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Written: 28 october 2009
Travel time: 7 — 17 october 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 7.0
the hotel positions itself as 5 stars with a luxury prefix, given that the hotel is new and has a good list of infrastructure in the description, I expected that the rest would be unforgettable and varied, but in reality everything turned out differently, but first things first.
the rest fell on the beginning of October, as they say the best season for a holiday in Egypt, not as hot as in August and at the same time the sea is optimally warm and the air temperature is also quite comfortable for a holiday. it all started with the fact that the TEZ tour bus was looking for our hotel for about an hour, the guide's excuse was that he was supposedly taking tourists to this hotel for the first time and they had not yet had time to explore its location. Arriving at the hotel and filling out certain documents at the reception, we were given numbers, bracelets and escorted to our room. however, the person who placed himself did not know where these numbers were located and we wandered around the hotel for about 15 minutes in search of our rooms. the room left a pleasant impression, since no one had settled there before us and we had the opportunity to be the first to update it. the bathroom is spacious, large mirrors, LCD TV (albeit from an Egyptian company) the room is large, the bed is also spacious and comfortable, 6 pillows, lamps and other paraphernalia, in general we liked the room. after which we had to evaluate the food, after checking in we went to the restaurant, as it turned out at that time the only worker (ZODIAC), the restaurant is spacious, the buffet is rich in choice, the food is varied, you won’t stay hungry, that’s for sure, in general, food problems for the whole holiday did not arise, especially since an Indian and Italian restaurant later opened, where you could dine with a pre-registration. but the rest of the amenities of the hotel, which many counted on, were absent as a class. sauna, bathhouse, jacuzzi, gym and other components of a five-star hotel turned out to be not yet completed and not launched, as a result, in the bottom line, we got a total of 3 restaurants, 1 lobby bar, 3 swimming pools (1 of which has a bar - aquabar - though there only 2 types of juice and beer were given) that's all that is in this hotel, although this is valid only for that period, I'm sure in half a year or a year, when all this opens, it will certainly be much more interesting to rest there. quite annoying construction, which took place almost everywhere on the territory of the hotel, you swim in the pool, and there they lay cobblestones with cement nearby, or went out onto the balcony, and there the tractors drive and buzz, they constantly drill and saw something, in general, the first days it was very annoying and there were many complaints, although I quickly adapted to this and did not particularly pay attention. as for drinking - the lobby bar was open 24 hours, that is, you can drink even at 5 in the morning. however, the quality of alcohol leaves much to be desired, for some reason I didn’t even feel anything from 7 glasses of tequila, as if I were drinking some kind of water, I’m already silent about beer (beer-flavored water), in general, to get drunk it had to be Bring vodka there, although this was not the goal, so we tried to drink juice : )
beach: here I was disappointed - the sand was brought from somewhere from some construction site, mixed with some stones, which caused pain when walking, though all these days they cleaned this sand removing pebbles, I'm sure after a certain period of time the beach will be fine. entrance to the water through a pontoon, length is approximately 300-400 meters. sun loungers are free everywhere, towels are the same, there were practically no vacationers, the hotel is too new and we were among the first who rested there. of the vacationers were from Italy, Germany, Russia and possibly some other countries, but the main backbone was Italy and Russia. Animation: I don’t really want to find fault, but given that there are no charms in the form of a jacuzzi, sauna, gym, I expected that this would be compensated by excellent animation, but even here I was disappointed - the day went like this: morning - 1. water aerobics with incomprehensible body movements in the water 2. followed by a game of volleyball.

day: a game on the beach in bocha, who doesn’t know, you need to throw a ball and make it as close to the main one as possible, a primitive and boring game that you get tired of playing after the first time, well, there’s also darts, that’s it, the entertainment is over, I'm not kidding, that's exactly what was included in the daytime animation. Evening: they repeat the same thing every 7 days, namely, on one evening, the Mr. Hotel competition, on the other evening, Mrs. Hotel, the third evening, the hotel couple and, in short, everything like that : ) at the end of which they show the Michael Jackson show on Fridays, for this there is a group of dancers who live in the hotel and show these dances every week: ) Miss hotel or hotel couple contests were sometimes canceled, because there weren’t enough people willing and in the end they just turned on the music for a while, after which everyone went to sleep, if the competition turned out, it consisted of: collect the maximum number of slippers from the audience, kiss the maximum number of viewers and in general, similar crap. here you have the whole evening animation, now it’s not difficult to guess what is the general conclusion about ANIMATION in this hotel? perhaps 2 out of 5 points, why not 1? yes, it’s just that there were animators such funny funny blacks who tried to cheer up with their smiles, but at the end of the holiday, by the way, they planned to transfer them to other hotels, and some gloomy boring newcomers (Russians) arrived to replace them, who obviously don’t pull on animators, they would have to work in a funeral home, so if anyone is counting on colorful and cheerful animation in this hotel, break off : ) the hotel is strictly for pensioners.
disco: this hotel did not have its own club, everything was limited to two speakers on the street and a dance floor and wooden boards, the music also did not correspond to energetic dances, so for the entire rest, those who nevertheless dared to dance were few : )
think it's that bad? yes no, of course, I went there to rest and still had a rest, the hotel is clean, the territory is not polluted, no garbage, the water is warm, the descent into the sea is good, the rooms are excellent, deck chairs are always free everywhere, there is no crowding in the restaurant, everyone speaks Russian or English, the service is also good, they don’t leave without attention, so in general the hotel left a good impression, but I didn’t find fault, of course there were a lot of dissatisfied vacationers, many simply moved to other hotels, especially for young people...
in general, who wants to go on vacation to this hotel in the near future - I advise you to pay attention to prices, if only the price is not higher than 30-40 thousand for two, then you can safely go, knowing that you do not overpay for something that is not really there in fact, for the money above (as some of them were 80 thousand), I would categorically not advise you this hotel until spring, but in the spring there will already be a jacuzzi, 5 restaurants, 6 swimming pools and gyms, etc. there it would not be a pity to give 80 for two, but for now you can go there if only for a freebie. by the way, there is no greenery in the hotel yet, a few palm trees and grass that is cut for some reason every day, it doesn’t grow anyway. In general, have a good holiday!
Translated automatically from Russian. View original