Краткий экскурс об отеле и отдыхе в Дубаи A brief tour of the hotel and vacation in Dubai

To begin with, I am a person who is satisfied in principle with everything and tries to find a positive in everything. But what we saw in this hotel upon check-in plunged me into a little shock. The room is small, two beds, a table the same applies to the toilet seat in the toilet - at first they thought that it had not been washed for several years, although it was tied with a cloth - supposedly sterile), a bedside table between the beds, a table with a TV (channels: RTRplaneta, 1channel-ORT, Music Dox News in Russian) and a refrigerator (I warn you - the refrigerator does not freeze, but only emits condensate. The ice cream melted as if in your mouth, paper bags floated), an armchair and two chairs (probably to sit on the balcony). The room is cold, despite the heat outside the window, almost half of the hotel complained about the cold in the rooms, though in other hotels the same story, so this fact can be omitted. Upon arrival, we found that the towels for only one were fixed when complaining about the receptionist, but not earlier - so be sure to complain either to the administrator or at least gi du (which we saw only once during the entire stay).
Breakfasts, as they wrote, are the same - cereals, scrambled eggs, sausages, beans, toasts. Lunches pleased us because for 12 days of our stay we never got on the same menu: lyulya, breaded fish (not tasty), goulash, chicken.... etc. there was something. I’ll write about dinners right away - I read that they dine for 500 rubles. for two and overeat. Our dinners always turned out to be at least 1000 rubles. for two, and this is not counting the fact that there is no alcohol (maximum non-alcoholic beer). We asked the tour operator to find out if we could change lunches for dinners - they called representatives in front of us and they said that there were no problems - as you understand, the problem nevertheless arose - upon arrival at the hotel, we were told that the hotel policy does not include dinners - so !!!! ! do not believe the operators that they change lunches for dinners - then you will not prove anything !!!!!!
Beach. They bring to the beach at 09.00, take away at 13.00 if they are late to get a taxi. Transfer to the beach is not every day, except Thursday and Saturday - these days you will have to get by yourself - the price to Mamzar beach is 250 rubles for a taxi one way (! ), And Jumeirah - 350 rubles. Now consider how expensive it is. All equipment on the beach is rented: an umbrella - 100 rubles, a sunbed - 150 rubles, a towel - 50 rubles. Now, the minus of the fact that you do not have an umbrella - as it turned out, there are quite strong winds in the UAE, from our 12 day stay, 5 days of umbrellas were not given for rent, and the sun was very active and you burn out instantly, so you had to go under the palm trees 5 meters from the beach, accordingly, the noise of the sea is automatically minus, and even on the hot sand it was quite difficult to walk back and forth, just swam and reached my palm tree, as I want to swim again. The heat was strong and the wind did not save, as it was warm enough. You can buy an umbrella only in the hypermarket at the City Center, so if possible, buy an umbrella here and leave it there. Jumeirah is a more pleasant beach in terms of beauty, but in terms of swimming to a depth, Mamzar is better, since in Dubai there are low tides in the morning and high tides in the afternoon. Better go and decide for yourself what is best.

I didn’t like the sea, it’s only a meter clear, then the water is muddy and you can’t see anything, so you don’t need to take masks !!!!!!!!
Swimming pool. A separate topic is horror. There is a photo, but in fact everything is worse - the walls around the pool are in a terrible state, 5 sunbeds, which are always enough, since almost no one goes there and the Arabs stare.
Shopping. They make a fool of our brother in a terrible way. Always be careful. First they name one price, then it turns out to be twice as expensive. The guide can only shrug. By the way, about the Aladdin company. Yes, their prices are lower, but the service wants to leave the best - we had a case of a grandmother with a small child went on an excursion, they waited 40 minutes after the appointed time of collection and left. There were things and a stroller on the bus, which they returned to the reception without even asking for an apology. Draw your own conclusions!! ! It is also written in their booklet that shooting a video is free, but keep in mind that the DVD disc is paid, although it costs only 150 rubles. this company to give us all the same this disk, but we have achieved it!!! ) Let's go back to shopping. Evening entertainment is trips to shopping malls, in which even two hours are not enough for inspection. A free bus takes (round trip) a free bus from the hotel every day according to the schedule, although it can be delayed at departure from 5 to 40 minutes, but is free. When shopping, there is nothing new to write, everything is the same as in previous reviews: the same centers, the same goods (gold, fur coats, carpets)
Excursions: Dubai sightseeing tour $25, Atlantis water park $120, trip to the Indian Ocean $55, Moroccan baths $100, safari $50. These are the excursions that are definitely worth a visit.
Souvenirs: they brought only sweets - a nut in prunes and all this in chocolate (super !!!!!! ) very tasty - be sure to try it - 150g costs 16 AED (160 rubles), which you can buy in supermarkets - a blue and silver cardboard box.
Fridge magnets.

They also brought mango, as always divinely delicious, but the papaya did not arrive, despite the fact that we bought it on the day of departure.
A little about the travel agency Natalie Tours - the guide was seen only once, the day after arrival. The fax confirming our flight back was never received. The transfer to the airport was ordered by ourselves at the reception (provided free of charge). If you will get to the airport yourself, you need Terminal 1, sector C. It takes 15 minutes to drive between the terminals. Check-in starts 3 hours in advance, but you have to be at the boarding terminal 1 hour before. So you have 1 hour for Dutik.
Another attention!!!!! ! If you are carrying things of special value - there is no baggage wrapping at Dubai Airport !!!!! ! At most they sell scotch on the racks. Take care of the packaging in advance!!!!! ! Cases of theft at our airports have not been canceled!!!!!
This is a short digression about our trip to Dubai.