Great hotel with minor flaws

Written: 14 july 2016
Travel time: 1 — 8 july 2016
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
10.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
First the pros.
Initially, we bought tickets to Sea Life, but since all the hotels on the territory were closed, we were settled in the Sea Club. We arrived at 09.00 in the morning, waited about an hour and settled. We were given a room on the 3rd floor, not far from the reception. Large, spacious, but with separate beds. The room is all working, air conditioning, hair dryer, kettle, TV... everything is there for a comfortable stay. Didn't pay anything for the room. Sea and pool view.
We immediately signed up for all the Ala Carte restaurants, and went to look at the territory and the beach.
The territory, of course, is large, clean, green. Everything is beautiful, flowers, palm trees, fountains, bridges... Places for a selfie)

There are pools of different depths, a children's pool. The beach is better on the territory of Sea Life, of course, but the pontoon is closer to the Sea Club. The sea is amazing....for such a sea you can forgive all the shortcomings... beauty fish, clean, warm water... very cool.
There were few people, so there were always enough sunbeds. Card towels.
There is one wonderful bartender Misha (Michelle) at the bar. Here he is the best person from all the staff. He speaks good Russian, cheerful, friendly, made excellent cocktails.
They fed normally. There was always a choice of food. For the first soups are different, borscht, for the second there are many varieties of meat for every taste - both on the grill, and baked and fried, they gave barbecue, kebab, delicious grilled beef, chicken, baked and fried fish, rice, pasta, potatoes ( French fries, fried, boiled, with vegetables), vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, radishes, cabbage), various salads, mayonnaise and without. There were a lot of desserts. We didn't even get to try everything. The food, of course, is original, Egyptian. But we ate and the stomach never hurt, smectite and coal were not useful)
I liked the Lebanese restaurant very much, delicious meat, unusual serving. In the Japanese one there was a show from the chef, which is also interesting.
In short, you won't leave hungry.
We went on excursions to the desert, we liked it very much. Normal quadrics, brand new. We saw off the sun, a beautiful sunset. We took an excursion on the beach at Joseph's hotel. For $ 40 for two. This included one quad bike for two, tea with Bedouins and camel riding. The price is normal, not cheaper than others.
Husband went diving for the whole day, on a yacht, with a dive for $25.
Were in Naama Bay, at the market. They bought fruits and souvenirs there. Be sure to bargain, the price is reduced by half.
The reef is beautiful, there are a lot of fish, we even saw a huge turtle. But there is nothing to compare with, in Egypt for the first time.
Now the cons.
the first is the ebbs and flows on the beach and a strong current.
Damn, since 10 am there is practically no water, you can’t swim from the shore at all, the water heats up to such an extent that it becomes uncomfortable to be in it.

And all this "happiness" lasts until 16.00-17.00, then the tide again.
Strong waves in the morning, always a red flag until 10.00. Then yellow, but still not very pleasant when you are carried away by the current. For those who swim poorly, this is discomfort.
Secondly, this is the "mega-animation" of the hotel... well, horror, guys. I don’t know how it was last year, but this year there are no animators. What is, what is not. Every evening some kind of show is incomprehensible, boring in short (
And thirdly, this is alcohol... Of course, I understand that in Egypt this is the eternal problem of all hotels, but it's so sad... You can not drink it at all, the effect is zero. Yuppies juices, in the lobby bar even more or less, you can drink.
But still, despite all these shortcomings, we were very satisfied. And the overall impression was only positive, so I put high scores.
We did not regret that we chose this hotel!
And one more thing, the most important and important thing is the mood with which you go on vacation. If you are positive, then you can not notice any errors and enjoy your vacation. steep and expensive, will be bad.
Therefore, I wish you all a good mood and an unforgettable vacation! )
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