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My friend and I decided to go on vacation to Egypt. I was two years ago in Hurghada, I liked it very much, so we decided to go there again. I rummaged through the entire Internet in search of a good, inexpensive hotel, and chose the Panorama Bungalows Resort Hurgada 4 * hotel. Arrived in Hurghada on March 18.2009 early in the morning, arrived at the hotel at 7 am. What was the first shock - the hotel is located God knows where, on the outskirts, in front of the hotel there is a desert with a mosque, from which a mullah screams day and night, behind the hotel (thank God! ) The sea, on the sides of the hotel there are construction sites (the noise from which does not interfere if Do you live in the central building or in a bungalow). Then, as usual, they waited for check-in to the room until 10 o’clock, they didn’t wear bracelets until that time, so we couldn’t eat, we were waiting absolutely hungry and angry (Although the Germans were immediately given bracelets upon arrival at the hotel! ). Finally, we were given bracelets, before asking if you were from Pegasus, of course we answered “YES”, because we came from the Pegas Touristik travel agency, they put red bracelets on us, and we happily ran to the room to wash ourselves and run to eat, because we didn’t ate 8 hours. Having entered the room, we were again disappointed, the view from the room to the road and the mosque, which I wrote about earlier, the furniture is aging (although the hotel was built in 2007, they apparently bought the furniture in advance or bought it at a used sale), the door to the balcony was closed, I wanted to go out, get some fresh air, we regretted it, because when we opened it and tried to close it back, it broke (of course, it was fixed after 2 days). Then we went to the shower, two walls were used instead of a shower stall in the bathroom and a glass wall served as the third one, instead of a cabin door there was a small, short, narrow curtain, so after we washed from the bathroom it was possible to swim to the corridor, everything was in the water, and one lamp was not yet on, we talked about this to the cleaner, but nothing happened, it did not light up when the air conditioner was turned on, again a surprise awaited us, the plastic partitions that should open when it was turned on, for some reason did not worked and every time you turned it on you had to climb on the table to open them manually. Yes, even in the room there are no shelves for clothes at all, there is only a small locker with 5 hangers, where it was not clear to put other clothes, there is also a safe in the room, which constantly broke down and the instructions for setting it up do not fit it. We washed, dressed, happy went to dinner, the food was good, but monotonous, seafood, except for fish, was not given, fruits, except for oranges, tangerines were not given, other fruits were sold for money. The waiters are impudent, they serve mainly Germans, they constantly interrupted me from the meal with a request to take pictures, then they generally started to harm when I refused to take pictures. Then we ran to the beach, the sand on the beach is compacted so that it resembles asphalt, the beach is small, mattresses on sunbeds, as well as furniture were bought in advance, the main problem is the lack of towels, as if we lived in a huge hotel, we had to wait 1-2 hours for towels . , patience ended and they took from the used ones, but it was not always, you just have to get up earlier, at 8 in the morning. The sea is shallow, 500 meters knee-deep, you can go along the pier to the depths, swim a little to eat corals, some of them are alive, beautiful, snorkeling you can see beautiful fish. To the left of the pier, near the seashore, some kind of pipe comes out of the ground, from which a bluish liquid is constantly pouring, it is very interesting what it is, but we decided not to find out. On the second day of rest, in the morning we decided to take a beer at a bar on the beach, came up, they tell me, you can’t, I asked the reason, I answered, you don’t have a red bracelet, although my friend and I arrived on the All Inclusive system. I went to the guide, whom I saw, by the way, for the first and last time, on other days the Pegasus sign stood, but he was not around. He asked at the reception why we couldn’t drink alcohol, answered that upon arrival they thought that we were working at the Pegasus service company and were not tourists, although they were given lists of tourists in advance, how they didn’t see us there remained a mystery. God bless! The bracelets were changed immediately, and we became full-fledged vacationers, but at the beach bar, remembering our red bracelets, they didn’t give us alcohol for several hours, only after calling the reception they deigned to give it. The "All Inclusive" system at the hotel is only valid until 11 p. m. , so when you go to the hotel disco you will have to buy everything with your own money, and they have alcohol at crazy prices, because in Egypt it is dry law, you can’t go to the store at all. find, but we already knew that. The territory of the hotel is medium in size, well-groomed, there is enough greenery, there are water slides - 2 pcs. , two heated pools, 1 unheated, there is a jacuzzi, the gym is just awful, three simulators, two of which are a treadmill and an exercise bike, the third simulator for exercises on the press. I advise you to visit a massage room, I advise bronze massage, it costs $ 35, it's cool, you can get tired of bliss. Also on site there is a hairdresser, the prices are crazy. There are shops, there is no pharmacy, the nearest one is 600-700 meters from the hotel. There is a fish restaurant for money, did not visit. The animation is average, a family-type hotel, if you want to relax with your family and not get out anywhere so that your children are always busy with games, it will do, the children's animator is a good girl, there is a children's room. For coming shows you will be charged money if you want to attend them. If you want to go to the city, you should not take a taxi at the hotel, it is 2 times more expensive. Do not listen to your guide, who says, you should not go anywhere, take a taxi at the hotel, otherwise you will be fooled, taken away to no one knows where, sold, etc. ", the guide would be fine and comfortable if the tourists did not leave their rooms at all and did not turn to him with questions. It is better to leave the hotel on the road, a taxi car will immediately drive up to you, agree on the price in advance and say that this price is for all those traveling in a taxi, then they can cheat you by saying that the price was negotiated for 1 passenger. The normal price for a taxi to the city of Hurghada is $ 4-5, bargain less, great, don’t agree on a higher price, you can also agree with a taxi driver to pick you up from the place you brought to the city, let’s say after 3 hours. If you need souvenirs, you can go to the street. Sheraton (Sakala district), there are a lot of shops, you can also go to the old city (prices are a little lower), you can just walk in El Gouna, it’s quite beautiful. When you pay a taxi driver, don’t give money in a bunch, but it’s better to give 1 bill each, while naming its denomination, because they can deceive you by replacing your bill with a smaller one, you will have to pay again (this happened, but not with us, the vacationer told). It’s better to wear closed things in the city, because they start pestering you, yelling obscene words after you, you can ignore it, but still it’s not very pleasant. Bargain in stores, they can throw off more than half of the original cost, for example, a friend bought leather moccasins for $ 10 (in another store they asked for $ 26), the leather is certainly not first-class, but still leather for 350 rubles. you can't buy from us. In general, everything, she poured out her soul, so I wanted. The hotel is 4 *, except for the above and the location relative to the city, if I knew that it was so far away, I would never have taken a ticket to it, advice, choose a hotel in the city, save money at least on a taxi. Two years ago I was at the Auda Verdi hotel, I really liked the current name Steigenberger All Dou Club 4 *, it is located in the city, a professional animator, every day there are some show programs. In general, the main thing is a good mood, we had it and all of the above did not spoil it for us !! ! They came home as blacks, and they also braided pigtails in the hotel with a friend, rights for a lot of money, in the city it’s much cheaper, but we were too lazy to go for this.