Nice hotel, very helpful staff, great family vacation

Written: 13 august 2019
Travel time: 3 — 12 august 2019
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: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 10.0
A very good hotel, which is great for a family holiday, adjusted for the fact that it is very shallow right next to the coast, and the low tides make the beach even shallower. To swim in the sea, you need to go along a wonderful but long pier, on which a descent into the sea is equipped in several places and sun loungers are placed on the platforms. This is typical for all hotels, at least those close to ours, so I won’t call it a disadvantage, it’s just that this place is specific and take it for granted; )
A longer walk on the sea did not darken the impression at all, and the crystal clear water, very warm and pleasant, made an excellent impression. The abundance of fish was delightful. There are many wonderful swimming pools and a water park on the territory of the hotel. Everything you need for children : ) Well, adults too : ) The room was given a new one, with excellent furniture and wonderful staff who cleaned every day and were always very friendly. Tipping made their smiles even happier, and these interesting compositions on the bed in the form of swans, crocodiles, elephants and much more, always pleased us : ) The food is a bit monotonous and almost the same every day. There were no watermelons and there were no exotic fruits. But in general, the diet is quite normal.
A few words about guides, and, as I understand it, about the general trend associated with the desire to earn extra money as efficiently as possible. Quite an aggressive policy of imposition and persuasion. Not matching the description and the accolades of the guides about what you get in real life. Let me give you an example: after your arrival, you are strongly recommended to come to a meeting with the guide, and they will present it as something super important, without which you will just almost go back home. At the meeting, they will explain to you that the laws here are not the same as everywhere else and you can choose excursions and go anywhere only through official representatives, and not through the services of third-party companies. They will also argue that if you decide to use the tour services of outside organizations, then you will have problems with insurance, with departure, with the police, etc. etc. : )

It all depends on how impressionable a person they come across, so aggression can be higher or lower and noodles can be more or less, depending on the complaisance of the interlocutor. If you are not convinced by his speeches to shell out a tidy sum for upcoming tours, then he will very aggressively demand passports from you, which he allegedly will carry to the police, in order to make a note about the blocking of all possible tours, that we are not going anywhere and have no right to do this, and in the questionnaire he will ask to write that if we go somewhere, it will be at our own peril and risk, and we, like, undertake to be only on the territory of the hotel : ) And, finally, he will probably add that you have time change your mind before noon of the day. And of course, he will show a video of some scandal at the airport with the police and tourists who allegedly went on tours without permission not through official representatives, but through other people, who, by the way, on every corner and outside the hotel offer the same tours many times cheaper; )
Of course, I understood that this was nothing more than an attempt at a divorce, but many fell for it and bought many tours and trips through these psychologist guides. Therefore, I decided to briefly describe this episode so that everyone understands that such tricks and psychological pressure are a scam. Be careful : ) This does not in any way spoil the impression of the hotel and the rest of the staff, but the pressure and the spent hour and a half with a guide was superfluous in this story, and next time if I go, I won’t even go to meeting with a guide so as not to spoil your impressions : )
There are many barkers walking around and outside the territory, who also offer trips and excursions. Bargain. And don't really count on something exclusive or good. As a result, the yacht will not be as comfortable, everything will be quickly and crumpled, the food will not be the same as in the pictures and will not be cooked in exactly the conditions we would like... And you will be waiting almost in a shed, with several fans and several benches for about an hour - one and a half loading on this yacht : ) And if you want to go to the toilet - a good friend will let you go there for 1 dollar : )
Motosafari is a train to ride through the dust in the desert, breathe in the dust and fumes. Someone will like it, especially children, joy... I'm not impressed; )
Near the hotel there is a very good market, everything is there. People are kind and helpful, but bargain and you will be happy. You can buy everything or almost everything. It’s not worth going shopping somewhere... Yes, buy masks combined with a tube at that market so that you can breathe through your mouth and nose, they are there at every step, and special slippers so that your feet do not hurt on corals and pebbles. On the territory of the hotel there is also, but it is cheaper in the bazaar : )
Hope my review is helpful. In general, I am satisfied and everything is fine.
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