It was great!!!

Written: 30 august 2009
Travel time: 13 — 27 august 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; 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: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 9.0
The first thing I would like to say is about the price: for 14 days, for two, all incl, we paid $ 1490 (Ukraine, Kyiv). After reading the reviews about the hotel, we did not hope for anything serious and expensive, therefore we were disappointed when we saw a non-chic hotel. Having paid $ 20 at the reception (there are 2 Russian-speaking employees), we were given the best room (328), where electricity works without a key: ) The rooms have a wardrobe with a built-in safe, two beds, a table, a dressing table, an ottoman, 2 armchairs, a bedside table with a lamp, a mini fridge, a TV, an air conditioner. In the bathroom: a shower, a toilet bowl and a sink, a hair dryer and a large mirror (no toiletries, only toilet paper, liquid soap over the sink and shower gel in the shower). Towels are changed rarely, like bedding, but as I understand it, you can contact the reception and ask for a replacement, as well as for creations on the bed, ask the one who cleans : ). (as we later guessed - Russians do not rest at 3, love fans of chic).
As for the beach - it's really disappointing, only sandy is left, but you can get to the coral wild by going around the mountain on the right (in secret, there is a dive when you take diving or snorkeling to Ras Mohamed).
Of all the excursions, we chose diving on Ras Mohamed (as it turned out, this is a matter of luck, you will see a stingray, a turtle and all the other charms of the marine fauna, but Ras is much better than Tirana in terms of the beauty of the corals) snorkeling $ 25, diving $ 65 - 2 dives (and I ask you not to overpay, all excursions can be arranged in Naama Bay (15 pounds of taxi or free bus at 21.00, back at 23.00). market) there are no prices for goods, besides it is very expensive, it is better to skimp at the airport when you return (cheaper, everything is in dollars).

Honestly, there is nothing to do in Naama, well, except to go to a club (Black House, Little Budda). From the hotel there is a Mercato spruce 10 minutes walk away, followed by 1000 and 1 night. It is better to change dollars for pounds in banks, there the rate is higher 1dol = 5.535 pounds, but there are cash machines 1dol = 5.3 fl. What about water 1.5 liters it costs 2 pounds and no more, if it’s more expensive, you can even bargain in supermarkets, if there are no prices, we even bargained in an expensive clothing store, giving not 70 dollars, but 60 (the price was fixed) for a silk jumpsuit (the price was fixed). In the Old Market I have more I liked it during the day, no one bothers, everyone is sleeping, but you can wake up, then it’s easier to bargain. Mango fruits cost 7-10 pounds per kilo, everything costs about the same. for them, any product that interests you and go to the market savvy, of course, they won’t sell you at the price that is for “their own”, but you won’t overpay much (so as not to be offended).
An approximate list of prices: coffee 1kg - they ask for 150l, for their 50l, they bought for 70l; T-shirts are all for $ 1, men's shirts are embroidered 50f, without a pattern 65f; towels are not the largest, but the best quality is 70f. Do not buy bottles of colored sand from souvenirs (the pattern floats) then it becomes very insulting, the papyrus is sealed in a film for a reason , paints and glue contain pesticides (it's true! ) - such a souvenir is suitable for your "favorite" mother-in-law or mother-in-law : )
If you are interested in something else, write, I will be happy to inform you!
Translated automatically from Russian. View original