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6.0
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Rooms:
6.0
Service:
5.0
Cleanliness:
6.0
Food:
5.0
Amenities:
7.0
We stayed in a hotel with two children aged 14 and 7 during the second week of January 2022.
Arrival and settlement
The location of the hotel is quite convenient if you fly directly to Mars Alam and not to Hurghada. We flew to Hurghada because we bought a tour to Join Up at a good price before another operator offered competitive prices.
The flight was night from Lviv and we arrived at the hotel at 9 am.
Without problems and long waits settled in a room for three with one delivered bed - 3149.
There was no extra charge for the room - as it turned out, it was in one of the best places of the hotel: with a balcony and side sea views.
Room and cleaning
The hotel has shabby and old, a lot of cracks, scratches, furniture spills as well as shower racks near the bath.
Safes work en masse and do not inspire confidence, but their other interior elements are quickly trying to put in order by the call (one) to the reception.
The beds are quite comfortable to sleep. Water is regularly delivered by room service, which cleans them at a decent level for tips and even without them.
The staff leaves beach towels in the room - very old, do not be surprised.
Internet in the rooms is paid, and in the lobby - very slow. Buy a card at the airport and you will be happy. Do not forget that the offered gigs of the Internet are promotional bonuses that you buy for 10-20 dollars and you need to enter when to activate them.
Territory
Large enough, with several pools. The one with heating has a lot of chemicals for cleaning, so they almost did not bathe. There are three slides and a children's corner of water entertainment - the water is fresh in January, but when in the yard +25 you can swim.
The slides are slow and quite safe, but the pipe joints are not very smooth and you can remove a little layer of leather, or even paint from the watch on your hand?
Entertainment
Animators (despite the smiles) serve the number.
Invitations to volleyball, darts, bocce and other engines are made, but somehow for detachment. It seems to them that the main thing is to wait until the evening and have a drink and dance at the disco.
Girls from the Czech Republic, local Arabs speak good English, German and Italian, because before the hotel was not imprisoned for Russian-speaking public.
Animation for children is the same - half an hour of standard dances to famous songs.
For adults - also nothing wow for your money.
Food
They were not hungry.
Vegetables are well prepared - especially eggplants, peppers and zucchini.
Meat and fish are not very friendly in the kitchen - they serve cheap fish, sometimes squid, chicken and tough veal in several variations.
Turkeys, shrimp and even tuna were not served here for an hour of our stay.
But the cream soups were good and complemented the mentioned vegetables, delicious rice and a wide selection of sweets.
The latter were on a par with french fries, cutlets, pizza, pasta and tilapia (to replace chicken limbs) in a deep fryer.
These snacks could be intercepted at the beach bar.
Drinks are quite drinkable: they tried to make draft beer, wine and cocktails, but this is not the level of other countries.
For symbolic money there is no point in demanding something extraordinary.
Waiters could earn more if they offered drinks more carefully at the tables and served them quickly. Hotel managers have something to work on in terms of training staff, which is naturally quite slow in general.
Another thing that is extraordinary for Egypt here is the sea and the beach.
Beach
In the bay where the hotel is located, tourists are transported from other locations, because there is a sandy beach and moge with beautiful reefs, where, in addition, live dugongs (sea cows or manatees) and sea turtles.
The latter are easier to meet in the pasture when they eat with their companion fish, and from the dugong you need to look for, or ask the locals to take you to visit them.
It's a great feeling to swim next to turtles, or when huge air bubbles rise from the depths near you, because a sea cow is swimming under you, about which you have only read and seen movies before.
Next to the hotel there is a pontoon with access on two sides in the coral and quite deep canyons several tens of meters long. When the waves - you do not swim much, and from the beach and in windy weather you can have fun at sea.
The beach is clean and well maintained.
Palm trees provide shade and together with hammocks create a good inventory for photos.
There are tents on the beach, where they do a wonderful massage with oils - I ordered twice, and the woman did three times. For the skin and body - this is a real relaxation.
Those who still need good divinations can turn to Ibrahim and his young assistant Muhammad, who offer horseback riding and camel rides.
The animals are clean and well-groomed, their owner is pleasant and gives a good price for their services.
Our daughter rode a horse for at least an hour every day for a week and got a camel ride every day.
There is a desert around the hotel, so there is a place to jump. The child was given a helmet and equipment was securely fastened - we did not worry.
Excursions
The guide from Join Up turned out to be a nice but quite cunning guy.
We almost bought a tour that started at 5 am, which the seller did not warn us to pay for the tour, but we returned the money.
Instead, we took a tour of the open-bottomed boat, stylized in the ancient Egyptian style with a good lunch on board.
Although our official guide frightened us with the fact that they would sell us not the ones he offered for $ 30 more than people, we decided to buy from a man named Muhammad, who immediately offered this tour in the hotel lobby - also officially and with good . discounts. But his trouble is that he doesn't speak Russian, speaks fluent English, German, Italian and a little Polish (I remind you who the hotel used to be), so he was a little afraid of problems because he climbed into the Join Up territory.
But we as clients turned out to be right and everything went great. We swam on a ship, found several turtles, moray eels, stingrays, had lunch with real seafood (without octopuses, though, but with squid, mussels and not tilapia), and walked around the private port city of Quseir.
Therefore, I recommend Muhammad and his services.
No more tours were taken, as they were only a week away, and there had been deserts, islands and tombs before.
During our stay there were few winds and the temperature was in the range of 23-26 degrees during the day and 15-18 in the evening - which is quite nice for winter.
We used to be in Hurghada at the end of January - it was too cold.
The best months can be November and April.
Verdict
Sea turtles, dugongs, snorkeling, diving, horses, nice people and the climate suggest that we will return here.
Despite the old hotel, slow staff, unfinished restaurant on the beach, poor animation and poor food.
Hotel - for active people who know languages, want to communicate and spend an hour wisely on the right emotions and impressions.
In the case of the operator - it is better to take an individual transfer if you fly from Hurghada.
Poles and other neighbors of Ukrainians on the planet pay a lot of money for this hotel. But you have to be active, not a seal, to take full advantage of your stay here.
Arrival and settlement
The location of the hotel is quite convenient if you fly directly to Mars Alam and not to Hurghada. We flew to Hurghada because we bought a tour to Join Up at a good price before another operator offered competitive prices.
The flight was night from Lviv and we arrived at the hotel at 9 am.
Without problems and long waits settled in a room for three with one delivered bed - 3149.
There was no extra charge for the room - as it turned out, it was in one of the best places of the hotel: with a balcony and side sea views.
Room and cleaning
The hotel has shabby and old, a lot of cracks, scratches, furniture spills as well as shower racks near the bath.
Safes work en masse and do not inspire confidence, but their other interior elements are quickly trying to put in order by the call (one) to the reception.
The beds are quite comfortable to sleep. Water is regularly delivered by room service, which cleans them at a decent level for tips and even without them.
The staff leaves beach towels in the room - very old, do not be surprised.
Internet in the rooms is paid, and in the lobby - very slow. Buy a card at the airport and you will be happy. Do not forget that the offered gigs of the Internet are promotional bonuses that you buy for 10-20 dollars and you need to enter when to activate them.
Territory
Large enough, with several pools. The one with heating has a lot of chemicals for cleaning, so they almost did not bathe. There are three slides and a children's corner of water entertainment - the water is fresh in January, but when in the yard +25 you can swim.
The slides are slow and quite safe, but the pipe joints are not very smooth and you can remove a little layer of leather, or even paint from the watch on your hand?
Entertainment
Animators (despite the smiles) serve the number.
Invitations to volleyball, darts, bocce and other engines are made, but somehow for detachment. It seems to them that the main thing is to wait until the evening and have a drink and dance at the disco.
Girls from the Czech Republic, local Arabs speak good English, German and Italian, because before the hotel was not imprisoned for Russian-speaking public.
Animation for children is the same - half an hour of standard dances to famous songs.
For adults - also nothing wow for your money.
Food
They were not hungry.
Vegetables are well prepared - especially eggplants, peppers and zucchini.
Meat and fish are not very friendly in the kitchen - they serve cheap fish, sometimes squid, chicken and tough veal in several variations.
Turkeys, shrimp and even tuna were not served here for an hour of our stay.
But the cream soups were good and complemented the mentioned vegetables, delicious rice and a wide selection of sweets.
The latter were on a par with french fries, cutlets, pizza, pasta and tilapia (to replace chicken limbs) in a deep fryer.
These snacks could be intercepted at the beach bar.
Drinks are quite drinkable: they tried to make draft beer, wine and cocktails, but this is not the level of other countries.
For symbolic money there is no point in demanding something extraordinary.
Waiters could earn more if they offered drinks more carefully at the tables and served them quickly. Hotel managers have something to work on in terms of training staff, which is naturally quite slow in general.
Another thing that is extraordinary for Egypt here is the sea and the beach.
Beach
In the bay where the hotel is located, tourists are transported from other locations, because there is a sandy beach and moge with beautiful reefs, where, in addition, live dugongs (sea cows or manatees) and sea turtles.
The latter are easier to meet in the pasture when they eat with their companion fish, and from the dugong you need to look for, or ask the locals to take you to visit them.
It's a great feeling to swim next to turtles, or when huge air bubbles rise from the depths near you, because a sea cow is swimming under you, about which you have only read and seen movies before.
Next to the hotel there is a pontoon with access on two sides in the coral and quite deep canyons several tens of meters long. When the waves - you do not swim much, and from the beach and in windy weather you can have fun at sea.
The beach is clean and well maintained.
Palm trees provide shade and together with hammocks create a good inventory for photos.
There are tents on the beach, where they do a wonderful massage with oils - I ordered twice, and the woman did three times. For the skin and body - this is a real relaxation.
Those who still need good divinations can turn to Ibrahim and his young assistant Muhammad, who offer horseback riding and camel rides.
The animals are clean and well-groomed, their owner is pleasant and gives a good price for their services.
Our daughter rode a horse for at least an hour every day for a week and got a camel ride every day.
There is a desert around the hotel, so there is a place to jump. The child was given a helmet and equipment was securely fastened - we did not worry.
Excursions
The guide from Join Up turned out to be a nice but quite cunning guy.
We almost bought a tour that started at 5 am, which the seller did not warn us to pay for the tour, but we returned the money.
Instead, we took a tour of the open-bottomed boat, stylized in the ancient Egyptian style with a good lunch on board.
Although our official guide frightened us with the fact that they would sell us not the ones he offered for $ 30 more than people, we decided to buy from a man named Muhammad, who immediately offered this tour in the hotel lobby - also officially and with good . discounts. But his trouble is that he doesn't speak Russian, speaks fluent English, German, Italian and a little Polish (I remind you who the hotel used to be), so he was a little afraid of problems because he climbed into the Join Up territory.
But we as clients turned out to be right and everything went great. We swam on a ship, found several turtles, moray eels, stingrays, had lunch with real seafood (without octopuses, though, but with squid, mussels and not tilapia), and walked around the private port city of Quseir.
Therefore, I recommend Muhammad and his services.
No more tours were taken, as they were only a week away, and there had been deserts, islands and tombs before.
During our stay there were few winds and the temperature was in the range of 23-26 degrees during the day and 15-18 in the evening - which is quite nice for winter.
We used to be in Hurghada at the end of January - it was too cold.
The best months can be November and April.
Verdict
Sea turtles, dugongs, snorkeling, diving, horses, nice people and the climate suggest that we will return here.
Despite the old hotel, slow staff, unfinished restaurant on the beach, poor animation and poor food.
Hotel - for active people who know languages, want to communicate and spend an hour wisely on the right emotions and impressions.
In the case of the operator - it is better to take an individual transfer if you fly from Hurghada.
Poles and other neighbors of Ukrainians on the planet pay a lot of money for this hotel. But you have to be active, not a seal, to take full advantage of your stay here.
Translated automatically from Ukrainian. View original
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