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Rooms:
8.0
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9.0
Cleanliness:
10.0
Food:
8.0
Amenities:
9.0
Traveled with a friend in March 2006. In Sharm el-Sheikh for the first time - a week is not enough. I wanted to visit all the excursions, unfortunately, there was not enough time.
A little about the hotel - poor, but clean - they scrub from morning to morning. The hotel is very small, as such there is no own territory - around the pool of the building, reception, restaurant. So the next day everyone and everyone knew, and even what was not necessary.
The service staff is normal - intrusive in moderation. It was nice - upon arrival we were met with ice hibiscus, a couple of minutes after settling in, they called the room and asked if everything was fine, a day later each guest was called by name.
Meals are like in 3 *, of course, a little specific, but my favorite "little blue" for breakfast and dinner in 5-6 options - baked, fried, stuffed, etc. - super! The pastry is very tasty. A small amount of fruit did not bother, since there was an Old Market nearby and it was possible to bring everything to the hotel without problems.
The rooms are shabby but cleaned regularly. There was a Russian channel, hot water is always available. Yes, and mosquitoes too. Although the staff fought with them with all their might. There was no time to especially consider the shortcomings of the hotel, since they spent very little time in it - almost all the time the beach and excursions. We were taken to the beach by a comfortable minibus at 9 and 10 am, picked up at 15.00 and 16.00. If you need to leave earlier without any problems, take a taxi - Kiev prices.
The sea is amazing! The beach (I don’t remember the name) turned out to be convenient - gorgeous corals, a lot of amazing fish - and a small clearance for a normal entry into the water. Lack of sun loungers, not very fresh towels against the backdrop of the Red Sea are lost.
And of course, snorkeling among a huge number of fish is an amazing pleasure. Much more interesting than looking at them through the windows of a boat with a transparent bottom. Although we also liked this tour - we looked at the SHESh from the sea. From the land side, we had a sightseeing tour of the SHES in the evening with a visit to the Old Market, the Grand Sinai casino, a mosque. The mosque is very beautiful, I liked it. And the evening city is also super. But a more beautiful sight of the evening Shesh from the side of the desert - everything is on fire. We observed this spectacle returning from the desert on quad bikes. The tour was called the Super Moto Safari and lasted from lunch until late in the evening. We raced through the desert with a breeze on quad bikes, then rode camels and went to dinner with national dances under the starry sky to the Bedouins. Exotic! Great! The truth is dirty and dusty, flies. What to do if there is no rain!? ! But we were struck by the roads through the desert when we went on an excursion to Dahab. Excellent asphalt with clear markings and road signs - you can envy. There was nothing special to do in Dahab - a beautiful embankment, shops, a mosque, Arabs - but for the general development, as it were, not bad.
I especially liked the Palace 1000 and 1 night - it's hard to describe - you have to see and hear: a fabulous palace in the lights, a well-staged show and wonderful music - just like in a fairy tale.
And our last excursion is Mount Moses and the monastery of St. Catherine - hard, but worth a visit. Night ascent with flashlights to the mountains along a serpentine with a Bedouin guide (if you look from top to bottom - the whole mountain glows) and meeting the dawn at the top is beautiful! - the bright sun, clouds, red mountains cut by the wind, monks' dwellings in the rocks and at the foot of the ancient monastery. It's a shame only for the legendary blackthorn bush in the monastery - for some reason, all tourists try to tear off either a twig or a leaf. I wonder how much is enough?
That seems to be all. We hardly remember the way back, because after a busy rest on the plane, we fell asleep and woke up only in Boryspil (we didn’t even have time to discuss the obligatory topic - how scary it is to fly by planes).
A little about the hotel - poor, but clean - they scrub from morning to morning. The hotel is very small, as such there is no own territory - around the pool of the building, reception, restaurant. So the next day everyone and everyone knew, and even what was not necessary.
The service staff is normal - intrusive in moderation. It was nice - upon arrival we were met with ice hibiscus, a couple of minutes after settling in, they called the room and asked if everything was fine, a day later each guest was called by name.
Meals are like in 3 *, of course, a little specific, but my favorite "little blue" for breakfast and dinner in 5-6 options - baked, fried, stuffed, etc. - super! The pastry is very tasty. A small amount of fruit did not bother, since there was an Old Market nearby and it was possible to bring everything to the hotel without problems.
The rooms are shabby but cleaned regularly. There was a Russian channel, hot water is always available. Yes, and mosquitoes too. Although the staff fought with them with all their might. There was no time to especially consider the shortcomings of the hotel, since they spent very little time in it - almost all the time the beach and excursions. We were taken to the beach by a comfortable minibus at 9 and 10 am, picked up at 15.00 and 16.00. If you need to leave earlier without any problems, take a taxi - Kiev prices.
The sea is amazing! The beach (I don’t remember the name) turned out to be convenient - gorgeous corals, a lot of amazing fish - and a small clearance for a normal entry into the water. Lack of sun loungers, not very fresh towels against the backdrop of the Red Sea are lost.
And of course, snorkeling among a huge number of fish is an amazing pleasure. Much more interesting than looking at them through the windows of a boat with a transparent bottom. Although we also liked this tour - we looked at the SHESh from the sea. From the land side, we had a sightseeing tour of the SHES in the evening with a visit to the Old Market, the Grand Sinai casino, a mosque. The mosque is very beautiful, I liked it. And the evening city is also super. But a more beautiful sight of the evening Shesh from the side of the desert - everything is on fire. We observed this spectacle returning from the desert on quad bikes. The tour was called the Super Moto Safari and lasted from lunch until late in the evening. We raced through the desert with a breeze on quad bikes, then rode camels and went to dinner with national dances under the starry sky to the Bedouins. Exotic! Great! The truth is dirty and dusty, flies. What to do if there is no rain!? ! But we were struck by the roads through the desert when we went on an excursion to Dahab. Excellent asphalt with clear markings and road signs - you can envy. There was nothing special to do in Dahab - a beautiful embankment, shops, a mosque, Arabs - but for the general development, as it were, not bad.
I especially liked the Palace 1000 and 1 night - it's hard to describe - you have to see and hear: a fabulous palace in the lights, a well-staged show and wonderful music - just like in a fairy tale.
And our last excursion is Mount Moses and the monastery of St. Catherine - hard, but worth a visit. Night ascent with flashlights to the mountains along a serpentine with a Bedouin guide (if you look from top to bottom - the whole mountain glows) and meeting the dawn at the top is beautiful! - the bright sun, clouds, red mountains cut by the wind, monks' dwellings in the rocks and at the foot of the ancient monastery. It's a shame only for the legendary blackthorn bush in the monastery - for some reason, all tourists try to tear off either a twig or a leaf. I wonder how much is enough?
That seems to be all. We hardly remember the way back, because after a busy rest on the plane, we fell asleep and woke up only in Boryspil (we didn’t even have time to discuss the obligatory topic - how scary it is to fly by planes).
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