Good hotel, but with its own characteristics

Written: 27 december 2019
Travel time: 17 — 26 december 2019
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 5.0
In Egypt was repeatedly, but in Hurghada. I love to swim, dive, so if the sea, then the main sea! According to friends, in Sharm el-Sheikh, namely, the sea is incomparably better...
So, the beach of this hotel is not far, but on the territory of another hotel. Officially, the pontoon opens at 9.00. Until that time, it is closed with a gate with a lock). Personally, I can easily go through it, but it's extreme. . . If the sea is even a little stormy, they hang out a red flag - it's forbidden to swim! Then you can go knee-deep, hang on a rope and hang out... Even if the calm, the gates are open, the place for swimming is very limited by buoys and the whistle of a lifeguard. If you are with small children, then you can’t get hurt on the corals. A local resident pointed me to a beautiful free beach where excursions are taken, such as "Paradise Island", but it takes 45 minutes to walk there... The sea there is very beautiful, warm, fish and corals are stunning in their beauty))
And actually, about the hotel: small, well-groomed, cozy, with decent food and comfortable accommodation)

And the MOST UNPLEASANT - the hotel guide... We had a desire to take an excursion to Israel, agreed with the price he named, and at the time of issuing the receipt, a clarification is made: an additional customs fee is taken, in the amount of $ 20 per person, introduced last week... Paid. But also, in addition, I learned from other street guides about this duty. No one, of course, no gu-gu... Neither the guide, nor his superiors, nor the "hot line" reacted positively to my demand to return the non-existent fee. I had to contact the lawyers of my home tour operator. As a result, the money was returned, the guide was removed... BUT the impression of the hotel deteriorated.
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