We had a good rest

Written: 5 september 2011
Travel time: 27 august — 3 september 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 5.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 6.0
We rested at the Sunny Days Palma de Mirette 4 hotel for seven days. The hotel is normal, by this I mean value for money. Located near the center. It takes 5-7 minutes by taxi, and this pleasure costs 1 dollar.
The hotel itself is located right on the beach. I have no complaints about the location and the hotel itself - its material base. You could even say that I liked it. The entrance to the sea is sandy, the shore of the hotel is a lagoon. Everything is pretty nice. The rooms are old but ok. Everything for life is available and absolutely does not cause disgust. Normal four.
But, of course, there are complaints. Two of them are main:
1. I did not like the restaurant hall, tables, chairs, the whole design. In the evening at dinner, everything is in twilight, the lights are dimmed. Looks more like a diner than a restaurant.

As for food, after talking with vacationers from other hotels, we realized that the food is the same everywhere in Hurghada: boiled, baked veal, fried fish, baked and chicken. Garnish with pasta (pasta), rice, potatoes. Salads are different, but Slavs eat only cucumber-tomatoes. Because everything else is unacceptable to us. From drinks - juices (such as UPI), cola, fanta, sprite, tea, coffee, made various cocktails, and in the bar a variety of coffee drinks and hot chocolate. neither I nor my husband were hungry, but it is impossible to say that the food is delicious.
2. In the hotel, as elsewhere this year in Egypt, many Egyptians are resting. And it's terrible!!! ! ! ! They litter, bathe in their clothes in the sea. There are many of them, whole families of 10 or more people come from great-great-grandmother to great-great-great-grandchildren. In short, the kahala is huge, and uncivilized to the point of horror.
But at the same time, there is always a place on the beach aside from these miracle people: there are sun loungers and mini-fences near each umbrella, so if suddenly unwanted neighbors are nearby, put this fence on their side - and the issue is resolved.
They also tried to go to the dining room while they were gone. So they did not spoil our rest, although it would be more pleasant to rest, as before, in the company of Slavs and Europeans.
The hotel has animation. I can’t say that it’s at the highest level, but you won’t die of boredom. People with children complain about the unprepared children's room, which, as it were, exists, but there is NOTHING in it. During the day, there are a lot of activities on the beach - aerobics, dancing, water aerobics, basketball, so those who want to actively relax can think of something to do.
Guest Relstions employs two Russian-speaking girls (we had to communicate with Oksana more often - many thanks to her for everything), who will help you solve all your problems and questions.
Feel free to contact them, and everything will be fine.
Of course, the slowness of the staff is annoying, but, as I understand it, this is such a national feature of the locals. So, they took it as false and did not particularly wind themselves up about this.

Separately, about the representatives of CORAL. After landing at the airport, we went to their counter. We stood in line, we approached, they took a voucher and said that we were charged 17 dollars for a visa, although it costs 15. I asked why 17 instead of 15, to which they replied, Yu that for 15 they say you need to stand in line with bank representatives . This line was actually much shorter than to Koralovtsy. We turned around and bought visas at the bank. Yes, maybe 2 dollars is not such a big problem, but where does such impudence come from? With what joy they pay money, for what? !
The next morning, representatives of the coral met with us at the hotel, and they began to tell us about excursions - = long and creepy as needed, the port said that excursions should be ordered only from them, and RIGHT NOW! They began to intimidate, carry all sorts of nonsense about what would happen if we did not purchase excursions from them. They gave us a document to fill out, ostensibly for the police, and at the bottom it was necessary to write what excursions we would go on. I crossed out those lines and gave them to the representative. I was forced to rewrite the whole document again, and write that I know that my insurance will not flatter if I do not go with them, but on my own. And they also tried to put pressure on me psychologically, but I was determined. This entire trouble took us more than 1.5 hours of time. I'd rather lie on the beach. Bastards!

Of course, there are a lot of impressions, if someone else is interested in something, I will be happy to answer.
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