Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
8.0
Service:
8.0
Cleanliness:
6.0
Food:
7.0
Amenities:
8.0
First time in Egypt. Not dwelling on the negative of the flight with the tour operator "Join Up" (departure delays by 8.5 and 3.5 hours): the rest was a success! Upon arrival, they first put on a bracelet and sent to dine in the main. restaurant (air conditioning worked, on the summer terrace - ceiling fans).
They settled in a "standard" room (216 *) - the first floor of a two-story building, after repair (the door opens with a card), near the water park (7 slides for adults, 5 for children: they worked from 10 to 12-00.15-17-00). The room has a modern TV (about 30 channels, including 4 in Russian), air conditioning (central), wardrobe, safe in the closet, 3 bedside tables, 3 sockets, one double bed and one sofa, mini-fridge (on arrival - there were 2 bottles of 2 liters of drinking water: they brought 2 bottles to the room every day.
Shared bathroom - spacious, about 5 sq. m. There has always been water.
The only negative is that there is no curtain for the shower (I told the manager about this, as I understand it - this is a problem in all rooms): I decided to put an extra towel on the floor. Bulk soap and shower gel - were poured into metal accessories. Also, there was a hairdryer, 2 glasses (they brushed their teeth on the advice of tourists with bottled water), 2 mirrors, toilet paper and towels for face and feet (changed every day). He left $ 1 several times - the cleaner made cool figures from towels for the children (the quality of cleaning was not affected: the floors were washed superficially; towels were changed regularly; water and toilet paper were brought daily).
Food: not bad (everything is fresh! - I only twisted my stomach once, but on the advice of vacationers - you need to drink a lot of Cola ((, but few fruits (green pomegranates, melons, pears, dates, 2 times - bananas, 1 time - watermelon, fruit salads ); for breakfast - scrambled eggs (always - queue), boiled eggs, chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, sausage and cheese (not really!
), cereals and milk, buns, cakes, several salads (did not eat), tea (black, green - packaged) and coffee from the machine (very much nothing), Yuppie drinks (4 types), drinking water.
For lunch - 2 types of soup, 3 types of meat (chicken, fish, beef or pork), potatoes, vermicelli.
For dinner - 1 type of soup, 3 types of meat (they gave 1 time like barbecue, 3 pieces each, 1 time - delicious kebab, stewed beef, fish, 3 times - crabs (not tasty! , meat meat), 5-6 types salads, 8-10 types of greens (cucumber, tomato, onion, olives, carrots, etc. ), 8-12 types of cakes and cakes (both tasty and not very tasty. You can get better)) Of the minuses - practically none paper napkins! and not enough cloth napkins. There are highchairs for children.
The territory of the hotel is huge! Green, cleaned every day! Construction is going on, but they do not interfere with vacationers at all.
Speaking of vacationers: about 40-45% are the local population (almost all are friendly, I have not seen conflicts; but they speak very loudly and shout among themselves!
), about 40% - from Ukraine, the rest - Belarus, Poland, a little Great Britain, the Russian Federation, Germany, Hungary.
The feature of the hotel is a huge beach (lagoon, practically without waves) with a gradual, slow increase in depth: for children - super! There were almost always enough sun loungers, as well as beach towels (issued on cards). In the sea on the beach I saw a fish only once, but going further - there is a pier and a coral reef (I saw both crabs and fish). The beach is cleaned regularly! The second advantage is the presence of an aqua park, 3 pools (1-1.5 meter, 1.2 meter, 1.5 meter), there are also 3 small pools for the little ones.
Most of the hotel staff are friendly.
On the day of departure, they cut off the bracelet only from me, they didn’t ask about the family; to my question about lunch - they said that only breakfast is included and the issue can be resolved for money in the main. restaurant (? ). He threw a towel over his arm and calmly walked and ate.
About alcohol.
drinks: from 10-00 to 23 (24) -00: local beer of 2 types (bottled - not bad, draft - you can drink) - poured into glasses of 180-230 grams; gin, vodka, rum, brandy, sambuca, tequila - local production (poured into a glass of 40-50 grams). Cocktails are made upon request. After midnight - I saw they were selling for money ($2-3-5).
Animation: weak, unobtrusive. In the morning - at 10-30:20 minutes "relaxation" on the beach, at 12-00 - 20 minutes of water aerobics, at 11-30 - a game on the beach "bocha". During the day - I have never seen any animation! In the evening at 20-30 - children's mini-disco (practically - the same thing, 30-45 minutes). At 21-30 - until 22-20 - a program for adults ("guess the melody", etc. ). But! Since there are many local vacationers, it is mostly in their language! The same (music) by the pools during the day: 90-95% of the repertoire is in Arabic! Huge minus!
On departure - on the island (on the beach) they had a foam party (did not go).
Earned bowling: 2 lanes. But strange pricing: $ 3 - per person for 20 throws))
The kids club never worked (probably because of the heat: +35-36 - during the day, +26-28 - at night)..
There is one bar on the beach, in the evening it is an Italian restaurant "A la Carte" (went in the evening, by appointment at 7 am on a computer near the main restaurant): not impressed (open from 19 to 21). The only advantage is the relative silence (9-10 tables were recorded), and the main. dishes and alcohol were brought to order, 2 types of soup (delicious) - they poured themselves, like pasta (similar to those in the main restaurant). On another day, I came to sign up at 8-15 in a Brazilian restaurant - there were no more places. There is also a seafood restaurant.
A "shuttle bass" (for 12 people) regularly travels around the hotel during the day: you can drive up in the heat.
There is a volleyball court, but it is on the side of the beach and + strong wind: I have never seen the players.
Outside the hotel is a long promenade with lots of shops but very clingy vendors!
Bottom line: the rest, especially as for the first time, was a success!
Good place for families, especially with children!
Adviсe:
1. Take sunscreen.
2. Take mosquito repellent (we met both in the room and at night near the pool).
3. For those who are interested in excursions - do not go on excursions with the guide "join ip" Ahmed (everything is more expensive !! ), ask the locals, or on the Internet (we went scuba diving through a guide on the beach: everything was, as promised, in including - lunch, but without seafood).
4. To bargain. Center "Senzo Mall" can be reached on foot in 30 minutes (outside the hotel gate to the right - straight ahead 1.5 km - to the left). Taxis and minibuses ask for $4-5 per family, but after 100-200 meters they catch up if they refuse, and are ready to go for $2!
4. In the actual bargaining. in the center - there are many shops, a supermarket, but payment is only for local currency or by card (there is a foreign currency exchange terminal at the entrance); there is McDonald's (did not go).
5.
For lovers of discos, there is nothing to do here (there is a disco club, but I went in at 20-30 and saw only one DJ, although it might have been too early .. ).
6. In stores - they constantly pester and try to "fish out" money for unnecessary purchases (control the situation) and bargain!! ! For example, the seller dropped the price of a T-shirt from $9 to $4, a liter of juice from $2 to $1 (in Senzo Mall, however, this one costs $0.7).
7. Egyptian medicines of good quality (but the prices in different pharmacies are very different! ).
8. Wi-Fi - very weak (at the reception), and a little better - near the pool (bought an 8-day package from Lifecell 0.5 G for 175 UAH - did not live up to expectations, very slow). Saw at the airport and "Senzo Mall" sell local Vodafone cards ($8-10 - 3-5 G).
9. Take with you inflatable circles for children (local shops sell "consumer goods" for $ 3-4).
10. When departing, take water in a container of 0.5 l with you (in case of a delay, it will come in handy ! ! as at the airport 1 bottle of water 0.5 l - $ 3).
They settled in a "standard" room (216 *) - the first floor of a two-story building, after repair (the door opens with a card), near the water park (7 slides for adults, 5 for children: they worked from 10 to 12-00.15-17-00). The room has a modern TV (about 30 channels, including 4 in Russian), air conditioning (central), wardrobe, safe in the closet, 3 bedside tables, 3 sockets, one double bed and one sofa, mini-fridge (on arrival - there were 2 bottles of 2 liters of drinking water: they brought 2 bottles to the room every day.
Shared bathroom - spacious, about 5 sq. m. There has always been water.
The only negative is that there is no curtain for the shower (I told the manager about this, as I understand it - this is a problem in all rooms): I decided to put an extra towel on the floor. Bulk soap and shower gel - were poured into metal accessories. Also, there was a hairdryer, 2 glasses (they brushed their teeth on the advice of tourists with bottled water), 2 mirrors, toilet paper and towels for face and feet (changed every day). He left $ 1 several times - the cleaner made cool figures from towels for the children (the quality of cleaning was not affected: the floors were washed superficially; towels were changed regularly; water and toilet paper were brought daily).
Food: not bad (everything is fresh! - I only twisted my stomach once, but on the advice of vacationers - you need to drink a lot of Cola ((, but few fruits (green pomegranates, melons, pears, dates, 2 times - bananas, 1 time - watermelon, fruit salads ); for breakfast - scrambled eggs (always - queue), boiled eggs, chopped cucumbers, tomatoes, sausage and cheese (not really!
), cereals and milk, buns, cakes, several salads (did not eat), tea (black, green - packaged) and coffee from the machine (very much nothing), Yuppie drinks (4 types), drinking water.
For lunch - 2 types of soup, 3 types of meat (chicken, fish, beef or pork), potatoes, vermicelli.
For dinner - 1 type of soup, 3 types of meat (they gave 1 time like barbecue, 3 pieces each, 1 time - delicious kebab, stewed beef, fish, 3 times - crabs (not tasty! , meat meat), 5-6 types salads, 8-10 types of greens (cucumber, tomato, onion, olives, carrots, etc. ), 8-12 types of cakes and cakes (both tasty and not very tasty. You can get better)) Of the minuses - practically none paper napkins! and not enough cloth napkins. There are highchairs for children.
The territory of the hotel is huge! Green, cleaned every day! Construction is going on, but they do not interfere with vacationers at all.
Speaking of vacationers: about 40-45% are the local population (almost all are friendly, I have not seen conflicts; but they speak very loudly and shout among themselves!
), about 40% - from Ukraine, the rest - Belarus, Poland, a little Great Britain, the Russian Federation, Germany, Hungary.
The feature of the hotel is a huge beach (lagoon, practically without waves) with a gradual, slow increase in depth: for children - super! There were almost always enough sun loungers, as well as beach towels (issued on cards). In the sea on the beach I saw a fish only once, but going further - there is a pier and a coral reef (I saw both crabs and fish). The beach is cleaned regularly! The second advantage is the presence of an aqua park, 3 pools (1-1.5 meter, 1.2 meter, 1.5 meter), there are also 3 small pools for the little ones.
Most of the hotel staff are friendly.
On the day of departure, they cut off the bracelet only from me, they didn’t ask about the family; to my question about lunch - they said that only breakfast is included and the issue can be resolved for money in the main. restaurant (? ). He threw a towel over his arm and calmly walked and ate.
About alcohol.
drinks: from 10-00 to 23 (24) -00: local beer of 2 types (bottled - not bad, draft - you can drink) - poured into glasses of 180-230 grams; gin, vodka, rum, brandy, sambuca, tequila - local production (poured into a glass of 40-50 grams). Cocktails are made upon request. After midnight - I saw they were selling for money ($2-3-5).
Animation: weak, unobtrusive. In the morning - at 10-30:20 minutes "relaxation" on the beach, at 12-00 - 20 minutes of water aerobics, at 11-30 - a game on the beach "bocha". During the day - I have never seen any animation! In the evening at 20-30 - children's mini-disco (practically - the same thing, 30-45 minutes). At 21-30 - until 22-20 - a program for adults ("guess the melody", etc. ). But! Since there are many local vacationers, it is mostly in their language! The same (music) by the pools during the day: 90-95% of the repertoire is in Arabic! Huge minus!
On departure - on the island (on the beach) they had a foam party (did not go).
Earned bowling: 2 lanes. But strange pricing: $ 3 - per person for 20 throws))
The kids club never worked (probably because of the heat: +35-36 - during the day, +26-28 - at night)..
There is one bar on the beach, in the evening it is an Italian restaurant "A la Carte" (went in the evening, by appointment at 7 am on a computer near the main restaurant): not impressed (open from 19 to 21). The only advantage is the relative silence (9-10 tables were recorded), and the main. dishes and alcohol were brought to order, 2 types of soup (delicious) - they poured themselves, like pasta (similar to those in the main restaurant). On another day, I came to sign up at 8-15 in a Brazilian restaurant - there were no more places. There is also a seafood restaurant.
A "shuttle bass" (for 12 people) regularly travels around the hotel during the day: you can drive up in the heat.
There is a volleyball court, but it is on the side of the beach and + strong wind: I have never seen the players.
Outside the hotel is a long promenade with lots of shops but very clingy vendors!
Bottom line: the rest, especially as for the first time, was a success!
Good place for families, especially with children!
Adviсe:
1. Take sunscreen.
2. Take mosquito repellent (we met both in the room and at night near the pool).
3. For those who are interested in excursions - do not go on excursions with the guide "join ip" Ahmed (everything is more expensive !! ), ask the locals, or on the Internet (we went scuba diving through a guide on the beach: everything was, as promised, in including - lunch, but without seafood).
4. To bargain. Center "Senzo Mall" can be reached on foot in 30 minutes (outside the hotel gate to the right - straight ahead 1.5 km - to the left). Taxis and minibuses ask for $4-5 per family, but after 100-200 meters they catch up if they refuse, and are ready to go for $2!
4. In the actual bargaining. in the center - there are many shops, a supermarket, but payment is only for local currency or by card (there is a foreign currency exchange terminal at the entrance); there is McDonald's (did not go).
5.
For lovers of discos, there is nothing to do here (there is a disco club, but I went in at 20-30 and saw only one DJ, although it might have been too early .. ).
6. In stores - they constantly pester and try to "fish out" money for unnecessary purchases (control the situation) and bargain!! ! For example, the seller dropped the price of a T-shirt from $9 to $4, a liter of juice from $2 to $1 (in Senzo Mall, however, this one costs $0.7).
7. Egyptian medicines of good quality (but the prices in different pharmacies are very different! ).
8. Wi-Fi - very weak (at the reception), and a little better - near the pool (bought an 8-day package from Lifecell 0.5 G for 175 UAH - did not live up to expectations, very slow). Saw at the airport and "Senzo Mall" sell local Vodafone cards ($8-10 - 3-5 G).
9. Take with you inflatable circles for children (local shops sell "consumer goods" for $ 3-4).
10. When departing, take water in a container of 0.5 l with you (in case of a delay, it will come in handy ! ! as at the airport 1 bottle of water 0.5 l - $ 3).
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