Good hotel with some pros and cons

Written: 11 march 2021
Travel time: 25 february — 4 march 2021
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Arrived from Kharkiv on February 25.2021 for seven days. It was early seven in the morning, the bus of our tour agency ANEX TOUR was waiting for us near the airport, we drove from the airport to the Jolie Ville Golf hotel for about 10 minutes. Upon arrival, we saw a large reception, in the middle of the fountain, everyone speaks and understands Russian. We were immediately hung up with bracelets and offered to have breakfast, they promised to give us a room by half past one, and we went to the dining room.
The dining room turned out to be a huge room in the middle, there were counters with a variety of food and friendly distributors of it, all behind glass in connection with the pandemic, they poured as much and whatever you want. The dining room is large, but sometimes you had to look for a place (I mean a table), but not for long. The food is normal, you could always choose what you like, but we immediately weed out the tasteless dishes and did not take them after the first tasting. From breakfast to lunch and from lunch to dinner, there was no such thing that we were hungry, especially since in between, if anyone is hungry, you can eat at the lobby bar by the pool, steaks, french fries, ice cream, drinks, in short, we ate from the belly and sighing from a full stomach went for a walk around the area.
The territory is very large, beautiful alleys, bridges, pools, water channels along which you can walk, everything was wonderful, especially when you get from winter to summer, this feeling of beauty doubles, the only thing was not very convenient to walk in tracksuits, since all things are in suitcases, and we didn’t want to rummage through them in the middle of the reception and change clothes in the toilet, it was especially contrasting to appear in this form on the beach where everyone is in swimsuits and swimming trunks, but this is the case for many newly arrived and who have not had time to check in yet. After viewing the beach attractions, we decided to pass the time by going to the so-called bazaar, according to experienced people, it was not far away and you can shorten the path by passing through the gates of one unfinished hotel. Disappointment awaited us there, they didn’t let us through this hotel, as it turned out that the gate leading to the bazaar on the other side was simply welded and we had to walk around for about three kilometers. Here is a link to this video - https://youtu. be/JSDWlR6_eoM.

We finally got to this little market, it turned out to be a street with hotels opposite which there was a row with small shops, they sold masks, flippers, everything for swimming, souvenirs, silver, etc. Everyone helpfully and happily invited us to come in and see what they were selling. But if they didn’t buy anything, then the joy disappeared from their faces and very Russian words were heard about the greed of these tourists. In the first store I bought a mask for sightseeing swimming and diving from 15 dollars to 9 dollars, I would have bargained, but some of my companions protested that the price was good, after that I tried not to take them to stores with me. Our main task was to purchase SIM cards for the Internet (according to rumors, it was $5 cheaper here than at the hotel), but the store was closed and we were advised to come in an hour and a half. We were very happy to catch a taxi and for $ 1 we went back.
And at this time it was already dinner at the hotel and people crowded at each feeder creating small queues. Everyone clapped their forks on their plates in unison, tasting various dishes. The room, as promised, was given at the exact appointed time, we got a 4-seater although there were two of us, even a large room, two double beds, but there was no balcony, the exit was through the window to the roof of the dining room, but it was not a balcony, although there you could sit, smoke, drink, and no one sees you, spacious bathroom. My sister and her husband were neighbors and there was a common connecting door in the rooms, so we went to visit without leaving the room. A big huge minus is the flies, it was hell, they did not let you sleep or just be calm in the room. They seem to be very fond of tourists and did not come off for a minute, you should definitely take sticky tape for flies with you. Well, or a fly swatter. By the way, flies were everywhere - on the beach, in the dining room, and on the pool. Maybe the time of year is such that there are a lot of flies and they were a real problem.
The room was opened with a card, it was necessary to carry it out several times for the lock to work, and once it had to be changed at the reception, because it refused to open at all. Yellow beach towels were not changed for several days, until we contacted the reception and found out that in the morning you need to call and ask to be changed. The room was cleaned every day, but so-so cleaning... one name. They made the bed, took out the trash, added shower gel, coffee, water and tea, the floors were not vacuumed or wiped. But I put a chocolate bar on the bed every day and, of course, it disappeared after cleaning, sooo they love our chocolate and they love the van dollar, although it is not ours))).
I repeat that the territory is huge and beautiful, there is where to take a walk, several pools with different water, it takes about 5 minutes to go to the sea, there is a bar on the beach. The beach is multi-tiered, metal-wood construction, sand is poured, but in some places the ends of polyethylene stick out of the sand, reminding that it is all artificial and bulk. You need to look for sunbeds at the peak or come early, the sunbeds themselves (namely mattresses) sometimes leave much to be desired, torn, dirty, old. Swim only from the pier, the depth is 5 meters at once, then it goes deeper and turns into a dark hole, probably 15 meters or more, the corals are beautiful, many different fish, we saw moray eels and a bunch of big fish, in general, there is something to see if you bought a diving mask (price from 6 to 15 dollars), the sea is warm, you almost don’t need to get used to it, a small breeze constantly blew and you don’t notice how you burn.

When on arrival you are called to a meeting by your person in charge of the tour, then first go to have breakfast, because this meeting is delayed for 2 hours and we did not have time for breakfast. He tells for a long time that the Egyptians are smarter, so you need to be careful with them, then he offered various trips and how official ones differ from unsafe private ones. We took a tour to the Bedouins for quads, jeeps and scuba diving, called "LOOST LAND", we liked it very much, but the Egyptian hotel responsible for us did not sign us up for dry rations and would have been left without breakfast, and check-out was at 4-40 in the morning. Thanks to the guide of the trip itself, Akhmedushka, he gave us one share for two. I liked the trip very much, we visited the Bedouins, drank their tea, rode camels, jeeps and quadrics, walked along the canyon gorges, rode a big boat and scuba diving. Arafats from Bedouins are 4 times cheaper than in stores
A complete diversion for a tour of the city of Sharm el-Sheikh, they take them to shops, where prices are an order of magnitude higher than in hotel shops, especially be careful with the oil factory, prices there are $ 25 higher, more expensive than anywhere else, and most importantly, there is no factories, a complete divorce.
Duty free at Sharm airport is very expensive, we have almost the same prices in ordinary stores, in Kharkov the duty free is cheaper. But their smoking room is spacious and huge with tables and chairs... In Kharkov, they generally closed the smoking room at the airport and people often began to run to the toilet, at first someone timidly threw the stick of an electronic cigarette into the toilet, then the second person bashfully put out a quarter a smoked cigarette, and after drinking alcoholic beverages, people who did not feel much modesty in themselves went, after which they had to look for the door to the toilet by touch. After the departure of our plane, the toilet looked somehow different, something was wrong in it, well, let the airport administrators think about it, how can you close the smoking room when there are almost 200 people who are waiting for more than two hours for their flight.
In general, the rest was a success, they threw it twice with breakfast, there was not enough camel in the desert, I got a sunstroke and so wanted to go home on the 6th day. Herring with potatoes in uniforms for our vodka, and not for Egyptian alcohol, it is weak, and if with ice, then in general some kind of drink, and whiskey gives coconut and you can not have a snack. But anyway, I really liked it and if I may miss summer in winter in a year, then I will definitely go to this hotel, because along with the minuses there are pluses that I want to see more.
Guys, cool hotel and good rest. Good luck to everyone, relax with humor and good mood.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original