Getting to know Egypt

Written: 21 december 2011
Travel time: 6 — 24 november 2011
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 3.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 6.0
We flew with a friend and Coral Travel, there were no comments on flights, everything went on time without any delays. Hotel tour. the company did not deal with us at all, as we found out that we were not going to take excursions from them, but we would buy in the city, their interest in us disappeared completely, the worst guide Mohammed even stopped greeting us (although we were not obliged to take his excursions three is expensive). A hotel with a very large territory, this is a plus and a minus at the same time, I went to the beach for about 15 minutes, we had to go, because we were settled near the main building, on the other hand, close to the reception and, accordingly, restaurants. The rooms are not particularly, but I did not see bedbugs and cockroaches there in my 18 days. The room was cleaned once a day, only 1 day was missed, the water was always left, every day, although we still didn’t run out. The food satisfied me, quite good, grilled in the evenings, there were a lot of pastries, I liked breakfasts, lunches are also good. The furniture in the rooms was a little old, but the renovation is fresh. At first they gave a room without a balcony, then after 4 days, at the request, they changed it to one with a balcony. The proximity of the airport was annoying, you can constantly hear the planes taking off. The service is bad, you can say it is not at all, even the waiters are annoying. When we arrived there was a Muslim holiday, the hotel had a lot of Arabs with 50 percent families, 45 percent Italians, and only 3 rooms with Russians. When they heard the Russian speech, they rejoiced, there was no animation at all with adults, they didn’t do it at all, only there were some competitions for children. Sad, very sad about the animation. I was in Turkey in June, it’s a completely different matter, the animation is top class, I liked everything, Egypt was not nearby. In general, I didn’t like Egypt, the climate is dry, there were very strong winds, at night the temperature was +15 in total, it was just right to wear a jacket and a sweater, there is no sandy beach, only pontoons, also an amateur, if you go with a small child, I don’t even know how can he swim there, the pools are cold, the water in them is just icy, only one pool was heated, and then there are always a lot of people, and a full pool of children. But we traveled around all the surrounding territories and the Old Town and Naama Bay and Soho and others, others. Everything is fine, if not for the weather, the wind was strong, after all, November turned out to be very cool there, then unrest began in Cairo, which also strained a little. By the way, about the Arabs themselves, they are very annoying people, they simply didn’t let them through, you shouldn’t smile at all, if you smile, someone sticks it all at once, constantly walking around with an angry look is also not the case, especially on vacation. The people are not friendly, either in Turkey everyone smiles, everyone is happy for you, or at least they pretend to be happy. I won't go to Egypt again. and if I go, it will not be soon, and definitely not to this hotel.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original