For those who want to go again

Written: 20 august 2020
Travel time: 8 — 17 august 2020
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
5.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 5.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 4.0
What is most upsetting is the completely non-functional housing stock from the lobby to the sea and the semi-abandoned territory. On the way to the sea it smells of hay because the grass is scorched. For this, you can immediately put a lot of minuses. We spent almost a day reworking the usual daily routine in this hotel. Despite the pandemic and the logical act of all tourists to scatter among the buildings so that they overlap less, everyone was gathered in the water park area. Nevertheless, at 10:00 we were already wearing bracelets and settled. Also a big minus is that there is only one Floret restaurant. Ivory is closed. Everything has changed, now a 24-hour bar is located in a Turkish restaurant, there is also a food court.
When we arrived, 80% of the tourists were Arabs, but after a couple of days the situation changed and about 70-80% became white tourists, sometimes racial discrimination from the staff began to appear, but rarely and not everywhere. But there are also some advantages. The most important thing is the absence of mosquitoes due to the lack of watering the grass, they do not breed and there are almost none, you can sleep peacefully. The local population is sincerely glad that white people went to them, but they do not forget about their earnings. The Russian-speaking manager Maria appeared, who is no longer virtually, but actually in the hotel and occupies a large office near the reception. She undertakes to solve various issues and thus you have, in addition to the guide, one more defender. It is not known how well she does this, but at the reception they do not like her (sorry Maria), from which we conclude that she is doing something for tourists.
Of the minor pluses - any drinks are resignedly poured into any of their dishes (except bottles), take thermo mugs, thermo glasses - you will not regret it, because. with the departure of the Arabs, disposable cups with 180 ml began to be replaced by smaller ones. Complete democracy reigns in the hotel - no one drives from the beach at 17:00 and people hang out on the far descent from the pontoon until almost complete darkness, by the way, new steps were made on the pontoon to enter the water, and on the middle steps they were wrapped with a rope and now they are not slippery. There is always a worker on the beach who will help move the sun lounger, give out an ashtray, clean up, etc. You can’t swim in the indoor pools, but if you want, you can, however, there are no trestle beds, we saw people swimming in the water park at night and no one drove them. There is no change of towels now, but the bellboy will change them for you on the sly.

The food has become even more modest, but predictable, for lunch and dinner there are always 1-2 types of meat, chicken and fish, liver is often served (they don’t know how to cook), we discovered tahina sauce for ourselves - I recommend it. The issuance has not become much more complicated - just poke your finger and they put it on you, and sauces, desserts, bread and drinks on your own. In the evening, on the street, they cook on the grill alternately day - kebabs, day - chicken grill. Sometimes they serve squid, mackerel, turkey. They turn a blind eye to take-out food, the main thing is not to bring it in restaurant dishes. The temperature is measured every time at the entrance to the restaurant. If you have any questions, please contact Maria, she will tell you, tell you and even help you choose the number you need, if possible.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original