Главное, чтобы была хорошая компания, иначе в Табе делать нечего The main thing is to have a good company, otherwise there is nothing to do in Taba

We flew with a company of 7 people, we are relatively young and active people, we did not have many hopes for the name of the hotel, since it was the fifth time in Egypt. We went to Taba for the first time. The flight from Moscow to Sharm El Sheikh is standard four hours, then we were quickly assigned to a minibus and taken to the hotel. There were 10 of us in the minibus and a guide. We drove fast but stopped often. Tension arose with the toilet, stopped at a gas station, where there is a paid toilet, the cost is 1 pound. The toilet is normal, the payment is also symbolic, but we didn’t have any local money. Well, my wife had a euro lying around, gave it away, all the bus passengers went to the toilet, even those who did not want to. Guide Tez Tour on the road has already begun to sell excursions. We said that we would find our guide at the hotel and sort it out if we wanted. Tried to take orders on the bus anyway. This was seen for the first time.
We arrived at the hotel, we were settled very quickly, the rooms, as requested, were given almost nearby. All standards turned out to be without balconies and with a view of the border. The view from the eighth floor was very interesting: the border, the mountains on the left, the sea on the right and a view of Eilat and Aqaba. The rooms are tolerable, everything worked properly, the plumbing is new, the cleaning is daily at the level. The furniture and bed linen are old, the washed-out stains on the towels especially strained my wife. Otherwise, everything is as usual, for a dollar, swans and elephants from blankets and towels, sometimes petals on the bed.
The territory of the hotel is very well-groomed and green, this is a plus of the age of the hotel. There are not enough pools, especially considering the visiting Arabs for the holidays, and they preferred to soak in the pools, and not in the sea, it was difficult to swim in the pool. So we spent all our time at sea. The beach is small pebbles, sometimes sharp, going into the sea you need to look under your feet so as not to step on a sharp stone or coral. On the very first day, we bought ourselves special shoes at the hotel market. It was much more pleasant to go into the water in corals. In Sharm, we liked the sea more. In Taba, the coral is almost dead, there are few fish. But the most pleasant coolness, it became very hot by 12 noon and up to 14, then a pleasant 28-30 degrees.

The food suited us. Without any frills, most importantly, clean dishes, no stomach problems, friendly staff. So even the lack of meat did not seem like a tragedy to us. The meat dish was traditionally the same: either goulash, or tough as a sole, beef, sometimes there was a kofta (grilled sausage cutlets), seafood fried or baked fish fillet, a couple of times there were grilled crabs, well, usually chicken, and occasionally a turkey in the evening. It is difficult to recover in a hotel, but no one will go hungry. There were fruits, by the way, whole, only in the morning in the form of a salad, chopped. There were always dates and guava, also oranges, bananas, melons. Drinks at lunch and dinner were served by the waiter, so sometimes you had to wait.
Otherwise, the bars mixed traditional Egyptian strong drink cocktails, but we brought our own, we drank only beer or wine in the bars. Juices were from packages, by the way.
Animation during the day held sports events, but in the evening it was not possible to find them. We entertained ourselves. Traditionally, we went to Israel, as all Hilton tourists do. The choice of where you can buy a tour is small: from a guide (expensive), from local Arabic chats (somehow dumb), without prepayment via the Internet (also dumb, but you are dealing with your own). We settled on the last option, we were given an extra for seven. discount and the price came out purely symbolic $ 55. They took it from Red Sea Travel on the Internet. We went at the very beginning, on our return we kept the receipts for the visa fee (it turns out it costs as much as 30 dollars! ) And then once we got to Eilat to the oceanarium. Since there were a lot of us, we took a taxi, otherwise we would not have figured out the local transport. Two cars there and back cost us $40 (Israel turned out to be an expensive pleasure). When returning from the hotel to the airport of Sharm, they paid another $ 15 border tax with local money. We were warned about this by a Russian representative of a local agency where we took a tour to Israel.
As a result, we will return to the hotel again, but only if we want to visit friends in Israel or go to the Dead Sea just to swim (this option is also possible). The hotel is normal, solid European 4 or Egyptian five. The main thing is to have a good company, otherwise there is nothing to do in Taba.