good, but far from 5 stars

Written: 22 january 2018
Travel time: 13 — 20 january 2018
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 5.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 7.0
The food is excellent, the cuisine is local, specific, there is a lot of booze, but everything is diluted (and decently). Lots of well maintained greenery. The room is spacious, the bathroom is not very clean, the key to the room is very accessible not only to you, eternal problems with towels. They asked not to enter the room without our request - they do not listen. On the penultimate day, for some reason, things in one suitcase were not in place. Our mistake - we did not hand over the room in their presence, until we reached the reception to hand over the key (it took 5 minutes) - a large towel was stolen from the room, we could not prove it, we had to pay. A disgusting situation - made fools of us. It is said that this is often practiced here. They love bribes. Internet barely. And then at the reception. Mosquitoes, although poisoned every evening (and us too). In general, in the supermarket opposite the prices for "their" alone, for tourists an order of magnitude higher (all in dollars). They like to bargain, they can give in several times (depending on the strength of your conviction). They speak Russian very well. We went from Anex tour, the guide seems to be nothing, but does not fulfill all the promises. At first, he gently spreads, and when he has hung all the excursions, he talks through his teeth. We went to Cairo - a disgustingly dirty city with a huge population. The road there is 8 hours, very tired, drinking for your money. Although the bus is comfortable. We spent the night on some very old ship, there was a type of excursion along the Nile (1 hour in the dark). Boring. The guide was normal, told a lot of interesting things. Pyramids are so-so, expected more. Were there for about 2 hours. They were not inside. There are endless checkpoints on the roads, all with machine guns. If you don’t climb out from the beach, it seems to be nothing, but it’s impossible to swim from the shore, only from a pontoon at a depth (you get out - a cool wind). Corals. At the airport, a complete raid and twice (they probe, take off their shoes - everyone). Very unpleasant. One woman even lost her phone from the tape, she got distracted. We have it easier. So far, there is no desire to go again.
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