Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
7.0
Service:
9.0
Cleanliness:
10.0
Food:
9.0
Amenities:
10.0
The selection criteria for this hotel were as follows:
The first line, the presence of a sandy beach, a short pontoon, a good reef, a water park, good reviews about the hotel in general and about the kitchen in particular.
All of the above is available in this hotel. I describe the pros and cons of the hotel after Lifehacks and Excursions.
Life hacks:
In the hot months, set a siesta rule: from 12:00 to 15:00 be out of the sun - in a room, restaurant or in a bar on the edge of a cliff (I forgot the name) - this open bar has a shade and fans on the ceiling, then no one will burn.
In the room, the guides from the air conditioner (horizontal and vertical) can be directed with something hard and long. For example, a fountain pen. These guides direct the staff to the beds and think it's good, but it's a recipe for a cold. I directed them up and on the wall opposite from the beds - so the cold air will not blow directly on the body and after mixing with the rest of the air it will diffusely cool the room.
If you order a beer (not at a beach bar) and say the word "here", the bartender will pour the beer into a glass.
If you do not like to drink beer from small plastic glasses, then bring a plastic thick-walled half-liter glass with you and you will be happy - they calmly pour it into it.
Join Up Tourists: Don't believe hotel guides about invalidating your insurance if you don't take a tour with them. Read the contract - there are no such restrictions. When processing documents at home, do not agree to a photocopy of the insurance contract and the provision of travel services. I am writing as a lawyer: demand "wet" seals, signatures and powers of attorney.
If they offer a ride to Soho Square, NEVER pay $7. This trip is INCLUDED in the PACKAGE PRICE and is FREE. If they tell you that this price includes: 30 minutes of bowling or ice skating, a drink or water, ice cream, a hookah, then imagine how it will actually be: we went as a group of four - two adults and two children. How fuckers paid 7 bucks. As a result, we received: 4 hookahs (why do children need a hookah? ), 4 cans of 0.33 Coca-Cola (there are heaps of cola at the hotel), 4 absolutely tasteless ice cream, which can be taken only in one place for 30 grams; 7 minutes of bowling. I’ll dwell on bowling in more detail: they take out to Soho Square for 2 hours, they take out not only us, but also other tourists. There are 40 people in each bus, 6 bowling lanes. Tourists from one bus will not be able to play the promised 30 minutes. We were able to throw three times only after great pleas, because the children were very upset.
Sunbeds if taken earlier - there is always a choice. The best place - if you look at the bar, then behind the wall on the left - the shadow is guaranteed until lunch from the wall and "does not run away" after the sun, unlike the shadow from the "umbrellas".
Excursions - in addition to the hotel guide, they can be taken outside the hotel cheaper. For example, when you leave the hotel, turn right, walk to the highway, turn left and 200 meters to the right in capital letters there will be an alternative option cheaper. We didn’t try, because, probably, suckers, but a trip to Israel there was 80 dollars, and a hotel guide 120. I think if someone wants to take it there or elsewhere, then you need to ask if payments are included in this price at the border - for exit and entry, our guide said that these payments are 25 and 33 dollars.
Don't buy anything in the guides. Tea sets can be bought cheaper if there is a trip to the supermarket. But if such a trip is not planned, then, of course, you can take it as a present. A shirt for washing in the Jordan River "bought in a Greek monastery with a certificate" is sold by guides for $10, and on the spot - exactly the same with the same "certificate" for $8, and in Jerusalem - you can buy for $3-4.
At the Dead Sea, they will take you to a cosmetics store and talk about discounts and the fact that mud and salt are sold only in pharmacies. Mud and salt will be offered at $5 each. per package (0.5 kg), but if you take 3 packages, they will sell it with a super discount - for $ 10. Do not believe me - on the way you will stop for lunch, and at the gas station you will buy 2 pcs. 5 dollars
In Jerusalem, bargain as in Egypt - boldly cut twice. When the seller sees your back, he will agree to your price. On the road to Jerusalem, take a lot of water, it is not cheap there, but you want to drink in the heat.
The Dead Sea - if there are scratches or wounds on the body - it will be tin.
Pros:
- a large area, one-two-story buildings at a relatively large distance from each other. You will not look at the walls or at the windows of your neighbors from your window. We took a room without a sea view and from our window there was a view of the cacti;
- the hotel is located on a hill and this is a plus - there is a good view of the sea from the bar, but this is a minus for older people - you need to climb stairs from the sea to the hotel;
- service - if the staff is treated well, then they treat you normally. Most of them speak English, some of them know common words in Russian, and in most cases this is enough. The positive is that the staff keeps order - I witnessed how the waiters made a remark once to the Palestinian, and the second to the Ukrainian for loud music and speech, respectively. Since I was vacationing with my wife and children, I really liked it.
- settlement - we arrived at 8 in the morning, waited until 10 and we were settled. There were no offers to pay extra for the best room, but the one that was given was in good condition.
- number - everything is in working condition, signs of wear were visible only on the lower edges of the doors - paint worn off from mops. If you find fault, then, of course, you can find flaws: the door to the terrace did not close enough, the key fob was buggy, but in general everything is positive.
- living - according to subjective feelings, the number of Italians and Ukrainians was the most, an order of magnitude fewer Belarusians, Russians, a few Palestinians. I did not witness any unpleasant incidents.
- the kitchen is better than in Ali Baba. There were no disorders or poisonings. There were excellent dishes, but the general thing is that the grilled dishes are not tasty.
- beach - you need slippers, because there are stones at the bottom and you can get hurt on them, I also saw a sea urchin, and stepping on it is not safe. At high tide, the depth in the maximum part (the reefs begin further) is about 1.4 m. , And when the tide is out, it is knee-deep.
- pontoon - short, slightly broken in one place, but this is absolutely not critical. Depth at the dive site - 5-6 meters.
- the sea, corals, fish - a fairy tale. I will not repeat myself - everything that has been written about them before me is true.
- scuba diving - there is a building with scuba divers on the beach. $25 for a 20 minute dive. There is a free trial. I highly recommend. But not on the first and not on the last day. I recommend it in the last part of the holiday, because after scuba diving, simple snorkeling will no longer bring that pleasure. Diving with the whole family, incl. two sons, 9 years old, and a daughter, 15, wife, me. Everyone is super happy.
Minuses:
- lack of spoons in the restaurant. All tables are served with plates, forks and one or two spoons per table. When there is soup (lunch) on the menu, there are no problems - there is a vessel with spoons near the pan, and the rest of the time you can only get hold of spoons from neighboring unoccupied tables.
- animation? No, I didn't. : -) More precisely, I saw it, but it is either designed for Italians (aerobics), some Italian-language performances in the theater, or in the wild (noon in June to play volleyball), or very sad - a disco in a bar, the location of which is on the map the hotel is not indicated, and, accordingly, it is found only by those who VERY want to find it, and there are few of them. That is, there is music, but it is not very good and people do not dance. Russian-speaking animators came and offered to give them children to the group under the signature, but we refused, because at that time we had other plans.
The first line, the presence of a sandy beach, a short pontoon, a good reef, a water park, good reviews about the hotel in general and about the kitchen in particular.
All of the above is available in this hotel. I describe the pros and cons of the hotel after Lifehacks and Excursions.
Life hacks:
In the hot months, set a siesta rule: from 12:00 to 15:00 be out of the sun - in a room, restaurant or in a bar on the edge of a cliff (I forgot the name) - this open bar has a shade and fans on the ceiling, then no one will burn.
In the room, the guides from the air conditioner (horizontal and vertical) can be directed with something hard and long. For example, a fountain pen. These guides direct the staff to the beds and think it's good, but it's a recipe for a cold. I directed them up and on the wall opposite from the beds - so the cold air will not blow directly on the body and after mixing with the rest of the air it will diffusely cool the room.
If you order a beer (not at a beach bar) and say the word "here", the bartender will pour the beer into a glass.
If you do not like to drink beer from small plastic glasses, then bring a plastic thick-walled half-liter glass with you and you will be happy - they calmly pour it into it.
Join Up Tourists: Don't believe hotel guides about invalidating your insurance if you don't take a tour with them. Read the contract - there are no such restrictions. When processing documents at home, do not agree to a photocopy of the insurance contract and the provision of travel services. I am writing as a lawyer: demand "wet" seals, signatures and powers of attorney.
If they offer a ride to Soho Square, NEVER pay $7. This trip is INCLUDED in the PACKAGE PRICE and is FREE. If they tell you that this price includes: 30 minutes of bowling or ice skating, a drink or water, ice cream, a hookah, then imagine how it will actually be: we went as a group of four - two adults and two children. How fuckers paid 7 bucks. As a result, we received: 4 hookahs (why do children need a hookah? ), 4 cans of 0.33 Coca-Cola (there are heaps of cola at the hotel), 4 absolutely tasteless ice cream, which can be taken only in one place for 30 grams; 7 minutes of bowling. I’ll dwell on bowling in more detail: they take out to Soho Square for 2 hours, they take out not only us, but also other tourists. There are 40 people in each bus, 6 bowling lanes. Tourists from one bus will not be able to play the promised 30 minutes. We were able to throw three times only after great pleas, because the children were very upset.
Sunbeds if taken earlier - there is always a choice. The best place - if you look at the bar, then behind the wall on the left - the shadow is guaranteed until lunch from the wall and "does not run away" after the sun, unlike the shadow from the "umbrellas".
Excursions - in addition to the hotel guide, they can be taken outside the hotel cheaper. For example, when you leave the hotel, turn right, walk to the highway, turn left and 200 meters to the right in capital letters there will be an alternative option cheaper. We didn’t try, because, probably, suckers, but a trip to Israel there was 80 dollars, and a hotel guide 120. I think if someone wants to take it there or elsewhere, then you need to ask if payments are included in this price at the border - for exit and entry, our guide said that these payments are 25 and 33 dollars.
Don't buy anything in the guides. Tea sets can be bought cheaper if there is a trip to the supermarket. But if such a trip is not planned, then, of course, you can take it as a present. A shirt for washing in the Jordan River "bought in a Greek monastery with a certificate" is sold by guides for $10, and on the spot - exactly the same with the same "certificate" for $8, and in Jerusalem - you can buy for $3-4.
At the Dead Sea, they will take you to a cosmetics store and talk about discounts and the fact that mud and salt are sold only in pharmacies. Mud and salt will be offered at $5 each. per package (0.5 kg), but if you take 3 packages, they will sell it with a super discount - for $ 10. Do not believe me - on the way you will stop for lunch, and at the gas station you will buy 2 pcs. 5 dollars
In Jerusalem, bargain as in Egypt - boldly cut twice. When the seller sees your back, he will agree to your price. On the road to Jerusalem, take a lot of water, it is not cheap there, but you want to drink in the heat.
The Dead Sea - if there are scratches or wounds on the body - it will be tin.
Pros:
- a large area, one-two-story buildings at a relatively large distance from each other. You will not look at the walls or at the windows of your neighbors from your window. We took a room without a sea view and from our window there was a view of the cacti;
- the hotel is located on a hill and this is a plus - there is a good view of the sea from the bar, but this is a minus for older people - you need to climb stairs from the sea to the hotel;
- service - if the staff is treated well, then they treat you normally. Most of them speak English, some of them know common words in Russian, and in most cases this is enough. The positive is that the staff keeps order - I witnessed how the waiters made a remark once to the Palestinian, and the second to the Ukrainian for loud music and speech, respectively. Since I was vacationing with my wife and children, I really liked it.
- settlement - we arrived at 8 in the morning, waited until 10 and we were settled. There were no offers to pay extra for the best room, but the one that was given was in good condition.
- number - everything is in working condition, signs of wear were visible only on the lower edges of the doors - paint worn off from mops. If you find fault, then, of course, you can find flaws: the door to the terrace did not close enough, the key fob was buggy, but in general everything is positive.
- living - according to subjective feelings, the number of Italians and Ukrainians was the most, an order of magnitude fewer Belarusians, Russians, a few Palestinians. I did not witness any unpleasant incidents.
- the kitchen is better than in Ali Baba. There were no disorders or poisonings. There were excellent dishes, but the general thing is that the grilled dishes are not tasty.
- beach - you need slippers, because there are stones at the bottom and you can get hurt on them, I also saw a sea urchin, and stepping on it is not safe. At high tide, the depth in the maximum part (the reefs begin further) is about 1.4 m. , And when the tide is out, it is knee-deep.
- pontoon - short, slightly broken in one place, but this is absolutely not critical. Depth at the dive site - 5-6 meters.
- the sea, corals, fish - a fairy tale. I will not repeat myself - everything that has been written about them before me is true.
- scuba diving - there is a building with scuba divers on the beach. $25 for a 20 minute dive. There is a free trial. I highly recommend. But not on the first and not on the last day. I recommend it in the last part of the holiday, because after scuba diving, simple snorkeling will no longer bring that pleasure. Diving with the whole family, incl. two sons, 9 years old, and a daughter, 15, wife, me. Everyone is super happy.
Minuses:
- lack of spoons in the restaurant. All tables are served with plates, forks and one or two spoons per table. When there is soup (lunch) on the menu, there are no problems - there is a vessel with spoons near the pan, and the rest of the time you can only get hold of spoons from neighboring unoccupied tables.
- animation? No, I didn't. : -) More precisely, I saw it, but it is either designed for Italians (aerobics), some Italian-language performances in the theater, or in the wild (noon in June to play volleyball), or very sad - a disco in a bar, the location of which is on the map the hotel is not indicated, and, accordingly, it is found only by those who VERY want to find it, and there are few of them. That is, there is music, but it is not very good and people do not dance. Russian-speaking animators came and offered to give them children to the group under the signature, but we refused, because at that time we had other plans.
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