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Written: 7 june 2009
Travel time: 9 — 19 may 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 9.0
Let's start with the fact that this was our first vacation in Egypt and, frankly, after reading the reviews, I was afraid that we would be disappointed or something even worse, before the flight we remembered Turkey with longing and regretted that we had not decided on it in this year. . .
Arrived, cold and terrible wind. It turned out that this was exactly the day on which the first rain in a year passed...
Teziks - well done, it is simply impossible to pass them at the airport, and, without looking at the crowd of people (a plane from Moscow also flew in with us), everyone was met and loaded into a bus, quite convenient))

They brought it and handed it over to the hotel guide, asked about rooms with a sea view, they said, ask, the hotel is half empty, they went to ask, they prepared, as in Turkey, to put money in their passport... In front of us, a woman asked for a family-room, as I understand it, we they just mixed it up and we got this very room, overlooking the lawn and a huge corner balcony, there were 3 beds in it (king size and two one and a half), the sea, pools and restaurants are within easy reach, we decided not to change, quiet, spacious, everything close, we'll get by without the sea in the window.
They cleaned it, that is, the room - super, the first day they didn’t even take a tip, they didn’t spin the swans, but everything was accurate, fast and clean. The towels were not shortchanged, the bed was changed if we went to the room (and we went there to sleep during the day), called and asked when we could come clean. No one was rude, no one was imposing, they came up in restaurants, cleaned on demand, no one pulled out plates, asked, offered coffee, tea... But somehow we didn’t take a steam bath, and we quickly dragged everything ourselves, leaving our babybus to guard the place . Yes, a place with a sea view and on the street could not be found immediately, but there were no crowded restaurants, there were no queues, and the food was just super! No one got poisoned, there were fruits, various meats, there were no fresh drinks, but, as far as I know, they were not included in all inclusive, they drank both local wine and beer, it’s normal if you are not picky and didn’t come to get drunk, I liked the cocktails . Ice cream during the day only for children, the rest are paid, but our baby went and scored for everyone, in the evening - take it yourself, as much as you like in restaurants
They understand Russian, but it was not necessary for us, even our five-year-old boy communicated normally both in the restaurant and with taxi drivers in English
They don’t curry favor with the Germans, a couple of days before departure they met a German family, on the contrary, they said that our service was better, they were not very lucky, they booked six months in advance, and arrived and were settled in another hotel, only a day later they moved...

The city... Actually, there is no such promenade as we saw in Turkey, although you can walk and walk in the evening, it’s not dangerous, no one grabbed us, didn’t pinch our intimate parts of the body, although I dressed quite frankly (hot, Damn, and spit on everyone))). Yes, merchants get it, but if you treat it with humor and don’t strain, it’s even cool, walked every free evening, bought a bunch of souvenir T-shirts and silver, just because we wanted to buy it, and not because we were dragged to the store... I eventually developed a reputation for being a miser, but oh well, it was fun to haggle.
Taxi drivers were charged all the prices. Upon arrival, the hotel guide said that a taxi to Sheraton street is about 20-25 pounds, but you can hire a hotel for $ 13, they will deliver, wait and return, which we did on the very first day... In general, We didn't find a taxi. . . We quarreled and after catching some taxi driver they named the price of 15 local tugriks. . .
I drove to the reception, we didn’t go to the city for more than 15, one is not lucky, the other will drive up right away... And the money for part of the road was returned to my husband the next day, honest)
On excursions - went !! ! How is it to get to Egypt and not look at the pyramids and ancient temples, our brainchild endured them best of all, to be honest, it was a little hot in Luxor (somewhere around 50 in the middle of the day), but what impressions !!!
BEACH. The beach is super, there is a large sandy one, the entrance is lovely and for the kids to dig where they are, there are stones, also tolerable, behind the pier, where the stones, a variety of fish, hedgehogs and corals, burned my back, swimming with a mask and watching. The sea is very clean, the beach is cleaned, but if you don’t get up before 7, you’ll find sunbeds, although we were lucky one day for a fool, even on the first line, then our dad got up to take pictures of sunrises and occupied, so we got out, but if anything, so and you can lie on the sand)))
The pools are also normal, at first it was cold, but when the air temperature warmed up to 35, the very thing that was needed, my slides were delighted, the child himself flew from them.
Entertainment on site? They were, but we somehow entertained ourselves, and then, when we met, we didn’t need them at all.
One drawback - they arrived for only 10 days and made themselves a very intensive program, which is felt in the end, which is not enough.

Our flight was in the evening, the bracelets are not cut off, so, having agreed with friends and leaving things with them, we enjoyed one more day of rest, sorry, the last...
In general, I highly recommend it to everyone, a very good hotel, especially for families with kids
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