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I want to leave a review about my vacation. We flew with my wife for a week on a "hot" offer. At once I will tell that for the price ($ 440 for two) it is a good variant of rest. In Ukraine, for this money you will receive only housing, without food, amenities, with a spit beach and dirty cold sea. So closer to the point.
1. Arrived early, about 8-9 hours. Immediately saw the bracelets, asked for breakfast. So breakfast is not chic at all. But it is quite possible to have a snack so that you do not want to eat before dinner. What was: omelet, pancakes, several types of cheese, greens, olives, milk porridge, breakfast cereals with milk, jams, oil (margarine), sausage and soy sausages, toast, falafel. Several types of dry and not very tasty buns. Instant coffee and several types of packaged tea. The problem with normal natural coffee is that you don't even drink for money.
Lunches and dinners are much better.
There are always several types of meat (chicken, beef, occasionally lamb) fish (small mackerel, fatty and not very tasty seafood), 3-4 types of side dish (pasta, sweet potatoes, rice, potatoes, lentils), various vegetables, sweets. Alcoholic beverages in small glasses pour 30 grams. Beer is also a glass, where 2/3 of the volume is poured. When asked to give a bottle of beer or a jar, ask for $ 3. The store has a beer for $ 2, so draw conclusions. In general, alcohol is useless, but whoever wanted, he was recruited in full. At the entrance to the main restaurant measure the temperature. Waiters in masks, hats and gloves all teach you on a plate, on request. Of course, there are queues. Somewhere 5-10 minutes. But you can take two at once, standing in two lines, saving an hour.
2. After breakfast we changed clothes in the toilet, left our things at the reception, went to the sea. The sea is the main fat plus of the hotel and Sinai in general.
Very warm, +30 water, clean and clear as glass.
The reef is very beautiful, full of fish, closer to the evening you can watch stingrays, eels seen and much more interesting. Be sure to take a mask, a flipper tube from home, it's worth it! Entrance to the sea on a floating pontoon, about 15-20 meters. There is a lifeguard. Cascading beach, 3 levels. And if on the top you can still find some broken sunbeds in the distance, then those close to the sea take up at 5 am (no joke). Pools are clean, but filled with water by about 50-70%. There are problems with fresh water, so save. And so, palm trees and lawns can be watered with sewage, so at night and in the morning you can feel the characteristic "abmre" in the air.
3. The area that is green in the photo is now yellowed and dry in many places. It seemed that during the quarantine the hotel was closed and no one cut the grass, bushes, did not look at the vegetation. Tracks are also broken, in many places.
But the workers are trying to clean and water everything, so I think it will all grow and be very beautiful.
There are no slides or attractions other than the pools.
4. When settling in the room gave 10 bucks and asked for a normal room with sea views. So they had a clean, working air conditioner, a normal bed, on the 4th floor. Bath (shower) is on the border and look dirty, but you can use. My husband has been cleaning up for about 40 years. They left either a dollar or 20 pounds, so they always had clean towels, toilet paper and a clean room. But the shampoo and shower gel were left only once, when settling and no longer given. Tap water is not drinkable, but has a minimum percentage of salt, so you can wash and brush your teeth, but not to drink. Drinking water was given at the bars, 1 approx. 0.6l bottle. We approached several times, so we had a few cold bottles in stock in the refrigerator, you need to drink a lot in the heat of +45.
The room had a central air conditioning system, worked well. Refrigerator too.
And the TV is very old and showed poorly, but I think it's a trifle.
The staff is friendly and diligent, I can not say anything bad. And if you offer a couple of dollars, in general, the very kindness)
Briefly from the "excursions". Do not go on the so-called "free sightseeing tour of the old city. " This is a banal trap. Nothing historical will be shown to you, except for a closed mosque (the coronavirus). But they will take you to as many as 3 stores where you will be annoyingly offered to buy:
1. shop from the oil factory. "Medicinal" oils and various perfumes (the price tag is really horse, 30 dollars and above for a bottle. Coffee also 30 dollars for a pack of 250 gr. Teas and other not eating, but judging by the fact that no one takes them is not cheap either.
2. Souvenir shop. All this is much cheaper in the old town and can still be bargained.
3. Sweets store - high prices for goods of dubious quality.
We went scuba diving, 50 bucks for two. Dive from the shore.
Basically since we were first time, it was interesting. But if someone dived before, it will be boring, because the depth and reef are mediocre, as we were told later.
There was another tour "all in one" for $ 90 for the whole day, I think it could be even cheaper to get a discount if the two of you. Riding ATVs in the desert, on camels, then arriving at a Bedouin settlement, then a yacht and diving with masks.
In general, I advise you to go in the evening by bus from the hotel ($ 3 in both directions per person) to the Old Town and there everything you need to buy home. Or in Soho Square. There the prices are a little higher, and the choice is less, but it is possible to go on foot and not to spend money.
I will write separately about dishonest traders in the Old Town. Be prepared that you will be tried to count, respect and slip some junk. Here are some cases that have happened to us:
1.
Some beautiful "pictures" of sand in bottles - just a color picture pasted on the inside and covered with sand!
Do not pay anything in advance or look seriously in the good light that you are sold! They are not suitable to draw a masterpiece, a maximum of a couple of pyramids and a camel with a seagull level children's drawings)
2. Buying a cheap beautiful mixture of peppers in the store, in fact, got a black pepper peas, dyed (! ) In different colors! So do not hesitate to pour a few colored peas with water, rub your finger and watch the magic)
3. When buying a lot of mangoes, dates and other fruits at home, immediately accurately and clearly demand the announcement of the price. And count on the calculator. We were calculated for a few dollars, they can also include a "tip" for service (1-2 dollars).
By the way, mango is great, 1.5-2 dollars, dates 2 dollars.
4. I decided to add a little coffee pot in Turkish.
So from the seller tried to slip with a broken handle! Seriously inspect everything, and bargain, do not hesitate)
If you want to go to a fish restaurant, do not rush, the prices are about the same, and some are very noisy, a lot of noisy children and smells like smoke from the kitchen.
In general, the hotel pulls on the "top three", but I will add a point for the beautiful sea, a normal room and polite staff. Therefore, we count the weak four. It makes sense to go if you are offered a good price (up to $ 500).
In general, I consider the holiday successful.
1. Arrived early, about 8-9 hours. Immediately saw the bracelets, asked for breakfast. So breakfast is not chic at all. But it is quite possible to have a snack so that you do not want to eat before dinner. What was: omelet, pancakes, several types of cheese, greens, olives, milk porridge, breakfast cereals with milk, jams, oil (margarine), sausage and soy sausages, toast, falafel. Several types of dry and not very tasty buns. Instant coffee and several types of packaged tea. The problem with normal natural coffee is that you don't even drink for money.
Lunches and dinners are much better.
There are always several types of meat (chicken, beef, occasionally lamb) fish (small mackerel, fatty and not very tasty seafood), 3-4 types of side dish (pasta, sweet potatoes, rice, potatoes, lentils), various vegetables, sweets. Alcoholic beverages in small glasses pour 30 grams. Beer is also a glass, where 2/3 of the volume is poured. When asked to give a bottle of beer or a jar, ask for $ 3. The store has a beer for $ 2, so draw conclusions. In general, alcohol is useless, but whoever wanted, he was recruited in full. At the entrance to the main restaurant measure the temperature. Waiters in masks, hats and gloves all teach you on a plate, on request. Of course, there are queues. Somewhere 5-10 minutes. But you can take two at once, standing in two lines, saving an hour.
2. After breakfast we changed clothes in the toilet, left our things at the reception, went to the sea. The sea is the main fat plus of the hotel and Sinai in general.
Very warm, +30 water, clean and clear as glass.
The reef is very beautiful, full of fish, closer to the evening you can watch stingrays, eels seen and much more interesting. Be sure to take a mask, a flipper tube from home, it's worth it! Entrance to the sea on a floating pontoon, about 15-20 meters. There is a lifeguard. Cascading beach, 3 levels. And if on the top you can still find some broken sunbeds in the distance, then those close to the sea take up at 5 am (no joke). Pools are clean, but filled with water by about 50-70%. There are problems with fresh water, so save. And so, palm trees and lawns can be watered with sewage, so at night and in the morning you can feel the characteristic "abmre" in the air.
3. The area that is green in the photo is now yellowed and dry in many places. It seemed that during the quarantine the hotel was closed and no one cut the grass, bushes, did not look at the vegetation. Tracks are also broken, in many places.
But the workers are trying to clean and water everything, so I think it will all grow and be very beautiful.
There are no slides or attractions other than the pools.
4. When settling in the room gave 10 bucks and asked for a normal room with sea views. So they had a clean, working air conditioner, a normal bed, on the 4th floor. Bath (shower) is on the border and look dirty, but you can use. My husband has been cleaning up for about 40 years. They left either a dollar or 20 pounds, so they always had clean towels, toilet paper and a clean room. But the shampoo and shower gel were left only once, when settling and no longer given. Tap water is not drinkable, but has a minimum percentage of salt, so you can wash and brush your teeth, but not to drink. Drinking water was given at the bars, 1 approx. 0.6l bottle. We approached several times, so we had a few cold bottles in stock in the refrigerator, you need to drink a lot in the heat of +45.
The room had a central air conditioning system, worked well. Refrigerator too.
And the TV is very old and showed poorly, but I think it's a trifle.
The staff is friendly and diligent, I can not say anything bad. And if you offer a couple of dollars, in general, the very kindness)
Briefly from the "excursions". Do not go on the so-called "free sightseeing tour of the old city. " This is a banal trap. Nothing historical will be shown to you, except for a closed mosque (the coronavirus). But they will take you to as many as 3 stores where you will be annoyingly offered to buy:
1. shop from the oil factory. "Medicinal" oils and various perfumes (the price tag is really horse, 30 dollars and above for a bottle. Coffee also 30 dollars for a pack of 250 gr. Teas and other not eating, but judging by the fact that no one takes them is not cheap either.
2. Souvenir shop. All this is much cheaper in the old town and can still be bargained.
3. Sweets store - high prices for goods of dubious quality.
We went scuba diving, 50 bucks for two. Dive from the shore.
Basically since we were first time, it was interesting. But if someone dived before, it will be boring, because the depth and reef are mediocre, as we were told later.
There was another tour "all in one" for $ 90 for the whole day, I think it could be even cheaper to get a discount if the two of you. Riding ATVs in the desert, on camels, then arriving at a Bedouin settlement, then a yacht and diving with masks.
In general, I advise you to go in the evening by bus from the hotel ($ 3 in both directions per person) to the Old Town and there everything you need to buy home. Or in Soho Square. There the prices are a little higher, and the choice is less, but it is possible to go on foot and not to spend money.
I will write separately about dishonest traders in the Old Town. Be prepared that you will be tried to count, respect and slip some junk. Here are some cases that have happened to us:
1.
Some beautiful "pictures" of sand in bottles - just a color picture pasted on the inside and covered with sand!
Do not pay anything in advance or look seriously in the good light that you are sold! They are not suitable to draw a masterpiece, a maximum of a couple of pyramids and a camel with a seagull level children's drawings)
2. Buying a cheap beautiful mixture of peppers in the store, in fact, got a black pepper peas, dyed (! ) In different colors! So do not hesitate to pour a few colored peas with water, rub your finger and watch the magic)
3. When buying a lot of mangoes, dates and other fruits at home, immediately accurately and clearly demand the announcement of the price. And count on the calculator. We were calculated for a few dollars, they can also include a "tip" for service (1-2 dollars).
By the way, mango is great, 1.5-2 dollars, dates 2 dollars.
4. I decided to add a little coffee pot in Turkish.
So from the seller tried to slip with a broken handle! Seriously inspect everything, and bargain, do not hesitate)
If you want to go to a fish restaurant, do not rush, the prices are about the same, and some are very noisy, a lot of noisy children and smells like smoke from the kitchen.
In general, the hotel pulls on the "top three", but I will add a point for the beautiful sea, a normal room and polite staff. Therefore, we count the weak four. It makes sense to go if you are offered a good price (up to $ 500).
In general, I consider the holiday successful.
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