Nice picturesque hotel

Written: 20 november 2017
Travel time: 12 — 19 november 2017
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 9.0
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Our agent strongly advised the DeLux rooms in this hotel. I'm glad we listened to her. Price hike - $70 But the first line, guaranteed sea view, all rooms after renovation. From the first time we were given a room with a huge terrace on the second floor and a king size bed (259). The interior is nice. Removed normally. With and without a tip, figures made of towels were twisted, funny as hell.
I didn’t see the standard rooms, but I didn’t hear the best reviews.

Territory
This is the highlight of the hotel. At first glance, there was no piggy enthusiasm. Tiered pools. Yellow houses. But every day we fell in love more and more. Lots of trees. Tall palm trees. Directly tropics)) Hence a lot of shade. There is no feeling that you are about to die from overheating when going to a restaurant. Each tier is its own mini-arboretum, you can feel the solitude. In general, everything is well-groomed, ergonomic and picturesque.

Beach
There are two of them.

Big and small in the rocks. I'll write about the big one. Rocky coast. Pieces of 50 "mast" palms. Entry into the water from a short pontoon. Someone wrote: “It’s bad that there is only one pontoon, walking far from the other end of the beach” ...How do you swim if you are too lazy to walk 20 meters? I was embarrassed that the pontoon was rusty in places. Not aesthetic.
Ukrainian tourists cluster closer to the pontoon. They drink a lot of beer here, sometimes they come with their speakers and turn on Shnur loudly. In the other part of the beach - the Germans. They are always cheerful, they don't complain about "boorish Arabs", although they also drink decent beer))) There is a restaurant in the middle of the beach, instrumental music plays. Toilets, changing room, 4 showers.

Coral
In my opinion, there is something to admire. I counted and even photographed about 15 species of fish, in the most amazing color combinations. It is better to swim with a mask before lunch, because in the afternoon the sun does not enter the water, it is a bit dark.

Nutrition
The first two days everything seemed somehow meager and tasteless. Until they found "their dishes". At lunch, in addition to the main restaurant (near the reception), there are 3 open terraces, two of them on the beach. Our "lunch" favorite is the Clieff (terrace above the beach): grilled meat and eggplant, salads and stunning sea views! ! ! We dined mainly in a la cart restaurants (there are three of them). All are good, but in terms of atmosphere, my favorite is the Beach Club - right on the beach, there is also a grill on the menu. We only went to the main restaurant for honey desserts. We drank white wine, bottled water (available at the bar near the reception) and mint tea. Coffee, juices and water on tap are traditionally sad.

Animation
Alas, the weak point of the hotel. The guys are sociable and obviously trying. But not for their target audience. According to observations, the core is Ukrainian and German tourists for 45 years. A few young couples. And then suddenly an evening show: vulgar competitions, originally from my provincial school. It would be more appropriate to invite a saxophonist.

Or some Arab dancers. On the beach from entertainment volleyball, darts, exercises, yoga. But all this action takes place right next to the beach toilet on 5 square meters. It's okay for darts, but yoga ....

Internet
Another fly in the ointment. There is only at the reception and so lousy that it took up to half an hour to send a message in viber. Therefore, if you need the Internet, it is better to buy a SIM card from a local operator at the airport.

Staff
I am very sensitive to the service and terribly nervous when faced with rudeness and indifference. Here we were treated like royalty. Welcoming, courteous. One pissed vacationer said it's because you're attractive girls. And I think, because we smile at people and speak to them with the same respect as we want to be spoken to us. Gestrelation Anya, in my opinion, is generally a standard of customer focus. 200% in place.
The sellers on the beach and the waiters are sometimes familiar in humor, but we attributed this to the Egyptian flavor and the desire to amuse us. Tipping was not given as often as we ourselves would like, there was always no small money at hand.

P. S. This is my fourth hotel in Egypt. And probably the hundredth in the world)) I think that the ratio of price (in our case, 890 dollars) and quality here are more than optimal. Minor roughness against the background of the advantages of the hotel did not affect our wonderful vacation.
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