Очень неплохой отель Very good hotel

1. Settlement. I arrived at the hotel at 3 a. m. , settled immediately, but they didn’t put on the bracelet, so I didn’t get breakfast. I didn't give money when I checked in, the view from all the rooms was to the pool.
2. Number. The room is large enough, clean, but the furniture is a bit old. Two beds, a refrigerator, a coffee table, an LCD TV with 1 Russian channel (ORT), a free safe in the closet (did not use it, a suitcase with a combination lock is more trustworthy). There is no overhead lighting, 2 sconces above the beds, a floor lamp in the corner and a lamp on the bedside table. The floor is tiled and carpeted. On the balcony there is a table and 2 plastic chairs, there is a clothes hanger. In the bathroom, a shower with a curtain, a few days after the settlement appeared soap, 2 shampoos and 2 gels in tubes. Cleaning was every day, 1 time left a dollar - nothing has changed, instead of covering with wadded blankets - apparently you can’t twist swans out of them. The air conditioner is ancient, it makes a lot of noise, but it cools weakly, it set 16 degrees and it was stuffy. Cleaned up imperceptibly, as soon as you leave for lunch - you come back - it's already been cleaned.
3. Nutrition. For breakfast there was a fruit salad (melon, apples, banana), yogurt (in jars, in factory packaging, without a filler), croissants, cold / hot milk, good cheese, edible smoked sausage, the cook baked pancakes, they had jam (strawberry , fig, honey) in individual factory packaging, the chef fried scrambled eggs, there were cakes, dry breakfasts.

For lunch and dinner there was always soup (mashed soup or soup with lentils, peas), there was always fish (solitary), a meat dish and chicken. The meat was VERY good. The chef also cooked pasta right in front of you. Of the fruits, there were always 5-6 types (watermelon, melon, small bananas, grapes, oranges, figs, guava, ripe dates). Drinks on their own could only be taken for breakfast, and for lunch and dinner - ask the waiters (sprite, cola, beer, wine). For lunch and dinner, the waiter brought a bottle of drinking water 0.75 liters to the table. (1.5 liters a day was enough to drink, take to the beach, and brush your teeth; the whole refrigerator filled with them). There was a lack of tea (coffee), they could only be drunk for breakfast or at the bar by the pool, but I used to eat sweets with tea for lunch and dinner, and not with wine or cola. The service in the restaurant was good - at the entrance they opened the door for you, the waiter immediately approached the table, empty plates were removed instantly; several times asked to fill out a questionnaire on the quality of service. On Fridays, they arranged a gala dinner, turned off the lights, put candles on the tables, a musician played the violin, there was a special menu - they cooked meat on coals with blood on the street, they made an alcoholic cocktail. Twice there were seafood - squid in red sauce and rice with shrimp.
4. Beach. A minibus goes to the beach, according to the schedule - in 0.5-1 hour, half empty, it's not a problem to sit down. You can take a taxi for $ 1, they are there at every step, 90% of all cars are taxis. On the beach, the bar is paid - I took water with me, although at the entrance to the beach it is written that it is forbidden to take water and food with you, no one controlled it. They also bring people to this beach from other hotels, for example, from the Viking Club 4 *. The beach is large white sand, there are a lot of sunbeds, you take beach towels at the hotel - you change them in the evening. The reef is excellent, I went on an excursion to the island of Tiran - there are almost the same fish. Instead of a pontoon - a staircase, and immediately the depth is more than 10 m. From the 2nd entrance - first four meters knee-deep and also a cliff. There are buoys on neighboring beaches and lifeguards whistle, they don’t allow you to swim for them, no one was following us. People saw a big moray eel, I didn't have to. On the beach there is a shower, for 5 watering cans. There are also annoying Arabs who offer massage right there on the beach under a canopy. The time to the beach is 5 minutes by bus and 20 minutes on foot.
5. Entertainment. There is no animation. On Tuesdays, artists come and there is a show by the pool - belly dance, a fakir with snakes and a male dance with skirts. Nearby is the shopping and entertainment area Il Merkato - a whole street with shops, banks, cafes. On the left is the Fantasia market. There is an Internet cafe, 15 pounds an hour (at the hotel 20 pounds half an hour). Dollars for pounds can be exchanged at ATMs, both by card and cash. There is a METRO store - a large supermarket with fixed prices, self-service. There I bought mango, halva. There are a lot of tour agencies.
6. Minus the hotel. VERY few people, although there are 128 rooms, it is less than a third full. Foreigners (Norwegians? ) come and go in droves, and one day they moved out instead of all inclusive for lunch there was a poolside à la carte meal. 5-6 of the same families went to the beach on the bus (foreigners sat by the pool), sometimes I was 1 on the bus, the restaurant was half empty, after Turkey, where the restaurant had to be taken "with a fight" in general unusual.

In general, the hotel is not bad, it is quite possible to give 4 *, but it fully justifies its 3 *.