I do not recommend to go during the peak season

Written: 20 january 2015
Travel time: 9 — 16 november 2014
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 6.0
First about the pros:
- The horseshoe-shaped territory of the hotel provides protection from the wind at the "head" of the horseshoe. In mid-November, the winds were already beginning, and quite cool. Inside the "horseshoe" there is a bay with sea water, but it is so muddy that it is not really possible to swim in it.
- On the left side of the horseshoe, behind the dive club, there is an excellent coral reef that stretches at least to the Arabia Azur hotel. I note that this is a rarity for Hurghada.
- The territory is not bad, but small - most of it is occupied by the bay, you can only walk along the hotel / bay.
- Some buildings offer excellent sea views, namely: 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th. In addition, it is quiet there, the noise from the animation is not audible.
- Standard rooms are quite spacious, cleaned well.
- At the reception, they respond quite quickly to all requests, but you need to talk to him in English (even if they know Russian well).

Once I needed an iron and once the safe broke - all requests were fulfilled instantly.
- Of the drinks that are included in the All Inclusive, I liked the Madraska Bira bottled beer (I think) and their local rum. Whiskey is terrible, it feels like diluted, although the bartender opened the bottle in front of me.

Of the minuses:
During our stay, the hotel was 100% loaded, some newly arrived tourists were even accommodated for one night in a nearby hotel. The full loading of the superimposed was the cause of the following disadvantages.

- First, there are enough sun loungers for about 60% of tourists, and beach towels for 70% of tourists. To get a seat, you have to get up at 6-7 in the morning.
- There are quite long queues in the restaurant, it is necessary to choose the time when the flow of people subsides. Food for the "four", like everything is a lot and cooked with high quality, but somehow not very tasty. However, this is subjective. By the way, the restaurant stupidly saves on napkins, and this is 4 stars ! ! !
- The rooms are not bad, as I wrote, but each room is connected to the next through a double door. As a result, sound insulation is not very good. Yesil will be lucky with the neighbors and they will be quiet, then okay. What if the neighbors are noisy? And you will not be moved to another room, because the hotel is full.
- As I already wrote, the best cases are 1.2, 5.6. The rooms at the restaurant, near the sports ground (it's all in the "head" of the hotel) are noisy. And worst of all, those that face the city - there are all buses with tourists, noisy, dusty and dirty. But the whole horror is that if the hotel is full, then you will not be moved to another room, with me some tourists complained that for the 3rd day they were asking to be moved.
- On the coral beach, a little to the left - a huge dump of empty bottles and cans at the bottom. It's very unpleasant to see all this. Who will be there - hint to the hotel management that such rudeness should be removed. Who sketched them is unclear, by the way.

- There are a lot of Russians in the hotel, about 70%. As a result, Russian swearing is everywhere, grandmothers-pensioners scoop up food for 4, as a result, others do not get it, at 12 at night - loud choral singing "Moscow Evenings". However, this is subjective, maybe someone likes it.
My advice is to talk to the bartenders, waiters and receptionist in English, and even better - learn a few phrases in Arabic, the locals will appreciate it.

Summary: the hotel is not bad, but at the peak of the season, when the hotel is 100% loaded, you should not go. Yes, we got a very nice room, quiet and with a good view, and we did not pay any money in principle. And if the room was above the restaurant, where there is always smoke from the barbecue? Or from the side of the city, where diesel buses puff all the time? Again, a constant shortage of sun loungers and towels. On the other hand - very beautiful corals and fish. And if you're lucky with the number (about 50% of the numbers are still good), then why not?
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