sneakers worse than at Barabashovo in Kharkov. I liked the territory of the hotel, the food, the amount of entertainment, the price ratio, that's why I put 9. The food was ultra, breakfast lunch
and dinner + they have a fast food establishment working around the clock on the territory, you can eat as much as you want hamburgers, hot dogs, fries. Tea, coffee, cappuccino. And on the territory of 4 themed restaurants. Why not 10? There were problems with electronic keys, they were constantly demagnetized, I had to constantly run around to change the keys. The hotel is 4 stars, but was on the 1st coastline. Entry into the sea is sandy, the sea is ankle-deep 20 cm, and then there is a cliff, the coastal zone is 20 meters. Good animation every evening something new, then a fakirs' show, then national dances, etc. A family-friendly hotel because the contingent of vacationers is mainly residents of Germany, there are very few Russians and Ukrainians. In no case do not agree to those excursions that are offered on the beach, it’s better to send them off right away, you need to buy from a tour operator, we had TUI, a trip on a yacht will be 5 dollars more expensive per person, but there will be more privileges than those who bought from local . I heard from people that Anex and Coral have bad excursions, TUI has better quality, but this is only in Hurghada.
and dinner + they have a fast food establishment working around the clock on the territory, you can eat as much as you want hamburgers, hot dogs, fries. Tea, coffee, cappuccino. And on the territory of 4 themed restaurants. Why not 10? There were problems with electronic keys, they were constantly demagnetized, I had to constantly run around to change the keys. The hotel is 4 stars, but was on the 1st coastline. Entry into the sea is sandy, the sea is ankle-deep 20 cm, and then there is a cliff, the coastal zone is 20 meters. Good animation every evening something new, then a fakirs' show, then national dances, etc. A family-friendly hotel because the contingent of vacationers is mainly residents of Germany, there are very few Russians and Ukrainians. In no case do not agree to those excursions that are offered on the beach, it’s better to send them off right away, you need to buy from a tour operator, we had TUI, a trip on a yacht will be 5 dollars more expensive per person, but there will be more privileges than those who bought from local . I heard from people that Anex and Coral have bad excursions, TUI has better quality, but this is only in Hurghada.
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Checked in very quickly, settled until 12 noon, we did not have to wait. There were no flaws in the room, everything worked. I liked the area, the pool, the beach. In the sea, of course, there were more low tides, you can’t swim from the shore, but you can swim well from the pier. Everything suited us, we are not picky tourists.
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Checked in very quickly, settled until 12 noon, we did not have to wait. There were no flaws in the room, everything worked. I liked the area, the pool, the beach. In the sea, of course, there were more low tides, you can’t swim from the shore, but you can swim well from the pier. Everything suited us, we are not picky tourists. The hotel justifies its price.
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