Budget hotel for people without requests

Written: 12 october 2007
Travel time: 12 — 19 january 2007
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Stayed at this hotel several times. Why? Cheap! But for this money, a quite decent hotel is provided for those who need a hotel only in order to have somewhere to lie down to sleep and have something to eat. For those who like to spend all the time in the hotel and on its territory, this place is not suitable, since there is neither its own territory nor the beach. The hotel is located on the 2nd coastline, but the sea is very close, there is even a public beach opposite (though without umbrellas and other related attributes). On an organized beach, it seems like they are sent from the hotel to one of the nearby hotels. Let me tell you, I have never been there. I usually go to the beach to the territory of the nearby Hilton Plaza hotel.
The hotel is located in the old part of Hurghada, there are many cafes nearby, a juice bar, shops, Internet cafes and other attributes of the city.
The rooms are small, but each has a balcony overlooking the sea (there are really rooms overlooking the courtyard, but some people like them too - they speak quietly, you can’t hear the noise of the face and it’s not windy). The room has a wardrobe, 2 beds, a bedside table, a mirror, a TV (2 Russian channels), everything that is possible in the room has been recently painted, so it looks more or less clean and tidy. Towels and linen are changed every 3 days. The room has air conditioning... but it never worked for me. Its performance can be restored by contacting the reception. It is quite possible to agree on the type of room at the reception even without baksheesh.

The food is monotonous (although it is called a buffet), BUT, which is very important, it has never been poisoned and almost everything is edible and tasty. Breakfasts are not particularly diverse (usually scrambled eggs, porridge (which they absolutely do not know how to cook), halva, jam, bun, sausage (if you can call it that of course - well, they don’t know how to make sausage), fresh vegetables, tea, coffee. . . usually that's all Dinner is better - 2-3 types of side dishes, 2-3 types of salad, meat (or fish), fruits (which is surprisingly usually tasty and ripe, which you don't always see even in a 5* hotel), 2-3 kind of sweets. Tea, coffee, beer, wine - for a fee, but not expensive. I'll warn you right away - you won't be able to take anything with you from the so-called "buffet", even an orange....because they cut all the fruits, and from the rest I don’t even know what you can take with you in reserve : -).
Of course, there are problems with water (mostly hot) - there are periods when it is not available, but in the morning and in the evening water is usually available.
Bottom line: a budget hotel for people without requests (if you compare the hotel with hotels offered in our native Russian south or Ukraine, then of course Sea View is better, and even with food.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original