Budget option, family hotel

Written: 5 november 2018
Travel time: 27 october — 3 november 2018
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 4.0
Amenities: 3.0
We chose the budget option. For this, they were prepared for inconvenience. Were from 10/27/2018 to 11/3/2018.
The territory itself is elongated and built up with buildings. At first, you can get lost, especially at night. See google map and learn the area. The reception is located almost in the center. The water park is right next to the main entrance to the territory. The largest slide is not clear how it was built. I didn’t move out on it, but pushed with my hands because it’s not at all slippery. The kids seemed to be moving along just fine. The pools are not heated. We were cold. In short, there is nothing interesting in the pools. There was no hot water in the room. The bed is normal, the air conditioner worked relatively quietly, but the refrigerator was normally so noisy. There are no bottles of shampoo, etc. Instead, there are dispenser boxes on the walls. Lawns are watered every day, smelling like sewer water. Every evening they poisoned insects around the territory with a smoke machine. The smoke smells very much like engine oil. From this smoke, mosquitoes only became angrier, and breathing is not pleasant. By the way, do not be surprised when you notice a bunch of small red dots on yourself. The mosquitoes bit you. Biting is not noticeable, without pain and does not itch.
Of the contingent, mostly Poles, Ukrainians, Germans, Belarusians. The last 3 days there was an invasion of Russians, who for the most part behaved uncultured. They bent the mat, gorged themselves on alcohol. Well, everything is as usual with them at the resorts. I'm not saying that they are all like that, but the overall picture is clear. Breakfasts, like everywhere else where I was the same as a blueprint, lunches and dinners are more varied. Basically everything is either salted or peppered. Once they gave a whole crab, only there was no meat in it at all. Looks like it was frozen twice. Just upset. The exit to the reef was closed. Swimming in the lagoon. In the morning, the water is clean, even fish swim near the shore, but cool. By evening, the water is already pleasant, but a lot of grass and garbage from tourists, as well as the water becomes cloudy. There is enough space for everyone and everywhere. Animators worked, like people were not bored. From morning to evening, something like a golf cart runs around the territory. On it you can get where you want if you can drive there, but basically the route is the reception of the main restaurant. If you tell me where you need it, then in theory it will take you. Russian staff understand, but not all of them are very basic. Better in English or Arabic if you know. Tipping is not obsessively required, but they always expect something to give. Do not be fooled by all the horror stories of the guide! And don't buy tours from him. It costs twice as much for him. Its main task is to sell you a tour from which it feeds. This is my personal opinion, not the first time in this country. I immediately recommend buying a VODAPHONE SIM card at the airport, for 1 or 2.5 gigabytes of Internet. The hotel will cost more. There is a shop on the territory near the main entrance (water park) where you can buy them, but more expensive than from the official seller. In SenzoMall you can go or go for fun, but there is nothing to do there as for me. Walk about 30 minutes, or take a taxi. For a taxi there, do not give more than 30 pounds and bargain until you drop if you catch a car at the hotel. They have ABC taxis, so they gave me 35 pounds by viber, and 80 to the slave market. They have a viber and understand Russian. Immediately say that these cost so much and I won’t pay more, or I call them and order from them. In SenzoMall they accept only pounds as well as in the market. The reception is not very favorable course. Change there only for a taxi. SenzoMall has an exchange machine (CIB, green) with a good exchange rate, but it takes a commission, not much. It's inside near McDonald's. Always carry small pound bills with you, otherwise you may not get change. You can also get to the fish market by minibus for 10 pounds, but it’s very dumb. There seems to be no such thing that there is a certain route, and again, you need to pay without change. After sunset, pools are sprinkled with bleach from a bucket. Refrain from juices in refrigerators. The muck is rare and many children get hoarseness from them. Better just water or cola, fanta, sprite. Or buy juices in SenzoMall. Life hack - when you buy a visa, break through all the ribbons at once (climb through them from below), but this is if you are the first in the crowd, or the fifth there. Well, something like this. There are tons of videos on youtube on how to do it. Of course, there are still a bunch of cons, but it's a long time to write. In general, you can relax
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