Vacation in retirement

Written: 29 february 2012
Travel time: 25 — 29 february 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 3.0
Amenities: 4.0
A small review. We are resting here for the fourth day - it’s not a fact that we will be all 11, I hope we will move to charm.
The tour was taken from Pegasus (themselves from Gomel, Belarus), a day before departure. Food - HB.

Rested in different hotels in Egypt, there is something to compare.

Service: four plus. Unobtrusively, correctly, not everything is provided, but at the request they do what is needed (and more). And most importantly - with a smile and without thirst for the dollar. Yes, only one waiter knows Russian, so basic English is needed. The hotel is not configured to receive "Tagil", but that's good. Russians - 20%, the rest - Poles, British, Germans. The average age of vacationers is under 40 years old. Smile and you will be smiled back. And in this hotel - even sincerely.


Hotel: was conceived as 4 *, but subjectively - let us down. Yes, oldish furniture, but clean linen with a daily change. The sockets are loose, but the refrigerator and air conditioner work. The safe was brought 5 minutes after the request at the reception.
There is one Russian-language channel on TV, but the laptop saves. Internet in the rooms - no. In the lobby - 3G Vodafone box (like 10.0. 0.1, finishes up to the pool and rooms far from the sea), in theory, you can increase the transmitter power. Yes, the best rooms are located closer to the sea, facing south (in March - for sure).

Food: Everything is VERY poor. There is essentially no choice. Almost no fruit. But they cook beautifully and for the most part - delicious. But a lot of rice. For AI, this hotel is definitely not worth going to! !
We did not want AI, so about the HB diet: breakfast - buffet (with drinks), dinner - portion (without drinks). Hot and cold water is poured during the day in the bar without problems (we took 3-in-1 coffee with us). Don't order pizza. The price tag for lunches and everything that is not included in HB is atomic! Fruits were bought in Assala (Dahab district), where it is twice cheaper than in the center (you can get there for 2-3 bucks by private trader, for 5 by taxi) - for 5 bucks of fruit (strawberries, pomegranates, melons, oranges, grapefruits) loaded with half a backpack.
There is also water, beer and drinks. The rest - we have from the Kyiv Dutik (you can bring in a liter per nose, but they don’t check), all the AI ​ ​ people envy.

Kill time: Animation - absent as a class. ABSOLUTELY. Tennis table - to write off along with rackets. There are no animators or volunteers for volleyball. Water polo is not played in the wildly cold pool. There is no disco, but they seem to take it once a week (I don’t think there is anything to do there). Excursions in the lobby are several times cheaper than those of the tour operator, in Dahab a couple of kopecks are cheaper.

Beach: Snorkeling - gorgeous. Mask + snorkel = must-have. It is 50 meters to the pantone, another 50 meters to the next one. There is NO direct entrance to the sea. Not stones, but bricks-cobblestones (in the photo of the hotel I give the photographer a strong five in terms of angles). Further. In the direction "from Dahab" - continuous diving places. Blue Hole - 45 minutes walk. It might make sense for divers, but not much for snorkelers. But half a day was killed.
On excursions: if you chose Dahab, I advise Israel (from 70), the Colored Canyon (from 35), sports and outdoor activities (in my opinion, it’s somehow very expensive here, the same diving in Hurghada is half the price).
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