Beautiful sea, wonderful water park, nice staff, bad rooms

Written: 24 january 2017
Travel time: 11 — 21 january 2017
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 2.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 10.0
A little negative first.
Having a rich experience of living in hotels, I carry a set of screwdrivers and adhesive tape with me, but you need to go here with your own shower head, because. if in the first room the leak was fixed with adhesive tape, then in the second room the nozzle had to be simply unscrewed so that you could swim.
The fact that the room was bad was warned at the travel agency, they say a cheap ticket, whatever you want....the air conditioner did not work, there was no hot water, and it was +15 on the street... after 3 days everyone got sick. After complaints, they moved to another room, where there were no problems.
It's a shame that the rooms are empty, why not immediately settle in a room without problems?
And now about the good.
The sea is just a fairy tale.

Lovely sandy beach. And what a wonderful underwater world on the reefs! Even if you don't know how to swim, there is a shallow reef here - stand with your back to the middle observation tower (with a lifeguard) and go into the sea slightly shifting to the right pier. At first, the reef is dead, but gradually comes to life and beautiful corals appear - yellow bushes with blue flowers, purple shells seem to be frozen, but come to life and move when fish approach them, thickets of "live" yellow tentacles... and of course beautiful fish. I swam there every day and, surprisingly, I recognized some fish "by sight". This is a great place for "novice divers" and you don't have to swim far and there are a lot of interesting and beautiful things.
The second deeper reef is directly opposite the middle rescue tower. Consists of several reefs of different sizes and shapes. One reef we called "brains" is very much like the shape of the brain. I remember this reef because an octopus swam out from under it. It froze at the bottom almost no different from the coral, I even began to doubt if it seemed. But I waited, he bulged his eyes, broke away from the bottom and swam inward, even horror appeared such a monster.
Nearby is a very small reef with corals in the form of either deer horns, or dry bumpy branches and hundreds of small fish of lemon blue and salad colors are hiding in them. They slowly simultaneously rise up from under the corals, and then abruptly hide at the bottom with the whole flock. It's like fireworks. Indescribable beauty. This is a must see for everyone.
The fish are not frightened swim up so close that you can look into their eyes. In each swim, I saw more and more new fish, there were meter-long needle fish and a stingray and dozens of fish whose names I don’t know, but each of them is worthy of attention. No TV and photography can replace the feeling that you experience watching this beauty. Recomend for everybody! do not be lazy, take a mask and a snorkel (fins are not needed), even if you cannot swim, an inflatable pillow will be enough for you - everything is very small.
There is nothing interesting on the left side. Sand and algae.
Gorgeous water park. 17 slides for adults. Different complexity for every taste. Heated water was only for two slides where the bulk of the people hung out. There were few people sometimes no more than 10 people, but 2 slides worked constantly and the rest were turned on at the request. From the slides you have to ride on a mat or a circle, otherwise you can scratch your back (which happened to us).

There is a heated pool at the very end of the water park (no one warned about it, they found it by accident) the water is 36 degrees! But in the pool with an artificial wave, the water is very cold. But this is understandable, winter! In the children's area, I lost count of all the entertainment invented for children. Add to this beautiful sculptures and landscape design and you have a heavenly place for children.
Animation is excellent. Well done absolutely everyone! From morning to evening there is something to do. Starting with morning exercises, volleyball, darts, bocha, dancing and even learning Arabic. In the evening interesting entertainment programs. And the main advantage is unobtrusiveness! In the morning we walked around the beach, told about all the activities, and then it's up to you to decide whether to go or not. No one pulls by force (which sometimes happened in other hotels) Everyone who is not too lazy to break away from the sunbed will find something to do.
About food - there is a lot of it, it is different. Meat, fish, vegetables....there is everything! there were even crabs. Fruits are few - it's true.
About drinking - do not get drunk. Beer is poured in 100 grams. Wine grams 50. Cocktails from UPI - not tasty. Very tasty cappuccino in bars. After lunch at the beach bar, ice cream is delicious.
Hookah 3$.
The territory is large, blooming. You can walk around the hotel, or you can walk along the path along the sea and on the right and left of the promenade.
The main advantage of the hotel (after the sea) is its staff. Very friendly attitude. Room cleaning is good. They will come running on the beach, they will bring a tapchan to protect from the wind. Any problem is solved. In the water park, a little man will put you on a hill, direct you, ask if you need to unwind... the duty officer sits below and looks for you to slide down without problems. There are few people in the hotel, but there are a lot of staff. The feeling that tomorrow a large crowd will come and everything will come to life.
The hotel's problem is that there is no place to exchange money for tips, because with such an attitude you want to encourage the employees, but there are no trifles ((((.
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