отдых в Цитадели rest in the Citadel

The hotel was chosen by rating and price. We stayed at the end of April 2011. Upon arrival, $ 50 at the reception provided check-in to the desired room in 20 minutes. We asked for a quiet one (away from music and pools) and with a sea view. Settled in a "junior suite", because. the hotel was half empty - about 25%. Room - 6130 corner spacious, with a terrace and a direct view of the sea. Room 4x5, terrace 3x5, bathroom 2x2. Safe, TV, air conditioning, minibar, shower, hair dryer, etc. - everything was as usual, everything worked. No bath, only shower. The best buildings -5.6 - away from the noise, all rooms with sea views. The room was completely arranged.
The hotel is a large area, like a mini-city. It is located south of Hurghada, about 10 km, i. e. you can’t walk anywhere from the hotel. A taxi to Hurghada costs $ 10 or 5 euros round trip on the hotel's minibus. The architecture is in the latest fashion - everything is made of local natural stone (sandstone or limestone) while preserving the natural relief, so there are many ramps, ladders, etc. - it will be difficult for girls in heels. Greenery - enough for Egypt, beautiful.
Service - I personally have no complaints - they pour, clean, etc. without question, for a tip of $ 1 for 3 days, additional juices and canned beer appeared in the mini-bar. Cleaning - every day, bypass the rooms with a question about the problems. Restaurants and bars are also always served quickly, maybe because there were few people.

The food is excellent. Lobsters, of course, are not given, but there are all kinds of standard types of food + something unusual every day (duck, turkey, quail, etc. ). It was hard not to eat. Especially pleased with the sauces and grilled vegetables. In the morning - freshly squeezed juice - 6 bucks a large glass. There were few fruits. Visited a la carte restaurants - nothing special, but for a change you can visit. They also visited the only paid restaurant out of interest - a fish one, they ate normally, including lobsters - the price is about $ 70 per person. There is a good coffee shop on the beach - Mozart (free) and ice cream.
Drinks are ultra AI, but the drinks are all locally produced. After going to a local disco on the second day and abuse, strong drinks of local production were no longer wanted. There are cool juices in jars and bags. Beer - Egyptian Stella and Safaga, wine - ordinary red, white, dry pink - you can drink with food. They drank them.
Entertainment in the evening - a disco, live music in a bar on the street, a hookah bar with football, an amphitheater with amateur performances such as "minute of glory", gatherings in a huge hall at the reception desk, dinner at a la carte restaurants.
The beach is beautiful, there was a lot of space. Minus - only one area with a sandy entrance to the sea, where all Russian-speaking tourists gather, but mostly a coral reef from the coast up to 50 m into the sea. Take special shoes! However, this did not bother us at all - you go on the sand, and then swim along the reef - see the fish.
Animation Entertainment - did not notice, maybe due to the fact that there were few people in the hotel. There is a kids club, volleyball, etc. - look at the hotel website, because. did not use. There is a gym.
Total: in Egypt for the 3rd time - the price meets expectations, the hotel is very good. We specially took a bigger and more comfortable hotel, because we were counting on a beach holiday. For a change, we were only on an A-class boat trip - we liked it: we calmly, comfortably rested, went fishing, and swam.
Souvenirs are exorbitantly expensive at the hotel - it’s better, in my opinion, to immediately go to Cleopatra-mall stores (there are several of them in Hurghada) - there are fixed prices (low, it was difficult for me to bargain with local shopkeepers), without bargaining and pestering sellers.
I will answer, if I can, questions - vdtret@mail. ru.
P. S. Thanks to our hotel guide Ahmed Syed (Coral) - for his work.

P. P. S. Dear Russian (Russian-speaking) tourists, fellow citizens, please do not abuse alcohol and do not chill in the hotel (the usual story - the less a person is in Russia, the more show-offs abroad)! Believe me, those miserable 3-5 thousand dollars that you paid for the trip do not make you the padishah of All Egypt. You are funny and disgusting at the same time. Do not drink at least in the morning and afternoon! Do not dishonor the Motherland and compatriots who are ashamed of you and have to apologize to the hotel staff. . . (