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05/23/2012 - 06/06/2012
I will say in general, so that it would be interesting to read further, because. feedback will not be small:
This is a great hotel for any kind of holiday! Anyone who has read the negative comments in the reviews below - a big request to read this one in order to verify the accuracy of the information!
I'll start in order.
ABOUT THE HOTEL IN GENERAL FEATURES:
You will hardly find a hotel anywhere where you can relax for the price of 3 *, while living in rooms better than 5 *, but living, eating and having fun on the territory of 4 *! If you have a choice between Mirette 3* and Palma De Mirette 4* - don't hesitate to choose 3*, you won't regret it!!!
3*, 4* and 5* Sunny Days is a complex of hotels located nearby. From one end of 3 * you can walk to the end of 5 * in 7 minutes.
Living conditions in Miretta 3 * - You only sleep in the room, but eat, relax, have fun, swim, drink, chat, walk, etc. in Palma 4*. It is located 10 meters across the road (Do not walk across the road without clothes - why I will tell below). There is an underground passage - 1 minute and you are already at the sea, 1.5 minutes - you are at the pool, 2 minutes - you are in a restaurant!
There are 3 pools in 3 * - one 1.9 m deep (it was always empty and we called it "our private pool", we dived, swam, raged like children and no one bothered us), the other two - under the waterfall below - for children and their parents (1.6 m and approx. 60 cm). Sunbeds, umbrellas, awnings - all this was always free and we could at least run naked if it were not for the interested views from the upper floors of the buildings. There is also a tennis court, which did not interest us, well, and many more closed from uselessness (due to lack of demand, because everyone goes to Palma) institutions that
Looks like it's being refurbished and up and running!
1. Who we are and Why Sunny Days?
We are three young girls who decided to leave a rainy country for the sake of new experiences, relaxation and inspiration for new strength)) We didn’t plan a trip, so we weren’t prepared financially, we got together in 3 days. For two days, we considered all kinds of options for good economical hotels, read reviews, searched for official sites with photos and descriptions, and drew conclusions. Because we are completely different and our interests did not coincide in everything - someone wanted coral reefs, someone wanted discos, and someone close to attractions, we unanimously chose Hurghada. For a low price better than this hotel on this coast, believe me, NO! The ticket cost 14.000 rubles. per person including fuel surcharge. And that's for 2 weeks! We went from SunMar. Coral had a price of 2000/person. more expensive, but as it turned out - in Egypt, Coral and San Mar are the same, so there is no difference from whom you take the tour, the meeting party will be the same! )
2. Airport. How did you meet? Learning to be the first!
We flew from Moscow, Domodedovo, Transaero. Registration fit in 15 minutes - it has already cheered up! We arrived at 9:50 local time. On the bus, they stood at the door, so the very first ones ran to the check-in desk. Without regretting $ 2, they put a visa with the guides and after 7 minutes they were waiting for luggage. The guide was very friendly and funny! Distributed on buses in 5 minutes and now we are already listening to jokes about Russians. It took 10 minutes to get to the hotel without parking. They dropped everyone off mainly in Sigal, Montilon and Palacio de Miretta (I’m not sure that they had a better rest than us; ) Despite the fact that the guide liked us, and it didn’t take long to wait until 2 o’clock - anyway, upon arrival at the reception begged for $20 for a check-in to help the needy hotel administrators... They laughed, but chipped in for $7 each)
3. Royal Apartments.
We settled in a room on the third floor, in which, as it seemed to us, no one had lived for a hundred years. The porter, by the way, was given $ 2 for our 50 kg of luggage) The room is spacious, very comfortable, but the mud was knee-deep. Apparently, dust settled there and really didn’t want to move out of there))! In general, we cleaned there on our own, but this did not cause negative emotions, because at the same time, we checked all the lockers, shelves, if there were any dead cockroaches, which were so shouted about in previous reviews... We put things in closets, arranged cosmetics, forced, in a word, all surfaces and thereby beat the room for ourselves) Everything looked very comfortable and we were happy that we got such a large luxurious room) . . and even with a sea view . . beauty!
Setting :
At the entrance there is a mirror with a lamp, and a partition from the kitchen.
In the kitchen: cabinets, work surface, sink, stove, table, 4 chairs, there are dishes (in my opinion, even pots). The kitchen leads into the living room with
a sofa (on which one of us slept), two armchairs, an ottoman, a large coffee table and a small bedside table, a wardrobe with hangers, air conditioning and a TV with a bedside table. Exit to the balcony (there are 4 plastic chairs). There is a small dryer on the wall. There is a large one - either on the balcony or in the living room. There is also a hallway leading from the kitchen to the bedroom and bathroom. The room had a double bed, a wardrobe with shelves and hangers, a bedside table with drawers and a mirror, air conditioning. Remote from them - one, but it's not scary! Basically, we turned it on only in the living room, while we ourselves were in another room - we were afraid to catch a cold. In the bathroom - a massive full-width surface with a sink and a mirror, a toilet, a bidet (in the form of a hose) and the actual shower (as in kindergartens - a tiled trough with an aluminum inflexible high shower) right outside the door. (To whom it is interesting - number 350). The shower does have a flaw - it flows. but there is a drain in the floor and it is absolutely not annoying. And it is also difficult to adjust the normal pressure and temperature. Therefore, they washed, including only a cold tap - the water still flowed warm.
Doors close everywhere with a handle and open only from the inside of the room, i. e. if a cleaner comes to you while you are in the toilet - you should not be afraid, he will not be able to open the door !! ! It’s the same with the entrance, but here the situation with the cleaner is different. If you don't want to be disturbed at 9 am or 6 pm, or when you're sleeping naked in front of the air conditioner - HANG UP A DO NOT DISTURB SIGN.
4. First impression of food.
Having gone to the shower after a thorough cleaning, and after listening to a couple of songs on the Russian music channel, we finally decided to go to the restaurant for reconnaissance - lunch was almost over there. Personally, I was surprised that for some reason the plates are at the end of the hall, when it would be more logical to put them at the entrance... The food did not cause delight at first, but then it got so involved that you couldn’t pull it out of the dining room by the ears)
5. What can you eat
For breakfast - omelettes, scrambled eggs, and here and there you can add everything at your discretion, pancakes with 8 types of gravy (honey, chocolate, jam, sauce, etc. ), sausages, soy sausage (byaka !!! ), incomprehensible cheese, toast, a huge number of rolls, puffs, croissants, cereal with milk, boiled eggs, stew, fruits (orange, grapefruit, melon, dates, peach, lemon, banana)...
For lunch and dinner - about 8 types of soups, but two a day (either starched or empty broths, but my friends ate 2 plates each and waited for dinner to eat two more), cucumber salad + tomato + cabbage, a lot of incomprehensible sauces (from honey to ayran), my favorite is ketchup + pale pink mayonnaise, chopped additional vegetables (onions, parsley, carrots, lettuce, etc. ), salads that are incomprehensible to me look like with ayran, chicken (or other poultry), sometimes fish, sometimes chicken shawarma, meat stew, vegetable stew, crabs, battered fish, battered calamari, lasagna, pasta and potato casseroles, chilli potatoes, pasta and pasta in any form with different sauces, white rice and yellow, cereals, lula kebab, pizza, full of cakes, fruits, bread, rolls, etc.
Everything is full and every day is different. From drinks - coffee, tea, milk, at the bar - any drink, a cooler with cold and hot water and a juice machine - apple, orange and pineapple (you can only drink the last one). I preferred to eat the same thing a week later - for breakfast, toast with something. , scrambled eggs "no shake", egg and coffee, for lunch - sometimes soup, small pasta with the sauce I wrote about above, chicken, poured with ketchup or meat stew and a large portion of salad. The cakes are delicious, we tried almost everything, but I already had no room for them in my stomach) . For dinner, you can eat potatoes or pasta, but the additions are the same, because. I don't like fish. Once a week (it seems, on Wednesdays or Thursdays) - dinner by the pool. They make barbecue (lyulya kebab) from beef. Spicy but very tasty! Try to be the first to arrive at these dinners , or fill up well for lunch . after 20 minutes, all food cools down and becomes nasty and slimy, and sauces are not served on the street. We ate only barbecue and salad.
During lunch, they make fast food by the pool - not a permanent menu, but what the chef wants to do. Today - pizza with sausages and melting fragrant cheese (mmmm! ), Tomorrow - hamburgers with ketchup and mustard, the day after tomorrow - hot dogs like in Ikea, and yesterday, for example, an empty dry pizza with a minimum of cheese)) And do not look at the neighboring tables - if the Egyptians are sitting there, they will have something that you are unlikely to ever have) We reconciled)
Water can be taken in any quantity from 10 to 24 hours, as in general, use the bar! try to always have 5-6 bottles of water in the refrigerator, because. when a lot of people are settled - they give 1-2 bottles per hand. This was enough for us - for a couple of hours by the pool.
6. Will it be possible to be drunk and cheerful? )
I didn’t have any problems with alcohol there, probably because I didn’t drink it. More precisely, I tried everything, but in a small amount and concluded that I get drunk faster from Fanta =)
There is: red label whiskey, dark rum, gin, vodka, like there is cognac, but we were embarrassed to ask, red wine, bottled beer, cola, fanta and sprite. Sometimes they made some kind of cocktails, maybe based on rum, layered orange-pink - rare shit, sorry))))
Of all this, you can only drink cola or fanta)) Sprite is oversweetened. Sometimes these diluted . .
Tried rum and whiskey with sprite and cola. Gin and vodka with fanta. I don’t drink wine and beer, but my friends assured me that it was very tasty and you get drunk after 2 glasses. To be honest, she sipped glasses of pure rum or whiskey. Drinking, but not eating, and even on an empty stomach - DO NOT TAKE !! ! That's just a brain
refuses to get drunk . . Although we watched the Germans crawl after the third glass . . It's a shame! On the last day I saw in the store - adrenaline or burn, I regretted it, I would interfere with vodka!
But since we came not to drink - then we didn’t make any problems out of it!
7. Housekeeping and service staff.
The room was cleaned every day. On someone's advice here - they left $ 1 every other day. Everything is clean, tidy. even beautifully folded things forgotten on the bed, changed towels if they were dirty (in foundation) hung on the back of a chair in the kitchen or lay on the floor like rugs)
He carefully arranged all things on the table in the living room and on the bedside table in the room, collected hairpins from under tables and chairs. Of course, I didn’t make swans, but we don’t need them among our female mess!... I changed the sheets with which they wrapped themselves. And I never noticed, for example, traces of foundation on the pillows, although I could afford to forget myself and lie down with makeup. Maybe he did change!
There were mistakes - sometimes I forgot to leave toilet paper and a sheet on the third bed (as a blanket). The next day, I just received two notes "Don't forget" glued to the tape in the right place)) I was treated with humor and re-pasted, for example, on a roll).
We also found a cockroach in the toilet! and then a couple of days later the second. small . It's good that they noticed right away - they flushed it down the toilet. I took a cockroach pencil with me and it helped, no more worrying about insects! There were no lizards.
The wait staff - frankly, annoying! You won't pass by without saying hello and listening to a sea of compliments - from security guards to gardeners hidden in the bushes - everyone loves Russian women! But we fervently answered "oh my God!! ! thank you! you're nice)) i'm glad to see you!!! " and dumped until they come up with new "fairy tales"! We were lucky - we are ridiculous, but at the level we speak English, and we could easily communicate with non-Russian-speaking staff - both friendly and with a hint to fall behind!
The waiters are a different story! Those are looking for wives among the Russian "Natasha") Separate greetings to Ayman at the bar. 150 ml of rum for lunch and various cocktails were brought regardless of our desire. Notes with love confessions and telephones, invitations to walk around Hurghada, of course, remained unanswered, but the ardor was not diminished and we did not need strong drinks in bars and constant care - everything was at our feet! )
8. MARIO - a separate chapter.
Mario is the owner of a fish restaurant! And I have never seen more fun and funny people!
If he could read this - I would send him a bunch of air kisses and a huge hello from
Russia, because I couldn't say goodbye to him in person.
Man - Yula. Suitable for everyone and infects with energy . . It’s impossible not to laugh)) Well, unless, of course, you are a paranoid schizophrenic with a bunch of complexes and a lack of facial expressions! =D
We fell in love with him right away! he was advertised to us as an Egyptian luring him into a tasteless restaurant, constantly pestering and not giving a pass! But his daily "Today my name is Ahmed! ", "Today my name is Hamil! " etc. went to "Today my name is Valera and I love these
three women from Russia! "). A week later, we were already invited to a free dinner at a restaurant, but, alas, dislike for fish and fatigue from oriental monotonous dances did not let us go there) Go - he has pina colada, mojito, shrimp , squid and many other things that you can’t eat in a hotel Mario , we miss you, you are the best))
9. Ridiculous situations and disputes.
We have a situation that still remains incomprehensible. For the first three days, someone broke into our door without knocking, simply simply opening it (fortunately, there is still a small lock with a latch inside, but a gap is still formed by 3 cm). It was both at 4 pm and at one in the morning... We
could think of a cleaner, but their working day ends at 17-18 hours. Thus, we became friends with the general manager, who later smiled at us and periodically guarded our peace at the pool and at the bar. Nothing like this has happened since! Those. all problems are solved at once to spit). Thank you!
Of course, it did not work out with the guide after our refusal of his excursions, but we were already ready for this. When we got to Cairo, we called the reception and ordered lunch boxes. In less than three minutes, we received a call from the guide from Palma with the following context: "I heard you are going to Cairo? URGENTLY COME TO ME! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?????? ". . . Slowly, later hour, we approached and heard: “I asked you so urgently to come up so that you could pick up the money from where you took the tour! Even we canceled the trip to Cairo for tomorrow! There is a very bad situation on the streets of the city... Go get the money! Hurry! !... wait. . where do you say you bought a ticket??? "
We laughed, turned around and left... Then, upon arrival, they showed him their tongue))
10. The beach and the opportunity to swim with pleasure!
To be honest, the beach was disappointing - it’s not in vain that they write that it’s a puddle, that it’s fenced with a net and that it’s garbage.
The net is 150 meters from the shore, 2 meters long, which does not protect not only from sharks, but even from jellyfish and all kinds of garbage. Jellyfish per 1 square meter approx. 4-5 pieces. Rubbish, of course, does not come from neighboring beaches, but packs of cigarettes and chips blown from sunbeds (by the way, they themselves crap
tourists) - enough! The staff cleans the shore and the surface of the water as often as possible so that children do not swim in cigarette butts, but this is enough at depth, especially early in the morning or in the evening. Sometimes there was a strong smell from the sea, like silt (like on the Black Sea after a storm). His (or other
algae) were removed very quickly from the shore. you can’t sit in clean water for more than a minute (you have to push it all away from you)... We observed this for no more than two days. Then for some reason the surface was mirrored and clean! Maybe the algae ran out of these byaki, or maybe they just decided to please us! ))
On the sides along the entire length of the beach there are steps lined with pebbles. you can swim already from the depth, and not stomp knee-deep on the bank among the kids!
Despite all these shortcomings, the sea has not ceased to be beautiful, and I swam in it with great pleasure, because. not picky and not afraid of jellyfish) Closer to the shore you can see different fish, both small and large!
If you walk a couple of meters along the shore beyond the net, then a coral reef begins. There is a bridge with an entrance. Length approx. 150-250 meters Everywhere waist depth. Coral slippers can be bought at the store for $3-4. Mask with snorkel - $5. There are interesting fish, corals, but they say the most relish -
near the sunken ship. Unfortunately, we did not get there, we were afraid. Even the kids were running around.
If you are not satisfied with the beach at the hotel, you can use two more options - Palacio 5 * beach and the city beach 2 minutes from the hotel (it can be seen and heard (! ) From the beach of Palma).
There is nothing special in the palasio - the same coral reef, well, a puddle (except perhaps more authentic) right in the hotel courtyard under the balconies. It can be seen that it was dug with his own hands and resembles a swamp! To get there, give the guard $1 and flip the bracelet over.
The city beach from the windows (ours went exactly to it) seems like paradise! A lot of people, everyone is having fun, squealing, swimming on mattresses, on bananas, catamarans, surfboards, music is playing, cafes are open, an interesting sandy spit on the side of the beach with a sunken old boat at the end) And the color of the sea is just ah)) Entrance - 2 $. We, unfortunately, did not go, because. my girls are tired of the attention of Egyptian men, and there are more of them than in our hotel) If you go, then with men!
BEACH TOWELS DO NOT TAKE! We were afraid to lose the card. Therefore, they immediately hid it in a suitcase and pulled it out on the last day.
11. Shops. On site and outside.
There is a market on the territory of 3 *, but in 14 days we have never seen it open, although soda bottles are visible through the door . . Strange.
In 4 * there are several markets under the restaurant (go down the stairs to the beach from the 4 * hall and turn left). You will see them when there is a meeting on the second day with a guide (it takes place on the ground floor right next to these shops). We did not look after anything there (everything is much more expensive than on the streets and in the center of Hurghada). The only thing is that they constantly bought cigarettes in the nearby stall (after the glass doors from the stairs to the right). By
2-3 $, made discounts, offered to smoke a hookah - don't be fooled! Drugs are common in Egypt! By the way, on the beach, a guy with towels offers hashish to everyone! Be careful!
Past these shops, you can go to the territory of the Palacio (only access to the markets). I bought sunblock there (it cost $26 - they gave it away for $8), arafats - $3 each, mobinill SIM cards in a mobile phone store (right under the palm tree restaurant) (for $10, about 60-70 messages to Russia). It is better to take chips and chocolate on the street towards sakkala (you leave 3 * to the right - approx. 2 km of shops) - there are lace chips for $ 1, pringles - for $ 3, chocolates - $ 1-2, juice - $ 1, cola light liter - $ 1, chewing gum as a gift)) In general - spend one of the first days studying the assortment and prices
nearby shops. Leave money for clothes, bags and souvenirs before going to Sakalla! (more on that later).
12. Lack of lack of men, or oh those Taxi Drivers!
It is unbearable to walk around Hurghada. While you walk 100 meters - you will be overcome by about 7-8 taxi drivers . . We seem to have passed their traditions - free - honking! But in addition to the signal, there were also exclamations, songs and empty chatter - this is already too much! Everyone will stop, blocking the road, begging for a number, talking about his life and love for Russia... And God forbid to pass in a bra - not only men, But children will scream, whistle, and women with barely visible smiling eyes will think: "Russians are such sh***s"
If you hear from an Egyptian: "Girl, can I just have 1 question? " or "Girl, leave a review from a Russian tourist in my store" - run! Run headlong! They won't leave!
In the future, when even I, a calm and balanced person, who previously answered all this with a smile or a joke, began to break down, we're sorry, we just sent three letters! sharp "NOOOOOOO!!! " it didn’t help anymore, papyri and blocks with marlboro stuck right in the face! Here's to God
was ready to punch! So be careful and vigilant, you can grab valerian, I would be the way!!!
It is better to buy a bag over the shoulder and hide everything in the pockets! There is theft, but we have not encountered!
13. Where to buy excursions?
After reading the reviews here, I knew that I would definitely go to Pegasus Tourst. Our desire and desire to buy excursions from them was unshakable. We went the first time - we didn’t reach 1 house, the second time - early, still closed, the third time - late, already closed, the fourth - finally we got to the girl Olga. Very sweet and welcoming! We immediately bought excursions to Cairo and Paradise Island. Everything cost $75. We went to Cairo that same night, and a day later - to the island. It was a pleasant surprise when Olga called and said that she was sending us on a tour with additional conditions, which cost a lot more. Then we went on safari. We can say that the money was back to back (we traveled 2 days before departure and everything was already spent) - they made a discount for each of $ 10 and sent them on a safari 7 in 1, instead of 3 in 1)) Thank you very much for the good impressions) We are very happy, that they were not mistaken!
ATTENTION!!! ! THIS AGENCY HAS MOVED!!!!!
IF YOU WANT TO BUY TOURS FROM THEM, PLEASE CALL: +201156037002 Hassan +201207511382 Olga
IF YOU WANT TO WALK IMMEDIATELY - THEN REACH THE HOTEL BEL AIR (5 MIN, EXIT MIRETTE 3 * and go right), TURN IN A WIDE ALLEY TO THE RIGHT (THEY ARE VISIBLE DIRECTLY FROM THE ROAD) - "THE CHAIN STORE OF GOOD EXCURSIONS". (street 30, entrance from the yard)
By the way, you can call from the hotel (Palma reception) 2 min - $ 1 to the Egyptian mobile!
I will list a few excursions offered by this agency:
El Gouna by ship $30
Trimaran with transparent bottom 1.5 hours 20$
Submarine with panoramic windows 2 hours - $25-40
Catamaran cruise 4 hours 35$
Coral Islands 20$
Paradise island - + coral islands with lunch 25$
Utopia island + glass bottom boat - $30
Sharm El Naga Nature Reserve - $35
Jungle Water Park - $40
Scuba diving - 35$ (2 dives for 30 min. )
safari jeeps - 20 $
motorcycle safari - 3 hours 25$, 5 hours - 30$
safari discovery - $35
safari 7 in 1 - 40$
14. Excursions.
Our first tour was Cairo for $55. Although we were scared that there were riots in the city, everything went calmly and quietly! At the entrance, the guides, although they shouted into the phone in a nervous voice, But ordinary soldiers in uniform stand everywhere and direct the buses along safe routes! We visited the museum (to be honest, it’s better to take it without it (much cheaper), unless, of course, you are a local historian. Boring! Except that there is an interesting 17-story (sort of) building burned to the ground during the revolutions. ))) It was curious!
For a long time we wandered there hungry and tired after the road. Of course, it is interesting to touch objects that I had only seen in the pictures of a history textbook before - but all this is sheer fuss and a desire to get back on the bus as soon as possible... Where are the pyramids ???
Next up was the Nile. Gave for a boat tour - $ 8 each. they drove, showed the bridge, the Russian embassy, the most expensive hotel, people with the address "Nile", an inactive fountain - apparently according to the standard! And we wanted crocodiles and spectacles! And probably further Pyramids))
. . . but no . . Next - eat. When we drove up to the cafe, we already saw the tops of the pyramids - and this could not but rejoice . . As well as delicious pasta with gravy and long-awaited sweet tea)
. . and vooot . . we, with bated breath, are already in anticipation of the creation of Cheops - but they turn us around and take us to the devil knows where! We are already all wet and tired from the heat and the attention of the guides, we are barely crawling, but they don’t want to show us what we are all here for!
. . Plant of fragrances. . . A nice Russian woman so skillfully promoted all the fragrances and oils to us, so be it - they left $ 12 for perfumes with the most interesting and magical description)
. . . Papyrus plant. . I wonder which one? ?... there are so many of them, and each pretends to be unique and original! We walked on it for 3 minutes and ran into the bus under the air conditioner!
. . And papapaaam!! ! Here they are sweet. The pyramids, which we have been waiting for about 15 hours, appeared in all their glory . . But...
not impressed . . Either we were already shaken like that, and we didn’t want anything, or we finally realized that it was a pile of bricks and nothing more... But 3 hours shied away, of course . . Photos of the sea . . A tick in the "list of wonders of the world" set and went home with peace of mind, periodically waking up and shooting beautiful panoramas on video (especially the serpentine along the sea coast, when the driver flies 120 in the opposite lane 10 m before a sharp turn): D
In general, everything is cool - we did not regret that we went! ) Fun and educational!
Then we went a day later to Paradise Island! $25 - with lunch, $20 - without lunch
The yacht is small but comfortable. We sat at the very end, the view of the sea is gorgeous! It was rocking around everyone, and we, like children, hung our legs from the railing and enjoyed the open sea, dolphins, corals, turquoise islands... Everything is very, very beautiful . . And if I save up until retirement for a yacht, I will go to the Red Sea and die looking at these magnificent landscapes!
Three times we were "thrown out" to be eaten by sharks)) Well, more precisely, we never fed the sharks (it's a pity! the dream is to see a shark), but we saw enough of all kinds of fish! Everything is very interesting, but they say it's not as beautiful as in Sharm El Sheikh...
There are two completely unnecessary people on the yacht - a photographer and a video operator who apparently work on a program to destroy the Russian nation through stress! When I saw the photos bought for $25, I almost got a heart attack! Excuse me, but my already rather big ass seemed to me the perfect plug for a black space hole! He categorically does not know how to choose angles, takes pictures without noticing that he has bird poop on his lens, and that the model has a face twisted from the sun and someone else's armpit substituted by someone else, the video is like a kindergarten in general! DO NOT SPEND MONEY! YOU WILL USE THEM FOR MORE SMART SHOPPING!
Delicious food! It was a very long-awaited meal, because. we were hungry since lunch the previous day and dreamed of eating . . yes the same shark !!!
Seafood is squid, mussels, fish (I don’t know which one to the best of my dislike) and something else, I don’t remember, for hot - french fries, boiled potatoes with roundels, pasta, rice, meat... Drink - cola, sprite, water.
And so we arrived at a paradise island - white, but hard, sand, perfectly clear blue sea, fish in full view, everything is very beautiful and dignified) We didn’t want to get out of the water, but we only had an hour, and we also wanted a photo on make a memory) We didn’t swim far, but we saw a lot of fish. I advise everyone to admire)))
On the way back there was fishing . . but I didn’t see the point in it. unless - to unhook your wire from the neighbor's wire. and in general it seemed to me that divers helped the man who caught 5 fish!
Satisfied and tanned returned home) And for women, another pleasure is sand from a paradise island - an excellent scrub . . Particularly well exfoliates sun-burnt body parts. You can take it with you in a bag)
Our next discovery was Safari! $40 - 7 in 1
Heat, sand in the eyes, open ankles flaming in the sun, camels stinking and ATVs that don't always work properly - this is NOT FOR THE FAIRY HEARTED!
We arrived, sat down on ATVs. we tied arafatki. Please note in advance - you need to buy large arafatki. I took with me a hundred years ago something similar to an Arafatka bought in Russia, so then I prayed - just not to break my nose and ears from how tightly it was tied! And it’s better to wear closed shoes (I was in ballet flats - I fried my legs, I pulled on leggings, and my girls wore sneakers for corals - an ideal replacement for sneakers), pants and a long sleeve are also necessary, especially if you have recently arrived and have not had time to tan yet. the sun is blazing hot!
Quad bikes disappointed me. or rather, the administrator, who stopped me at intervals of 3 minutes . .
The first time was with interest - "Girl, do you have a husband? "... after my affirmative answer - let go with God . .
. . and began to take revenge.
After 5 minutes I stopped again and asked not to wag, otherwise I would roll over! OK.
I went further. ALREADY Went last. She drove around a sandy hill - she was already screaming somewhere - "STOP. STOP !!! " . . started to get angry. He offered to go with an instructor - she explained humanly that it was not just that I gave money to hold on to my sweaty fat back. Let go!
I fell behind by 200 meters . . I didn’t drive even 3 minutes, I accidentally swerved a few meters to the side due to a stone - already right there ! ! I squealed so much that, I'm afraid, even the Bedouins choked at dinner.
He began to tell me with a malicious expression on his face about insurance and about the fact that I was letting him down! He had to tell him about the stone and about the fact that his insured ATV does not work (because this desert is like a washboard - it tears his hands off the steering wheel, and if there is a stone, then there is
the ability to fly away and roll over). I noticed that on his ATV there are rubber covers on the steering wheel, which give a great guarantee against dismounting. asked to drive 50 meters - I realized that mine is really some kind of crazy. After all, everyone has already gone 600 meters ahead, and I'm stuck with this sweaty man. In general, I was already so tired of squealing that I sat on his iron trunk, clung to him, so as not to touch the damp back of this very gentleman . . and as in a children's game "over bumps over bumps"... I beat off my ass, hands in calluses - barely reached the building.
Compared to him, I didn’t ride, but soared on wings. A goat, in a word! I made me sit for 5 minutes until everyone passed . . And only then, with the breeze and on his ATV, I was able to relax and ride at least a few meters! In general, anger was not enough for him!
Either I'm really a bad driver, or the ring on the ring finger is to blame!
Tip - they will slow down - drive past! You can also show the middle finger for persuasiveness!
Spider cars did without adventure - it was fun)
Horses, camels, donkeys - this adventure is not a pleasant one! It stinks everywhere, God forbid you step into what the camel ate for breakfast. Rolling back and forth, ok. 15 meters per person. Nonsense.
Horses are mad. While riding - my little white one tried to bite the owner by the hand, with which he led her, and apparently ride off with me to distant distances, spinning my body on a palm tree on the go!
Donkeys are now my new fear! Why did they create the "stay on the bull" attraction, when "stay on the donkey" would have gone! All I can say is I was screaming in fear! Donkeys are used to carrying carts with carpets, for example, but not people!
Then there was lunch with a delicious barbecue, a hookah (sooo cool), a show that we saw more than once in the hotel in 2 weeks, a telescope with a millimeter Jupiter, or Neptune - I don’t remember)) There was a full moon - and the moon was shown only to the first two in queues!
And home . . we went by car, because. not a single transfer drove past our miretta (we crossed ourselves, because it was far to go, and in Egypt they drive cars not for life, but for death . . ).
15. Sakala. Centre. Sheraton.
Paradise for shopping! LV bags for $15-20, Wallets, lighters - $10 each, suitcases - $50 each, shoes from $5 to $20, watches from $4 to $15....who loves brands (or rather, their economical fakes) - you here with a bundle of money)
It is better to buy souvenirs in a large store at the beginning of the street (here it is called a market), a taxi ($ 2) brings it right to it! 10 magnets for 1$, souvenirs within 3$ - 10$. Good boy is the owner! He is studying to be a doctor - he gave us a massage - he set all the bones in the spine and neck) And after uncomfortable pillows - this is it! He gave me some water to drink and offered tea. and you can smoke with him right in the center of the store)) And a taxi called us a verified one! Everything for the client! Good girl!
There is McDonald's. Not cheap! Didn't dare to eat!
All other souvenir shops are expensive. But there are some things that you won't find anywhere else! They walk around the streets offering hours - bargain until the last - that's how much you are ready to give (ready to give 3 - call 3) only and give the price - be sure - they will run after you if you refuse the unthinkable cost and will give for yours!
Who knows, white/black Chanel ceramic watches, which cost at least 600 rubles in Russia. - Bought there for $4.
16. Animators. Discos.
There were many animators, but the closest were four - Olya, Christina, Misha and Bob)
Everyone is funny, interesting and groovy) Misha is a true Ukrainian - as he says - everyone laughs!
Girls - Russians, ignited the audience, invited people to the stage, to clubs, in general, they rallied the team !!!
Bob is an Egyptian. Harmful, but cheerful. He has a sense of humor! He loves attention very much, buy discos tickets from him, make up for us, please old Bob))
From the hotel they take you to Papas Beach, to Calypso and drive to the Palacio.
Were in the first and last. Papas is not the best place. Some Egyptians staring at the breasts of Russian women! Cocktails as a gift - this is a tequila boom with a lack of tequila and whiskey + cola)) sat on the couch, then left by taxi home!
In the Palacio we were at the cobra show and at the foam disco! both impressed! We advise! Sometimes they include Russian hits))
17. Conclusion
I didn't want to leave for anything! Very cool place! Very good guys work - they really became friends with everyone - and I can even bet - if we return there sometime in the next couple of years - any waiter, cook and bartender will remember our faces and will be happy for us) and even Maaario)))) He is like that for us missed in the ill-fated days of excursions. . how is he there now)))
You always think that it would be uninteresting to come to the same hotel twice, but if there still comes a moment in my life when I need an economy option in Hurghada, it will be ONLY this hotel! It is ideal for both family vacations and for youth, and for romantic, and for sightseeing... Well, every detail creates this hotel brick by brick and turns it into an ideal place)) If you are going to relax, and not howl at the moon, then everything will be fine!!!
Those who still doubt, don't take it into your head - all the good reviews are true! but I told about the bad ones in full... And those who are already sitting on tickets - I envy you)) You will spend a good week of rest)
Think positive and the Egyptian sun won't turn its back on you!
P. s. By the way, one day it turned to us - it was cloudy and raining for two days) Be prepared for such cataclysms - take a jacket with a sleeve! ; )
I will say in general, so that it would be interesting to read further, because. feedback will not be small:
This is a great hotel for any kind of holiday! Anyone who has read the negative comments in the reviews below - a big request to read this one in order to verify the accuracy of the information!
I'll start in order.
ABOUT THE HOTEL IN GENERAL FEATURES:
You will hardly find a hotel anywhere where you can relax for the price of 3 *, while living in rooms better than 5 *, but living, eating and having fun on the territory of 4 *! If you have a choice between Mirette 3* and Palma De Mirette 4* - don't hesitate to choose 3*, you won't regret it!!!
3*, 4* and 5* Sunny Days is a complex of hotels located nearby. From one end of 3 * you can walk to the end of 5 * in 7 minutes.
Living conditions in Miretta 3 * - You only sleep in the room, but eat, relax, have fun, swim, drink, chat, walk, etc. in Palma 4*. It is located 10 meters across the road (Do not walk across the road without clothes - why I will tell below). There is an underground passage - 1 minute and you are already at the sea, 1.5 minutes - you are at the pool, 2 minutes - you are in a restaurant!
There are 3 pools in 3 * - one 1.9 m deep (it was always empty and we called it "our private pool", we dived, swam, raged like children and no one bothered us), the other two - under the waterfall below - for children and their parents (1.6 m and approx. 60 cm). Sunbeds, umbrellas, awnings - all this was always free and we could at least run naked if it were not for the interested views from the upper floors of the buildings. There is also a tennis court, which did not interest us, well, and many more closed from uselessness (due to lack of demand, because everyone goes to Palma) institutions that
Looks like it's being refurbished and up and running!
1. Who we are and Why Sunny Days?
We are three young girls who decided to leave a rainy country for the sake of new experiences, relaxation and inspiration for new strength)) We didn’t plan a trip, so we weren’t prepared financially, we got together in 3 days. For two days, we considered all kinds of options for good economical hotels, read reviews, searched for official sites with photos and descriptions, and drew conclusions. Because we are completely different and our interests did not coincide in everything - someone wanted coral reefs, someone wanted discos, and someone close to attractions, we unanimously chose Hurghada. For a low price better than this hotel on this coast, believe me, NO! The ticket cost 14.000 rubles. per person including fuel surcharge. And that's for 2 weeks! We went from SunMar. Coral had a price of 2000/person. more expensive, but as it turned out - in Egypt, Coral and San Mar are the same, so there is no difference from whom you take the tour, the meeting party will be the same! )
2. Airport. How did you meet? Learning to be the first!
We flew from Moscow, Domodedovo, Transaero. Registration fit in 15 minutes - it has already cheered up! We arrived at 9:50 local time. On the bus, they stood at the door, so the very first ones ran to the check-in desk. Without regretting $ 2, they put a visa with the guides and after 7 minutes they were waiting for luggage. The guide was very friendly and funny! Distributed on buses in 5 minutes and now we are already listening to jokes about Russians. It took 10 minutes to get to the hotel without parking. They dropped everyone off mainly in Sigal, Montilon and Palacio de Miretta (I’m not sure that they had a better rest than us; ) Despite the fact that the guide liked us, and it didn’t take long to wait until 2 o’clock - anyway, upon arrival at the reception begged for $20 for a check-in to help the needy hotel administrators... They laughed, but chipped in for $7 each)
3. Royal Apartments.
We settled in a room on the third floor, in which, as it seemed to us, no one had lived for a hundred years. The porter, by the way, was given $ 2 for our 50 kg of luggage) The room is spacious, very comfortable, but the mud was knee-deep. Apparently, dust settled there and really didn’t want to move out of there))! In general, we cleaned there on our own, but this did not cause negative emotions, because at the same time, we checked all the lockers, shelves, if there were any dead cockroaches, which were so shouted about in previous reviews... We put things in closets, arranged cosmetics, forced, in a word, all surfaces and thereby beat the room for ourselves) Everything looked very comfortable and we were happy that we got such a large luxurious room) . . and even with a sea view . . beauty!
Setting :
At the entrance there is a mirror with a lamp, and a partition from the kitchen.
In the kitchen: cabinets, work surface, sink, stove, table, 4 chairs, there are dishes (in my opinion, even pots). The kitchen leads into the living room with
a sofa (on which one of us slept), two armchairs, an ottoman, a large coffee table and a small bedside table, a wardrobe with hangers, air conditioning and a TV with a bedside table. Exit to the balcony (there are 4 plastic chairs). There is a small dryer on the wall. There is a large one - either on the balcony or in the living room. There is also a hallway leading from the kitchen to the bedroom and bathroom. The room had a double bed, a wardrobe with shelves and hangers, a bedside table with drawers and a mirror, air conditioning. Remote from them - one, but it's not scary! Basically, we turned it on only in the living room, while we ourselves were in another room - we were afraid to catch a cold. In the bathroom - a massive full-width surface with a sink and a mirror, a toilet, a bidet (in the form of a hose) and the actual shower (as in kindergartens - a tiled trough with an aluminum inflexible high shower) right outside the door. (To whom it is interesting - number 350). The shower does have a flaw - it flows. but there is a drain in the floor and it is absolutely not annoying. And it is also difficult to adjust the normal pressure and temperature. Therefore, they washed, including only a cold tap - the water still flowed warm.
Doors close everywhere with a handle and open only from the inside of the room, i. e. if a cleaner comes to you while you are in the toilet - you should not be afraid, he will not be able to open the door !! ! It’s the same with the entrance, but here the situation with the cleaner is different. If you don't want to be disturbed at 9 am or 6 pm, or when you're sleeping naked in front of the air conditioner - HANG UP A DO NOT DISTURB SIGN.
4. First impression of food.
Having gone to the shower after a thorough cleaning, and after listening to a couple of songs on the Russian music channel, we finally decided to go to the restaurant for reconnaissance - lunch was almost over there. Personally, I was surprised that for some reason the plates are at the end of the hall, when it would be more logical to put them at the entrance... The food did not cause delight at first, but then it got so involved that you couldn’t pull it out of the dining room by the ears)
5. What can you eat
For breakfast - omelettes, scrambled eggs, and here and there you can add everything at your discretion, pancakes with 8 types of gravy (honey, chocolate, jam, sauce, etc. ), sausages, soy sausage (byaka !!! ), incomprehensible cheese, toast, a huge number of rolls, puffs, croissants, cereal with milk, boiled eggs, stew, fruits (orange, grapefruit, melon, dates, peach, lemon, banana)...
For lunch and dinner - about 8 types of soups, but two a day (either starched or empty broths, but my friends ate 2 plates each and waited for dinner to eat two more), cucumber salad + tomato + cabbage, a lot of incomprehensible sauces (from honey to ayran), my favorite is ketchup + pale pink mayonnaise, chopped additional vegetables (onions, parsley, carrots, lettuce, etc. ), salads that are incomprehensible to me look like with ayran, chicken (or other poultry), sometimes fish, sometimes chicken shawarma, meat stew, vegetable stew, crabs, battered fish, battered calamari, lasagna, pasta and potato casseroles, chilli potatoes, pasta and pasta in any form with different sauces, white rice and yellow, cereals, lula kebab, pizza, full of cakes, fruits, bread, rolls, etc.
Everything is full and every day is different. From drinks - coffee, tea, milk, at the bar - any drink, a cooler with cold and hot water and a juice machine - apple, orange and pineapple (you can only drink the last one). I preferred to eat the same thing a week later - for breakfast, toast with something. , scrambled eggs "no shake", egg and coffee, for lunch - sometimes soup, small pasta with the sauce I wrote about above, chicken, poured with ketchup or meat stew and a large portion of salad. The cakes are delicious, we tried almost everything, but I already had no room for them in my stomach) . For dinner, you can eat potatoes or pasta, but the additions are the same, because. I don't like fish. Once a week (it seems, on Wednesdays or Thursdays) - dinner by the pool. They make barbecue (lyulya kebab) from beef. Spicy but very tasty! Try to be the first to arrive at these dinners , or fill up well for lunch . after 20 minutes, all food cools down and becomes nasty and slimy, and sauces are not served on the street. We ate only barbecue and salad.
During lunch, they make fast food by the pool - not a permanent menu, but what the chef wants to do. Today - pizza with sausages and melting fragrant cheese (mmmm! ), Tomorrow - hamburgers with ketchup and mustard, the day after tomorrow - hot dogs like in Ikea, and yesterday, for example, an empty dry pizza with a minimum of cheese)) And do not look at the neighboring tables - if the Egyptians are sitting there, they will have something that you are unlikely to ever have) We reconciled)
Water can be taken in any quantity from 10 to 24 hours, as in general, use the bar! try to always have 5-6 bottles of water in the refrigerator, because. when a lot of people are settled - they give 1-2 bottles per hand. This was enough for us - for a couple of hours by the pool.
6. Will it be possible to be drunk and cheerful? )
I didn’t have any problems with alcohol there, probably because I didn’t drink it. More precisely, I tried everything, but in a small amount and concluded that I get drunk faster from Fanta =)
There is: red label whiskey, dark rum, gin, vodka, like there is cognac, but we were embarrassed to ask, red wine, bottled beer, cola, fanta and sprite. Sometimes they made some kind of cocktails, maybe based on rum, layered orange-pink - rare shit, sorry))))
Of all this, you can only drink cola or fanta)) Sprite is oversweetened. Sometimes these diluted . .
Tried rum and whiskey with sprite and cola. Gin and vodka with fanta. I don’t drink wine and beer, but my friends assured me that it was very tasty and you get drunk after 2 glasses. To be honest, she sipped glasses of pure rum or whiskey. Drinking, but not eating, and even on an empty stomach - DO NOT TAKE !! ! That's just a brain
refuses to get drunk . . Although we watched the Germans crawl after the third glass . . It's a shame! On the last day I saw in the store - adrenaline or burn, I regretted it, I would interfere with vodka!
But since we came not to drink - then we didn’t make any problems out of it!
7. Housekeeping and service staff.
The room was cleaned every day. On someone's advice here - they left $ 1 every other day. Everything is clean, tidy. even beautifully folded things forgotten on the bed, changed towels if they were dirty (in foundation) hung on the back of a chair in the kitchen or lay on the floor like rugs)
He carefully arranged all things on the table in the living room and on the bedside table in the room, collected hairpins from under tables and chairs. Of course, I didn’t make swans, but we don’t need them among our female mess!... I changed the sheets with which they wrapped themselves. And I never noticed, for example, traces of foundation on the pillows, although I could afford to forget myself and lie down with makeup. Maybe he did change!
There were mistakes - sometimes I forgot to leave toilet paper and a sheet on the third bed (as a blanket). The next day, I just received two notes "Don't forget" glued to the tape in the right place)) I was treated with humor and re-pasted, for example, on a roll).
We also found a cockroach in the toilet! and then a couple of days later the second. small . It's good that they noticed right away - they flushed it down the toilet. I took a cockroach pencil with me and it helped, no more worrying about insects! There were no lizards.
The wait staff - frankly, annoying! You won't pass by without saying hello and listening to a sea of compliments - from security guards to gardeners hidden in the bushes - everyone loves Russian women! But we fervently answered "oh my God!! ! thank you! you're nice)) i'm glad to see you!!! " and dumped until they come up with new "fairy tales"! We were lucky - we are ridiculous, but at the level we speak English, and we could easily communicate with non-Russian-speaking staff - both friendly and with a hint to fall behind!
The waiters are a different story! Those are looking for wives among the Russian "Natasha") Separate greetings to Ayman at the bar. 150 ml of rum for lunch and various cocktails were brought regardless of our desire. Notes with love confessions and telephones, invitations to walk around Hurghada, of course, remained unanswered, but the ardor was not diminished and we did not need strong drinks in bars and constant care - everything was at our feet! )
8. MARIO - a separate chapter.
Mario is the owner of a fish restaurant! And I have never seen more fun and funny people!
If he could read this - I would send him a bunch of air kisses and a huge hello from
Russia, because I couldn't say goodbye to him in person.
Man - Yula. Suitable for everyone and infects with energy . . It’s impossible not to laugh)) Well, unless, of course, you are a paranoid schizophrenic with a bunch of complexes and a lack of facial expressions! =D
We fell in love with him right away! he was advertised to us as an Egyptian luring him into a tasteless restaurant, constantly pestering and not giving a pass! But his daily "Today my name is Ahmed! ", "Today my name is Hamil! " etc. went to "Today my name is Valera and I love these
three women from Russia! "). A week later, we were already invited to a free dinner at a restaurant, but, alas, dislike for fish and fatigue from oriental monotonous dances did not let us go there) Go - he has pina colada, mojito, shrimp , squid and many other things that you can’t eat in a hotel Mario , we miss you, you are the best))
9. Ridiculous situations and disputes.
We have a situation that still remains incomprehensible. For the first three days, someone broke into our door without knocking, simply simply opening it (fortunately, there is still a small lock with a latch inside, but a gap is still formed by 3 cm). It was both at 4 pm and at one in the morning... We
could think of a cleaner, but their working day ends at 17-18 hours. Thus, we became friends with the general manager, who later smiled at us and periodically guarded our peace at the pool and at the bar. Nothing like this has happened since! Those. all problems are solved at once to spit). Thank you!
Of course, it did not work out with the guide after our refusal of his excursions, but we were already ready for this. When we got to Cairo, we called the reception and ordered lunch boxes. In less than three minutes, we received a call from the guide from Palma with the following context: "I heard you are going to Cairo? URGENTLY COME TO ME! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?????? ". . . Slowly, later hour, we approached and heard: “I asked you so urgently to come up so that you could pick up the money from where you took the tour! Even we canceled the trip to Cairo for tomorrow! There is a very bad situation on the streets of the city... Go get the money! Hurry! !... wait. . where do you say you bought a ticket??? "
We laughed, turned around and left... Then, upon arrival, they showed him their tongue))
10. The beach and the opportunity to swim with pleasure!
To be honest, the beach was disappointing - it’s not in vain that they write that it’s a puddle, that it’s fenced with a net and that it’s garbage.
The net is 150 meters from the shore, 2 meters long, which does not protect not only from sharks, but even from jellyfish and all kinds of garbage. Jellyfish per 1 square meter approx. 4-5 pieces. Rubbish, of course, does not come from neighboring beaches, but packs of cigarettes and chips blown from sunbeds (by the way, they themselves crap
tourists) - enough! The staff cleans the shore and the surface of the water as often as possible so that children do not swim in cigarette butts, but this is enough at depth, especially early in the morning or in the evening. Sometimes there was a strong smell from the sea, like silt (like on the Black Sea after a storm). His (or other
algae) were removed very quickly from the shore. you can’t sit in clean water for more than a minute (you have to push it all away from you)... We observed this for no more than two days. Then for some reason the surface was mirrored and clean! Maybe the algae ran out of these byaki, or maybe they just decided to please us! ))
On the sides along the entire length of the beach there are steps lined with pebbles. you can swim already from the depth, and not stomp knee-deep on the bank among the kids!
Despite all these shortcomings, the sea has not ceased to be beautiful, and I swam in it with great pleasure, because. not picky and not afraid of jellyfish) Closer to the shore you can see different fish, both small and large!
If you walk a couple of meters along the shore beyond the net, then a coral reef begins. There is a bridge with an entrance. Length approx. 150-250 meters Everywhere waist depth. Coral slippers can be bought at the store for $3-4. Mask with snorkel - $5. There are interesting fish, corals, but they say the most relish -
near the sunken ship. Unfortunately, we did not get there, we were afraid. Even the kids were running around.
If you are not satisfied with the beach at the hotel, you can use two more options - Palacio 5 * beach and the city beach 2 minutes from the hotel (it can be seen and heard (! ) From the beach of Palma).
There is nothing special in the palasio - the same coral reef, well, a puddle (except perhaps more authentic) right in the hotel courtyard under the balconies. It can be seen that it was dug with his own hands and resembles a swamp! To get there, give the guard $1 and flip the bracelet over.
The city beach from the windows (ours went exactly to it) seems like paradise! A lot of people, everyone is having fun, squealing, swimming on mattresses, on bananas, catamarans, surfboards, music is playing, cafes are open, an interesting sandy spit on the side of the beach with a sunken old boat at the end) And the color of the sea is just ah)) Entrance - 2 $. We, unfortunately, did not go, because. my girls are tired of the attention of Egyptian men, and there are more of them than in our hotel) If you go, then with men!
BEACH TOWELS DO NOT TAKE! We were afraid to lose the card. Therefore, they immediately hid it in a suitcase and pulled it out on the last day.
11. Shops. On site and outside.
There is a market on the territory of 3 *, but in 14 days we have never seen it open, although soda bottles are visible through the door . . Strange.
In 4 * there are several markets under the restaurant (go down the stairs to the beach from the 4 * hall and turn left). You will see them when there is a meeting on the second day with a guide (it takes place on the ground floor right next to these shops). We did not look after anything there (everything is much more expensive than on the streets and in the center of Hurghada). The only thing is that they constantly bought cigarettes in the nearby stall (after the glass doors from the stairs to the right). By
2-3 $, made discounts, offered to smoke a hookah - don't be fooled! Drugs are common in Egypt! By the way, on the beach, a guy with towels offers hashish to everyone! Be careful!
Past these shops, you can go to the territory of the Palacio (only access to the markets). I bought sunblock there (it cost $26 - they gave it away for $8), arafats - $3 each, mobinill SIM cards in a mobile phone store (right under the palm tree restaurant) (for $10, about 60-70 messages to Russia). It is better to take chips and chocolate on the street towards sakkala (you leave 3 * to the right - approx. 2 km of shops) - there are lace chips for $ 1, pringles - for $ 3, chocolates - $ 1-2, juice - $ 1, cola light liter - $ 1, chewing gum as a gift)) In general - spend one of the first days studying the assortment and prices
nearby shops. Leave money for clothes, bags and souvenirs before going to Sakalla! (more on that later).
12. Lack of lack of men, or oh those Taxi Drivers!
It is unbearable to walk around Hurghada. While you walk 100 meters - you will be overcome by about 7-8 taxi drivers . . We seem to have passed their traditions - free - honking! But in addition to the signal, there were also exclamations, songs and empty chatter - this is already too much! Everyone will stop, blocking the road, begging for a number, talking about his life and love for Russia... And God forbid to pass in a bra - not only men, But children will scream, whistle, and women with barely visible smiling eyes will think: "Russians are such sh***s"
If you hear from an Egyptian: "Girl, can I just have 1 question? " or "Girl, leave a review from a Russian tourist in my store" - run! Run headlong! They won't leave!
In the future, when even I, a calm and balanced person, who previously answered all this with a smile or a joke, began to break down, we're sorry, we just sent three letters! sharp "NOOOOOOO!!! " it didn’t help anymore, papyri and blocks with marlboro stuck right in the face! Here's to God
was ready to punch! So be careful and vigilant, you can grab valerian, I would be the way!!!
It is better to buy a bag over the shoulder and hide everything in the pockets! There is theft, but we have not encountered!
13. Where to buy excursions?
After reading the reviews here, I knew that I would definitely go to Pegasus Tourst. Our desire and desire to buy excursions from them was unshakable. We went the first time - we didn’t reach 1 house, the second time - early, still closed, the third time - late, already closed, the fourth - finally we got to the girl Olga. Very sweet and welcoming! We immediately bought excursions to Cairo and Paradise Island. Everything cost $75. We went to Cairo that same night, and a day later - to the island. It was a pleasant surprise when Olga called and said that she was sending us on a tour with additional conditions, which cost a lot more. Then we went on safari. We can say that the money was back to back (we traveled 2 days before departure and everything was already spent) - they made a discount for each of $ 10 and sent them on a safari 7 in 1, instead of 3 in 1)) Thank you very much for the good impressions) We are very happy, that they were not mistaken!
ATTENTION!!! ! THIS AGENCY HAS MOVED!!!!!
IF YOU WANT TO BUY TOURS FROM THEM, PLEASE CALL: +201156037002 Hassan +201207511382 Olga
IF YOU WANT TO WALK IMMEDIATELY - THEN REACH THE HOTEL BEL AIR (5 MIN, EXIT MIRETTE 3 * and go right), TURN IN A WIDE ALLEY TO THE RIGHT (THEY ARE VISIBLE DIRECTLY FROM THE ROAD) - "THE CHAIN STORE OF GOOD EXCURSIONS". (street 30, entrance from the yard)
By the way, you can call from the hotel (Palma reception) 2 min - $ 1 to the Egyptian mobile!
I will list a few excursions offered by this agency:
El Gouna by ship $30
Trimaran with transparent bottom 1.5 hours 20$
Submarine with panoramic windows 2 hours - $25-40
Catamaran cruise 4 hours 35$
Coral Islands 20$
Paradise island - + coral islands with lunch 25$
Utopia island + glass bottom boat - $30
Sharm El Naga Nature Reserve - $35
Jungle Water Park - $40
Scuba diving - 35$ (2 dives for 30 min. )
safari jeeps - 20 $
motorcycle safari - 3 hours 25$, 5 hours - 30$
safari discovery - $35
safari 7 in 1 - 40$
14. Excursions.
Our first tour was Cairo for $55. Although we were scared that there were riots in the city, everything went calmly and quietly! At the entrance, the guides, although they shouted into the phone in a nervous voice, But ordinary soldiers in uniform stand everywhere and direct the buses along safe routes! We visited the museum (to be honest, it’s better to take it without it (much cheaper), unless, of course, you are a local historian. Boring! Except that there is an interesting 17-story (sort of) building burned to the ground during the revolutions. ))) It was curious!
For a long time we wandered there hungry and tired after the road. Of course, it is interesting to touch objects that I had only seen in the pictures of a history textbook before - but all this is sheer fuss and a desire to get back on the bus as soon as possible... Where are the pyramids ???
Next up was the Nile. Gave for a boat tour - $ 8 each. they drove, showed the bridge, the Russian embassy, the most expensive hotel, people with the address "Nile", an inactive fountain - apparently according to the standard! And we wanted crocodiles and spectacles! And probably further Pyramids))
. . . but no . . Next - eat. When we drove up to the cafe, we already saw the tops of the pyramids - and this could not but rejoice . . As well as delicious pasta with gravy and long-awaited sweet tea)
. . and vooot . . we, with bated breath, are already in anticipation of the creation of Cheops - but they turn us around and take us to the devil knows where! We are already all wet and tired from the heat and the attention of the guides, we are barely crawling, but they don’t want to show us what we are all here for!
. . Plant of fragrances. . . A nice Russian woman so skillfully promoted all the fragrances and oils to us, so be it - they left $ 12 for perfumes with the most interesting and magical description)
. . . Papyrus plant. . I wonder which one? ?... there are so many of them, and each pretends to be unique and original! We walked on it for 3 minutes and ran into the bus under the air conditioner!
. . And papapaaam!! ! Here they are sweet. The pyramids, which we have been waiting for about 15 hours, appeared in all their glory . . But...
not impressed . . Either we were already shaken like that, and we didn’t want anything, or we finally realized that it was a pile of bricks and nothing more... But 3 hours shied away, of course . . Photos of the sea . . A tick in the "list of wonders of the world" set and went home with peace of mind, periodically waking up and shooting beautiful panoramas on video (especially the serpentine along the sea coast, when the driver flies 120 in the opposite lane 10 m before a sharp turn): D
In general, everything is cool - we did not regret that we went! ) Fun and educational!
Then we went a day later to Paradise Island! $25 - with lunch, $20 - without lunch
The yacht is small but comfortable. We sat at the very end, the view of the sea is gorgeous! It was rocking around everyone, and we, like children, hung our legs from the railing and enjoyed the open sea, dolphins, corals, turquoise islands... Everything is very, very beautiful . . And if I save up until retirement for a yacht, I will go to the Red Sea and die looking at these magnificent landscapes!
Three times we were "thrown out" to be eaten by sharks)) Well, more precisely, we never fed the sharks (it's a pity! the dream is to see a shark), but we saw enough of all kinds of fish! Everything is very interesting, but they say it's not as beautiful as in Sharm El Sheikh...
There are two completely unnecessary people on the yacht - a photographer and a video operator who apparently work on a program to destroy the Russian nation through stress! When I saw the photos bought for $25, I almost got a heart attack! Excuse me, but my already rather big ass seemed to me the perfect plug for a black space hole! He categorically does not know how to choose angles, takes pictures without noticing that he has bird poop on his lens, and that the model has a face twisted from the sun and someone else's armpit substituted by someone else, the video is like a kindergarten in general! DO NOT SPEND MONEY! YOU WILL USE THEM FOR MORE SMART SHOPPING!
Delicious food! It was a very long-awaited meal, because. we were hungry since lunch the previous day and dreamed of eating . . yes the same shark !!!
Seafood is squid, mussels, fish (I don’t know which one to the best of my dislike) and something else, I don’t remember, for hot - french fries, boiled potatoes with roundels, pasta, rice, meat... Drink - cola, sprite, water.
And so we arrived at a paradise island - white, but hard, sand, perfectly clear blue sea, fish in full view, everything is very beautiful and dignified) We didn’t want to get out of the water, but we only had an hour, and we also wanted a photo on make a memory) We didn’t swim far, but we saw a lot of fish. I advise everyone to admire)))
On the way back there was fishing . . but I didn’t see the point in it. unless - to unhook your wire from the neighbor's wire. and in general it seemed to me that divers helped the man who caught 5 fish!
Satisfied and tanned returned home) And for women, another pleasure is sand from a paradise island - an excellent scrub . . Particularly well exfoliates sun-burnt body parts. You can take it with you in a bag)
Our next discovery was Safari! $40 - 7 in 1
Heat, sand in the eyes, open ankles flaming in the sun, camels stinking and ATVs that don't always work properly - this is NOT FOR THE FAIRY HEARTED!
We arrived, sat down on ATVs. we tied arafatki. Please note in advance - you need to buy large arafatki. I took with me a hundred years ago something similar to an Arafatka bought in Russia, so then I prayed - just not to break my nose and ears from how tightly it was tied! And it’s better to wear closed shoes (I was in ballet flats - I fried my legs, I pulled on leggings, and my girls wore sneakers for corals - an ideal replacement for sneakers), pants and a long sleeve are also necessary, especially if you have recently arrived and have not had time to tan yet. the sun is blazing hot!
Quad bikes disappointed me. or rather, the administrator, who stopped me at intervals of 3 minutes . .
The first time was with interest - "Girl, do you have a husband? "... after my affirmative answer - let go with God . .
. . and began to take revenge.
After 5 minutes I stopped again and asked not to wag, otherwise I would roll over! OK.
I went further. ALREADY Went last. She drove around a sandy hill - she was already screaming somewhere - "STOP. STOP !!! " . . started to get angry. He offered to go with an instructor - she explained humanly that it was not just that I gave money to hold on to my sweaty fat back. Let go!
I fell behind by 200 meters . . I didn’t drive even 3 minutes, I accidentally swerved a few meters to the side due to a stone - already right there ! ! I squealed so much that, I'm afraid, even the Bedouins choked at dinner.
He began to tell me with a malicious expression on his face about insurance and about the fact that I was letting him down! He had to tell him about the stone and about the fact that his insured ATV does not work (because this desert is like a washboard - it tears his hands off the steering wheel, and if there is a stone, then there is
the ability to fly away and roll over). I noticed that on his ATV there are rubber covers on the steering wheel, which give a great guarantee against dismounting. asked to drive 50 meters - I realized that mine is really some kind of crazy. After all, everyone has already gone 600 meters ahead, and I'm stuck with this sweaty man. In general, I was already so tired of squealing that I sat on his iron trunk, clung to him, so as not to touch the damp back of this very gentleman . . and as in a children's game "over bumps over bumps"... I beat off my ass, hands in calluses - barely reached the building.
Compared to him, I didn’t ride, but soared on wings. A goat, in a word! I made me sit for 5 minutes until everyone passed . . And only then, with the breeze and on his ATV, I was able to relax and ride at least a few meters! In general, anger was not enough for him!
Either I'm really a bad driver, or the ring on the ring finger is to blame!
Tip - they will slow down - drive past! You can also show the middle finger for persuasiveness!
Spider cars did without adventure - it was fun)
Horses, camels, donkeys - this adventure is not a pleasant one! It stinks everywhere, God forbid you step into what the camel ate for breakfast. Rolling back and forth, ok. 15 meters per person. Nonsense.
Horses are mad. While riding - my little white one tried to bite the owner by the hand, with which he led her, and apparently ride off with me to distant distances, spinning my body on a palm tree on the go!
Donkeys are now my new fear! Why did they create the "stay on the bull" attraction, when "stay on the donkey" would have gone! All I can say is I was screaming in fear! Donkeys are used to carrying carts with carpets, for example, but not people!
Then there was lunch with a delicious barbecue, a hookah (sooo cool), a show that we saw more than once in the hotel in 2 weeks, a telescope with a millimeter Jupiter, or Neptune - I don’t remember)) There was a full moon - and the moon was shown only to the first two in queues!
And home . . we went by car, because. not a single transfer drove past our miretta (we crossed ourselves, because it was far to go, and in Egypt they drive cars not for life, but for death . . ).
15. Sakala. Centre. Sheraton.
Paradise for shopping! LV bags for $15-20, Wallets, lighters - $10 each, suitcases - $50 each, shoes from $5 to $20, watches from $4 to $15....who loves brands (or rather, their economical fakes) - you here with a bundle of money)
It is better to buy souvenirs in a large store at the beginning of the street (here it is called a market), a taxi ($ 2) brings it right to it! 10 magnets for 1$, souvenirs within 3$ - 10$. Good boy is the owner! He is studying to be a doctor - he gave us a massage - he set all the bones in the spine and neck) And after uncomfortable pillows - this is it! He gave me some water to drink and offered tea. and you can smoke with him right in the center of the store)) And a taxi called us a verified one! Everything for the client! Good girl!
There is McDonald's. Not cheap! Didn't dare to eat!
All other souvenir shops are expensive. But there are some things that you won't find anywhere else! They walk around the streets offering hours - bargain until the last - that's how much you are ready to give (ready to give 3 - call 3) only and give the price - be sure - they will run after you if you refuse the unthinkable cost and will give for yours!
Who knows, white/black Chanel ceramic watches, which cost at least 600 rubles in Russia. - Bought there for $4.
16. Animators. Discos.
There were many animators, but the closest were four - Olya, Christina, Misha and Bob)
Everyone is funny, interesting and groovy) Misha is a true Ukrainian - as he says - everyone laughs!
Girls - Russians, ignited the audience, invited people to the stage, to clubs, in general, they rallied the team !!!
Bob is an Egyptian. Harmful, but cheerful. He has a sense of humor! He loves attention very much, buy discos tickets from him, make up for us, please old Bob))
From the hotel they take you to Papas Beach, to Calypso and drive to the Palacio.
Were in the first and last. Papas is not the best place. Some Egyptians staring at the breasts of Russian women! Cocktails as a gift - this is a tequila boom with a lack of tequila and whiskey + cola)) sat on the couch, then left by taxi home!
In the Palacio we were at the cobra show and at the foam disco! both impressed! We advise! Sometimes they include Russian hits))
17. Conclusion
I didn't want to leave for anything! Very cool place! Very good guys work - they really became friends with everyone - and I can even bet - if we return there sometime in the next couple of years - any waiter, cook and bartender will remember our faces and will be happy for us) and even Maaario)))) He is like that for us missed in the ill-fated days of excursions. . how is he there now)))
You always think that it would be uninteresting to come to the same hotel twice, but if there still comes a moment in my life when I need an economy option in Hurghada, it will be ONLY this hotel! It is ideal for both family vacations and for youth, and for romantic, and for sightseeing... Well, every detail creates this hotel brick by brick and turns it into an ideal place)) If you are going to relax, and not howl at the moon, then everything will be fine!!!
Those who still doubt, don't take it into your head - all the good reviews are true! but I told about the bad ones in full... And those who are already sitting on tickets - I envy you)) You will spend a good week of rest)
Think positive and the Egyptian sun won't turn its back on you!
P. s. By the way, one day it turned to us - it was cloudy and raining for two days) Be prepared for such cataclysms - take a jacket with a sleeve! ; )
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