Truly EVERYTHING INCLUDED

Written: 2 october 2008
Travel time: 2 — 9 september 2008
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: 8.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 9.0
September 2008, in Egypt for the first time. The road from the airport is bewildering - a terrible amount of garbage on the right and unfinished cottages of the "new Arabs" on the left.
The hotel is not bad, well-groomed with well-built landscaping. The reception attracts with its "oriental ostentatious wealth. "
We got bungalow No. 2162 (I put 10 dollars in my passport when I checked in). The room is "clean but poor". Of the shortcomings, the windows had to be kept curtained all the time, because. first floor and people walking by. The door to the room is flimsy, the chain on the door opens in 2 seconds from the outside.
Cleaning - "excellent", treated the Arab with Russian chocolate and every day left 2 pounds of towels on the bed, linen was changed every day and everything was carefully cleaned.

The food is normal, there is not much variety, but the cook competently does his job. The food is great, everything is fresh and delicious. Of fruits, melon, watermelon (we will be sweeter), plums, grapes, grapefruits, awesome dates and pomegranate. The menu delights only those who have nothing to compare with, but the option is far from bad.
Animation is "good", the Russian team, the guys tried.
The sea and the beach are a delight, this is what you can endure the minor inconveniences of this country for.
I was "lucky" to meet the owner of these 3 hotels, he also owns the Titanic water park. A pleasant man of 55-60 years old, outwardly not at all like an Arab, introduced himself as Ahmed, speaks good English and tolerable Russian.
I rested with my adult daughter, so the plans included only sea bathing and sunbathing. There were 2 days and 3 nights left before departure, but what was it worth for me to survive them... He "did not give me a pass. " And look for protection: someone has security, managers - everyone obeys the owner and holds on to their place. During the day I tried to be among people as much as possible, at night the door to the room was barricaded with a dining table, and I was shaking with fear, I was afraid that something bad could happen both on the territory of the hotel and on the way to the airport, I was afraid that they might throw something in luggage and during the inspection not to be released from the country. As Griboyedov said, "Bypass us more than all sorrows and master's anger and master's love" - ​ ​ you can't argue.
If I ever go to Egypt again, it will be only because of the excellent sea, only with a man, and hardly in Ali Baba, Aladdin, Jasmine.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original