Our first holiday in Egypt

Written: 28 february 2012
Travel time: 12 — 26 february 2012
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: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 9.0
Hotel HILTON SHARM SHARKS BAY 4 * liked it. We lived on the first line, the room is in good condition - a large LCD TV, three Russian channels, a large bed with a good orthopedic mattress. Very clean area, a large number of staff, but everyone works discreetly and quietly. We lived in a green area (number 510), around flowers and 100 m from the sea.
Cleaning in the room is very high quality, every morning they laid out outlandish animals and put fresh flowers (the latter most likely on the personal initiative of the cleaner). Construction (frozen) outside the walls of the hotel did not bother and even added exotic.

Mostly foreigners rest in the hotel, so the brothers from Tagil (unlike other hotels) were not heard. For all the time I got one of these on an excursion to Mount Moses, and the guide calmed him down very quickly.
Of course, our Slavs were also in the hotel and we had a good time during beach volleyball battles as part of international teams.

During the rest we visited 5 excursions - Mount Moses, Cairo, Israel (2 days), Sharm El-Sheikh, Lost Land. For the organization and support at the hotel, special thanks to the guide Teztour Ashraf, also to all the employees of Teztour: meeting, accompanying and seeing off - no one was lost, all the time in Egypt they felt their vigilant attention, full control and ensuring our safety - most importantly, all this was unobtrusive.

The animation in the hotel is rather weak, but I think people do not go to this hotel for this, but events are held, especially in the evening. Sauna, jacuzzi, steam room, gym - all for free.
Therefore, how to entertain yourself, everyone can find something to their taste - and what kind of entertainment can there be if the hotel has a coral reef and there are such wonderful fish, which allowed us to open snorkeling with my wife and spend hours on the beach watching the life of the underwater world. The sea was warm, the water did not fall below 21 degrees. All two weeks it was sunny and warm, sometimes there was a wind - but the beach is located in a bay protected by rocks and the wind was not strongly felt. There were always places on the (small) beach, as foreigners mostly rested on the second level and near the pools.

The only downside is the food. There were few fruits and fish, but basically the food was high-calorie and sufficient. Potatoes, rice, meat, chicken, melon, peaches, figs, dates and lots of vegetables - all fresh and well cooked, my gastritis never showed itself. For all the time we were once in an Italian restaurant and in a Bedouin one, and a couple of times we went to a restaurant on the second line.
The work of the waiters in the main restaurant on the first line is beyond praise, many thanks to our friend the waiter Vael for his attitude and hospitality. Do not be stingy to encourage them, for $ 200 they work like slaves in galleys and at the same time blow dust particles off tourists.

Regarding the purchase of souvenirs - we went to the Old Market and were disappointed with both the assortment and the attitude, we bought everything near the hotel - you can bargain, normal sellers, they bought everything cheaper than in the Old Market and enjoyed communicating with the sellers.

I recommend this hotel for a quiet, family holiday and relaxation. Thanks to Teztur for a well organized holiday
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