Great stay

Written: 20 june 2010
Travel time: 22 may — 5 june 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
Let's start with the tour operator. We flew with the Pegasus. Everything is very good, no complaints. At 4 am Sheremetyevo issued the documents, the flight took off on time. In Egypt, met, brought to the hotel.
Returning back - similarly, a day before, an announcement appeared on the Pegasus information stand, what time we were leaving. The bus came on time - we arrived at the airport in advance (we managed to go to duty free). Not everyone was so lucky, there were problems with registration at the airport (some of the boarding passes were issued manually by airport employees! ) So the flight was delayed by almost an hour. But this has nothing to do with the tour operator. According to a flight attendant from Egypt, no one ever leaves on time, even for 20 minutes, but the flight will always be delayed.
The only negative is that we wanted to take an evening flight, we were ready to pay $ 50 extra for a room, but on that day the flight to Moscow was only at 11 am, so our vacation was shortened by six hours. It's a pity.

Check-in at the hotel: we were already at the hotel at 9 am, and the check-in was not earlier than 14. This is a general rule. One tip - put your changing clothes on top of your suitcase. At 11 o'clock we received bracelets, changed in the toilet near the reception and went for a walk around the hotel. We looked at the location of the buildings, sat in the bar, drank beer, bathed the child in the pool, had lunch at 12-30, at 13-30 we got rooms in the building we chose (we liked building 3), but 20 dollars. still put in the passport.
The hotel area is large, green, very clean and well maintained. Permanent repairs are underway on the territory, then the paths are being made, then something is being built near the beach, part of the reception is being repaired. But all this does not interfere. The rooms are clean, every day cleaning, 1.5 liter bottle, water, tea bags, instant coffee, sugar, cream, shampoo, soap, gel, etc. it's all in the room. We had the usual standard. The towels and bed linen were amazing. Both are white! The third building (3 . . hundredth numbers) liked the fact that it is located almost in the middle between the pools and the sea. It is very quiet there - the planes and music from the amphitheater (program until 11 pm) is not audible at all, unlike the suites. The pools made a good impression. The water is clean and does not smell of chlorine. There were no problems with sunbeds either around the pool, let alone on the beach. It is advisable to take a place near the pool no later than 9 am, otherwise there are sunbeds only in the sun, and there were always places under umbrellas on the beach, no matter what time we got there.
We went on excursions (we took from Pegasus, it turns out a little more expensive than from a local company, but such excursions are covered by insurance and the group is selected by a Russian and Russian-speaking guide) to Jerusalem, to a bathyscaphe, on a yacht in Russ Mohammed and a water park. Liked everything.
Food. Feeding for slaughter. In the first two days they tried to try all the dishes, but then they stopped. A lot of meat, vegetables, very tasty sweet dishes. Food is everywhere and non-stop. As soon as breakfast ends, it is covered in bars near the bossaine and the beach. From fruits, they discovered physalis and bought mangoes in the Old Town. Real mango is delicious! It is necessary to take soft and with a yellow tip. Only the sea helps not to gain extra pounds. One of the reviews scolded the Italian restaurant, but we liked it. The choice is really from 4 menus, but the portion is large and very tasty. We dined at the fish restaurant (paid), were satisfied. Portion sizes are such that we forgo dessert. In order to eat all this, it was necessary not to go to dinner.

Sea. The Red Sea is a fairy tale. Water 26 degrees. Magnificent fish and other living creatures. The stingray swims 20 cm from the shore, a lionfish (a very edible fish) “poses” half a meter away, and a variety of fish surgeons and butterflies simply curl around their feet. This can only be seen in an aquarium. Somehow, while snorkeling, I caught myself thinking, then I swim in fish soup, such warm water and such a variety of fish swim around. But the corals themselves near the hotel are half dead and not very diverse. To see beautiful carals, you need to sail to the island of Tiran or Ras Mohammed.
I don’t know how it is in other hotels, but only positive impressions remained from the rest in the Sultan. Good animation team. During the day and exercises and yoga, water aerobics, belly dance, beach volleyball. So we didn’t even get to the court and the gym. Interesting evening performances. Children's animator Irina - just super.
Trips to the city are also some "fun". The East is a delicate matter, but for the first time it is annoying when you are not just invited to go to the store and look at the goods, but practically "grab" your hands and take offense if you pass by. You can talk for a long time, if anyone has questions, ask.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original