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Review of Siva Sharm (ex. Savita)
We rested in this hotel from October 16 to October 23.2016. Tour operator Joim Up.
Flight
A/c UIA flew in both directions almost without delay. Worse, there is no food on the plane. Only tea/coffee + water is provided. On the way back, water and tea were given only once. That is, during a 10-hour trip from the hotel to the house, you yourself must take care of what you will eat and drink. 0.5 liter of water in a / p Sharma costs $ 3, we bargained for $ 2 + ballpoint pen (we did not have other small dollars). It is very unpleasant that in the airport of Sharm they make you take off your shoes and walk barefoot along a rather dirty path, where you are groped for a long time. If you don’t want a fungus, take shoe covers or plastic bags. Then you still have to look for your suitcases in a pile exposed by the plane.
Settlement
Both at the reception and on the guest relation table there are announcements “Do not give money for the settlement”. We gave $10 covered with a voucher and asked for a nice, quiet room.
We were given 1417 - this is the 3rd room from the elevator with a good sea view. Everything was in order in the room, except for the non-locking door to the balcony, which was insignificant for us. That is, it is better to pay than to change the number many times later (not all rooms are in good condition). When you check in, you will be given a sheet with a map of the hotel and a description of the opening hours of bars and restaurants.
The official rate of the Egyptian pound is about 9 pounds / dollar. , from guides or changers - 12 ...15 pounds / dollars.
Hotel
All windows of building 1 face south and sea. West wing 4th floor rooms 1401…1419, east 1428…1451. Rooms 1419 and 1428 are the closest to the elevator and can hear the music from the pool bar during the day and from the lobby bar in the evening. On 2.4, 6.8 floors - balconies. On 2.5 floors - for 4 rooms a common terrace about 10 m wide.
Very poor soundproofing - you can hear the neighbors and the corridor. Lots of connecting rooms. Between rooms 1417 and 1418 there is a door that opens from room 1418.
The safe is electronic, but not fixed.
We kept equipment and passports in it, we kept the money separately. The furniture in the room is not new, but in quite good condition. Bed linen (originally snow-white) was not changed for 7 days. There is a bath in the bathroom and next to the toilet there is something like a bidet for washing feet. The tiles in the rooms are old, and the plumbing is almost all new.
Music on the beach 10-00…12-30.15-00…17-00. The coating near the pool is washed in the morning by scooping up water with a not very clean bucket directly from the pool, which is unpleasant. The pool is very large, it is difficult to swim all over even in 20 minutes.
Wi-Fi "catches" only near the Piano bar, out of 3 access points they give a password for only one very slow one.
The hotel has a shopping gallery on the 7th floor. Prices are about the same as in shops if you go towards Soho. Don't buy $8-$10 plastic snorkel masks at the hotel's Supermarket - they leak a lot.
With us, the hotel carried out renovation work, both in part of the rooms and near the pool.
There was also seasonal cutting of leaves on palms and other trees. The territory of the hotel is large (the beach is about 650 m) green and beautiful. There is a gym + SPA and a heated pool.
I was surprised, but on Friday the girl Natali walked around the pool and asked all the hotel guests about their problems and wishes, whether everything in the room works (and wrote down requests and complaints).
Nutrition
Breakfast. 7-00-10-00, lunch 12-30-14-30, dinner 18-30-21-00. From 21-00 to 7-00 you will not be able to eat anything - you can only get dry rations for the tour by ordering it in advance.
It is very convenient that at any time, in the 24-hour Piano bar (alcohol 10-00 ...24-00), you can take bottled water. There is also water in the coolers in the bar of the main restaurant "Sea Paradise" and in the pool bar.
Breakfast - a lot of various salads, dairy products: cheese mass, cheese, yogurt, yogurt, cheese, milk.
1-2 types of sausages, sweet pastries (all equally tasty), chopped and in the form of salads, beans, boiled eggs, scrambled eggs or fried eggs, honey + jams, 3 types of tea + 2 drinks (diluted). In a word, everyone can find something to their liking.
Dinner. Meat and fish are prepared on the grill or in a cauldron and can be taken on the terrace. During the week, the fish was 4 times, including 2 times pangasius, which we do not eat. Every day, either fish + beef, or chicken + beef in the form of cutlets, fried beef, or stewed beef with vegetables. There is always delicious pizza on the terrace. Sometimes sweet fried donuts or fried bananas.
2 types of soup; in pots, on a separate table, 4-5 types of stewed vegetables. Also several types of rice, potatoes, pasta, pancakes with meat filling, a lot of stewed cold vegetables, fresh vegetables on their own or in the form of salads, sweets, but some monotonous. Lots of baked goods and sweets.
Of the fruits were: melons, dates, guava, grapes, grapefruits, pomegranates.
Dinner. It is very similar to lunch, but they also cook (where an omelet is cooked in the morning) fried potatoes and various types of pasta. On Friday there was lamb ribs on the terrace (delicious).
Meat and fish on the terrace are given out by chefs (they cook in front of you), but you can always ask for an extra portion or come up again.
In the main restaurant for lunch and dinner at the 7-up bar, Mirinda, Cola, as well as beer and wine. We didn’t try white wine, red wine was so-so, in the Italian restaurant they gave much better (you need to sign up for this restaurant at 9-00 a day at the table near the entrance to the main restaurant). In the Italian restaurant we liked both the speed of service and the quality of the dishes.
In the Moonshine lobby bar, juices are poured from packages - very good ones. All 5 bars offer 6-7 strong local alcoholic drinks (more or less vodka and gin), wine, beer and 7-up, Mirinda, Cola. You have to order coffee and it will be brought to you later.
In the bar of the main restaurant, in the lobby bar Moonshine and Piano bar, drinks are poured into glass glasses, in the pool bar, near the amphitheater and in the beach bar - in plastic cups. From 11-00 at the pool bar you can take ice cream (4 varieties, one is not bad).
We have described nutrition in such detail because there are conflicting reviews about it. Ours was as described above.
Beach
It is 3 levels. There are several secluded stretches of the beach, as well as a small place well protected from the wind. Since the hotel is behind the cape, there is no strong wind on the beach. Near the 2nd pontoon (nearest to Tiran Island), the places on the first tier ended by 8-30. There were always places on the second tier. At high tide (when under water there are 3-4 steps of a ladder at the beginning of the pontoon), you can swim into the sea from the coral. This is especially convenient when you swim back in fins - it is very inconvenient to climb the pontoon ladder in fins.
Near the main restaurant there are colorful posters with offers for a small fee to visit a fish restaurant, a romantic dinner, a magic show, etc. , but none of this is in reality. Young people in the hotel will be bored.
Contingent of vacationers
Mostly (90%) from Ukraine. There were also Germans, Poles, Belarusians. Arabs (this is the current scourge of Egyptian hotels) were only 2 families, and they were invisible.
Tours
Since we have already been in Sharm 5 times, we didn’t go anywhere, the only thing we were tempted to was a free transfer back and forth to the leather and fur store. There is not much choice, and not all sizes are available. The whole event took about 1.5 hours. We went to Soho Square almost daily. The distance from the hotel to the far end of Soho is 1.5 km, which is a pleasant evening walk. The musical fountain is open there at 21-00 and at 22-00.
In general, we liked the hotel. Yes, he is somewhat “tired”, and this, of course, is not 5 *, but confident 4 *. If you have any questions write to sk_lora@ukr. net - we will answer.
Pros.
Friendly staff. Short pontoon. Normal food. Near Soho Square.
Minuses. Bad soundproofing. Average coral.
Alexander and Larisa
We rested in this hotel from October 16 to October 23.2016. Tour operator Joim Up.
Flight
A/c UIA flew in both directions almost without delay. Worse, there is no food on the plane. Only tea/coffee + water is provided. On the way back, water and tea were given only once. That is, during a 10-hour trip from the hotel to the house, you yourself must take care of what you will eat and drink. 0.5 liter of water in a / p Sharma costs $ 3, we bargained for $ 2 + ballpoint pen (we did not have other small dollars). It is very unpleasant that in the airport of Sharm they make you take off your shoes and walk barefoot along a rather dirty path, where you are groped for a long time. If you don’t want a fungus, take shoe covers or plastic bags. Then you still have to look for your suitcases in a pile exposed by the plane.
Settlement
Both at the reception and on the guest relation table there are announcements “Do not give money for the settlement”. We gave $10 covered with a voucher and asked for a nice, quiet room.
We were given 1417 - this is the 3rd room from the elevator with a good sea view. Everything was in order in the room, except for the non-locking door to the balcony, which was insignificant for us. That is, it is better to pay than to change the number many times later (not all rooms are in good condition). When you check in, you will be given a sheet with a map of the hotel and a description of the opening hours of bars and restaurants.
The official rate of the Egyptian pound is about 9 pounds / dollar. , from guides or changers - 12 ...15 pounds / dollars.
Hotel
All windows of building 1 face south and sea. West wing 4th floor rooms 1401…1419, east 1428…1451. Rooms 1419 and 1428 are the closest to the elevator and can hear the music from the pool bar during the day and from the lobby bar in the evening. On 2.4, 6.8 floors - balconies. On 2.5 floors - for 4 rooms a common terrace about 10 m wide.
Very poor soundproofing - you can hear the neighbors and the corridor. Lots of connecting rooms. Between rooms 1417 and 1418 there is a door that opens from room 1418.
The safe is electronic, but not fixed.
We kept equipment and passports in it, we kept the money separately. The furniture in the room is not new, but in quite good condition. Bed linen (originally snow-white) was not changed for 7 days. There is a bath in the bathroom and next to the toilet there is something like a bidet for washing feet. The tiles in the rooms are old, and the plumbing is almost all new.
Music on the beach 10-00…12-30.15-00…17-00. The coating near the pool is washed in the morning by scooping up water with a not very clean bucket directly from the pool, which is unpleasant. The pool is very large, it is difficult to swim all over even in 20 minutes.
Wi-Fi "catches" only near the Piano bar, out of 3 access points they give a password for only one very slow one.
The hotel has a shopping gallery on the 7th floor. Prices are about the same as in shops if you go towards Soho. Don't buy $8-$10 plastic snorkel masks at the hotel's Supermarket - they leak a lot.
With us, the hotel carried out renovation work, both in part of the rooms and near the pool.
There was also seasonal cutting of leaves on palms and other trees. The territory of the hotel is large (the beach is about 650 m) green and beautiful. There is a gym + SPA and a heated pool.
I was surprised, but on Friday the girl Natali walked around the pool and asked all the hotel guests about their problems and wishes, whether everything in the room works (and wrote down requests and complaints).
Nutrition
Breakfast. 7-00-10-00, lunch 12-30-14-30, dinner 18-30-21-00. From 21-00 to 7-00 you will not be able to eat anything - you can only get dry rations for the tour by ordering it in advance.
It is very convenient that at any time, in the 24-hour Piano bar (alcohol 10-00 ...24-00), you can take bottled water. There is also water in the coolers in the bar of the main restaurant "Sea Paradise" and in the pool bar.
Breakfast - a lot of various salads, dairy products: cheese mass, cheese, yogurt, yogurt, cheese, milk.
1-2 types of sausages, sweet pastries (all equally tasty), chopped and in the form of salads, beans, boiled eggs, scrambled eggs or fried eggs, honey + jams, 3 types of tea + 2 drinks (diluted). In a word, everyone can find something to their liking.
Dinner. Meat and fish are prepared on the grill or in a cauldron and can be taken on the terrace. During the week, the fish was 4 times, including 2 times pangasius, which we do not eat. Every day, either fish + beef, or chicken + beef in the form of cutlets, fried beef, or stewed beef with vegetables. There is always delicious pizza on the terrace. Sometimes sweet fried donuts or fried bananas.
2 types of soup; in pots, on a separate table, 4-5 types of stewed vegetables. Also several types of rice, potatoes, pasta, pancakes with meat filling, a lot of stewed cold vegetables, fresh vegetables on their own or in the form of salads, sweets, but some monotonous. Lots of baked goods and sweets.
Of the fruits were: melons, dates, guava, grapes, grapefruits, pomegranates.
Dinner. It is very similar to lunch, but they also cook (where an omelet is cooked in the morning) fried potatoes and various types of pasta. On Friday there was lamb ribs on the terrace (delicious).
Meat and fish on the terrace are given out by chefs (they cook in front of you), but you can always ask for an extra portion or come up again.
In the main restaurant for lunch and dinner at the 7-up bar, Mirinda, Cola, as well as beer and wine. We didn’t try white wine, red wine was so-so, in the Italian restaurant they gave much better (you need to sign up for this restaurant at 9-00 a day at the table near the entrance to the main restaurant). In the Italian restaurant we liked both the speed of service and the quality of the dishes.
In the Moonshine lobby bar, juices are poured from packages - very good ones. All 5 bars offer 6-7 strong local alcoholic drinks (more or less vodka and gin), wine, beer and 7-up, Mirinda, Cola. You have to order coffee and it will be brought to you later.
In the bar of the main restaurant, in the lobby bar Moonshine and Piano bar, drinks are poured into glass glasses, in the pool bar, near the amphitheater and in the beach bar - in plastic cups. From 11-00 at the pool bar you can take ice cream (4 varieties, one is not bad).
We have described nutrition in such detail because there are conflicting reviews about it. Ours was as described above.
Beach
It is 3 levels. There are several secluded stretches of the beach, as well as a small place well protected from the wind. Since the hotel is behind the cape, there is no strong wind on the beach. Near the 2nd pontoon (nearest to Tiran Island), the places on the first tier ended by 8-30. There were always places on the second tier. At high tide (when under water there are 3-4 steps of a ladder at the beginning of the pontoon), you can swim into the sea from the coral. This is especially convenient when you swim back in fins - it is very inconvenient to climb the pontoon ladder in fins.
Near the main restaurant there are colorful posters with offers for a small fee to visit a fish restaurant, a romantic dinner, a magic show, etc. , but none of this is in reality. Young people in the hotel will be bored.
Contingent of vacationers
Mostly (90%) from Ukraine. There were also Germans, Poles, Belarusians. Arabs (this is the current scourge of Egyptian hotels) were only 2 families, and they were invisible.
Tours
Since we have already been in Sharm 5 times, we didn’t go anywhere, the only thing we were tempted to was a free transfer back and forth to the leather and fur store. There is not much choice, and not all sizes are available. The whole event took about 1.5 hours. We went to Soho Square almost daily. The distance from the hotel to the far end of Soho is 1.5 km, which is a pleasant evening walk. The musical fountain is open there at 21-00 and at 22-00.
In general, we liked the hotel. Yes, he is somewhat “tired”, and this, of course, is not 5 *, but confident 4 *. If you have any questions write to sk_lora@ukr. net - we will answer.
Pros.
Friendly staff. Short pontoon. Normal food. Near Soho Square.
Minuses. Bad soundproofing. Average coral.
Alexander and Larisa
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