dirty, tasteless, beautiful area

Written: 23 july 2016
Travel time: 25 june — 2 july 2016
Your rating of this hotel:
3.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 1.0
Service: 2.0
Cleanliness: 1.0
Food: 2.0
Amenities: 4.0
I don’t know how charm is in other hotels, but in Melia it is very felt that bad times have come. In a huge hotel during the week of our vacation, I counted 4 Ukrainian families and 8 Arab families (they came for a couple of days). There are no vacationers - there is no money for even cosmetic repairs, the purchase of linen and towels and the payment of a sufficient number of staff.
About 5 years ago it was good here, but now the rooms are cracked, rust, mold, tattered bed linen in spools and translucent gray towels. When we arrived we were in shock. They tried to pay extra and change the room, but even for an additional 20 euros per day we were shown the same squalor, only with a sea view.
The rooms are disgusting. Dust, scratched mirrors, dirt in the corners (on the first day they left the cleaner 5 bucks, so that at least he could get through normally - nothing has changed (((I took him by the hand, made me wipe the mirrors and bedside tables on which you could draw.

Mattresses are very hard. I like it hard, but even for me it was too much. You wake up in the morning, and your kidneys hurt and your back, like an old grandfather, does not unbend (((

The food is tasteless. Salads - 4-5 types - these are different variations of cucumbers with bitter cabbage, spoiled tomatoes and cheap ham. All week I ate bell peppers, zucchini and eggplant ((only edible meat is chicken. Beef is constantly overdried, like a sole; crabs, squid, tuna, octopus were given every other day, but so overcooked that they were simply inedible. Every day there was some cheap fish in batter, like pangasius. In the end, in this magnificent kitchen, I developed gastritis and for the last two days I have been eating rice and oatmeal (quite tasty, by the way)))
Fruits included dates, melons and apples. Once they gave grapes oranges)

The only thing that pleased me was the beautiful green area, which was looked after by a whole team every day.
It would be completely unreasonable to lose such a thing, they are holding on with their last strength. Several pools, everything is thought out and beautiful. It is felt that times are not the best now - empty massage tents, an indoor kids club, but in general, if you do not look into the rooms, it seems that you are in a beautiful hotel)

The beach is good, the reef is beautiful, but with poisonous fish. The dudes played it safe and hung a red flag without taking it off. Tourists swim at their own risk.
Empty. All bars are closed, but this also had its own charm)

By the way, about bars and all inclusive. It is impossible to drink local alcohol, but I have not seen a foreign one. Cappuccino is made from bags, the monitor is some kind of vodka, sprite and green syrup. The whole vacation drank mineral water ((

The water (the one from the tap) is disgusting. It stinks if it's soapy - it's impossible to wash off this soap, and anyway, you won't wash off normally. I washed my face and brushed my teeth with bottled water. (issued at the bar if you ask)
Wi-Fi paid - 20 euros for 6 days. We bought a Vodafone card and used it quietly. Buy immediately at the airport, then there will be nowhere or expensive.


You can go for a walk and skimp in Soho or a little further (I forgot the name). Buses do not run, you need to call a taxi. To soho - $ 10 round trip, there further (where there is a carefur supermarket) - $ 20 round trip. Horse prices (I wanted to buy a nail polish remover - they counted $ 9), dirty, dull. Before the flight, we went to a carefour, bought inexpensive good mangoes for a gift, there was nothing else to do there.

In short, boring, dirty, tasteless, dull. Pleased with pools and fish on the reef.
I don't want to go to Egypt anymore
Also - do not agree to a free sightseeing tour from a travel agency - they drove around dirty shops with Chinese souvenirs and fake oil, although they promised Israeli cosmetics and hund maid)) Wasted time ((
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