Good hotel to return to

Written: 29 august 2020
Travel time: 14 — 25 august 2020
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 10.0
Amenities: 10.0
It was difficult to choose a hotel after quarantine, because everything could change, all hotels start life in a new way.
After long views of reviews, videos, advice from travel agents and acquaintances, the choice was made on Stella Di Mare Beach.

Flight. Tour operator Coral Travel satisfied. Everything is clear, without misunderstandings and other nuances. Documents received in hand 10 days before departure.
Departure without delay. At the airport, the temperature is checked twice (before entering and when boarding the plane).
At Hurghada airport, all checks went quickly. While you are waiting for your luggage, I recommend purchasing a mobile operator card for the Internet. On average, 16 Gb of Internet costs $10. I chose WE (25 Gb for $12). The coverage is good, the speed is 4G.
Transfer to the hotel – 45 min.


Settlement. We arrived at the hotel around 22:00. Settled quickly in 1 building on the 1st floor. At first I was disappointed, because before the trip I wrote to the hotel with a request to settle in the 3rd or 4th building.
As it turned out, in building 1 it is even better) It is located on the edge of the hotel, close to the beach, pools, restaurant and you can not hear any noise at all. For those who love the silence in the room - that's it!

Number. The room is not big. Considering that a bed was delivered for a child, the place is rather small, the passage to the balcony was partially enclosed by a bed ...Everything you need is in the room (an empty mini-bar, a free safe, two wardrobes, a tea set, etc. ).

Cleaning. Not daily, but on demand. Change of beach towels too. They cleaned well, always delivered water and asked if they needed anything else.

Sea and beach. Here I can write long and with emotions, but I will try to be brief. For Hurghada, the presence of such a lively and comfortable reef for swimming is just a godsend! The live reef was the key point in choosing the hotel. And here I am completely satisfied with this item, and even the long pontoon did not frighten me (and it is not that long either).
For children or those who cannot swim, there is a beautiful lagoon with a sandy bottom.
For those who like to admire the beauty of the underwater world, a large pontoon is well organized with mongrels for things, sunbeds and two comfortable descents into the water.
With children it is more convenient to sail to the left from the pontoon. Not very deep, a lot of fish, the beauty is incredible. They saw a large spotted eagle with her daughter.
For those who are not afraid to swim far - swim to the right, far enough. There is something to see. There I saw an extremely large moray eel, and the man saw a small reef shark.

Nutrition. Very varied and tasty. The choice of dishes is really great, beautiful presentation. A lot of sweets. But there were not enough fruits ...There were not enough watermelons and dark dates. Drinks are served by waiters. By the way, there are waiters who allow themselves to cross the border "client - employee".

They could easily "leak" their fingers in your phone, "jokingly" take off your hat, take your things in your hands ...And this is all in gloves, in which they carry drinks. But there were only two of them. The rest of the employees are very pleasant, tidy, caring, always smiling. Thank them for this!

a la carte. If you have not tried Indian cuisine before and plan to do it for the first time here - just in case, prepare yourself a medicine to calm your stomach - not every Ukrainian stomach is accustomed to so many hot spices. Very tasty and very spicy!
The Italian restaurant has delicious lasagna, ravioli and pizza.

Pools. There are many pools (155 cm, 130 cm, 60 cm). You can also use the pools of the Gardens Hotel (with slides and an artificial wave pool). A huge plus is that in two pools there are "overhanging" stones over the edge of the pool, where you can swim in the shade all day long, without fear of getting sunburned.
The pool is 130 cm deep and the bar is run by a very pleasant, cheerful and very positive Abdu. He made the most positive impression on all the staff. It was nice to chat with him, joke and just drink coffee) Huge hello to you, Abdu! And thanks for your positivity!

In general, everything is great. I really want to come back to this hotel again.

Cons leaving a very negative impression of the hotel. I hope the administration takes this into account.
Some waiters do not respect the chain of command.
Over-damaged crockery in a restaurant.
Failure to comply with the dress code in the restaurant. At breakfast and lunch, you can easily meet women in a bathing suit and a transparent pareo or men with a "beer" belly and no T-shirt. This is simply unacceptable for a restaurant!
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