Nice hotel but terrible beach!

Written: 16 february 2019
Travel time: 9 — 20 february 2019
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 6.0
Real review. Now we are resting with family and friends in this hotel. Many foreigners: British, Rtsmyns, Germans. The hotel itself is very good. Russian-speaking staff, very unobtrusive! The standard rooms are not big, there is everything you need. Kettle, tea in bags, sugar in sticks, coffee in sticks (it is better to bring coffee with you), bottled drinking water of 2x0.5 liters per room. Water can be drawn in the restaurant unlimitedly, there you can also draw orange and cherry in bottles and drinks. Shampoo and soap are added daily in the bathroom. Cleaning daily. Change of towels daily, bed every other day. The territory of the hotel is small, well-groomed. There is 1 unheated swimming pool. This is a disadvantage in winter. There is only one restaurant, quite spacious, but without a terrace. They feed very well. Breakfast scrambled eggs with or without vegetables, side dishes, vegetables, fruits, very tasty grapefruits, milk, cereals, pancakes with jam, honey or chocolate, yogurt (very thick), sweets, tea, coffee, soft drinks. For lunch and dinner, chicken, meat and fish all the time, soup, spaghetti with sauce, side dishes, salads, vegetables, desserts and fruits. From drinks everything is the same, but you can order dry red and white wine, beer. Brought in glass. At the bar, there is no limit to beer, local alcohol, juices in bags, but poured into a glass, coffee and tea, you can with milk, poured into cups.
There is practically no entertainment in the hotel. No animators. There were 2 performances. Belly dance, skirt dance and fire show on St. Valentine. A day later, you can go to Soho Square for $ 2 round trip. We walked to the Old City. Back by taxi 6 people on a bus for $ 2. But you have to keep bargaining.
Now the disadvantages. Beach! It's just awful! You can't even call it a beach! The stub is 15 meters long and 2 meters wide. They brought us in a minibus. El Fanar beach. Down the steps decently. We went down, and there were only 10 sunbeds from our hotel, a friend took one for 6 people. They tried to occupy nearby, they drove us away. Entry into the sea is sand, then dead corals, you need to swim decently to beauty. Lots of sea urchins. There are no drinks on the beach. The mood fell, they even wanted to change the hotel. We turned to the guide, for $ 300 from the room it was possible, but we refused, we found another way out. We left the beach on foot. On the way we went to Palma beach, it is from other hotels, we were brought to it last year. Beautiful reef, stationary pontoon. Agreed for 6 people for $ 7 per day for entry. From the hotel you can drive to El Fanar, and walk to Palma Beach. Our men walked, the girls took a taxi for $ 1 from everyone from the hotel to the beach. Back the same way. We did not examine the paid beaches from the hotel, because. one for 30 pounds, the other 60 pounds. 1$=17? . It's a pity that such a nice hotel has such a terrible beach and no heated pool. In general, the impression of the hotel is positive, the beach is the black spot of this hotel!
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