Good hotel, good stay

Written: 10 april 2011
Travel time: 2 — 9 april 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 7.0
We had a family vacation from April 2 to 9.2011. Delivery to the hotel, check-in - without problems and quickly. They didn't pay for the room. Russian is accepted at the reception. There is also a Russian girl Oksana, who will enlighten in any matters and provide all possible assistance. The service is friendly, most of them speak Russian at least somehow and chat with pleasure. They love to be photographed. Settled in room 4116 on the second floor overlooking the pool and the sea. As it turned out - the hotel is more than half free. On the day of our arrival, the first batch of Russians arrived. We met them in Hurghada with flags, songs and dances. The sellers of entertainment complained a lot about the shortage of CIS tourists. Then the hotel gradually began to fill up, but mostly with Europeans. A party of Chinese also arrived. But even before departure, the hotel was a little more than half full, and there were few Russian speakers. The hotel is relatively new, so the condition is good, including the rooms.
no one complained of stomach problems. There is a section of Italian and Oriental cuisine. The food selection wasn't great, but it was enough for us. The feeling of hunger for all the time never appeared. There are always fish. There were lamb, turkey, pigeons, lyulya. Fruits - strawberries, tangerine oranges, guava, bananas, apples, pears, dates. Alcohol - the whole set of Egyptian drinks. Tea, cocoa and coffee all the time. Pastries are delicious, but have seen and more varied. Surprisingly, there was no hibiscus anywhere. There were theme nights. There is a huge veranda for those who like to eat outdoors. Hence the viewing of evening animations. You can dine in fast food mode at the beach bar. In the same place after lunch - ice cream of several varieties. In the same bar, the whole range of drinks, including quite a decent cappuccino. Bar on the beach under a canopy, which is a big plus at lunchtime. There are plenty of seats and there are always empty tables.
Animation Entertainment during the day is not intrusive, but on the beach and inconspicuous. In the evening - having nothing to do, you can watch the usual set of competitions, oriental shows. There is a disco in a separate room with paid drinks. The beach is huge, about 500 m long and quite wide. There are always free sunbeds. There was no morning excitement for the occupation of the first line. In addition to fungi, there is a line of linen awnings. Fungi have windbreaks. Two showers along the edges of the beach. Toilets are cleaned every 15 minutes. Entertainment sellers are intrusive for the first two days, then they become friends who like to chat about everything. They take offense at German snobs and those who simply drive them away. A pier with a wooden flooring 350 m long. Along it is a slab of dead coral, which is exposed by 150 meters at the peak of the ebb tide (daily high tide). Somewhere on ; pier the first descent into the water. Depth to the waist and fine sand underfoot. This is for those who do not know how to swim in depth.

From this entrance it is possible at high tide, maneuvering between coral islands, to swim out to the outer reef. Considering the pier, this hotel is not for lazy people. Although personally we never bothered to walk to the end of the pier. At the end - a spacious area with a bench and sections for storing slippers, towels. From the pier into the water there are two vertical stairs and two gentle ones. There was no particular crowd on the descent into the water. Three magnificent plataxes and a file live near the descent into the water. True, there is enough suspension in the water. You can snorkel either to the right to the outer reef or to the left towards the shore and the neighboring pier. If you swim further along the line of buoys, you will find yourself in the space between two reefs, where the waves are quieter and there is less suspension (the bottom between the reefs is sandy). There, at a shallow depth, photographing marine inhabitants is a pleasure. The corals are not great. But fish and shellfish are right under your nose. Magnificent outer reef with wonderful corals,
During the excursion snorkeling or diving in three places. Huge moray eels, which the Egyptians fed from their hands, huge Napoleons and a lot of other living creatures. And a stop at Paradise Beach: water and sand - what are your Maldives. In view of the presence of a constant at least a small breeze, there are always offers of wind and sky surfers in Makadi Bay. The locals do wonders. Weather: the sea is warm. For the first three days, a relatively cool breeze blew. Dressed up in the evening. Then it got much warmer. And the last thing: when leaving, a problem happened with some Russians: the service staff found some kind of dent on the front door. For that, when leaving, they demanded 200 bucks. Heard a similar story with a glass door to the balcony. Departure was delayed for 40 minutes. A lot of nerves and swearing. As a result, they paid something compensation, and the tourists were released. Tip - be more attentive to the condition of the room. Report any damage in a timely manner, and check the balance of the account on the eve,
not on the day of departure. In general, I liked the hotel. Especially with the price of 1315 tanks for three))).
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