In principle, not bad, but has its drawbacks

Written: 2 december 2009
Travel time: 3 — 10 december 2008
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 3.0
Amenities: 6.0
It was exactly a year ago, so I'll write what I remember.
HOTEL - not bad. The room was given immediately (free of charge) with a wonderful view. Everything worked, the only thing was that the air conditioner made a lot of noise (an old-fashioned copy) and the faucet was "digging". Cleaned regularly, despite the fact that they did not always remember to leave a tip. If you planned to devote time to sports during your vacation, then there is no gym in the hotel.
NUTRITION - I was dying for a week, I lived for almost a week on pastries with butter, drinking juices. The fact is that a terrible smell haunted me everywhere. And all the food that came into contact with water (I figured this out later !!! ) stank to me. They saved fried eggs for breakfast : ) My husband turned out to be not so sensitive and ate most of the dishes without complaining. Yes, he also felt some kind of aftertaste, but quickly adapted to it. Judging by the people, or rather by their trinkets, the smell bothered not many : )

ANIMATION. I didn't see her at all. Beach water aerobics - entertainment carried away mainly fat old aunts. Evening discos - generally "about nothing". In short, I didn't see it.
BEACH. Stoned Arabs, arrogant, clingy, zapalbyvali terribly, but only at first. Then one word was enough for them to forget about you at all. Towels, of course, tired, to be sure. But an incomparable plus and one for which it is worth returning to this hotel is the sea. It is in this hotel that it is fabulous! Very beautiful corals, incomparable underwater world. The mask can hang on the water for hours. Just SUPER! We later found out from other vacationers - no one could boast of such a sea.
TOURS. We decided not to go anywhere further than Hurghada - it was a pity to waste time on the road. So here it is:
1) "Overview of Hurghada" - we could not spend a worse time more than once. The guide (TezTour - Svetlana) had a couple of words of parasites in her vocabulary and by the end of the day the whole bus was ready to bite into her. Stupidly they drove back and forth around the city all day long with a stop at their type, the cheapest shopping centers with a cheat of more than 50% compared to the usual independent trip. Time wasted in vain - it was very sorry for him later.
2) "Safari" - well, in principle, I liked it. We do not regret

3) "Marine" - did not like it. They drove thirty-three ships to the artificial island of PARADISE. All like herrings crawled ashore. Swim, dear guests, we sail in 56 minutes. Well, what the hell is needed? My husband and I went to the left, away from people, an Arab stands on the lookout and does not let him go further. Right - the same situation. Then we were taken to swim among the corals - to see the fish. Some really liked it, and we learned from them that it turns out that not all hotels have their own reefs. We had nothing to do there, in comparison with our hotel sea - the tour rested. Then there was sea fishing - they took us exactly to the place where the fish, in principle, is not found. Time has been killed. The catch consisted of 3 fish the size of a palm for the entire boat : ) Then there were wild oriental dances with the desire of the dancers to attract everyone and those who did not want to, which was frankly annoying. That's the whole journey.
In general, it was not bad, but there are certainly better hotels. I really liked ARABIA outwardly.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original