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The choice of the hotel and the organization of recreation in general was handled by the husband. The emphasis was on the presence of at least some kind of water park (slides) and ... horses. Since I ride horses, I always welcome the presence of these animals on vacation. Nubia Aqua Beach Resort has horses. Very well-groomed, well-fed in moderation, that is, the expected thinness (from where in Egypt juicy grass for food) I did not see. The stalls are clean, there is a levada for walking. Therefore, I made positive conclusions about the owner and administration, as well as the conscientiousness of the workers of this hotel. To make it clear: horses are not easy to keep, they are whimsical animals. Naturally, she went on horseback. outside the hotel). In the desert, along the sea. With an accompanying employee and another girl, also on horseback. I ride well, so I was allowed to ride on my own, trot and even gallop). The horse's name was Tango. Pleasant, obedient, beautiful)).
Horse ammunition - in excellent condition, saddles, bridles - everything is wonderful, of high quality and almost never worn. I saw how tourists were led under the bridle around the hotel - they took children, plus they took pictures. I (read: husband) paid $ 20 for pleasure - per hour, but given that we took a lot of pictures (me and that girl), we ended up driving for about an hour and a half. No one asked for any payment. They also offered to swim with horses, we refused. Assessing my ability to communicate with horses, the worker who was assigned to them invited me for another trip, for a symbolic price. But somehow I didn’t get out for excursions. Regarding excursions, we took tours from the local tour operator Tatyana. And the guys who came up to us by the pool. From Tatiana we went to "Safari". Everything was there: we were picked up at the appointed time from the hotel, brought to the desert.
They taught us how to ride ATVs, took us to a Bedouin village (real Bedouins live much longer in the desert, this is an improvisation for tourists), there we rode camels for a couple of minutes, then back to the transshipment base and there again a ride on local transport - bugs). Then dinner at a local cafe, if that's what it's called, and a show with local belly dances, etc. We were satisfied. The guide who accompanied us spoke both English and Russian. Returned us already dark in the evening to the hotel. We bought a boat trip from the guys from the hotel with a view of the sea beauties and fish from the lower glass tier. I have a fear of closed space, then I was more worried if they would close us in this glass "office". Husband and son liked it. True, the color is not at all the same - the glass interrupts, everything is somehow bluish. Live animals and corals look much brighter.

Then, those who wished could swim overboard of the boat, accompanied by the ship's personnel. They give masks, tubes, vests and even a circle. The small one swam - I demanded to get him out of the water, and as it turned out in time: having risen, he managed to run to the side and he vomited. I was also seasick, the Arab girl was very seasick, she also vomited. This is for 20 people, there are three of us who did not feel well. Generally ok.
Separately, I want to focus on shopping. We, tourists, were recommended by our hotel guide to go shopping in a new city. Therefore, when Guest Relations told about a new service - a taxi from the hotel back and forth for $ 3 per person, we could not even think that we would be taken to the old city. There, some accompanying guy took us to certain shops, when sellers from other trading shops invited us to go to their store, the guy said something to them in Arabic and they left.
But I am a young lady with character, and I slowed down near one such seller with the intention of stopping by. The seller became bolder and began to call out more actively, no longer paying attention to the guide guy and his words in Arabic. The range is about the same. We even bought something. My husband also wanted to buy tea - we were taken. There is a choice, there was a hibiscus in the form of whole inflorescences - it looks beautiful. We bought three types of tea, with beautiful lemon flavors. Like 15 and 10 dollars per 1 kg. Then they took us somewhere else, they took us, in general, I resisted and said - we are returning. We returned to the same shop where the shopping began - that's where the taxi was supposed to return for us. I got a taxi for 40 minutes. Considering that it was 8 pm, I did not like such a delay. This is despite the fact that in time the road from the hotel to the place of shopping takes about 20 minutes.
I don’t know whether the taxi was released and arrived, or whether my words that I was not at the hotel at the agreed seven in the evening and my mother probably made a fuss a long time ago and probably got through to the embassy took effect. By the way, we all had the embassy numbers on our phones, including the child. But ... roaming disappeared there))). We were in fact completely cut off from the world, even rare tourists were not visible. So when I got to the hotel, I took a deep breath. This shopping turned out to be the fly in the ointment that spoiled the eight days of honeyed Egyptian vacation. And so - the rest, I think, was a success.

I read the reviews of other tourists, for other hotels the picture is approximately the same: service at such budget prices plus or minus is the same everywhere. Therefore, after thinking everything over and making some conclusions for myself, I decided: you can and can even return to this very hotel. It's not essential.
Everywhere is the same: if you want a better room, pay extra at the reception when you check in, we paid 3 dollars. per day, in the end we had a beautiful room with access to the courtyard, on the first floor, by the main pool. Everything was in the room, everything worked. Do you want to be removed? - it all depends on the human factor: the employee either tries hard or not. We tip $1. everyday. Cleaning was quite tolerable, but not the best. The bed was changed. White-white, pleasant, natural. And it seems to me that we managed to change it twice, well, one for sure. Towels are clean every day - but with a delay. I could bring new ones for dinner, taking the old ones in the morning. These issues, it seemed to me, are best dealt with by the administration. Ordinary employees do not always speak English, not to mention Russian. Food is plentiful. But a little boring)). Somewhere on the sixth day, they changed more or less the menu. There were even crabs.
And so you can find a lot of food familiar to us: puree, rice, vermicelli, eggs, cabbage, cucumber-tomatoes, chicken legs, fish, scrambled eggs, fries, etc. I liked the sweets, like ordinary biscuits, but still delicious. I wanted more fruit. Beer is delicious. Wine - so-so, you can drink. Quite bearable. I didn't like the cocktails. But I don't use them in everyday life. The sea is wonderful, we always swam from the pier. It is better for a child to have either an inflatable circle or a vest, since there is a constant wind, then the waves, respectively, are constant. Ours is 10 years old and, although he can swim, it was somehow calmer with a circle. The hotel staff is well trained. He does not allow himself anything extra, not intrusive. Nobody stares. The administration is more smiling. The workers who take care of the territory do not pay any attention to us visitors.
Separately, I would like to note the territory: beautiful, architecture with oriental motifs, sunny and bright during the day, in the evening everything is lit, cozy. There is no feeling of a football field, but somehow it feels good at home. We even got a pet - a local cat). He came to us regularly, spent the night. Lots of pools, clean and looked after. There are slides. We had enough. They work at fixed hours. We had time to go down the hills, swim in the sea, and sunbathe. Mosquitoes... or mosquitoes in their language. Yes, this is a problem that will need to be able to solve upon arrival. We had some kind of smoke fumigated the territory in the evening. Helped for a short time. And so you will need to ask for some local sprays. All things considered, I can recommend this hotel. Would return there again. For a budget option, it is quite tolerable. even beautiful). And bargain. Anytime and anywhere.

By the way, in the shops that are right next to the hotel - in its courtyard - the goods and prices are tolerable. We bought T-shirts for $5. This is their real value. And no one asked for them anymore. There are enough souvenirs, jewelry from jewelry - too. There is a pharmacy, prices surprised. I bought myself antibiotics for $3 (pack of 5 tablets). I bought a hair care product - a mask. I use. Everything is fine. It certainly didn't get any worse. ) But, as for me, 8 days at sea is not enough ....