Quite a normal holiday for reasonable money

Written: 26 november 2009
Travel time: 1 — 9 october 2009
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 8.0
We rested almost two months ago. Since I myself looked at the reviews before the trip, I also decided to drop some photos and leave a couple of lines - for those who are going to join it too and in order to refute some of the reviews already left.
When I chose this hotel, I was guided by an inexpensive price, an all-inclusive system (convenient for families with several children who want to eat at different times, but drink constantly and a lot... ) and having family rooms in the hotel.
I would rate the hotel a solid 3 stars than a weak 4. I needed a break from work, relaxation by the sea, the convenience of being able to cater for the nutritional needs of the kids with flexible hours. I got all of this. For those who travel in search of proximity to the view of the Red Sea from the balcony of their own room, LUX renovation and noisy pastime until the morning, I dare to disappoint here. The hotel was last renovated about seven years ago, so there are still shabby corners and somewhat shabby furniture. At the same time, the staff carefully tries every day to restore the external gloss - rubs the shiny railings of the stairs, quite decently cleans (daily) the rooms without regard to the left denyuzhka.

As for food, the juices are diluted and induced, but taste tolerable. Beer of the same kind and tolerable quality. We haven't tried strong drinks, so I can't say anything. Ice cream only in the pool bar, from 10 am to 5 pm, but in any quantity. There is a lot of food, but somewhat monotonous (however, as in most hotels, there is a certain set), only for dinner there were some variations. But the food is plentiful and quite decent. I was especially struck by the amount of baking - just my eyes ran wide. There was always a choice to combine a dairy breakfast (cottage cheese, cheeses, corn flakes with milk in several versions) or meat breakfast - mostly sausages or fried bacon with an egg. There were always fish dishes. There is an option to take food and eat not indoors, but at tables outside in the fresh air, you can come for supplements without restriction. In general, he never said a word that they came to have dinner at seven, and have a snack with the children at nine or dial something into the room for the night for beer at 10 pm. It's the same with drinking - my husband and I drank beer without restriction and the bartenders poured each time without accompanying annotations and even joked that they could pour me another glass, otherwise 4 in two hands is not enough. The restaurant is the main one, those who want Italian cuisine or some other (there are several more restaurants on the territory) - then for a fee. The only inconvenience is that for breakfast they organize drinking (juices or tea and coffee) in the very premises of the restaurant, and for lunch and dinner you need to go to the bar which is next to the restaurant through the wall. In the disco club, the bar starts working only from nine o'clock. Therefore, parents of children who came to the children's daily disco at half past nine in the evening had to bring a drink (or drink... ) with them from the bar.
Entertainment, we are not one of those who need to be entertained, but there were animators. Two guys and a blond girl (the wife of one of them). My eldest liked them, she enjoyed going to the disco, which they held for children. They also organized dances in the water for young people, or painted with the kids in the kids club. In addition to them, as a rule, every other day there were visiting entertainments - belly dances, or singers, or once there were two who danced in multiple heavy skirts, then they were filmed in the process of dancing (don't flatter yourself - they are thin men and without cubes on their stomachs and remained still in partial clothing) and did all sorts of cool things with them.
As for recreation for children, their club worked several hours a day, and it seems without any specific schedule. There was nothing to do but draw. Piglet with slides and houses was quite small, the rope from the only swing was torn, and even after our remark to the staff it was not repaired. It seems that apart from us (it was close to our building) no one came here.
The public is mostly Russian-speaking and English-speaking (most likely the countries of neighboring Europe, at least they did not look like Americans).
Sauna, massages, gym, etc. - in a separate building and at a separate price.
Beach - you have to go, but it's quite close - it didn't take us more than seven or ten minutes to walk, and this is also with a stop at the Bedouins who sell all sorts of beaded things. We had to improve their financial condition every day (of course, almost pennies) - our six-year-old eldest could not get past pink necklaces and other nonsense.

In general, the rest is normal if you do not expect something super-five-star from it. We were less interested in living conditions - we only slept in the room and washed ourselves after the sea, and everything else allows us to relax and take a break from the hustle and bustle and be with our children at least some time of the year. I wish you all a good holiday!
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