Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
8.0
Service:
7.0
Cleanliness:
8.0
Food:
7.0
Amenities:
8.0
Review video about the hotel: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=yfOVplHMmMY
1. FLIGHT:
Kyiv-Hurghada departure at 14:00. Departure without delay, airline azurair. I liked that the plane has a decent distance between the rows, the legs do not rest against the seats in front.
Transfer 1.5 hours to the hotel, the bus is large, comfortable.
2. HOTEL:
Designed for families with children. There were many children.
Small, stretched out from the sea and very green. We quickly filled out the forms and went to dinner while the room was being prepared. After dinner, we were taken to the room on an electric car, the driver at the same time made a small tour of the hotel.
We settled in building number 3, which turned out to be very well located - close to the beach and not far from the main restaurant and the amphitheater where the shows are held.
Housing 3-storey, we settled on the second floor.
The room is large, the furniture is in good condition, the bathroom is also large and everything worked.
Cleaned every day, pretty good for Egypt.
Towels were changed without any problems.
We were given 2 magnetic keys per room, which was convenient. One, usually left so that the air conditioner would not turn off.
Do not carry a magnetic key near the phone, it may become demagnetized.
But even if this happened, then at the reception they reflash without problems.
Every day they brought 2 large (1.5 liters) bottles of water.
3. BEACH:
Video from the beach: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=umBCSrNsYc0
Long, sandy, gently sloping entrance, great for small children and those who are not good swimmers.
Fenced with buoys.
There are a lot of sunbeds, but if you want to be on the "first line", then you need to borrow in advance.
If you stand facing the sea, then on the right, where the buoys end, there is a small reef (well, very small), 15-25 meters from the shore.
Having sailed another 5-10 meters and swimming to the right along the coast, you can see 2 sea turtles. Very large, but very shy. They don’t let you get close, if you try to get close, they instantly pick up speed (I never thought that turtles are so fast in water) and swim away into the sea.
We often saw them in the morning.
Opposite the neighboring Moevenpick hotel, a baby turtle grazes in the shallows, we saw him 2 times.
4. FOOD:
We mostly ate at the main restaurant, there is another one near the beach, completely open and there is pleasant live music in the evenings. The restaurant is clean. The variety of food is not very large, but everything is quite well prepared and almost everything is delicious. Only once they did not eat fish from the grill, it smelled very bad, maybe this is such a "recipe", but we did not dare : -) Standard powdered juices, cola, local alcohol. I really liked the pastries - great variety and delicious.
Life hack for wine lovers: do not order wine in the main restaurant, they pour it from large paper bags and it does not taste very good. It is better to go to the lobby bar (at the reception) after lunch or dinner, where wine is poured from bottles and it tastes much better. And pour it into glass goblets, not plastic.
There were not many kinds of fruits, usually apples, pears, melons, grapes, bananas. All fruits except bananas are sliced.
Between breakfast and lunch, as well as between lunch and dinner, there are snacks at the beach bar.
5. POOLS.
Large pool video: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=cZ464RDhngQ
Video from the mini water park: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=hBAKVzWzRTg
The hotel has 4 swimming pools. Three large ones are located in a row in the middle of the hotel and one for children with a mini-water park near the beach. For the first time we meet that there are always free sunbeds near the pools : -)
The water is clean and the pools are well kept.
The mini water park consists of three slides, one closed tube, quite steep, one open spiral, very slow for the very young, and one wide slide. Upstairs and downstairs, staff is on duty and looks after safety, but it’s better not to leave the children themselves anyway.
The slides are made with high quality, the joints fit well and are not felt when driving.
6. ANIMATION: not intrusive.
The program is standard: all sorts of gymnastics on the beach and in the sea, then volleyball and bocha. After lunch darts. In the evening there is a mini disco for children and then a show. The shows are pretty good.
7. ENTERTAINMENT IN THE HOTEL:
Horse video: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=X0aZxS79e4M
ATV video: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=B9LU7Oft3F4
To the right of the hotel, on the beach (if facing the sea), there are quad bikes, a small stable and a camel.
- At the stable, they immediately try to sell a VIP course for 4 skiing for 100 dollars, like the instructor will deal only with you personally. Do not be fooled, maybe one such lesson will be, and then all the same 2-3 people in the group. And it’s hard to call it an occupation, just riding along the coast.
If you want to ride, it's better to take one at a time and bargain. There is another lure of them that they invite children like to feed the horses, and then you look, and the child is already riding a horse, and of course they are trying to knock you down for an activity that you did not order : -)
- I liked the ATVs, we were lucky, only our family and the instructor rode. It cost $ 25 per adult and $ 10 for a child (the child was sitting with me on the quadric).
About a third of the way we drove along the plain along the sea, very flat terrain and you can safely squeeze everything out of the ATV : -) In principle, the whole road is not tiring. The ultimate goal is a small crevice in a steep shore by the sea. Below is a small observation deck, and under it the sea rages and beats against the shore. Very beautiful.
- The diving center is on the left side of the beach. If you don't want to waste a whole day on a trip with two dives from a guide, then you are here. It costs $ 30 per person (which is very cheap), they are taken by boat (like a rubber one, only big) to the island for 7-10 minutes (it can be seen from the beach). There is a dive for 20-30 minutes, a little swim without scuba gear and back.
In total, with briefing, selection of a hydra, everything takes 2 hours. at 11 days departure and at 13 already at the hotel. Equipment normal instructor too.
The caral reef is very beautiful and quite deep. Up to 5 people per trip. We were lucky again and there was only our family : -)
Tip: If you are only planning a dive with no cameraman, then discuss it right away. Otherwise, under water, about a third of the time will be spent on a "photo session".
8. ENTERTAINMENT FROM THE OPERATOR:
There was a lot of choice, but we had already seen a lot in Egypt and only took a trip to "Paradise Island".
Video from this trip: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=ihZt1n6xnZA
The trip itself is a standard boat trip with a stop at 2 coral reefs for snorkeling. The reefs are beautiful. In the second half of the trip they are brought to the "Paradise Island". This is an island with cool sand and turquoise water. There you swim and sunbathe on the sand for about an hour. The sand is very pleasant and the sea is beautiful.
9. INTERNET:
There is a free one at the reception, but very slow and when there are a lot of people, it generally "lies".
You can go to the lobby bar (there is an Internet cafe above it), there is another free WiFi point and it works faster.
10. TOTAL:
Pros: Beautiful green area. Sandy beach, great for kids. Lots of sunbeds on the beach. Mini water park. Spacious rooms. Delicious and quality food. Good cleaning in the rooms. Plenty of free seating by the pool. Cheap and not tiring diving.
Minuses. the sea is "poor", very annoying soarers of horse rides.
1. FLIGHT:
Kyiv-Hurghada departure at 14:00. Departure without delay, airline azurair. I liked that the plane has a decent distance between the rows, the legs do not rest against the seats in front.
Transfer 1.5 hours to the hotel, the bus is large, comfortable.
2. HOTEL:
Designed for families with children. There were many children.
Small, stretched out from the sea and very green. We quickly filled out the forms and went to dinner while the room was being prepared. After dinner, we were taken to the room on an electric car, the driver at the same time made a small tour of the hotel.
We settled in building number 3, which turned out to be very well located - close to the beach and not far from the main restaurant and the amphitheater where the shows are held.
Housing 3-storey, we settled on the second floor.
The room is large, the furniture is in good condition, the bathroom is also large and everything worked.
Cleaned every day, pretty good for Egypt.
Towels were changed without any problems.
We were given 2 magnetic keys per room, which was convenient. One, usually left so that the air conditioner would not turn off.
Do not carry a magnetic key near the phone, it may become demagnetized.
But even if this happened, then at the reception they reflash without problems.
Every day they brought 2 large (1.5 liters) bottles of water.
3. BEACH:
Video from the beach: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=umBCSrNsYc0
Long, sandy, gently sloping entrance, great for small children and those who are not good swimmers.
Fenced with buoys.
There are a lot of sunbeds, but if you want to be on the "first line", then you need to borrow in advance.
If you stand facing the sea, then on the right, where the buoys end, there is a small reef (well, very small), 15-25 meters from the shore.
Having sailed another 5-10 meters and swimming to the right along the coast, you can see 2 sea turtles. Very large, but very shy. They don’t let you get close, if you try to get close, they instantly pick up speed (I never thought that turtles are so fast in water) and swim away into the sea.
We often saw them in the morning.
Opposite the neighboring Moevenpick hotel, a baby turtle grazes in the shallows, we saw him 2 times.
4. FOOD:
We mostly ate at the main restaurant, there is another one near the beach, completely open and there is pleasant live music in the evenings. The restaurant is clean. The variety of food is not very large, but everything is quite well prepared and almost everything is delicious. Only once they did not eat fish from the grill, it smelled very bad, maybe this is such a "recipe", but we did not dare : -) Standard powdered juices, cola, local alcohol. I really liked the pastries - great variety and delicious.
Life hack for wine lovers: do not order wine in the main restaurant, they pour it from large paper bags and it does not taste very good. It is better to go to the lobby bar (at the reception) after lunch or dinner, where wine is poured from bottles and it tastes much better. And pour it into glass goblets, not plastic.
There were not many kinds of fruits, usually apples, pears, melons, grapes, bananas. All fruits except bananas are sliced.
Between breakfast and lunch, as well as between lunch and dinner, there are snacks at the beach bar.
5. POOLS.
Large pool video: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=cZ464RDhngQ
Video from the mini water park: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=hBAKVzWzRTg
The hotel has 4 swimming pools. Three large ones are located in a row in the middle of the hotel and one for children with a mini-water park near the beach. For the first time we meet that there are always free sunbeds near the pools : -)
The water is clean and the pools are well kept.
The mini water park consists of three slides, one closed tube, quite steep, one open spiral, very slow for the very young, and one wide slide. Upstairs and downstairs, staff is on duty and looks after safety, but it’s better not to leave the children themselves anyway.
The slides are made with high quality, the joints fit well and are not felt when driving.
6. ANIMATION: not intrusive.
The program is standard: all sorts of gymnastics on the beach and in the sea, then volleyball and bocha. After lunch darts. In the evening there is a mini disco for children and then a show. The shows are pretty good.
7. ENTERTAINMENT IN THE HOTEL:
Horse video: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=X0aZxS79e4M
ATV video: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=B9LU7Oft3F4
To the right of the hotel, on the beach (if facing the sea), there are quad bikes, a small stable and a camel.
- At the stable, they immediately try to sell a VIP course for 4 skiing for 100 dollars, like the instructor will deal only with you personally. Do not be fooled, maybe one such lesson will be, and then all the same 2-3 people in the group. And it’s hard to call it an occupation, just riding along the coast.
If you want to ride, it's better to take one at a time and bargain. There is another lure of them that they invite children like to feed the horses, and then you look, and the child is already riding a horse, and of course they are trying to knock you down for an activity that you did not order : -)
- I liked the ATVs, we were lucky, only our family and the instructor rode. It cost $ 25 per adult and $ 10 for a child (the child was sitting with me on the quadric).
About a third of the way we drove along the plain along the sea, very flat terrain and you can safely squeeze everything out of the ATV : -) In principle, the whole road is not tiring. The ultimate goal is a small crevice in a steep shore by the sea. Below is a small observation deck, and under it the sea rages and beats against the shore. Very beautiful.
- The diving center is on the left side of the beach. If you don't want to waste a whole day on a trip with two dives from a guide, then you are here. It costs $ 30 per person (which is very cheap), they are taken by boat (like a rubber one, only big) to the island for 7-10 minutes (it can be seen from the beach). There is a dive for 20-30 minutes, a little swim without scuba gear and back.
In total, with briefing, selection of a hydra, everything takes 2 hours. at 11 days departure and at 13 already at the hotel. Equipment normal instructor too.
The caral reef is very beautiful and quite deep. Up to 5 people per trip. We were lucky again and there was only our family : -)
Tip: If you are only planning a dive with no cameraman, then discuss it right away. Otherwise, under water, about a third of the time will be spent on a "photo session".
8. ENTERTAINMENT FROM THE OPERATOR:
There was a lot of choice, but we had already seen a lot in Egypt and only took a trip to "Paradise Island".
Video from this trip: https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=ihZt1n6xnZA
The trip itself is a standard boat trip with a stop at 2 coral reefs for snorkeling. The reefs are beautiful. In the second half of the trip they are brought to the "Paradise Island". This is an island with cool sand and turquoise water. There you swim and sunbathe on the sand for about an hour. The sand is very pleasant and the sea is beautiful.
9. INTERNET:
There is a free one at the reception, but very slow and when there are a lot of people, it generally "lies".
You can go to the lobby bar (there is an Internet cafe above it), there is another free WiFi point and it works faster.
10. TOTAL:
Pros: Beautiful green area. Sandy beach, great for kids. Lots of sunbeds on the beach. Mini water park. Spacious rooms. Delicious and quality food. Good cleaning in the rooms. Plenty of free seating by the pool. Cheap and not tiring diving.
Minuses. the sea is "poor", very annoying soarers of horse rides.
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