NUTRITION. Breakfast-standard (cereals, scrambled eggs, vegetables, fruits, sausages . . ) - monotonous
but delicious. By the way, natural fresh-only orange! ! The rest are from the package. Dinner is also standard, in the evening drinks are only water. I recommend taking breakfast and dinner, since the hotel is out of the way, and for dinner you need to go to the city, the prices are not super cheap, it will turn out more expensive.
BEACH. They take from the hotel to Jumeirah, the entrance is 5 AED per person, a good beach, we basically went to Public Beach, the closest to Parus, there is a separate place for surfers, there were always waves, so we spent most of the time there. There are no umbrellas, palm trees, toilets, sunbeds. There are changing rooms. Nearby there is a McDonald's, and a shop with water and ice cream. More than the estate is clean. Ride-free bus takes you to Jumeirah, on the same side at the stop, take the bus 8.28 or 8c to public beach (4drh), at the next stop, get off if you need WILD WADI AQUAPARK, back the same way.
I didn’t like the water park, for such a cost, garbage, well, as someone else. The rest of the beaches were not impressive.
EXCURSIONS. We didn’t take a single one, we went everywhere on our own in public transport. From the hotel there is a free bus to WAFI MALL at 20.00, drive up to the metro and hang out wherever you want. Take a silver card on the subway!
FERRARI WORLD
Ride-Wake up at 6.30-breakfast, at 7.15 at the bus stop. Get on Bus 4c and get to the subway, take the subway to the Ibn Batyta station, right from the exit-bus station-take a ticket to Abu Dhabi 25 AED per person, drive 2 hours, after in Abu Dhabi cross the road from the bus station on the bridge and sit on bus 190 (runs 1 time in 40min) 2 AED and arrive at the doorstep of the ferrari right at the opening! ! In the Ferrari World (if you are going to ride a stimulator) buy a ticket to get there, everything is strictly on time, they can sell everything up to 12, buy next to the attraction, already inside. And immediately go ride on the Ross formula, because after the 13th queue for 2 hours, the sensations are inexpressible! Then you can ride the rest - there will be no queues, follow the map. Call Ferrari in advance and find out if the dew formula works - if not, there really is nothing to pay for, except for it. And get in the first trailer! ! )
DUBAI MALL AND FOUNTAINS. The fountains are cool, look a few times, the Mall is cool, the cream of their society is walking around, the prices are the same as ours, a supermarket, an aquarium, look, go to fashion houses. Do not rush until the subway closes, from the Mall to the hotel by taxi 20-30 AED. You can get from the mall to the metro station DYBAI CITY CENTER (this is near WAFI), and there is a free bus to the hotel at 23.15, or to the OUTH METHA stop there for 4c and straight to the hotel.
WAFI MALL is an order of magnitude worse than the Dubai Mall, there are no people, the supermarket is bad. Inside - a cool laser show - everyone liked it, it's free.
There is a lot more, if you have questions, write.
Due to the location of the hotel, it is better to rent a car (we read reviews and did not take it), the city is not designed for walking, in some places there are no sidewalks, everything is by car, 6 lanes, everything is clear according to the rules. In general, buses 44 and 4c run near the hotel at the bus stop, you can get where you need to, there is a map at the bus stop, everything is clear. Have fun with a free bus from the beach - our compatriots will climb over their heads (by the way, tourists are picked up at the bus stop from different hotels, but scuffle on the bus of this particular hotel !! ) )Have a nice rest! By the way, iPhones are cheaper than in Ukraine. Duty free is more expensive than in Ukraine, take everything here! )
Gotcha No. 737 for smokers (even though we don't smoke). But there was no smell. Asked for a higher room - thought it would be a beautiful view from the window. We came to see the room - and there are milky windows with a "mosaic-pattern" type - you can't see anything at all. I thought it was like this in all rooms. That's why they agreed. But it turned out that the opaque windows were only on our side.
When we settled in, we saw that 25 cm of the top of the window were transparent. We climbed onto a chair to look - the windows overlook the CEMETERY!! ! Christian cemetery. And to the desert construction site with the road. In the right corner of the window, you can barely see the Burj Khalifa. Moved to this hotel for 3 days from Sharzha. Therefore, there was no time and energy to search for a new number and resettlement.
Conclusion: if the view from the window is important to you, then it is probably better to take rooms that are above the entrance to the hotel, well, or with a view of the pool. And probably more convenient on the 2nd floor, since free wi-fi is only in the lobby on the second floor. Internet is terrible! Slow and often disappears altogether! Especially if in the evening half of the hotel gathers in one place to use it (the Internet). Often there is nowhere to sit. We had free wired internet in our room in Sharjah. Here - 70dir per day!! ! Rednecks.
The rooms are poorly soundproofed - you can hear the noise from the road and from the corridor of the hotel. But the air conditioner works completely silently and properly, although quite old.
The hotel and the room are new and stylish, BUT! Somehow in the rooms everything is poorly thought out to the smallest detail: the door is inconveniently located in front of the refrigerator and the drawer in the table - it constantly touched one after the other; hair dryer for some reason in the same drawer in the table and not in the bathroom; the taps in the bathroom are antediluvian double instead of single; the washbasin panel is marble, but BLACK - you can see all the drops. But we spent little time at the hotel - so life was not particularly annoying.
Nutrition. Compared to our three-ruble note in Sharjah, it's even worse. Coffee and tea (poured out of a common kettle for everyone and not for everyone packaged) - and no taste! Poor driven waiters, in addition to removing a lot of dishes, also keep an eye on who to top up with tea and coffee. Instead of putting the machines. Again, greed.
Wasn that the choice of fruit more was.
Basically, you won't leave hungry.
Here someone wrote in the reviews that fresh juices were given for breakfast. Bullshit! Of the 3 types of "juice" only one was juice from the packages, the other 2 were some kind of nectars. Fresh and did not smell.
Transfer. It is very inconvenient that they take you to the beach for 5 hours. Already at 8:30 there and at 13:30 back. And "slaughter" in front of the bus for seats. Although everyone will be taken away anyway - there will be 2 or 3 buses. Our people are just awful!
Convenient transfer to the Burj Khalifa, to the museum and to the waffle center (often). We drove to Khalifa and from there we traveled by metro and buses. We returned to the last bus to the hotel from Vafi at 23-15. There is a metro station near Wafi.
ADVICE. On the first day, travel by hotel bus everywhere to understand where you will be picked up from and orient yourself on the ground. Buy a subway card and take the card there.
Beach. We only spent 2 days on the beach. On the 1st day on Thursday we took our bus to Jumeirah Park. And from there we went by city bus to the beach near Parus. It's free there. There are dressing rooms and a washroom (closer to Parus). Back - back to our transfer bus at 13-30 and in it to the hotel.
On Friday we decided to look at our beach in the park. Entrance 5 dir. If you lie under the palm trees - there are midges, ants and screaming birds. But under the palm trees it is somehow more comfortable. Where there are no palm trees - a lot !! ! people and the sun bakes (it's more than 4 hours to stick there). Umbrella - 20dir for hire (in my opinion). There are toilets, dressing rooms and washrooms. I liked the beach near the sail more - it is cleaner and the view is more beautiful. In fact, there are still public beaches in Dubai. Worth a trip to see everything - we just didn't have enough time.
Behind the reception desk is a table at which a girl (Russian-speaking) offers excursions. You can ask her for a map to Big Bass. It makes it easier to navigate the area.
The location of the hotel. At first it seems that you were brought into the desert. But when you find out where Vafi is, you will understand that it is really possible to get from there even on foot, or by bus 44 to the turn in front of the hotel - and then on foot. Near the hotel there is a bus stop (bus C4; ), from where you can get to the metro (but not the station near Vafi) on your own. But the bus runs every 30 minutes. and goes in circles. At bus stops there are maps with routes and intervals.
Near the hotel there is a metro station - but it is not working yet. Although with the pace of construction in Dubai, I would not be surprised if it is launched in a month. Then there will be even fewer problems with getting.
That's all about the hotel. Now a few tips for independent movement in the city, which I did not find in the reviews of tourists.
In the metro, buy a silver card for 20 dir. - 14 on the account. It applies to both metro and bus. IMPORTANT (we did not know this and we were charged a larger amount) - when you get on the bus, you put the card on the scoreboard and when you GET OUT, you put it in the same way. Otherwise, they will withdraw money for the entire bus route. After taking the metro, you can travel by bus for free for 30 minutes. Although when you exit the bus if 30 minutes have passed, the money will be removed
And it's also important to know. MORE THAN 14 dir!! ! does not take you off in a day. Get off at every station and go wherever you want. CHECKED!
Isn't it cheaper than a taxi?
We did not buy excursions - we went everywhere on our own. Much cheaper.
We went to the mosque in Abu Dhabi ourselves, though from Sharjah. From Dubai it will be even cheaper. Dubai-Abu Dhabi - 25 dir, Abu Dhabi - Dubai -15 dir. Plus 2 dir in Abu Dhabi to the mosque and from the mosque.
I hope my review will be useful to someone. There will be questions - write.
ROOM: we got on the second floor overlooking the pool. The room has everything you need for a 3 *, clean, but small, towels and bedding changed every day, cleaned too. There is free Wi-Fi in the lobby at the reception and on the second floor.
BEACH: you can get to the beach either by shuttle bus (there at 8:30 and 13:00, back at 13:30 and 17:30) or by taxi (30 dirhams one way). Entrance to the beach is paid - 5 dirhams people; umbrellas : 5 dirhams small. . 10 dirham large; sunbed - 15 dirhams, we took towels from the hotel. The beach is very beautiful, there are cafes to have a bite to eat or buy water, juice. The beach is closed, it's a big +, because. not many people. . .
FOOD: we only took breakfast, the food is very good, a little monotonous, but it doesn’t matter: sausages, sausages, porridge, beans in tomato sauce, sliced cheese, sausages, potato pieces (like potato pancakes), Feta cheese, cereal with milk, fruits: pineapple, watermelon, peach, dates; very tasty fresh juices (not UPI, namely freshly squeezed juices): pineapple, peach, apple, orange, there is also water. Everything is delicious, you won't leave hungry.
In general, for an economy option, the hotel is very good, I recommend it, the only negative for us was the non-working metro, because we love outdoor activities, travel to different areas, see the city....but there is always a way out and you don’t need to be upset over trifles.
Have a good rest and positive impressions!!!! !
1 location, close to the center (two minutes to Wafi)
it suited us perfectly, we went shopping
2 at the reception two Russian girls, in shifts, i. e. at any time there is someone to ask
3 chic breakfasts, only three types of fresh juice are worth something.
4 everything is new, a normal pool, a good gym,
wi-fi is free in the lobby at the reception,
4 cleaning, transportation, room service, no complaints
minus
1 rooms are small, mostly without balconies, and on one side the windows overlook the Christian cemetery, so just ask about the view from the window)))