The hotel is not to my taste, but next time I will go only there

Written: 20 september 2018
Travel time: 6 — 14 august 2018
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 7.0
I was looking for something equivalent to Marsa Alam, but that would not take so much time on the road. Stella Beach fully meets these criteria.
Pleased Join up. Picked up good carriers (Wind Rose and UIA). Departure from Kyiv was postponed to an earlier date (the first time I encountered this) and as a result I received a full day of swimming as a gift.

HOTEL. ROOM
We were brought to the hotel at 7 am. Waited for check-in until 9:20. At the same time, she could safely walk around the hotel and even swim. But they checked out exactly on time at 12:00. At the same time, I could safely walk around the territory, swim and eat until 15:00.
Room was 3007. Very close to the beach and pontoon. The room is lovely. Kettle, tea, coffee, sugar. 2 bottles of water per day per room. Toiletries. The air conditioner is conveniently located - it cools and does not blow. Very handy safe. Room-boy cleaned well. Left a dollar. But at night, mosquitoes sometimes flew, from which the fumigator did not save.

Nice big hangout hotel. This is what I didn't really like. I don't like noisy hotels. The main contingent is the Germans. I was pleased that the hotel is imprisoned for recreation for the disabled. It's just great that they can fully relax and receive additional attention from the hotel staff.

INTERNET, WIFI
I replenished my SIM card Life in Kyiv, I bought a SIM card Orange at the airport of Hurghada - in the end - there was no Internet !!!
I called Life support, got through 1 time out of 20. I spat.
2 guides tried to set up the Egyptian SIM card Orange, it did not work. Spat.
WI FI is very weak. Eat at 7 am or 11 pm. The rest of the time it's completely dull.
That is, who needs the Internet to work, look for more serious options.

NUTRITION
Guzzling. There is everything for every taste, including seafood. No other hotel had such good food before. The 3rd corner of Fairose in Marsa Alam can be compared a little, but in Stella Beach it is much steeper.
The restaurant is huge, with many separate areas. You can always find a separate table.

BEACH. SEA
There are always plenty of free comfortable sunbeds. Pontoon 500 m. At first there was a shock. I love to swim in the sea. But then I realized that this is a chance to tan and shake a little after eating - I liked it. Very comfortable stairs for snorkeling. At a distance of 300 m there is a ladder for swimming, where it is shallow. There are convenient boxes near the descents into the water in order to put glasses, water, a towel, etc. You can’t swim from the shore at all.
A big drawback for me is that there are no showers / taps on the way from the beach, wash your feet from the sand

SNORK
The reef on the right is a significant depth, not very colorful in terms of corals, but a two-meter moray eel often hangs out there (swimmed with it along the reef for almost 3 minutes) https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=rdkhTpM3fJ8&t=5s
I saw there a turtle, an imperial angel, a sea snake, boxfish, stingrays. Before Harmony did not swim about halfway.
It was just not interesting in terms of reefs, but just didn’t want to swim

The reef on the left is shallow, more colorful corals, more fish, 2 times I saw octopuses (I even said hello to one), 1 time an eagle stingray, a small moray eel, fish-urchins, lionfish, etc. A little to the side, and you get to the reef to the pontoon of the neighboring hotel Kleoparta
Every day some interesting meetings. For example, I watch a couple of lionfish in the spa (their little fish are being de-wormed), I turn my head a little, OP! There is also a big hedgehog fish and small fish work around it and inside it, put the beauty in order))) https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=nJv2amUrIoo&feature=youtu. be
You can go to the reef of the hotel Fort Arabesque - a lot of colorful fish and not deep. There I met a big octopus who put on a show, https://www. youtube. com/watch? v=9-Ib0VUBTZI
crocodile fish, ubiquitous stingrays, etc. Walk from Stella 25-30 minutes. I went at 6 am, it's easier to walk back along the promenade (the path between the hotels) than along the beach.
I also poured myself several times in beach showers along the way, since it’s already hot at 8 )))
I read that the most extreme hotel in the north has a gorgeous reef. I honestly went there to check whether they would let me pass through the hotels and how long it would take to go. Go there for an hour. Respectively and back also. Security doesn't stop. I went there just to explore without a mask and fins. Once again to do this way the desire was gone.
Unlike Marsa Alam - there are no such luxurious corals, dolphins, Napoleons, many turtles, dugong. Otherwise, a great competitor to Marsa Alam.
TOURS. ENTERTAINMENT
I advise you to take a tour - Super Utopia. They take you around the islands with and without reefs.
ATTENTION. 1st stop - ride on a tablet and a banana, the second stop on completely dead reefs. Nothing interesting. You can't take the camera. And here is the third stop on gorgeous reefs with colorful living creatures - do not forget the camera.
4-stop just on a beautiful little island. It costs 18 dollars. I will provide contact. And if you take from the hotel guide - 60 dollars. Feel the difference!

Pyramids, Sphinx, Cairo Museum - left at 2 am, arrived at 23:00. Take care of nutrition. Lunchbox and lunch is not enough. Do not spend money on entering the pyramid - just a hole in the cellar. The Cairo Museum is awesome! But in general - it would be better if I did an extra swim. Disappointed. It costs 115 dollars.

I am very pleased that I found an analogue of Marsa Alam and now I will not spend 2 days from the tour only on the road. And when I miss the dugong, then of course in Mars )))
Sorry for the wildlife photo. I cut them out of the video (I'm not an expert) and the quality didn't work out very well
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