Good hotel, bad tour company

Written: 21 october 2007
Travel time: 22 — 29 october 2007
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 9.0
Went through the Good Travel Store. The girl in the travel agency said that she was resting at the hotel and not far from the sea and the sea is beautiful there...but it’s decent to stomp to the sea through the territories of Mirabel Park and Mirabel Beach, and there is no sea as such. 600 meters of shallow water (in rare places, chest-deep water) and bald patches of reefs in which flocks of colorful fish do not live, as we would like. The reefs are quite sharp, be careful. In principle, there is nothing to do there at all, but almost no one swims there. You have to walk along the coast to the left from the hotel to the wild beach (from our hotel it took about 30 minutes on foot, you can take a bus for a dollar or rent a bike or moped). It's incredibly beautiful there. Reefs, fish, there is also a sandy entrance to the sea. In general - a fairy tale!
Upon arrival at the hotel, the guide will inform you that the comrades at the reception do not understand anything in Russian and in order to get a good room, you need to give them 20 bucks. Don't give them anything. They understand everything, they will give a room with a view of the pool...but there are simply no others in the hotel. In general, what to pay, what not to pay, the result will be the same. By the way, the two of us were given a room for four. The rooms are good: spacious, clean, beautiful.
The hotel is 95% populated by Germans. In general, a family-type hotel: a lot of children, pregnant women, everything is very quiet and calm. Everything dies out at 10 o'clock in the evening. 3 swimming pools on site: one large, one for children and another small. The large pool is wonderful, always clean, you can swim almost at any time, I have never seen anyone kicked out of there. There is no animation in the hotel. At least for the Russians. There are only some games in the water, exercises...but in German.

About the main thing: the food is not bad, but rather monotonous. Lots of lamb, which I personally can't stand. Lots of fruit, very tasty buns, and a selection of healthy food. The staff at the hotel is amazing! Unobtrusive, polite, pleasant. Very pleased. In general, the hotel is very good. We liked it. The absence of the sea was upsetting, but the situation was saved by a wild beach and a large clean pool.
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