На четверку, но на твердую. A four, but a solid one.

So, everything is in order! Rested from 3-13 July 2009. The weather was excellent as always, the heat, not to say that it was terrible, but during the day from 12-16 it was preferable to stay in the room, the temperature went off scale over 40. Nevertheless, everyone remained alive without even getting a heat stroke.
1. About the area: Taba and the Gulf of Aqaba are far from SHES or Hurghada. This is really the edge of geography, or rather the end of Egypt in the sense of the border area. This is one street, customs and several administrative buildings. Outside the area to the left there are shops on both sides of the road. Fruits are sold exactly on the opposite side of the road to the hotel, where the Tabsky park and the museum are. Silence and lack of civilization are provided, but I have no doubt that everyone who goes there is aware of this, and if not, then this is their problem. (Read more Internet) .
2. Sea and beach: They left a double impression. The beach is certainly good in terms of entry and swimming: sand interspersed with small pebbles. You can walk without special shoes, corals and other obstacles at the bottom are clearly visible due to the crystal clear water. The water was clean except for the last day, a natural disaster occurred: clouds appeared in the sky, a dead calm set in, the water temperature became almost equal to the environment, from somewhere in the Jordanian territory a pile of all kinds of garbage sailed, driven by some unknown undercurrent, but this was the only case . The water temperature at first shocked 22-24, it's Mother Volga!! ! But then, either it got warmer, or we got used to it and began to feel the buzz when you are cooling in it, and not boiling on a hot day. The landscape is sea, that is, the horizon is not visible, at night the entire opposite coast glows - Jordan and Saudi Arabia !! ! I’ll explain why I spoke so much about the landscape: Aqaba is a rather narrow bay, the opposite shore is visible, and if you are right in front of it, you get the feeling that you are on a wide river, but this does not apply to our hotel. The lack of toilets did not bother me personally, locker rooms are not needed there in principle, the rooms are within easy reach. I would put a third shower in the middle of the beach, this is really necessary, because. walking to the other two from the middle is not very convenient. Beach bars are a separate song: Juice bar is a stall where the uncle pours juices, cola and more. Sit down: 4 high chairs from the shady side. Uncle is really hot, just like everyone else, there are a lot of people influxes, but there were times of complete calm when you could sit and chat with the bartender. Beer from bottles, poured into small disposable cups. About the fact that they are in the sand and lipstick is complete nonsense !! ! They are disposable, take them out of the packages. If they are lying on the sand on the beach, then who throws them there?? ? Yes, you are citizens! Juices are good, all close to natural Egyptian packaged. The second bar is a snack bar on the other side of the beach. Why didn't Snek understand. I have never seen any snacks there, maybe they had to be asked, I don’t know. The beer in this bar is draft, it's worse. Otherwise, everything is the same, but it is under a canopy, there is already a place to sit here, although it is a little further from the sea and it is hotter there. There is a problem with sunbeds. But it didn’t bother me, I got up at 8, washed my face and until 9 o’clock it’s really easy to find and take sunbeds. What a fool got up and occupied them there at 6-7 in the morning, I don’t know, complete stupidity! It’s hard to find a free one at 10-11, yes. But there is a way out of this to give money to a beach worker and he will drag him from somewhere, most likely throwing off someone’s towels, as a rule, our compatriots. That seems to be all.

3. Territoriya: Sufficiently free, as some say bald. But this is an obvious plus - when there is a terrible heat outside, then the breeze on the territory is very relevant. Since there is grass everywhere, nothing is heating up, everyone wrote about a lazy pen, original and beautiful, tame ducks. There were no mosquitoes, all repellents were taken home. Two pools, one central in it are all foreigners and the Arab army, the second near the bungalow is freer and very calm. In the first bar, the bartender barely has time to serve orders, in the second, absolute calm. What I did not like is that they are both shallow, the maximum depth is 160cm. The neighboring Hilton with its green territory certainly pleases the eye, but in the heat it is not blown, everything is heated there, there are a lot of stones, I want to run away as quickly as possible.
4. The hotel itself: We had an excellent two-room family suite, on the ground floor, with two balconies, overlooking the sea and the territory of the bungalow and the parade ground. The location was perfect it was very quiet and peaceful. The Arab diaspora is settled in the building closer to the main restaurant, I really sympathize with everyone who gets close to them. The furniture in the room is not to say that it is new, but not worn out, the plumbing that worked in case of problems was repaired instantly, applied once, corny water did not stop in the toilet . The cleaner cleaned regularly, seemed to change everything, and I didn’t mark the towels and the bed and didn’t follow it. Relax food, not control others. From time to time, the watchman comes in, asks if there are any problems, commendable !! ! Lobby: here it is frankly small, but it is in it that everyone gathers in the evening. The seats were packed, the language was on the first day of arrival, the Arab was blowing on a pipe, all subsequent days there was only background music from the speakers. Fraon Bar can't cope with the influx of people, the queue is a constant phenomenon. The reason is not the slowness of the waiters and bartenders. The bartender is just a reactive guy. It’s just that our people like to order everything 3-6 servings at a time in one hand, closer to 10 pm juices run out, drinks like Jupi are used. Juice-based cocktails, I didn’t drink them, I’m a beer drunk, beer was enough for me. There are no refined drinks, but this is Egypt, for good alcohol you are welcome to Europe. The staff is very friendly and trained. No one freezes any tips, the attitude towards everyone is even and the same. The staff does not like Arabs, they always try to download rights, climb out of line, all this is immediately stopped, they are indignant, shouting, this must be seen. But the soul rejoices for the guys!
5. Nutrition: This is where I was surprised. The choice of dishes is really not very rich, but the quality of their preparation for Egypt is quite good. I left with signs of acute gastritis, with a bunch of medications. So, everything went well for me there, none of our family has ever been poisoned, including an 8-year-old child. Everyone found their favorite dishes. Yes, in the end we were already full, but only on the 10th day, and so, everything was enough for us. Service was not a problem for us. it just so happened that we were among the first to come, we just became friends with some waiters, they brought everything to us quickly and did not confuse anything. We gave bashish only on the last day, and then, as a gratitude in the end. Fruit is not to say that the abundance, but we had enough. restaurant staff and managers are always looking for solutions to improve quality. Here the serving is lame, that's a fact. Either there are no spoons, then there are forks... I really liked the fish table and cream soups. Once there were grilled prawns, almost always mussels, squid, fish with different sauces. But again, lovers of bacon, sausages, pork are not here, you are welcome to Europe, for good euros.
Entertainment: They were of little interest to us, I saw animators who tried to do something, but it was at the level of a village club, although our 8-year-old daughter really liked it. The rest is standard, volleyball, aerobics, etc. There is nothing else there, but we went there just to take a break from them.

There were excursions, not through an operator, but I won’t advertise an agent. We went to Jerusalem, we liked it, the guide Boris is a guide from God, very interesting. I saw how you can freely pass the Israeli border and go to Eilat. If you are interested, ask separately, I will write.
So, what is the result. Our holiday was a success exactly as we planned and expected. The hotel is certainly not five, but five is excellent, and four is good. We were GOOD in it and for that we thank him.