Это Египет/ This is Egypt

We flew from Kyiv with Coral Travel, Odeon Travel in Sharm.
Meeting at the airport at the level. You don't need to buy a visa.
The guide was on duty at the hotel according to the schedule, as expected.
Pegasus and Tez Tour were also on duty there.
Coral had the cheapest cost, so they chose them.
Flight from UTair to Boeing 737-800 round trip.
There - departure at 18:00 is not convenient. It turns out that you arrive at the hotel no earlier than 9 pm and spend the whole day in the furnace, although you pay for it ...
The return flight is at 18:00 and this slightly compensates for the losses of the first day.
The extension cost $30.
A tour for 14 nights cost 4000 USD for two + 1 child.
We understood that we were overpaying a lot, but we went there because of the corals.
Due to its price, the hotel is 3/4 empty.
It is really hefty, well-groomed, quite green, with a bunch of pools, bars, towel exchange points.
Lack of occupancy of the hotel has a very positive effect on the rest.

The staff is not fussy, there is no crowding in the pools and on the pontoon, the beach is half empty, there are no queues in restaurants, you don’t have to wait long for drinks. For $2 a day, the waiter always reserves a table for you in the place of your choice and promptly brings drinks, even the food you choose is taken to the table themselves. Air conditioning in the hotel is available only in the rooms, at the reception, in the spa and in the GameZone (pavilion for children with TVs and game consoles). There are no air conditioners in restaurants and bars, but fans hang from the ceiling. Surprisingly, this is enough even in the midday heat.
The spa is frankly overpriced.
Room 7341 was Sea View, of course the sea was visible, the room was really on the first line. But this is only a name, because the rooms themselves are located on the mountain, and the beach is below, so the sea can only be seen in the distance.
The room is large, 45 meters. Everything in it is ordinary, the furniture is not very worn out, there is a shower in the toilet, a bidet and other standard things.
There is no bath. The TV is not flat, there are about 4 Russian channels, even several cameras from the hotel broadcast the image. They didn't clean up super well, even though they left a tip. They will wash the passage, but they didn’t wash it under the bed and under the baseboards. Bedding changed every 3 days, towels on request. The air conditioner with individual remote control did the job. The room has a kettle and a small fridge.
For an additional fee, you can upgrade your room to a higher level. For example, move to a suite. The suites are located in a secluded part of the hotel and have their own private pools. During our stay they were generally free.
Upon arrival, they give you a bottle of water and that's it. If you do not throw away an empty bottle, then you can safely pour water into it from coolers, which are just a bunch on the territory of the hotel. This is how they protect the environment, such as less plastic ...I don’t like water from the cooler - a 10-minute walk from the hotel is a Metro store ...
Also in the book it is written that you can order a minibar with a replenishment for 30 euros, but we did not tempt fate.

The food does not shine with variety, but the food is quite tasty. The European chef (cutting through the territory on an electric car), periodically asked the visitors if they liked everything. You won't stay hungry, but on the fourth day you'll try all the "variety". Cleaning in the restaurant is traditional - the crumbs are swept to the floor, no one inspects the cutlery before serving, and therefore you can easily find a cup or fork not completely washed in the dishwasher. They change them quickly and without problems. I repeat - $ 2 a day for a waiter increases friendliness a hundred times.
The hotel is divided into 2 parts without visible borders. The part farthest from the sea is considered a separate hotel, called Sentido. There is a more recent renovation and a more modern design of the rooms.
In the same part of the hotel there is not a bad water park with decent slides, free for all residents of both parts of the hotel. There are also tennis courts and some other sports grounds. An open bus runs through the entire territory of both hotels and delivers people to the sea and back. He travels very often, just in a circle without long stops at the final ones.
The contingent is mainly Italian-Russian, there are a few Germans, Poles, French, English, Dutch.
Animation - frankly weak Italian. In the evening, performances are generally boring. But for lovers of active evening recreation, the club "1000 + 1 night" is nearby.
Wireless Internet only at the reception with a speed that is barely enough for text messaging. Everything else is problematic. You can always buy a card from one of the local operators and you will have 3G internet. It costs about 30-40 dollars per month.
The beach is large, Sentido residents have their own part of the beach. But there was always enough space everywhere. Descent to the beach - 80 steps. In principle, even useful - a kind of gymnastics. The beach has a good toilet, a snack bar. Appetizers are the same all the time - french fries, burger patty, chicken wings, salad bar. There is ice cream throughout the hotel, but it is paid - from 20 to 30 pounds. Also fresh - 25 pounds.
There is a diving center. You can go through training and get an entry-level diver certificate in 3 days.
Entry into the sea and from the pontoon and through the sandy shore.

The hotel's beach is located in the center of the bay and is surrounded on all sides by corals. Because of this, in the immediate vicinity of the pontoons, the corals are not colorful and there is little living creatures. But 100 meters from the shore, where boats with divers stop, there are beautiful corals. Also, to the right and left of the hotel's beach, the corals are noticeably more interesting.
For those who like to swim with a mask, it will not be a problem to swim to these places. To the left of the hotel, on the cape, there is a lighthouse and near it there is El Fanar beach. There are some very interesting corals there. This beach can be reached for $3 by taxi or 20 minutes on foot. For £.60 you will be given a towel and a bottle of water. If you sail yourself, then no one will kick you out. You can also get there on foot along the shore in special shoes for 7-10 minutes. There are a couple of secluded beach spots right on the shore along the rocks. Also very beautiful corals to the right of the hotel's pontoon, located to the right of the Oasis Reef.
If you come to Egypt for the sake of the beautiful underwater world and want to understand where it is better for you to swim in order to see more interesting things, then on the beach you can take a kind of catamaran with an electric motor and observation windows. On it you can quickly swim around all the surroundings and make a decision for yourself.
The coastline is located so that the reefs are lit by the sun during the daylight hours, which is not the case in many other hotels.
We saw a lot of big animals. And Napoleon's fish, and eagle stingray, and moray eel, and a bunch of everything that we don't know the name of. As usual, I didn't have my camera with me at the time.

In a word, the hotel is ordinary with a very high price.
Everything is at the level of a normal Egyptian hotel, nothing supernatural.
Perhaps the management will decide to lower prices to attract more holidaymakers, then things will get a little worse.