Замечательный медовый отпуск в Султане! Wonderful honeymoon in Sultana!

We stayed in this hotel for 10 days in November. I must say right away that we are not one of those who are looking for all sorts of shortcomings and looking for something to complain about. We liked everything. We rested with my husband and parents. I was in Egypt for the third time, my husband was the first, my parents were the fourth. In principle, there is something to compare. So, in order.
1. Arrival and settlement. Number.
They flew from Kyiv, the meeting side was Pegasus. At the beginning there were some concerns, as we always traveled with Tez Tour. But upon arrival, all our doubts were dispelled. We checked in without any problems, paid for the visa, and collected our luggage. They took us to the hotel first. It's good that we didn't have to wait for other tourists to be taken away. We came to the reception, left the suitcases on the street. We arrived at the hotel at about one o'clock, according to the rules, check-in is after 14:00, so we had to wait. But we didn't really bother with that. We immediately went for a walk around the hotel, explored the situation, looked where the sea was, where the pools were. We didn't pay anything for the room. We (both couples) got a two-room apartment. In our room there was also a plate of fruit and an invitation to an aperitif on one of the days, since we ordered this hotel as newlyweds. The room itself - no complaints. We only slept in it, so we didn't care. The linen was cleaned every day, towels too, shampoos / gels / soaps - similarly, before dinner the room was always clean and tidy. Tipping was left 3 times. Once they made a heart out of a towel for us, a fish for our parents.

2. Main restaurant, kitchen and Italian restaurant.
This is the only one of all the hotels where we were, where the cuisine was so varied that we did not have time to try everything. Every time there was something new for lunch and dinner. Particularly pleased with the large number of various fish dishes and the presence of pomegranates. We've had enough of them here. For breakfast, they took mostly yogurt (yellow and pink) with melons, scrambled eggs (+ tomatoes, cheese, peppers can be added) and all sorts of sweets. Oh, something, but there were a lot of sweets. We didn’t even try cakes for lunch and dinner, but there were probably about 15 types of them. 2 times a week on an all-inclusive basis, you could dine for free with an order of a certain menu. Once we did get to this restaurant. We chose a menu with lasagna, so I often cook it at home. But we didn't like it. It's not tasty. The salad doesn't taste good either. And the third dish - baked potatoes with meat - more or less. No more recordings were made in Italian.
3. Pools, sea, pontoons, corals, fish
We always got up early in the morning. At 6.30-7.00, when there were not many people, the beauty of the underwater and fish world was opened from the pontoon. There were many fish. And then, apparently, from the fact that there were a lot of people, the water became a little muddy. Yes, and the wind blew from the sea - after all, it is winter in Egypt. Therefore, it was very cold to leave the sea and be blown by the wind. Therefore, closer to 10 am, we moved to the heated pool, where there is a slide. They already spent all the time there and sometimes went to the beach specifically to just swim in the sea. I barely learned to swim with a snorkel and a mask (I studied in the pool), so I can evaluate all the fish and corals biased - I liked everything. The pontoon in the hotel is one that is afloat, so to speak, and two - a passage to the depths and corals along the slabs. Then I discovered these plates for myself and just walked along these paths in special slippers and examined the fish directly from the plates, without swimming and without wearing a mask. By the way, one of them bit me, my husband and my parents a couple of times. First, this fish wound circles around my legs, and then biting my leg with acceleration. Of course, the guts did not climb; but it was very annoying.

4. Animation
When we arrived, the animation team had changed, as we were told. We did not see the old one, but the new one was very cool. Girls from Russia, Egyptians, Tunisian. Every day I went to belly dancing at 11.30 on the beach and at 3.30 or 4 (sometimes) near the children's pool and slide. Went to water aerobics once. In general, I am a fan of all these dances and dances, so when I read in some reviews that the animators pulled them by the hand to their entertainment, I am surprised. I probably didn't notice it. By the way, all the animators were very sociable, it was interesting to talk with them, especially with two Egyptians. One of them is married to a Russian girl, she also works in the Sultan. It was interesting to listen to him when he talked about his wedding, in particular about the traditions of the Russian wedding, and did not understand why the bride should not show the dress to her groom before the wedding and why the witnesses should wear ribbons  In the evenings at 9.30 in the amphitheater there were different show programs. I especially liked the oriental belly dance show (belly dancing + traditional Egyptian dance in a tanura skirt) - impressive. For men there were all sorts of basketballs, footballs, water polo, darts, ours went to the latter a couple of times.
5. Old city. Prices. Purchases. Souvenirs.
I want to note right away that there is no free bus 2 times a day at the hotel !! ! There is an entry fee. We were immediately advised not to go to Naama Bay, but to the Old Town, to the Old Market, the Pegasus guides at the hotel immediately said that prices were cheaper there. So, every day a bus runs from the hotel there at 5 pm, and picks up at 8. Such a pleasure costs 4 dollars per person, in Naama - 3. We went to the Old City twice: immediately upon arrival on the second day, to explore the situation and prices and on the last day to skimp already. About the fact that you need to bargain, I think everyone is aware. Therefore, in the process of bidding, we bought: a big drum (made of camel skin) - the dream of my husband's whole life; - for 20 dollars (they wanted 45), large towels with pharaohs - 5-7, smaller ones - for 4 (they planned to buy a lot of towels, since you can’t buy good Egyptian quality for that kind of money), then - Eva cream ( I discovered it for myself a long time ago, I really like it, so I use it for a long time and buy it a year in advance) - $ 3 for a large jar, scarves (good quality and a wide variety of colors) - $ 5-10, I bought a cup with a pharaoh for 17 pounds , belly dance costume (bodice + bandage on the hips) - $ 20 + for $ 5 to it earrings and necklace, arafatki - took $ 5 each, mask (glass / silicone) + tube - $ 10, slippers for corals - 5 each dollars. We also immediately planned back in Kyiv that we would buy a large suitcase there, we bargained for 160 pounds. All sorts of little things in the form of fridge magnets, figurines - I don’t even remember the price. Now for the fruits. We always bring mangoes and strawberries from Egypt. 5 kg of strawberries (packed in 5 plates) were bought for 8 dollars, a box of mangoes (I think there were 9-10 pieces) was taken for 20 dollars, 20 pounds per kilo, I think. Mango has always been expensive.

6. Excursions
Before this holiday, I was already on previous holidays in Luxor, on Mount Sinai and in the monastery of St. Catherine, the monasteries of St. Anthony and Paul, on an open-bottomed boat, in the Abu Galum reserve, and my husband was abroad for the first time. Therefore, at home we decided that we would go on such an excursion in order to ride camels to our heart's content. So we went to Abu Galum. However, if earlier I rode camels for 2 hours on the same excursion (from Tez Tour), then this time it was less than an hour and there was a less beautiful route of our trip (probably Pegasus has its own program for this excursion) - this is the only thing that I did not like. In addition, we always try to visit Orthodox shrines, if possible. This time in the list of excursions for the first time we saw an excursion to the monastery of St. George the Victorious and to the thermal springs of the prophet Moses - we liked it very much, we recommend it. Abu Galum now costs 60 dollars per person, the monastery and springs - 45 each.
7. Total.
I liked the rest very much. We have a good rest in Egypt everywhere, so we can’t name any shortcomings. Feel free to ask if you have any questions, I will answer to the best of my ability. Have a nice holiday in the Sultan!! !