The hotel is purely for the British .....

Written: 25 january 2008
Travel time: 25 january — 1 february 2008
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
1.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 1.0
Amenities: 2.0
After reading amazing reviews, tourists supposedly visited this hotel, and we decided to go there. And we are very sorry about that.

And so in order. The first, not a good suspicion crept in with the arrival at Taba airport. Small shed about 300 m2. One visa issuance (sales) desk and one customs checkpoint. We must pay tribute to the customs officer - well, he passes sooo quickly. Go through customs and in a small hall, suitcases, bags, backpacks, etc. are lying on the floor, where you are trying to find your luggage. We go out to the bus, and there the black -haired Arab is waiting for you and simply begins to demand (not to ask, but intrusively demand) 5 (five) bucks from you. After a couple of minutes of listening (while smoking) gibberish, the little animal was safely sent to x ....It takes about 30 minutes to drive from the airport to the hotel through the desert and sandy mountains. The landscape is depressing. Only when we went to the coast, greenery is observed in the locations of the hotels, as well as desert and stones.

We arrived at the hotel around 12:30. At the entrance, a search of personal belongings and a passage through the frame. Registered and issued collars. Collars serve as a card for issuing drinks in hotel bars. Dress on hand. But it still feels like a dog with a collar. When checking in, they told me to come at 14-00 to settle in the rooms. And here we are, like “normal” people, sitting in the hall in winter clothes (underpants, tights, sweaters, and the like), quietly taking a steam bath. At the appointed time we approach, and there - the rooms are not ready for settlement. Well, we wait another half hour. We begin to quietly go crazy from the heat. The next approach to the administrator does not bring results. After that, I begin to resent the whole hall and try to escape to the airport for a flight back to Kyiv. But suddenly, out of nowhere, Pegasssa Lena Serezhkina appeared. She said she would fix everything. She grabbed the admin by the tie and dragged him into the back room. After a couple of minutes, lo and behold, there were free rooms.
The rooms are really spacious in hospital minimalist style. All in white combined with light furniture. The toilet is spacious with a non-working "Valera" - this is a hair dryer of this brand.

The grounds are large and bald (compared to the neighboring Hilton). Only date palms grow.
The beach is quite clean (in the morning). But on the beach there are no changing cabins and a toilet only in the main building.

Bars. There are 4 bars in the hotel. One tiny one near the reception - central type, open from 11-00 to 23-00. Shed near the beach with dirty dishes (cups and glasses with lipstick and leftover coffee). Works from 11-00 to 17-00. A bar in the outdoor pool that can only be reached by swimming in cold water or through a service entrance. Works the same as Barn on the beach. And a bar in the indoor pool. Works in the evenings when they have a "show". I don't know what to drink there. Maybe someone finds something to their taste, but I could not find a drink.
Juices, though from packages, but taste like Jupi. Only apple is more or less acceptable. And all cocktails based on this muck, respectively, are not digestible (not digestible). The vodka is smelly, and it's better not to even sniff cognac. Soda - Pepsi and derivatives of this brand.

Room cleaning. Wiping the floor around the beds without entering the loggia. In the toilet, changing shampoos with wiping mirrors. Change of towels every day. Towels are frayed. Change of bed linen 1 (One) time in 11 (Eleven) days and then on a compulsory basis. The sheets are a separate song, they are worn to such an extent that when you lie on it it seems like on the sand. Horror.

Nutrition. The food is also not very good. Four - five main dishes in different interpretations. In general, not for gourmets, but to fill the stomach. You don't need to eat much, otherwise panos is provided. Our organisms did not accept such food.

From entertainment only table tennis and table football.

Sauna, Turkish bath for big money. In an indoor pool, it is better not to dive with a mask (glasses), otherwise you will be unpleasantly surprised by the presence of shreds of hair, pieces of paper, sand at the bottom, and God forbid, women's hygiene items. I wish I hadn't seen all this.

In general, on the third day I really wanted to go home, but I had to suffer all 11 days. The only entertainment for us was to go to the Hilton to the market every evening, choose some trinket and bring the Arab to hysterics and headaches. On the fifth day, the merchants either hid, or shouted from the doorway that they would give everything that I liked for my price, ...just don’t start opat.

The hotel is purely for the English of retirement age!
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