Убогие номера и замечательная бухта Poor rooms and a wonderful bay

They put on bracelets and settled immediately upon arrival at 10 am without any questions. When checking out, the bracelets were not removed, since the departure from the hotel was at 16-20 we had the opportunity to have lunch, and at the request at 15-00 we were given a room to change clothes.
The territory is sufficient for walking, interestingly tangled with a moderate amount of greenery, cozy, two huge pools are a real decoration of the hotel, one with a jacuzzi, the second with surf and three small ones, none of them were heated in January. Territorially within walking distance of the water park, entertainment complex 1001 nights, El Mercato street. Taxi to Oul Market $2, to Naama Bay $4.
Part of the territory (left near the sea) is abandoned (including garbage). The room fund is miserable with furniture, plumbing, household appliances and a major overhaul 20 years ago, but everything worked. It can be seen that a couple of years ago they refreshed the painting of the walls and doors. They cleaned every day, twisted swans, crocodiles and a heart out of towels. The housekeeping staff were friendly and helpful.

The sea is very rich in wildlife, it was like swimming in an aquarium among a dozen varieties of fish, and already a couple of meters from the shore you can find lionfish, moray eels, stingrays and even warty (poisonous stone fish) dangerous for humans. The beach is poorly equipped and poorly cleaned, there is a lot of garbage in the sand, the mattresses on the sunbeds are dirty and shabby, there are no pontoons, the pontoon on the left of the Reef Oasis hotel is not allowed on it, the one on the right in January was in disrepair and closed for repairs. Lifeguards on the beach as well as buoys in the sea were absent. There are also no toilets and showers on the beach, in order to use these benefits you have to go up to the open restaurant, it is very close but a little inconvenient. In general, the beach evoked the impression of a public, not a hotel.
The food was monotonous and meager even by Egyptian standards, there were no fruits (except for oranges) and seafood (except for fish). Meat for lunch only grilled chicken. There was something to eat but no choice. The food service staff is rude and obnoxious. Alcoholic drinks at the bars are poured without problems and restrictions. There was no wine. I really liked that lunch in a restaurant on the beach, very nice. Breakfast and dinner in the main restaurant.
Animation is present, exercises in the morning, aerobics, mini-disco and adult dances in the evening. Everything is monotonous from day to day and quickly gets bored. There is no gym, its remains in the form of scrap piled up in the gazebo of the same left abandoned part of the hotel.
Among the vacationers were tourists shocked by what they saw and who moved on the second day to the Xperience Sea Breeze Resort and tourists who claimed to have gone to heaven (mostly those who are on vacation abroad for the first time). Those who moved to the Xperience Sea Breeze Resort, who were met upon returning at the airport, were satisfied with the last hotel.
Yes, in Club El Faraana Reef Resort there are nuances that do not fit with a 4 * hotel, but they are not so critical as to spoil the rest. In general, we are satisfied with the rest. We rested from January 16 to January 23.2018, the weather was wonderful, especially the first three days, we swam in the sea several times every day.