In March 2014, we decided to return to Dubai again to rest. A year earlier, we rested at the Sun and Sens hotel (Dubai) and were very pleased with the rest. Since the trip was not planned in advance and organized spontaneously, the choice of hotels was not great. Of the proposed options, we chose the Versales hotel, as it suited us in terms of location.
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In March 2014, we decided to return to Dubai again to rest. A year earlier, we rested at the Sun and Sens hotel (Dubai) and were very pleased with the rest. Since the trip was not planned in advance and organized spontaneously, the choice of hotels was not great. Of the proposed options, we chose the Versales hotel, as it suited us in terms of location. The hotel is within a 10-minute walk from the Union and Al Rigga metro stations, which was very important for us. After reading all the reviews in advance, we realized that there were very few positive reviews, but we decided that each person has his own needs and perhaps everything is not so bad. Arriving in Dubai, we were brought to the hotel, where, having approached the administrator, we were told that it was necessary to wait for check-in until 14.00 (our arrival time was 11.00), however, the administrator said that if we wanted, we could pay 40 dollars and we will be settled, which we refused. A hotel employee approached us and very kindly offered to go to the sofas standing in the hotel lobby and wait there, while he offered us a choice of coffee (expresso or cappuccino). We asked to bring two cups of coffee, being sure that this was a standard hospitality procedure, however, after the coffee was drunk, we were offered to pay for it in the amount of 40 AED for two cups (about 400 rubles). We paid, what can you do, but the sediment remained, since they didn’t say a word to us that coffee was not free. We were settled on the 7th floor in room No. 708. Upon entering the room, it immediately caught my eye that there were water stains in the corner on the ceiling and the table was in some spots. We are not proud people, so we did not pay attention to it. There is no appearance of the hotel, as the facade is being renovated. During the week of our stay, we never saw any renovations being carried out. Having climbed to the roof of the hotel, where the pool is located, we were informed that the pool was not working. We had only breakfast, basically every morning the same thing. Fried eggs, olives, sausages, beans in tomato, sliced u200bu200b(tomatoes, cucumbers), sometimes potatoes, steamed vegetables, milk porridge. Two types of juices and pastries. Didn't leave hungry. Cleaning was reduced only to a change of towels, and sometimes they polisosili near the entrance and EVERYTHING! Since we returned only in the evenings, the quality of cleaning was also not the main thing. Linen was changed only once. Passports are taken as a deposit at the hotel. On the day of departure, we packed our things in advance and went down to the reception and gave the administrator a card from the room. He asked to wait until the room was checked and after a few minutes he told us that we needed to go up to the room. In previously read reviews about the hotel, some tourists wrote that the hotel staff bred "ours" for money, so going up to the room, we already assumed that we would have to fork out, but for what exactly, we did not know. Everything turned out to be banal: one small towel was missing from the bathroom. Having filed a claim, we were told that for a non-existent towel measuring 30 x 50 cm, we would have to pay 40 drkh (400 rubles). Since the bus was supposed to come in 15 minutes and the suitcase was already packed with a film, we gave the money to the administrator without understanding and without scandal, while he smiled so sweetly and probably wished us a happy journey. It’s unpleasant to realize that you were lit on a towel, but what can you do. So if you are considering this hotel for a holiday, count the towels every day and look into the bar, as there is no inventory of the contents of the bar and prices. We left some money in the safe in the room, some we took with us. Nothing was missing from the safe. There are no Russian speaking staff at the hotel. In general, we did not have a very positive impression of the hotel, so I would not recommend staying there, although we are used to relaxing in economy class and are not picky. Have a good rest!
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Only now I managed to write a review. . . It was my first trip to the Emirates, we went together with a friend for outdoor activities. . . After browsing the Internet for information about the country and hotel reviews, we settled on the Emirate of Dubai and at another hotel. . . but. . It can be seen that the month of March is the season and the travel agency did not confirm the booked hotel for us.
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Only now I managed to write a review. . . It was my first trip to the Emirates, we went together with a friend for outdoor activities. . . After browsing the Internet for information about the country and hotel reviews, we settled on the Emirate of Dubai and at another hotel. . . but. . It can be seen that the month of March is the season and the travel agency did not confirm the booked hotel for us... Therefore, our choice was stopped at the Versales Hotel, where there were empty seats... and, of course, the tour operator's advertisement indicated our choice... REVIEWS rpo this hotel were different, so I'll be objective...
So, we are at the famous Dubai airport. . . Our flight from Kyiv arrived without delay at 19.03. And here was the start of our surprises....The airport met us with huge crowds of passengers, we were especially impressed by the huge crowd of migrant workers from Bangladesh, India and other Hindu countries... The eyes stood in line for a retinal scan for more than an hour and a half! I must say right away that there is a separate queue for women and children, on the far right . . Next, passport control... We stood in line for about four hours... It was horror! There was no queue nearby, but it was "Only for Arabs and their families"....We got to the hotel late at night (ordered a taxi from the airport - 30 dirhams)... At the hotel we were settled in a room after 10 minutes. taking the passports. The hotel is located in the Deira area (this is the working area of Dubai, around the construction-construction-construction...
Pluses of the hotel: the room was cleaned every day, no complaints, everything is clean and tidy. Bedbugs and cockroaches were not seen, plumbing and furniture are new, as the hotel was recently built. . .
A polite girl on excursions (we took 2 excursions from the Arabian Knight company to the Indian Ocean and Al Ain, 55 and 65 dollars), we were satisfied with the excursions (guide Vladimir).
Cons: paid internet and very poor quality; lack of a kettle and tea and coffee sets in the room (after a reminder, they gave us a kettle, tea coffee was forgotten... ; there is no adapter on the outlet (it took us a very long time, for 2 whole days); poor food (we only took breakfast, but then what was served was impossible, we bought everything in a nearby supermarket or ate at the Golden Fork cafe (cheap and tasty) - 10 minutes from the hotel... There are a lot of Indians in the hotel, discos, at night there were drunk songs right in the corridors . . Music in the bar played until the morning. . . it was impossible to sleep. . . In the morning, the muezzin woke us up for prayer. . . a disgusting transfer to the beach. . . the bus was small, and there were many active Russian women who wanted to. . . We went to the beach 2 times by taxi (Mamzar Park beach, taxi 23 dirhams, entrance 5 dirhams + 40 dirhams 2 sunbeds + umbrella). I must say right away that it is better to be on the beach before 14.00. After that it is filled with a mass of Asian-looking people... We visited the Dubai Mall on our own , Bourges, singing fountains, Nasser Square, took a ride on the subway, were at the spice market, a fish market, a flower supermarket and many other places. . . The city caused a double impression - it seems to be beautiful, but somehow everything is artificial, a large mass of Asians, rudeness of taxi drivers, construction sites at every step, concrete dust and the rumble of construction cranes are striking. . .
I think if you want a good holiday in this country, you need to carefully choose a hotel, read reviews... That's all for now... .
So, we are at the famous Dubai airport. . . Our flight from Kyiv arrived without delay at 19.03. And here was the start of our surprises....The airport met us with huge crowds of passengers, we were especially impressed by the huge crowd of migrant workers from Bangladesh, India and other Hindu countries... The eyes stood in line for a retinal scan for more than an hour and a half! I must say right away that there is a separate queue for women and children, on the far right . . Next, passport control... We stood in line for about four hours... It was horror! There was no queue nearby, but it was "Only for Arabs and their families"....We got to the hotel late at night (ordered a taxi from the airport - 30 dirhams)... At the hotel we were settled in a room after 10 minutes. taking the passports. The hotel is located in the Deira area (this is the working area of Dubai, around the construction-construction-construction...
Pluses of the hotel: the room was cleaned every day, no complaints, everything is clean and tidy. Bedbugs and cockroaches were not seen, plumbing and furniture are new, as the hotel was recently built. . .
A polite girl on excursions (we took 2 excursions from the Arabian Knight company to the Indian Ocean and Al Ain, 55 and 65 dollars), we were satisfied with the excursions (guide Vladimir).
Cons: paid internet and very poor quality; lack of a kettle and tea and coffee sets in the room (after a reminder, they gave us a kettle, tea coffee was forgotten... ; there is no adapter on the outlet (it took us a very long time, for 2 whole days); poor food (we only took breakfast, but then what was served was impossible, we bought everything in a nearby supermarket or ate at the Golden Fork cafe (cheap and tasty) - 10 minutes from the hotel... There are a lot of Indians in the hotel, discos, at night there were drunk songs right in the corridors . . Music in the bar played until the morning. . . it was impossible to sleep. . . In the morning, the muezzin woke us up for prayer. . . a disgusting transfer to the beach. . . the bus was small, and there were many active Russian women who wanted to. . . We went to the beach 2 times by taxi (Mamzar Park beach, taxi 23 dirhams, entrance 5 dirhams + 40 dirhams 2 sunbeds + umbrella). I must say right away that it is better to be on the beach before 14.00. After that it is filled with a mass of Asian-looking people... We visited the Dubai Mall on our own , Bourges, singing fountains, Nasser Square, took a ride on the subway, were at the spice market, a fish market, a flower supermarket and many other places. . . The city caused a double impression - it seems to be beautiful, but somehow everything is artificial, a large mass of Asians, rudeness of taxi drivers, construction sites at every step, concrete dust and the rumble of construction cranes are striking. . .
I think if you want a good holiday in this country, you need to carefully choose a hotel, read reviews... That's all for now... .
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We went to the hotel on New Year's Eve. The first thing that immediately struck me unpleasantly was that the continuous hum in the room was not clear due to the nearby round-the-clock construction sites or something else in the hotel... True, they felt it only the first day, then they simply passed out from fatigue.
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We went to the hotel on New Year's Eve. The first thing that immediately struck me unpleasantly was that the continuous hum in the room was not clear due to the nearby round-the-clock construction sites or something else in the hotel... True, they felt it only the first day, then they simply passed out from fatigue. 80% of Russians, 18% of Iranians and 1-2% of other nations live in the hotel. Every day they take to the beach for free. There are generally only Russians on the beach, so the impression is that they did not leave Russia. Moreover, at the reception they saw ladies (most likely Ukraine and Kazakhstan) with a mentality from the former Scoop - very rude communication and no respect. It is much more pleasant to communicate with Pakistan or India. On the first day, when registering, they took away the passports, which is also unpleasant, and gave them back only upon departure. Breakfasts are normal for 3 * - you will not stay hungry, although without much variety. The room is not small, decently furnished. Cleaned normally, though not vacuumed every day, but towels are changed daily. In general, the impression is good, if not for the attitude at the reception.
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We went to Dubai in February 2011. I must say right away. that before the trip I read a lot of reviews, including about the hotel. There were both positive and negative reviews, but all the reviews were true, although my friends claimed that the reviews were written either by representatives of tour operators, or travel agencies, or hotels.
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We went to Dubai in February 2011. I must say right away. that before the trip I read a lot of reviews, including about the hotel. There were both positive and negative reviews, but all the reviews were true, although my friends claimed that the reviews were written either by representatives of tour operators, or travel agencies, or hotels.
1. Hotel Versales. There are no Russian speakers at the reception in the lobby. But in principle, if you know at least the minimum vocabulary in English, there will be no particular difficulties. We were settled on the topmost, 7th floor, where mostly only Russians, although I must say that there were 25 percent of Russians in the hotel.
The room was normal, yes, the windows did not open and were not quite ideal, but in principle this did not interfere with our rest, the windows did not need to be opened, our room had a separate adjustable air conditioner, personal, and not one per floor, as they say in others reviews on hotels, but to be honest, we turned it off almost on the day of arrival, the room was cool enough, not hot, and at night even under the covers sometimes froze, sometimes we had to cover ourselves with a blanket. Immediately asked for a bed one or two. In the room, the refrigerator was immediately filled with cola, mineral water, beer, there was a basket of chocolate paste on the table. Nuts, sweets, something else, it's all clear, extra. services. We didn’t use anything, we only used it as a refrigerator for storing food, while during checkout no one came to check our stock, apparently they had already checked it.
Nobody said a word to us, I am writing this to the fact that many dissatisfied compatriots complain that they were unreasonably credited with what they drank and ate. Upon check-in, we were immediately given a memo when the bus goes to the beach, the schedule for breakfast and lunch, while they immediately took away our passports, with the replica “no problem”, they didn’t swear and download rights, especially in English we didn’t know how to express ourselves , while I already foresaw this in advance, having read reviews on other hotels, in 3-star hotels, this is a common practice, they did not offer money for a deposit, they immediately took their passports. The next day, when our guide approached, they asked to return the passports, to which Asya said that the passports would be returned, but in return they would be offered to make a deposit, we said that we did not mind, but not $ 100, but after her conversation, the passports were returned without further questions. I will make a reservation right away.
That when buying a tour, we immediately looked for food: breakfast-dinner, Natalie tours assured us that the hotel had a choice of lunch or dinner, however, when checking in, again at the reception, the girl said that breakfast and lunch were told to the guide the next day this is a misunderstanding, again she clarified, it turned out that you can still choose, but lunch is a buffet, and for dinner you need to order several dishes in advance, we, after thinking, did not bother, left lunch. But the conclusion: keep your eyes open at the reception. At the same time, the downside was that the agent Natalie Tours met with us already in the second half of the day following our arrival, when we were already at random in the hotel and talking on the beach with the Russians had a rough idea of how to get around the city by taxi, metro, what excursions are better to go, etc. , how to call, etc.
, took a map at the reception, and also thanks to the numerous reviews on the websites of our compatriots, we went to the country, already having a more detailed idea about it. The food at the hotel is monotonous, but healthy: vegetables, chicken, meat, fish in batter, salads, potatoes ...like our average Russian canteen, the table does not break, but you won’t stay hungry and certainly won’t get poisoned, as was the case with me in Egypt. Cooked delicious, homemade. There were few and unripe fruits, there were only melons and watermelons, sometimes oranges and grapes. The pastries are the same every morning: one kind of buns and croissants, for lunch, too, the same jelly dessert. Well, sorry, 3 stars… We didn't see anyone buying alcohol for breakfast or lunch. I saw one cockroach in the restaurant, it was not in the room.
No music in the evenings and at night rattled the whole hotel, although we sometimes came after midnight, but the only thing is that you can really hear the construction outside the windows, don’t think that this is a construction site near the hotel, it’s just that construction is going on everywhere, even at night, it’s busy during the day, you don’t pay attention like that, but at night it’s quiet, you can hear everything. And no mullah with a morning prayer in his sleep woke up, it was quite calm. The room is spacious. Almost the entire wall of the window, the curtains are thick blue, in the photo, when I watched the presentation of the hotel, the rooms seemed very gloomy to me, it turned out not, very nice, clean, we had a huge mirror and a large plasma, the First worked from the Russian channels, but not in that sequence there were programs, as with us and not all. And so, there were 15 channels. There is a safe in the room for free, they kept documents and money in it, but to be honest, the first two days we generally lost sight of the safe, we thought it didn’t work, because it was presented to us.
With a free safe at the reception only, nobody stole anything. Moreover, on the second day they hurried to the beach and left documents and dollars on the table somewhere around 100, everything remained intact. It was only evident that the dust was being wiped off the table. The boys cleaned very well, first of all they vacuumed (noted), change of bed and towels every day, on the first day we took one towel to the beach, so they put us another one, in the end it turned out to be one extra. But no one took him after. One glass was broken, no bill was presented to us. At first, every day they put a new shampoo, gels, soap, until we had three sets, after which they stopped. Since tipping is not a duty here, but just gratitude, we decided to look at the quality of cleaning and did not tip at all for the first days, then they began, the quality of cleaning did not change from this, they were cleaned just as well. No Egyptian obsession, very nice.
Near the hotel there are several grocery stores where you can buy something to chew on, cheese, fruits, vegetables, juices, etc. , and the bread and rolls are very tasty, the prices are low.
The schedule for the beach is not very convenient, at 0.30 departure, it is convenient, but at 1.00 they are already being picked up. since it is not so hot in February, I wanted to be on the beach longer, so sometimes we got back by taxi, about 25 dirhams. In general, keep in mind that in Deira, all the hotels are urban and travel costs are inevitable, better than a taxi or metro. I read a lot about taxi drivers, including negative ones. But I will give only one example. On the last day, we had to leave the room at 1.00, we decided to leave the beach at 1.
00, to still pack our bags, drive for about 20 minutes, but the driver, firstly, did not know the city very well, took us by some other road, as a result, we drove longer, then they began to confuse in the vicinity of the hotel, he began to ask passersby, how to get there, because even according to the map from the hotel it was difficult to figure it out, as a result, we began to swear among ourselves. That we had to leave earlier, we are late, etc. , he apparently understood our cries in a different way, that we are unhappy with the fact that he deliberately winds circles near the hotel, but cannot bring it, in the end he just turned off the meter, after a minute 8 found our hotel. That is, I don’t think it was on purpose, although I might have shaken it, who knows ...The beach, Al Mamzar Park is very personal, there is a green area and the beach itself, although at the entrance to the beach, where there are most people, it is not very clean, in the sand - cigarette butts, garbage, next to the palm trees are very cute.
The water was 20 degrees, but we swam, sometimes a cool breeze (even a very cold breeze) blew, we were full 8 days, it rained one day in the evening, one was just cloudy and cold, it cleared up in the evening. I took protective cream with me. On the first day I took advantage, it was gone, there was simply no need, although my skin is capricious. I really liked that, unlike Egypt at this time, where in winter the air temperature drops decently, here it is only 3-4 degrees, it is very warm, in the evening you can walk, like during the day, with bare arms and legs.
We went on 2 excursions: a sightseeing tour of Dubai and the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is an excursion simply takes the name, and there is no particularly water world, you lie on the beach on the Indian Ocean for several hours in hotels of a higher class, plus a buffet lunch, plus at first you just drive through the emirates.
I liked the sightseeing tour of Dubai very much, although this is what is called a “gallop across Europe”, at first the idea developed, and after that we ourselves arrived at the Dubai Mall, watched the singing fountains, a giant aquarium, etc. Advice to those who don’t know, tickets on the observation deck on the Burj Khalifa on the day of inspection they cost 400 dirhams, buy 100 dirhams in advance, but it’s better to buy right away, we arrived 3 days before departure, there were no tickets for these dates. We went on excursions with Aladdin, there is also Arabian Knights, I read that Arabian Knights are better, then I compared their programs, the excursions are very similar, they differ in some nuances, the prices are the same, it seemed better, Arabian Knights, but we bought from Aladdin, because they are on beach every day, we saw the Arabian Knights, on the 4th day, when we had already bought excursions from Aladdin. Aladdin's guides are very good, Russian women, they told quite fascinatingly.
I will not list the sights that are worth visiting, because there is a lot of information on the Internet, I write that you won’t read it there. I also want to note, since our hotel is in Deira, we just walked around the city a lot in the evenings and at night, very calm and good. We fell into the period of the shopping festival, of course, discounts, this is very loudly said, but in general there is something to buy at the sale, we mastered only Deira City Center and Al Guair. I didn’t like Nasser Square, some kind of Cherkizon, we didn’t look for a fur coat, so we just walked for fun, heard about the Golden Fork, decided to go in too, the food is so-so, the prices are low, but correspond to the quality of the food.
But the service is wonderful, everyone was brought on time, very helpful, while unlike all other restaurants and cafes more expensive, where a tip of 15-20% is immediately included in the bill, and they also don’t give change stably for 15 dirhams (smiling sweetly and saying “thank you”) here the girl didn’t include a single penny extra on the bill, we left her a tip, got ready to leave right away so that she realized that she didn’t need change, but went to the toilet, (sorry for the details) so at the exit she was waiting for us with change until filsa!!!!!!! ! Naturally, for such service it is not a pity to leave more tips.
Dubai is a wonderful city. The only point I will pay attention to is no accompaniment of Natalie Tours. Upon arrival at the airport, we were met by some kind of hectic girl, handed us advertisements for Fur Planet fur coats and excursions (2 p more expensive than the same ones from Aladdin and Arabian Knights), handed us to the hotel driver.
She answered all our questions that the day after tomorrow, in the afternoon, you will meet with your guide. The guide, of course, arrived on time, but firstly, we needed help on the first day, the day of settlement, because we do not speak English. Moreover, I wanted to know about the country, its features, what is possible, what is not allowed, how to move around, etc. We did not receive this information either from the agency when we bought the tour (we referred to the guide upon arrival), or upon arrival. Reading reviews before going. I met a lot of similar complaints about Natalie Tours, so I read a lot and studied the country myself, including route maps. This helped, as well as communication with our compatriots on the beach and at the hotel.
By the way, on the website of Natalie Tours there is a memo to those traveling to the UAE, it is indicated that it is handed over to tourists and introduced to her, nothing like that, I repeat once again no information about the country, except for the advertisement of the Fur Planet fur store and excursions we were not provided. The guide, who approached us at the hotel, answered all the questions somehow vaguely, and I repeat once again, when we met with her, we already had the basic information, and after the poke method, her visit was useless. Before leaving, they put information under the door about when the departure is and that’s it, you go downstairs with bags and the concierge understands that you have a departure and calls the driver. We went several times to Egypt with Tez tour and Pegas tourist, a completely different attitude, we nursed like babies, we received all the information about the country from them and accompanied them all the way back and forth, then we really felt the care for tourists.
But maybe we were just unlucky with the guides ...or we are so fastidious. give us information about the country, tell us, but show us ...
The UAE is a wonderful country. I advise everyone to visit and once again thank you for everything for the truthful reviews, those who write them for the benefit of their neighbor, and not by order. Sorry for the mistakes, the lack of a punctuation mark somewhere, I wrote quickly, not for the sake of a literary work, for the sake of content.
1. Hotel Versales. There are no Russian speakers at the reception in the lobby. But in principle, if you know at least the minimum vocabulary in English, there will be no particular difficulties. We were settled on the topmost, 7th floor, where mostly only Russians, although I must say that there were 25 percent of Russians in the hotel.
The room was normal, yes, the windows did not open and were not quite ideal, but in principle this did not interfere with our rest, the windows did not need to be opened, our room had a separate adjustable air conditioner, personal, and not one per floor, as they say in others reviews on hotels, but to be honest, we turned it off almost on the day of arrival, the room was cool enough, not hot, and at night even under the covers sometimes froze, sometimes we had to cover ourselves with a blanket. Immediately asked for a bed one or two. In the room, the refrigerator was immediately filled with cola, mineral water, beer, there was a basket of chocolate paste on the table. Nuts, sweets, something else, it's all clear, extra. services. We didn’t use anything, we only used it as a refrigerator for storing food, while during checkout no one came to check our stock, apparently they had already checked it.
Nobody said a word to us, I am writing this to the fact that many dissatisfied compatriots complain that they were unreasonably credited with what they drank and ate. Upon check-in, we were immediately given a memo when the bus goes to the beach, the schedule for breakfast and lunch, while they immediately took away our passports, with the replica “no problem”, they didn’t swear and download rights, especially in English we didn’t know how to express ourselves , while I already foresaw this in advance, having read reviews on other hotels, in 3-star hotels, this is a common practice, they did not offer money for a deposit, they immediately took their passports. The next day, when our guide approached, they asked to return the passports, to which Asya said that the passports would be returned, but in return they would be offered to make a deposit, we said that we did not mind, but not $ 100, but after her conversation, the passports were returned without further questions. I will make a reservation right away.
That when buying a tour, we immediately looked for food: breakfast-dinner, Natalie tours assured us that the hotel had a choice of lunch or dinner, however, when checking in, again at the reception, the girl said that breakfast and lunch were told to the guide the next day this is a misunderstanding, again she clarified, it turned out that you can still choose, but lunch is a buffet, and for dinner you need to order several dishes in advance, we, after thinking, did not bother, left lunch. But the conclusion: keep your eyes open at the reception. At the same time, the downside was that the agent Natalie Tours met with us already in the second half of the day following our arrival, when we were already at random in the hotel and talking on the beach with the Russians had a rough idea of how to get around the city by taxi, metro, what excursions are better to go, etc. , how to call, etc.
, took a map at the reception, and also thanks to the numerous reviews on the websites of our compatriots, we went to the country, already having a more detailed idea about it. The food at the hotel is monotonous, but healthy: vegetables, chicken, meat, fish in batter, salads, potatoes ...like our average Russian canteen, the table does not break, but you won’t stay hungry and certainly won’t get poisoned, as was the case with me in Egypt. Cooked delicious, homemade. There were few and unripe fruits, there were only melons and watermelons, sometimes oranges and grapes. The pastries are the same every morning: one kind of buns and croissants, for lunch, too, the same jelly dessert. Well, sorry, 3 stars… We didn't see anyone buying alcohol for breakfast or lunch. I saw one cockroach in the restaurant, it was not in the room.
No music in the evenings and at night rattled the whole hotel, although we sometimes came after midnight, but the only thing is that you can really hear the construction outside the windows, don’t think that this is a construction site near the hotel, it’s just that construction is going on everywhere, even at night, it’s busy during the day, you don’t pay attention like that, but at night it’s quiet, you can hear everything. And no mullah with a morning prayer in his sleep woke up, it was quite calm. The room is spacious. Almost the entire wall of the window, the curtains are thick blue, in the photo, when I watched the presentation of the hotel, the rooms seemed very gloomy to me, it turned out not, very nice, clean, we had a huge mirror and a large plasma, the First worked from the Russian channels, but not in that sequence there were programs, as with us and not all. And so, there were 15 channels. There is a safe in the room for free, they kept documents and money in it, but to be honest, the first two days we generally lost sight of the safe, we thought it didn’t work, because it was presented to us.
With a free safe at the reception only, nobody stole anything. Moreover, on the second day they hurried to the beach and left documents and dollars on the table somewhere around 100, everything remained intact. It was only evident that the dust was being wiped off the table. The boys cleaned very well, first of all they vacuumed (noted), change of bed and towels every day, on the first day we took one towel to the beach, so they put us another one, in the end it turned out to be one extra. But no one took him after. One glass was broken, no bill was presented to us. At first, every day they put a new shampoo, gels, soap, until we had three sets, after which they stopped. Since tipping is not a duty here, but just gratitude, we decided to look at the quality of cleaning and did not tip at all for the first days, then they began, the quality of cleaning did not change from this, they were cleaned just as well. No Egyptian obsession, very nice.
Near the hotel there are several grocery stores where you can buy something to chew on, cheese, fruits, vegetables, juices, etc. , and the bread and rolls are very tasty, the prices are low.
The schedule for the beach is not very convenient, at 0.30 departure, it is convenient, but at 1.00 they are already being picked up. since it is not so hot in February, I wanted to be on the beach longer, so sometimes we got back by taxi, about 25 dirhams. In general, keep in mind that in Deira, all the hotels are urban and travel costs are inevitable, better than a taxi or metro. I read a lot about taxi drivers, including negative ones. But I will give only one example. On the last day, we had to leave the room at 1.00, we decided to leave the beach at 1.
00, to still pack our bags, drive for about 20 minutes, but the driver, firstly, did not know the city very well, took us by some other road, as a result, we drove longer, then they began to confuse in the vicinity of the hotel, he began to ask passersby, how to get there, because even according to the map from the hotel it was difficult to figure it out, as a result, we began to swear among ourselves. That we had to leave earlier, we are late, etc. , he apparently understood our cries in a different way, that we are unhappy with the fact that he deliberately winds circles near the hotel, but cannot bring it, in the end he just turned off the meter, after a minute 8 found our hotel. That is, I don’t think it was on purpose, although I might have shaken it, who knows ...The beach, Al Mamzar Park is very personal, there is a green area and the beach itself, although at the entrance to the beach, where there are most people, it is not very clean, in the sand - cigarette butts, garbage, next to the palm trees are very cute.
The water was 20 degrees, but we swam, sometimes a cool breeze (even a very cold breeze) blew, we were full 8 days, it rained one day in the evening, one was just cloudy and cold, it cleared up in the evening. I took protective cream with me. On the first day I took advantage, it was gone, there was simply no need, although my skin is capricious. I really liked that, unlike Egypt at this time, where in winter the air temperature drops decently, here it is only 3-4 degrees, it is very warm, in the evening you can walk, like during the day, with bare arms and legs.
We went on 2 excursions: a sightseeing tour of Dubai and the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is an excursion simply takes the name, and there is no particularly water world, you lie on the beach on the Indian Ocean for several hours in hotels of a higher class, plus a buffet lunch, plus at first you just drive through the emirates.
I liked the sightseeing tour of Dubai very much, although this is what is called a “gallop across Europe”, at first the idea developed, and after that we ourselves arrived at the Dubai Mall, watched the singing fountains, a giant aquarium, etc. Advice to those who don’t know, tickets on the observation deck on the Burj Khalifa on the day of inspection they cost 400 dirhams, buy 100 dirhams in advance, but it’s better to buy right away, we arrived 3 days before departure, there were no tickets for these dates. We went on excursions with Aladdin, there is also Arabian Knights, I read that Arabian Knights are better, then I compared their programs, the excursions are very similar, they differ in some nuances, the prices are the same, it seemed better, Arabian Knights, but we bought from Aladdin, because they are on beach every day, we saw the Arabian Knights, on the 4th day, when we had already bought excursions from Aladdin. Aladdin's guides are very good, Russian women, they told quite fascinatingly.
I will not list the sights that are worth visiting, because there is a lot of information on the Internet, I write that you won’t read it there. I also want to note, since our hotel is in Deira, we just walked around the city a lot in the evenings and at night, very calm and good. We fell into the period of the shopping festival, of course, discounts, this is very loudly said, but in general there is something to buy at the sale, we mastered only Deira City Center and Al Guair. I didn’t like Nasser Square, some kind of Cherkizon, we didn’t look for a fur coat, so we just walked for fun, heard about the Golden Fork, decided to go in too, the food is so-so, the prices are low, but correspond to the quality of the food.
But the service is wonderful, everyone was brought on time, very helpful, while unlike all other restaurants and cafes more expensive, where a tip of 15-20% is immediately included in the bill, and they also don’t give change stably for 15 dirhams (smiling sweetly and saying “thank you”) here the girl didn’t include a single penny extra on the bill, we left her a tip, got ready to leave right away so that she realized that she didn’t need change, but went to the toilet, (sorry for the details) so at the exit she was waiting for us with change until filsa!!!!!!! ! Naturally, for such service it is not a pity to leave more tips.
Dubai is a wonderful city. The only point I will pay attention to is no accompaniment of Natalie Tours. Upon arrival at the airport, we were met by some kind of hectic girl, handed us advertisements for Fur Planet fur coats and excursions (2 p more expensive than the same ones from Aladdin and Arabian Knights), handed us to the hotel driver.
She answered all our questions that the day after tomorrow, in the afternoon, you will meet with your guide. The guide, of course, arrived on time, but firstly, we needed help on the first day, the day of settlement, because we do not speak English. Moreover, I wanted to know about the country, its features, what is possible, what is not allowed, how to move around, etc. We did not receive this information either from the agency when we bought the tour (we referred to the guide upon arrival), or upon arrival. Reading reviews before going. I met a lot of similar complaints about Natalie Tours, so I read a lot and studied the country myself, including route maps. This helped, as well as communication with our compatriots on the beach and at the hotel.
By the way, on the website of Natalie Tours there is a memo to those traveling to the UAE, it is indicated that it is handed over to tourists and introduced to her, nothing like that, I repeat once again no information about the country, except for the advertisement of the Fur Planet fur store and excursions we were not provided. The guide, who approached us at the hotel, answered all the questions somehow vaguely, and I repeat once again, when we met with her, we already had the basic information, and after the poke method, her visit was useless. Before leaving, they put information under the door about when the departure is and that’s it, you go downstairs with bags and the concierge understands that you have a departure and calls the driver. We went several times to Egypt with Tez tour and Pegas tourist, a completely different attitude, we nursed like babies, we received all the information about the country from them and accompanied them all the way back and forth, then we really felt the care for tourists.
But maybe we were just unlucky with the guides ...or we are so fastidious. give us information about the country, tell us, but show us ...
The UAE is a wonderful country. I advise everyone to visit and once again thank you for everything for the truthful reviews, those who write them for the benefit of their neighbor, and not by order. Sorry for the mistakes, the lack of a punctuation mark somewhere, I wrote quickly, not for the sake of a literary work, for the sake of content.
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We went to Dubai in February 2011. I must say right away. that before the trip I read a lot of reviews, including about the hotel. There were both positive and negative reviews, but all the reviews were true, although my friends claimed that the reviews were written either by representatives of tour operators, or travel agencies, or hotels.
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We went to Dubai in February 2011. I must say right away. that before the trip I read a lot of reviews, including about the hotel. There were both positive and negative reviews, but all the reviews were true, although my friends claimed that the reviews were written either by representatives of tour operators, or travel agencies, or hotels. 1. Hotel Versales. There are no Russian speakers at the reception in the lobby. But in principle, if you know at least the minimum vocabulary in English, there will be no particular difficulties. We were settled on the topmost, 7th floor, where there are mostly only Russians, although I must say that there were 25 percent of Russians in the hotel. The room was normal, yes, the windows did not open and were not quite ideal, but in principle it was not interfered with our rest, we didn’t need to open the windows, our room had a separate adjustable air conditioner, personal, and not one per floor, as they say in other hotel reviews, but to be honest, we turned it off almost on the day of arrival, the room was quite cool , not hot, and at night even under the covers sometimes froze, sometimes I had to cover myself with a bedspread. Immediately asked for a bed one or two. In the room, the refrigerator was immediately filled with cola, mineral water, beer, and there was a basket of chocolate paste on the table. Nuts, sweets, something else, it's all clear, extra. services. We didn’t use anything, we only used it as a refrigerator for storing food, while during checkout no one came to check our stock, apparently they had already checked it. Nobody said a word to us, I am writing this to the fact that many dissatisfied compatriots complain that they were unreasonably attributed to what they had drunk and eaten. Upon check-in, we were immediately given a memo when the bus goes to the beach, the schedule for breakfast and lunch, while they immediately took away our passports, with the replica “no problem”, they didn’t swear and download rights, especially in English we didn’t know how to express ourselves , while I already foresaw this in advance, having read reviews on other hotels, in 3-star hotels, this is a common practice, they did not offer money for a deposit, they immediately took their passports. The next day, when our guide approached, they asked to return the passports, to which Asya said that the passports would be returned, but in return they would be offered to make a deposit, we said that we did not mind, but not $ 100, but after her conversation, the passports were returned without any questions. I will make a reservation right away. That when buying a tour, we immediately looked for food: breakfast-dinner, Natalie tours assured us that the hotel had a choice of lunch or dinner, however, when checking in, again at the reception, the girl said that breakfast and lunch were told to the guide the next day this is a misunderstanding, again she clarified, it turned out that you can still choose, but lunch is a buffet, and for dinner you need to order several dishes in advance, we, after thinking, did not bother, left lunch. But the conclusion: keep your eyes open at the reception. At the same time, the downside was that the agent Natalie Tours met with us already in the second half of the day following our arrival, when we were already at random in the hotel and talking on the beach with the Russians had a rough idea of how to get around the city by taxi, metro, which excursions are better to go, etc. , how to call, etc. . , took a map to the reception, and also thanks to the numerous reviews on the websites of our compatriots, we went to the country, already having a more detailed idea about it. The food at the hotel is monotonous, but healthy: vegetables, chicken, meat, fish in batter, salads, potatoes... like our average Russian canteen, the table does not break, but you won’t stay hungry and certainly won’t get poisoned, as was the case with me in Egypt. Cooked delicious, homemade. There were few and unripe fruits, there were only melons and watermelons, sometimes oranges and grapes. The pastries are the same every morning: one kind of buns and croissants, for lunch, too, the same jelly dessert. Well, sorry, 3 stars… We didn't see anyone buying alcohol for breakfast or lunch. I saw one cockroach in the restaurant, it was not in the room. No music in the evenings and at night rattled throughout the hotel, although we sometimes came after midnight, but the only thing is that you can really hear the construction outside the windows, don’t think that this is a construction site near the hotel, it’s just that construction is going on everywhere, even at night, it’s busy during the day, you don’t pay attention like that, but silence at night, you can hear everything. And no mullah with a morning prayer in his sleep woke up, it was quite calm. The room is spacious. Almost the entire wall of the window, the curtains are thick blue, in the photo, when I watched the presentation of the hotel, the rooms seemed very gloomy to me, it turned out not, very nice, clean, we had a huge mirror and a large plasma, the First worked from the Russian channels, but not in that sequence there were programs, like ours and not all. And so, there were 15 channels. There is a safe in the room for free, they kept documents and money in it, but to be honest, the first two days we generally lost sight of the safe, we thought it didn’t work, because it was presented to us. With a free safe at the reception only, nobody stole anything. Moreover, on the second day they hurried to the beach and left documents and dollars on the table somewhere around 100, everything remained intact. It was only evident that the dust was being wiped off the table. The boys cleaned very well, first of all they vacuumed (noted), change of bed and towels every day, on the first day we took one towel to the beach, so they put us another one, in the end it turned out to be one extra. But no one took him after. One glass was broken, no bill was presented to us. At first, every day they put a new shampoo, gels, soap, until we had accumulated three sets, after that they stopped. Since tipping is not a duty here, but just gratitude, we decided to look at the quality of cleaning and did not tip at all for the first days, then they began, the quality of cleaning did not change from this, they were cleaned just as well. No Egyptian obsession, very nice. Near the hotel there are several grocery stores where you can buy something to chew on, cheese, fruits, vegetables, juices, etc. . there is no sausage at all, as the guide told us, they almost never sell it anywhere in Deira, they have not tried the local dairy products, and the bread and buns are very tasty, the prices are low. The schedule for the beach is not very convenient, leaving at 0930 is convenient, but at 1300 they are already being picked up. since it is not so hot in February, I wanted to be on the beach longer, so sometimes we got back by taxi, about 25 dirhams. In general, keep in mind that in Deira, all the same, all hotels are urban and travel costs are inevitable, better than a taxi or metro. I read a lot about taxi drivers, including negative ones. But I will give only one example. On the last day, we had to vacate the room at 1.00, we decided to leave the beach at 1.00 to still pack our bags, drive for about 20 minutes, but the driver, firstly, did not know the city very well, took us some other way, to As a result, we drove longer, then they began to get confused in the vicinity of the hotel, he began to ask passers-by how to get there, because even according to the scheme from the hotel it was difficult to figure it out, as a result, we began to swear among ourselves. That we had to leave earlier, we are late, etc. , he apparently understood our cries in a different way, that we are unhappy with the fact that he deliberately winds circles near the hotel, but cannot bring it, in the end he just turned off the meter, after a minute 8 found our hotel. That is, I don’t think it was on purpose, although I might have shaken it, who knows... The beach, Al Mamzar Park is very personal, there is a green area and the beach itself, although at the entrance to the beach, where there are most people, it is not very clean, in the sand - cigarette butts, garbage, next to the palm trees are very cute. The water was 20 degrees, but we swam, sometimes a cool breeze (even a very cold breeze) blew, we were full 8 days, one day it rained in the evening, one was just cloudy and chilly, it cleared up in the evening. I took protective cream with me. On the first day I used it, it was gone, there was simply no need, although my skin is capricious. I really liked that, unlike Egypt at this time, where in winter the air temperature drops decently, here it is only 3-4 degrees, it is very warm, in the evening you can walk like during the day, with bare arms and legs. We went on 2 excursions: a sightseeing tour of Dubai and the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean is an excursion simply takes the name, and there is no particularly water world, you lie on the beach on the Indian Ocean for several hours in hotels of a higher class, plus a buffet lunch, plus at first you just drive through the emirates. I liked the sightseeing tour of Dubai very much, although this is what is called a “gallop across Europe”, at first the idea developed, and after that we ourselves arrived at the Dubai Mall on our own, watched singing fountains, a giant aquarium, etc. . Advice to those who don’t know, tickets to the Burj Khalifa observation deck on the day of inspection cost 400 dirhams, buy 100 dirhams in advance, but it’s better to buy it right away, we arrived 3 days before departure, there were no tickets for these dates. We went on excursions with Aladdin, there is also Arabian Knights, I read that Arabian Knights are better, then I compared their programs, the excursions are very similar, they differ in some nuances, the prices are the same, it seemed better, Arabienne Knights, but we bought from Aladdin, because they are on beach every day, we saw the Arabian Knights, on the 4th day, when we had already bought excursions from Aladdin. Aladdin's guides are very good, Russian women, they told us quite fascinatingly. I will not list the sights that are worth visiting, because there is a lot of information on the Internet, I write that you won’t read it there. I also want to note, since our hotel is in Deira, we just walked around the city a lot in the evenings and at night, very calm and good. We got into the shopping period of the festival, of course discounts, this is very loudly said, but in general there is something to buy at the sale, we mastered only Deira City Center and Al Guair. She answered all our questions that the day after tomorrow, in the afternoon, meet your guide. The guide, of course, arrived on time, but firstly, we needed help on the first day, the day of settlement, because we do not speak English. Moreover, I wanted to know about the country, its features, what is possible, what is not, how to move around, etc. We did not receive this information either from the agency when we bought the tour (we referred to the guide upon arrival), or upon arrival. Reading reviews before going. I met a lot of similar complaints about Natalie Tours, because I read a lot and studied about the country myself, right down to route maps. This helped, as well as communication with our compatriots on the beach and at the hotel. By the way, on the website of Natalie Tours there is a memo to those traveling to the UAE, it is indicated that it is handed to tourists and introduced to her, nothing like that, I repeat once again no information about the country, except for an advertisement for a fur coat store Planet of Fur and excursions we were not provided. The guide, who approached us at the hotel, answered all the questions somehow vaguely, and I repeat once again, when we met with her, we already had the basic information, and after the poke method, her visit was useless. Before leaving, they put information under the door about when the departure is and that’s it, you go downstairs with bags and the concierge understands that you have a departure and calls the driver. We went several times to Egypt with Tez tour and Pegas tourist, a completely different attitude, we nursed like babies, we received all the information about the country from them and accompanied them all the way back and forth, then we really felt the care for tourists. But maybe we were just unlucky with the guides... or we are so picky. give us information about the country, tell us, show us. . . The UAE is a wonderful country. I advise everyone to visit and once again thank you for everything for the truthful reviews, those who write them for the benefit of their neighbor, and not by order. Sorry for the mistakes, the lack of a punctuation mark somewhere, I wrote quickly, not for the sake of a literary work, for the sake of content.
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rested in September 2008, I personally was abroad for the first time. There is nothing to compare with, and therefore the impressions of the rest are super. The hotel, according to my friend, who has something to compare with, pulls on 4 * snow-white linen, changed daily, varied cuisine, transfer to the beach strictly on time, the attendants, although not Russian-speaking, but very friendly, did not leave a tip, but they did not experience inferiority in anything.
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rested in September 2008, I personally was abroad for the first time. There is nothing to compare with, and therefore the impressions of the rest are super. The hotel, according to my friend, who has something to compare with, pulls on 4 * snow-white linen, changed daily, varied cuisine, transfer to the beach strictly on time, the attendants, although not Russian-speaking, but very friendly, did not leave a tip, but they did not experience inferiority in anything. Conclusion: not make yourself something that doesn’t really exist and everything will be super for you, and if there are complaints, then you are in 5 * hotels.
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