Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
5.0
Service:
7.0
Cleanliness:
8.0
Food:
8.0
Amenities:
8.0
For those who don't like reading long reviews, here's a quick summary:
Pros:
- the hotel is located very well (SOHO square, it is also Soho square), Sharks Bay area - “shark bay”;
- beautiful territory, sea, beautiful reef;
- delicious varied food;
- good animation, two water slides.
Minuses:
- old rooms (furniture, appliances).
Conclusion: you can go if the ticket is offered relatively inexpensively,
and you have modest requirements for living conditions.
Now, in more detail, in order of impressions:
The rooms are the main disadvantage of this hotel. When checking in, $ 10 was invested in the passport - it didn’t help at all,
no one rushed to give two-room suites (there were three of us with my wife and adult daughter).
The first impression of the room - SHOCK. Shabby chipboard furniture, unaesthetic curtains and some kind of "humped" blankets
on crookedly made beds, a 20 'TV of some kind, 1995 ...The air conditioner is buzzing pretty (as it used to be
buzzed Soviet window air conditioner "Baku"). If you really find fault, then only one remote control from the TV
it was possible to present as many as three (! ) Claims - there was no battery cover, the batteries were "chewed"
(they obviously tried to reanimate them, and more than once), and when you try to use the remote control, it also fell into 2 parts.
But the two main "highlights" on this "SHOCK-cake" are large red ants abundantly running along the wall in the amount
pieces of commercials 15-20 and condensate from the air conditioner turned on by us, which after a few minutes in a thin stream
dripped from the ventilation grate in the bathroom ...straight into the toilet, i. e. on the back of a person who would sit on it (!! ! ! )
“Yeah, ” my wife told me, “and you laughed when I wanted to take an umbrella to Egypt! How do you go to the toilet now?! ”
Naturally, I went to ask for another number (and it was already around 23-00) - and returned with nothing. The receptionist declared to me
that all the rooms are occupied: "Come tomorrow after 12-00, there will be an eviction, we will give something else"
The next day, the second attempt to change the number: they let me see one option, I looked - even worse, the same shabby,
but the room size is smaller...
By this time, we had significantly reduced the number of ants (may Greenpeace forgive me) by mechanical methods,
the air conditioner was repaired by an Egyptian friend sent from the reception (the air conditioner did not stop buzzing, but at least it stopped
to refresh us with jets from the ceiling), at the same time he kindly agreed to glue the Dushka to us (he was rewarded with $ 1).
We thought about it and decided that it could be worse. No more attempts were made to change the number, especially
that the location of the room we liked - room 620 is close to the main pool and restaurant and the windows are facing
on the playground, where there was never anyone, it was quiet - no music was heard, no screams. It seems to me
600 rooms have the most optimal location.
In general, we got used to the room, and the rest of the impressions of the rest were mostly only positive.
Well, just think, the air conditioner is loud, but you need to slam the heels of ants a day - it doesn’t matter! But the bathroom is spacious.
with a large mirror, with a hairdryer, with all sorts of shampoos, gel caps, in small packages. Safe is present
new, electronic lock. The refrigerator is small.
So, food is what many are interested in in the first place. You can eat a lot, tasty, everywhere and almost always:
The main "movement" takes place in the vicinity of the main pool - on the one hand, the Main Pool Bar, on the other -
Pergola Grill & Bar, next to it is the entrance to the Main Restaurant.
The main restaurant serves abundantly at lunch (12-30 - 14-30) and dinners (19-00 - 22-00) - a very large selection of vegetables,
both with seasonings and without; several types of beef, chicken, fried and boiled fish always; all sorts of porridge sauces;
potatoes, rice in different forms; pasta - separate distribution; lunch - two types of soups; fruits, a large selection of sweets.
There were grill days a couple of times, when Pergolla had a dozen different types of shawarma kebabs, etc.
Breakfast (7-00 - 10-00) - a smaller choice, but also very good: scrambled eggs, cereals, muesli, sausages, cheeses, sausages,
cakes, vegetables, fruits. Pancakes are fried separately. There is an Egg-Station where, of your choice, they fry your eggs with whatever you want
(add sausage, vegetables... )
Always a large selection of all sorts of breads and buns (fresh).
For fruits - there have always been melons, apples, oranges; often - grapefruit, dates; periodically - bananas. Waterbuzov did not see in the eye.
About sausages and sausages - so-so. About cheeses - they remind us of processed cheeses. But the feta is delicious!
About olives, olives - there is always. But in specific marinades (the taste is not the same as ours - for an amateur).
About seafood - squid were a couple of times. Mussels, shrimp did not meet. There have always been fish.
About the specifics - of course, there is a bias in oriental cuisine, much of the food is seasoned with specific sauces. For me personally this
liked it. To his wife - no, but she found herself unseasoned.
To sum up - the food is varied, for every taste, both oriental and European, no one will leave hungry. Suffice it to say,
that I tried to eat only new, interesting, tasty (I didn’t take side dishes at all! ), I tried to take a little -
and for some reason it always turned out to be a full plate! And that's not counting a separate bowl for fruits and sweets : -)
On the beach and near the pool from 12-00 "snack bars" are open - shawarma, pizza, french fries, salads. For those who never
ate during the day - from 23-30 to 1-30 at night in Pergola comes off the night "bar" of snacks; The choice is small, but you can refresh yourself.
Important! From 15:00 to 17:00, an ice cream cart appears in Pergola - 4 types (chocolate, vanilla, mango, fruit). Very
good, I must say! Too bad it's only 2 hours : -)
About drinks - in the Main Restaurant there is a Nescafe coffee machine that dispenses 10 types of hot drinks,
including espresso, cappuccino, nesquik. There is always some tea. species, milk. The notorious "yuppies" of 3 types.
Lunch and dinner - open window where you can get Pepsi-mirinda-seven up, beer, draft local wine - white and red, and,
of course, the juices from the packages - mango and guava.
In defense of the so-called. "yuppies" - I tried it a couple of times: in fact, it tastes no worse than packaged juices from many of our manufacturers!
Although I tried to drink only mango, guava, and Pepsi drinks (by the way - if you just want unsweetened gas water, say "soda")
About drinking - Main Pool Bar is open from 10-00 to 24-00. The cocktails are good. You can ask for "Virgin Pina Colada" - it will work
just a milkshake. By the way, the alcoholic version - just "Pina Colada" - I did not like. Beer, Pepsi line,
a coffee machine is also included.
Swimming in the pool, you can swim up to this bar and sit on an underwater chair.
But from this "water" side they give far from
all drinks - for pepsi, beer and the same Pina Colada, you will have to "go out on land", because the bartender on this side does not have a mixer,
no bezalk distribution. drinks - there is only alcohol and the main ingredients for cocktails.
On the beach, drinks from 10-00, beer starts to give from 11-00 (work until 17-00). The same "yuppies", teas, the Pepsi line.
Fresh juices in the main restaurant - $ 2. Relatively inexpensive, a Soho fresh drink costs $4.
About the queues - they can only be at individual trays at the beginning, so I recommend coming somewhere 40-50 minutes after opening.
For drinks in bars saw a maximum of 5 people at a time. For more than 3-4 minutes, I didn’t stand for anything anywhere.
About a-la carte restaurants: judging by the information from the hotel and what the representative of the tour operator told us, the system has changed,
and now the restriction "visiting each restaurant only 1 time" (1 per stay) has been removed. Now you can have lunch and dinner in these restaurants
at least every day, only pre-reserve. We didn’t have time to really check it, because we were only 1 time in Fatima (Eastern)
and 1 time in La Trattoria (Italian). In fact, we are talking about "complex lunches", where salads and desserts are offered the same,
and only the main dish can be chosen (from 3-4 offers). That is, in terms of choice, it is much worse there than in the Main Restaurant,
but everything is beautiful - dinner by candlelight, the waiters rustle around you. The wines are of better quality. The food is served beautifully presented.
Where is the fish restaurant Barracuda - we did not understand, and there was no time to visit it. (Where is the Barracuda, who knows? ! )
In both restaurants we visited, we really liked the food, the service is better in Fatima (Italian is more in demand, there are more people -
apparently, therefore, the quality of service is lame).
Pro service: The room was cleaned daily.
Clean, tidy, gel shampoos were reported, towels were changed, and a bottle of drinking water was put in the refrigerator every day. We always left $ 1 in return (or 5 pounds - which was : -))
In the Main Restaurant (which some quite in vain call a canteen) we were always served by the waiter Said -
met, showed a free table, covered napkins, appliances, even studied our tastes and brought juices, Pepsi to everyone.
He was interested in how we were doing. Pleasant in communication, not intrusive. A couple of days later, in gratitude, we began to leave him
$1-2 per day. Thank you Said!
In general, the staff at the hotel is friendly, with the exception, perhaps, of one category - bartenders, those
who stands "on the spill". Here they always look like "how these drunks have already got me! ", And this attitude to everyone, even to those
who asks for water-juice. I don’t know what the reason is - either the load on them is large, or there are no chances for a tip ...
Entertainment, animation: Animators worked well, but without brilliance. On the beach, the standard program is morning exercises, boccia,
volleyball from 11-00. After lunch - again volleyball from 16-00. The participation of animators in volleyball was limited to giving the ball and a couple of times - watering
sites. In the pool number 2 after dinner, sometimes - water polo. From 15-00 to 17-00 included water slides, 2 pieces, blue "spiral"
flows into pool No. 1, the yellow "humpback" - into pool No. 2. Cool, it's fun to ride them, it's a pity that they work only 2 hours.
Near the slides - darts.
In the evening, by the pool number 1, sometimes songs on the stage, in the amphitheater every evening from 21-30 - some performances (to be honest, never before
didn't get them). Disco - it is written that in the restaurant Fatima in Mon. , quarter , sub. from 23-00 to 02-00 at night (did not check - they have never been).
As entertainment, we had exits to Soho Square - left the hotel, turned left and after 10 meters
promenade begins : -) On Soho: free Wi-Fi (however, its speed makes you remember the days of 56K dial-up modems),
"singing" fountain, a large stage with nightly performances, shops, sculptures, shops, cafes, duty free again.
Walk animators, "mummers", entertain the people.
Good gym, modern fitness equipment - free of charge. In the same place SPA - but for money.
Tennis, table tennis - free of charge, but they may ask for money for equipment. So rackets, balls, balls - it is better to carry with you.
Billiards - for a fee.
Sea: It's just super! Entrance - two pontoons - "lego" (made of plastic cubes, elastic), you walk and sway : -) Already animation.
For swimming, in fact, coral slippers are not needed (they are useful for playing volleyball - without them, stand on hot sand
very problematic). Corals, fish - all indescribable beauty, and that's it, right in front of you. Therefore, swimming
snorkels in such a sea is not only senseless, but also criminal! It is interesting to swim to the left, towards the pontoon
hotel Concorde, there are more diverse, and there are fewer people.
Sunbeds: Enough for everyone without any problems. If you come to the sea at 8, then fall where you want. If at 9 - already need to look for a sunbed
with umbrella/shade. If you come at 10, you will probably have to look for a sunbed on the 2nd or 3rd level (near the volleyball court).
But so that you are left without a sunbed - it does not happen in principle.
Beach towels: upon check-in, a card is issued, every day in the morning you change it in the TowelCenter for a towel, in the evening -
reverse exchange. TowelCenter - two: one near the pools, the second - near Fatima, on the way to the sea. In theory, you can take a towel
only once a day, and this is allegedly controlled, but in fact you can take towels in one point in the morning, turn them in for lunch,
after lunch, get them at another pickup point. It is better not to lose towels and cards, the fine is 75 pounds ($ 13).
We had an unpleasant
excess - someone stole our towel, which was drying on the balcony of the room. Obviously someone from the Russo-tourist: for souvenirs, or so
compensate for the loss of such a card.
You can swim somewhere until 17-30 at the sea, until 18-00 - in the pools. The sun leaves very quickly, once - and the shadow.
Diving, water entertainment: everything is there, and a parachute, and a banana, and a "sofa", and a yacht - but all this is very expensive. For example, diving
If I understand correctly, $50 per dive. The local travel agency with which we traveled to Israel had a boat trip to about. Tyrant,
including diving - one dive, lunch and other fun - $ 40.
Vacationers - 80-85% Russian-speaking (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), a bit of Egyptians, a little bit of Germans-Italians-Poles-Swedes
etc. There are not many children in the hotel. I can’t say that noisy drunken companies were very annoying - basically the people behaved
decent, but not without excesses, of course.
One morning they saw a couple of fallen lighting poles, and in the afternoon they saw a guy in a cast
and on a crutch - there was a general picture of the world : -)
In the end, we were very happy with our stay and didn't want to leave! Some of the shortcomings were quite minor.
against the general background.
At check-out (until 12-00), they handed over the key and cards for towels, they “cut off” all-incl bracelets from us, but instead they gave us a ticket for lunch
and 2 vouchers for drinks. So we didn't go hungry.
- oddly enough, some of the shops in the hotel give better prices than in Soho (usually the hotel shops are the most expensive).
Masks, snorkels, fins, coral slippers, covers for underwater photography - all this costs more in Soho than in a shop
at the hotel (reception floor). Slippers - $ 5 (Soho - $ 7, Old Market - $ 3), photo cover - $ 15 (Soho - $ 20)
- it is best to make purchases in the Old Market (this is a market in the Old City - Old City, Sharm El Maya area). There is an assortment
large, and prices are lower, and more readily traded.
There you can also find goods that are almost non-existent in other places: carpets, skins ...
Go there from the hotel - taxi 5-10 $, or minibus (blue and white minibus) - 3 pounds / person, but not near the hotel,
you need to get out on the road (about 7 minutes to go).
- currency exchange - in the hotel, in the same place where there are shops, there is an ATM; pointed at him with his finger, he gives out exchange rates. shoving dollars
(or euro) - you get Egyptian pounds. Simple, convenient, understandable. The commission is meaningful: it shows the rate of 6.08 pounds / dollar,
gives out really at 6.00 pounds per dollar. There is a similar vending machine in Soho.
- currency - dollars go everywhere without problems, but with the Egyptian pound you have more opportunities to bargain. Real examples -
at the Old Market, a set of beautiful magnets costs $2 (which is, like, the minimum), but you can bargain for £.10. Halva is in the same place
$3, but bargained for £.15. Tipping again - you can give $ 1, but you can - 5 pounds. At the reception they demanded from me for
phone call (calling from the room to the local travel agency) $ 2, and in pounds it turned out to be only 8 pounds. Etc. It seems
little things, but the difference is almost 20%!
- tips: when you settle, you can not give, experience shows that your resettlement does not depend on this (whatever happens, they will give it).
The porter who will bring your things, the cleaner, the waiter - it is better to give, the quality of service is obviously improving.
Usually $1-2 (5-10 pounds) is enough.
- for volleyball lovers - the sand on the site is very hard, it is strictly not recommended to fall on it with your knees! Plus, he gets hot.
and it is impossible to stand on it without slippers. It is very convenient to buy coral slippers for volleyball (where, see above).
- take with you some kind of Raptor from insect-ants, so that you do not have to "eliminate" them manually.
- sunscreens in Egypt are expensive (from $ 10), so it's better to bring them with you.
- there are few sockets in the rooms, and floor lamps / table lamps are included in them (there is no overhead light at all, by the way). So take it
it’s better to bring a tee or even an extension cord for 3-5 outlets, if you need it for a computer / charger / iron, etc.
- excursions - it is better to take from local travel agencies from Sharm. In particular, we went to Israel for $75/person (AnexTour offered a similar
for 150$)
- discos - it's cheaper to go to Naama Bay on your own (minibus - 3 pounds / person, entrance - $ 8 for men, women - free of charge).
This info is from friends, we didn't go ourselves.
- leaving the room, hide valuables in the safe
- do not leave towels on sun loungers alone - staff can clean up or "take away" Russo tourists. Better put on a mask
fins, t-shirt.
- language - many Egyptians know Russian, but sometimes you have to switch to English, so brush up on school
course may be useful.
Pros:
- the hotel is located very well (SOHO square, it is also Soho square), Sharks Bay area - “shark bay”;
- beautiful territory, sea, beautiful reef;
- delicious varied food;
- good animation, two water slides.
Minuses:
- old rooms (furniture, appliances).
Conclusion: you can go if the ticket is offered relatively inexpensively,
and you have modest requirements for living conditions.
Now, in more detail, in order of impressions:
The rooms are the main disadvantage of this hotel. When checking in, $ 10 was invested in the passport - it didn’t help at all,
no one rushed to give two-room suites (there were three of us with my wife and adult daughter).
The first impression of the room - SHOCK. Shabby chipboard furniture, unaesthetic curtains and some kind of "humped" blankets
on crookedly made beds, a 20 'TV of some kind, 1995 ...The air conditioner is buzzing pretty (as it used to be
buzzed Soviet window air conditioner "Baku"). If you really find fault, then only one remote control from the TV
it was possible to present as many as three (! ) Claims - there was no battery cover, the batteries were "chewed"
(they obviously tried to reanimate them, and more than once), and when you try to use the remote control, it also fell into 2 parts.
But the two main "highlights" on this "SHOCK-cake" are large red ants abundantly running along the wall in the amount
pieces of commercials 15-20 and condensate from the air conditioner turned on by us, which after a few minutes in a thin stream
dripped from the ventilation grate in the bathroom ...straight into the toilet, i. e. on the back of a person who would sit on it (!! ! ! )
“Yeah, ” my wife told me, “and you laughed when I wanted to take an umbrella to Egypt! How do you go to the toilet now?! ”
Naturally, I went to ask for another number (and it was already around 23-00) - and returned with nothing. The receptionist declared to me
that all the rooms are occupied: "Come tomorrow after 12-00, there will be an eviction, we will give something else"
The next day, the second attempt to change the number: they let me see one option, I looked - even worse, the same shabby,
but the room size is smaller...
By this time, we had significantly reduced the number of ants (may Greenpeace forgive me) by mechanical methods,
the air conditioner was repaired by an Egyptian friend sent from the reception (the air conditioner did not stop buzzing, but at least it stopped
to refresh us with jets from the ceiling), at the same time he kindly agreed to glue the Dushka to us (he was rewarded with $ 1).
We thought about it and decided that it could be worse. No more attempts were made to change the number, especially
that the location of the room we liked - room 620 is close to the main pool and restaurant and the windows are facing
on the playground, where there was never anyone, it was quiet - no music was heard, no screams. It seems to me
600 rooms have the most optimal location.
In general, we got used to the room, and the rest of the impressions of the rest were mostly only positive.
Well, just think, the air conditioner is loud, but you need to slam the heels of ants a day - it doesn’t matter! But the bathroom is spacious.
with a large mirror, with a hairdryer, with all sorts of shampoos, gel caps, in small packages. Safe is present
new, electronic lock. The refrigerator is small.
So, food is what many are interested in in the first place. You can eat a lot, tasty, everywhere and almost always:
The main "movement" takes place in the vicinity of the main pool - on the one hand, the Main Pool Bar, on the other -
Pergola Grill & Bar, next to it is the entrance to the Main Restaurant.
The main restaurant serves abundantly at lunch (12-30 - 14-30) and dinners (19-00 - 22-00) - a very large selection of vegetables,
both with seasonings and without; several types of beef, chicken, fried and boiled fish always; all sorts of porridge sauces;
potatoes, rice in different forms; pasta - separate distribution; lunch - two types of soups; fruits, a large selection of sweets.
There were grill days a couple of times, when Pergolla had a dozen different types of shawarma kebabs, etc.
Breakfast (7-00 - 10-00) - a smaller choice, but also very good: scrambled eggs, cereals, muesli, sausages, cheeses, sausages,
cakes, vegetables, fruits. Pancakes are fried separately. There is an Egg-Station where, of your choice, they fry your eggs with whatever you want
(add sausage, vegetables... )
Always a large selection of all sorts of breads and buns (fresh).
For fruits - there have always been melons, apples, oranges; often - grapefruit, dates; periodically - bananas. Waterbuzov did not see in the eye.
About sausages and sausages - so-so. About cheeses - they remind us of processed cheeses. But the feta is delicious!
About olives, olives - there is always. But in specific marinades (the taste is not the same as ours - for an amateur).
About seafood - squid were a couple of times. Mussels, shrimp did not meet. There have always been fish.
About the specifics - of course, there is a bias in oriental cuisine, much of the food is seasoned with specific sauces. For me personally this
liked it. To his wife - no, but she found herself unseasoned.
To sum up - the food is varied, for every taste, both oriental and European, no one will leave hungry. Suffice it to say,
that I tried to eat only new, interesting, tasty (I didn’t take side dishes at all! ), I tried to take a little -
and for some reason it always turned out to be a full plate! And that's not counting a separate bowl for fruits and sweets : -)
On the beach and near the pool from 12-00 "snack bars" are open - shawarma, pizza, french fries, salads. For those who never
ate during the day - from 23-30 to 1-30 at night in Pergola comes off the night "bar" of snacks; The choice is small, but you can refresh yourself.
Important! From 15:00 to 17:00, an ice cream cart appears in Pergola - 4 types (chocolate, vanilla, mango, fruit). Very
good, I must say! Too bad it's only 2 hours : -)
About drinks - in the Main Restaurant there is a Nescafe coffee machine that dispenses 10 types of hot drinks,
including espresso, cappuccino, nesquik. There is always some tea. species, milk. The notorious "yuppies" of 3 types.
Lunch and dinner - open window where you can get Pepsi-mirinda-seven up, beer, draft local wine - white and red, and,
of course, the juices from the packages - mango and guava.
In defense of the so-called. "yuppies" - I tried it a couple of times: in fact, it tastes no worse than packaged juices from many of our manufacturers!
Although I tried to drink only mango, guava, and Pepsi drinks (by the way - if you just want unsweetened gas water, say "soda")
About drinking - Main Pool Bar is open from 10-00 to 24-00. The cocktails are good. You can ask for "Virgin Pina Colada" - it will work
just a milkshake. By the way, the alcoholic version - just "Pina Colada" - I did not like. Beer, Pepsi line,
a coffee machine is also included.
Swimming in the pool, you can swim up to this bar and sit on an underwater chair.
But from this "water" side they give far from
all drinks - for pepsi, beer and the same Pina Colada, you will have to "go out on land", because the bartender on this side does not have a mixer,
no bezalk distribution. drinks - there is only alcohol and the main ingredients for cocktails.
On the beach, drinks from 10-00, beer starts to give from 11-00 (work until 17-00). The same "yuppies", teas, the Pepsi line.
Fresh juices in the main restaurant - $ 2. Relatively inexpensive, a Soho fresh drink costs $4.
About the queues - they can only be at individual trays at the beginning, so I recommend coming somewhere 40-50 minutes after opening.
For drinks in bars saw a maximum of 5 people at a time. For more than 3-4 minutes, I didn’t stand for anything anywhere.
About a-la carte restaurants: judging by the information from the hotel and what the representative of the tour operator told us, the system has changed,
and now the restriction "visiting each restaurant only 1 time" (1 per stay) has been removed. Now you can have lunch and dinner in these restaurants
at least every day, only pre-reserve. We didn’t have time to really check it, because we were only 1 time in Fatima (Eastern)
and 1 time in La Trattoria (Italian). In fact, we are talking about "complex lunches", where salads and desserts are offered the same,
and only the main dish can be chosen (from 3-4 offers). That is, in terms of choice, it is much worse there than in the Main Restaurant,
but everything is beautiful - dinner by candlelight, the waiters rustle around you. The wines are of better quality. The food is served beautifully presented.
Where is the fish restaurant Barracuda - we did not understand, and there was no time to visit it. (Where is the Barracuda, who knows? ! )
In both restaurants we visited, we really liked the food, the service is better in Fatima (Italian is more in demand, there are more people -
apparently, therefore, the quality of service is lame).
Pro service: The room was cleaned daily.
Clean, tidy, gel shampoos were reported, towels were changed, and a bottle of drinking water was put in the refrigerator every day. We always left $ 1 in return (or 5 pounds - which was : -))
In the Main Restaurant (which some quite in vain call a canteen) we were always served by the waiter Said -
met, showed a free table, covered napkins, appliances, even studied our tastes and brought juices, Pepsi to everyone.
He was interested in how we were doing. Pleasant in communication, not intrusive. A couple of days later, in gratitude, we began to leave him
$1-2 per day. Thank you Said!
In general, the staff at the hotel is friendly, with the exception, perhaps, of one category - bartenders, those
who stands "on the spill". Here they always look like "how these drunks have already got me! ", And this attitude to everyone, even to those
who asks for water-juice. I don’t know what the reason is - either the load on them is large, or there are no chances for a tip ...
Entertainment, animation: Animators worked well, but without brilliance. On the beach, the standard program is morning exercises, boccia,
volleyball from 11-00. After lunch - again volleyball from 16-00. The participation of animators in volleyball was limited to giving the ball and a couple of times - watering
sites. In the pool number 2 after dinner, sometimes - water polo. From 15-00 to 17-00 included water slides, 2 pieces, blue "spiral"
flows into pool No. 1, the yellow "humpback" - into pool No. 2. Cool, it's fun to ride them, it's a pity that they work only 2 hours.
Near the slides - darts.
In the evening, by the pool number 1, sometimes songs on the stage, in the amphitheater every evening from 21-30 - some performances (to be honest, never before
didn't get them). Disco - it is written that in the restaurant Fatima in Mon. , quarter , sub. from 23-00 to 02-00 at night (did not check - they have never been).
As entertainment, we had exits to Soho Square - left the hotel, turned left and after 10 meters
promenade begins : -) On Soho: free Wi-Fi (however, its speed makes you remember the days of 56K dial-up modems),
"singing" fountain, a large stage with nightly performances, shops, sculptures, shops, cafes, duty free again.
Walk animators, "mummers", entertain the people.
Good gym, modern fitness equipment - free of charge. In the same place SPA - but for money.
Tennis, table tennis - free of charge, but they may ask for money for equipment. So rackets, balls, balls - it is better to carry with you.
Billiards - for a fee.
Sea: It's just super! Entrance - two pontoons - "lego" (made of plastic cubes, elastic), you walk and sway : -) Already animation.
For swimming, in fact, coral slippers are not needed (they are useful for playing volleyball - without them, stand on hot sand
very problematic). Corals, fish - all indescribable beauty, and that's it, right in front of you. Therefore, swimming
snorkels in such a sea is not only senseless, but also criminal! It is interesting to swim to the left, towards the pontoon
hotel Concorde, there are more diverse, and there are fewer people.
Sunbeds: Enough for everyone without any problems. If you come to the sea at 8, then fall where you want. If at 9 - already need to look for a sunbed
with umbrella/shade. If you come at 10, you will probably have to look for a sunbed on the 2nd or 3rd level (near the volleyball court).
But so that you are left without a sunbed - it does not happen in principle.
Beach towels: upon check-in, a card is issued, every day in the morning you change it in the TowelCenter for a towel, in the evening -
reverse exchange. TowelCenter - two: one near the pools, the second - near Fatima, on the way to the sea. In theory, you can take a towel
only once a day, and this is allegedly controlled, but in fact you can take towels in one point in the morning, turn them in for lunch,
after lunch, get them at another pickup point. It is better not to lose towels and cards, the fine is 75 pounds ($ 13).
We had an unpleasant
excess - someone stole our towel, which was drying on the balcony of the room. Obviously someone from the Russo-tourist: for souvenirs, or so
compensate for the loss of such a card.
You can swim somewhere until 17-30 at the sea, until 18-00 - in the pools. The sun leaves very quickly, once - and the shadow.
Diving, water entertainment: everything is there, and a parachute, and a banana, and a "sofa", and a yacht - but all this is very expensive. For example, diving
If I understand correctly, $50 per dive. The local travel agency with which we traveled to Israel had a boat trip to about. Tyrant,
including diving - one dive, lunch and other fun - $ 40.
Vacationers - 80-85% Russian-speaking (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus), a bit of Egyptians, a little bit of Germans-Italians-Poles-Swedes
etc. There are not many children in the hotel. I can’t say that noisy drunken companies were very annoying - basically the people behaved
decent, but not without excesses, of course.
One morning they saw a couple of fallen lighting poles, and in the afternoon they saw a guy in a cast
and on a crutch - there was a general picture of the world : -)
In the end, we were very happy with our stay and didn't want to leave! Some of the shortcomings were quite minor.
against the general background.
At check-out (until 12-00), they handed over the key and cards for towels, they “cut off” all-incl bracelets from us, but instead they gave us a ticket for lunch
and 2 vouchers for drinks. So we didn't go hungry.
- oddly enough, some of the shops in the hotel give better prices than in Soho (usually the hotel shops are the most expensive).
Masks, snorkels, fins, coral slippers, covers for underwater photography - all this costs more in Soho than in a shop
at the hotel (reception floor). Slippers - $ 5 (Soho - $ 7, Old Market - $ 3), photo cover - $ 15 (Soho - $ 20)
- it is best to make purchases in the Old Market (this is a market in the Old City - Old City, Sharm El Maya area). There is an assortment
large, and prices are lower, and more readily traded.
There you can also find goods that are almost non-existent in other places: carpets, skins ...
Go there from the hotel - taxi 5-10 $, or minibus (blue and white minibus) - 3 pounds / person, but not near the hotel,
you need to get out on the road (about 7 minutes to go).
- currency exchange - in the hotel, in the same place where there are shops, there is an ATM; pointed at him with his finger, he gives out exchange rates. shoving dollars
(or euro) - you get Egyptian pounds. Simple, convenient, understandable. The commission is meaningful: it shows the rate of 6.08 pounds / dollar,
gives out really at 6.00 pounds per dollar. There is a similar vending machine in Soho.
- currency - dollars go everywhere without problems, but with the Egyptian pound you have more opportunities to bargain. Real examples -
at the Old Market, a set of beautiful magnets costs $2 (which is, like, the minimum), but you can bargain for £.10. Halva is in the same place
$3, but bargained for £.15. Tipping again - you can give $ 1, but you can - 5 pounds. At the reception they demanded from me for
phone call (calling from the room to the local travel agency) $ 2, and in pounds it turned out to be only 8 pounds. Etc. It seems
little things, but the difference is almost 20%!
- tips: when you settle, you can not give, experience shows that your resettlement does not depend on this (whatever happens, they will give it).
The porter who will bring your things, the cleaner, the waiter - it is better to give, the quality of service is obviously improving.
Usually $1-2 (5-10 pounds) is enough.
- for volleyball lovers - the sand on the site is very hard, it is strictly not recommended to fall on it with your knees! Plus, he gets hot.
and it is impossible to stand on it without slippers. It is very convenient to buy coral slippers for volleyball (where, see above).
- take with you some kind of Raptor from insect-ants, so that you do not have to "eliminate" them manually.
- sunscreens in Egypt are expensive (from $ 10), so it's better to bring them with you.
- there are few sockets in the rooms, and floor lamps / table lamps are included in them (there is no overhead light at all, by the way). So take it
it’s better to bring a tee or even an extension cord for 3-5 outlets, if you need it for a computer / charger / iron, etc.
- excursions - it is better to take from local travel agencies from Sharm. In particular, we went to Israel for $75/person (AnexTour offered a similar
for 150$)
- discos - it's cheaper to go to Naama Bay on your own (minibus - 3 pounds / person, entrance - $ 8 for men, women - free of charge).
This info is from friends, we didn't go ourselves.
- leaving the room, hide valuables in the safe
- do not leave towels on sun loungers alone - staff can clean up or "take away" Russo tourists. Better put on a mask
fins, t-shirt.
- language - many Egyptians know Russian, but sometimes you have to switch to English, so brush up on school
course may be useful.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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