Typical egyptian hotel

Written: 1 march 2012
Travel time: 19 february — 1 march 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 6.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 5.0
On the good sides of the hotel:
- an ordinary Egyptian hotel, nothing special;
- the food is good (I can't say it's excellent) European;
- the staff is polite, friendly;
- the territory is well-groomed, clean;
- many foreigners: Germans, British, Italians and few Russians.
Minuses:
- the rooms are not cleaned well;
- cleaners do not understand either English or Russian;
- on the beach there is only one small paddling pool for entering the sea from the shore;
- ATMs cheat from $5 to $1.5;
-the Internet did not work (allegedly the Bedouins cut the cable, in fact it was turned off by the government);
- it is a pity that there is no "zest" in the hotel at all.
Minus the tour operator:
- a liar, a representative of Pegasus - Olga (I think her name is that).

Olga recommended changing money at an ATM on site or at a bank. We went to the ATM, having previously consulted with her on how to use it correctly, etc. But, just in case, we decided to try an ATM with a small bill - $ 5. So, with a rate of 5.9 pounds for one dollar, the ATM gave us only 20 pounds, deceiving us by almost 1.5 dollars. Thinking that this was a misunderstanding, we approached Olga and what was our amazement when we found out that she knew that the ATM was cheating and didn’t say anything... She just brushed it off:... well, this is an Egyptian ATM . .
Moreover, seeing that we arrived with children, she advised us to go to the shops across the wasteland, to the right of the hotel. We went, and it's good that it was not in the evening (many Arabs roam with angry faces), but during the day. Sent, sorry for the expression, to the pigsty.
For those who will go shopping - it is better to go to the left as you leave the hotel - more and less clean and the shops are not bad.
In general, it’s a shame that they are deceiving or doing evil not by the Arabs, but by ours who work here...
Translated automatically from Russian. View original