How we visited King Tut twice

Written: 15 august 2010
Travel time: 23 — 30 january 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 6.0
In '08, they thought where I should celebrate my sixtieth anniversary.
The son comes and says, we took you tickets to Hurghada, tomorrow we fly, get ready, it’s warm there, swimwear, swimming trunks, don’t forget. winter, snow, frost,
the next day passed the border and customs control, the plane-Boeing, flight-song, fed, watered, after 4 hours landing, outside the window of the plane a sea of ​ ​ ​ ​ electric light, the coast, like a sparkling necklace. a corner of a crowd of people. We are newcomers trying to figure out what is behind it. In the corner we saw a representative of TURTESS, showed a voucher, received paperwork to fill out, people say that we need to buy visas faster.

He left his wife with papers, bought visas (they say you need it without surrender, because they can pick up too much like baksheesh) They stuck stamps in passports, filled them out and handed them in at the border control, took the suitcases and fell into the caring hands of TURTESS. Every 10
meters, their representatives stood and sent them to the buses so that they would not get lost, they looked at the vouchers again, distributed them among the buses and we drove off. In each bus, the guide tells about Hurghada, the general rules of residence, announced the order of disembarkation at the hotels. We entered Hurghada, the promenade of vacationers , illumination, a lot of light, shops, bars, restaurants. One landing of people, the second, the third, and we are sitting, outside the window the already illuminated part of the city has ended, outside the window in the dark, either construction sites or ruins. Bored. We drive up to King Tutu. A brightly lit beautiful facade, a very decent hall near the reception. The guide said goodbye and took people further. (I write in such detail just for beginners, veteran travelers do not need this)
They got a room, they didn’t give money, they went up to the third floor with a fight. The room was about 28 square meters, two large beds, a closet, a clean, normal bathroom, there was also a table and two chairs in the room. A huge window, but without a balcony, I thought what had to be given to sea view and balcony. Dinner time, went down
to the restaurant, a hospitable Arab comes up, seeing that they are brand new. He led him to a free table, showed where everything was located, and wished you bon appetit. Nice!
After dinner, we decided to look at the territory, we went out, the cold wind from the desert, the territory is small, but cozy, to the right and left of the construction site hotel. a woman to meet you, you are new, I have already been here 8 times, the sea is warm, the coast is good, the coral reef is nearby, but be careful in the water, sea urchins do not pile up.
After breakfast - a meeting with a representative of TURTESS. An Arab arrived, speaking Russian well, explained how to deal with him
solve emerging issues, gave prospectuses of excursions, asked

to decide on them and left. We met, all from Zaporozhye, 2 married couples and three women. Mostly beginners, one couple was in Sharm, and in Thailand, and in Turkey. Experts appeared. Based on their experience, they decided not to take excursions at a travel agency , take them from the locals. We immediately left the hotel and went to the New City of Hurghada (there is also the Old City on the other side of the hotel). Ten minutes by bus (one Egyptian pound, don't overpay) and we're in the city. Women, they've got better at the shops, we're looking for travel agencies, we found them there the first time about a dozen. We discussed what we want, this is Luxor, Egyptian Venice
El Gouna, diving for us, glass-bottom yacht for the incompetent
swim and dive. As it turned out for seven people with trade and discounts fifty percent cheaper. Excursions are amazing, I recommend them all. So seven of us, with such a company, we spent our vacation. The sea was 25-28 degrees, in King Tut there is a shallow lagoon for children and those who can’t swim well, and access by steps to the depth, where there was a beautiful coral reef, where you could watch for an hour
for coral life. When we swam in El Gouna, and there was swimming and diving in the open sea among corals, the guide
recommended to find an excursion to the coral reserve, 25 km from Hurghada, limited visitation of people and amazing corals. We found it, we were delighted. shores that not all five-star hotels have. Friendly staff, good cuisine. And now two years have passed, in January the tenth there was some free time, again frost and snow, We decided to go again
to Egypt and not to look for something new, but to stay there in King Tut. Changes arrived. The building on the left is a hotel
Sphinx 5 *, but the same owner, some kind of hybrid reception for two hotels, in the King Tuta restaurant they feed from the Sphinx, although they have their own, the lobby bar turned into a night one. vacationers from the Sphinx, since their coast is bad, and therefore there is darkness in the lagoon, and divers almost jump on each other's heads. I went twice to the coral reserve, took my soul
and decided that I won’t go to King Here anymore. I repeat again, it’s written for beginners in such detail, if you have questions, ask.
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