Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
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Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
9.0
Service:
9.0
Cleanliness:
10.0
Food:
8.0
Amenities:
8.0
The site says a lot about the positive aspects regarding Thailand. What is unexpected and unpleasant? 1. Not everyone is ready for the heat of 37-40 degrees in the shade with a humidity of 100% - an analogy for a muffled Russian steam room. Fat people are generally a nightmare... 2. Legends about angelic Thais who only smile and bow are complete nonsense. These are, albeit with a certain national flavor, but still cunning Asians who are not alien to bribes and some sluggishness. 3. The opinion that Thailand is not expensive for tourists has nothing to do with reality. There is no All Inclusive system. Breakfasts for 4 points. Dinner at the hotel $ 70-100, and in a relatively decent restaurant in the city - at least $ 60-70. Two bottles of Heineken beer 330 ml in a beach bar - $ 22, local beer - $ 16. Prices the menu does not include VAT, service and legal tips. 4. The city is dirty and smelly - the storm sewer is not closed, but only barred - the smell of hydrogen sulfide from it day and night. ATMs take a decent percentage, probably for remoteness.
6. It’s useless to learn Thai. They don’t know Russian, except for numbers, when it comes to the price. English more or less saves. German, from a couple of words of which in the tonality of a drill team, the Arabs stand at attention, the Thais, unfortunately, do not know, even in the Royal Cliff.
7. If the Arabs are critical of women's clothing, then the opposite is true - men are not allowed in a T-shirt with an open shoulder or shorts with an open knee, even in their restaurant for breakfast. It surprises and outrages the imposition of their traditions in tourist areas (including Egypt) - after all, all these hotels were not built with the money of the natives, and before the arrival of white people there was nothing at all! For some reason, in our country we don’t force everyone to drink vodka and we don’t force you to eat a piece of bacon with garlic! And UNESCO, the committees of countries on tourism, tour operators simply don’t give a damn about all these by no means minor troubles for tourists!
8. It is not clear why such bureaucracy is arranged when obtaining a visa at Bangkok airport? Waiting in lines for two to six hours is considered the norm! You can of course "unfasten" $ 50-100 for two people or a small group of scurrying local employees in uniform and in half an hour your visa will be stapled (spoil your passport) in the VISA section. But this acceleration will not make you very happy. After a sleepless day, arriving at 3 a. m. and obtaining a visa, by 8-9 a. m. you will be brought to the hotel, where the administrator, without much apology, will inform you that Royal Cliff Beach is settling from 2 p. m. and where you will be at that time, they don’t care. Before the settlement, coupons for breakfast are not valid - for the day of entry, as well as departure, they disappear. If you want to have breakfast at your own expense, the buffet is about $20 per person.
9. If there is no subjective preference, then it is better to buy a tour in Royal Cliff Grand than in Royal Cliff Beach. The difference in price is not great - about $100 per person, but the hotel is newer, more luxurious, the staff is more educated and there are many more Europeans among the contingent. Super level without hesitation can be called the highest echelon of the complex and the whole of Pattaya - the hotel "Royal Wing and SPA". Tour per person for 9 days is approximately $1000 more expensive than Royal Cliff Beach and $400 more than the neighboring Sheraton. The beaches and patios of both hotels are very clearly visible from the upper floors of the "Royal Cliff Beach" facing the sea. I do not impose opinions, but the Sheraton, it seems to me, is somewhat weaker.
10. And one more exotic surprise - the absence, as such in our usual sense, of beaches. Due to the proximity to the equator, the tides are very noticeable. At 10 am you can lie on a narrow strip of sand between the sea and the parapet, and in the afternoon you will be in the same place with a head of water - the change in sea level reaches 1.8 m!
11. And the last - do not joke with the equatorial sun. His almost imperceptible touch even through the shade of palm trees can be very dangerous. In addition to protective creams, it would not hurt to get an addition to a bathing suit in the form of a semblance of a T-shirt with long sleeves and a wide-brimmed hat.
And despite all this, there, nevertheless, again pulls...
6. It’s useless to learn Thai. They don’t know Russian, except for numbers, when it comes to the price. English more or less saves. German, from a couple of words of which in the tonality of a drill team, the Arabs stand at attention, the Thais, unfortunately, do not know, even in the Royal Cliff.
7. If the Arabs are critical of women's clothing, then the opposite is true - men are not allowed in a T-shirt with an open shoulder or shorts with an open knee, even in their restaurant for breakfast. It surprises and outrages the imposition of their traditions in tourist areas (including Egypt) - after all, all these hotels were not built with the money of the natives, and before the arrival of white people there was nothing at all! For some reason, in our country we don’t force everyone to drink vodka and we don’t force you to eat a piece of bacon with garlic! And UNESCO, the committees of countries on tourism, tour operators simply don’t give a damn about all these by no means minor troubles for tourists!
8. It is not clear why such bureaucracy is arranged when obtaining a visa at Bangkok airport? Waiting in lines for two to six hours is considered the norm! You can of course "unfasten" $ 50-100 for two people or a small group of scurrying local employees in uniform and in half an hour your visa will be stapled (spoil your passport) in the VISA section. But this acceleration will not make you very happy. After a sleepless day, arriving at 3 a. m. and obtaining a visa, by 8-9 a. m. you will be brought to the hotel, where the administrator, without much apology, will inform you that Royal Cliff Beach is settling from 2 p. m. and where you will be at that time, they don’t care. Before the settlement, coupons for breakfast are not valid - for the day of entry, as well as departure, they disappear. If you want to have breakfast at your own expense, the buffet is about $20 per person.
9. If there is no subjective preference, then it is better to buy a tour in Royal Cliff Grand than in Royal Cliff Beach. The difference in price is not great - about $100 per person, but the hotel is newer, more luxurious, the staff is more educated and there are many more Europeans among the contingent. Super level without hesitation can be called the highest echelon of the complex and the whole of Pattaya - the hotel "Royal Wing and SPA". Tour per person for 9 days is approximately $1000 more expensive than Royal Cliff Beach and $400 more than the neighboring Sheraton. The beaches and patios of both hotels are very clearly visible from the upper floors of the "Royal Cliff Beach" facing the sea. I do not impose opinions, but the Sheraton, it seems to me, is somewhat weaker.
10. And one more exotic surprise - the absence, as such in our usual sense, of beaches. Due to the proximity to the equator, the tides are very noticeable. At 10 am you can lie on a narrow strip of sand between the sea and the parapet, and in the afternoon you will be in the same place with a head of water - the change in sea level reaches 1.8 m!
11. And the last - do not joke with the equatorial sun. His almost imperceptible touch even through the shade of palm trees can be very dangerous. In addition to protective creams, it would not hurt to get an addition to a bathing suit in the form of a semblance of a T-shirt with long sleeves and a wide-brimmed hat.
And despite all this, there, nevertheless, again pulls...
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