Good family hotel

Written: 6 january 2020
Travel time: 24 december 2019 — 2 january 2020
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
tour operator
TUI. Since the purchase of the ticket, neither the time of departure nor the length of stay have changed.
At the airport at the exit no one met - I had to look for a bus on my own.

Settlement
Charmillion Club Resort.
Since we arrived early, we arrived at the hotel for breakfast. But, according to the conditions of the usual settlement, the bracelets were given after 10:30.
We were supposed to check in after lunch, but already at 9:30 we were sorting things out in the room.

Number
The fourth building, room 4102. All rooms in building 01-10 have a view of the seventh building (that is, the "garden").
Rooms and equipment knew the views, but the condition is satisfactory.
Conveniently, there was a kettle in the room. Tea, coffee, sugar, gels, shampoos and soaps are replenished with each cleaning.
The thickness of the walls and the overall soundproofing was always enough to get a good night's sleep.

The guy who cleans the room, although he doesn’t speak Russian and English well, is pleasant and sociable, asking when it’s more convenient for us to have him clean.

Nutrition
The food is good.
Constantly fish (2-3 kinds), meat (chicken, beef), for a week there were 3 times seafood (shrimp, crabs, mussels).
Pleasant employees, always ask, suggest, not intrusive. Nobody asks for money.
Each birthday in the dining room is congratulated with songs and dances.
Water must be taken from the bar.

Territory
Big, beautiful. There are no hotels nearby.
On the territory of adjacent hotels you can walk without obstacles.
There are no shops (except those on the territory of hotels) or parks close, there are unfinished hotels and desert around.
Since the airport is close, planes fly low over the hotel (children like it).
Mosquitoes are poisoned on the territory. Because of this, we do not recommend running children on the grass (there was a problem with the skin).

Swimming pool
There is a small children's pool with warm water and a large one for adults with cooler, but warmer than the sea.

Beach
The beach is very small pebbles - almost like sand. There were enough beds for everyone.
It is very good for children that there is a sandy entrance, but for adults it will be shallow.
Not far from the beach there is a playground with grass and a kids club.

reefs
There is a 170 meter bridge. The reefs are vibrant and colorful. There are more fish on the left, and the relief itself is more beautiful on the right.

Weather
Since we were at the end of December, it was windy most of the time. Although it is more calm in the morning than in the afternoon. By itself, the wind interfered only a few days during the entire trip.
It was always sunny and warm to wear shorts in sunny weather.

Animation
There is animation, you can see them all day, the guys are good, but the entertainment itself is at "4-".
In the evening concerts are either by strong animators or invited guests.

Internet
Wi-Fi only at the reception and that is very poor.
We bought an Etisalat SIM card at the airport. For $ 10 they were supposed to give 18 GB, but in the end only 9 GB were available.

Be vigilant and take other operators.
On the territory of the kostinnitsa, it catches 3G steadily, and at the very top, everything is 4G.

Guide
Ashraf Hassan (+201015606716). Prices are reasonable according to the description.
We planned to take an excursion on the bathyscaphe. We could buy for $ 35 for an hour not from the guide, but we bought into the description that the tour is for 2 hours and as a bonus on the last day, check-out will not be at 12, but at 14.
The cost of this tour with a guide is $40. He issued a check, but there was no date, no time, no name of the excursion on it, and there were problems, because of which they did not want to take us to it.
They swam for an hour and a half, where one hour was in the hold itself (bathyscaphe) with transparent walls. Everyone enjoyed the trip.

pyramids
For $60 (taking into account that the visa for $25 was bought in advance) a bus tour to Cairo was bought.
It’s hard to go by bus back and forth for more than 7 hours - it’s almost impossible to fall asleep due to the fact that it’s uncomfortable and cool.
Transfer from the hotel at midnight, then transfer to the regular bus.
in Cairo meets the tour bus with a Russian-speaking guide. The stops were as follows:
one.
Cairo National Museum (up to two hours).
2. Boat trip on the Nile (+$10.20-30 minutes).
3. Store of aromatic oils.
4. Lunch.
5. Pyramid of Giza.
6. On camels near the pyramids (+$10.15-20 minutes).
7. Walk to the Sphinx.
8. Papyrus store.

New Year's buffet
Subjectively, at $ 140 per person, the buffet was not felt.
The event took place in a huge tent between the hotels.
The food was as usual, only much more. The booze is normal, only more. The music is the same, only louder.
They didn't even put on fireworks.
Not that we were very upset, but we will no longer come to NG in Egypt.

Eviction
According to the schedule, the check-out should be at 12:00, but we managed to reach 12:45 without any problems. Bracelets can not be cut off and calmly go to dinner.
The bus to the airport was at 15:00.

Results

A good family hotel, which has a good beach and normal cuisine.
No one bothers with pestering and asking for a dollar.
Of the minuses, only the relative remoteness from shops and bazaars.
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