And we liked

Written: 2 december 2010
Travel time: 9 — 17 november 2010
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 5.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 6.0
Hello to everyone who still decided to go to this hotel despite the terrible reviews. For us, this hotel was just the opposite, more than not bad. Maybe because there were no mice or cockroaches in our room, or maybe because we arrived at a completely empty hotel, where, apart from the staff, there was not a single living soul, or maybe because we "snorkeled" from the heart.
To begin with, we went to the cheapest hotel at that time, even the terrible Aida was more expensive. I chose this area because I wanted to see turtles (I even saw a shark there!!! ) Despite the fact that we do not like secluded holidays, being absolutely alone in a hotel on the white sand sea has many advantages. Firstly, extremely attentive staff, got to know almost everyone. By the way, that "Italian host who comes for two days" (about whom it was written in the last review) is actually an Arab, and a very nice person, they even played ping-pong with him, he helped clean up dirty dishes in the dining room without hesitation when a lot of people came. The administrator, Mukhamed, who really "understands Russian only when he needs to" said goodbye to us as close relatives when we left. The waiter-Temer even brought us drinks to the shizlong on the beach, and poor Yaser (and in general everyone else) first with us until 3.4 at night in the bar drunk sometimes dancing))))) looked and then in 7 am like a bayonet in the dining room. They are like robots.
People really complained about mice, I know they were poisoned, I saw one "victim of a chemical attack" near the fence. Before our departure, a cat appeared, I hope there are fewer mice. The rooms have white pastels and towels, which is rare for Egypt. But fumitox is a must!!!

About food: for the first 3 days we didn’t even have a buffet, but at the same time they fed very tasty, then they had a barbecue in honor of the opening, and a buffet appeared.
Nutrition (for those who are interested): in terms of fruits, melon, goava, oranges, all kinds of sweets, biscuits and cookies from sweets (actually I almost don’t eat it, so I won’t say how tasty and varied it is, I was worried about vegetables and meat). The chicken is very tasty, the usual beef, and the standard sole. I can say that, for example, in last year's hotel there was more choice, but it costs 58t. r. (from Samara) Cataract Resort (Sharm el-Sheikh), and this one is 36t. r.
In the end, of course, the attendants did not have time to even wipe the plates dry. But they recruited new staff with us (they accepted 3), so I think everything will work out.
In terms of entertainment, you can go to a disco until 3 in the morning to the neighboring cataract on the right through the hotel (they ate to look at the sea), somewhere to the left of the hotel, 4 km away. like open-air (we didn’t get there, we didn’t have enough time), if you ask Yaser for anything. We ourselves went by minibus to El Quseir, it’s better to go there in a crowd (or not to go at all))))) as we were advised by local Peges guides who happened to meet. And in general, there is nothing to see except the mosque and the church, a poor fishing town 110 km away. from us ($ 4 per person round trip by minibus). We went to the port of Galipt, this is very beautiful for those who miss civilization, we ate at Pizza Hot (also by minibus there for $ 2 back by taxi in five for $ 3.50 km. from U. S. And of course Abu Dhabi! 20 km. also on the minibus $ 8 for the entrance and mmmm super !! ! (for reference: turtles come up every 10 minutes)

About the sea: enter from the left according to the Italian flags. hotel, there is also a good depth for those who do not like to swim far. So, if you walk along these flags for 150-200 meters (by the way, this small thing is almost on all the beaches from Safaga to Marsa Alam), corals begin 5 meters, and then a terrible cliff (super) !! ! It seemed to me that the variety of fish is less than in Sharm, because many (bottom) are hiding in crevices, but it seems to me that there are no such corals anywhere.
Summing up, I would like to say that if we go to rest in Egypt next year with a child, then this hotel will cost 70 thousand for three. As far as I know, Cupid has now risen in price by 5 tr, but still you should not expect all kinds of pickles and cool animation for that kind of money.
I specifically chose a Russian-only hotel so as not to stand in line for the Germans and not feel like a second-rate person with the Italians. In general, we were treated very well. And no matter how they compare the 4s of Egypt with the 4s of Turkey and even Greece and Spain, there is no such sea anywhere.
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