Ideal for a budget holiday.

Written: 26 december 2014
Travel time: 3 — 12 december 2014
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 5.0
The hotel left a double impression. I initially tuned in to the top three, as the price spoke for itself. I note that I am in Egypt for the third time and roughly understand what kind of vacation they can offer me for 16300 for 9 days. However, I would like to warn other tourists from possible mistakes.
We arrived at 10 o'clock with the company Anex Tour (also still the same office). At 11:30 we were already at the hotel. The receptionist said to expect 2:00 pm. At the same time, hibiscus was politely handed out, which made everyone very relaxed. The tourists dispersed, who went where, returned by 14:00. I swam in the pool (changed clothes in the toilet). And then the series began... We were told that there would not be enough rooms for everyone, so they offer to settle together. That is me, another couple of newlyweds!!! ! and an elderly woman. They promised everyone a bedroom, a separate bathroom and a shared TV. Our indignation knew no bounds. In addition to us, they wanted to settle 5 more rooms in a similar way. The most interesting thing is that this fate awaited only the tourists of the Anex tour. At least that's how it seemed to me. The guide was not in the hotel, he did not care about our problems. When we refused and started calling our agencies, they simply refused to accommodate us. So they said, if you don't want to, leave the hotel. The guide arrived at the hotel two hours later. He spoke to us quite politely, promised that tomorrow they would provide us with the promised rooms. With grief in half, we gave up. The newlyweds were still settled separately, and the other woman and I went to the room reserved for us. In general, he turned out to be quite decent. We had separate bedrooms, bathrooms, a large living room with a kitchen. The furniture is old, but everything looked very decent and comfortable. After a day of communication, we decided to stay in the same room, because anyway, being in the room, we watched the same channel.
The rest of the hotel is not so bad. The area is very well maintained and clean. The pool had constant water heating, but the temperature regime was different. That is, for a couple of days the water is very warm, and then for 3-4 days the water is unpleasantly cool. You can walk to the sea for 12-15 minutes or take a bus. I mostly went by bus, sometimes I walked on foot if there was a company. The beach is pretty decent, clean. You can enter the water only by the pontoon, it is quite long, then there is a beautiful coral reef. Rare specimens are not seen here, but there are enough motley multi-colored fish. During my stay the weather was great. Only one day it was cold and windy, when I didn’t go to the beach or even swim in the pool, the rest of the time the weather was perfect.

The food at the hotel is modest, but there was always either chicken or meat, almost always there was fish. Side dishes in the form of rice, pasta or potatoes. Sometimes baked turkey or lamb meat, the cook gives everyone a piece, you can come up a second time and take an addition. At the same time, ours load full plates of food, as if from a hungry land, while grumbling intensely that the meat would be softer, there would be more salads, sweet not like in Turkey. Obviously they eat more than they paid, and complain. Tagil is enough. The same applies to alcohol. As a person who drinks a little, it was unpleasant for me to watch. Again same drink, complaining about alcohol? The animation is mediocre, it is difficult to stir up ours and tear them away from the bottles. Therefore, there is little motivation for animators. I'm not talking about absolutely all tourists, but those 30% spoil the whole picture.
I liked the location of the hotel: near 1001 nights, walking street Il Mercato, water park, crocodile show. Wherever you want, go there. At the same time, the guide at the hotel threatens with fingers that the insurance covers the territory of the hotel. And the funny thing is that some people believe it. They sit bezvylazno and order tours from the guide. My roommate and I decided to go to Israel and Jordan with the money saved on the ticket. We ordered by phone at the Red Sea Travel agency, the phone number was passed from hand to hand at the hotel. Most were satisfied, although there were small punctures, in the form of a bus being late, waiting at the border. But all this was compensated by the price and wonderful guides, both in Jerusalem and in Petra.
In conclusion, I would like to note that, with the exception of problems with rooms in the hotel, everything is at the level of a very good three. Ideal for a budget holiday.
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