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We chose a tour to the UAE and in particular to this hotel ourselves (I was interested in the price), the tour agencies offered mainly Turkey and Egypt at a much higher price. We read a lot of reviews about Miramar and in general about traveling to this country. found. What you can take with you to this country - you will have to look for detailed and complete information! And vseravno there will be unresolved issues that are so interested in our tourists before traveling to this country. I am ready to answer these questions in the comments, whoever wants more write questions in the comments!
And so about our vacation. Departure at 21:00 from UIA Boryspil with a delay of 15 minutes. We went through passport control quickly, bought in duty free before departure, took alcohol and water (you can safely take any amount). Upon arrival, we went through passport control very quickly, and waited longer for our luggage. Bought in Dutik and out. I met the Travel Agent, handed over the envelope and handed us over to the Egyptian driver who did not speak either Russian or English. There were six of us in the car, we arrived in two hours. At 5 in the morning we were already at the hotel. The reception impressed with its beauty. Another couple came with us. At the reception I met a very very friendly person of Asian appearance who does not know Russian (the most friendly of all the workers at the reception) Welcome pomegranate juice from the concierge. On the third attempt, we managed to give a letter of recommendation from Tophotels, which was immediately xeroxed and returned to us. They didn’t wear bracelets for us because we only had breakfast. The check-in took about 5 minutes and we were taken immediately with our things to room 2308 on the 3rd floor. The room is clean, large with a very high ceiling of 4 meters, with a large bed, a balcony.
In the bathroom: a large dzerealo, 2 glasses, 2 snow-white large towels, 2 small towels, 2 tiny towels, 1 foot towel under the bath and one rug in front of the mirror, hair dryer, one bar of soap for two for all 14 days, one hair cap , ear sticks. Shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and body cream are replenished every day. Towels and sheets are changed every day. No washcloth, toothbrush or toothpaste.
In the hallway there are 2 large mirrors, in the closet there is a free safe, an ironing board and an iron, 2 waffle bathrobes and slippers (they do not change).
The room has a large bed with a blanket and four pillows + four pillows in two bedside tables, a table and two chairs, 2 lamps on the bedside tables (one of them can turn off all the light in the room, very convenient) another large mirror and a floor lamp, a large table cabinet with a refrigerator and two compartments for your belongings, an electric kettle, 2 cups, sugar packaging, Nescafe coffee, black and green alazai tea (replenished every day), 2 wine glasses, 2 glasses, two bottles of water of 0.5 l (water is put each day when cleaning the room), 2 small chocolates (a week later there were two more), the rest of the drinks for money (the price plate is on the table! We advise you to read it). Large plasma TV with seven Russian channels. There are two sockets that fit our plugs (one in the bathroom, the other in the room under the mirror with a floor lamp).
The air conditioning works perfectly, it is adjustable to any temperature, up to 16 degrees exactly. When leaving the room, you can leave one key card in the lock and the air conditioner will work all the time. there is a table and two chairs on the balcony. A view of the pool and a moderately beautiful green area. (air humidity is high, so if you get a room by the sea, things will not dry out! We advise you to take turntable hangers with you and then dry your swimwear either on the beach during the day or near the pool under umbrellas, this is what tourists with experience do)
There is no noise from the pool - this is not Turkey for you! I liked the soundproofing of the walls, we didn’t hear any noise from the neighbors or they simply didn’t exist! The hotel was occupied by 10 percent. Until the end of our stay, the hotel was occupied by about 30%.
We unpacked our things, changed clothes and went to get acquainted with the territory. Everything is very clean, tidy, well-groomed and green. Pool with cool water, clean sandy beach, with plenty of sunbeds and umbrellas. The ocean was calm for the first two days without waves, then there were almost always waves. When meeting with the ocean, we immediately noticed that there was a smell of diesel fuel and sand floated on the water that did not sink because it was oily from oil. The sunbeds were all free, no one occupied them in the morning either on the beach or by the pool.
Beach towels are issued on cards, after getting them they were bought up all the same in the ocean. After bathing, oil remained on the palms of the hands and sand stuck to the feet, which did not crumble for a long time. There were no napkins and rags soaked in the washing liquid. . Although in the neighboring hotel Miranda all this is constantly, regardless of whether the water is clean or not.
For all 13 days of our stay, oil emissions were 6 times. The last two very strong ones - the oil simply covered the entire surface of the water, and when walking on the sand, the legs were also heavily smeared. Only then put in one place rags soaked in oil to wash off fuel oil.
There is no map of the hotel on the territory, but there are signs. There is no thermometer to check the temperature. The clock is only at the Reception.
Then we went in search of the main restaurant, followed the signs, but somehow we didn’t find it right away. We approached the reception desk, there was already another Russian-speaking Filipino, who showed us the way in broken language. To the far corner. Somehow we didn’t understand right away and again we didn’t find a canteen. Come back to the counter there was already a Russian girl. When we asked where the restaurant was, she answered very rudely: "You just showed it! " And she showed me where the entrance was. If there was a sign and a pointer and a map of the hotel, then everything would be clear. In the following days, they turned to this girl several times and she was always not at all friendly and attentive and not smiling, she did not always even give an answer to questions, she just froze! She is not very pleasant and not friendly, she is the only one in the whole hotel !!!!
At the entrance to the restaurant we were asked for a room number, then we were met by friendly senior waiters (there is a girl who knows Ukrainian and Russian, very friendly! ). They show guests to the table and offer coffee. There is a catch here! Especially if you first went to a restaurant, and this is immediately visible. If you say that you want coffee, they will bring it to you in a coffee pot. It's not tasty at all. But if you ask for espresso, amercanno, cappuccino or latte, it will be what you need !! ! Very tasty and strong! ! The tables are already served. There is a big minus - there are no paper napkins. If you smear your hands, then wiping them with a starched cloth is simply not realistic !!! ! There is a jug of real milk on the table, it is the most delicious and real here. The one on the buffet is soy and 0% fat, even the one on the children's menu is not tasty !!! ! And not even the color! This is a note to everyone. Nutela (standing near the croissants) happens only on Fridays when the local Arabs come. The rest of the menu every morning is always the same:
Two types of hard cheese, three types of soft cheese, olives, (some other cuts of pickled vegetables are not tasty), two types of chopped lettuce leaves, an unripe brown tomato, a good cucumber, grapefruit, delicious croissants, dry muffins, two types of boiled sausage the cheapest (we saw its price in the supermarket), sausages are the same, small cutlets are not tasty, omelet and fried eggs, boiled eggs, potato slices, mushrooms, beans, waffles and pancakes and from the same dough, Turkish bacon, yoghurts, sliced watermelon is not always ripe, sliced banana, apple, and fruit salad with apple, melon, pineapple is not always papaya. soy milk. From drinks once a week, sweet fermented baked milk, always orange fresh, once a mango drink. Further with drinks are not tasty tinctures with water and fruits and herbs.
And it's all!! ! The choice is not great!
For lunch and dinner, I won’t say anything, since we only had breakfast.
There is nothing to see outside the hotel. There is a mosque almost opposite the hotel, from which prayers are heard several times a day. A little to the left of the mosque, about 5 minutes on foot from the hotel, there is a dry cleaner, a fresh shop and a small Market where you can buy the little things and products familiar to us: chocolates, nuts, ice cream, water, drinks and juices. There is nothing further along the road. If you go to the right of the hotel, there will be 3 more 5 * hotels on the right, and after 20 minutes walk along a clean pavement there is an intersection where there is a gas station with a standard set of products. You can walk another 20 minutes ahead and on the left there will be the first cafe eatery and on the right small shops will begin. And there is already a bigger good supermarket where you can buy juices, drinks, dairy products, water, oriental sweets-halva and figs, there are also poor quality fruits and vegetables , meat. Then only by car, you won’t find anything else on foot. There is a fruit market 11 km from the hotel in the same direction, it works around the clock, there you will find all the sweets for the house, including. delicious mango. They give it a try. The Egyptian sellers do not know the languages. Be sure to bargain!
Further behind the market is the Royal Hotel. There is a liquor store on its territory, prices are like a dutique and the choice is chic. We personally bought here and at the fruit market at 2 am, returning from Dubai from an excursion with a private guide Ramin.
The hotel has a free shuttle to Dubai 2 times a week. You will just be driven there and picked up in the evening. Every day, twice a day, there is a free transfer to the supermarket in Fujairah (recording is strictly 1 hour before departure). Somehow it is not thought out and you give a circle in the opposite direction 30 km and lose 45 minutes of your time. You could at least make a stop (as compensation) or just to the fruit market flight. And drop people near Miramar who only want fruit and take others to Fujairah who want shopping.
The whole trip with a stay in Fujairah takes 6 hours. This is a lot, 45 minutes you only lose on a circle around your hotel.
The store has a good selection of chocolate, oriental sweets, food, a lot of fruits, several types of mango (the cheapest from 7 to 9 dirhams is the most delicious). fish. There are cafes, pizza and McDonald's. Of the things there is nothing interesting, only Chinese consumer goods.
The hotel itself is not big at all, you can get around in 5 minutes. This is one sidewalk between the pool and the residential building. You can go to the beach both along the sidewalk in the shade of palm trees and the cool corridor of the residential building. The beach is wide and the path somehow ends early and then you have to walk along the sand between the sunbeds if you want to go to the first row of sunbeds or just look at the ocean up close. The waves are quite strong, knocking down even adults. It is dangerous to let children go into the water alone. There were cases when we lost hats, glasses, a golden Sergi and a ring, an underwater camera, which the owner was lucky to find. The beach volleyball court is hidden from the guests in a remote corner of the beach (why can’t it be done in front of everyone, look and there will be more people who want to play and there will be someone to cheer for)
For children, near the kids club there is a tiny slide on which there is never anyone. In the neighboring hotel Miranda for children will be a paradise. There is a very large territory and a lot of all sorts of slides, swings, waterfalls, a football field, etc.
Animators are not intrusive at all, you don’t want to participate and no one will beg you. Music near the pool plays loudly only during games with animation, this is about a maximum of 30 minutes in the morning and also in the evening. The rest of the time there is deathly silence. The waiters, both on the beach and near the pool, will never offer you anything themselves, only if you call them yourself and order.
What is very pleasant and immediately it is very noticeable is that all the staff from gardeners, cleaners, to seniors - the guest is always right! Always smile, say hello, they will definitely give way. Just great! In other hotels that are nearby, there is no such attention from the staff! Special Thanks to the youngest and smallest, most friendly girl, the waitress from the main restaurant from Indonesia, Fedra. She remembers your names and where you are from and what kind of coffee you like and always brings it with a smiley face. Just well done!
Access to neighboring hotels is free. You can walk along the beach in any of them. What we did and in each held a photo session. The Greenest of them is the most recent Radison. Very green area where you can take a lot of beautiful pictures.
Drinking water can be obtained from the corridor cleaners on any floor, not obligatory from their own. At the Lobby Bar, from a cooler to your bottles, or also from a cooler in the Spa, there is a bath, sauna for free and the water is cold in any quantity for your pleasure.
From the entertainment in the hotel there is nothing special here, silence and tranquility reign. Therefore, everything is in your hands. Walking around the hotel in the evening is hot and stuffy - and the coolest place is the lobby. Every evening in the lobby bar a Russian girl sings boring slow songs in English to the saxophone and synthesizer. Twice a week, a belly dance for 30 minutes is also from a Russian girl (and where are the oriental beauties? ) At least people gather here, at least somehow, but more fun already. There is also karaoke in a disco club and then a disco. Acoustics and music are good.
And so about our vacation. Departure at 21:00 from UIA Boryspil with a delay of 15 minutes. We went through passport control quickly, bought in duty free before departure, took alcohol and water (you can safely take any amount). Upon arrival, we went through passport control very quickly, and waited longer for our luggage. Bought in Dutik and out. I met the Travel Agent, handed over the envelope and handed us over to the Egyptian driver who did not speak either Russian or English. There were six of us in the car, we arrived in two hours. At 5 in the morning we were already at the hotel. The reception impressed with its beauty. Another couple came with us. At the reception I met a very very friendly person of Asian appearance who does not know Russian (the most friendly of all the workers at the reception) Welcome pomegranate juice from the concierge. On the third attempt, we managed to give a letter of recommendation from Tophotels, which was immediately xeroxed and returned to us. They didn’t wear bracelets for us because we only had breakfast. The check-in took about 5 minutes and we were taken immediately with our things to room 2308 on the 3rd floor. The room is clean, large with a very high ceiling of 4 meters, with a large bed, a balcony.
In the bathroom: a large dzerealo, 2 glasses, 2 snow-white large towels, 2 small towels, 2 tiny towels, 1 foot towel under the bath and one rug in front of the mirror, hair dryer, one bar of soap for two for all 14 days, one hair cap , ear sticks. Shampoo, conditioner, shower gel and body cream are replenished every day. Towels and sheets are changed every day. No washcloth, toothbrush or toothpaste.
In the hallway there are 2 large mirrors, in the closet there is a free safe, an ironing board and an iron, 2 waffle bathrobes and slippers (they do not change).
The room has a large bed with a blanket and four pillows + four pillows in two bedside tables, a table and two chairs, 2 lamps on the bedside tables (one of them can turn off all the light in the room, very convenient) another large mirror and a floor lamp, a large table cabinet with a refrigerator and two compartments for your belongings, an electric kettle, 2 cups, sugar packaging, Nescafe coffee, black and green alazai tea (replenished every day), 2 wine glasses, 2 glasses, two bottles of water of 0.5 l (water is put each day when cleaning the room), 2 small chocolates (a week later there were two more), the rest of the drinks for money (the price plate is on the table! We advise you to read it). Large plasma TV with seven Russian channels. There are two sockets that fit our plugs (one in the bathroom, the other in the room under the mirror with a floor lamp).
The air conditioning works perfectly, it is adjustable to any temperature, up to 16 degrees exactly. When leaving the room, you can leave one key card in the lock and the air conditioner will work all the time. there is a table and two chairs on the balcony. A view of the pool and a moderately beautiful green area. (air humidity is high, so if you get a room by the sea, things will not dry out! We advise you to take turntable hangers with you and then dry your swimwear either on the beach during the day or near the pool under umbrellas, this is what tourists with experience do)
There is no noise from the pool - this is not Turkey for you! I liked the soundproofing of the walls, we didn’t hear any noise from the neighbors or they simply didn’t exist! The hotel was occupied by 10 percent. Until the end of our stay, the hotel was occupied by about 30%.
We unpacked our things, changed clothes and went to get acquainted with the territory. Everything is very clean, tidy, well-groomed and green. Pool with cool water, clean sandy beach, with plenty of sunbeds and umbrellas. The ocean was calm for the first two days without waves, then there were almost always waves. When meeting with the ocean, we immediately noticed that there was a smell of diesel fuel and sand floated on the water that did not sink because it was oily from oil. The sunbeds were all free, no one occupied them in the morning either on the beach or by the pool.
Beach towels are issued on cards, after getting them they were bought up all the same in the ocean. After bathing, oil remained on the palms of the hands and sand stuck to the feet, which did not crumble for a long time. There were no napkins and rags soaked in the washing liquid. . Although in the neighboring hotel Miranda all this is constantly, regardless of whether the water is clean or not.
For all 13 days of our stay, oil emissions were 6 times. The last two very strong ones - the oil simply covered the entire surface of the water, and when walking on the sand, the legs were also heavily smeared. Only then put in one place rags soaked in oil to wash off fuel oil.
There is no map of the hotel on the territory, but there are signs. There is no thermometer to check the temperature. The clock is only at the Reception.
Then we went in search of the main restaurant, followed the signs, but somehow we didn’t find it right away. We approached the reception desk, there was already another Russian-speaking Filipino, who showed us the way in broken language. To the far corner. Somehow we didn’t understand right away and again we didn’t find a canteen. Come back to the counter there was already a Russian girl. When we asked where the restaurant was, she answered very rudely: "You just showed it! " And she showed me where the entrance was. If there was a sign and a pointer and a map of the hotel, then everything would be clear. In the following days, they turned to this girl several times and she was always not at all friendly and attentive and not smiling, she did not always even give an answer to questions, she just froze! She is not very pleasant and not friendly, she is the only one in the whole hotel !!!!
At the entrance to the restaurant we were asked for a room number, then we were met by friendly senior waiters (there is a girl who knows Ukrainian and Russian, very friendly! ). They show guests to the table and offer coffee. There is a catch here! Especially if you first went to a restaurant, and this is immediately visible. If you say that you want coffee, they will bring it to you in a coffee pot. It's not tasty at all. But if you ask for espresso, amercanno, cappuccino or latte, it will be what you need !! ! Very tasty and strong! ! The tables are already served. There is a big minus - there are no paper napkins. If you smear your hands, then wiping them with a starched cloth is simply not realistic !!! ! There is a jug of real milk on the table, it is the most delicious and real here. The one on the buffet is soy and 0% fat, even the one on the children's menu is not tasty !!! ! And not even the color! This is a note to everyone. Nutela (standing near the croissants) happens only on Fridays when the local Arabs come. The rest of the menu every morning is always the same:
Two types of hard cheese, three types of soft cheese, olives, (some other cuts of pickled vegetables are not tasty), two types of chopped lettuce leaves, an unripe brown tomato, a good cucumber, grapefruit, delicious croissants, dry muffins, two types of boiled sausage the cheapest (we saw its price in the supermarket), sausages are the same, small cutlets are not tasty, omelet and fried eggs, boiled eggs, potato slices, mushrooms, beans, waffles and pancakes and from the same dough, Turkish bacon, yoghurts, sliced watermelon is not always ripe, sliced banana, apple, and fruit salad with apple, melon, pineapple is not always papaya. soy milk. From drinks once a week, sweet fermented baked milk, always orange fresh, once a mango drink. Further with drinks are not tasty tinctures with water and fruits and herbs.
And it's all!! ! The choice is not great!
For lunch and dinner, I won’t say anything, since we only had breakfast.
There is nothing to see outside the hotel. There is a mosque almost opposite the hotel, from which prayers are heard several times a day. A little to the left of the mosque, about 5 minutes on foot from the hotel, there is a dry cleaner, a fresh shop and a small Market where you can buy the little things and products familiar to us: chocolates, nuts, ice cream, water, drinks and juices. There is nothing further along the road. If you go to the right of the hotel, there will be 3 more 5 * hotels on the right, and after 20 minutes walk along a clean pavement there is an intersection where there is a gas station with a standard set of products. You can walk another 20 minutes ahead and on the left there will be the first cafe eatery and on the right small shops will begin. And there is already a bigger good supermarket where you can buy juices, drinks, dairy products, water, oriental sweets-halva and figs, there are also poor quality fruits and vegetables , meat. Then only by car, you won’t find anything else on foot. There is a fruit market 11 km from the hotel in the same direction, it works around the clock, there you will find all the sweets for the house, including. delicious mango. They give it a try. The Egyptian sellers do not know the languages. Be sure to bargain!
Further behind the market is the Royal Hotel. There is a liquor store on its territory, prices are like a dutique and the choice is chic. We personally bought here and at the fruit market at 2 am, returning from Dubai from an excursion with a private guide Ramin.
The hotel has a free shuttle to Dubai 2 times a week. You will just be driven there and picked up in the evening. Every day, twice a day, there is a free transfer to the supermarket in Fujairah (recording is strictly 1 hour before departure). Somehow it is not thought out and you give a circle in the opposite direction 30 km and lose 45 minutes of your time. You could at least make a stop (as compensation) or just to the fruit market flight. And drop people near Miramar who only want fruit and take others to Fujairah who want shopping.
The whole trip with a stay in Fujairah takes 6 hours. This is a lot, 45 minutes you only lose on a circle around your hotel.
The store has a good selection of chocolate, oriental sweets, food, a lot of fruits, several types of mango (the cheapest from 7 to 9 dirhams is the most delicious). fish. There are cafes, pizza and McDonald's. Of the things there is nothing interesting, only Chinese consumer goods.
The hotel itself is not big at all, you can get around in 5 minutes. This is one sidewalk between the pool and the residential building. You can go to the beach both along the sidewalk in the shade of palm trees and the cool corridor of the residential building. The beach is wide and the path somehow ends early and then you have to walk along the sand between the sunbeds if you want to go to the first row of sunbeds or just look at the ocean up close. The waves are quite strong, knocking down even adults. It is dangerous to let children go into the water alone. There were cases when we lost hats, glasses, a golden Sergi and a ring, an underwater camera, which the owner was lucky to find. The beach volleyball court is hidden from the guests in a remote corner of the beach (why can’t it be done in front of everyone, look and there will be more people who want to play and there will be someone to cheer for)
For children, near the kids club there is a tiny slide on which there is never anyone. In the neighboring hotel Miranda for children will be a paradise. There is a very large territory and a lot of all sorts of slides, swings, waterfalls, a football field, etc.
Animators are not intrusive at all, you don’t want to participate and no one will beg you. Music near the pool plays loudly only during games with animation, this is about a maximum of 30 minutes in the morning and also in the evening. The rest of the time there is deathly silence. The waiters, both on the beach and near the pool, will never offer you anything themselves, only if you call them yourself and order.
What is very pleasant and immediately it is very noticeable is that all the staff from gardeners, cleaners, to seniors - the guest is always right! Always smile, say hello, they will definitely give way. Just great! In other hotels that are nearby, there is no such attention from the staff! Special Thanks to the youngest and smallest, most friendly girl, the waitress from the main restaurant from Indonesia, Fedra. She remembers your names and where you are from and what kind of coffee you like and always brings it with a smiley face. Just well done!
Access to neighboring hotels is free. You can walk along the beach in any of them. What we did and in each held a photo session. The Greenest of them is the most recent Radison. Very green area where you can take a lot of beautiful pictures.
Drinking water can be obtained from the corridor cleaners on any floor, not obligatory from their own. At the Lobby Bar, from a cooler to your bottles, or also from a cooler in the Spa, there is a bath, sauna for free and the water is cold in any quantity for your pleasure.
From the entertainment in the hotel there is nothing special here, silence and tranquility reign. Therefore, everything is in your hands. Walking around the hotel in the evening is hot and stuffy - and the coolest place is the lobby. Every evening in the lobby bar a Russian girl sings boring slow songs in English to the saxophone and synthesizer. Twice a week, a belly dance for 30 minutes is also from a Russian girl (and where are the oriental beauties? ) At least people gather here, at least somehow, but more fun already. There is also karaoke in a disco club and then a disco. Acoustics and music are good.
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