Отличный отель. Excellent hotel.

Hello!
I want to tell you about our trip to the amazing Sharm el-Sheikh, to the Maritim Jolie Ville Resort & Casino 5 * hotel. The three of us (2 + 1) rested in December 2018. In Minsk, we bought a tour from the Wheel of Travel company, and the tour guide providing the trip was AnexTour.

We traveled from Minsk to Boryspil on a transfer, which cost us $190 for three of us. From Boryspil to Sharm 4 hours by plane. When we flew to Sharm, we went down the "sleeve" to the plane, not going out into the street, but back - we had to get out of the plane and go by bus for almost 15 minutes to the airport building. Keep this in mind when packing your luggage (when flying there in winter, you can immediately put the jackets in a suitcase and stay in sweaters, take lighter shoes in hand luggage. But you need to take jackets and shoes back in hand luggage).
In December, it is windy in Sharm, but the air temperature warms up to 26-27 degrees, and the water - up to 23.

It gets dark early, in fact, at half past five it is already twilight, and at five the night falls on the city and the temperature drops (up to 16-17 degrees, sometimes more).
From the airport in Sharm, we were quickly sorted into buses and taken to hotels. We were lucky - we were the first to be brought to our hotel (by the way, we were the last to be picked up from the hotel right before the trip to the airport). According to the guide, the hotel itself is the best hotel in Sharm El Sheikh.
The hotel is divided into three parts
1. Sport Area (the farthest part, across a busy road. actually - the second hotel line)
2. Palm Area (middle part, next to the Naama Bay embankment)
3. Preference Area (part near the sea)
To get to the sea, you need to walk along beautiful neat paths past the pool and three restaurants.
We lived in the Palm Area, about 700 meters from the sea. But you can call an electric car from your room, you can also call a car from the pool (restaurants), which are located 100 meters from the sea. But it's better to take a walk!
We arrived at the hotel around 13:00, settled us very quickly, had lunch right away and at 14:00 we were already on the beach. The beach is simply amazing - fine clean sand, sandy pleasant entrance to the sea, and it is transparent with a huge number of fish within walking distance, a coral reef right on the beach, a long pontoon from which you can view the fish (well, go down to swim in the deeper part) . The sea in Sharm is very salty, in terms of salt content it is the second after the Dead Sea, so it is necessary to rinse with fresh water after each entry into the sea. Umbrellas and sunbeds with mattresses, and there are enough sunbeds for everyone (and if not enough, a helpful guy will always bring the missing number of sunbeds from the pool).
Upon check-in, along with the room key card, they issue cards for towels (according to the number of people (in our case there were 3). At the entrance to the beach or by the pool, they must be exchanged for towels.
When leaving the beach (pool), towels are changed back - moreover, this can be done several times a day.

As for the beach, be sure to bring a mask for swimming! So many fish in the sea on the beach itself, near the coral reef...And if you swim well, I advise you to swim a little further than the buoys - there you can even see moray eels and a stingray lying on the bottom. A couple of times I thought I saw a turtle, but I'm not sure about that. Be careful - many of the fish are dangerous and you can't touch them, so it's best to view them from a distance. Lionfish, which are poisonous, often swim near the pontoon. But they are afraid of people and quickly swim away if you try to get close to them.
As for food, there is a choice. For breakfast, several types of cereal, many different types of bread (toast), jams, honey and chocolate paste. Always fried omelettes and pancakes. There is also some chicken and porridge.
The choice of vegetables is not too big - tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, Beijing cabbage. There was also red ordinary cabbage + several types of salad dressings.
For lunch and dinner there is always chicken and fish, pasta and potatoes (in different variations). Pizza was served a couple of times for dinner. The meat is beef (there is no pork at all), but it is impossible to eat their sausage and sausages. There is a choice of cheese slices, but for myself I didn’t find much in cheeses.
Always a huge amount of sweets, or rather pastries. Moreover, it alternates - either oriental sweets, or more European cakes and pastries with cream. There are few fruits - melon, oranges, grapefruits, guava. There were also dates. True, melon and dates are unripe.
Local alcohol is not recommended.
On excursions - ordered one, received the second as a gift. We booked a trip to the Ras Mohammed reserve on a yacht for the whole day with a dive (diving) for one person.

Well, what to tell about it - in the morning we were taken from the hotel, brought to the port, where we listened to a summary of the excursion (loading, arriving at the right point, stop number 1 with diving for those who paid and regular swimming for everyone, then swimming to the next stop for swimming, lunch, next swim to the last stop and return to the port), received masks and fins for swimming, and also rented swimming suits (they say that the water is cool and one diving suit for everyone is not the best offer) and loaded on yacht. We returned to the port at about four o'clock in the afternoon, satisfied, burned out and tired. The cost of the tour for three was 112 dollars. Diving at the tour operator cost $10, on the yacht it was already offered for $15. Photo and video of each of the beginner dirs (professional) offered to transfer to our media + to their disk for 15 dollars. What else?
At the beginning of the tour, everyone was offered to take photos on the bow of the yacht and arrange them in a small album + decorate the plate with the best photo. The cost of the service is $10.
The second excursion (gift) is a sightseeing tour of the city. The guide is a Russian girl, quite sharp in her judgments and words, but she knows her business. We visited the Peace Fountain, two mosques + mini-shopping in the mall. They are not allowed into the mosque, but you can take photos and videos. In the shopping center, of the goods offered, you can only consider purchasing oil - and that is not a fact. Well, you might think about those that are taken orally, but you definitely shouldn’t buy external ones - the same oils in Naama Bay shops and pharmacies cost one and a half to two times cheaper. I’m generally silent about cosmetics, perfumes, cotton and souvenirs (it’s better to buy cotton at Kakusha shopping mall, and suitcases are 3 (! ) times cheaper at Naama Bay initially, even before the auction starts).
If you want to buy sweets - go to Naama Bay to the store to Yassir (when you leave the hotel and turn left to Naama Bay, you go behind the shopping center and immediately turn into the street behind it. Literally the second store on the right side behind the store with jewelry and suitcases - it's sweets). Not cheap, but these sweets are really tasty, they are well stored (many store-bought sweets are with rose oil and taste and smell like cosmetics). Well, the owner is ready to make discounts.
A little more about shopping. Always bargain! And in general - never buy anything right away, always go further and make buying decisions not until the next day. ALL sellers remember you (oddly enough, but they have a phenomenal memory for the faces of interested tourists! ) They always ask in what currency the payment is in dollars or pounds. It is more profitable to buy in pounds, but in general the difference is small.

To the surprise of the sellers, the dollar exchange rate is the same as in the exchanger.
Oils are best bought in pharmacies (farmacia), and most pharmacies accept Visa cards for payment. True, the prices for the most part there are more fixed and not all goods can be discounted. My wife and I bought coconut, sandalwood and argan oil there. As well as ointments for joints with an extract from black cumin oil. In general, if we talk about oils, we advise you to take a closer look at black cumin oil (generally miraculous oil), helba oil (only for women! ), coconut oil and argan oil. These are the most popular oils (at least, Ukrainians and Belarusians are most interested in them). Tip - before buying oil, read about its properties on the Internet and determine exactly what you need. Otherwise, you will want to buy everything!
Every evening the hotel has entertainment programs: at 20-30 mini-disco for children, from 21-00 to 23-00 - a disco with live music and animation. Once a week there is an Egyptian program - Belly dance, dance with skirts and Bedouin dances (lasts about an hour). To be honest, the skirt dance was the most impressive! After 23-00 everyone is collected at the reception and taken to a paid disco.
If we talk about animation, then it does not bother: guys from different countries (Ukraine, Russia, Mexico, etc. ) try to entertain you, but do not bother. On the beach volleyball 2 times a day, water aerobics, darts and bocha.
The hotel has a SPA, where everyone is invited for a fee (especially they are persuaded to come for a massage), there is a tennis court and table tennis for a fee. All additional services can be found in the list, which is in each room upon arrival.
A fitness room is provided free of charge, BUT you definitely need to go there in sneakers, they won’t let you in without them; sauna (by prior appointment at the SPA), you can also rent a catamaran for 1 hour once a week (for this you need a booklet in which a room key is inserted).

There is no Wi-Fi in the rooms, but it is available at the reception, by the pool and in the Seagull restaurant. The video takes a long time to load, but everything is sent without problems.
As for the staff - everyone is quite helpful, but not annoying. Of course, blondes will receive more attention, but they will definitely not strain you without your desire - the staff very sensitively monitors the reaction to their compliments.

The room was not bad, even had a bath (not a shower as usual), a mini-fridge, hair dryer and a safe. The room was cleaned every day and 2 one and a half liter bottles of water were provided every day. Towels were changed upon request from residents.
There are no bathrobes and slippers in the room, there is also no shower gel and shampoo (as in some hotels), but a couple of towels (bath and hand), as well as liquid soap in two places in the bathroom, are provided.
All in all, it was a wonderful vacation! For 9 days, we managed to get very tanned, swim in the salty sea, see enough of the fish and start to understand the local flavor a little. We decided that we must definitely return here, but not in winter, but in spring or autumn. Therefore, if you are relaxing with a child or just want to relax in peace - you are definitely here!

P. S. When departing at Sharm el-Sheikh airport, passports were checked inside 5 or 6 times (not 2, as usual). Even before boarding the bus to the plane, the guards checked the passport of each departing person and the presence of a seal allowing the departure, and only then they looked at the boarding passes and sent them to the plane.