Хороший отель со своим рифом, дружелюбным персоналом, но подуставшей мебелью Good hotel with its own reef, friendly staff, but tired furniture

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We chose this hotel on the advice of a friend in a travel agency. Picked up the date of arrival, which for some reason was a super discount from TPG. We were very satisfied with the price / quality ratio. Belarusians, whom we met on the beach, paid exactly 2 times more for the same tour! Once again nice. Yes, the furniture is tired, but we were not going to buy it. The plumbing works, there is hot and cold water, plasma on the wall - channels 2 + 2.5th and KRT from Ukrainian, 3 Russian. We watched TV a couple of times when we were too lazy to go somewhere. Whoever likes to watch some movies in the evenings, I advise you to download movies to a USB flash drive, then insert them into the TV and you will be happy.
We arrived at the hotel from the airport at about half past ten in the morning. Even before 12 we were settled in a "nice room with a balcony", which we requested. True, we had different ideas about a “good” room with the accommodation staff. First of all, we were interested in the sea view from the window. We were put in a room overlooking the patio with a lonely palm tree. They have a price list for upgrading their room, which is in the frame at the reception. If you want seaview, you need to pay an extra $10 for each night of your stay. Pool view is 7 bucks. However! We expected to pay 20 dollars, well, 30 dollars. We bargained for 70 dollars for our 10 nights, but we got a room in the first building from the sea on the second floor with a stunning sea view! It was worth it. It was about 50 meters to the sea, maybe a little more. The router is on the roof of the second building, so there is Wi-Fi in the rooms, and even on the upper tier of the beach. The beach is very small, so it is not clear how all the vacationers can fit there when the hotel is completely full. If you like to get to the beach early, then it is better not to hand over towels in the evening, since in the morning they are given out only after 8:00, and there will be nothing to cover the sunbeds with. The reef, although not “super”, is very beautiful with many colorful fish. It is forbidden to feed them, but for whom are these prohibitions? They were fed on the sly with a bun from their hands. One healthy fish, red-brown, with teeth almost cut off my finger. Well, her teeth weren't sharp.

The water in March is warm - 24 degrees, swimming is comfortable. Prices for water activities have fallen significantly compared to February. As an example, in February, a boat with a transparent bottom cost $ 30 per person, and in March, since the Egyptians did not wait for Russian tourists, the price was dropped to 10. It is not worth it more expensive. Parasailing - $25 for two or $20 for one. Right there they try to sell you a couple of your photos on a CD for 15. Better take your camera with you.
The food at the hotel is quite decent. An ordinary restaurant turned out to be much better than the so-called Italian restaurant in terms of the quality of dishes, where we were served lettuce leaves with breadcrumbs under the guise of a Caesar salad. Soups - so-so, water alone.
In the bar, beer and cocktails are poured without restrictions. When the authorities are not around, bartenders sell bottled alcohol. 2 bottles of 0.75 L for $5. There is whiskey, gin, sambuca, rum and brandy.
We also decided to take a trip to Israel. They didn’t even look for a cheaper one outside the hotel, but bought it from a tour operator for $ 95. The price list was 125. Few people, hence the price. The price also includes a fee of 27 dollars for crossing the Israeli border! Departure at 8 pm, they are taken to the border on Egyptian buses, after a pedestrian crossing on the Israeli side, another bus is waiting. It was stated that it will have Wi-Fi. It was in ours that it just did not exist. Our bus, it turns out, broke down, and it was a replacement. Okay, we did without Wi-Fi. The border crossing went smoothly, no one from the group of 23 people was turned away, but some people were searched personally. I DO NOT RECOMMEND this tour to those who are going to visit another Saudi Arabia. The Israelis, indeed, do not put a stamp in the passport, but only on the insert, but the Egyptians do! You will have a stamp in your passport about crossing the border in the city of Taba, there and back! And, since you won’t have a Jordan stamp, where else you can leave Taba, any border guard will understand where you went. We swam in the Dead Sea, "washed ourselves" in the Jordan, visited the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the Nativity of Christ, as well as the Wailing Wall. We returned to our hotel room at about 2:00 am. Dinner was waiting for us there! Yes, during the trip they provide dry ration breakfast at the reception. Only they are very annoyed when you say: "give breakfast on an excursion to Israel. " Breakfast is given "for an excursion to Palestine. "

The locals really appreciate chocolate and seeds. Chocolates can be given instead of tips, and it will not be enough.
Okay, that's enough and so mnogabukaf. I will be glad if my review was useful to someone.