Excellent value for money

Written: 9 april 2012
Travel time: 1 — 8 april 2012
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We rested with a whole group of 8 people, half of them have already been to Egypt several times, and this is my first time. But in this case, the saying "the first pancake is lumpy" does not fit at all! Previously, I was in the top five in Turkey, so, after reading and listening to reviews, I thought that the Egyptian five would not reach the Turkish one... But the hotel turned out to be wonderful: a huge territory consisting of 2 lines (Sport - on the second, Front - on the first line, closer to the sea), beautiful landscaping, clean and well-groomed lawns, paths, gazebos, everything is in bloom. Each line has its own swimming pool, sauna, gym, it was possible to use all this in both hotels; the beach is traditionally common, built in tiers, that is, from each site you can see the sea. There were enough places, but in order to accommodate eight of us on the beach, we tried to get out early for breakfast (it was from 7 o’clock) and immediately after it go to take places with our company, we came somewhere around 7.30-8.00 and always settled down almost in the central zone of our large company, next to the animation platform and access to the pontoon. About the pontoon: entry into the sea is only from the pontoon, since you can’t walk on the reef, closer to dinner there were people on it, but it didn’t bother me, I quickly went down into the water along one of the 3 ladders and swam for a long time along the reef between our neighboring "Sun Rise" hotel pontoons and admired the underwater world. The reef there is very beautiful: there are many different grottoes, caves, the color of the water changes from pale turquoise to deep blue, I’m not talking about the inhabitants of this wonderful world, I saw Napoleon, and 2 gorgeous stingrays, and darkness, darkness, clown fish, fish surgeons who practically snoop between the legs, and many other living creatures, in general, I fell in love with this sea! It's a pity, you can't swim far - the lifeguard immediately whistles from the pontoon.
About nutrition. I don’t know what kind of people write that they had nothing to eat, so I found a lot of goodies for myself: for breakfast, different types of yoghurts, muesli, fruits, pastries, donuts, who likes it thicker, there was an omelette with different fillings if desired, cheeses, sausage cuts, just chicken, veal or beef sausages, tea, coffee from a 4-type machine, you could order fresh carrot or orange juice for $ 2 a glass (made in front of you), or drink juices, also freshly squeezed, but diluted with water. from grapefruit, melon, there were also fruit mixtures such as yuppies. On the beach from 10 o'clock they poured beer, rum and cola, and gin and tonic, various juices from packages (not yuppies! ) - mango, apple, pineapple, guava, tomato; then they gave chips in bags and ice cream (vanilla or chocolate or strawberries or mango), they even gave hot donuts, there were, however, sometimes interruptions in chips and alcohol, the bartenders then gave no more than 2 drinks in one hand, but this was when there was an influx of people .
For lunch, the choice was huge: a lot of different vegetables, fruits (dates, physalis, kumquats, tangerines, oranges, apples, pears), but the truth is, not all at once, otherwise one or the other from exotic, only chopped apples and oranges were constantly; some kind of incomprehensible cream soups, I didn’t try it, I didn’t like it, but for the second I often ate fish either stewed or fried, but in a creamy sauce, although the fish is the same, something like a pangasius fillet, but very tasty , there was chicken of various variations, veal, sausages, fried potatoes, french fries, baked, and a bunch of all kinds of cakes, buns, baguettes, in general, a lot, you can’t list everything!

In the evenings there was a show program, so for dinner we tried to sit on the open terrace and dine, drinking wine or something stronger, watching the performance of the animators.
Animation is a separate issue! The guys - a hodgepodge from Russia, Ukraine, Romania and Egypt - great fellows! They plowed from morning to evening, entertaining our sleepy audience either on the beach with games and dances, or at an evening show, organized contests, gymnastics, etc. They didn't push, they just did a good job. Thank you very much to Katya from Kirovograd, Kristina, Denis, Olga, guys - you are super!
In terms of service - be friendly (it is possible without a tip, I left only 2 times 1 dollar each), say hello and smile more often, thank you for cleaning and service, and everything will be all right. Although they don’t clean very well, they don’t steal anything, and they also made swans from towels for my niece and me.
The front desk was always willing to help and answer any questions. Although we arrived at 8 am, and check-in at 2 pm, they tried to accommodate us as quickly as possible, and at 10.30 we were in the rooms, and everything was nearby and without any additional payments. Here.
In general, I swallowed everything for the first grade, I was satisfied with the rest, so I can give the hotel a strong five, though without a plus))))
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