Good hotel, but the sea is not very

Written: 28 august 2021
Travel time: 19 — 28 may 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 10.0
Normal hotel with a huge well-groomed territory. Built on a grand scale, located in Nabq Bay.
We arrived in the evening, around 18.00, put on bracelets and settled us immediately, but a room in the second building overlooking the pool was given only for a surcharge.
The accommodation is good, the spacious room has a balcony, a TV with Russian programs, a kettle with tea accessories, a refrigerator is not so hot, and the air conditioner worked well, there is a free safe, which is very convenient. In our room, the safe was blocked, we called the reception and after 10 minutes everything was repaired, quickly and without questions.
Every day they bring a bottle of water 0.75 per person. In the bathroom, the water is always warm, every day they put two small bottles of shampoo and shower gel + a bar of hand soap, a face towel and a large bath, foot mat and one large beach towel, per person, everything is changed easily, on request .

The furniture in the room is quite old, but once it was luxurious. There are no complaints about the bed linen, everything is clean, the mattresses are normal, it is comfortable to sleep. Sometimes the mosquitoes in the room bothered us, but we took a fumigator and mosquito repellent cream with us.
There were only positive reviews for cleaning, they cleaned every day and cleaned normally, regardless of whether they left money or not, and when they left, they also made different beauty out of towels.
Internet: Wi-fi is free, but only in the lobby. It is better to buy a local SIM card and be online everywhere and all the time.
Territory: huge, well-groomed, trimmed palm trees, shrubs, flowers and generally various greenery a lot. Plants are abundantly watered at night, but with some smelly solution, it seemed that water was taken from the sewer, because. there was a stink after watering, but it quickly disappeared. The staff tries to keep everything clean.
Food: it is beyond praise here, I express my gratitude to the chefs, everything is plentiful and tasty, beef and lamb meat, chicken in all forms - fried, steamed, boiled, at least 3-4 meat dishes, any kind of side dishes, vegetables, salads, sauces . Seafood is scarce, but fruit is constant: oranges, royal dates, pamelo and melon, watermelons, strawberries were given once in 10 days. Sweets are delicious and varied.
For lunch from 15.30 - 17.30 in the pool bar only pizza, no more snacks, no ice cream. Drinks in unlimited quantities, there is no white or red wine, there is gin, vodka, whiskey, rum, they interfere with cocktails, or they pour it clean, as they wish, juices from tetrapacks, natural coffee, not bad from a cooler, tea is only in bags , milk made of titanium. The restaurant is now only the main one, it is large, roomy and has a veranda, but there are no other restaurants, perhaps because of the corona closed.
The entire hotel staff is very friendly, welcoming, smiling, almost everyone speaks Russian, everyone is wearing masks, quarantine measures are observed.

Beach: own, 1 line, huge, sandy. Entrance to the sea both from the beach and from the pontoon (the length of the pontoon is about 500 m). There are enough sunbeds and mattresses for everyone. There are iron "towns from the wind", which should protect from the wind, but do not help. the wind in this bay is always. On the beach, the children's corner does not work and has practically collapsed. The bar is large, free, the drinks are different and the coffee is very tasty from the coffee machine, but there is no food at all. A guy with a camel walks along the beach every day, for those who want to take pictures or ride (for a fee).
Now about the sad things: The sea. . . five minutes to walk through the area to the beach itself, then 13 minutes along the beach to the pontoon and along the pontoon itself for about 5 minutes, in general, like Moses in the desert for 40 years, go and go, in the hot sun . . The red flag on the pontoon every day before lunch, because the sea is stormy and strong undercurrents, you can get hurt on the coral reef, the depth is immediately 20 meters. At low tide, usually in the morning, the sea leaves the beach for 500 meters and does not just leave, but there is no water at all, bare stones of the slab and a sandy swamp. When the tide is high, it's somewhere after 2 pm, you can lie in the water near the shore, but the water is not above the knee. It’s very convenient for children under 5 years old, and those who are older are shallow and it’s cold to get out of the water, because. wind... and so every day. We got burned badly and immediately, because the heat is 50 ° C and it is possible to cool off in the sea only after lunch... And creams with protection 80 and under an umbrella all day and nothing helped. The yellow flag was hung out somewhere after one in the afternoon, and the beach is open until 18.00. In the evenings - an insanely beautiful pink sunset. I can say about the reef that it is, but not very colorful.
Animation Entertainment: there is only in the evening for kids, and for older children there is a playground like a water park, in front of the hotel.
For adults after 22.00 and until 24.00 - a show of a local spill: like the best miss or mister of the hotel, or karaoke, or something like that. Once in 10 days there was a "foam party" at the pool, but for some reason in the morning from 11:00 to 13:30 in the afternoon.
Around the hotel on the street - a beautiful promenade. "George Clooney", "Sasha is not a redneck", "Misha is not a redneck" and many other stores and pharmacies, bargain, take off about 30% of the initial price and be careful.

The famous Soho square can be reached by minibus for $ 1 for two, minibuses run right near the hotel gate, every 2 minutes, you can return the same way.
I summarize: If you go for the beauties of the Red Sea and swimming - not here for sure, but if you are lovers of relaxing around the pool and eating normally, then this hotel is perfect!
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