There is nothing to do there

Written: 2 april 2010
Travel time: 21 — 28 march 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For recreation with friends, for young people
Judge for yourself: the hotel is not small, but not huge either. That's a plus - everything is relatively close. The rooms are good and big. Bath, hair dryer, air conditioning, everything is relatively new. Some rooms have broken furniture. Be carefull! When you leave you will be asked to pay for it. The swimming pool is large and beautiful, there is a heated part. Everywhere flowers, birds, mosquitoes fly, they are poisoned. The canteen is large, there is food, even meat. Tasty, but not everything can be eaten. It is better to avoid dishes made from leftovers. The afternoon snack is more than modest. Animation in March was absent. Only 1 time there were dancers. The amphitheater is somehow shabby, instead of seats there are wet mats. It's disgusting. Animators also came to rest, in the evenings they drink and fight with tourists. Sea. A large sandy bay, along the edges of 2 reefs, smoothly going into the depths. Nice to dive and snorkel. Who for the first time is generally super, although there are not many fish. There are turtles in the depths, they eat grass there. Divers dive to look at the sea cow. In March, a strong wind, almost always a storm, the water is not more than 25 degrees. You can swim, but it is better before lunch. The waves are not strong everywhere. You can find a part of the bay where it is quieter. Any large living creatures live far from the coast - stingrays, manta rays, sharks, dolphins. On the beach there is a poster that there are no lifeguards, swim at your own peril and risk. Only a small part of the beach belongs to the hotel, on the rest of the territory you can walk and swim, but there is nowhere to sit down, they don’t let you sunbathe. In general, the sea is not bad. Here the service makes an indelible impression. Obviously, the first trip to Egypt will be the last. The tour operator Mostrevel, as always, did it wrong: they managed to misrepresent my last name when booking a hotel and a charter, my girlfriend changed her gender. As a result, we were first put in a room with 1 bed. This is in a Muslim country! We immediately asked to change, they replaced us, only the suitcases were thrown on the street in front of the hotel. Upon departure, we were asked to vacate the room at 7.20. At 6 am, a porter broke in for a suitcase and, not paying attention to the fact that we were in our underwear, brazenly demanded baksheesh. These people only know how to count money - we were constantly pressed for 2 or 3 less towels, we had to run around and beg for more. I must say right away that communicating through a guide is not the best way to solve your problems. It is better to know Arabic or English. Our tourists went for 4 days to no avail for a guide, so that they could fix the stopper on the closet. On the day of departure, they were ripped off with money for a broken door, 50 dollars, in my opinion. They tried to prove something, but they were left at the hotel, and apart from the taxi, there is no other transport there. Pleasant little. Others demanded money for a chair that they allegedly broke - it just dried out. Also with scandal. Someone from the minibar took 1 bottle - they billed for 5. When we left, we had to pay the franchise $ 30 (medical services), so they tried to rip off 30 euros from us, they say they made a mistake, they didn’t look at the check. Knowing in advance about such tricks, we were not particularly surprised, but not pleasant enough. Again, it would be possible to go on an excursion somewhere, but it's scary. Even if the tour is purchased from a guide at the hotel, there is no guarantee that Mostrevel is responsible for you. Only desperate people in this country go in for extreme sports. I saw with my own eyes a tourist in a cast - I rode an ATV. The conclusion is that you won’t be able to relax and unwind there, which means there’s nothing to do there. It will be warm soon, we will go to other countries.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original