Second time in this chain, the water park is super

Written: 27 october 2018
Travel time: 19 — 26 october 2018
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 9.0
We drove from the Dnieper through Kryvyi Rih, 2 adults and 2 children, 7 nights - 1500 dollars. Road 3 hours, 2 hours at the airport, 3.5 hours flight. In general, the road is tiring. We flew with the JointUp operator.
We choose this hotel for the second time because of the large water park, good food, beautiful reef, proximity to the airport. But this time disappointment awaited us - we were the last to be taken to the hotel, they rolled around the charm for more than an hour. Well, we thought we might be the last ones to go back. But more on that later.
We arrived at about 8 pm (we left the Dnieper at 9-40 from the circus with a free transfer).

The first thing we did was come to the reception and they gave us room 3414 . . here we were disappointed - the first room was large with a double bed, but the second part for children - or rather, this part was the first - looked like two beds were placed in the corridor and fenced off from compacts wooden wall with a door. There was no table, no closet, not to mention the fact that the audibility from the corridor was terrible. We went to the reception, they started asking us $ 10 for a better room, a suite. The room 7421 shown to us was really great, 2 large rooms, the children had two sofas, a table, TV, cabinet, armchair! Remained here. But when in the evening my husband came to pay, we were told that we need to pay $ 10 for each day ! ! And this was at 11-30 pm when things were laid out, the children were bought and there was no longer any strength for new disputes. In general, we said that we would solve the issue in the morning.
At 9 o'clock there was a meeting with our agent, Karim. While waiting for him, we talked with vacationers and it turned out that several families have the same number as ours for free !!!!! ! Made a scandal and didn't pay anything!
The room is cleaned every day, there were 2 large and 2 small towels for 4 and they didn’t want to give more. The room had shampoo, shower gel, soap, hair dryer, paper. There is a safe and mini fridge, kettle, tea and coffee bags, sugar.
There are mosquitoes - it is better to take a fumigator.
In the evening, there are quite a lot of mosquitoes on the street, it is better to take funds with you, the locals hardly helped. It is better to take clothes for the evening light and loose, which will close the legs.
The food at the hotel is good.
Breakfast - scrambled eggs and omelettes in different versions, pastries, potatoes, vegetables, boiled eggs, delicious donuts, pancakes, croissants, yogurts, cereals with milk and more.
Lunch - soups, rice, french fries, Moussaka, chicken, beef, pasta, salads, in general, a lot of things.
For dinner, either crabs, or burgers, grilled fish, and more were added to the lunch list.
From fruits - guava, dates, melons, pomegranates, apples, oranges.
You take your own food, you order drinks.
There are restaurants - they need to be booked at the life reception on a special scoreboard on the first day, then there were no places. Were in Lebanese - they serve grilled meat, rice with cinnamon, salads.
Fish - brought soup with crab, 2 shrimp and a few fish, white wine there was solid water.
Beach - sun loungers, umbrellas, pontoon 150 meters with a beautiful reef and fish, children 7 years old swim in a mask. The wind was strong on the last day, we were lucky with the weather. On the shore, the sunset is rocky, slippers are needed, there are a lot of fish even near the shore. The beach has a shower, toilet, bars.

Swimming pool - 3 of them - in the garden, club and Life, we went to all, and this is a plus. Near each pool there is a bar with drinks and snacks. The pools are large, with different depths from a meter to 2x, there is where to swim. Near each pool there is a children's pool. An observer sits near all the pools, does not allow jumping from the sides and looks after the order, there is a separate person near the Children's Pool, the children could be safely left.
Water park - super slides, part of the city for puck riding - green open, orange closed pipe, toilet (only a double puck and children under 10 are not allowed! ). Then a blue-red slide - they descend on it without anything. The depth of the pool is 1.2 m, so if the child does not swim, you need to wear armlets. Then Pasha's favorite hill is the red one, the highest, I was afraid to ride it, but it turned out to be not terrible, I recommend it. On all slides on a double puck, the speed is higher.
Then on the right - slides on which they ride on rugs - a closed pipe, an open yellow one, 2 green ones and a triple blue one. And behind the left - a wide turquoise slide - went on it 1 slow.
There is also a separate children's water park with slides, pistols on the water, a large bucket that can be changed, etc.
There is a wave pool which include 3 times a day for 15 min.
Trips:
We took hotel diving, $ 25 from the shore 15 minutes.
Excursions also offer diving for $ 25-30 per ship, with lunch, but we did not want to lose the whole day - from 7-30 to 16-00, and the children are very sick.
We went to the old city by minibus - they paid 10 pounds there (it's about 60 cents, about 20 UAH), back -20 pounds. For 2 adults and 2 children 7 years old in the arms. Minibuses often run 5-10 minutes, immediately from the entrance to the hotel, behind the barrier. For a taxi, the bargaining price is -4 dollars. Minibuses run around the clock. Best to go around 8pm.
At the old market they bought mango for $1/kg, lemongrass for $1 per 150 grams, a full-face mask for children with 2 valves for $15. You have to haggle near it. We saw a fish restaurant, large shrimp 11 dollars, but we were not hungry.

The hotel bar bought whiskey, syrups. You can take our vodka with you - they appreciate it and they are happy to exchange it for their drinks. The alcohol is quite strong, the beer is tasty, light, 3.5 degrees. There are many different syrups, not everything is on the bar, you need to find out - they did not immediately find out that there is milk with different syrups for children, and my favorite pino colada turned out to be.
We went to the George Clooney store - write in Viber and they take you free of charge in both directions for shopping, go 5 minutes - there are long queues in the store - from 10 minutes in the morning to 40 minutes in the evening. The store is open from 10 am, the prices in it are adequate, like after a bargain, no one is deceiving you, they calmly count and give change, which saves energy. We bought mangoes for $ 1 on the road - we were packed in a box with improvised handles, in a box about 8 pieces, 6-7 kg, we took them in hand luggage. There are also many souvenirs, figurines, masks, sweets, fabric and plastic bags from $ 25, bags, belts, clothes, spice teas, papyrus, arafatki, oils and creams, shampoos, etc.
Animation in the amphitheater, at 20-30 for children for 1 hour, then for adults. Animators are not intrusive.
In general, everything is super, I recommend this hotel.
Back - plane at 10 am, asked to wake up at 6-00, no one called! We were picked up first, again we were driven for more than an hour, it would be better if we slept, had breakfast and went by taxi, there are only 6 km.
They give dry rations - buns, couasan, cucumber, cheese, sausage, orange. Our children don’t eat this, so at dinner at the entrance we asked for a sudok and took burgers and fruit with us and did not regret it!
Have a good holiday everyone!
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