Ниразу не пожалел Never regretted

I will say right away: do not fly VIM-Avia! 1 day off was stolen! They were supposed to take off at 6-00, they took off at 19-45 and then some kind of Bashkir airlines. And the volcano has nothing to do with it, other air carriers took their passengers away on time! Because of this, the hotel arrived at 24 o'clock. I met, as usual at the Troika, Tez tour. In principle, there are no complaints about the Tour Operator. The hotel was warmly welcomed and invited to a late dinner. There was no one in the restaurant and the waiters cleaned everything, but they gave us the opportunity to collect vegetables and meat and poured wine. The numbers were given immediately. True, our room did not suit us (there were 2 beds, not one double bed and the air conditioner was very noisy, room 6201, my son and daughter-in-law 6204 is normal, this is the 3rd floor. ), but on the next. day, at lunchtime (after the departure of the tourists), we were provided with another 7001 without any payment. The room on the 1st floor, with a veranda, overlooks the courtyard, beautiful and quiet. Not far from restaurants and shops. True, there were single mosquitoes, so take a fumigator, or tell Oksana at the reception and the cleaner will poison them every day. We can say that this is the most remote building from the sea, but it takes 10 minutes to walk slowly and 5 minutes to the pools. The territory is not large (I compare it with Tropicana Grand Azur and Laguna Vista in Sharm), there is a huge territory there, 3 days to the sea on deer. They write here that the pontoon is long... They did not see 900 meters in the Tropicana in Sharm, but here and there it is worth reaching it and diving in order to see the beauty of the Red Sea. By the way, in Stella there is also a descent into the sea in the middle of the pontoon, where you will be... up to your chest and below, with a sandy bottom. From the pontoon you can see all kinds of living creatures: stingrays, octopuses, moray eels, etc. And when you go down at the end, then there is nothing there! Under the pontoon itself there is a school of fish-needles and barbels, and to the left all sorts of parrots, clowns, and butterfly fish, a stingray swam there and barbels rummaged in the sand! Beauties!
The feeder is great! In addition to the usual set, there were every day: oranges, tangerines, apples, melons, plums, dates, apricots, guava. Several times they gave me watermelons. For dinner, every other day, grill on the veranda: crabs, lyulya, fish (barracuda was especially tasty), quails (some garbage, little meat, a lot of bones and small besides! ). Sweets and pastries of any kind is generally an abyss! So be careful, during your vacation, some bastard can take your clothes in the wardrobe at home while you are relaxing here. . . ; )
Fun. There are plenty of sunbeds for everyone on the beach and by the pools. They distribute fresh juice and animators work. Everything is like everywhere else, beach volleyball, bocha (this is on the beach); in pools: water aerobics, water polo, etc. The team of animators is mixed, Alisher from Kazakhstan was adequate, but on April 30 he finished his shift. In the evenings, all sorts of performances: songs rehearsed by local singers, competitions for mis and men of the hotel, dances a la pygmies, etc. You can sit on the veranda with a beer or cognac without straining. True, we bought a small hookah in a hotel shop and twisted it to this fun. You can smoke a hookah in the evening on the beach (we called this place - shishnitsa, from their Shisha-hookah). Aborigines will make you any tea, muddy the hookah and you can watch football or a music channel on the big TV, lying on the pillows. Also during the day on the beach you can ride horses, camels. I really liked the trip to the desert on quads. We went from the Tez tour to the desert to the Bedouins (excursion - "White Sun of the Desert"), in fact, it's interesting, but you'll ride quads in formation and slowly. But with beach quads I liked it a lot more! (price 40 bucks per person) And you can mess around and bring you to interesting places: on the seashore, a wild beach and to a hole-cave in a rock consisting of shells. On the way back, we were even caught in the rain in the desert! They say it happens once every 5 years!

We went on a tour of Luxor (Tez tour), took a full tour. Pts interesting, and the conductor was literate, as it turned out, the historian-Egyptologist, his name is Karim. Everything was so detailed and interesting about each pharaoh and queens, about tombs, etc. He told me that even I was hooked! In fact, Tez Turovites are actively lobbying the interests of certain stores (papyri in Luxor, oils in Hurghada). They are afraid that they can take it away at the airport if there are no certificates and checks for souvenirs, but all this is a scam for money. You can visit it, you can listen, but it's cheaper to buy even in friendly shops. Moreover, there are decent in terms of assortment and quality in Stella. If you walk on the left side of the hotel along the Italian restaurant, there will be a passage to the shops, walk to the pharmacy (PHARMACI) and turn right. There are 3 shops: stone and wood products, oils and papyri. Remarkable sellers there: they behave quite intelligently and are not annoying (which is very rare for Egypt). Tout of course, but not in a brazen, boorish way. In the first one (wood and stone), the salesman Mina (wearing glasses) works, Mukhamed manages the oils (by the way, he competently explains about oils, aromatherapy, they appreciated it because the doctors themselves, and does not try to sell it if you don’t need it) with a blue-eyed assistant Arab Bozhko, and in papyri specialist Adam - speaks Russian very well, although it is quite possible to understand the rest. Their goods are no worse than in Tez Turov special stores, and the price can be dropped decently, up to 50 or more% (after all, they don’t roll back to guides; )) If you go to them, say hello from Semyon, Tatyana, Andrey and Galina , let them pour you hibiscus, only then start a conversation about shopping. Yes, I almost forgot, they have very beautiful all kinds of bottles for oils (1-2-3 dollars) and aroma lamps (3-4-5 dollars), depending on the size and quantity. Trade and you will be rewarded! Were in Makadi center (along the beach to the left through two hotels) - a shopping street. Nothing decent - mostly Chinese ala Egypt goods, synthetic oils (seen by the eye) The only thing is that they bought fresh strawberries in the supermarket for the evening with a hookah...
Rest is a success! If it weren’t for VIM-avia, then they would have thought it was super! The hotel is normal, do not pay attention to any bullshit and enjoy your vacation, because that's what we eat for. The hotel is decent in terms of price / quality.