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Written: 16 february 2022
Travel time: 11 — 25 january 2022
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
10.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 10.0
On Mars since 2007. Traveled all the hotels with bays, from Pensee to Shams Alam. Some hotels were visited 2 times, incl. and in Fantasy. But everything flows and everything changes. Therefore, on the eve of the planned vacation, they began to re-read the reviews. The Three Corners Equinox & Fayrouz & Fantazia Resort/ remained at the finish line. In terms of price and quality, they chose Fantasia. Tour operator Aneks, departure from Kharkov.
Registered online at 20:00. Flight without delay. Boarding was quick and orderly. Boeing 757-800 aircraft. There are about 240 passengers in the cabin. There were, of course, heavily drunk, but not critical.
4 hours in the sky and here it is, Marsa Alam Airport. When leaving the plane, they presented printed certificates of vaccination (coronavac). We bought visas at the bank, luggage here, like here. Everything is fast, our plane is alone. Then the demon beguiled, we always buy a Vodafone card eg. But the Vodafone store is closed. Bought an egypt telecom. Fucked up. Works only along the track.

1.5 hours and we are at the hotel. We were immediately approached by the accommodation manager, Mr. Ghareeb Heragy. We wrote him a letter the day before with our wishes. All were completed. Thank you, Mr. Ghareeb.
Then I write briefly, only about what, in my opinion, was not very disclosed in previous reviews.
Sea. Fantasia is not the best hotel for snorkeling. But nevertheless, if you want to see beautiful corals and interesting "fish", you have to swim out of the bay. Bracken, large Napoleon, turtles. All this is there.
Restaurants. The disadvantage of distributing dishes by chefs is that the portions are too large. Everything else is great.
Number. In the letter, they immediately asked for Delux. They didn't regret it. Booking a Delux, through a tour operator, is significantly more expensive.
Wi-Fi throughout. Works great. YouTube pulls without question. Sometimes hung up (rarely). In this case, I changed the connection point and the issue was resolved.
Guests 50% - Ukraine. 40% - Italy. 10% - Belarus, Poland and Russia. Well +/-.
The Italians mourned the days when the hotel was 100% Italian. Covid has made its own adjustments.
Lyrical digression: we are used to the fact that guests from Russia have a bottle of vodka on the table, while Ukrainians have whiskey. The first time you saw it on a table in a restaurant? a head of cheese (such as Parmesan) and a GRATER. Yes Yes. Metal, manual grater (truncated pyramid with a handle). Well, probably, many people try to bring a piece of their homeland with them? ))).
Weather. For 14 days, 4 days were 21-22 degrees in the afternoon. The rest, maximum + 19. With the breeze. Not hot. The water near the shore warms up to 21. Above the depth of +23, after January 20, it got colder at depth. It was already not hot in 5 mm neoprene.
Generally. In the 11 years since our first and second visits, the hotel has blossomed, literally and figuratively. One feels the master's hand (the owner of the hotel lives in one of the rooms).
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