Holidays in Egypt - cheap

Written: 30 november 2011
Travel time: 1 — 7 december 2006
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 5.0
Amenities: 5.0
Actually rested from 16 to 24 August 2006. The hotel is quite consistent with its 2 *. Designed for tourists without "cool" requests. It was a long time ago, so I don't remember everything. We were met at the airport. Quickly delivered to the hotel and settled without problems. The hotel is located in an area where there are many other hotels, there are shops. The hotel room seemed to be on the 3rd floor with a sea view without any "additional fees", although the hotel is located on the 2nd line. The room is small but cozy. It can be seen that well-groomed - repaired in a timely manner. The room has a TV, air conditioning, refrigerator, shower. Safe for an additional fee at the reception. For tourists who came for excursions and the sea, and not to spend time in the hotel all the time, it is quite a suitable option. The room was cleaned conscientiously every day. Bed linen and towels seem to be changed every 2 days. There were no complaints about the equipment and inventory of the number. In the hotel, half of the guests were greedy Germans and half of the economical Russian speakers. The hotel staff is friendly. The food at the hotel was quite good. Breakfast and dinner. When I purchased a ticket, it was stipulated that the hotel did not have a "buffet", although in fact there was one. Dishes may be without much frills, but quite edible, 2-3 dishes of each category. There were good pastries and a lot of different fruits - watermelon, melon, dates, oranges, grapes, etc. All drinks are for an additional fee. The beach was used in another 3 * hotel on the first line in about 5 minutes. go. To enter the beach at the reception in your hotel, you need to take special cards - passes. The beach is normal and clean. There is a long breakwater from which there is immediately a trouble-free entrance to the depth. Nearby there are carral reefs, a lot of different marine life. Indescribable beauty. The water is transparent. Everything is great to see. On the very first swim, I kicked a sea urchin with my foot, I just didn’t know what it was. The sensations were not pleasant. I had to return to my hotel and call the doctor by phone. At first I called my guide, and then I called the insurance company, according to my insurance policy, they asked me about the injury for a very long time and in detail. I was billed for this phone call. The doctor was waiting for about 2 hours. The doctor came and helped, made a dressing, gave some pills. At the same time, he did not wear a white coat and did not wash his hands. I didn't pay the doctor. I saw that, on the contrary, the doctor paid the administrator for the fact that he called him. This incident did not affect the further rest. The next day we had an excursion to Cairo, Giza to the pyramids. I don’t remember where I bought a ticket for an excursion, it seems that our guide had a reasonable price, but I don’t remember what it was. We went on a tour at night, somewhere around 3:00. All the sightseers in the buses were gathered outside the city and formed a column of about 20 buses, and maybe more. The area where this happened was cordoned off by machine gunners. Each bus also boarded two security officers with machine guns. At the beginning and end of the column there were also trucks with machine gunners. They accompanied us all the way to Cairo. The road was mostly desert. The buses were comfortable with air conditioning, the road was not tiring. Russian-speaking guide, candidate of sciences, told me all the way. And the museum in Cairo and the pyramids in Giza to say that they liked it is not the right word. Everyone who is in Egypt for the first time should definitely see this. We also went on a second excursion to Luxor - the temple of Queen Hachepsut and the Temple of Karnak, also an incomparable excursion. All the features of the "Arab" service are fully compensated by the magnificent sea and the sights of this country. Get ready for rest. Good luck to all.
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