Cleanliness and gourmets are not here ...

Written: 5 march 2021
Travel time: 28 february — 7 march 2021
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 2.0
Food: 4.0
Amenities: 8.0
We chose the hotel because of its location in a windless bay near the sea and for its budget. Pros: walking distance to the beach, spacious rooms with daily change of clean white towels, clean bed linen, beach towels, bottled water, beautiful well-groomed territory and cool architecture of the hotel, sandy beach and sunset in the sea, pontoon, good underwater world for beginners to snorkel .
Cons: unsanitary conditions... in the room the furniture is dusted (they wiped it with wet wipes), the floor is swept in the center and there is thick dust in the corners), but they don’t wipe it wet, the same story in the dining room, the glass doors are godlessly stained, they definitely haven’t been wiped for months. We wiped the table with a damp cloth, it turned black.
There is enough food, you will not stay hungry, but the place here is far from gourmet. Instant coffee of low quality, milk of one name, few fruits. There are a couple of Russian and Ukrainian programs on TV. Wifi at reception is weak. We bought a VODAPHONE SIM card, good internet, but other vacationers said that ORANGE is better.

Only one case upset us, and I want to warn vacationers about this. The guide at the first meeting (join up) offered excursions, and when we refused them in writing, he got furious and threatened everything... in the end he said that he did not want to communicate with us and so that we don't contact him. This shock did not pass immediately. And 3 days before departure, we find a note at the door that in the evening a car will be waiting for us that will take us to paid testing for covid ($ 40), although we have the previous tests with us before arrival. We talked with the travel agent of our country who said not to communicate with the guide, otherwise we will get a positive result because of which we may not get on the return flight and will extort money... This ruined our entire vacation. We won't go to the test, we'll see what else they come up with. We fly out in 2 days, but the rest is ruined, I'm not sure that next time I'll go to Egypt to rest. We talked with other vacationers, their guides were calm without arrivals, they did not provoke them to take tests before departure, and some did not even go to meet their guides on the advice of their travel agencies.
We are resting in Egypt for the first time, I can’t compare Continental with other hotels, but I can compare with Bulgaria and Turkey, where there were no unpleasant arrivals from guides, and the service is better, I felt safe there.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original