Liked it last time, decided to visit again

Written: 21 december 2017
Travel time: 7 — 16 december 2017
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 6.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 8.0
The second half of the vacation for December remained (not by chance, but according to tradition, sunbathe before the new year, Sri Lanka and Thai are expensive, the UAE until the visa was canceled, then all the roads to Egypt, especially since the prices sank due to the low season).
This time we decided not to experiment, but to go to a proven place, so as not to be disappointed, and not to waste time on reconnaissance somewhere, but immediately to the sea. ; )
Compared to last visit:

1) A lot of people settled in a new building, which was empty last time. Due to the large number of tourists, queues formed in restaurants and bars. There were not enough glass containers and plastic glasses went in, which were also not enough and had to stand (in a restaurant on the beach) and wait for the waiters to collect and wash, and the bartenders pour. From the contingent there are many Germans, Balts, Poles, Belarusians, Finns, Ukrainians, wealthy Arabs, and also, in the middle of the rest, a large group of dark-skinned Africans stopped by.
2) We turned on the heating of a large pool near the new building (temperature 27-29 degrees). We started the day at the pool, and after lunch at the sea.
3) Free Wi-Fi, which was smart last year, barely works, suffered for two days and bought a SIM card for 8 gigs (10 bucks) + they gave out a local SIM card as a bonus, across the road in vodafone, one smart made an access point and connected to him. (We used it before the plane took off, sending the last messages from the cabin).
4) The animators are the same, but they are almost invisible, or they are spudding foreigners. Although, it’s even better for us, the show scenes are hackneyed, and during the day no one bothers “let’s go play volleyball and Co. ”, so it will go over with the announcement that the game is starting , and there your business is to go, not to go.
Otherwise, they are satisfied with the rest, although my wife likes it more in the spring - it is warmer and the wind is not so strong (she swam about three times during the whole vacation, as usual in December - freezing; ), and I almost didn’t get out of the water, the sea kept 23-24 degrees).
From the excursions we took:
1) Yacht package. 8 people per yacht, more expensive ($50 from the bow), but not such a pandemonium that occurs for 20 bucks, when there is nowhere to sit down, such ships sailed in the neighborhood, and on the first visit to Egypt it brought on such an excursion. visiting the reef, Paradise-Giftun Islands, fishing (to be honest - complete crap), banana and tablet riding + better food, unlike a cheap yacht - fish, shrimp, squid, against salads, chicken and rice.
2) We went to Sharm el Naga, visited it for the first time, very pleased, the best pictures are vacation videos, I took in this reserve, on a new action camera, very pleased. Although who will take this tour - take water with you, as there is divorce - free water-cola-coffee only during lunch from 13 to 14, and the rest of the time you have to buy.

3) And, as usual, we took the quads. We bought them on the street for 15, since beach hucksters are below 20 USD. they didn’t lower it, but they wanted 30-25 USD (in Sharm in the spring for 10 USD on the beach they took it). And they also parted a little, promised that we would drive, but ended up moving in a column at a speed of 20-30 km / h. build with everyone.
Many bartenders, ticket sellers, hotel merchants found out at the hotel, it was nice. The new building is pleasant, but still they went to hang out in the old Seagal, the bartenders are familiar there, and the party lasts until 2 a. m. , and in the new one everything is cut down and the bartender is asleep, although there is no queue for billiards, so they were banging in the new one.
On the flight - they flew there on time, they delayed the return for 9 and a half hours, but as they say, no one was indignant because instead of the morning they flew in the evening, they were at the hotel before lunch, although the bracelets were cut at 12-00, but they use bars and restaurants it could be.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original