Second time in Sharm

Written: 3 november 2010
Travel time: 21 — 31 october 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: 8.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 2.0
Amenities: 7.0
I would like to share my impression of Faraana Heights resort. Rested with my husband from October 21 to October 31. We used the services of S7 - there are no complaints, only positive emotions. When we arrived at the hotel, it was almost ten in the evening, we were settled in a very good room, fed dinner, again on the first day, a storm of positive emotions. And after a wonderful dinner, it all started. I decided to take a shower, I am a heat-loving person, at home even in summer I sleep under a very warm blanket, naturally I take an exceptionally hot shower, which I can’t say about this hotel, the water was barely warm when I went into the shower, all the neighbors knew what I was taking " invigorating" shower, they had no blankets, they slept under the sheets. I got out of the situation and covered myself with a blanket on top. And so everything else in the room was pleasing to the eye, every day they cleaned it, though only once swept away the bed linen. I will digress a little from the topic, 4.5 years ago I was already in those parts and there is a comparison with another hotel, although that hotel was a class lower, there are no complaints about that hotel.
A sunny morning came, my husband and I wandered off for breakfast. The breakfast was wonderful, they cook scrambled eggs, there are always yogurts, all sorts of goodies, and then we went to the bus and went to the beach.
By bus, the road to the beach takes about 5 minutes, although the hotel is on the second line, you can get out and walk 3 minutes to the beach, it's in a straight line. The beach is huge, beautiful, sandy, there is a coral reef on both sides, they always swam to the coral reef, which is located at the second hotel. Again, when the sea is calm (this happens very rarely in 10 days of vacation there were only 2 times quiet and smooth on the sea - the rest of the time there are waves, people who do not understand how dangerous it is, and Arabs who run around and constantly whistle ), swam far to see the beauty of the Red Sea. I note that the sea was dirty, garbage, bags, some scraps, this is of course a big minus. No matter how much they said that it was impossible to feed the fish, they fed everyone and sundry. I will not hide the sin itself, of course it is interesting and at the same time scary, so if you mature for these things, be careful.

Since this beach is not the property of the hotel itself, there is no bar as such, it was an outside one, from drinks they offered cola, fanta, local sprite (rare disgusting), water and local beer (tinted water with foam and bubbles), but how closer by 11 am they brought sweets (buns, donuts, etc. )
Dinner. My husband and I took snack food, initially when we took a ticket, we knew what it was. In my understanding, this is not only french fries, pickled vegetables, meat less than 2 g of weight and a roll, but apparently the hotel chef does not yet know other dishes, so every day was the same, so in recent days we stupidly ignored lunch.
Bar in the hotel. They made an amazing cappuccino. Alcoholic drinks are hotel history. If you are a fan of normal alcohol, take it with you. Juice, as everyone writes in their comments and reviews of yuppies, he is yuppies in Africa. Once they even diluted this yuppie so that when you drink it, you drink pure water with a slight tinge of orange.
Dinner. The food is the same every day. I will not stop for a long time, when remembering dinner, there are very unpleasant sensations inside the body.
Animation. Many thanks to the animators. In the morning there was exercise, aqua aerobics, volleyball, during the day, again volleyball, yoga, dancing, in the evenings mini discos were organized for the kids. In the evenings there were performances, there were fire performances, Arabic dances, etc. , etc. Didn't have to be bored. GIRLS and BOYS are great. Huge - thank you so much.
I will note one more minus, the first time I went to Sharm, prayers were very audible from our hotel, 5 times a day, the hotel was 5-7 km from the airport, the planes were not heard at all.
This time I chose the hotel to be far from the airport, 11 km, but the most terrible direction of the runway goes to this hotel, the planes in this hotel are like annoying flies. The hotel is very far from the center, but this is not a problem, my husband and I went to their local minibuses, in which there is no concept - a working speedometer, speed limits, and also used their taxi services - the main thing is to rigidly indicate your price, no need listen to their price.
The staff at the hotel is very polite, very cultured, many speak Russian.

In general, the rest was good, but of course you always want something more.
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