Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
8.0
Service:
8.0
Cleanliness:
9.0
Food:
8.0
Amenities:
9.0
My husband and I (I am 25, my husband is 24 years old), from October 10 to October 21, we rested in this hotel. And here are our notes.
Before flying to Egypt, pack your luggage securely - they can easily get into bags and steal valuables. For example, they broke the lock of our bag and stole 300 dollars.
Immediately after getting off the plane, representatives of tour operators with signs will already be waiting for you and showing you where to go. Before passport control, you will need to fill out questionnaires that the border guards will pick up and buy visas. It is best to make a purchase in the bank branches located in the hall. In this case, the visa at the moment will cost $15. Although representatives of tour operators also sell visas, but for 17 dollars. Also, in the same bank branches, you can exchange dollars or euros for Egyptian pounds at a favorable rate. In addition to local money, you can pay in the country with dollars and euros, but it’s still more profitable to do it in pounds - at least save 10%.
Almost all hotel staff know Russian as well as English. For a small gift of $ 5, begged, by the way, by the receptionist himself, we were settled in the new fifth building on the first floor. The beauty of the rooms on the first floor is that instead of a balcony, each room opens directly onto the pool. This is how buildings 3 and 5 are conceived, and building 4 is generally a series of bungalows standing in a pool, albeit a very shallow one. The rooms are spacious, with a huge bed, equipped with a refrigerator, TV, air conditioning, though not very quiet, a safe, the bathroom has a bidet, shower, jacuzzi, hair dryer. When moving into a room, we advise you to check all the drains, because they can be clogged, and a safe (we didn’t close it, and they didn’t fix it until we left). The mini-bar consists of three bottles of table water and a bottle of Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite (all liter bottles). Usually at 17:00 - 17:30, when the pools were closed, the water in the shower was not hot, but "summer", so, when the case allowed, we took boiling water into the bathroom in advance, and after a couple of hours we lay down in the jacuzzi.
Immediately upon arrival, I advise you to decide on the date of your free massage, hair wash, dinner in a restaurant and reserve all of the above at "guest relations" near the reception. The massage, of course, is not therapeutic, but quite pleasant, and we never got to wash our hair.
The food at the hotel is quite tasty and varied. As cons, I can name salads made obviously from previously uneaten products, non-marketable fruits, but quite edible, disgusting juices (it seems from a diluted powder), lack of tea and coffee for lunch and dinner in the main restaurants. By the way, we made tea for ourselves in the Pirates bar and then went down to the restaurant with him for sweets, because. It is not allowed to bring food from other restaurants to the Pirates bar. Unlike the listed products, pastries and confectionery were very tasty. In the evenings, grilled meat or fish are cooked right on the lawn in front of restaurants, and a tray with ice cream is taken out a little further. We spent our a la cart dinner at an Italian restaurant. The menu, copied on a black-and-white xerox, contains 2 soups, a main course and a dessert, plus 3 types of salads. But to be fair, both the main course and the dessert were delicious.
Before leaving, we read reviews about food poisoning in our hotel, so we stocked up on medicines. In the early days, my husband had a slight indigestion, he was treated with activated charcoal and festal, and although I ate dates and grapes that had been drunk, no infection took me. We brushed our teeth with bottled water.
The hotel area is not yet very green, some palm trees, apparently, were planted quite recently. But the lawns are green, there are many flowers and brightly flowering shrubs. In general, there is where to take pictures.
The big plus of the hotel is the water park. The strongest impression, of course, is the blue parabolic slide. Artificial waves in the children's pool and a slide with a rise up work for the first 20 minutes of each hour, after which the rafting channel begins to boil for 20 minutes.
The second plus is a beautiful reef, located 300 meters from the shore. A winding pier leads to it, so the journey takes 5-7 minutes on foot. In the description of the hotel it is stated that an electric car for 10 passengers runs through it every 5 minutes, but in fact it can stand idle for an hour, because. then the battery will be discharged, then the driver will go somewhere. So count on your feet. On the pier there is a nook on which there are about 20 sun loungers. In fact, you can reach the reef by sea, but it will take much longer.
The Red Sea is one of the most salty on Earth, therefore, getting into the nose or eyes, the water burns very much. If you are going to go snorkeling, buy a good mask, snorkel and flip-flops with a special back (so that the shoes do not fly off in the water). This good is sold in shops on and outside the hotel. Do not forget to bargain with the sellers, they can throw off up to 30% of the price. Many fish, hedgehogs and mollusks live in the sea, stepping on which can not only injure your feet, but also say goodbye to life. I also advise you to read a couple of articles about the living creatures of the Red Sea, so it will be more interesting for you to swim and recognize the fish, plus you will know which of them is better to swim by. In the morning and evening, different types of marine life go hunting, for example, in the afternoon near one reef crevice (50 meters from the buoys) 5-7 lionfish swim, and in the morning I very rarely saw them. We also encountered the fact that there seemed to be no jellyfish, but the body, like nettles, burned something invisible. And on the last day I was so well burned that then for another 3 days it itched like mosquito bites. The articles write that these biters can be siphonophores (small colonies of jellyfish or polyps), and wiping with vinegar or alcohol is used as a cure for their poison. So grab a bottle just in case. In spite of everything, the Red Sea with hundreds of colorful fish left the most vivid and pleasant impressions of the rest.
Of the free entertainment, the hotel offers tennis and table tennis, mini-golf, at about 16 the animators play water polo, volleyball and mini-football matches with vacationers. To play tennis, you need to book a time with the guy distributing towels near the main pool. Rackets and balls are provided free of charge. From 8 pm in the open theater there is a children's disco, however, every 5 minutes the entertainer announces the events that will take place after the disco. Usually at 21:30 various shows begin, but we found them boring, so we couldn't stand it for more than 20 minutes. Paid entertainment includes bowling, billiards, slot machines. At the reception you can buy wi-fi internet time, half an hour costs 20 Egyptian pounds.
We bought local tours from agents on the beach, the price was at least $ 5 lower than from representatives of tour operators. Once we rode on a parachute tied to a boat (parasailing). Tip: be prepared to be plunged into the sea a bit, so leave the money and equipment on the boat. But the guys from the boat willingly take pictures of their tourists. Once again bought a trip to the Bedouin village on quad bikes. For such an event, be sure to take sunglasses and a scarf or bandana (again, good scarves and arafats are sold in shops near the hotel). It is advisable to wear shorts and a long-sleeved T-shirt so as not to burn out. For me, the trip turned out to be a test of endurance, because you need to ride on sandy waves at high speed, otherwise it shakes a lot. And I'm not good with speed. On the way back, I rubbed my thumb and forefinger hard on the “steering wheel” of the ATV, so just in case, I advise the girls to take a band-aid. Children under 18 are not allowed to drive. My husband was delighted with the trip.
When you are already leaving, change pounds in banks at the hotel, because you will not have such an opportunity at the airport.
Before flying to Egypt, pack your luggage securely - they can easily get into bags and steal valuables. For example, they broke the lock of our bag and stole 300 dollars.
Immediately after getting off the plane, representatives of tour operators with signs will already be waiting for you and showing you where to go. Before passport control, you will need to fill out questionnaires that the border guards will pick up and buy visas. It is best to make a purchase in the bank branches located in the hall. In this case, the visa at the moment will cost $15. Although representatives of tour operators also sell visas, but for 17 dollars. Also, in the same bank branches, you can exchange dollars or euros for Egyptian pounds at a favorable rate. In addition to local money, you can pay in the country with dollars and euros, but it’s still more profitable to do it in pounds - at least save 10%.
Almost all hotel staff know Russian as well as English. For a small gift of $ 5, begged, by the way, by the receptionist himself, we were settled in the new fifth building on the first floor. The beauty of the rooms on the first floor is that instead of a balcony, each room opens directly onto the pool. This is how buildings 3 and 5 are conceived, and building 4 is generally a series of bungalows standing in a pool, albeit a very shallow one. The rooms are spacious, with a huge bed, equipped with a refrigerator, TV, air conditioning, though not very quiet, a safe, the bathroom has a bidet, shower, jacuzzi, hair dryer. When moving into a room, we advise you to check all the drains, because they can be clogged, and a safe (we didn’t close it, and they didn’t fix it until we left). The mini-bar consists of three bottles of table water and a bottle of Coca-Cola, Fanta and Sprite (all liter bottles). Usually at 17:00 - 17:30, when the pools were closed, the water in the shower was not hot, but "summer", so, when the case allowed, we took boiling water into the bathroom in advance, and after a couple of hours we lay down in the jacuzzi.
Immediately upon arrival, I advise you to decide on the date of your free massage, hair wash, dinner in a restaurant and reserve all of the above at "guest relations" near the reception. The massage, of course, is not therapeutic, but quite pleasant, and we never got to wash our hair.
The food at the hotel is quite tasty and varied. As cons, I can name salads made obviously from previously uneaten products, non-marketable fruits, but quite edible, disgusting juices (it seems from a diluted powder), lack of tea and coffee for lunch and dinner in the main restaurants. By the way, we made tea for ourselves in the Pirates bar and then went down to the restaurant with him for sweets, because. It is not allowed to bring food from other restaurants to the Pirates bar. Unlike the listed products, pastries and confectionery were very tasty. In the evenings, grilled meat or fish are cooked right on the lawn in front of restaurants, and a tray with ice cream is taken out a little further. We spent our a la cart dinner at an Italian restaurant. The menu, copied on a black-and-white xerox, contains 2 soups, a main course and a dessert, plus 3 types of salads. But to be fair, both the main course and the dessert were delicious.
Before leaving, we read reviews about food poisoning in our hotel, so we stocked up on medicines. In the early days, my husband had a slight indigestion, he was treated with activated charcoal and festal, and although I ate dates and grapes that had been drunk, no infection took me. We brushed our teeth with bottled water.
The hotel area is not yet very green, some palm trees, apparently, were planted quite recently. But the lawns are green, there are many flowers and brightly flowering shrubs. In general, there is where to take pictures.
The big plus of the hotel is the water park. The strongest impression, of course, is the blue parabolic slide. Artificial waves in the children's pool and a slide with a rise up work for the first 20 minutes of each hour, after which the rafting channel begins to boil for 20 minutes.
The second plus is a beautiful reef, located 300 meters from the shore. A winding pier leads to it, so the journey takes 5-7 minutes on foot. In the description of the hotel it is stated that an electric car for 10 passengers runs through it every 5 minutes, but in fact it can stand idle for an hour, because. then the battery will be discharged, then the driver will go somewhere. So count on your feet. On the pier there is a nook on which there are about 20 sun loungers. In fact, you can reach the reef by sea, but it will take much longer.
The Red Sea is one of the most salty on Earth, therefore, getting into the nose or eyes, the water burns very much. If you are going to go snorkeling, buy a good mask, snorkel and flip-flops with a special back (so that the shoes do not fly off in the water). This good is sold in shops on and outside the hotel. Do not forget to bargain with the sellers, they can throw off up to 30% of the price. Many fish, hedgehogs and mollusks live in the sea, stepping on which can not only injure your feet, but also say goodbye to life. I also advise you to read a couple of articles about the living creatures of the Red Sea, so it will be more interesting for you to swim and recognize the fish, plus you will know which of them is better to swim by. In the morning and evening, different types of marine life go hunting, for example, in the afternoon near one reef crevice (50 meters from the buoys) 5-7 lionfish swim, and in the morning I very rarely saw them. We also encountered the fact that there seemed to be no jellyfish, but the body, like nettles, burned something invisible. And on the last day I was so well burned that then for another 3 days it itched like mosquito bites. The articles write that these biters can be siphonophores (small colonies of jellyfish or polyps), and wiping with vinegar or alcohol is used as a cure for their poison. So grab a bottle just in case. In spite of everything, the Red Sea with hundreds of colorful fish left the most vivid and pleasant impressions of the rest.
Of the free entertainment, the hotel offers tennis and table tennis, mini-golf, at about 16 the animators play water polo, volleyball and mini-football matches with vacationers. To play tennis, you need to book a time with the guy distributing towels near the main pool. Rackets and balls are provided free of charge. From 8 pm in the open theater there is a children's disco, however, every 5 minutes the entertainer announces the events that will take place after the disco. Usually at 21:30 various shows begin, but we found them boring, so we couldn't stand it for more than 20 minutes. Paid entertainment includes bowling, billiards, slot machines. At the reception you can buy wi-fi internet time, half an hour costs 20 Egyptian pounds.
We bought local tours from agents on the beach, the price was at least $ 5 lower than from representatives of tour operators. Once we rode on a parachute tied to a boat (parasailing). Tip: be prepared to be plunged into the sea a bit, so leave the money and equipment on the boat. But the guys from the boat willingly take pictures of their tourists. Once again bought a trip to the Bedouin village on quad bikes. For such an event, be sure to take sunglasses and a scarf or bandana (again, good scarves and arafats are sold in shops near the hotel). It is advisable to wear shorts and a long-sleeved T-shirt so as not to burn out. For me, the trip turned out to be a test of endurance, because you need to ride on sandy waves at high speed, otherwise it shakes a lot. And I'm not good with speed. On the way back, I rubbed my thumb and forefinger hard on the “steering wheel” of the ATV, so just in case, I advise the girls to take a band-aid. Children under 18 are not allowed to drive. My husband was delighted with the trip.
When you are already leaving, change pounds in banks at the hotel, because you will not have such an opportunity at the airport.
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