Nice hotel but some issues.

Written: 17 september 2014
Travel time: 9 — 16 september 2014
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 8.0
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We rested at the hotel from 09/09/2014 to 09/16/2014. We ordered a tour in the company "Let's go with us" operator Join Up. They brought us to the hotel around 09-30, put on bracelets and refused to check in, according to their rules, bracelets are worn after breakfast, and they are settled at 14-00. True, there was a smart administrator and was ready to check us in earlier in a good room, but for $ 20 a day, we refused him. After drinking cold water, we took out a swimsuit and swimming trunks from the bag and went to enjoy the sea, the bags remained at the reception. By 12-00 we returned to the reception, we were wearing bracelets and we went to eat at the snack bar by the pool, had a bite and went to the sea again. By 14-00 we again visited the reception, we were offered to take a good room with a surcharge of $ 20, we again refused and we were settled in room 1360 with a partial view of the sea, the garden and the roofs of the neighboring hotel. The room turned out to be spacious with two single beds (they can be moved), there was also a large wooden wardrobe, a sideboard with a large mirror and a lamp on it, a refrigerator was built in below (it was excellent), two bedside tables, two chairs, a table, a floor lamp, air conditioning (it cooled well, they turned it off at night so as not to freeze), the safe (working) all the furniture was wooden but old, the bathroom was also spacious with a large mirror, there was even a bidet. The room was cleaned daily, the beds were decorated with flowers and beautifully made, they left $ 1 a couple of times but didn’t notice much difference, towels were changed every day, shower gel, shampoo, toilet paper were added as they were used. In general, they were satisfied with the room, despite the fact that the furniture is old, the shower head is attached to the wall and there is little pressure in the washbasin.
Meals, you can eat in the main restaurant: breakfast from 7-30 to 10-00 (for breakfast they give scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, pancakes, several types of dairy, three types of cheese, several types of sausages, a lot of salads, a lot of different rolls, croissants, many types of sweets, dry food, fruits), lunch from 13-00 to 15-00 (two types of soup for lunch, several types of potatoes for the second, a couple of types of pasta, beans, vegetable stew, baked vegetables, at least six dishes of meat, a lot herbs and vegetables, sauces, a wide variety of breads, cakes and buns, fruits and sweets), dinner from 19-00 to 22-00 (there were only two dinners in the main restaurant and in my opinion the dishes for dinner are similar to those that served for lunch, several types of meat, side dishes and salad, sweets change), late dinner from 24-00 to 02-00 (late dinner is the most meager two types of sausage, one type of cheese, rolls, tomatoes, cucumbers. go on an excursion and arrive late, you can have a bite to eat before going to bed), in the snack bar by the pool from 12-00 to 15-00 (here everything is just a piece of meat, bun, fries, salad) and a snack bar on the beach from 13-00 to 15-00 the menu is almost the same as by the pool, you can still dine in the Oriental, Fish and Italian restaurants (you can sign up at least every day - checked, we were in the fish restaurant twice in the rest of the 1). All restaurants cook delicious food, we liked the fish, very tasty seafood soup, and the dish using shells. The waiter Mahmud is very attentive and quick, he didn’t have time to drink wine, he will pour a bottle with him right there. In general, the food is varied and tasty, though it’s a bit tight with fruits: tasteless melons, watermelon and guava were once, orange slices, sometimes grapefruit, dates (tasty) all the time, there were pears and apples several times, a lot of delicious sweets, for those who like to drink there is one a type of beer, two types of wine (you can drink white, and red shmurdyak), vodka, rum, whiskey, gin only all locally produced, we didn’t try it in its pure form, but you can drink it with cola, sprite and tonic. Bor in the lobby is open from 10.00 to 24-00.

The territory of the hotel is huge, there are many beautiful and flowering bushes, a large number of various palm trees, the grass is not really green everywhere, but given the weather conditions, it will do, two swimming pools for adults and one for children, sun loungers by the pool are comfortable, looking decent, there is where to hide from the sun, on the beach the sunbeds are old but made of wood, the umbrellas are also old and wooden, and by the way they started repairing beach umbrellas, 3 of them were repaired with us. The living quarters look good. There were enough sunbeds on the beach for everyone, there were also free ones, so you shouldn't get up at five in the morning and run to take a sunbed. And this is due to the fact that the hotel has little rest for people of Slavic nationality, about 15%, all other Arab nationalities.
Excursions in Egypt are diverse, at the information meeting the guide will intimidate you so that you would not take excursions on the street in any case, but we are not shy and took an excursion to Jerusalem from the beach merchant Fabiano and were pleased with our choice, since firstly it it was $ 150 for two, secondly, the route was planned so that we didn’t stand in line at any of the shrines and didn’t wait until this or that shrine opens, and for this we are very grateful to our guide Sergey from the city of Elat, who spent an informative and interesting excursion. You can also take other excursions from Fabiano, he can also take them to Cairo in his car (we saw these tourists, they returned to the hotel safe and sound). You can also take a tour from the smallest person on the beach, his name is Adam, this is Fabiano's friend.
The sea is just a fairy tale, on the territory of the hotel there is a reef with a lot of corals and a wide variety of fish, on the first day of swimming we saw a moray eel, which is more than two meters long, it was creepy at the sight of it, we also saw a stingray, such a stingray that killed Steve Irwin, a lot types of Napoleon fish, one of them is called Boris, we sometimes fed him with boiled eggs from the restaurant, many types of Parrot fish, sea urchins and many, many other fish from very small ones about 2 cm. up to huge about 2 meters. Once I was lucky to see a turtle, it was seen between our hotel and the hotel
Four Seasons Resort. moray eels, stingrays and large fish were seen there. Our friends sailed on a yacht to the island of Tiran and were surprised that there are much more marine inhabitants on the territory of our hotel. They took a tour at Join Up.
I hope this review was helpful, if you have any questions I'll be happy to answer.
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