Exotic Red Sea

Written: 13 september 2010
Travel time: 5 — 12 september 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 3.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 9.0
We went for a week with my husband, daughter (2 years old during the holidays), with my girlfriend and her younger sister. In general, we are satisfied with the rest, because. we went ON THE SEA in the first place, and not to the hotel.
The sea is of stunning azure color with a huge number of beautiful fish! They took a camera with an aquabox. We shot almost 30 GB of photos and videos : -)
We tried to get to the beach as early as possible. The husband woke up at 6 in the morning and dived into the sea. We with the little one came to the beach by 7. It is inconvenient that towels are issued from 8 in the morning. There were many early ones like us. People took towels from their rooms with them. The beach is clean, sandy, sunbeds, umbrellas. Pontoon 80 meters.
The territory of the hotel is green, ever-flowering bushes, cacti, trees. Every morning storks roamed the lawns!!! ! My daughter was impressed with them!

2 large swimming pools. 1 small child and 1 large child. There is a children's room, where 2-3 girls look after the children (Russian, Italian and sometimes English). You can leave children from 10:30 to 12 and from 16:30 to 18:00. Once we left the small one and all swam in the sea together. And so my daughter was with us everywhere.
On the beach all the time went to offer different services, at the end of the holiday just tired already! Henna tattoos, pigtails, boat trips, diving,...
We went quad biking. 25 bucks. from 3:45 to 7 am somewhere. I expected more. At the speed of a pedestrian, we trotted along the dirt road to some kind of Bedouin hut, where we waited for dawn, then drove off a little more and admired the rising sun. I kept waiting for some kind of drive, speed. Didn't wait. 2 hours in a strict column. a step to the left, a step to the right - execution : ) only slightly swerved to the side, they immediately stopped the liberties.
I don't want to write about numbers. Settled on the 5th line. No matter how we asked to be moved closer, we were refused. There are no numbers. Although the hotel was half empty when we arrived. Well, what to do, I didn’t want to pay extra 20 bucks a day for a number on line 1. So we walked with our little one by the hand from the 5th line. Pleased with the presence of an elevator to line 1.
The room itself is very old, the furniture is terrible, there is some kind of mold on the wall in the bathroom, black plaque, the mirror falls off, the shelf with towels too. The air conditioner broke the day before departure. The safe was broken, we waited more than a day for it to be fixed, and at the same time they constantly called the reception to remind us. The minibar was not filled for us. They also called many times, went, each time received an answer: "it will be in the evening. " And for a week no one filled the mini-bar. The room was cleaned every day. But what you leave the dollar, what you do not leave, there is no difference.

The food is normal, you will not find much variety, but there is plenty to choose from to suit your taste. From fruits there were usually bananas, pears, apples, green oranges, sometimes grapes and guava, 1 time there was fresh figs and often there were fresh dates. Terrible chemical drinks, like from a powder of some kind. They only drank water and tea. Instant coffee only. The milk was often sour. Add cottage cheese to the cup. All the reviews say that there was not enough space in the main restaurant. It's true. I had to wait, run after the waiters and ask them to clear the table. We used a baby chair. Terrible. Broken wheels on half of them, dirty, torn. I always wiped it with wet wipes, it was disgusting to put the child there.
Still from the negative I can not help but write about the Arabs. On the 5th day of our holiday, a huge number of Arabs settled in, while they were waiting for the settlement - they completely filled the lobby. Arava screaming children just knocked down. I was shocked how Arab women reacted to "usually" dressed girls and women. . . With such anger in their own language, they discussed passing ladies in short skirts, poked their fingers and discussed them indignantly. Later, we saw how Arab families eat....Here, in the reviews, someone mentioned that Russians are considered pigs there. So after what they saw, pigs are Arabs. After them, mountains of food remained on the tables, broken and crumbled baguettes, rice lay on tablecloths, on the floor, food was simply smeared on the table, children could easily leave food or turn the plate on the floor.
Lack of culture and rudeness struck. On the beach, Arab children easily threw garbage into the sea, and their parents did not react to this in any way. The remarks of other tourists simply turned away. In the shower with fresh water, my daughter just came, pushed away. I made a remark, laughed and turned away.
Finally, I want to add.
We were satisfied with the rest only because the impression of the sea, coral reefs and outlandish fish covers all the negativity from other moments.
The hotel is old and unkempt, the staff is lazy, the territory is beautiful and large, you will not find entertainment in the evening, the food is average (none of our company gained extra kilos during the holidays)
We won't go there for the second time. Reefs are not only there.
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