Nice vacation in a nice place. Albatros Aqua Park

Written: 3 may 2018
Travel time: 14 february — 1 march 2018
Good rest in a nice place
Finally ripe to write a review, not limited to general phrases. And whatever you spit - the hotel is good, the food is tasty (or not very), and then - what excursions have been visited and with what guide. Is this something to do with the hotel?
So here it is. Initially, I watched King Tut again, where I was a year ago. But there the reviews did not improve, at the reception there is still the same ripping off and extortion, boorish attitude and scandals. And in the neighboring Sphinx, which is in the common area, the construction and renovation of the pool. Plus, the low price has become unreasonably high, and at Tez, where at the time we bought the tours the most affordable prices, it generally stopped. Although it is not clear why - there are few people, the most off-season. So , there is now where to turn around with a choice ! In the end, I chose from Albatrosses 4 * in Hurghada, Aloha Sharm of the Otium network and it seems Concorde sport, also Sharm. Aloha - some of the flights were during the day, which knocked out a day of rest, but a beautiful green area, an excellent reef, no need to buy a visa and a tour a little cheaper. But Albatross won - I wanted to get there for a long time + there are 3 hotels with a common territory on 2 lines and 2 on the first - there is where to roam. At that time, Aqua Park, Sea World, Aqua Vista were all at the same price, so I chose, judging by the map, the one that was visually closer to the sea. And the aqua park is there too. Here I wrote off the guest relation , expressing my wishes about the room and asking about what worried me.

We arrived around 8 am. As promised, in accordance with the concept of the hotel, they immediately put on bracelets and sent for breakfast, saying that check-in after 14-00, but they will try as soon as possible. Well, that's what we planned - GR wrote that if there are free rooms, then check-in immediately, without additional payment. And why shouldn't they be, given the off-season. We left our things , like everyone else , in front of the entrance near the " frame " , where the guards are sitting . We ran to change into the bathroom in the lobby, sorry for the details. We arrived - it was hot in the sun, we moved aside - it was cold and windy in the shade! So, running back and forth, we found that one of our suitcases had moved into a pile with others waiting to be moved. And instead of him stands someone else's. This despite the fact that ours stood separately, away from everyone. So be careful.
Territory. The territory of 3 hotels is large (and 5 - even more), it's good that there are 3 hotels, not 1. Competently everything is located - if you want to walk - there is where. If you don't want to, everything you need for a comfortable stay is nearby. But surprisingly almost complete absence of vegetation. No bushes or trees for you. Nowhere in Egypt was such a bare area seen. But everything is in stone, tile and very clean. Closer to Sea world 3 children's pools - for the smallest, older and teenagers. We have tried everything. Teenage with Pirates of the Caribbean - douses with water from a barrel periodically. But if you just want to go down the hill without getting wet at the same time, you won’t be able to do it))) While you go upstairs, it will pour from a bunch of cups and fountains. And in the slides themselves, at the beginning, jets of hydromassage hit straight. But if you sit on them, you can save yourself)) The slides are surprisingly extreme, as for such small ones, maybe because they went down only once. Above 2 closed pipes, went with a small one. Light does not penetrate there at all and you go, as in a tunnel - for those who have claustrophobia - I do not advise. One slow - you go and think - we'll get stuck here together and we'll crow. The second one is very fast. It seems that you will go out at speed and gurgle into the water with your head. One daddy with a daughter of 4 years old, however, did just that. With a cry Yo-ho-ho! flew out of the pipe with her in his arms and she took on the entire flurry of the water element. The slides are not located above the water, as usual, but semi-submerged. So you don’t splash into the pool from above, but dive right in there. It's good that it's not deep. The rest of the slides were not mastered there - they were all wet, and in the air it was +17 and the wind. Almost all the pools were heated, we measured +28. . . +31, warmer in some places. Thanks to the management for not saving on this - the child did not get out of the pools and we also warmed ourselves there all the time. Lifeguards watch continuously 2-3 at each pool. Children are not afraid to leave. I saw how a particularly attentive person noticed that the citizen was sleeping for a long time and already all in the sun began to shake him up. Oh how. By the way, you can take a life jacket for a child from rescuers, but we did not use this option. It's a little inconvenient that the towel station finished its work earlier than the pools. At 5 pm towels were no longer accepted. It turned out that every time we took them to the room. I don’t know, maybe it’s like this in all hotels - we only swam here until it stops. There were no flies, one mosquito met in the room. Although, this time there were no flies even where they used to swarm in clouds - apparently, it was not the season.
The beach is aimed at children and poorly swimming sand, smooth entrance, life buoys and buoys all around. Reminds me of the Black Sea. One and a half fish are swimming, there is nothing special to look at. We always walked - it took 10 minutes, we never went by bus - it was too lazy to look for a stop and it would be too lazy to wait. On the way, cars and buses rush like crazy. And if from the side of the city, those traveling slowed down over the speed bumps, then on the opposite lane there were no obstacles for them, so be careful. In the area of ​ ​ ​ ​ our 3 hotels on the left are sun loungers and a bar. There is diving and all kinds of water entertainment in the direction of the wild beach. There in the bay is full of garbage, paper, plastic, etc. , and beach workers pour out all sorts of stones and skulls there. Probably ancient amphoras)) Sometimes in the middle of the day all the sunbeds were occupied. As well as near the pools, although it is written everywhere that people cannot occupy anyone, but there is nowhere to land. This will probably be a problem during the high season. Neighbors said that there are a lot of fish near the second pier. I don’t know what the second one was, on one it was written that the Palace was only for vacationers, on the next it was Jasmin’s territory, the guard didn’t let me in either. But probably because we were with towels from our hotel, which clearly stood out. But there was a wind, it was cold and I didn’t really want to swim, just to look. By the way, in the active pool of Albatros Beach, the lifeguard said that a child cannot swim there. Although people swam there from our second line. Camel riding on the beach. But considering that even taking a picture is allowed only for 2 euros (although some agree for 2 bananas), there was no desire to ask how much to ride. By the way, in the evening near the amphitheatre, popcorn and cotton candy are also 2 euros. And the slot machines are the same. At first, the water in the sea was +19 (in the air +17), in the end - up to + 23 (air up to +25) But the child said that the sea was icy and she only agreed to swim in the pool and until the last day she didn’t get out of the wetsuit at all. Although even the little ones swam in the sea. At first, the wind was blowing right off the bat. One morning it started to rain. Unseen miracle! And just when we were ripe to get out to the sea)) And then in the evening it was downpour! So lucky to see.
Cleaning. They clean the room always and with fanatical persistence. Cleaned up when you hang a sign asking for cleaning. They remove it when you don't put up the sign. They remove it even when you put up a sign Do not disturb)) It is removed and removed. Initially, the room was perfectly clean. Well , by local standards anyway . The room boy brought water even when several bottles were already on the table. Shampoo gel conditioner delivered little by little. If not enough - you can ask, catching on the floor. I did not quite understand the change of linen and towels. Initially, the bedding was not new, synthetics in spools, but clean. On 2 beds. On the 3rd, instead of a duvet cover, 2 sheets. Damn, how inconvenient! Constantly fluttering so as not to disturb the balance of this rag sandwich. Maybe the bed linen was changed - it didn’t get dirty with us, so there were no control spots by which it was possible to understand. As well as the 3rd duvet cover for 2 weeks did not appear. In the room there are 2 memos about towels - in the 1st it is written - no need to throw towels on the floor - we will change them anyway. In the 2nd - we care about the environment, if you need a change of towels - throw them on the floor. Ours probably changed in accordance with these discordant rules))) They changed the clean ones and hung the dirty ones back. I can't say anything bad. At first it was cleaned well - the floors were shiny, there was no sand (but there was nowhere - the territory was sterile), the beds were made, the animals were spinning from the bedspreads. But because of these misunderstandings with the signs, at first they did not leave a tip, because they did not expect cleaning. By the end of the rest, the garbage was swept up every other time in prominent places. And under the extra bed, a layer of dust said that they did not look there. But it was touching that the mirror always remained clean and water stains were wiped from it - it is right above the washstand, so accuracy will not help. In general, the territory is some kind of holiday of purity! Constantly the paths are cleaned with devices, washed with mops, around the pools too. Showers are always clean. Paper-soap is also everywhere present. Tables are being wiped by sunbeds, trash cans, railings on balconies. Touch up where you need to touch up. Foursome. One is painting, two are watching and suggesting, another one is commenting from below)) And the herons are also walking. In the lobby and next to the street the cutest sofas with pillows. You can relax for an hour after a hard day in the evening, sitting on the Internet - it is not in the room, although it is stated that it is in every room under a personal login. No . Sometimes instant messengers break through in the morning - but no more. In the lobby, the speed is normal. And you don't need more.

At the beginning of the holiday, I discovered that I had lost my gold bracelet. I did not hope to find it, but just in case, we turned to the reception. They called somewhere (or pretended to), they said no, come back later (at first they didn’t understand, they thought they lost the hotel’s bracelet, they wanted to put on a new one. And the memo says that for the loss of the bracelet, the fine seems to be $ 120. It would be interesting when leaving presented for payment if we had lost the hotel? The next day, they remembered that they forgot the sweatshirt near the pool. Again we went to the reception - there was already another porter, the one who settled us. I used to read in one of the reviews that the lady forgot her glasses and then they were returned to her there was a room of forgotten things with a bunch of similar belongings. And in another review in World, she also lost her earring and they helped her find it. And they told us that they don’t have such a room, they didn’t find a sweatshirt and they won’t find a bracelet either. Are we the only ones who are so confused? Can't believe it. And our neighbors also forgot something on the beach in Albatros Beach, then they returned it to them, everything is collected and stored there. Okay, a bracelet, but who might need a sweatshirt is not clear. So the sediment remained. And in another hotel in which we rested, the animators forgot their slippers and gave them away later. And the bag with the wallet and phones in the lobby was also returned. This is a vacation, everyone is in a relaxed state, everyone around has things on the sunbeds and forgetting something is not tricky there.
Entertainment is standard. Morning animation shook all the calories from breakfast and flattened the entire stuffed stomach. Charging , oriental dances , water aerobics . Then we ran up the hills for an hour before lunch, we were there. At one o'clock lunch, at two they open the slides, we run there, we actively ride. From 15-30 zumba and step aerobics and then half an hour stays on the slides. Somewhere else, boccia and water polo seemed to be taking place, but we did not see it. At 5 they close the slides and ask everyone from the pools to fill up the chemicals. And it's time for us to change before dinner. Dinner at 7:30 pm, mini disco at 8:30 pm, time show at 9:30 pm. Acrobats , fakir show , belly dance , laser show , cobra show visiting artists . True, the second time the dancers were generally hack-work, our animators danced better. MissMister Hotel contests 1 in 1 that we have seen in another hotel. The hotel's best couple didn't like it. All the same, the concept of the hotel is family, not adults only, the competitions are too frank. Comedy show is funny! Osbenno featuring unsuspecting spectators. Animators well done with a whole set of talents. In the evening, near a la carte restaurants, a citizen sings in different languages, beautifully. Once caught a ballet show. At 11 all the fun ends, and whoever doesn’t walk up the animators are taken to the club. Too modern cartoons were shown on the big screen, such as about robots. They seemed to be invited to the activity during the day, but somehow it was not convincing. And so you will be pulled out and you will stand there like a poplar on Plyushchikha, while the rest of the people will pull themselves up. We then began to go to the Beach. I really liked Zumba there. Ali Babushka and Mohamed Ali someone gathers the people, someone who has already gathered begins to dance. We talked with Mohamed Ali - he enveloped everyone around him with care. Be healthy, how where to go, what to find, greeted everyone. He lured everyone to Zumba, doesn’t let slip, and he dances at full strength, full of energy and ideas. He loves his work, he remembers his tourists. And then we have some there - they worked out the program and that’s it, they don’t touch the vacationers in any way. Vacationers are mainly from Germany, then the rest of Western Europe, Arab families (those that are decent, not those that are noisy), a little from Belarus, Ukraine, Russia. So in our country, mostly young people participated, and even then not a lot. And in the Beach - a lot of grannies and grandfathers. They just wanted to applaud, what good fellows! On the site for animation, a tiny awning can't be placed especially there. And it was already hot at the end of February so that I didn’t want to strain myself too much. By the summer I do not even know who will survive there. It was fun on Zumba, step aerobics then everything hurt, stretching brought me to my senses after sleep and breakfast, oriental dances and aqua gym were also entertained. Thank you for not letting me get bored and keeping me in good spirits - Kiki, Shinaui, Hamuda, Milo, Lina. I spent the whole day either on animation or on slides.
Kids club almost never visited. Several times we went in principle, what to do with children is full, all sorts of drawings, modeling, darts and I don’t remember what else. But children do everything themselves or with their parents. A small one went with me once, then Christina herself was there first, then Mila, but not once did anyone show initiative. From communication was only What is the name, what is the room number. And that's it. Once I got to the master class, they made pizza. Interesting ! Once asked to do face painting. I say There were no dogs, cats in the catalog? No, only zombies, clowns and about death))) I asked the princess to draw, she was there, but my aunt probably didn’t hear)) In the end, they began to go to the children to go to the mini disco. Well, otherwise someone will forget about time, who does not know where it is at all. Adult animation is announced that it will be, but not for children. Even though there are a lot of kids. Where we used to rest, the animator goes, collects the children, then after a couple of hours - distributes the children back, the same with the mini disco. Maybe somewhere they called somewhere, but none of us heard.
Food. The food was almost non-stop and delicious. Breakfast is standard yoghurts, gravies, omelettes and pastries. Delicious eggplants, 1 kind of edible sausage and nothing like chicken sausages. Pancakes did not like ate chocolate paste instead. For lunch and dinner grilled , meat , fish , turkey , chicken , shrimp and lots of side dishes . Shrimp once a week and give out 4 things, but you can come up to 5 times. At lunch, milkshakes with different fruits. For dinner, if someone has already become capricious, then you can go to the Italian Chinese a la carte. They liked transparent noodles, soups, rolls and cock. Or fish? All liked it . Except pizza. Several times hit the mountains of strawberries for dinner and a chocolate fountain. Drinks are standard tea bags, instant coffee and from a coffee machine, all sorts of cocktails at the bars. I could not eat ice cream for several days, water was flowing from the machine. And a waiter with a trolley walks around the pool and prepares cocktails without leaving the cash register. Snacks near the pools and on the beach. We tried it once - then went to the main restaurant. On the beach on the 2nd floor there is a restaurant with a panoramic view, but they haven’t been allowed in yet. Late dinner - after the evening show, it is quite possible to have a bite to eat one more time : ) There are almost no people, of course there is not much choice, but it is quite excellent and there is everything you need. There is a children's corner with 2 TVs with cartoons and a separate dietary one. The waiters circled mostly around large European families. And we often had that the mountain of our dishes was not removed until the very end of the meal. Although, it was that near a la carte he circled around, circled, and as soon as he decided that we had eaten enough! tablecloth, and took all the plates))) This is efficiency))) Hookah 3 dollars. I've never come across one that was delicious. Sadness... Often there were dishes with chips and once a fragment was found in yogurt. Well, what do I have - what if the child swallowed it?

We had a return transfer at 4 days, and check-out at 12. We rented a room after breakfast in order to catch the sea. GR said that they would take away our luggage so that we put it in the corridor. It's good that we didn't believe it. It turned out that there were many visitors and it was not known when the carrier would be free. And then they would have stood until the evening waiting. And so we encountered several times. Well, if something is not done when it would be desirable - well, why not say exactly - when exactly to wait! An hour later, or at 15-30, or after dinner at 22 - so that the person does not wait and does not twitch. You want to relax on vacation, and not constantly run to the reception and deal with organizational issues. They took us to the storage room. The door to the room is visible, but if there is no camera, then theoretically things are not safe; none of the staff was present while we were carrying them out. So they can grab something in addition.
Thanks to everyone who made our stay comfortable. The chefs are all helpful and friendly. Especially thin with a mustache on an omelet and Alfredo in glasses on a pizza. Mahmud, who pushes the “cheesecake” on the hill and entertained with conversations, songs and Arabic lessons, the rescuers who always caught on the descent and did not let them fly out of the pool (it would be better to attach something permanently to the rescuer, he can move away and you can fly headfirst into the side ) . The bartender Ahmed near the amphitheater, Mohamed, a chubby plate cleaner with a cart in the Mediterranean, a hookah man are all extremely friendly, smiling, cheerful and remember who we are and where we are from and paid attention to our daughter.

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