No worse than 5*

Written: 23 august 2012
Travel time: 11 — 21 july 2012
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 5.0
Amenities: 10.0
I decided to leave my review about Palm Beach. Usually we go to 5 *, but here our budget was cut a little, so 5 people went, or rather 3 adults and 2 children (3 years and 1 year). We were described this hotel as a pretty good four, and the reviews did not let us down.
So:
1) Settlements. The fact is that I have been working in tourism for many years, and naturally the choice of a hotel and the design of the trip fell on my shoulders, which caved in very strongly under the cries of my mother and sister upon arrival, who began to "hang" on me with the phrase "where are you brought us??? ". In fact - the main building where the reception is located is really a bit shabby. And the smell was not very good. But I am a positive person and tried to sort everything out. We arrived at 5pm so we didn't have to wait. I immediately went to the administrator with 30 dollars. asking for a "nice number". There is another point in the fact that we had 2 small children, and the terraces on the ground floor did not overlap in any way. Well, of course, we were worried about the fact that our money would just run away. In general, we immediately asked for the 2nd floor. They explained to us that the hotel-type building is all occupied and we can be accommodated in a bungalow (moreover, the guy at the reception did a great job and even drew a plan for the location of the rooms), not forgetting to mention that the second room on the 2nd floor with a window without a balcony and goes to the construction site . We even went and looked at this miracle and realized that we don’t want to live like that. One room on the 2nd floor is wonderful, and the one on the contrary, of course, is much inferior. In the end, we got this guy so tired that he already quietly hated us, but still offered us a trace. day to move to the main building in rooms with a connection door, but to sleep at night like that. In short, we decided that mom, sister and her one-year-old son would spend the night on the ground floor, and my son and I on the second floor above them. Yes, so we stayed to live, because we really liked it.

2) Number. Small, a little dark, the terraces are large, the air conditioning worked fine, there were no problems with plumbing. In general, it's okay. The only thing that bothered me was the constant power outage for a couple of minutes. But this is a constant problem of this hotel. Our room was 10 meters from the pool bar, which turned out to be wildly convenient. Right from the terrace, right barefoot, you can take coffee, water, juices, etc. My child, who is still pretty bad at speaking, would walk up to the bar, pull up a chair, go up to the counter and say "hoo" to the bartenders, for which they poured him apple juice. By the way, for 10 days of rest, I never went out through the main entrance to the bungalow. We left the terrace of the room on the first floor, and my mother had already closed the room and went around. To the sea, we ran right into the bathing suit. Go for a maximum of a minute.
3) Beach. Bomb! We chose this hotel for the beach. No need to walk 300 meters to the depth. I went in and after 2 meters already waist-deep and further deeper. The water, by the way, is clean despite the yacht, which sailed away every morning and sailed to the pier on the left in the evening. Once we came across fuel oil, but we noticed that this was after using a motor boat that took people on water skis. But in our 10 days it was turned on once, and on that day I got dirty with fuel oil. The sand is good, the fish are full (the fish bit, sometimes it was even unpleasant). There were no problems with sunbeds. There are a lot of people and children on the beach. Who wants silence on the seashore - you are not here.
4) Nutrition. Monotonous. Lovers of delicious food and gourmets - not here. Every day is the same. But we are actually 3 young ladies who are always on diets and 2 children who eat a little. So we didn't care. every day rice, potatoes, chicken, beef and, by the way, fish. Really fish was every day. Of the fruits, you could only eat melon, and even then it was greenish. Their juices are good! No need to write kaku about yuppies. No yuppies there. Juices are packaged and very tasty. Water in coolers. In restaurants, cola and beer were diluted with water, not in bars.
5) Animation. We only needed a child. There are 2 mini clubs. 1 for Hungarian children, the second for the rest. My child constantly played there during the day and his pants were full of happiness. In the evening, there is a stable children's disco, after which we went to bed, so I won’t say anything for an adult.
6) Territory. Beautiful and well-groomed. A lot of shade.

7) Staff. Normal staff there. I would not say that they fall straight at their feet with a smile in their mouths, but I did not notice unfriendliness either. In addition to "towels" on the beach. But this is a problem for all of Egypt. They probably have this position on a par with the presidential one, since it was they who behaved very arrogantly.
We liked the rest. We still want to go there for this money : )
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