Первый раз в Египте First time in Egypt

I flew in April 2009 with my 6-year-old daughter from Samara to Hurghada through the Anex tour, chose this hotel for the price category, $ 1161 for two for 11 days, firstly, for the first time abroad, and secondly, they didn’t know what to pay big money for. Upon arrival at the airport, they took a visa for $ 16 ?? ? c people (although the sign says $ 15), the bus delivering to hotels was also ripped off $ 5 for throwing a suitcase on the bus : ), I didn’t even want to bargain. Upon arrival at the hotel, they gave $ 5 to the reception for a room that was supposedly good (my sister was already waiting for us there, she said we should give them a good room), they gave 1217 (everything worked, but the view was such that we got into a Soviet hotel, though the bed comfortable, the TV set is also from the past (RTR-planet channel is Russian), but there’s nothing to say about the Conder, it rumbles, but it freezes well). One night, one lady from above decided to run around the room in high heels (the floor was tiled), we had such a knock that we had to curse her on the phone. Cleaning is done every day in the rooms, with one rag the tiles in all rooms will be pulled through and the bed will be made. In the bathroom, the rug never changed, it turned from white, by the end of the race it turned into black. The towel has never been changed in my opinion, they just take it off the hook and fold it, pretending that they put new ones. Laundry in the room was washed and hang to dry just do nowhere. Territory (very well-groomed, large) just do scour from early morning until late at night, but just do not touch the tables in the bars, in the rooms, they are constantly dirty, flooded. The pool is so-so 150 cm, carries bleach, the water is cool. in the restaurant, the food is normal, we are not picky, we ate everything, meat and beef, liver, delicious fried fish, once there were squids, chicken, sauces, potatoes, rice pasta, all kinds of vegetables, pastries, there were few fruits, green melons, and like oranges something. The food is monotonous, but you can alternate yourself. You even think, just ate, go to eat again, we didn’t go hungry. Of course, they add all sorts of spices to some dishes, we liked it, but we heard from others that they are already sick of such food, it all depends on the person if at home used to eating one sausage, then of course it will make you sick. Drinks are all around, poured from bottles into plastic cups, everything is very cold and undiluted !! , their beer is Stella and Luxor, normal. On the third day my child began to cough, but they came home and everything went away, maybe there was something allergic.
As for entertainment: once in a bar on the beach (on Mondays) a seafood barbecue (snacks) $ 10 per person, there is a gorge and a show program with local dances, it’s normal. And so a day later in the lobby bar, evening dancing, belly dancing (there were two times, the same thing), Miss Choir Palace, with the same alternation. Drinks are $5, admission is free. In general, the hotel is boring, but for the child at all (we were in Crimea in September, it’s certainly beautiful there and the child can find entertainment everywhere), and here only Felix camel on the beach for $ 5, they have everything there for 5. There are mostly elderly Germans , Slovaks, Ukrainians, and Russian grandmas come off, there are young people, but they prefer to disappear mainly on excursions and swim in the sea with masks. For children, only a playground with a swing, and a children's section in the pool, where flies gather. Excursions on the water are better to take on the beach, but more serious ones, on buses, of course, from the guides at the hotel, there is at least some guarantee that they will bring them alive. The staff is friendly, (how you behave, with people kindly and to you the same way) nobody extorted money from us at the hotel, once I left a dollar to the cleaner, at the reception desk I paid $ 4 for a safe for a week and extended the room after 12 hours to 18 hours for 20 $ For the first time will go. For us, 5 days was enough, then they began to miss home. In general, solid 3 * Egyptian, who goes to sunbathe and swim, this hotel is just right. The beach is clean, the sand is white, good, but the entrance to the sea is shallow, you can walk 100m up to your waist. Kids just right. Behind the buoys, the beauties of the Red Sea are already opening up, and corals, and moray eels and colorful fish. Beware of the sun, it burns strongly, and the wind dries the skin very much. There you need to take sunscreens with protection of at least 40 and take more creams that moisturize and nourish, you can’t do without them. From mosquitoes, take fumigators for the night in the room. It is practically not allowed to carry water from the street to the hotel, but people manage to do it. On the street, 1.5 liters of water costs 2 pounds, and they have $ 2 (10 pounds). The hotel is located in the center of the promenade, you can go out for a walk (but local merchants are something, we have never been sick of men like that, just don’t pay attention), buy souvenirs, T-shirts, oils, hookah (don’t forget to bargain, 3 times the price throw off, give back), I have a medium hookah + a block of large tobacco + coal came out $ 10. And just do a local massage therapist recommended that we go by taxi ($ 2-4 for everyone) to the Old Town on the street. Sakala, there are markets and everything is much cheaper (maybe someone will come in handy : )) We went by taxi a couple of times, everything was fine. In general, we are already starting to miss the sun and the sea. To be honest, vacationers said that in the neighboring hotels El Samac 3 * and Princess Palace 3 * it is much cooler and more fun, and this is an old hotel, like the owner himself (83 years old). He always sits at lunches, dinners, nods to vacationers. All the staff are afraid of him. In general, decide for yourself where to go.