Great vacation! Recomend for everybody!!

Written: 7 november 2011
Travel time: 13 — 23 october 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 10.0
The hotel is wonderful! ! ! It has a fairly large territory, but it is designed so competently that no matter where you go, everything is always close. The rooms are quite spacious, clean and comfortable.

We were completely satisfied with the food: a very varied buffet, I want to try both. Not starving - that's for sure)))
There are few Russians in the hotel, we were very happy about this, because we wanted a relaxing holiday. Mostly Italians have a rest, they saw a lot of Germans, there were Poles, Czechs, Dutch, French, British. However, all of the above citizens, except for Russians and Czechs, remain emotionally neutral, never smile or start a conversation.

The location in relation to the sea is excellent. The sea is just wonderful! but you need to stomp a little in shallow water. The distance from our room to the beach is only 30 seconds on foot. The beach is large, sunbeds, umbrellas, towels - everything is there.

The opportunity to buy something for yourself or your loved ones as a gift is quite limited: there are several shops on the territory of the hotel, there is no competition, the range of goods is limited, they don’t want to bargain. . but after long and stubborn bargaining, they still drop the price ...but not always.
The shops:
- near the reception there are a number of shops: T-shirts, towels, slates, snorkel masks, fins, fridge magnets, souvenirs, glasses, scarves, oils, papyrus, coral jewelry, gold, silver;
- on the beach: summer decorations made of coral and camel bones.
It is possible to buy excursions to the cities. It is better to take sea excursions at the Diving Center on the territory of the hotel (it will be cheaper than from representatives of Russian tour operators). Contact Hany (Hani) - this is the boss of the Diving Center, he will tell you about sea excursions and diving in mixed Russian-English, offer, if you need a mask with a snorkel, to rent or buy.
It was a pleasure to communicate with Hany - thank you for your responsiveness! ! !

The staff is very friendly and welcoming. Many people know a few words in Russian, but they have to communicate mainly in English, which, in fact, does not interfere with rest at all, since sign language can solve all problems)))
In Russia, in a travel agency, we were given incorrect information that the hotel would always have a Russian-speaking guide from Anex-tour to solve all our problems. Upon arrival, it turned out that he had never been there and probably never will be. We, of course, were confused at first, when we could not connect even two words in English. However, a representative from Tez-tour, Mr. Mohammed, soon approached us and offered his help in excellent Russian: he told everything,
explained and answered all our questions, and also gave a printout of excursion programs with a description and cost in Russian. Mr Mohammed, thank you! !
The next day, we met with the Russian concierge Irina, whom we later turned to for any questions. Irina was always responsive and friendly, very attentive, instantly resolved all our questions, as well as the second concierge Kate (from Poland). Kate speaks clear and correct English, there were no problems with understanding. Irina and Kate - thanks girls! !

The staff is correct, they don’t offer sex, they don’t beg for tips.

The menu is varied, everything is very appetizing, everything is fresh. Meat (beef); hen; once there was a duck; fish; dressed salads, salad ingredients without dressing, you dress yourself with one of the types of oils or mayonnaise; grilled vegetables, stewed vegetables; pastes; cheese slices; meat cuts; pancakes with different types of jams; omelettes with different ingredients to choose from; yogurt in the morning; fruits; a lot of different pastries - and always fresh and very appetizing!
I, of course, could not list everything - but I seem to have written the main thing. We never had any stomach upsets in 10 days.
Restaurants are always clean. As soon as he sat down, they immediately came up with the question "what will you drink", just finished eating, they immediately cleaned the dishes. Appliances, serving - everything is on the level. This made us very happy. )
We drank delicious cocktails all the time. We drank beer - pleasant, very light.
Special thanks to the bartender Mostafa Gilany (with glasses)! Always cheerful, always laughing, uplifting, very courteous, very attentive, instantly responds to any request according to the order, offers cocktails himself. This is the funniest bartender ever! We tried to always go to the bar where he worked. And then he was transferred to the waiters and it became boring: he ran around with trays, and he simply had no time to entertain people. Bring Mostafa Gilany back to Dolphin Bar!
I also want to separately mention the bartenders Wael Sadek (Wael . Ahmed) and Ahmed A.
Aziz - very attentive and friendly comrades) They always gave us enough attention and were very polite.

The animation is unobtrusive, quite decent. Most liked the Fox animator! He speaks very good Russian, leads water aerobics in the pool during the day - a lot of fun! ! and then later step outdoors. Fox, you are cool! ! )))
There is a gym.

There is a disco hall, but no one goes there (I once saw two people dancing there). Everyone sits in the lobby bar on the street in the evening, the animators arrange funny dances there, and before that they organize a children's disco - it should be noted that it is so cool that there, in a circle, holding hands, people of any age jump with the children and clap in palms. In the evening at 21.30 in the theater, the animators arrange some kind of show: they dance, then they walk on glass, then a show with fire, then they show comedies.
There is paid internet in the hotel lobby.
We spent most of our time at sea, swimming with a mask and snorkel. For some time you have to go knee-deep in water, there are a lot of very sea urchins - you need to be careful. It is more difficult to go back - you are wet, the wind is blowing, it is warmer under water) we floated on our belly in the very shallow water. We saw stingrays, moray eels, lionfish, needle fish, shrimp, and many, many other fish, whose names I don’t know. When we took excursions, we saw big turtles, swam next to them and took pictures under water. Hany from the Diving Center can tell you where to go for turtles.

The room is cozy. Gorgeous view from the room. Very comfortable large bed with a good mattress - it was a pleasure to sleep! Always good air conditioner. TV with many channels, there is one Russian (maybe more, we just didn’t watch TV at all). Toilets and showers are in good condition, the water is soft, not very hot.
The room is cleaned daily, however, we sometimes refused, because it was so clean anyway.
They left a dollar each - but they never twisted a crocodile out of towels for us! Maybe two dollars wanted? Therefore, they were offended for the last time and did not leave anymore.

So. The hotel is really awesome. If you don't want to ride in a disco for half the night, but have as your goal a real break from work, noise, the city - you are here. For those who like to snorkel - you are also here. You can swim to the reef in front of the hotel. But we walked to the left outside the hotel, where the unfinished house was, and swam opposite it at the reef. There the fish are bigger and there are more of them. We took pictures with them on an underwater soap dish bought at the hotel for $ 20.
For all organizational issues, please contact the concierges Irina and Kate. For swimming and diving excursions - to Hany in the Diving Center. Submarine trips can be bought in the hotel lobby.
Have a nice holiday!!!!! ! ! !
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