Shards of the Ritz. The hotel is not worth the money

Written: 3 september 2018
Travel time: 15 — 25 august 2018
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We got this hotel as the best of what is left, as the tour operator TPG has dramatically changed the schedule of flights to another Egyptian resort. It was a completely different story.
In general, we arrived at the hotel around 7 am. The bracelets were put on, but the number was given only by 10 am for $20. I must say right away that this fee is immediately registered, as well as late check-out (until 18.00) AZHZHZH $ 70.
The territory of the hotel is large and green. Poor workers climb under the bushes, plucking weeds, as well as watering and mowing the lawns daily, so that the garden will delight tourists. From these waterings, you can see and there are mosquitoes. I didn’t believe it right away when I read reviews about mosquitoes in Sharm, but here they really ARE.
Food is the only thing to complain about. Variety of dishes, grill 2 times a day. Veal, chicken, lamb, tuna, quail. In the bars by the pools, ice cream, even if you eat, fruits and other snacks.

Room cleaning is non-existent. Towels were changed once in 11 days. Despite the daily $1, the room appeared to be cleaned. All in all, it's a nightmare. Pillowcases and sheets with stains.
Pulling towels to the beach is generally nonsense. In a 5 * hotel you have to carry a bag, a bag with these heavy towels O_o.
Animation - none. We didn’t need it, since we came to take a break from the bustle of the city, but the people were clearly toiling.
A big plus of the hotel is that people of Arab appearance did not rest much. Last year, whole buses of Arabs came to our hotel for the weekend, and they literally occupied the beach. There is no such thing here. Mostly Italians, Czechs, Slovaks, Ukrainians, and there was also a group of reckless Palestinians, but they had their own party and they didn’t really bother anyone.
Some write that there is no reef at all. I won't say that. The reef is alive and you can swim to the reef of neighboring hotels (if there is no strong current, and it is almost every day in the evening). We saw moray eels, manta rays, butterfly fish, parrots, a couple of trevally, a stingray, a pair of large long-spined hedgehog fish. The living is not the same as in the charm plaza hotel, but this explains the location of the hotel. The fish loves the bays, and here the open area, but nevertheless there is something to see.
At low tide we saw starfish and urchins.
We walked to the old market. 10-15 minutes at a measured pace. Mango bought in a store near the hotel. The price for it is the same even here, even at the old market - $ 2 per kg.
In a word, a hotel with Ritz manners, but Ritz remained only on embroidery on bathrobes (yes, bathrobes in the rooms with a Ritz label : ) ) Definitely expensive and for this money you can choose much better.
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