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There was a week left before the vacation, and my husband and I frantically thought about what to treat ourselves to during this long-awaited period. Usually we went to the sea in Sochi or Abkhazia, but we wanted new emotions and impressions. They thought about Egypt or Turkey for a long time, but somehow they didn’t dare, and our media report about plane crashes with unenviable regularity. But it was decided that this time the place of our pilgrimage would be Egypt. Even though they told us that it is not the season there in the summer, but you won’t scare us with the heat))
We decided to choose the hotel ourselves via the Internet. Such a decision was, of course, not accidental, there are often angry reviews of tourists who are unlucky . . I did not want to be among them, especially considering that we are going abroad for the first time. It turned out that choosing from a huge number of hotels is quite difficult. All the time they are embarrassed by dissatisfied vacationers who put 2 and 1 next to 5. But then they realized that it is impossible to please everyone. At first, our choice fell on the Titanic Water Park 4 * hotel, but when they began to book places, it turned out that they were no longer waiting for us there. We were a little upset, because at that moment we didn’t like anything else. Our travel agent offered to consider proposals for Makadi Bay. At that time, this name didn’t mean anything to us at all. We looked at the Harmony Makady and Serenity Makady hotels, of course, the latter immediately interested us with its beauty and infrastructure. They began to look for reviews, the opinions of vacationers, as always, were divided, but it seemed to us that there were more positive ones. Since time was running out, we quickly agreed and looked forward to our departure.
One and, fortunately, the only problem awaited us at the airport - the plane was delayed for 3 hours (as it turned out later due to a breakdown, it was very optimistic to think in flight, was everything repaired well? . . Airline - Aviaenergo, aircraft TU-154) .
Representatives of TEZ TOUR met us, everything was organized simply at the highest level, we didn’t even have time to blink an eye, as we were seated on buses and taken to hotels.
Yes, we were the last to be “unloaded” at the hotel, it seemed that we had been brought to the very outskirts. But when they entered the territory, they found themselves in a kind of isolated, but beautiful and large town, where their own life flows. The people were, as we were later told, about 2 thousand people, and almost half were Russian! So there is a place to turn around )) And Makadi Bay turned out to be a new, promising and even to some extent an elite area, in which there are almost only 5-star hotels! Of course, there is desert around the hotel, you can’t go anywhere, but you just don’t even have such a need.
From the reviews, we already knew that if you want to get a good number without any problems, you need to invest money in your passport (we cost $ 20), they just magically evoke friendliness in the eyes and a number next to the sea overlooking the pool on the second floor (on the first terrace it goes right out into the street, and this is a free entrance not only for small representatives of ants, but also for large-sized ones - such ones also sometimes run through there). By the way, one of the ideal options is the houses of group B, since they are located in the middle (there are also A and C, they are at the edges), in which room you will not be settled there, almost always a view of the pool, not on one, but on the other )))
Rooms. The rooms are of course fabulous, spacious, clean, still brand new, full of mirrors. The linen is awesome, the towels are snow-white and even crunchy! Safe in the room. By the way, I read in someone’s review that the money was gone from the safe - so, as far as I know, this is an isolated case, since the money (of course, in a small amount) was left right in the cosmetic bag on the table, everything is in place. The cleaner only took tips from the table. But vigilance never hurts anywhere! In Sochi, last year, a car was opened, and 20.000 rubles were taken from the safe, a radio tape recorder and car TV. So you do not know where you will find, where you will lose!
Landscaping. The hotel is very green! ! Again, the photos on the sites are already outdated, because the palm trees have become fluffy, the trees are blooming in darkness, the lawns are green, the gardeners are constantly planting something, so there is no problem with this!
Nutrition. On the first day, we were amazed by the variety, of course, not everyone is to their taste, but anyone can choose something tasty for themselves! There is also a children's table and a diet table. There are no problems with meat and fish products at all: there is barbecue, and barbecue, and fried, boiled meat, and chicken, and delicious fish in batter. Sweets can not be counted, I want to try everything! It’s worse with fruit: usually one kind (either there were watermelons, or melons, sometimes dates, a couple of times bananas and apples, but they are already chopped, not whole). To get fruit, you need to crowd a little more. It seems to be not a problem, but when they say that in some hotels there are many different fruits to choose from at once, and whole apples, bananas and oranges, you want the same. Well, of course, you shouldn’t find fault like that, because it’s simply impossible to stay hungry))) There were always enough places in the dining room. You have to be more careful with the street, because, having put the plates, you go for something else, and very perky sparrows immediately fly to your table and take a sample from your delicacies. It's like a "mushroom man" tasted - not poisoned, you can eat !!!
If you just have "all inclusive", then you can visit an oriental and an Italian restaurant once (by prior appointment for the day). By the way, the ultra was offered not for $ 10, but for 8 per person, but we thought that we didn’t need it, and there was plenty of everything.
Oriental restaurant caused a lot of emotions, and not very pleasant ones. Firstly, they immediately intended to seat us at the entrance, although there were a lot of empty seats until the end of dinner. They didn’t explain anything whether it was necessary to make an order, they just sat me down and after 10 minutes they brought 4 saucers (no, not even saucers, but saucers), but one was something like “overseas eggplant” caviar, one teaspoon, on the other 3 chicken wings (do not think that they are whole, but only like that, with a little finger), on the third mini-mini cheburek (the size of a dumpling) and something else. At first we thought it was for one (there were four of us), we sit and wait... Then one of our companions, who speaks good English (and the waiter does not speak another language), called him and asked what it was? He smiled and replied that they were salads. Our reasonable question is - is it at all? YES! (2 Russian girls were sitting at the next table, they have the same thing for two, we have four! ) We poked around a little in these “saucers” - the representative of the strong half in our sorority was given an Arabic cheburek-dumpling to eat, he was not impressed . Yes, by the way, only I had a plate, they didn’t give the rest until they asked through their teeth. The Arab waiter was offended that we were sitting dissatisfied, he even said something in his own way to the second waiter and they, looking at us, laughed. This made us a little angry. We called him, and our English-speaking Katya spoke to him, then he quickly collected the “salads” and brought what we ordered him a little earlier. There were no questions here, everything was plentiful and tasty, especially kebab - excellent meat! But to add wine to a glass, one had to ask an Arab! ! He seemed to be mocking, but at the next table he put a bottle of wine and did not take it away, they poured themselves more. In general, we left there with a sense of internal dissatisfaction with the service. But that Arab still managed to compliment our Katyusha, and a day later he even handed over a note! Eh, you had to first make an impression, and only then pass the notes!
In the Italian restaurant we liked it much more, they were already served according to the level. Of course, I don’t want to think that this is due to the fact that the manager was sitting at the next table, having a nice dinner in the company of two Russian girls!
The waiters in a simple dining room were all quite friendly and pleasant, and some even joked about the topic and made tourists smile, for which they were rewarded with a tip. In the freshwater pool bar there was such a funny and cute waiter who circled around the tables, resembling Sid the sloth from the Ice Age cartoon in appearance and habits, which simply caused good smiles ))
Animation. There were about 11 animators in the hotel, most of them were Russians. Mizo - the head of them - tries, builds everyone. Every day there are water and ground gymnastics, water polo, even a sports olympiad on the beach on Wednesdays. Every evening at 21 or 22 hours of the show. It is interesting when you participate yourself or someone from your company. As they say, you need to make the holiday yourself, so we had fun: my husband took 1st place in Mister Hotel, our companion Katyusha - 1st place paired with a boy from Moscow, Miss and Mister Hotel, and our most groovy Irinka with the education of a director - the director provided indispensable assistance to our players and was going to participate in the "Miss Hotel" herself, but the day before, unfortunately, she sprained her leg while playing beach volleyball. So we just had no time to be bored))))
Beach. Many have already written that the beach is sandy, and the entrance to the sea is coral, swimming from a pontoon. Very beautiful marine life, so masks are a must. At the hotel, buying them is, to put it mildly, a little expensive, however, like the obligatory slippers for swimming, so as not to run into some kind of sea urchin (there are quite a few of them). During our vacation, a dolphin sailed, which some even managed to touch, there was a big turtle, fish of an indescribable color, just a huge amount! So there is a charm of corals, you will not find such a variety on sandy beaches. Of course, the kids in this hotel are much more comfortable in the pools (4 of them, it’s hard to count, because one flows into the other, and you don’t know whether to count them as 2 or one).
Arabs constantly walk along the beach offering trips, massages at the local spa. We went for a CLEOPATRA massage - incomparably, but a little expensive. We did not go anywhere from beach representatives, although they are cheaper, since they are not responsible for us. And the tour operator organized all the excursions at the proper level!
Tours. Of course, historical excursions to Cairo (450 km from Hurghada) and Luxor (250 km) were obligatory for us, in the latter the heat is incredible in summer, over 50 degrees and without wind. Then the White Sun of the Desert safari was very impressive, here you have ATVs, and jeeps, and spider cars, and donkeys, and horses, and camels, and a Bedouin village, and an evening show with belly dances, a cobra show and a yoga show - a sort of badass set! ! We rode on a bathyscaphe - a boat with portholes in the hold to watch the fish. To be honest, I expected a greater riot of colors and varieties of fish. With a mask at the hotel it was much more interesting! Paradise Island turned out to be incomparable - it's just a rest for body and soul!! ! We also had a sightseeing tour of Hurghada - that's where we hurried to do our feet, a real rip-off. A Russian woman named Lilia (Lilya-tour called her tour) with something incomprehensible on her head (I'm talking about a hairstyle), brought us to a cotton and souvenir shop, where the prices are simply sucked out of your finger. An ordinary towel with a pattern and "shaggyness" on one side only cost 90 pounds there - this is about $ 16-18 (500 rubles), souvenirs are also not cheap. When they began to trade with one Arab about aroma oil, he became angry. We turned around and left, that's impudent! ! Our companions, who are already in Egypt for the second time, offered to leave the tour and go out on one of the main shopping streets in Sakala (or whatever it is right), there is a wonderful cotton store "Karkusha", where we bought excellent giant terry and beautiful towels of everything for 25 pounds ($4-5). There is a difference? Moreover, our guide Ahmed from the TEZ-tour (special respect to him! ) said that this is not the cheapest store, but we liked it))) We even grabbed a cotton bedspread for ourselves - now it lies on the bed at home and pleases the eye with price and quality! An Arab works in that store, who calls himself Dima-Khokhol, speaks excellent Russian and is generally a wonderful person! We bought $ 100 to the eyeballs, which we also had to buy a suitcase from them (also very cheap) : )))
In general, the holiday was a success, we left rested, satisfied, happy, full of positive emotions, pleasant memories and with a bunch of photos and videos!! ! Serenity Makadi has become a real fairy tale for us!! !
We decided to choose the hotel ourselves via the Internet. Such a decision was, of course, not accidental, there are often angry reviews of tourists who are unlucky . . I did not want to be among them, especially considering that we are going abroad for the first time. It turned out that choosing from a huge number of hotels is quite difficult. All the time they are embarrassed by dissatisfied vacationers who put 2 and 1 next to 5. But then they realized that it is impossible to please everyone. At first, our choice fell on the Titanic Water Park 4 * hotel, but when they began to book places, it turned out that they were no longer waiting for us there. We were a little upset, because at that moment we didn’t like anything else. Our travel agent offered to consider proposals for Makadi Bay. At that time, this name didn’t mean anything to us at all. We looked at the Harmony Makady and Serenity Makady hotels, of course, the latter immediately interested us with its beauty and infrastructure. They began to look for reviews, the opinions of vacationers, as always, were divided, but it seemed to us that there were more positive ones. Since time was running out, we quickly agreed and looked forward to our departure.
One and, fortunately, the only problem awaited us at the airport - the plane was delayed for 3 hours (as it turned out later due to a breakdown, it was very optimistic to think in flight, was everything repaired well? . . Airline - Aviaenergo, aircraft TU-154) .
Representatives of TEZ TOUR met us, everything was organized simply at the highest level, we didn’t even have time to blink an eye, as we were seated on buses and taken to hotels.
Yes, we were the last to be “unloaded” at the hotel, it seemed that we had been brought to the very outskirts. But when they entered the territory, they found themselves in a kind of isolated, but beautiful and large town, where their own life flows. The people were, as we were later told, about 2 thousand people, and almost half were Russian! So there is a place to turn around )) And Makadi Bay turned out to be a new, promising and even to some extent an elite area, in which there are almost only 5-star hotels! Of course, there is desert around the hotel, you can’t go anywhere, but you just don’t even have such a need.
From the reviews, we already knew that if you want to get a good number without any problems, you need to invest money in your passport (we cost $ 20), they just magically evoke friendliness in the eyes and a number next to the sea overlooking the pool on the second floor (on the first terrace it goes right out into the street, and this is a free entrance not only for small representatives of ants, but also for large-sized ones - such ones also sometimes run through there). By the way, one of the ideal options is the houses of group B, since they are located in the middle (there are also A and C, they are at the edges), in which room you will not be settled there, almost always a view of the pool, not on one, but on the other )))
Rooms. The rooms are of course fabulous, spacious, clean, still brand new, full of mirrors. The linen is awesome, the towels are snow-white and even crunchy! Safe in the room. By the way, I read in someone’s review that the money was gone from the safe - so, as far as I know, this is an isolated case, since the money (of course, in a small amount) was left right in the cosmetic bag on the table, everything is in place. The cleaner only took tips from the table. But vigilance never hurts anywhere! In Sochi, last year, a car was opened, and 20.000 rubles were taken from the safe, a radio tape recorder and car TV. So you do not know where you will find, where you will lose!
Landscaping. The hotel is very green! ! Again, the photos on the sites are already outdated, because the palm trees have become fluffy, the trees are blooming in darkness, the lawns are green, the gardeners are constantly planting something, so there is no problem with this!
Nutrition. On the first day, we were amazed by the variety, of course, not everyone is to their taste, but anyone can choose something tasty for themselves! There is also a children's table and a diet table. There are no problems with meat and fish products at all: there is barbecue, and barbecue, and fried, boiled meat, and chicken, and delicious fish in batter. Sweets can not be counted, I want to try everything! It’s worse with fruit: usually one kind (either there were watermelons, or melons, sometimes dates, a couple of times bananas and apples, but they are already chopped, not whole). To get fruit, you need to crowd a little more. It seems to be not a problem, but when they say that in some hotels there are many different fruits to choose from at once, and whole apples, bananas and oranges, you want the same. Well, of course, you shouldn’t find fault like that, because it’s simply impossible to stay hungry))) There were always enough places in the dining room. You have to be more careful with the street, because, having put the plates, you go for something else, and very perky sparrows immediately fly to your table and take a sample from your delicacies. It's like a "mushroom man" tasted - not poisoned, you can eat !!!
If you just have "all inclusive", then you can visit an oriental and an Italian restaurant once (by prior appointment for the day). By the way, the ultra was offered not for $ 10, but for 8 per person, but we thought that we didn’t need it, and there was plenty of everything.
Oriental restaurant caused a lot of emotions, and not very pleasant ones. Firstly, they immediately intended to seat us at the entrance, although there were a lot of empty seats until the end of dinner. They didn’t explain anything whether it was necessary to make an order, they just sat me down and after 10 minutes they brought 4 saucers (no, not even saucers, but saucers), but one was something like “overseas eggplant” caviar, one teaspoon, on the other 3 chicken wings (do not think that they are whole, but only like that, with a little finger), on the third mini-mini cheburek (the size of a dumpling) and something else. At first we thought it was for one (there were four of us), we sit and wait... Then one of our companions, who speaks good English (and the waiter does not speak another language), called him and asked what it was? He smiled and replied that they were salads. Our reasonable question is - is it at all? YES! (2 Russian girls were sitting at the next table, they have the same thing for two, we have four! ) We poked around a little in these “saucers” - the representative of the strong half in our sorority was given an Arabic cheburek-dumpling to eat, he was not impressed . Yes, by the way, only I had a plate, they didn’t give the rest until they asked through their teeth. The Arab waiter was offended that we were sitting dissatisfied, he even said something in his own way to the second waiter and they, looking at us, laughed. This made us a little angry. We called him, and our English-speaking Katya spoke to him, then he quickly collected the “salads” and brought what we ordered him a little earlier. There were no questions here, everything was plentiful and tasty, especially kebab - excellent meat! But to add wine to a glass, one had to ask an Arab! ! He seemed to be mocking, but at the next table he put a bottle of wine and did not take it away, they poured themselves more. In general, we left there with a sense of internal dissatisfaction with the service. But that Arab still managed to compliment our Katyusha, and a day later he even handed over a note! Eh, you had to first make an impression, and only then pass the notes!
In the Italian restaurant we liked it much more, they were already served according to the level. Of course, I don’t want to think that this is due to the fact that the manager was sitting at the next table, having a nice dinner in the company of two Russian girls!
The waiters in a simple dining room were all quite friendly and pleasant, and some even joked about the topic and made tourists smile, for which they were rewarded with a tip. In the freshwater pool bar there was such a funny and cute waiter who circled around the tables, resembling Sid the sloth from the Ice Age cartoon in appearance and habits, which simply caused good smiles ))
Animation. There were about 11 animators in the hotel, most of them were Russians. Mizo - the head of them - tries, builds everyone. Every day there are water and ground gymnastics, water polo, even a sports olympiad on the beach on Wednesdays. Every evening at 21 or 22 hours of the show. It is interesting when you participate yourself or someone from your company. As they say, you need to make the holiday yourself, so we had fun: my husband took 1st place in Mister Hotel, our companion Katyusha - 1st place paired with a boy from Moscow, Miss and Mister Hotel, and our most groovy Irinka with the education of a director - the director provided indispensable assistance to our players and was going to participate in the "Miss Hotel" herself, but the day before, unfortunately, she sprained her leg while playing beach volleyball. So we just had no time to be bored))))
Beach. Many have already written that the beach is sandy, and the entrance to the sea is coral, swimming from a pontoon. Very beautiful marine life, so masks are a must. At the hotel, buying them is, to put it mildly, a little expensive, however, like the obligatory slippers for swimming, so as not to run into some kind of sea urchin (there are quite a few of them). During our vacation, a dolphin sailed, which some even managed to touch, there was a big turtle, fish of an indescribable color, just a huge amount! So there is a charm of corals, you will not find such a variety on sandy beaches. Of course, the kids in this hotel are much more comfortable in the pools (4 of them, it’s hard to count, because one flows into the other, and you don’t know whether to count them as 2 or one).
Arabs constantly walk along the beach offering trips, massages at the local spa. We went for a CLEOPATRA massage - incomparably, but a little expensive. We did not go anywhere from beach representatives, although they are cheaper, since they are not responsible for us. And the tour operator organized all the excursions at the proper level!
Tours. Of course, historical excursions to Cairo (450 km from Hurghada) and Luxor (250 km) were obligatory for us, in the latter the heat is incredible in summer, over 50 degrees and without wind. Then the White Sun of the Desert safari was very impressive, here you have ATVs, and jeeps, and spider cars, and donkeys, and horses, and camels, and a Bedouin village, and an evening show with belly dances, a cobra show and a yoga show - a sort of badass set! ! We rode on a bathyscaphe - a boat with portholes in the hold to watch the fish. To be honest, I expected a greater riot of colors and varieties of fish. With a mask at the hotel it was much more interesting! Paradise Island turned out to be incomparable - it's just a rest for body and soul!! ! We also had a sightseeing tour of Hurghada - that's where we hurried to do our feet, a real rip-off. A Russian woman named Lilia (Lilya-tour called her tour) with something incomprehensible on her head (I'm talking about a hairstyle), brought us to a cotton and souvenir shop, where the prices are simply sucked out of your finger. An ordinary towel with a pattern and "shaggyness" on one side only cost 90 pounds there - this is about $ 16-18 (500 rubles), souvenirs are also not cheap. When they began to trade with one Arab about aroma oil, he became angry. We turned around and left, that's impudent! ! Our companions, who are already in Egypt for the second time, offered to leave the tour and go out on one of the main shopping streets in Sakala (or whatever it is right), there is a wonderful cotton store "Karkusha", where we bought excellent giant terry and beautiful towels of everything for 25 pounds ($4-5). There is a difference? Moreover, our guide Ahmed from the TEZ-tour (special respect to him! ) said that this is not the cheapest store, but we liked it))) We even grabbed a cotton bedspread for ourselves - now it lies on the bed at home and pleases the eye with price and quality! An Arab works in that store, who calls himself Dima-Khokhol, speaks excellent Russian and is generally a wonderful person! We bought $ 100 to the eyeballs, which we also had to buy a suitcase from them (also very cheap) : )))
In general, the holiday was a success, we left rested, satisfied, happy, full of positive emotions, pleasant memories and with a bunch of photos and videos!! ! Serenity Makadi has become a real fairy tale for us!! !
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