В отеле есть все, чтобы прекрасно отдохнуть, если не очень привередничать The hotel has everything to have a great rest, if not very picky

Let me tell you, we liked it.
There are many small minuses that do not critically affect the overall impression. But I am writing this especially for fastidious people, who will later write: “Well, you deceived us, praised us, but here it’s bad, and that. ”
In any, even the best hotel, there will always be a person who will say: "This is the worst hotel in my life. " Conversely, there will be enthusiastic fanatics in any superder. me. The main disadvantages of this hotel are connected not so much with the hotel itself, but with the country as a whole, with the "tourist traditions" of Egypt, and, accordingly, with the attitude of people towards these tourists. I will write about the pros and cons in order.

1. The first impression was terrible. We arrived early, at 7 in the morning, we were told that there was no check-in yet, come at 8. We went for a walk around the territory, and went into the far part, which is abandoned. According to Egyptian law, there should now be 70% occupancy. Apparently, therefore, part of the hotel has been untouched since 2019. It is a pity that a cozy pool with chairs right in the water near the bar, which is in the photo of the hotel, also got here. When you look at this photo, understand that this pool and bar are not working.
So, there are almost no people, a strong wind, an abandoned territory, for completeness of impressions, it was not enough only for a tumbleweed to sweep - it would be an exact American horror film at a gas station. )))
2. But this is only a small part. Most of the territory is very beautiful, green, well-groomed and makes a great impression. Much later, after the passage of time, we went and enjoyed, and it was one of the most vivid impressions of the hotel. And the pictures come out amazingly beautiful, you feel just like on the paradise islands.
3. Continuing the topic of accommodation and "hospitality", I should note that this is not observed at all. Maybe someone is lucky, but we are absolutely not. We were thrashed as best we could. When we arrived at 8, it turned out that that man was no longer there, and there were new ones who didn’t even know about us, began to demand a voucher and passports again. Thrash. And again - come at 9. Somewhere around 9 it turned out that the check-in is only from 14 (this is understandable, but they didn’t know this before? And they couldn’t say? ), And bracelets will be put on only from 12. That is. We don't get to breakfast any more. This despite the fact that we had a night flight, and all this time, we naturally did not sleep and did not eat. Weird hospitality. Very soon it became clear that they just stupidly want to rip off money from us. Praised here by some orderers, Mustafa is a scoundrel and extortionist. This is who I DO NOT RECOMMEND. Later we realized that it is better to turn to English speakers. The problem will be solved (at least it will be solved at all) relatively quickly and without money. But at that moment, this freak told us in plain text that there are rooms, but we will only check you in at 14. But if you want, then now, "but it's not free. " And demanded $20. As a rule, I don’t fall for this, and we didn’t have such a thing in any hotel before. But here we were too tired and exhausted. I gave him 10 dollars. Enough. We were immediately settled, though in some old shabby room, but we had no time for ceremonies. The porter praised all the far-fetched splendors of this room for so long, turned on the old air conditioner, climbed into the shower, opened the balcony, and in the end he almost lay down in bed, groaned for 5 minutes until they gave him 5 dollars. (There wasn’t less, stock up on small ones in advance) to get out.

4. The room, in general, is not bad. With Egyptian elements, with a small dusty balcony. You can live. The air conditioner is old and very noisy. The TV is tiny - from the 80s, didn't work at all at first. After going to the reception, they fixed it, though there was little sense from it. Already very small and shows with interference. The doors are very old, cracked, they close very badly, with great difficulty.
With water - very funny. Nothing comes out of a hot tap at all, but boiling water pours out of a cold one, you need to let it drain for a few minutes, then warm water will pour out. Forget the cold, it doesn't happen. The shower is small, but in general, everything is fine.
5. The pool is lovely. Very large, with an island, which can be reached by a bridge. There are two waterfalls under which you can chill very cool. Entrance from several sides with very cool steps. Right next to the pool bar, toilet, in general, chic. And the view is something! Palm trees give the impression of a paradise island, and the sea is very close, so that both the pool and the sea are visible from many angles. For photos, and indeed for perception - just amazing. There are enough beds. With incomplete occupancy of the hotel, there are no problems with them.
Of the minuses - near the pool they do not remove dirt and sand at all. It was ok at first, but after a few days, the steps turned into back roads. Uncritical, but annoying.
Another minus - in the evening they are harshly kicked out, you can’t swim. And even if you deceive "vigilance", then in the evening they pour into the pool, some kind of dirty trick like bleach, which floats there for a long time right in pieces - you can't buy it.
But in the evening there is a very beautiful backlight, you can sit somewhere by the pool, with or without a drink, and just enjoy the views.
6. Drinks. I liked the beer, it is bottled here, which are opened right in front of you. Those. and there is a degree and at least some guarantee that it is not divorced.

Of the non-alcoholic, almost all are very sweet. This in itself is a problem for those who do not like sugary, and it does not play in an alcoholic cocktail. Several times they tried to take whiskey-cola - so sweet that it is simply impossible to drink. The usual gin and tonic for other hotels is also impossible - there is no tonic at all, in principle, and gin is extremely rare, and therefore consider that it is also absent. As a result, I had to take separately, but the alcohol is not very good. The concept of normal cocktails like "blue lagoon" is not here at all, because there are no liquors. In general, everything is very sad with alcohol.
Customers (they write rave reviews obviously on order, praise those whom it is impossible to praise) say that they came with their own, and everything is fine then. It's up to you, but you must admit, it's strange. Going to all-inclusive with your own alcohol is like going to Tula with your own samovar. That’s why I’m going to all-inclusive, so that everything is already there, and so as not to run to other shops and restaurants. Otherwise, it is no longer all-inclusive. Then take the most seedy two without meals somewhere in the city, and run on excursions, shops and restaurants, and don't call it all-inclusive.
7. Food. Generally tolerable. There is not much variety. But what is usually good. Delicious ricotta-type cheese, sour cream dressing with tomato, some good salads for lunch, once there was a very tasty grilled meat. Good rice.
Otherwise, sadness again. It was especially infuriating that for breakfast you have to stand in line for an omelet. I have not seen this anywhere. It is not prepared in advance, but only by order, it is done extremely slowly, with ambition, without overworking, and there are a lot of people. And one person does it. As a result, breakfast, which should have taken 15 minutes, takes an hour. Pancakes are extremely strange tasteless, and there is also a huge queue for them.
The main dishes do not know how to cook or do not try. The potatoes and pasta are terrible. Meat or fish served for dinner as a specialty is dry and tasteless, often the meat is not even chewed. Frozen fish in batter like hake is normal, but many said that it was terrible, you can’t eat it. I could eat, nothing special, but not terrible either.
With sweet problems. There is simply no good, there is very little mediocre, mostly frank der. mo. From fruits, ONLY terribly green melon and nightmarishly tasteless dates. Just trouble.

The restaurant itself is good, there were always enough places, there is serving right away, so you don’t have to run around looking for a place and appliances. The waiters run around and often clean the plates. This is a big plus. BUT!
But only employees fill you up, and although there are some advantages here (savings, no one sneezes in a salad), but otherwise, this is a problem. The problem with the attitude of the Egyptians. On the one hand, there are a lot of them, and when not needed, they swarm around you like flies. But when needed, they are not. Often you have to wait until the filler finally deigns to come up and pour something for you, and sometimes it’s just egregious cases: you stand right in front of him with a plate, ask for something, he stupidly turns around and leaves. And in general, they like to look as if you are not there, through, and in every possible way to show that you do not exist. Until you give money, there will be a look through you, you are an insect.
8. This, apparently, is connected with what all of Egypt has now become. A country of beggars, traders, beggars and extortionists. The hotel behaves calmly, at times intrusive, but without fanaticism. 3 times a day, endless submarine sellers and masseurs will make a detour around you, once again they will be surprised, how is it that you don’t need a massage? Is that the most important thing in life? Annoying, but tolerable.
If you went outside the hotel - get ready! It will be very difficult for an unaccustomed person. My wife had a culture shock, she went out once, returned with a severe headache and refused to go out any further. The fact is that every Egyptian, to whom you got within a radius of 100 meters, considers you prey, you already owe him from the very beginning, you are obliged to give him money, because you are his wallet and victim. Here all sorts of tricks are used, which I will not describe, but this does not end with anything good for mental health. It is especially infuriating that you literally won’t be left alone for a second, it’s impossible to just walk around, look. There will be a swarm around, howling, shouting, “How are you”, “Karasho”, “Hot”, “Come on”, “Come on, come on”, “You promised” (did not say a word), “You promised me three times ”(The first time he came out at all), “ And my mother is also from Kyiv ”(by the way, a very common type of lure: they find out where you are from, and their relatives magically immediately jump out from there). You simply simply will not be allowed to concentrate on anything, and they will confuse your head.

Nearby, 5 meters away, there is a booth where everyone gets a visa for 25 dollars. There is no queue, it takes a second, no problem at all. But the ENTIRE huge plane (more than 300 people) went to these racks, no one listened to me, everyone paid 27. Out of the blue, Anex-tour fraudulently earned 600 dollars! Thrash! And it's official, everyone knows about it. But in Egypt, to deceive a tourist is a sacred thing. I can see how they get together in the evening and brag about how who fooled what sucker today, and how much money he fooled out of this idiot.
Further more. They drove us for a very long time with endless waiting and arrivals. We arrived at 3.30 at night, but got to the hotel only at 7. This despite the fact that the hotel is 60 km away. Normally, the journey should have taken an hour, but we only sat on the bus at the airport for more than an hour, waiting for something incomprehensible, because. all the people have long since gathered. The agreement says that the check-in on the road will be a maximum of 3 hotels. We stopped at at least 6. And everywhere the guide ran away for a long time and it is not clear what he was doing there.
The hotel guide is a different story. Instead of quickly neatly telling the main things, and letting people go to rest, which would have taken a maximum of 20 minutes, he first 1.5 hours snared us with his strange Russian language and dubious humor, and then he also arranged a queue to sign up for excursions. And with each for a very long time something decided. In the end, I could not stand this mockery, and said that we do not take any excursions, let us go for God's sake. To which he was very surprised and angry - for some reason he was sure that we were obliged to take all the excursions from him, and only do what to ride on them every day. He even made me sign some kind of frog paper that we are refusing excursions. What for? One Egyptian god knows. In short, another 2 hours crossed out of the rest, and additional loss of nerve cells. If there is an opportunity not to go to a meeting - do not go, just register with him when you fly away, and quickly run away))
All excursions can be taken at the hotel. There is an office near the bar by the sea, a normal man sits there, and, by the way, he has everything the same, but cheaper. Bargain.
10. Cleaning. No questions. Towels and toilet paper were changed every day. They laid out figuratively, and when we put in a dollar, they even built a swan. Very nice.

The problem was with a very warm blanket. Firstly, in such heat, it is basically unrealistic to sleep under it, and secondly, it is uncomfortable for two people under one blanket. Asked for two sheets. First, in the morning they came to the reception to the vaunted Mustafa, he promised that he would do it. Nothing. In the afternoon, after lunch, I call the reception desk, he takes it and promises with an oath that everything will be done now. In the evening - again nothing. That bastard didn't even lift a finger. Only after the third evening trip and communication with the English-speaking porter, everything was done for us, and almost immediately. Do not contact the Russian speakers, and especially the vile extortionist Mustafa.
11. About toilet paper, which was added every day, I wrote for a reason. My wife had a very upset stomach on the third day. We thought it was an accident and only with us. Nothing like this. As it turned out, at least half of the hotel had diarrhea. This despite the fact that everything is natural, they drank only bottled water, and in the end they even washed their faces and brushed their teeth with it. From the tap - absolutely not. There were still huge problems, probably because of the food or the water in which it is boiled. In general, be prepared, stock up on pills.
12. Animation. In principle, nothing like that, the guys are trying. Water aerobics is fun. Fun. In the evening there are sometimes "invited guests", but their level is clearly not very good. I just liked the fire show. When there are no guests, the animators do something themselves. It's so stupid, primitive and vulgar that in the end it even becomes funny. All normal people sit with bulging eyes and look at each other in amazement, “Do you see this too?! ”. Then hysterical laughter begins. Arabs especially like it. Indeed, inexperienced guys rejoice and giggle literally at any shown finger. The amphitheater has a bar, you can take something and look at it all. Sometimes helps))
But the main problem is not in this, but in the fact that the amphitheater is made in a pit, it does not blow through, and sitting there on stuffy Egyptian evenings is the same as in a sauna. Very hard.
13. You have to get used to the weather and be ready for it. The weather is very windy in the morning and very stuffy in the evenings. It's just hard to breathe, like in a steam room. During the day, it is generally advisable not to leave the room, or chill near the pool. Otherwise it's very hard.
14. And most importantly - the sea!! ! That's where the main delight is, and that's what overshadows all the other minor flaws. You will spend most of the time here, which means everything will be fine.

The entrance is very good. For a long time shallow, sandy, and it's good for kids. Then corals begin, it is dangerous to go there without a mask. But with a mask - a delight, be sure to take it! The reef is small and unfortunately dying. More than half of its territory is already dead. But what remains is worthy of daily sailing, study, delight and amazement. For the inexperienced - just shine! A wide variety of fish, and with each dive, there are sure to be new ones. Those parts of the reef that remained are very beautiful, especially noticeable at sunrise, and 2 hours before sunset. I recommend getting up early and snorkeling. Then it's not hot yet, the fish just come into activity, the sun beautifully illuminates the corals. My wife and I even saw a turtle once. All the rest, declared stingrays, octopuses, etc. Neither we nor any of the respondents saw it.
You need to remember about sea urchins, of which there are hundreds, and which hide under the corals in the morning, and crawl upstairs in the evening. One handsome man walked with his legs right on the reefs, earned 15 needles. They took it out. He put on crocs (coral shoes) and went back there again, naturally pierced his leg again. They say to him, why did you go there again, there are hedgehogs? So I was in crocs! Funny. Have you seen sea urchin spines? Crocs don't help. I strongly advise against going where there are corals.
In general, if you are careful, everything is fine. There is a very well located bar right by the sea, where you can sit perfectly at almost any time, and especially in the evening.
15. General conclusion: the hotel has everything to have a great rest, if you don’t go out anywhere, don’t be very picky and put up with small minuses. A special delight for me personally is a pool with two waterfalls, and of course the sea. In the evening, the territory is very beautifully illuminated with lanterns - you walk like in a fairy tale. Where are those Maldives! ))
In total, we had a very good rest, the hotel can be safely recommended.