Amazing place (I decided to write in detail)

Written: 28 november 2007
Travel time: 28 november — 5 december 2007
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For business travel; 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: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 10.0
About the hotel:
Territory - a large, about the greenery of palm trees is really not enough, but the grass is green and well-groomed everywhere. Very large and beautiful rooms, which almost all overlooked either the pools or the pools and the sea.
Shops in the hotel are expensive, although how to bargain.
We went shopping in Hurghada (if a taxi from the hotel is 30 ye car round trip, or you can, if memory serves, take a minibus for 7 USD round trip, but for 2 hours, for shopping, this is not enough) We got on a minibus, and went back themselves really from there to the hotel to get for 7-10 USD. for the car.
The pools are large, clean and of different depths, which is nice. There is a jacuzzi, I recommend using it only early in the morning, then very good. a lot of people, I just disdained...

Food - fed normally (yes, the choice is limited, somewhere around 50-70 dishes, but in my opinion you can choose). I am a meat eater and I can say with confidence - there is meat and in sufficient quantities!
There are 3 bars (1 in the central administration building, 1 near the pool and 1 small - on the beach) Drinks, as promised, until 23 nashar. By the way, only in the bar in the admin. building, the bartender has a menu where there is a whole list of cocktails that you can order according to the all-inclusive program (I recommend trying the UZU cocktail and Pinot collada). In other bars, you can drink pure rum, locally produced brandy or mix them with juice, cola, etc.
Drinks are sold - per person by the number of hands, i. e. 2 hands = 2 glasses, you can approach an unlimited number of times.
There are a lot of people in the hotel, but the temporary supply for breakfast, lunch and dinner is sufficient to choose a time that is convenient for you when there are fewer people.
The specifics of going to dinner: indeed, before having dinner, you will have to stand at the entrance for 7 minutes. Why - during this time they change tablecloths and put very beautiful candles on the table, which creates an atmosphere of romance. There is a buffet, i. e. you yourself come up and pick up food, and order drinks from the waiters.
They have a rule in the main restaurant that one person can have 1 alcoholic drink and 1 non-alcoholic drink on the table at the same time, otherwise the manager will reprimand the waiter (tea, coffee you can take around with the table with food.
The staff is friendly enough.
Many say that: they don’t like Russians and they serve foreigners better... And I’ll tell you why, I didn’t see a single foreigner yelling and pumping the law, I didn’t see, sorry in Zh. PU drunken boors-foreigners, and not I saw not a single foreigner who, from the moment of arrival, believes that he, at least, is God and everything owes and owes him everything - and our fellow citizens are in this status almost constantly, it was unpleasant...
Summary - if you are normal people, you will not feel the difference in service between citizens of the former CIS and Foreigners.

In the room, for 3-5 local tugriks, they laid out hearts and swans for us (although not all people who clean it know how to do it, but they clean it daily, they give bottled water regularly)
Evening animation is average, but it is clear that the guys are really trying and from the bottom of their hearts. During the day they regularly work with children and entertain adults, although I almost did not participate, because I was at the seaeeeeeeeeee (-: I really liked the invited yoga and belly dancing. There is a disco (I didn’t, I can’t comment), and there is also live music every evening - great.
From the entertainment there is billiards (although 1n and old, but nice), small tennis and a gym.
Tours:
We were in Cairo on the pyramids and the Cairo Museum, interestingly, and a very tiring road (6 hours there, and 7 back, for me it was too much) Although, as a decent tourist, I finally paid tribute to the pyramids, otherwise I didn’t dare before this trip.
The only unpleasant moment was fishing... After our abundance of fish, hunting instincts woke up, fishing costs 40 USD. for one. Guys, they probably found the only place in the Red Sea where there are NO fish): , and given that our boat also broke down for 3 hours, the impression was spoiled (it was just a boat trip with lunch). And what turned out was not fishing, but swimming a piece of squid in the sea... We wrote an official complaint, and what is nice in working with Pegas professionals, they paid attention to us and answered, and even returned part of the funds! A trifle, but nice (and again thanks to Zinaida for the promptness)
Citizens do not believe - THE SEA IS! Be sure to bring your mask and snorkel! and be sure to buy coral slippers (at the hotel they cost 10 USD, and in Hurghada - 5 USD), do not regret it, the legs are more expensive.

The sea, I would say, is not for the lazy. At first it is 300 meters hot, if there is no low tide, but then coral reefs immediately come! Such beauty that I have never seen anything like it before - the variety of corals and fish is impressive (I saw a reef shark, moray eels, stingrays, an octopus and a miracle fish with seal eyes, there are also many lionfish... ) All exports to the paradise islands after the reefs of the hotel will seem simple desert. The result is the most tanned place on the body - butt (-: , it is impossible to tear yourself away from the sea for hours (my record is 5 hours in a row)
If you just like to swim, then you have such an opportunity, from the side of the Azur hotel - swim to your health!
Of course, a pontoon would not be superfluous, but the hotel is still 2 years old, I think it needs to be given time, and now, even considering that you need to stomp 200-300 meters to the sea, there are a lot of all kinds of living creatures such as crabs and starfish along the way, so that the path will not be boring.
Naama Bay is not a party place, there is only a desert nearby, but the air is super and if there is a goal to take a break from the hustle and bustle, improve your health and enjoy the company of your loved one, then there is no better place!
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