Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
10.0
Service:
8.0
Cleanliness:
10.0
Food:
9.0
Amenities:
8.0
This year, my dream finally came true - to visit the Dead Sea. Before the trip, it took a long time to choose between 2 hotels: Kempinsky and Movenpick. In the end, I chose the latter and did not lose. The hotel is really good, a little cheaper than Kempinski, but it stands out for its park area. The hotel is just buried in greenery and flowers, a lot of birds. I didn’t want to use electric cars for a trip to the beach, because it’s a pleasure to walk from the room to the sea. Just amazing air and atmosphere. Everything is made for relaxation. I believe that the rest consists of various trifles and there are plenty of such pleasant trifles in this hotel:
1) Very friendly staff. In the restaurant and at the reception you can find Russian-speaking staff.
2) It was nice to have free apples at the reception.
3) The rooms are very clean and well stocked. Cleaning every day. The cleaner cleans the rooms under the supervision of a more senior manager.
4) The presence of a free mini-bar (although it is without alcohol) and a safe
5) Every day they brought packages with free tea and coffee. The room has an electric kettle.
6) Good unworn bathrobes, national style slippers, hair dryer. By the way, slippers can be ordered free of charge at the reception as a souvenir and taken away with you. Just what our people need!
7) A set of cosmetics is updated every day in the bath, by the way, also based on products from the Dead Sea.
8) You don’t need to drag around with towels everywhere. Showing cards is optional to receive towels. After visiting the pool or the beach, the hotel staff themselves take used towels from the sun loungers.
9) There is a clock tower on the beach so you can see how long you have been in the water or how long you have been in the mud.
My advice for future tourists (this is not all travel agencies tell):
1) When booking rooms, immediately book a room with breakfast and dinner.
The hotel has a payment system for accommodation only, BB, HF (FB or All) do not. Of course, you can also pay for dinner upon arrival, but the prices will be much higher. There are no other restaurants, bars or "stalls" except for hotels on the Dead Sea.
2) Upon arrival, you will have to pay a deposit (about $300). Please note that the deposit must be paid in Jordanian dinars. They also accept other currencies, but at their lower rate. So it is more profitable to change currency in advance at the airport or at the border. Moreover, the deposit or its balance will also be returned to you in dinars. They will not give you the currency.
3) Dinner prices do not include drinks. They are paid separately. The prices are not small. A cup of coffee / tea from 2.5 dinars. Therefore, it is better for those who are especially economical to drink tea or drinks from the free mini-bar.
4) The water in the Dead Sea is really VERY salty. If it gets into the eyes - insane pain, so it's better to swim in swimming goggles.
5) There are A LOT of flies on the beach!
This is the biggest downside. I couldn’t lay down waving flies for more than half an hour. Therefore, take skin products from flying insects.
6) If you want to use local communication, take starter packs and recharge cards in advance before arriving at the hotel (at the supermarket or airport). You can buy anything at the hotel only in the Zara store. For a starter package or any replenishment card, they will “wind up” about 5 dinars from above. Calls within Jordan are cheap (3 to 6 piastres)
7) The hotel has very expensive internet. There is an "internet corner" with several computers, but the speed is slow, the software is old and there is no way to talk on Skype.
8) It is best to take a room not "standard" in the main building, but at least superior (a completely different atmosphere)
Other than that the hotel is just great. Very pleased with the kitchen. Very high quality everything is done and a wide selection of expensive French cheeses and wonderful sweets.
So if you like a quiet relaxing holiday, then this hotel is for you.
1) Very friendly staff. In the restaurant and at the reception you can find Russian-speaking staff.
2) It was nice to have free apples at the reception.
3) The rooms are very clean and well stocked. Cleaning every day. The cleaner cleans the rooms under the supervision of a more senior manager.
4) The presence of a free mini-bar (although it is without alcohol) and a safe
5) Every day they brought packages with free tea and coffee. The room has an electric kettle.
6) Good unworn bathrobes, national style slippers, hair dryer. By the way, slippers can be ordered free of charge at the reception as a souvenir and taken away with you. Just what our people need!
7) A set of cosmetics is updated every day in the bath, by the way, also based on products from the Dead Sea.
8) You don’t need to drag around with towels everywhere. Showing cards is optional to receive towels. After visiting the pool or the beach, the hotel staff themselves take used towels from the sun loungers.
9) There is a clock tower on the beach so you can see how long you have been in the water or how long you have been in the mud.
My advice for future tourists (this is not all travel agencies tell):
1) When booking rooms, immediately book a room with breakfast and dinner.
The hotel has a payment system for accommodation only, BB, HF (FB or All) do not. Of course, you can also pay for dinner upon arrival, but the prices will be much higher. There are no other restaurants, bars or "stalls" except for hotels on the Dead Sea.
2) Upon arrival, you will have to pay a deposit (about $300). Please note that the deposit must be paid in Jordanian dinars. They also accept other currencies, but at their lower rate. So it is more profitable to change currency in advance at the airport or at the border. Moreover, the deposit or its balance will also be returned to you in dinars. They will not give you the currency.
3) Dinner prices do not include drinks. They are paid separately. The prices are not small. A cup of coffee / tea from 2.5 dinars. Therefore, it is better for those who are especially economical to drink tea or drinks from the free mini-bar.
4) The water in the Dead Sea is really VERY salty. If it gets into the eyes - insane pain, so it's better to swim in swimming goggles.
5) There are A LOT of flies on the beach!
This is the biggest downside. I couldn’t lay down waving flies for more than half an hour. Therefore, take skin products from flying insects.
6) If you want to use local communication, take starter packs and recharge cards in advance before arriving at the hotel (at the supermarket or airport). You can buy anything at the hotel only in the Zara store. For a starter package or any replenishment card, they will “wind up” about 5 dinars from above. Calls within Jordan are cheap (3 to 6 piastres)
7) The hotel has very expensive internet. There is an "internet corner" with several computers, but the speed is slow, the software is old and there is no way to talk on Skype.
8) It is best to take a room not "standard" in the main building, but at least superior (a completely different atmosphere)
Other than that the hotel is just great. Very pleased with the kitchen. Very high quality everything is done and a wide selection of expensive French cheeses and wonderful sweets.
So if you like a quiet relaxing holiday, then this hotel is for you.
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