Good hotel but no sea

Written: 6 august 2015
Travel time: 26 july — 4 august 2015
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 10.0
After we chose this hotel, we read the reviews and were terribly upset - is it really so bad? And the Germans are rude, and the Arabs pester even with her husband, touch her hands, etc. , and the sunbeds on the first and second lines are paid, and the guide Ahmed from Anex Tour is terrible and boor and a lot of things. But everything was already paid for and we just put up with it. And here we are arriving. .

HOTEL AND ROOM.

We arrived late, so we were at the hotel around 10pm. Naturally, without dinner, because everything was already closed. Only the bar is open. Check-in waited 20-30 minutes. The room was given without money - excellent, on the 2nd floor closer to the sea. View of the sea and the pool with a garden (in general, judging by the balconies, all rooms have this view). One minus - the bed in pellets. Sleeping was uncomfortable. They give 2 bottles of water in the room, into which you can pour water after yourself from the coolers that are located throughout the hotel, including on the floor with the room. The hotel has 2 buildings, we were in 1.
The second is usually settled by those with children, so the benefit of the cry of the children did not get us. The hotel has a 24-hour bar.

TERRITORY.
Well-groomed, beautiful. Nice to walk.

NUTRITION.
I really liked the hummus. Meat was scarce, fish too. Mostly vegetables and pasta. There are also few fruits, only melon, apples and oranges. Watermelon filled up a couple of days. Every day of the week a different dinner. The French remained hungry, for there was nothing to eat. But with all this, you can eat. Delicious pastries. They got poisoned with a local sprite (they call it lemon-up). My stomach hurt terribly and I suffered all the days of rest as a result, sitting on pills. Beer in Egypt, as usual, is good. The rest did not drink, and I do not advise. It is no longer a secret to anyone that local alcohol is bad.

STAFF.
I'll start with the guide Ahmed, with whom we were generally afraid of meeting after the reviews) We came to the meeting.
A nice guy, he explained everything in an accessible way, did not force him to buy excursions (like some who wrote reviews), he was not rude. On the contrary, he was very polite, helped in various matters, in the end they just became friends with him. We bought a SIM card from him for $ 20, enough for 10 days of rest just right.
The rest of the staff are friendly. Speak Russian. Do not stick (! ), do not be rude. Do not get with excursions on the beach.

BEACH AND SEA.
Here's the most important thing. There really is no sea, because it is located in the bay. Water comes and goes in different ways. You can swim only if among the corals, which does not give pleasure at all, because you beat your feet against them.

There are paid sunbeds on the first line, but there are few of them and they are completely uncomfortable - double. If you go further along the beach, then there are free regular ones. So I don't understand what people are complaining about here. There are always sunbeds available on the beach. 2 days lay on a pontoon. there, of course, you can swim, but again - among the corals and there is little space.
ANIMATION.
I don’t like animation at all, in fact, but here we went a couple of times - it’s normal. The girls are good, they made friends with one.

CONTINGENT.
A lot of Europeans, Russians and not particularly Ukrainians. The Germans were not rude) In general, everyone behaved with dignity, except for Russians and Ukrainians. It even became embarrassing that we came from the same country, because they are judged mainly by this bully. They got drunk at night and yelled under the balconies, not letting them sleep. We were rude to the bartenders at the beach bar at the request to drink beer and juice at the bar, because there are no more glasses, and there are a lot of people. Many young girls behaved easily.

In general, I liked the hotel, but here is the sea. . It's the only reason I won't go there again.
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