Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
9.0
Service:
10.0
Cleanliness:
10.0
Food:
10.0
Amenities:
7.0
In short, it can be like this: "I liked it. "
If a little more detailed, then you can:
The hotel is located a few kilometers from the small town of Safaga and a 45-minute drive from Hurghada. It follows from this that there are no discos, bazaars, cafes, restaurants and other joys of a “civilized” holiday nearby. However, there is a modest street with souvenir shops, which is quite enough for "tourist shopping". Prices there are similar to other places, but slightly higher than at the airport in the area of duty free shops.
The hotel consists of two parts. The first part is a four-story building with a view of the desert and mountains on the horizon on one side, and on the other, bungalow-like houses, behind which the sea is located. The second part consists of houses located throughout the territory with numbers.
Subsequently, we lacked the “Martian” landscape, which did not let us forget that we were in Egypt, that is, somewhere on another continent, although on the other side, a view of an unfinished boarding house opens up from the edge, which somewhat darkens the view outside the window. With $10 you can change your place of residence, which we did.
For some, some features are a plus for someone the same minus. What is what, for you, figure it out yourself. This hotel has: a swimming pool, a stage for evening animations, a free gym, friendly employees who do not bother with their desire to fuck you with money (although they do not refuse: ), animation is very poor and mostly in German, belly dancing for all the time 1 time, there was nothing more interesting (which suited us perfectly, because we chose the hotel away from civilization and quieter).
This hotel does not have: sellers of all kinds of junk food on the beach, a Russian-speaking crowd of vacationing compatriots, greeting a person at the entrance to the dining room, carefully pointing you to a free place. There are always enough tables for eating, not even considering that with a plate you can go out onto the terrace and dine, looking at the sea, located 30 meters away.
Towels and sun loungers are really not enough and you have to come before breakfast to take a seat for the whole day. But this is not difficult, because there is no particularly vibrant nightlife in this place, and waking up at 8 in the morning, even for big sleepers, is not a great problem.
Of the minuses, it can be noted: At times, some smell from the water that irrigates the lawns in the evenings and mornings. But I think this is more a feature of Egyptian water or Safaga than the hotel itself.
The occasional lack of cutlery on the dining tables, however, solving this problem does not take much effort - the waiters are quite quick when you ask them
The beach is small and cozy. It is very cool to lie in shallow water in warm clear water, but lovers of depth do not need to go far from the coast. There are corals 150 meters towards Safaga - perhaps there is not such a variety of the underwater world and its inhabitants, as, for example, on the coast of Sharm El Sheikh, but taking a piece of biscuit and sailing a little from the shore, you can lure several flocks of completely different fish and plenty to admire their joyful fuss in the water around the delicacy.
But we must be careful - when we were there on one of the last days there was some kind of accident and there was fuel oil on the shore and in the water, its smell was also there. But it is away from the beach of the hotel.
The assortment of food did not have time to tire with monotony, there were barbecues and fish freshly fried on the street, and evenings of various cuisines. You should not expect from the “all inclusive” system in the Martell or Hennesy bar. Drinks are local. However, slipping a couple of extra pounds to the bartender, you can enjoy quite decent quality wine (they have it in a barrel).
Children's German songs really have a place to be, but in our opinion it is incomparably better than the domestic popular stage. And in addition to "German songs" you can also hear your favorite songs of Bob Marley, Buena Vista Social Club, Yan Tiersen, Aerosmith, Roxette and many other sunny ageless music. Having become better acquainted with the staff, you can find very interesting interlocutors in them: someone may turn out to be a teacher of Arabic and Islam (working part-time at the bar in the evenings), and someone may be a student studying to be a programmer and earning money on vacation.
You can always find something to rejoice and be surprised, just as well as reasons for discontent.
Fans of grumbling, it seems to me, will always find reasons for this. There is always something “wrong” in any hotel (unless, of course, you live in a presidential hotel). It is always necessary to correlate the cost of the hotel and its quality. And this hotel quality corresponds to its price and star rating.
In this review, we tried to describe this place as objectively and in detail as possible, as we would like to read about the next place we will go.
In general, for those who like to retire from the bustle and enjoy the sea, silence (of course, not opposite the stage with loudspeakers : -) and water sports, this hotel can be recommended.
P. S. Excursions in it cost 13 dollars more than from Hurghada (for transfer)
A. and M.
30.09. 2006
If a little more detailed, then you can:
The hotel is located a few kilometers from the small town of Safaga and a 45-minute drive from Hurghada. It follows from this that there are no discos, bazaars, cafes, restaurants and other joys of a “civilized” holiday nearby. However, there is a modest street with souvenir shops, which is quite enough for "tourist shopping". Prices there are similar to other places, but slightly higher than at the airport in the area of duty free shops.
The hotel consists of two parts. The first part is a four-story building with a view of the desert and mountains on the horizon on one side, and on the other, bungalow-like houses, behind which the sea is located. The second part consists of houses located throughout the territory with numbers.
Subsequently, we lacked the “Martian” landscape, which did not let us forget that we were in Egypt, that is, somewhere on another continent, although on the other side, a view of an unfinished boarding house opens up from the edge, which somewhat darkens the view outside the window. With $10 you can change your place of residence, which we did.
For some, some features are a plus for someone the same minus. What is what, for you, figure it out yourself. This hotel has: a swimming pool, a stage for evening animations, a free gym, friendly employees who do not bother with their desire to fuck you with money (although they do not refuse: ), animation is very poor and mostly in German, belly dancing for all the time 1 time, there was nothing more interesting (which suited us perfectly, because we chose the hotel away from civilization and quieter).
This hotel does not have: sellers of all kinds of junk food on the beach, a Russian-speaking crowd of vacationing compatriots, greeting a person at the entrance to the dining room, carefully pointing you to a free place. There are always enough tables for eating, not even considering that with a plate you can go out onto the terrace and dine, looking at the sea, located 30 meters away.
Towels and sun loungers are really not enough and you have to come before breakfast to take a seat for the whole day. But this is not difficult, because there is no particularly vibrant nightlife in this place, and waking up at 8 in the morning, even for big sleepers, is not a great problem.
Of the minuses, it can be noted: At times, some smell from the water that irrigates the lawns in the evenings and mornings. But I think this is more a feature of Egyptian water or Safaga than the hotel itself.
The occasional lack of cutlery on the dining tables, however, solving this problem does not take much effort - the waiters are quite quick when you ask them
The beach is small and cozy. It is very cool to lie in shallow water in warm clear water, but lovers of depth do not need to go far from the coast. There are corals 150 meters towards Safaga - perhaps there is not such a variety of the underwater world and its inhabitants, as, for example, on the coast of Sharm El Sheikh, but taking a piece of biscuit and sailing a little from the shore, you can lure several flocks of completely different fish and plenty to admire their joyful fuss in the water around the delicacy.
But we must be careful - when we were there on one of the last days there was some kind of accident and there was fuel oil on the shore and in the water, its smell was also there. But it is away from the beach of the hotel.
The assortment of food did not have time to tire with monotony, there were barbecues and fish freshly fried on the street, and evenings of various cuisines. You should not expect from the “all inclusive” system in the Martell or Hennesy bar. Drinks are local. However, slipping a couple of extra pounds to the bartender, you can enjoy quite decent quality wine (they have it in a barrel).
Children's German songs really have a place to be, but in our opinion it is incomparably better than the domestic popular stage. And in addition to "German songs" you can also hear your favorite songs of Bob Marley, Buena Vista Social Club, Yan Tiersen, Aerosmith, Roxette and many other sunny ageless music. Having become better acquainted with the staff, you can find very interesting interlocutors in them: someone may turn out to be a teacher of Arabic and Islam (working part-time at the bar in the evenings), and someone may be a student studying to be a programmer and earning money on vacation.
You can always find something to rejoice and be surprised, just as well as reasons for discontent.
Fans of grumbling, it seems to me, will always find reasons for this. There is always something “wrong” in any hotel (unless, of course, you live in a presidential hotel). It is always necessary to correlate the cost of the hotel and its quality. And this hotel quality corresponds to its price and star rating.
In this review, we tried to describe this place as objectively and in detail as possible, as we would like to read about the next place we will go.
In general, for those who like to retire from the bustle and enjoy the sea, silence (of course, not opposite the stage with loudspeakers : -) and water sports, this hotel can be recommended.
P. S. Excursions in it cost 13 dollars more than from Hurghada (for transfer)
A. and M.
30.09. 2006
Translated automatically from Russian. View original
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