Красивый, с великолепной зеленой большой территорией, с шикарным песчаным пляжем Beautiful, with a magnificent green large territory, with a gorgeous sandy beach

Initially, we planned to go to Egypt in April, but after comparing the prices of January and April, we decided to go in the last week of January. We stopped at Continental thanks to the recommendations of relatives who have already been here several times. The travel agent did not object and found a good flight at 00-5.26 January with an arrival on February 2 at 2-30. So, a full 8 days to 7 nights! We took a week later from the travel agent Join Up from Vyshneve along L. Ukrainka. We went with the whole family of 6 people, which means that these are 2 autonomous rooms 2 + 1.1 + 2 (children 16.11, 8.2 years old). We really liked the price of 18 thousand UAH for each room. The taxi driver was marked by ignorance of the location of terminal F and unloaded us at D. This did not upset us especially, because thanks to the Shuttle bus we quickly got to F. Airport procedures are standard, both here and in Sharm, the operator has already prepared completed declarations for us and scanning and photographing went quite quickly .
The purchase of the etisalat sim card delayed a little: people did not have a balance with $20 (bought 24 GB for $12, next time we will buy more Internet as for such a company (not enough! ) and two sevens. When the wife was not nearby lost the Internet).


We arrived by bus at 6 am. Of course, they were not going to settle us so early. The clock walked. And together with some other tourists, we decided to pay for early check-in, which is officially $20 per room. They put bracelets on the reception desk and told us to go and have breakfast. After breakfast, they already looked at us not so interestedly and no one was in a hurry to settle. Another family settled in what was and we decided to wait because we have 2 rooms nearby. We suffered in clothes both on the beach and on the territory, and when the moral forces could not stand it, we went to the reception. True, this time we were immediately settled and brought our suitcases. The first building on the left behind the reception.
They settle by the sea for some higher (we no longer had the desire to be interested) amounts of surcharges if you have not already indicated in the See voucher. The rooms, of course, are old, but clean enough and we were completely satisfied throughout the rest. Porter dollar. 2 chocolates for bringing a crib for a 2 year old. Well, a day later they ordered cleaning (also left a chocolate bar). No one demanded - this is our tip.

The water is hot all the time. The air conditioning didn't work, but it wasn't cold at night. They took warm blankets, bedspreads from the shelf. The location of the rooms is very normal as there were 2 heated pools nearby. And the heating was very good - the water was almost hot on some days. And from the sea to go to these pools is already far away. 1 heated pool with slides (10-12.14-16), and the second is for children with children's plastic slides-figures and waterfalls. In which my children loved to massage. These pools are a real joy for my children.
That the elders and the younger descended to their heart's content, the younger 8th annual close to the meeting home ran to descend.

The animators are cool. Very plastic dancers and sociable people - during the day on the beach and dancing and exercising with games aground. Both the daughter and the wife and the 8-year-old shash danced. And volleyball in the 15th year (my elder 11 years old withstood the entire match of an hour and a half with adults. In the evening at the 20th Disco Club for kids. It’s a pity that the advertising of all these events is word of mouth. No posters and announcements. I don’t know if there are social networks in the hotel? We learned about disco only in the evening.

We met with our Joynap guide Mustafa - we paid tribute to his wonderful (I didn’t think that I touched the guide so much!! ! ! ) acting skills and bought a very cool all-inclusive excursion from him with camels, ATVs, swimming in the sea and diving for 75.

from an adult (I went and older than 2 children 16 and 11 years old) and they didn’t pay for our 11-year-old, which attracted us. But I'm afraid that in the season he will not have such a price. The tour turned out to be really mega-saturated - snorkeling in Dahab is wonderful (there the degree of transparency of the coast beats all ideas of shame) descended from the yacht. Scuba suits will have to be rented for $6. We still remember a wonderful lunch on a yacht of seafood and fish soup.

The quads are cool, but the arafatka and glasses are not really needed there - the route between the mountains with almost no desert is quite easy for anyone. Camels are cool, but the main thing is to hold on very well how the camel will sit down, because this is a landing of 2 jerks))))) diving was very successful and my daughter liked it, the instructors stopped it for more than 10 minutes. I obviously didn’t go (frankly I had a sore throat and felt a little sick) to dive, preferably healthy.
In the finale, tea drinking on the Dahab beach for diving (its feature is diving from the shore), there are not so many tourists here, but a huge number of Arab youth - as I understand it, they do not have many places where young people of both sexes could communicate informally without interference. You will also be offered to buy a photo / video report on your diving ($ 10). And all your trips ($15 for 3 dvds). Meanwhile, my wife, with 2 things and 8 year old sons, went on an excursion on a bathyscaphe (this is a ship with an underwater part with glass) looked at the fish for 2 hours - it makes sense to buy this excursion from someone cheaper (they also sell it in the diving center on Continental Beach but they have excursions at an average price between the guides and the street (30 dollars).

JoinUp also pleased with the free one !!!!!
Excursion to the Old City with my girls trying on the clothes of Muslim women and photographing against the backdrop of the beautiful new mosque of Mohammed and visiting the even more beautiful church of the Egyptian Coptic Christians. Well, traditional oil benches with a lecture (do not rush to Dahab, oils are much more interesting in price in Dahab). Sweets and all kinds of papyri. And a trinket. They didn’t strain and didn’t force them to buy. It seems to be, unlike the old market, where we were not taken for security purposes, as the guide said. Puppy have one free tour from JoinUp d Soho?

but in the morning, we chose the evening option to look at the fountain and illuminate the sculptures, in the evening it is $ 10 per adult (you are given coupons at the entrance to Soho for the purchase of water kawachay ice water hookah and a ticket for a movie about Egypt) these talents are heated on the square near the fountain on the left, and The cinema is on the right (the cinema is normal, although it can be boring for someone), we were promised that our hookah coupons could be exchanged for ice cream without any problems - it turned out to be a lie - they exchanged us, but with tension, they obviously already made a discount for 4 of our children)) )))

So much has been written about food that it’s boring to repeat myself, I’ll say that for us - the usual gentleman’s minimum of 4 (this is not 5 !!!
when, finally, the neophytes begin to carefully read the reviews) I wasn’t surprised, they waited for him, there wasn’t much exotic (mostly familiar dishes from Turkish foursomes), there were a lot of bread rolls and sweets, the chicken was, as for me, normal, the trouble with fruit is often or in sauce (which means a repetition, or something fresh is immediately taken apart). On the beach in the 12th there is a snack of a good sandwich and bad pizza. Alcoholic drinks are empty, I drank beer (normal), but 80% of Ukrainians who were in overwhelming numbers at the hotel in January poured these tasteless liquids in considerable quantities in order to bar, in restaurants, so complain if they drink it .

Enrollment in the Ala Carte restaurant at exactly 7-00 at the entrance to the Terrace restaurant on the 2nd floor (there is also a restaurant on the 0th floor that operates at lunchtime and in the evening, which is convenient for people heading from the beach). Arrive at 7-10, they may not be recorded.
Ala-carte is located near the children's KIDS-zone (everyone passes by the sea, but no one has ever seen a single child there !!! ) alternate: one day Italian cuisine, the next-eastern. We went to both with 2 parts of the family, the Italian one is about nothing, everything is akin in the main restaurant, except for pizza, which of course you won’t surprise anyone, I don’t advise it, past the cashier, but I would advise you to visit the East, there are also most of the dishes from an ordinary restaurant , but the meat from the grill is awesome, it’s chicken, kebab meat and a classic barbecue, my 8-year-old ate an adult portion on a level with me, he really could not eat such a plate in 2 days.

The sea was warm all the days, the air temperature during the day - pleasant sunny days when the wind blows cool, especially if you get out of the water, it's hard to bake)) Evenings are different - at the beginning it was very cold (12-13 degrees at night, warm pajamas are clearly needed ), but then it became warm - about 15-16 degrees at night, ++ although sweaters and shawls at this time will be very, very necessary in a suitcase).

For prices, if you are in the city, it makes sense to buy up there, but who plans in Dahab - everything is an order of magnitude and even cheaper (the same mangoes for 3 pieces for $ 2). Shops next to the reception set inadequate prices and do not always adequately communicate with tourists, as a result, there is never anyone there, although out of laziness we still bought children's t-shirts from them with a creak, but sold us for 3 dollars - this is a good price. (yes and 4 norms)
I had to use the services of an insurer - a 2-year-old with a temperature, the doctors who arrived at the clinic for half an hour spoke only in English, the service was polite and at a high level, they gave me more medicines in a package, everything was free.

The hotel staff is quite attentive and unobtrusive, in our check-in about 70% of tourists from Ukraine, other Belarus and Kazakhstan, a few Arabs and very few Europeans, almost all of the staff communicates with you in Russian.

When leaving the hotel, you forgot your bag with winter clothes in the storage room, waited (Glory and respect to JoinUp)? at Sharma airport, although the check was detailed with bloat, they took it as entertainment, so it was not in suspense, the declarations and back were already filled out.