прекрасный отель lovely hotel

We returned from Egypt yesterday, so the review is quite "hot". I'll start in order, so:
1. Airport: we rise to the 2nd floor, we approach the Pegasus counter, where they tear off our transfer voucher and give us an immigration card. They immediately offer to fill it out for $ 5. Well, there are no fools, we fill it out ourselves, especially since we prepared and stocked up on pens (by the way, there really is a problem with pens, so take it with you! ). A couple of minutes, and we go to the next hall to the right, where there is a queue to the passport control window. The queue was horrific in its size, and some of those who arrived returned to issue Egyptian visas for $15. We decided to stand courageously, and we were not mistaken. They let everyone in just instantly, in 5-7 minutes the whole crowd. So, we catch the suitcase from the tape and go to the exit. Right at the exit from the arrivals hall there is a representative of Pegasus (a Slav, which is nice), asks for a surname, checks on his papers, and says where our bus is. We find it no problem.
2. Road to the hotel. Tourists from different hotels were put in one bus, so we drove for a good hour. The roads are excellent, the impressions are new, so it's even interesting.

3. The hotel itself. The bus unloaded us at the entrance with a frame metal detector. The suitcases were immediately picked up by a local boy and loaded onto an electric machine. They also put us there and drove us in style for 100 meters to the main entrance. A trifle, but nice... They didn’t let me take the suitcases in my hands, come in, come in, welcome! We entered, suspiciously looking sideways at the things left at the entrance. Behind the counter, an Arab on the fly offered to pay extra for the rooms. Yep, right now! We have already read the reviews and are standing to death. The ticket contains a double standard number, and that's it. The man at the counter asks first $50 a night, then $25, then $10 (we quickly multiply by our 7 nights and stand to our deaths). In the end, he asks: how much will you give? We offer twenty for the entire vacation, he quickly agrees. As a result, we have a beautiful room with a sea view. Gentlemen tourists, do not be deceived and do not deceive yourself! The rooms are ALL the same! Of these, 85% with sea views! The only building from which the sea is not visible is numbered 4401-4415 and 4501-4515. The only bad thing, in my opinion, is that everything is far away, both from the sea and from the lobby. Although those living there rejoiced at the silence and the absence of night companies under the windows. Well, that's who. I can give you a detailed consultation on where which rooms are located. especially for this, all buildings of all levels were photographed with the numbering of rooms and orientation according to the parts of the world and the sights of the hotel. Okay, digress, let's continue. Arriving in the room, we are surprised to find our suitcase and a smiling fight. He asks if everything is okay, and invites you to eat.
4. Food and restaurants. We went to the restaurant with the expectation of something like that, I can’t even say what exactly. As a result, we got this: meat - 2-3 different dishes, plus chicken in two three types - fried wings, stewed thighs and breaded fillet. Everything is very tasty. Fish - for the whole holiday there was only one meal without fish. I don't know what kind of fish, but absolutely awesome. According to the chef - local. I'm not really a fan, but I can't resist. Side dishes - rice in two types (regular boiled and “rice with something”, for example, with shrimp), boiled, baked and fried potatoes, cauliflower in breadcrumbs and an egg, stewed vegetables, boiled (I didn’t like it, I don’t like boiled tomatoes) and fried, pancakes, a bunch of fresh vegetables, but not salads, but simple cuts, i. e. take yourself 3 pieces of that 2 of this and you will have a salad! Their tomatoes are tasteless, hard, already crunchy. Cabbage - quite and even very much, cucumbers for a C grade. Blue in bulk, but I'm not a fan. Fruits are different, mostly chopped, you can take whole apples, oranges, tangerines and pomegranates. Sweet - in such volumes and variety that it was not possible to try everything in a week, although we tried very hard. Absolutely delicious! As for drinks: from local wines they have two options - called red wine and white wine. So, I didn’t like the red at all, but the white is quite normal, something like Chardonnay. Juices in large quantities and variety, from packages, there were no freshly squeezed ones. Drinks like Sprite, Cola, Seven-up and so on - at any time and in any bar. All-inclusive cocktails - see the menu in the photo, though in all bars the execution is different, depending on the mood of the bartender. The most delicious, in my opinion, option is "a cocktail with alcohol to your taste. " No matter how much they tried, they are all good, although they are not in the recipe. Cola with ice is paid, but cola without ice is free, and ice separately - please. The bartender is punished for mixing, but they themselves have no problem. Ice cream delicious chocolate and white. Yellow - with a strange smell, although everyone has different tastes, I did not like it. In general, food - not just heaps, but three heaps and there will still be, and vegetarian, and for dieters, and for experimenters - any. The main thing is to EAT IN MODERATION and carefully inspect all the racks, and there they are - oh-hoo.
5. Restaurants. On the all-inclusive system, you can go to 3 restaurants. After reading previous reviews, we went to Italian. The overall impression is that the buffet is much tastier and more varied. There is no pizza at all, in our Ukrainian eatery it is much better. The quail was delicious. Wine - the same as on the buffet. Sweets are also from the buffet. In connection with these impressions, they no longer decided on Bedouin and sur-mer, so I won’t lie.
6. Coffee. In the Cascade, only instant is poured, so know the comments. As for the bars, there are coffee machines everywhere, they make great coffee, and espresso, and cappuccino, BUT! Sit at the counter while they're being prepared, or you'll get the same solution.

7. Excursions. They offer a lot, and obsessively offer. I can only speak of the ones I have personally visited. The first is a boat with a glass bottom. An excellent, mesmerizing sight. The ship slowly sails along the edge of the reef, and all its underwater life is before your eyes. The second is diving on Tiran Island. There are simply no words, only delight. Maybe someone will post a photo, I don’t have it, so you still can’t convey all the beauty. The third is the fashion show, or rather, leather-fur-shopping. They take you free of charge at any time to a store with jackets, sheepskin coats, bags. The store is small, there is practically no choice, and all prices start at $ 750. We didn’t buy anything, and upon arrival at the hotel it turned out that there were also other leather dots here. We were also taken free of charge from the hotel to a large round department store called Daniel, where the choice was already much richer. Prices also started at 750 dollars, but in the end they quickly dropped to 200. And, which was very surprising, you can pay in hryvnias at the rate of 8.15 and not even here, but upon returning to the hotel, you just write out a check, wrap your thing, and the seller will go with you to the hotel. Paid off - and keep. If they knew, they would have taken a couple of thousand hryvnias, but alas, no one suggested it.
8. Sea. It was quite warm +20 for February - I think it's super. There are two pontoons, both are good, the beaches are clean, towels are fresh, sunbeds and mattresses are in bulk, in general, there is nothing to complain about. The only advice is that immediately upon arrival, take a card on a towel to the reception, otherwise you will have to stomp from the sea back upstairs for a card on the first day - they don’t give towels without it. After 15-00 we have to say goodbye to the sea - cool, windy, and move to the pools. Pools to choose from - below with sea water and without heating, at the top with desalinated and heated +28, warming. Provided that the air is +23, you don’t want to get out at all. Kicked out at sunset.
9. Bazaar. A five-minute walk to the market street Il Mercat. The shops are small, the assortment is the same for everyone, the prices are called 10 times higher. Bargained to the point of insanity, yield in the end all. Example: for the T-shirt you liked (cool cotton, with embroidery) they asked for $ 18, as a result, after an hour and a half of trading, they bought two pieces for 50 pounds (about $ 8). At the same time, they drank tea, talked about life and presented a small Ukrainian souvenir (a magnet with Euro 2012 symbols). In response, they also received a magnet Egypt and small coins for the collection. In response, they gave 25 kopecks and a metal hryvnia. But in general, it’s not worth changing money for local pounds at all, we foolishly changed 10 dollars, and then we didn’t know where to attach them, no one changes back.
10. Departure. The plane was at 9 am. In the evening they came to check if there was something in debt, it turned out - no, and why would they? Although, they say, it happens, but we did not collide. They warned that the bus will be served at 5-25, but you will come earlier, all of a sudden. We came, handed over the key cards, we sit. We look - they carry our things, put them at the entrance. Then they drag some boxes like shoe boxes - with a smile - this is for you! We open - breakfast: Ham bun, cheese bun, yogurt, juice bag, sweet donut, bagel, croissant, apple... in short, some of them even reached Ukraine. They brought us to the airport, also picking up people from passing hotels along the way. At the airport, during check-in, I make a detached expression on my face, and, stubbornly ignoring the knowledge of Russian, we ask for a seat by the window (and we get it, although we are standing at the very end of a long line! ) And that’s all, goodbye, Egypt! I WANT MORE!! !