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We rested at the Zahabia Hotel in 2019, before the pandemic. The review is easy to find below. We arrived 2 years later in November 2021. Has the quantitative and qualitative composition of vacationers changed? Yes. There are no foreigners except for a few Arabs. The share of residents of the Russian Federation has grown many times and now it is 70-80 percent of all. Accordingly, the total number of people has quadrupled compared to December 2019. Now the Russian fans of Egypt, who previously found workarounds for their arrival, are confused by the behavior of their compatriots who received free access to the resorts. But today is about something else. Although no, it is difficult to pass by one topic - feeding fish. Before you try to feed, at least ask: why not?
The hotel has held out these years on a small flow of foreign tourists. At the same time, construction work is underway to expand it. But at the same time, the wear and tear of everything continues. And now - the flow of tourists has grown at the end of 2021. The weak link was the dining room. Due to the lack of dishes, the admission of visitors is periodically terminated while a new portion of plates is collected and washed. If they buy plates, then there will not be enough seats, and at the distribution, the line will stretch across the entire hall to the entrance. Therefore, periodically the entrance is blocked and the queue remains outside. A similar picture and on the beach. Some late guests already have to lie on the sand due to the lack of free sunbeds or return to the pool. All mattresses and towels need updating. All awnings are in need of repair. Bars, except for the dining room, have non-working refrigerators, so drinks are delivered in small quantities and there are often interruptions in their availability. Well, or give warm beer. By the way, there was such a plus as a barbecue. The greater number of holiday-goers resulted in the availability of more meat for dinner. Now, every day, chicken is fried before entering, and conditionally every other day, turkey or beef, sometimes kebab. The main thing is not to linger too much for dinner, then you won’t get it. Interesting seafood dinner for 7 bucks a nose. Try it.
The reviews come across comments on the state of reception. WiFi is extremely weak, so if you do not buy an Egyptian SIM card for the sake of one call to your relatives, you will have to wait for the night or you will accidentally get lucky the first time, like me. But only once. No improvements are to be expected. Simply, the new reception has already been built on the first floor of the 7th building and will be put into operation after the launch of the new building under the conditional number 8, the construction of which is slowly but continuing.

A separate issue is the bartenders. Today, issues of hygiene and sanitation occupy the top lines. Yes, the cups are disposable, but the bartender does not take the cup by the outside, but sticks his finger inside. Moreover, if the visitor came with his glass, then the bartender's finger in the glass is a mandatory reception. Many notice, but there are no protesters. They just put up or drink their own from duty free and from the store. I think that this is a problem of any resort.
An unnamed booth appeared at the Zahabia Hotel for barkers to the "Turkish" leather clothing store "ponto mk". They lure you with fast delivery, low prices, good discounts and optional purchases. It's like advertising, and the more of us come, the more they get paid. They offer trips to the store after the beach, before dusk. And these are such timid Slavs that you want to cry. They don’t drive themselves, they just call the car by phone. On the outskirts of Hurghada, in the shop, others are greeted, now more with Asian faces. Then we learned that this store had recently changed its sign, but no more. All technology remains. In fact: they carry clothes endlessly, there are no price tags, they try to get drunk with something. Drink, no way! After the long-awaited voicing of prices for the selected products, which are 10 times higher than the expected value even with all the "discounts" and after refusing to purchase them, the tone of the conversation changes, large bulls appear with impeccable Russian and the evening ceases to be languid. Our attempt to escape accidentally coincided with the arrival of new "buyers", so the bulls retreated and we had the opportunity to retire quietly. However, whoever likes such an adventure - welcome to the "ponto mk" in Hurghada with an "office" in the Zahabia hotel. Let's hope that the hotel itself does not take part in the scheme, but simply rents out a kennel and allows agents access to their vacationers. It looks strange that various barkers used to roam the territory of Zahabia, including merchants who rent kiosks on the beach. Today, such an opportunity is provided only to “ponto managers”. The rest are sadly on duty near their shop windows.
Do you recommend a trip to the hotel? Better think for yourself.
Will we go again? It is possible that it will depend on the price, especially since with each of our visits, the hotel receives useful advice. We are not sorry. I hope it helped you make your choice.