magic corals

Written: 8 december 2011
Travel time: 22 november — 1 december 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 4.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 8.0
We went to this hotel on the recommendation of friends, and of course because of the coral reef, which is the best in this bay! Every day there were 8-10 yachts near the shore with divers from other hotels who swam next to us with envious eyes. If you want to see the underwater world, this is the place for you. There are no such reefs either in Sier or in Savoy, which are much more expensive... We saw everyone - the giant Napoleon Grisha, and rays, and moray eels, and lionfish, everyone swims mostly in the morning or late in the evening. The corals are long and go straight into the depths, so the pontoon is not long. You can swim very far and to the left and to the right, if you are not afraid, there are many different beautiful fish. JUST SUPER!
But from about mid-November, strong winds begin to blow, so it’s not very comfortable to get out of the water, although the water and air are comfortable. There are practically no waves on the sea, unlike other hotels, this is also a great advantage.
It’s not as far to the sea as it seems, you can easily walk, it’s normal to go downhill, but to go back by bus, it runs every 15 minutes, when it pulls up, it honks.

About the hotel:
The rooms are just huge and comfortable. Huge bathroom, with a large bathtub and a mirror, and there is even a special double-sided mirror (for us girls), very convenient. There is an ironing board and iron in the closet, you do not need to take it with you. The hair dryer is normal, the air conditioner is normal, the furniture is almost new, the bed is huge. All in all, no complaints. . .
Nutrition:
fruits - different every day - oranges, tangerines, grapefruits, pomegranates (! ), apples, bananas, dates, and of course guava.
Meat type 2-3, chicken, beef, fish every day like pangasius - all different, breaded, stewed, grilled, in general, enough. Side dishes are also different, you can always try something new, potatoes - and mashed potatoes, and fries, and baked, eggplant, peppers, in general, I personally liked...
Sweet is a separate issue, better than in Turkey. In the morning - various puff pastries, in the evening - whatever your heart desires - puddings, cakes, baklava, sherbets, cheesecakes, etc. , etc. In general, the waist is resting! )))
The only thing - there was not enough greens (onion, dill, spinach), only cucumbers, tomatoes and lettuce.
There are no complaints about food, everything is fresh and tasty, the only thing is that every Wednesday there is an oriental menu, everything is very spicy, for an amateur, even my husband could not eat...
About service:

if you do not have a red bracelet (like foreigners) - you are NOBODY, waiters, bartenders, attendants do not pay attention to you. You can stand and wait half an hour for a glass of beer, while fat Englishmen make cocktails in one minute. Of course, Arabs also stare at beautiful girls, but this does not change things. During the rest, it was felt that the hotel had an unspoken economy mode, because there were ALWAYS queues on the beach at the bar, although there were few people in the whole hotel. If within 10 minutes you come for a second time for a beer (and what is 300 ml of beer for a Russian person? ), they literally tell you - would you go to another bar???? ? In general, this is all surprising, given that the majority of Russian speakers in the hotel (including brothers - Belarusians, Ukrainians), an average of 50-60%, 20% - Poles, 10 - British, 10 - Germans, 10 - all ost.
Animation - miserable (what can be demanded from an animator with a salary of $ 300? ), We almost didn’t go to it, we liked to smoke a hookah, the boy Ashran did it, I don’t know if it’s still working.
We went on an excursion to Jerusalem, bought tickets to Naama Bay (from the Luna Rossa agency, but there are many of them), we liked everything, David was a great guide, he told us very interestingly. I advise you to go on Saturday, so as not to stand in line at customs.
Yes, by the way, I'll tell you about their corporate divorce (I. v. v. of this hotel). We ordered a transfer to Naama, it costs $ 13 for two, they took us by taxi, brought us to some miserable store, literally forcibly shoved us there, tried to sell something on the 3rd road, of course we ran from there. Finally, we were told that they would pick us up from the same place at the appointed time.
We took a walk, bought what we wanted, came up early because we were already cold (it gets cool after sunset). Naturally, no one wanted to lead us, they said we had to wait for our driver, in general, we hung out there for another half an hour, until we were finally taken to the hotel. Never get fooled by this transfer of theirs, it's easier to take a round-trip taxi at any time and whenever you want. Like this! By the way, the Arabs in Naama itself have become very intrusive, literally grabbing their hands, as in Hurghada, very unpleasant, apparently the crisis has affected them...
If you do not pay attention to all these shortcomings, the hotel is very decent, the food is normal, if you do not pay attention to the service, in general, for the sake of SUCH sea you can endure))))
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