Sunrise Select Diamond Beach - ok hotel, but...

Written: 26 december 2012
Travel time: 13 — 22 december 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 6.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 6.0
We arrived at the hotel, thanks to the Anex-tour, not on the 12th of December, as it was paid, but on the 13th, due to the breakdown of the plane. At the reception immediately settled in the standard. The next day, without surcharges, moved to the floor above with a sea view. The furniture in the room is a bit old, the plumbing is in working condition (although we had an extractor fan in the bathroom during takeoff). person. For a dollar, the room was well cleaned, twisted hearts, swans and bunnies from towels.
The food at the hotel suited us completely - we had breakfast in the main restaurant, lunch in a restaurant on the beach, dinner in Italian. We took dinner at the a la carte restaurant on the beach. Dinner was quite pleasant, there were several types of meat on the grill.
The hotel beach consists of several parts carved into the rocks: one part is near the pontoon, it is always filled, as a rule, with our tourists, another part is closer to the restaurant and beach bar, the third part is always half empty, it is usually quiet there, foreigners rest, there is always sunbeds.

The territory is green, there are a couple of waterfalls, 3 swimming pools (one relaxation, where children are not allowed), there is a playground, Kidsclub and a children's pool.
The main advantage of the hotel is the staff and location.
The staff is friendly, helpful, helped to solve all the problems, even if it threatened with trouble from the Anex tour (this tour operator has an exclusive contract with the Sunrise network). The location is excellent - 5 minutes walk to El Mercato Street (shops, restaurants, coffee houses, hookahs, banks, McDonald's, Starbucks), 7-10 minutes to the Alf Leila wa Leila complex, where performances are held in oriental style, there is also a souvenir market, a fixed-price grocery store, Metro, down the street there is a hospital and a dentist's office.
The Old Town and the Old Market can be easily reached on foot in 20 minutes. Fruits and souvenirs were bought there much cheaper. In the evenings, in the center of the market, on the stage, a group performs with dances.
A clear minus of the hotel is the smell in the evening. Indeed, they fertilize the territory of the hotel with feces from a nearby septic tank. True, after a couple of days we stopped paying attention, and in the last 2 days there was no smell, apparently there were many complaints to the general manager, who just arrived at the hotel. I didn’t like the abundance of birds on the open terrace of the restaurant, it’s better not to leave the plate unattended, as you can be left without food - the birds will scatter everything.
The hotel guide of the Anex tour, Said, tried to spoil our vacation when he realized that we would not take excursions from him. I hope he will be fired soon, as the person is extremely unscrupulous.
In general, the hotel is not bad, but the second time is unlikely to go.
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