Отдых в Табе Holidays in Taba

Rested from 27.02. on 1.03. 10. I’ll make a reservation right away, we were looking for a hotel without compatriots (especially young people), for a calm, “vegetable” holiday and a trip to Israel - we got everything 100%. So we flew to Sharm in the evening with a delay of 1.5 hours, which is almost on time for the charter, we flew from Sheremetyevo (remember this is important). During the flight, we fully enjoyed the drunken youth, who probably still believe that eating whiskey while hiding from the flight attendants to a swine state is a feat. There are no complaints about the transfer, Pegasus has no problems with this : ), The escort was silent all the way, for which many thanks to him, with Pegasus in Egypt for the 4th time, they always brought it on time, and I didn’t want to listen to the learned greeting from the guide, if not I want to watch the “exercises” of the flight attendants before takeoff. The Sharm-Taba road takes 4.5 hours for this, be prepared, as always, there was a thumping company that ran out to smoke at each hotel where tourists were unloaded, and the company consisted of girls of not the first freshness, who, in response to the guide’s polite remarks, advised him to change cologne. Movenpik is the penultimate hotel in Taba, only 100m from the Hilton. right on the border with Israel. WHY I told about drunk compatriots? Then, so that you can understand what a buzz, I finally got after 9:00 on the road to the Hotel at 2:00 in the morning. We met, got drunk, washed, settled - 10 min. and there were 7 of us! The language of communication is English, the hall is like in a decent Turkish hotel, things in the room were in 2 minutes.
Room: new furniture, air conditioning, safe, refrigerator (water in it), TV - everything works. View of the pool and the sea. Problems: 1 Russian channel, picture quality, no. Key cards are constantly demagnetized at the most inopportune time and you have to go to the reception.
Cleaning: to be honest, I don’t understand people who write that they check the cleanliness under the beds, looking for some kind of “control” stains on bed linen, in my opinion, this is already a clinic. Therefore, I will say briefly: they cleaned every day, well, fresh towels, left for tea.

Territory: large, it seemed a little empty, this is due to the fact that artificial ponds have not been restored, but everywhere there is a chic lawn.
Beach: about 1 km. 50% destroyed, but this is perceived as an addition to the landscape : ), because. there are NO problems with sunbeds and a place. RIF, more or less nothing on the border with the Hilton, but if you were in Sharm, for example in Rojan, you will be disappointed. The reef itself is small with separate islands, but there are moray eels, flute fish and other trifles. Two bars. Great bar with great coffee and cocktails. Juices are everywhere from packages (not Jupi), except for the tomato, it is in glass, bottled beer. (Jupi is only for breakfast in the main restaurant). Problem: There is a TOILET on the beach, but out of 3 of my visits to this institution, it worked, one : ((( time. Massage, diving, camels are offered on the beach : ), but very correctly and unobtrusively. What else did I like about the beach spaciousness, if you successfully put a sunbed and look at the ruined part of the beach, then the impression of a “wild”, deserted beach. . . BEAUTY They went from the Hilton to our beach, but the guards politely sent them back.
Meals: the main restaurant, yes, there is always FISH, MEAT, CHICKEN, prepared differently each time, very tasty. Every evening the grill is different, the liver on it is great, it's just a discovery for me. BUT All vegetables (and these are cucumbers and tomatoes, oh and even cabbage), it feels like chopped with an ax. There are no salads, it is better not to risk it. And fruits are a separate song: melons, oranges, grepfruits, dates, bananas, guava, but there can only be melons and dates or just UNCUT ORANGEES (have you seen this anywhere even in 3 stars ????!!!! ! ! ), but I didn’t see the entire assortment at once. And of course the waiters : (, a separate conversation: you can’t wait for drinks if you don’t have a certain grasp. It’s very uncomfortable for yourself, because you yelled at the waiters on the first day (another 9 hours of communication with drunk compatriots affected), the rights shook in 3 languages ​ ​ at once, so they served it right away, but the sediment remained, well, the guys don’t have time when the bulk of the people are rushing to dine. So we went either to the opening itself, or when the bulk had lunch or dinner + of course Bakshish, we ate at 7- rum and in the end we found "our" waiters and gladly left them for tea, they, in turn, instantly learned our standard order : ). We dined in an open-air fish restaurant overlooking the sea for $ 5 per person, but the food is the same as in the main restaurant and the flies bite : ))). With all the minor flaws, you won't be hungry for sure. Sweets, depending on what to compare, I'm not a big fan, but my women put 4 points for sweets. Believe me, it can be much tastier and more varied, is it really necessary : )?
Swimming pool: open, not deep 1.5 m, a little cool, but you can already swim at this time, not like in January, LOW CHLORINATED. An excellent indoor pool, chlorine guard, but warm under 40 degrees. And with a jacuzzi, my ladies “boiled” there for at least an hour when it was raining.

Rain, yes, yes, you heard right, TABA is noticeable north of Sharm, not colder, but to the north, from behind the mountains it will rain, then clouds will crawl from Israel, then a thunderstorm will break out.
Entertainment: animation, standard on the beach, amateur performances in the evening in the indoor pool.
In any Turkish hotel, animators of this level would immediately be asked to go home, for example, holding a dance competition for the best couple of the hotel, out of the seven dances they proposed, they could (tried) to portray 2 !! ! : (((The guys are trying, but they don’t have enough experience, and there are still a lot of vacationers (there are still a lot of old people). They should work as counselors somewhere, gain drive, otherwise everything is somehow sluggish, it doesn’t work out to BURN. And don’t say that there is no animations, here in Rodzhan, the guys used to burn at least in darts, even in bochu, at least aqua aerobics and the whole hotel knew the hotel dance and danced 5 times a day.
Hilton: related to entertainment, this is my ladies' nightly shopping. And it's nice to compare the crowded area of ​ ​ the Hilton with the open spaces of Movenpick.

Israel: $100 Not. Pegasus. There will be no ads. We wrote off, phoned on the spot. 23-00 On foot to the border (100 m. ), As the group gathers, they give out papers, as you fill in the air at the airport and forward to Israel, and our group, pushing the rest missed the first, the whole transition took 45 minutes. It's FAST believe me : ). There is a great bus waiting for you on the other side. Dead Sea (with a shop) at 3-00 toilet, shopping. 5:00 a. m. Jerusalem, 5:30 a. m. Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Everywhere the first: galgotha, a place of resurrection, etc. . Then you will see what a crowd is rushing after you, and admire the organization of the excursion. Wailing wall, panorama, (at this place PEGAS is $ 180, ends), you, Bethlehem Church of the Nativity of Christ, you had to stand there for an hour and understand what will be happening here by lunchtime. Lunch - not very good, after the Movenpick pickles. Yes, there are no checks on the border with Bethlehem, “Russians? ” - “YES” and that's it, go. . 15-00 Dead Sea. SPA center, easy desolation. Sun loungers, showers, etc. Very unusual sensations from bathing, fatigue washed away like a hand. 17-00 start to Egypt. 21-00 checkpoint you are met by a representative right at the passport control, vigilantly watching that you get everything right, they didn’t pay a penny back at the border. You go out and to the question “where” (there are a lot of buses), proudly declare “thank you, we are on foot. ” Dinner, evening at the hotel.
Evening at the Hotel: SILENCE, live music in the lobby bar, calm atmosphere, NEVER I saw a DRINK vacationer. Although the cocktails in the Pharaoh bar are just a fairy tale, they showed me Bloody Mary at 4!! ! various types, CLASS.
Do you know why there are no words about Pegasus? Yes, I don’t need them on vacation, we didn’t communicate, there are NO problems, unless of course you start asking them how it will ride to Israel and Petra without them and why it’s so expensive and..... so cheap, then excuse you for the languages no one pulls. And that without them you cannot decide to change the light bulb in your room? Well, make an effort to learn 3 words in another language; PEGASU - I came to rest on the sea, where is the stand with information about the return departure? This is all communication with them. Oh yes, the PEGASA questionnaire, well, I need to pay a decent extra so that I fill out the left questionnaires on vacation : ))).
BLUE PAPER FOR DEPARTURE: PEGASUS has nothing to do with it !!!! ! you at least figure it out and then write. Who traveled to Israel, please pay 75 pounds. It doesn't matter with whom you were carried to the Jews. You pay once. Then cross the checkpoint as much as you want. We sent my mother and friends to Cairo (also not by Pegasus), they paid at the exit from the checkpoint, then when we all went to the airport they did not pay anything. Therefore, Pegasus is still those rogues, but in this matter they are slandered : ). Here's the jamb, so the jamb is the arrival at DOMODEDOVO, in a light jacket, and the car is at SHEREMETYEVO !!!!! ! HERE Pegasus went too far, but there are no insoluble problems : ))))))