Great hotel in Egypt!

Written: 10 january 2013
Travel time: 28 december 2012 — 4 january 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 10.0
We had a rest for the New Year in Egypt. This time we chose Hurghada. We got the Steigenberger 5 * hotel. The hotel itself is very good. There is of course one big drawback (the sea is shallow for small children, but there is no entry to the depth). 16:00. We arrived at 20:30 in Belarusian, then in Egyptian at 19:30. While this and that at the airport, we arrived at the hotel somewhere at 20:30. We settled immediately in an excellent (elite room) with access to the pool.
Meals: All Inclusive (all inclusive) except for imported drinks and fresh juices
-Half board (HB)
- Breakfasts (BB)
And so:
- the main restaurant (tamarind) buffet;
-3 alacarta (Alexanders, French and Mediterranean cuisine);
- Beach restaurant (Tanga, Lebanese and Oriental cuisine);
-Restaurant and Pool Bar (Bawla)
- Cafe (Ukumbi)
- Lobby Bar (Karibu)
- Fitness Bar (Juici)
- Disco (Shangalulu)
-Hookah Bar (Dewan)
Sea:

As mentioned earlier, there is no approach to the depth, there is a pier, of course, you can jump off it, but there are no stairs back, especially since ships and yachts come there, and if you get to the shallows, you won’t get out there either, because there are corals. Well, there is a way to swim in the shallows.
In the room:
The mini bar depends on who it is, or rather who lives in what room. Well, in the elite rooms it is free, as well as wi-fi. The mini bar includes: chocolate, snickers or mars, nuts, beer, lemonade, chips, water, soda (carbonated water). Shower and bath together. Spacious beds. TV 3 Russian channels (rtr-planet, the first, Russian music channel). Hair dryer is not bad. Free safe. Balcony and dryer for clothes on the balcony. Phone.
Pools:
Two:
Heated with sea water (which does not smell there) temperature in winter under 30 degrees Celsius;
The main pool is large and the temperature is cold in winter under 16 degrees Celsius.
There are still circles in the main pool, you lie down on them and go along with the current.
Entertainment:
For adults:
Bath and sauna with a swimming pool (children under 16 are not allowed there, well, if you are a child of 13 years old, then you can say that you are 16 and you are allowed to enter);
Fitness center (treadmills and exercise machines) from 16 years old;
Water aerobics in the pool at about 10:30 two cool guys spend;
Live music (every day) and shows in the bar opposite the tamarind restaurant, and also at the reception;
Football and volleyball field;
Distance for jogging 2500 km;
Billiards, tennis court, tennis ball and racket rental, golf, aerobics, aqua center, diving center, canoe, catamaran, surfing;
spa salon; jacuzzi, steam bath, Turkish bath, massages (payable 10 euros);
For kids:
swimming pool (heated in winter);
kids club (4-9 years old);
children's menu;
playground;
babysitting services;
baby cots;
Currency:
It is better to take dollars or euros with you and then change them in the exchanger for local pounds. If you buy goods in dollars or euros, they can simply take them and dilute them.
Local stores:
As for the shops, one thing can be said: the shops that used to be prestigious have become complete garbage. There are no tourists at all in the city (well, no one walks around the city in the evening).
Hotel infrastructure:

Reception desk (24/7);
7 conference rooms;
doctor's office;
car parking;
car rental;
Internet cafe;
laundry and dry cleaning services;
currency exchange;
free bus to the city center (Sheraton) twice a day;
Private sandy beach. Umbrellas, deck chairs, mattresses, beach towels.
About the departure, they also jumped up:
In general, check-out to the elite room is not at 12:00 but at 18:00, well, unless of course you need it. We were evicted from the elite room at 12:00. Well, well, they promised that it would be possible to go to the sauna with CHILDREN. it was like this: children, let's goodbye. Well, okay, we can at least ask the children to sit in the rest room. they started to sit in the locker rooms. And they were kicked out of there. That's it.
Well, I also forgot to say that the hotel has its own shops:
There are only 9 or 10 of them:
4 outdoors and 6 indoors:
4 with clothes, 1 with souvenirs or sweets, 1 with bags, 1 with henna, seasonings, and so on, and three with other goods.
Well, about the new year:
NG was excellent. As in all hotels, there was a tent with a program and food.
After NY on January 1, photos for sale from the holiday.
There is always an artist.
This was such a vacation for us. In general, everything is fine !!!!! ! =)
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