Good stay in a good hotel

Written: 12 october 2009
Travel time: 3 — 10 october 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 5.0
I liked the hotel - I put a solid Egyptian "4". Let them write big reports for those who always feel bad and those who like to cry.
The hotel is part of the Spanish hotel chain SOL and perhaps this is one of the main indicators of the level of the hotel.
1. The rooms are quite good and comfortable. Of course there are better, but overall we are satisfied. Liked the bathroom too. Baksheesh didn't pay for the room, but the room was nice and in a good location. And it's a pity that a lot of suckers (from our region) have divorced, which this system has implemented and is supported.
2. The territory of the hotel is small, but cozy and well-groomed. Quite green and very clean.
3. The staff of the entire hotel is very friendly and well-trained, which was extremely nice, because in Egypt this is a problem.

4. I really liked the kitchen. Dinner (european, egyptian, arabic cuisine) is amazing: a large selection of everything, dishes are constantly changing and everything is extremely tasty! Breakfasts, as in any other hotels ("continental breakfasts" means a standard set of food), of course, are not very diverse and the choice is not too big, but you can eat well for every taste.
The only negative is very little fruit. But we can fix it at our expense.
5. The beach is really 1 for 4 hotels: coral, entry from the pontoon. At the beginning there was a good selection of free sun loungers, despite the time when you arrive at the beach, but on the last day you had to lie down on the sand. Obviously, the season begins : ) I will only note that after 12:00 the outflow for lunch begins and the beach becomes more spacious. So it's better to arrive at 12:00. Shuttles to / from the beach run exactly on schedule, every hour (except 11:00 and 15:00).
6. Animation was not of particular interest to us, because we tired it ourselves: in the evenings we went to Naama Bay and the Old Market. But as far as I understood, she was not bad there: there was a fakir show and oriental dances, etc. In the morning - exercises, volleyball in the pool, in the evening - water polo. From 22:00-24:00 - disco.
7. Location is the only serious minus of the hotel. It is located at the very beginning of Hadaba. The only way to get out of there is by taxi. It takes about 20 minutes to walk to the route where the minibuses go. True, there is a diving center next to the hotel, and there are various shops nearby on different sides, and the Internet is also in the direction of the main road. Walking around the hotel is not interesting. For a taxi to / from Naamu Bay they paid 15 pounds (if they catch a taxi that is coming).
8. The composition of the hotel guests is constantly changing. But the majority are Russian speakers. There are also many Poles and British. Many of the staff do not speak Russian (I consider this a plus - otherwise there would be even more Russians and ours, and as practice shows, the hotel deteriorates in such cases). But there are inscriptions in Russian. I especially liked "do not take food out of the restaurant. " (And there was no such inscription in English... )

TOTAL: By Egyptian standards, this is a good 4-star hotel. Be friendly to the staff, preferably address them in English and may you be happy : )
Translated automatically from Russian. View original