Курорт? Посмотрим... Resort? We will see...

Rested in this hotel from 31.10 to 14.11. Transfer from Hurghada takes 2.5 - 3 hours (depending on the number of "halts"). We went in the evening, so the heat did not pester. Got to the hotel after midnight; It is clear that he did not receive dinner. Accompanying guide Pegasus did not care. The check-in process went quickly - I signed the form, received an envelope, listened to the proposal for a "sea-view" room. In the envelope - a bracelet, a key (electronic), a card on a towel, three leaflets (contrary to the guide's promise, everything is in English). Flyers - all blah blah blah and a description of the "what, where, when" of the all-inclusive package. For those who do not know English, their value is practically zero. Managers, by the way, speak only English, so at least a basic knowledge of the language is highly desirable in this hotel. Then the arrivals were put into an electric car and taken to their rooms (along with their suitcases). That was something! Similarity of "roller coaster", only in a horizontal plane! The driver (aka porter) is just Schumacher. . . And taking into account the night, complete ignorance of the topology of the hotel and the steep bends of the paths, it was one more attraction! Fortunately, the rooms have a kettle, tea, coffee - you could take a breath after the attraction and fill your stomach with something. The territory at night, due to the peculiarities of illumination, looks like a village of gnomes. During the daytime - full striving to justify the "resort (resort)" in the title. A fairly large area is built up with two-story buildings located in six lines, with balconies oriented towards the sea. Most of the area is lawns. There are not enough trees, rather, like lawn decor. Only the territory of the pool, the central alley and the embankment are abundantly planted. But in general, the territory makes a positive impression - spacious and green. All the greenery is constantly monitored by special people (there are a lot of special people, everyone is doing something). The pool is large, very bizarre shape, with bridges. In this form, a separate children's pool (depth 44 cm) is allocated, and the main one is divided under one of the bridges by a wall into two parts - with and without heating. In the "cold" part - bar. With the onset of darkness, the backlight turns on - impressive! Swimming at this time in the "warm" part is just a thrill! True, around 18-00 you will be politely asked to land. . . The beach is two-level, all in umbrellas and sun loungers - there is enough space. constantly removed. There are two bars on the beach (but only one is open). There is a restaurant where you can have lunch (on the menu, unlike the main restaurant - only modest pizza). Everything else is in the main building: the main restaurant, a bar (open from 18-00), two restaurants "for money" (this is rather a tribute to status), an area with tables for evening pastime - the main "party" place. Well, of course, in the building there is a large hall with very cozy sofas, several souvenir shops, a conference room, a mandatory toilet is also present (artfully disguised and very chic). In general, everything is done with a claim to star status. The main resting contingent is Italian-Polish. Next in descending order are the Germans, and the rest of the European Union trifle. Our Slavic brother from the post-Soviet space is also present in small quantities. . The audience of the family and elderly type prevails. Therefore, the atmosphere is calm (considering the peculiarities of the bourgeois mentality). In some places it was even very calm - it was sometimes difficult for the arriving team of active animators to stir up this audience. Fans of a violently drunk "rakolbas" have absolutely nothing to do there. Food - it's hard to stay hungry. Caviar, champagne and escargot are not served, of course, but everything else is varied and plentiful. The bias, of course, to the tastes of Europeans, with obligatory pasta and french fries, which the bourgeois simply swept away. . . Alcohol is also served taking into account the contingent - calmly and not plentiful (more precisely, leisurely, taking into account the ratio of the number of waiters to the number of people who want to drink); getting drunk is extremely difficult, and strong alcohol is only in bars (this is where you can recharge, although drinking strong alcohol during the day causes sincere surprise among the staff). The entire entertainment program has a weekly cycle (bourgeois visits mainly for a week). During the day, sports and entertainment extras with the expectation of "non-terminators", the most active - volleyball, beach and water. The audience, for the most part, is actively sunbathing, stubbornly pulling out sunbeds in the sun and preparing the body with special equipment. Sea. . . About the sea, people and impressions in the second part (I promise photos).