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Hello dear tourists and fans of Egypt. My long-awaited vacation has just ended and I decided to share with you my impressions of the Stella Makadi Garden Resort.
In Egypt, I was not lucky to rest for the first time, so my review will be objective and fair. And so everything is in order.
I chose the hotel solely on the basis of previous reviews of tourists already resting here. And in principle, I was satisfied with everything, although there are small disadvantages that you can not pay much attention to.

We flew out of Kyiv without delay and after 3.5 hours I was already breathing hot Egyptian air. : ) Do not be afraid of this expression, the temperature was quite comfortable in the morning and in the evening, great and not hot at all. It takes a long time to get to the hotel (40 minutes, compared to the main hotels in Hurghada itself. ) So going to Hurghada itself will be a little stressful. Back barely 13 left. True, if a company is traveling, you can chip in so it's more accessible. Although this is all individual and depends on the capabilities of the vacationers themselves, for some it is not so expensive.
The hotel itself is not very bad, it is new opened in 2011, many of the building is still under reconstruction. Vacationers are mostly Germans, Poles, a few Italians. there are very few of us. The staff at the reception is polite, and in general I have not come across rudeness, everyone is really friendly and trying very hard.
The room was given to us exceptionally quickly... but of course not the one we had booked! And on the 3rd floor! And we booked for 1. And pay attention to the rooms on all floors are different. Arriving at the room, I was upset, it was small, and the bathroom did not have a separate shower and trouble as when ordering. Although the room is quite decent, clean, but I was tense with a small child, and the balcony is still not safe. After going to the reception and asking to change the room, they told us that they would change it, but only the next day. When we arrived in the morning, we were told to wait until noon. In short, take off talking is useless. So if you have any problems, immediately look for a girl named Laura, she deals with surveys, wishes and solves all requests and questions. After listening to us, she was already leading us to show our permanent number in two minutes.
Now I was completely satisfied, the first floor, a large spacious room overlooking the pool, with a bath, shower, trouble, in short, full stuffing! And this is without additional payment, the same standard... but the first MINUS for me is that all Russian speakers and Ukrainians wear a "special" blue bracelet and therefore they are settled in a separate building right next to the amphitheater. It really annoys tourists with children. It is impossible to sleep at night until the music stops. And the building in which we were moved is for Europeans. Germans, Poles, Italians settle here. This, of course, is frustrating, the attitude towards them is, of course, head and shoulders above that of Russians and Ukrainians.

The territory is large, well-groomed, joint with Stella Makadi Resort & Spa, many pools, each building has a separate pool and a bar in it.
I was satisfied with the food. Only breakfasts are monotonous, you even already know where to get something : ) There is a children's menu, the kids will not go hungry either. There are cereals, corn flakes, yoghurts, I had something to give (1.9 years old) Every day, a different cuisine, either European or Russian... The choice is good, there is always fish, meat, vegetables... in short, for every taste. We even had seafood a couple of times. Fruit is enough. of all the hotels where I was fruit here most of all was. Baking - lovely, cakes to taste. The chefs are constantly watching everything, they are trying very hard, of course, their life is in full swing!
As for alcohol, my husband drank only beer, he says that it’s not bad, the wine is normal.
And now about the most important thing - the sea! It upsets. In reality, whoever travels for the first time is definitely not here for you, here you will not see him in the beauty that you must definitely see at least once in your life. Up to a depth of 350 meters, but that's not all - every day the tide is out and in order to at least wet your feet you will have to stomp for a long, long time. But for people who are not afraid of walking under the sun (by the way, I also thought that it would not scare me, but in reality it started to strain with a child for the 3rd time, it was very uncomfortable) you can go here. At the end of the pier you can swim with masks, although the fauna did not surprise me this time. There is something to see, but not much.
The animation is good, but again, more attention to the Europeans!
The good news is that Laura constantly comes up and asks if everything suits you, the food in the room, etc. So don't be afraid to speak up and make the service better.

I really liked the kids club. Well landscaped, lots of activities, games, trampoline, swings, slides. The only thing is that there is no Russian-speaking staff. Of course, they will be able to look after the child, but they simply won’t understand for the little ones. Older ones can be safely left there for them to find something to entertain themselves with.
As for the cleaning of the room - I don’t know about the rest, but we had it disgusting, they didn’t clean it so badly anywhere. And did not affect the tip left. By the end of the 4th day, we stopped leaving them at all. Well, really, there was nothing.
A separate tip for those who will book rooms overlooking the pool, take mosquito repellent for the night, otherwise the dream will be ruined. for the first time in so many times of rest, mosquitoes really got us at night.
But in general, we had a good rest, we never had an upset stomach, nothing hurt, we arrived healthy. Remark only to cleaning, mosquitoes : ) and a better attitude towards "blue bracelets". But this is a trifle, it all depends on your mood! If you have any questions - write to answer.
Happy holidays everyone!