Honest and detailed story

Written: 21 may 2010
Travel time: 19 april — 1 may 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 10.0
I'll start with the difficulties of choice. We are from Nizhny Novgorod. There was a limited amount of funds, so the choice was again made carefully and for a long time. I myself am well acquainted with the tourism business and have chosen a tour by following trends since January 2010. The requirements were simple, namely greenery (this is an important indicator. The more well-groomed the hotel, the more attentive, patient the staff), chamber space, cozy buildings with no living creatures in the form of midges , spiders and other cute centipedes. I have already been to Marmara and there is something to compare with. So we stopped at the Riana Hotel - it is good in all these senses, but the tour operators do not remove it from the site immediately, and as often happens, the hotel refused because there were simply no places left. Take Virginia. Now its name is Sol Virginia and it now belongs to the Sol hotel group, which began to affect the service in the best way.
The flight was through Moscow and, oh, miraculously Pegas Touristik again, and again I am very pleased with the clarity of this operator and the absence of unfounded words. We arrived at the hotel at 19.00. I immediately approached the guide and met her. An appointment was made in the morning. At the Reception there were no requisitions and the number was given 5020. This is the 2nd building on the 2nd line of buildings across a lovely lawn with a beautiful children's corner (see photo). The room was on the 3rd floor and with two beds. Well... I'm mentally normal so I simply and easily pushed them together and it turned out 1 huge gorgeous bed !! ! ! We did not see any midges, mosquitoes, cockroaches for the whole vacation even once! In the morning I went out to the balcony and made sure that the room was excellent. The noise from the pool did not reach us at all. There was only one fault in the room - the lamp socket! Refrigerator, safe, air conditioning, lamps worked flawlessly.
I’ll tell you right away about a nuance: hotel towels have THREE yellow stripes.

On the tour to Ras Mohammed, we confused them with strangers and got a little nervous, but everything worked out. And now the main thing for our men is food. There is uniformity. I'm not going to lie - the choice is minimal. If there were moments of presence of more than 6 selections, these were not very successful attempts to make, for example, chicken with rice and cinnamon, not tasty terrible. There was also a barbecue, but the queue had to stand for about 20 minutes. Drinks are a separate topic. There they are poured simply into thimbles. Normal glasses are simply taken away. Invite local strongly do not recommend for children. I dropped it on a thin chiffon scarf - the colors faded ! ! ! Compared to Marmara, food is 5 times less. More precisely, not food, but choice. I mean beans, lentils, scrambled bread, boiled potatoes and chicken! Pastries and sweets are a big part of the dining area. Dishes 10! There is a regular bus to the beach. Walk to the beach for about 25 minutes. Another nuance.
The distance in tourist offers for hotels of the 2nd line is often indicated to the NEAREST beach and it does not matter that it is not for this hotel. The beach is good. In my photographs, he is both in a small storm and in calm time. Well maintained, sunbeds mostly serviceable. There are several hotels on the beach, but it was not felt. A huge request to future visitors to the beach - DO NOT PUT YOUR FISHES ! ! ! YEAST BREAD IN EGYPT, FISH DIE IN TORMENT. EGGS EVERYWHERE, BUT THIS IS ANIMAL FOOD AND IT ATTRACTS PREDATORS, MORAINS AND OTHER BEAUTY!! ! ! I WILL SAY AS AN EXAMPLE ... YOU DO NOT FEED CHILDREN WITH CHIPS! ! ! There were a lot of Ukrainian pickled beauties on the beach during our visit. Pleased indescribably)) They have no fish-sausage, no matter the creation, then a piece of lard))) About money! The exchanger and ATM in the hotel do not work. The nearest bank is in the center of Il Mercato and near the car dealership. It is from the hotel to the left to the crossroads and to the right.
Internet at the hotel costs 3 dollars 30 minutes, calls 2 dollars a minute. Plastic cards are not accepted. There's a little trick there. They tell you that you can pay with a card and you calmly order the service, but when paying you are told that you can pay, but only when the terminal is working, but today this is not the case and you will run and look for money. Probably almost everything. In general, the pros: a well-groomed beach with gorgeous corals, an excellent shallow pool for children and attentive animators (they entertained every day, well done), a lot of sweets, attentive staff at the reception, the territory is BEAUTIFUL, the location excludes winds from the desert from entering the hotel, good rooms.
Obvious flaws: after the change of the head, table food has not yet been adjusted, comments and discussions of the staff about you and those around you behind your back during meals (we were not touched, but not pleasant), there was no change of linen for 10 days at all despite the rewards, but they brought flowers . About the operator only pluses. In the middle of the vacation, the guide Oksana changed. She is a serious person and does not perceive stupid questions to her better with specifics. Here is the case. The lady and her boyfriend. Time 13.00. Suitable and dialogue begins. What kind of operator is this. Tez licks and you!!! ! ! The fact is that this couple arrived at 6.00 am and allegedly fed them with a spoon in this case. Fact: breakfast from 7.00, but hotel nights start from 12.00 local time. Accordingly, their stay is paid for from 12.00 on the day and the time of departure here does not matter according to international rules. They got them in sooo late. At 11.00 they were specially vacated the room, but they had to (see above) at 12.00.

These are the situations. Here the minus is not the operator, but the company that did not explain the nuances due to the early arrival. I apologize if the review is not complete, if you have questions, write.
In general, the hotel is a solid 4 and no more. If you are an esthete and are not burdened with a capricious girlfriend or friend, then this is your choice!
Translated automatically from Russian. View original