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We rested at the hotel with a group of 6 people from 08.03. 2021 to 19.03. 2021, while the rooms were booked through booking from 07.03 to 20.03, because we flew in and flew out at night, did not want to risk checking us in earlier or not.
We flew from Kaliningrad along the route: Kaliningrad-Moscow-Istanbul-Hurghada (also in the opposite direction), flights are normally transferred, between flights we waited from 2 to 4 hours.
Moscow-Istanbul-Hurghada flew by the Turkish company Pegasus, such as our Victory, there is not much space on the plane, they do not feed (not important).
The hotel cost us about 44.000 rubles for 13 nights All inclusive (a friend has a 15% discount on booking, the price for a room and meals for 2 people), about the same flights Moscow-Istanbul-Hurghada (the price is for a round-trip flight, for 2 people without luggage, luggage +5000), 7000 rubles tickets for two Kaliningrad-Moscow. We also bought our own insurance. In total, our entire trip came out to about 10.000 rubles for two (without additional costs).
excursions), for comparison, the tour operator offered through Cairo for 17.000 rubles.
For the price at which the tour cost us, the hotel deserves the highest scores, it has its own features, which I will point out at the end, maybe for someone they will be a minus, but not for us.
The covid test must be done no later than 3 days before arrival in Egypt, always in English, preferably in printed form, otherwise they are kept on the plane for a very long time (something is being checked), we knew about this and took certificates with original seals in English in the hospital, they are also watched in Turkey when flying to Egypt.
We arrived in Egypt at about 2 am, agreed on one taxi for 6 people for $ 25 (at first the price was 50, they said that otherwise we would order in an uber, it’s really cheaper there). At the airport, a local SIM card for 20 GB for $ 10, we bought it, because we knew that the hotel had free wifi only at the reception.
It takes about 30 minutes to get to the hotel from Hurghada airport, upon arrival at the hotel they asked if they could feed us, which they didn’t refuse us - they organized a light snack (salads, fresh vegetables, sausage, cheese, rolls), asked for beer and lo and behold, although free alcohol until 23.2 glasses of beer were arranged for each of us, for which, of course, we left a tip - we must be grateful. Many thanks to the Administration for not leaving us hungry at night.
As many write - food at the highest level, every day for lunch and dinner: fish, meat (beef, pork), chicken, at least 3 variations - fried, stewed, grilled, there were also often squid, turkey, pigeons , stuffed quail, several times shrimp - I was not ready to stand in line for them. For breakfast, there is always a huge variety of sweet rolls, pancakes, donuts, eggs in all variations, vegetables, fruits, cereals, yogurts, cheeses, sausages. For lunch and dinner there was soup, a lot of delicious desserts.
There are many different vegetables and fruits.
Alcohol is free from 10.00 to 23, after paid. Wine (white, red, rose) is served only in the restaurant and in the bar next to the reception.
On the beach, in the bar at the reception and in the restaurant, the waiters serve alcohol, but you have to understand that, of course, they are not enough for the number of vacationers. It was not a problem for us to go for alcohol ourselves, if necessary.
In the a la carte restaurants - sign up immediately upon arrival, as a result, we did not get into the Indian. Italian is the bomb! We ourselves did not expect such delicious food - the portions are huge, the pizza is almost like a real Italian one.
The hotel staff does not extort tips, friendly, many speak and understand Russian. If you don't be a miser and give tips, you can also forget about the evening queues at the bar).
The rooms were cleaned every day, put 2 bottles of water.
The rooms have a kettle, coffee, tea bags. TV with 4 Russian channels.
Animation: exercises in the morning, then stretching, then zumba and volleyball on the beach, evening animation until 23. When we rested, they only offered to take us to a discotheque to another hotel, but at the end of the holiday some kind of disco started working on the territory. We were not interested, we did not go.
The hookah bar in the hotel does not work (due to covid), we tried it next to the hotel and did not like it.
Beach: entry only from the pontoon, the reef is very beautiful, especially in clear weather.
For those who cannot swim from the pontoon, you can go swimming to the territory of the neighboring hotel on the right (if you face the sea), there is a good sandy beach and a sandy even entry, it’s better not to take hotel towels, then the guard can drive.
There are many shops on the territory of our hotel, they come from other hotels, a very good Ekaterina store, fair prices. Keep in mind that a good and fair price for 100 grams of tea is $1.
We walked along the beach along the territory of other hotels.
If you look at the sea, then to the left the next Cleopatra hotel in it is the cheapest quad bike excursions to the desert - $ 10 per person (in our hotel they offered at least $ 25), the tour lasted about 2 hours, we liked it.
Also, if you go left along the beach, for about 15 minutes, you can walk to the Tia Heights Makadi Bay 5 * hotel, on the territory of which there is a good water park, the price seems to be $ 15 per person.
If you look at the sea and go to the right, there will be a lot of abandoned hotels, but our goal was Al na Billa Bay, located behind the almost empty Serenity Hotel, walk to it for about 30 minutes, there is an abandoned hotel on the bay, but you can relax on the beach for free - sandy beach, complete absence of wind and people, you can take beautiful pictures, snorkel (the guard did not recommend early in the morning and late in the evening), there is something to see - a beautiful reef and fish, but the depth is great.
We took an excursion for 1 day to Cairo, it was a dream to see the pyramids.
We found local "tour operators" in contact with 12 thousand subscribers. The price is $50 per person, almost twice cheaper than Pegasus and Anex. The tour included a visit to the Cairo Museum, the Pyramids and the Sphinx, lunch (usual, no frills, were not hungry). I didn’t like that they were actually forced to buy another tour for $ 10 per person along the Nile (then they dropped it to $ 5), we refused, we were left on the bus, we are facing this for the second time (previously in Luxor). Also, they are forcibly dragged to perfume and papyrus shops - everything is cheaper in the hotel. Only 1 hour is allocated to the Cairo Museum, you need to understand that you won’t see much during this time, but therefore the tour is 1 day. There were about 2.5 hours at the pyramids, there was enough time to take pictures and walk around.
We were also offered a camel ride for $ 5 per person to the panorama of several pyramids, drive about 10 minutes one way, be prepared that on the way, the Bedouin, the camel leader will demand a tip - really demand, people are separated ...demand from 5 $...A friend even jumped off a camel, our guide pretended not to know anything about it...
If you go on a long excursion, warn the administrators at the reception, they will collect a lunch box for you, and also feed you at the restaurant upon arrival (and again they didn’t leave us without beer). In Egypt, there is terrible poverty and hunger, on the pyramids, beggars are apparently driven, they gave half-eaten lunch boxes to dogs ...and at the last stop in the city at the perfume store, we were advised to feed children, not dogs ......So if you go to Cairo, take food from the hotel and feed the hungry children...
We left for Cairo at 2 am and returned at 1 am the next day.
The road in one direction is about 7 hours, it is not easy to bear, I do not recommend with small children and people with health problems.
About one more excursion, an employee of a diving club came up on the beach and offered an excursion on a yacht, we took $ 25 per person, don’t expect much from the excursion, there were no promised huge fish and dolphins, but it was great just to ride a yacht. During the tour there were 3 stops for swimming, on the last one we saw a moray eel.
The hotel area is small, but compact and very well maintained!
Maybe for someone it will be a minus: the lack of a sandy sunset, entertainment for children, wifi in the rooms and discos.
BUT WE LOVE EVERYTHING IN THE HOTEL! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE HOTEL STAFF FOR OUR HOLIDAY! ESPECIALLY MARIO - THE BEST ADMINISTRATOR AT THE RECEPTION, SPEAKS RUSSIAN, ALWAYS READY TO HELP!
IF THERE ARE ANOTHER FAVORABLE OFFERS IN THIS HOTEL, WE WILL DEFINITELY COME AGAIN.
We flew from Kaliningrad along the route: Kaliningrad-Moscow-Istanbul-Hurghada (also in the opposite direction), flights are normally transferred, between flights we waited from 2 to 4 hours.
Moscow-Istanbul-Hurghada flew by the Turkish company Pegasus, such as our Victory, there is not much space on the plane, they do not feed (not important).
The hotel cost us about 44.000 rubles for 13 nights All inclusive (a friend has a 15% discount on booking, the price for a room and meals for 2 people), about the same flights Moscow-Istanbul-Hurghada (the price is for a round-trip flight, for 2 people without luggage, luggage +5000), 7000 rubles tickets for two Kaliningrad-Moscow. We also bought our own insurance. In total, our entire trip came out to about 10.000 rubles for two (without additional costs).
excursions), for comparison, the tour operator offered through Cairo for 17.000 rubles.
For the price at which the tour cost us, the hotel deserves the highest scores, it has its own features, which I will point out at the end, maybe for someone they will be a minus, but not for us.
The covid test must be done no later than 3 days before arrival in Egypt, always in English, preferably in printed form, otherwise they are kept on the plane for a very long time (something is being checked), we knew about this and took certificates with original seals in English in the hospital, they are also watched in Turkey when flying to Egypt.
We arrived in Egypt at about 2 am, agreed on one taxi for 6 people for $ 25 (at first the price was 50, they said that otherwise we would order in an uber, it’s really cheaper there). At the airport, a local SIM card for 20 GB for $ 10, we bought it, because we knew that the hotel had free wifi only at the reception.
It takes about 30 minutes to get to the hotel from Hurghada airport, upon arrival at the hotel they asked if they could feed us, which they didn’t refuse us - they organized a light snack (salads, fresh vegetables, sausage, cheese, rolls), asked for beer and lo and behold, although free alcohol until 23.2 glasses of beer were arranged for each of us, for which, of course, we left a tip - we must be grateful. Many thanks to the Administration for not leaving us hungry at night.
As many write - food at the highest level, every day for lunch and dinner: fish, meat (beef, pork), chicken, at least 3 variations - fried, stewed, grilled, there were also often squid, turkey, pigeons , stuffed quail, several times shrimp - I was not ready to stand in line for them. For breakfast, there is always a huge variety of sweet rolls, pancakes, donuts, eggs in all variations, vegetables, fruits, cereals, yogurts, cheeses, sausages. For lunch and dinner there was soup, a lot of delicious desserts.
There are many different vegetables and fruits.
Alcohol is free from 10.00 to 23, after paid. Wine (white, red, rose) is served only in the restaurant and in the bar next to the reception.
On the beach, in the bar at the reception and in the restaurant, the waiters serve alcohol, but you have to understand that, of course, they are not enough for the number of vacationers. It was not a problem for us to go for alcohol ourselves, if necessary.
In the a la carte restaurants - sign up immediately upon arrival, as a result, we did not get into the Indian. Italian is the bomb! We ourselves did not expect such delicious food - the portions are huge, the pizza is almost like a real Italian one.
The hotel staff does not extort tips, friendly, many speak and understand Russian. If you don't be a miser and give tips, you can also forget about the evening queues at the bar).
The rooms were cleaned every day, put 2 bottles of water.
The rooms have a kettle, coffee, tea bags. TV with 4 Russian channels.
Animation: exercises in the morning, then stretching, then zumba and volleyball on the beach, evening animation until 23. When we rested, they only offered to take us to a discotheque to another hotel, but at the end of the holiday some kind of disco started working on the territory. We were not interested, we did not go.
The hookah bar in the hotel does not work (due to covid), we tried it next to the hotel and did not like it.
Beach: entry only from the pontoon, the reef is very beautiful, especially in clear weather.
For those who cannot swim from the pontoon, you can go swimming to the territory of the neighboring hotel on the right (if you face the sea), there is a good sandy beach and a sandy even entry, it’s better not to take hotel towels, then the guard can drive.
There are many shops on the territory of our hotel, they come from other hotels, a very good Ekaterina store, fair prices. Keep in mind that a good and fair price for 100 grams of tea is $1.
We walked along the beach along the territory of other hotels.
If you look at the sea, then to the left the next Cleopatra hotel in it is the cheapest quad bike excursions to the desert - $ 10 per person (in our hotel they offered at least $ 25), the tour lasted about 2 hours, we liked it.
Also, if you go left along the beach, for about 15 minutes, you can walk to the Tia Heights Makadi Bay 5 * hotel, on the territory of which there is a good water park, the price seems to be $ 15 per person.
If you look at the sea and go to the right, there will be a lot of abandoned hotels, but our goal was Al na Billa Bay, located behind the almost empty Serenity Hotel, walk to it for about 30 minutes, there is an abandoned hotel on the bay, but you can relax on the beach for free - sandy beach, complete absence of wind and people, you can take beautiful pictures, snorkel (the guard did not recommend early in the morning and late in the evening), there is something to see - a beautiful reef and fish, but the depth is great.
We took an excursion for 1 day to Cairo, it was a dream to see the pyramids.
We found local "tour operators" in contact with 12 thousand subscribers. The price is $50 per person, almost twice cheaper than Pegasus and Anex. The tour included a visit to the Cairo Museum, the Pyramids and the Sphinx, lunch (usual, no frills, were not hungry). I didn’t like that they were actually forced to buy another tour for $ 10 per person along the Nile (then they dropped it to $ 5), we refused, we were left on the bus, we are facing this for the second time (previously in Luxor). Also, they are forcibly dragged to perfume and papyrus shops - everything is cheaper in the hotel. Only 1 hour is allocated to the Cairo Museum, you need to understand that you won’t see much during this time, but therefore the tour is 1 day. There were about 2.5 hours at the pyramids, there was enough time to take pictures and walk around.
We were also offered a camel ride for $ 5 per person to the panorama of several pyramids, drive about 10 minutes one way, be prepared that on the way, the Bedouin, the camel leader will demand a tip - really demand, people are separated ...demand from 5 $...A friend even jumped off a camel, our guide pretended not to know anything about it...
If you go on a long excursion, warn the administrators at the reception, they will collect a lunch box for you, and also feed you at the restaurant upon arrival (and again they didn’t leave us without beer). In Egypt, there is terrible poverty and hunger, on the pyramids, beggars are apparently driven, they gave half-eaten lunch boxes to dogs ...and at the last stop in the city at the perfume store, we were advised to feed children, not dogs ......So if you go to Cairo, take food from the hotel and feed the hungry children...
We left for Cairo at 2 am and returned at 1 am the next day.
The road in one direction is about 7 hours, it is not easy to bear, I do not recommend with small children and people with health problems.
About one more excursion, an employee of a diving club came up on the beach and offered an excursion on a yacht, we took $ 25 per person, don’t expect much from the excursion, there were no promised huge fish and dolphins, but it was great just to ride a yacht. During the tour there were 3 stops for swimming, on the last one we saw a moray eel.
The hotel area is small, but compact and very well maintained!
Maybe for someone it will be a minus: the lack of a sandy sunset, entertainment for children, wifi in the rooms and discos.
BUT WE LOVE EVERYTHING IN THE HOTEL! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE HOTEL STAFF FOR OUR HOLIDAY! ESPECIALLY MARIO - THE BEST ADMINISTRATOR AT THE RECEPTION, SPEAKS RUSSIAN, ALWAYS READY TO HELP!
IF THERE ARE ANOTHER FAVORABLE OFFERS IN THIS HOTEL, WE WILL DEFINITELY COME AGAIN.
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