Better than expected - a wonderful holiday

Written: 31 march 2013
Travel time: 21 — 28 march 2013
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 10.0
rested with the family - two adults, two children - 7.11. The tour was purchased a month before the trip, 7d, 3100 usd, connection room, HB.
The travel agency strongly recommended the S class, but I definitely chose HB - and did not regret it. Savings - at least 50% of the cost of the S class package and most importantly - not tied to the trough, and there is no feeling of heaviness in the stomach. This is especially important for divers - I dived daily with the local dive center.


Hotel: stylish, well-groomed area, fairly green, large pools. And the style is so special - without kitsch, modest but very confident in its elegance and high status. The hotel is over 12 years old as I have heard, but the design is classic, so I don't think it's noticeable that it's old. Rooms - everything is there, TV - square cube-retro, plumbing - in decent condition. What's cool - it turns out you can choose the format and size of the pillows, I did it only on the third night - the size of the pillows and their thickness - depending on your wishes.
They clean up every day, never meeting this boy - just leaving a 20 pound tip every day.
Separately, I will say about the staff - all reviews are correct - the staff is exceptionally trained, cultured and friendly. This is not often found in Egypt.

Cuisine: Tirana Restaurant with buffet. Quite tasty, but still for a hotel of this class the choice of dishes could be more elite. Yes - nothing special, just delicious. The menu seemed pretty monotonous to me, although it's really a matter of taste. At lunch there is an opportunity to visit a seafood restaurant near the beach (not included in my package) - our check for 4 people for lunch was an average of $ 50. Drinks are available for dinner. 1.5 liter bottle of water mines - $ 4, fresh juice - $ 4, a glass of wine - $ 6 (on average). Therefore, for additional food you can easily fit in $ 70 a day for seven out of 4 people, while not denying yourself anything.
That's why you should never believe the tales about the benefits of all-inclusive - you still pay for everything, gain extra pounds, drink in moderation - no benefits. A la carte restaurants are available in both Savoy and Soho Square. Delicious and stylish. Most liked - Rosmarino, Fusion 21.

Pools: three large pools - one without heating, two with heating. As always by the pools alone Anglo-Saxons, the Slavs for some reason always attracted to the sea.

Audience: 60% Slavs - Ukraine, Russia, 15% - Italians, Germans, the rest - the British. The audience is quite respectable, no characters like "Tagil Roll" were noticed. Even the dress code was more or less followed by everyone. Although all the exceptions, especially - vulgar - as usual for the Slavs.

The hotel has its own beach, two pontoons. For small children there is a sandy entrance to the sea, but very small. All the rest - through a pontoon on the reef. The reef is quite modest, although not yet fully completed. As an experienced diver, I speak about this confidently.

The best reef is on the right, towards the Four Seasons, there is just a new hotel under construction, so the reef is not damaged yet. Of the marine animals I saw near the Savoy Reef - sea turtle (seen during a night dive), giant moray eel - at least 2.5 meters - are said to live right there in the caves below our reef, octopus, barracudas, tuna, huge fish-infested lionfish, fish -clowns (Nemo). In general, the Mosr world is something special. It is for these divinations that I personally fly to Egypt.

Therefore, in conclusion - the holiday was a success, the hotel is worthy. Most customers are regular or who intend to become such. Although compared to other options - the cost of the higher average by 30-50 percent, but it is worth it.
Translated automatically from Ukrainian. View original