Who writes that 200 meters to the beach are liars, but in general I recommend

Written: 24 september 2021
Travel time: 11 — 20 september 2021
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 8.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 1.0
The notorious 200 meters in the description and reviews is the distance from the hotel fence to the solarium fence (black bar on the diagram). Why a solarium, but because along the coastal strip there is a coral reef that protrudes above the water, or is covered with water by 30 cm. It is forbidden to step on it, and you don’t want to. Therefore, you can only sunbathe there. You can go into the water much further (the end of the red line on the diagram), on the public beach of the bay, where tourists are brought by bus from different places all day.
Since everyone recommends watching the turtles at 6 am, you can only get there on foot, as the hotel's 15-seat tram starts at 8:10. it makes 3-4 revolutions per hour and only 500 meters from the distance from the hotel building to the place of entry into the water of 1.2 km. Turtles are certainly huge, but in 10 days of stay, we met only three. The rest of the time they were content with fish from the back of the coral reef. But there are many times less of them than in many places of the Red Sea.
The second huge minus of the hotel of the 21st century is the Internet at a speed of less than 1 Mbps, or its complete absence. For example, when we found out that there would be nowhere to eat at the new Hurghada airport on the way back and we urgently needed to order food for the Rossiya airline flight, we spent more than an hour on this, although in Moscow such an operation takes no more than 3 minutes . I'm not talking about the connection with relatives and friends who are interested in how we are doing.

Therefore, those who do not care about these issues have 4 swimming pools and high-level service at their disposal. All staff are friendly. Nobody is squeezing extra money. A lot of entertainment. Diverse food. Every evening there is an additional thematic menu, a concert program. Of course, for such prices, fresh juices are only for money (4 euros a glass). Mango 4 euro/pc. (it's mango season). Since the hotel is located in the desert (250 km from Hurghada airport) and there is nowhere to go to buy something, the shops at the hotel help out. Not only are the prices reasonable and almost everyone speaks Russian, but they can also bring you the right product to order (and again at reasonable prices).
My wife and I have been to many countries of the world (about 30 countries, only in Egypt 3 times). Therefore, in all situations, we try not to be upset by various unforeseen circumstances and enjoy the gift of life, the opportunity to spend time with pleasure. Therefore, this trip was generally positive for us. Thanks to all the staff of the hotel for a wonderful holiday. They tried their best. And they are not to blame for the chosen location of the hotel.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original