In September 2015, we rested at Kahramana Beach Resort 5 * in Mars Alam, Egypt. There are 3 hotels nearby (one with a water park, we went there for free, including Russian animation), there are shops and a pharmacy. Our territory was very beautiful, greenery, flowers, bushes, romantic bridges, stairs.
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In September 2015, we rested at Kahramana Beach Resort 5 * in Mars Alam, Egypt.
There are 3 hotels nearby (one with a water park, we went there for free, including Russian animation), there are shops and a pharmacy.
Our territory was very beautiful, greenery, flowers, bushes, romantic bridges, stairs...
The room itself is very spacious, large terrace with a daybed and an armchair. For several days I slept on the terrace to the sound of the waves!
They settled us immediately and without any "surcharges", a room with a sea view.
From our bungalow to the sea was 1 minute ...to the pontoon - 5 minutes. The photo shows our paths to the sea.
Very nice 3 level swimming pool... like steps into the sea.
They fed deliciously. The only thing - I do not advise you to go to the "Italian restaurant a la carte". This is such a ridiculous establishment that it is difficult to call it a restaurant, especially Italian (so as not to discredit Italian cuisine). This is the only negative in the hotel, but since this visit is only possible once per stay, I would advise you to avoid it.
And the main restaurant delighted every day - new dishes all the time, and pastries ...
The hotel has a large beach: 2 sandy lagoons and a pontoon with a VERY beautiful reef. I must say that the reef is the MOST beautiful and rich in many species of fish - from what I saw in Egypt, and I have been there 9 times already ...so it was not in vain that I went to Mars Alam. Yes, there are a lot of sunbeds, no queues “from 6 in the morning”, towels and things were left completely free, nothing was lost either on the beach or in the room.
The weather was just wonderful, the sea was almost hot, certainly more than 30 degrees. The air is very warm, but no longer hot like in summer, there was a little fresh breeze, especially in the evenings. The waves were strong for several days, but it was possible to swim near the pontoon.
And I also went on an excursion on a yacht - I swam with dolphins in the open sea.
Everything was wonderful, only there were ten times more people than dolphins ...but I must say that it felt like we didn’t bother them much - they easily swam away from us! After the dolphins, we were taken to swim on the local reef, and although the corals there were VERY beautiful, there will still be more fish on our hotel reef ...
I did not go to Luxor, although at first I was going to. Because by chance I heard from tourists that the road (200 km west of Mars Alam) takes ...6 hours one way ...when I was very surprised and asked the hotel guide, he admitted that there are few Russian tourists and therefore ...they first take us to Hurghada (260 km to the north), they get a bus there, and then everyone is taken together to Luxor ...in general, I didn’t like it.
And we also went 2 times to Abu Dabab Bay, it's only 10 minutes from the hotel to go by hotel bus, but for a fee -2 euros per person. there is a lagoon-sand, and 2 reefs.
the left reef is more interesting there than the right one (but you have to overcome the boredom of the first 50 meters ...- very gray, dead. Beautiful corals start further away). I didn’t see turtles there, but they say that they come. but we had more and more beautiful fish on the hotel reef!
some tourists on the forums complain about low tides, but I just “didn’t notice” them - I swam from a pontoon almost all the time. And when I returned to lie down and sunbathe on the beach, I didn’t care whether the sea had gone there or not. Although in the lagoons it was always possible to either waist-deep or neck-deep to find a place to sit in the water. But I love to swim, look at the fish, and not just swim.
There were few Russian tourists, about 30 people, mostly Italians, Germans, Poles rest there. It’s very quiet on the territory, it’s as if there are no people - in fact, everyone just “disperses” into dozens of secluded places, and a wonderful illusion is created that EVERYTHING is just for you ...
The animation at the hotel was in Italian, so we went to the Russian program several times in the neighboring Kahramana-4 *.
In general, I recommend Kahraman, the hotel was just wonderful - beautiful, comfortable.
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There are 3 hotels nearby (one with a water park, we went there for free, including Russian animation), there are shops and a pharmacy.
Our territory was very beautiful, greenery, flowers, bushes, romantic bridges, stairs...
The room itself is very spacious, large terrace with a daybed and an armchair. For several days I slept on the terrace to the sound of the waves!
They settled us immediately and without any "surcharges", a room with a sea view.
From our bungalow to the sea was 1 minute ...to the pontoon - 5 minutes. The photo shows our paths to the sea.
Very nice 3 level swimming pool... like steps into the sea.
They fed deliciously. The only thing - I do not advise you to go to the "Italian restaurant a la carte". This is such a ridiculous establishment that it is difficult to call it a restaurant, especially Italian (so as not to discredit Italian cuisine). This is the only negative in the hotel, but since this visit is only possible once per stay, I would advise you to avoid it.
And the main restaurant delighted every day - new dishes all the time, and pastries ...
The hotel has a large beach: 2 sandy lagoons and a pontoon with a VERY beautiful reef. I must say that the reef is the MOST beautiful and rich in many species of fish - from what I saw in Egypt, and I have been there 9 times already ...so it was not in vain that I went to Mars Alam. Yes, there are a lot of sunbeds, no queues “from 6 in the morning”, towels and things were left completely free, nothing was lost either on the beach or in the room.
The weather was just wonderful, the sea was almost hot, certainly more than 30 degrees. The air is very warm, but no longer hot like in summer, there was a little fresh breeze, especially in the evenings. The waves were strong for several days, but it was possible to swim near the pontoon.
And I also went on an excursion on a yacht - I swam with dolphins in the open sea.
Everything was wonderful, only there were ten times more people than dolphins ...but I must say that it felt like we didn’t bother them much - they easily swam away from us! After the dolphins, we were taken to swim on the local reef, and although the corals there were VERY beautiful, there will still be more fish on our hotel reef ...
I did not go to Luxor, although at first I was going to. Because by chance I heard from tourists that the road (200 km west of Mars Alam) takes ...6 hours one way ...when I was very surprised and asked the hotel guide, he admitted that there are few Russian tourists and therefore ...they first take us to Hurghada (260 km to the north), they get a bus there, and then everyone is taken together to Luxor ...in general, I didn’t like it.
And we also went 2 times to Abu Dabab Bay, it's only 10 minutes from the hotel to go by hotel bus, but for a fee -2 euros per person. there is a lagoon-sand, and 2 reefs.
the left reef is more interesting there than the right one (but you have to overcome the boredom of the first 50 meters ...- very gray, dead. Beautiful corals start further away). I didn’t see turtles there, but they say that they come. but we had more and more beautiful fish on the hotel reef!
some tourists on the forums complain about low tides, but I just “didn’t notice” them - I swam from a pontoon almost all the time. And when I returned to lie down and sunbathe on the beach, I didn’t care whether the sea had gone there or not. Although in the lagoons it was always possible to either waist-deep or neck-deep to find a place to sit in the water. But I love to swim, look at the fish, and not just swim.
There were few Russian tourists, about 30 people, mostly Italians, Germans, Poles rest there. It’s very quiet on the territory, it’s as if there are no people - in fact, everyone just “disperses” into dozens of secluded places, and a wonderful illusion is created that EVERYTHING is just for you ...
The animation at the hotel was in Italian, so we went to the Russian program several times in the neighboring Kahramana-4 *.
In general, I recommend Kahraman, the hotel was just wonderful - beautiful, comfortable.
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I arrived from this hotel on December 11. I had to pay 20 & for a normal room, they asked for 50. The impression was bad, I knew that there was no entertainment but I didn’t think that at all. The hotel is imprisoned for Italians, but not Russians, Russians are left to their own devices and there are very few of them in percentage terms.
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I arrived from this hotel on December 11. I had to pay 20 & for a normal room, they asked for 50. The impression was bad, I knew that there was no entertainment
but I didn’t think that at all. The hotel is imprisoned for Italians, but not Russians, Russians are left to their own devices and there are very few of them in percentage terms. The territory is beautiful, but you will get bored in 2 days, the beach is large, but you can swim only from the pier and then when there are no waves.
I didn’t like the food for 5 *, the choice is not big, but you can eat something. In Turkish 5 * there are more greens, parsley, kenza, lettuce, celery
etc. There was no greenery in the restaurant of this hotel. Many complained of diarrhea and fever, suggesting poisoning. Now about the unpleasant impressions that spoiled the whole mood on the third day of rest. Nearby there is a hotel calimera habiba, hotel guests can visit the territory of sentido.
Near the warm pool, an elderly man from a nearby hotel asked me to bring a sprite to drink for himself and his wife. I fulfilled their request, sat down with them at the same table, I was with a friend. My friend and I came up and took gin and sprite, then we took some more pastries.
This became a very big problem for the staff, a day later the hotel management began to pick me up. They showed me that I watered and fed my friends from a nearby hotel (what kind of friends? especially in Egypt, the elderly were 65 years old and I just brought them a sprite, I came only with a friend).
The bartender went to the reception (photocopies of vacationers are stored there), looked through photocopies of Russians, there are about a dozen of them, unlike Italians, about 200. He saw me, recognized the room number and wrote out an invoice for 11 euros. 3 days they ran after me, give me money, give me money. Overcome, (I don’t want to use the original Russian word),
I gave these crohabors 11 euros and told them to tell this bartender so that no one would give water to his elderly parents when they needed it.
This bartender's name is Ahmet, he is about 163 cm tall, thin, with small curly hair, works near the heated pool and sometimes in the bar at the reception. If you do go to this hotel, don't tip it. As I arrived, I left the cleaner every day and gave a couple of times $ 5 in the restaurant. After such an attitude
I stopped leaving tips, I didn’t go to a fish restaurant with my girlfriend (for money), they didn’t pay $ 40 for a Bedouin night, for two, they didn’t take a paid disco, which Irina, a woman from Ukraine, a hotel employee, constantly invites. Although those who were at the Bedouin night said that it was so-so entertainment, but the hotel really has no entertainment for Russians,
so we wanted to go to this event. As I said, the attitude of the hotel management towards me spoiled the whole mood. If you like being in a maximum security colony where full-time snitches are constantly watching you, go there.
Reading the previous negative reviews about the hotel, I thought people were too picky, but alas, I experienced the opposite in my own experience. I will also send this review to the hotel administration, post it on the most popular tourist sites, let them beat off customers with their behavior, I appeal to the hotel owner again. Russians don’t like informers, they don’t like
to be among them and rest. Change your policy towards Russian tourists, or you will get a lot of such reviews.
That's it, I hope my experience of being in this hotel will serve as a decision for normal people not to buy a tour to it. And krohabory will lose much more than 11 euros.
Thank you for your attention, regards Denis Magnitogorsk.
but I didn’t think that at all. The hotel is imprisoned for Italians, but not Russians, Russians are left to their own devices and there are very few of them in percentage terms. The territory is beautiful, but you will get bored in 2 days, the beach is large, but you can swim only from the pier and then when there are no waves.
I didn’t like the food for 5 *, the choice is not big, but you can eat something. In Turkish 5 * there are more greens, parsley, kenza, lettuce, celery
etc. There was no greenery in the restaurant of this hotel. Many complained of diarrhea and fever, suggesting poisoning. Now about the unpleasant impressions that spoiled the whole mood on the third day of rest. Nearby there is a hotel calimera habiba, hotel guests can visit the territory of sentido.
Near the warm pool, an elderly man from a nearby hotel asked me to bring a sprite to drink for himself and his wife. I fulfilled their request, sat down with them at the same table, I was with a friend. My friend and I came up and took gin and sprite, then we took some more pastries.
This became a very big problem for the staff, a day later the hotel management began to pick me up. They showed me that I watered and fed my friends from a nearby hotel (what kind of friends? especially in Egypt, the elderly were 65 years old and I just brought them a sprite, I came only with a friend).
The bartender went to the reception (photocopies of vacationers are stored there), looked through photocopies of Russians, there are about a dozen of them, unlike Italians, about 200. He saw me, recognized the room number and wrote out an invoice for 11 euros. 3 days they ran after me, give me money, give me money. Overcome, (I don’t want to use the original Russian word),
I gave these crohabors 11 euros and told them to tell this bartender so that no one would give water to his elderly parents when they needed it.
This bartender's name is Ahmet, he is about 163 cm tall, thin, with small curly hair, works near the heated pool and sometimes in the bar at the reception. If you do go to this hotel, don't tip it. As I arrived, I left the cleaner every day and gave a couple of times $ 5 in the restaurant. After such an attitude
I stopped leaving tips, I didn’t go to a fish restaurant with my girlfriend (for money), they didn’t pay $ 40 for a Bedouin night, for two, they didn’t take a paid disco, which Irina, a woman from Ukraine, a hotel employee, constantly invites. Although those who were at the Bedouin night said that it was so-so entertainment, but the hotel really has no entertainment for Russians,
so we wanted to go to this event. As I said, the attitude of the hotel management towards me spoiled the whole mood. If you like being in a maximum security colony where full-time snitches are constantly watching you, go there.
Reading the previous negative reviews about the hotel, I thought people were too picky, but alas, I experienced the opposite in my own experience. I will also send this review to the hotel administration, post it on the most popular tourist sites, let them beat off customers with their behavior, I appeal to the hotel owner again. Russians don’t like informers, they don’t like
to be among them and rest. Change your policy towards Russian tourists, or you will get a lot of such reviews.
That's it, I hope my experience of being in this hotel will serve as a decision for normal people not to buy a tour to it. And krohabory will lose much more than 11 euros.
Thank you for your attention, regards Denis Magnitogorsk.
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So. Kahramana. 1. Settlement. We arrived late at 10 local time. The room was given immediately, our wishes were taken into account without additional payment (quiet place, first floor, rooms for 100). Everything was fast, they saw that the children were tired, they did not delay with the design, they settled instantly.
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So. Kahramana.
1. Settlement. We arrived late at 10 local time. The room was given immediately, our wishes were taken into account without additional payment (quiet place, first floor, rooms for 100). Everything was fast, they saw that the children were tired, they did not delay with the design, they settled instantly. We were late for dinner, they brought us dinner to the room (two plates of vegetables, cakes, sliced, sweet, water) - a lot, we were not particularly hungry, so we pecked a little.
2. Number. Basically as expected.
pros
1. Large, promised 55 squares, two extra. beds for children do not interfere.
2. A large balcony overlooking the sea, it comfortably accommodates a sunbed, a drying rack for clothes, a table and a chair.
3. huge bed.
4. Good bathroom, plumbing in good condition, hot water is always available.
Cons, but we knew about them
1. The stock of rooms is old, be prepared for shabby furniture, creaking cabinet doors, wobbly bedside tables.
2. Very noisy air conditioner, but powerful. They turned it on during the day while we were away, slept with it off at night.
3. Ants, I don’t know if it’s really a minus. The children liked them, they did not cause any inconvenience.
4. Although the bed is large, the mattress is not solid, but of two halves, if you fall asleep in the middle, it is not comfortable.
3. The territory is huge, everything is green.
One minus - a lot of stairs, descents - ascents and uneven paths made of stone, it is problematic to move with a one-year-old child and a stroller.
4. Guides and staff. From Pegas two Russian guides Pavel and Andrey. Pavel was at the meeting - he worked out his excursions, there are no complaints. There is a Russian-speaking girl at the reception. It happens early in the morning and late in the evening. Irina. Sweet and pleasant, but a little annoying, you can learn everything you need from her. The rest of the staff is excellent, all smiling and at the receptionist and waiters, there were no problems. Cleaning in the room is adequate, they even noticed that they were washing the floor (they left a tip for the cleaner), a couple of times at the beginning they spun swans from towels.
5. Nutrition.
I read a lot of fears and horrors before the trip that the food is terrible. Not certainly in that way. Food for Egypt is quite standard.
Typical breakfast: Omelet, pancakes, cooked in front of you. Yogruty, fruits, breakfast cereals, vegetables, cold cuts, bread, lots of sweet pastries. Tea, coffee, hibiscus, water and orange yupi. There is even oatmeal for those who wish.
Dinner. Grill every day (chicken, partridges, meat (hard), crabs, something like kebabs, hamburgers), something quite edible, something not very. Pasta is cooked in front of you, usually there are two sauces to choose from. And a standard set, stewed vegetables, potatoes, meat, fish or chicken. The choice, to be honest, is modest, especially for the salad bar. He was practically inedible. They just picked sliced vegetables and seasoned them themselves. Very often there was a dish with lasagna, gnocchi and the like, but it was not very tasty with them.
Dinner is about the same. Sometimes a dish from the chef (not every day, there was tuna, turkey, chicken).
But the choice of fruit pleased. There were apples, pears, bananas, guava, watermelon, melon, dates, grapes, plums, pomegranate, citrus fruits. Sweet table is good.
Snacks. In the morning, there were buns with tea in the bars (they didn’t take them), from 10 to 11 in a bar near 200 rooms there was ice cream for children, in the same place from 11 they prepared hot dogs or burgers with potatoes. In general, it’s rather sad in bars with drinks (I’m not talking about alcohol, we hardly drink, so we weren’t interested), b / a drinks are only soda and UPI, there were no familiar cocktails, as in other hotels. The daughter was very upset by this. We bought packaged juices in a shop across the street, at least they made her happy.
Animation. There was, but we didn't go. On the active beach, something happened, in the pool there too. There was an evening program and a disco for children. We never got to it. It all started late for us, after 9, and since the children got up with the sun at 4-5 in the morning, at that time they were already asleep.
Sea. What they were driving for.
Pontoon. A strange way to get to it through a paid fish restaurant, we didn’t even immediately find how to get to it. The reef is beautiful, it was a delight for me, it was the first time I swam on such a deep reef. There are fish and lots of them. Flag. Almost always red. We went at 5-6 in the morning (with our children there was no problem getting up), there was no whistler, we climbed through the rope and hit the road. In the morning we saw dolphins (on the first day without a camera, unfortunately), a baracuda sailed. Lionfish came out in the evening (it was a surprise for me that I met this beauty all the time, there were a lot of them in Taba). Almost every day we went to Abu Dabbab, despite the red flag, it was possible to swim there. In Abu Dabbab, a small bus runs daily according to the schedule, an appointment for the day at the reception. From the bay, of course, there are a lot of emotions. Stingrays, guitarists, turtles, cuttlefish, squids, all other families are large, bright.
Hotel lagoons. I didn’t find anything near the beach asset, but I’ll say right away that there was little water, and it was impossible to swim to many places. So in theory it could be good. You can swim in the relax beach lagoon. The stingrays and the Malagasy blacktip shark come in with the tide. A lot of needle fish, sea urchins, cucumbers. There lives a flock of lured aboudefduffs who bite if you hang in place for a long time.
Diving. We did not use the services of locals, there is a Polish dive center near the Blue Reef hotel. Their prices are more democratic, but the equipment is a bit old. The husband was not happy. Local ones are significantly more expensive, I didn’t dive with them.
Separately, about the dugong. Our friends took a tour of the bays from Pegasus. In one of the bays they went out on a dugong (if I'm not lying, Mubarak), my husband fell on him while diving. Basically, I just didn't see it. Well, then, there will be something to go for next time.
And yet, on the territory of the hotel, more precisely in the direction of Gardena, a water park is being built. Construction at the final stage (just add water), but it was never opened in our presence. The plan was to open on October 1st.
1. Settlement. We arrived late at 10 local time. The room was given immediately, our wishes were taken into account without additional payment (quiet place, first floor, rooms for 100). Everything was fast, they saw that the children were tired, they did not delay with the design, they settled instantly. We were late for dinner, they brought us dinner to the room (two plates of vegetables, cakes, sliced, sweet, water) - a lot, we were not particularly hungry, so we pecked a little.
2. Number. Basically as expected.
pros
1. Large, promised 55 squares, two extra. beds for children do not interfere.
2. A large balcony overlooking the sea, it comfortably accommodates a sunbed, a drying rack for clothes, a table and a chair.
3. huge bed.
4. Good bathroom, plumbing in good condition, hot water is always available.
Cons, but we knew about them
1. The stock of rooms is old, be prepared for shabby furniture, creaking cabinet doors, wobbly bedside tables.
2. Very noisy air conditioner, but powerful. They turned it on during the day while we were away, slept with it off at night.
3. Ants, I don’t know if it’s really a minus. The children liked them, they did not cause any inconvenience.
4. Although the bed is large, the mattress is not solid, but of two halves, if you fall asleep in the middle, it is not comfortable.
3. The territory is huge, everything is green.
One minus - a lot of stairs, descents - ascents and uneven paths made of stone, it is problematic to move with a one-year-old child and a stroller.
4. Guides and staff. From Pegas two Russian guides Pavel and Andrey. Pavel was at the meeting - he worked out his excursions, there are no complaints. There is a Russian-speaking girl at the reception. It happens early in the morning and late in the evening. Irina. Sweet and pleasant, but a little annoying, you can learn everything you need from her. The rest of the staff is excellent, all smiling and at the receptionist and waiters, there were no problems. Cleaning in the room is adequate, they even noticed that they were washing the floor (they left a tip for the cleaner), a couple of times at the beginning they spun swans from towels.
5. Nutrition.
I read a lot of fears and horrors before the trip that the food is terrible. Not certainly in that way. Food for Egypt is quite standard.
Typical breakfast: Omelet, pancakes, cooked in front of you. Yogruty, fruits, breakfast cereals, vegetables, cold cuts, bread, lots of sweet pastries. Tea, coffee, hibiscus, water and orange yupi. There is even oatmeal for those who wish.
Dinner. Grill every day (chicken, partridges, meat (hard), crabs, something like kebabs, hamburgers), something quite edible, something not very. Pasta is cooked in front of you, usually there are two sauces to choose from. And a standard set, stewed vegetables, potatoes, meat, fish or chicken. The choice, to be honest, is modest, especially for the salad bar. He was practically inedible. They just picked sliced vegetables and seasoned them themselves. Very often there was a dish with lasagna, gnocchi and the like, but it was not very tasty with them.
Dinner is about the same. Sometimes a dish from the chef (not every day, there was tuna, turkey, chicken).
But the choice of fruit pleased. There were apples, pears, bananas, guava, watermelon, melon, dates, grapes, plums, pomegranate, citrus fruits. Sweet table is good.
Snacks. In the morning, there were buns with tea in the bars (they didn’t take them), from 10 to 11 in a bar near 200 rooms there was ice cream for children, in the same place from 11 they prepared hot dogs or burgers with potatoes. In general, it’s rather sad in bars with drinks (I’m not talking about alcohol, we hardly drink, so we weren’t interested), b / a drinks are only soda and UPI, there were no familiar cocktails, as in other hotels. The daughter was very upset by this. We bought packaged juices in a shop across the street, at least they made her happy.
Animation. There was, but we didn't go. On the active beach, something happened, in the pool there too. There was an evening program and a disco for children. We never got to it. It all started late for us, after 9, and since the children got up with the sun at 4-5 in the morning, at that time they were already asleep.
Sea. What they were driving for.
Pontoon. A strange way to get to it through a paid fish restaurant, we didn’t even immediately find how to get to it. The reef is beautiful, it was a delight for me, it was the first time I swam on such a deep reef. There are fish and lots of them. Flag. Almost always red. We went at 5-6 in the morning (with our children there was no problem getting up), there was no whistler, we climbed through the rope and hit the road. In the morning we saw dolphins (on the first day without a camera, unfortunately), a baracuda sailed. Lionfish came out in the evening (it was a surprise for me that I met this beauty all the time, there were a lot of them in Taba). Almost every day we went to Abu Dabbab, despite the red flag, it was possible to swim there. In Abu Dabbab, a small bus runs daily according to the schedule, an appointment for the day at the reception. From the bay, of course, there are a lot of emotions. Stingrays, guitarists, turtles, cuttlefish, squids, all other families are large, bright.
Hotel lagoons. I didn’t find anything near the beach asset, but I’ll say right away that there was little water, and it was impossible to swim to many places. So in theory it could be good. You can swim in the relax beach lagoon. The stingrays and the Malagasy blacktip shark come in with the tide. A lot of needle fish, sea urchins, cucumbers. There lives a flock of lured aboudefduffs who bite if you hang in place for a long time.
Diving. We did not use the services of locals, there is a Polish dive center near the Blue Reef hotel. Their prices are more democratic, but the equipment is a bit old. The husband was not happy. Local ones are significantly more expensive, I didn’t dive with them.
Separately, about the dugong. Our friends took a tour of the bays from Pegasus. In one of the bays they went out on a dugong (if I'm not lying, Mubarak), my husband fell on him while diving. Basically, I just didn't see it. Well, then, there will be something to go for next time.
And yet, on the territory of the hotel, more precisely in the direction of Gardena, a water park is being built. Construction at the final stage (just add water), but it was never opened in our presence. The plan was to open on October 1st.
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IMMEDIATELY MINUSES - sooooo many Italians with children, yelling, running over their heads on their legs, occupying places at the pool and on the beach for the whole camp, dirty glasses, boorish bartenders who try for Italians then notice Russians. I thought at least here there would be something similar to Europe - poof there) the Arabs remain Arabs - I ordered a sea view 2 months before arrival (as I knew) our room had already been sold, we were given a view of the desert! )).
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IMMEDIATELY MINUSES - sooooo many Italians with children, yelling, running over their heads on their legs, occupying places at the pool and on the beach for the whole camp, dirty glasses, boorish bartenders who try for Italians then notice Russians. I thought at least here there would be something similar to Europe - poof there) the Arabs remain Arabs - I ordered a sea view 2 months before arrival (as I knew) our room had already been sold, we were given a view of the desert! ))
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Great hotel with nice spacious rooms. The food is poor, but very tasty. That is, if, for example, in Sharm, where the food is very varied and plentiful, it was impossible to eat half - tasteless, then here, everything that I put on a plate - I ate))))) Really very tasty !!!! Great house reef!! ! But there is an ode to the problem.
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Great hotel with nice spacious rooms. The food is poor, but very tasty. That is, if, for example, in Sharm, where the food is very varied and plentiful, it was impossible to eat half - tasteless, then here, everything that I put on a plate - I ate))))) Really very tasty !!!!
Great house reef!! ! But there is an ode to the problem..... One, but crosses out all the charms for me....The reef is beautiful, but it is almost impossible to watch it - it is constantly windy and it is IMPOSSIBLE to swim from the pontoon !!! ! If you wish, you can swim on the beach in the morning (until 12 noon)... But there is nothing to see there..... But at low tide it’s impossible to swim there - knee-deep, or even less.......In short, this the hotel would be yes with a normal pyazhem - it would be SUPER!! ! I won't go there again!
Great house reef!! ! But there is an ode to the problem..... One, but crosses out all the charms for me....The reef is beautiful, but it is almost impossible to watch it - it is constantly windy and it is IMPOSSIBLE to swim from the pontoon !!! ! If you wish, you can swim on the beach in the morning (until 12 noon)... But there is nothing to see there..... But at low tide it’s impossible to swim there - knee-deep, or even less.......In short, this the hotel would be yes with a normal pyazhem - it would be SUPER!! ! I won't go there again!
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The price is not small, especially for 4 stars, there is nothing to do there at all, and the food is so-so. The holiday is not spoiled, of course, but expected more
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The price is not small, especially for 4 stars, there is nothing to do there at all, and the food is so-so. The holiday is not spoiled, of course, but expected more
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Wonderful hotel, lovely houses, very good service! The weather was great! My husband and I went just to relax, because. there are no discos and markets, there is nowhere to go except the hotel. There are almost no Russians. Italians rest there. In general, I liked everything. Everything is positive)
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Wonderful hotel, lovely houses, very good service! The weather was great! My husband and I went just to relax, because. there are no discos and markets, there is nowhere to go except the hotel. There are almost no Russians. Italians rest there. In general, I liked everything. Everything is positive)
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Rested from 24.02 to 3.03 - just super!! ! Liked everything. The hotel is chic - just a botanical garden. Rooms should be ordered only with sea view, garden - in no case (they are in the middle of the desert). There are two beaches of the Kahramana hotel and a small beach of the Habib hotel nearby, on which the slopes swim near the shore.
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Rested from 24.02 to 3.03 - just super!! ! Liked everything. The hotel is chic - just a botanical garden. Rooms should be ordered only with sea view, garden - in no case (they are in the middle of the desert). There are two beaches of the Kahramana hotel and a small beach of the Habib hotel nearby, on which the slopes swim near the shore. On the territory there is a coral reef very rich in the underwater world, you can just see everything there and you don’t have to go anywhere, but if you want to see turtles, the hotel has another beach in Abu Dabab, they take a bus every hour. There really are turtles that you can see even in a storm, there is also a coral reef nearby - very beautiful. So, if you are going to Egypt overseas, and not for entertainment - you are there!! !
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We rested in Marsa Alam from November 7 to 17.2009. Of course, we did not believe in the previously published reports of tourists who had already experienced all this before, but according to the established tradition, for some reason we thought that this would not happen to us. And they were wrong. Everything was standard: we arrived at the hotel, we were told that there were no rooms that we paid for (that is, standard), and they promised to move the next day.
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We rested in Marsa Alam from November 7 to 17.2009. Of course, we did not believe in the previously published reports of tourists who had already experienced all this before, but according to the established tradition, for some reason we thought that this would not happen to us. And they were wrong. Everything was standard: we arrived at the hotel, we were told that there were no rooms that we paid for (that is, standard), and they promised to move the next day. The rooms where we were supposed to spend one night looked like a barn inside. I'm not sure they even deserve 3 stars. These settlements are called Kahramana Garden View and are in fact a reservation exclusively for Russians. Room numbers start with the number 3. For reference, "normal" standard numbers start with the numbers "1" or "2". It is they who have the category of 5 stars, as well as an area of .55 square meters and everything else, including the sea view. In general, ALL the Russians who arrived ended up in this very Kahramana Garden View. Needless to say, the next day, no one was going to move us, saying that our rooms were never free. The scandal took the whole (! ) day, while we saw people leaving the vacated rooms, and immediately arriving and settling in them....Italians. Apparently, the Italians are not that much more scandalous, they rather receive a huge penalty from their agency in such cases, and the hotel prefers not to pay and settle them where they bought the trip. We were (and probably remain) completely powerless and we can only make trouble. As happens in such cases, the hotel management kept getting confused in the testimony, claiming that there were no rooms, that there were, but there was no electricity, that the rooms would definitely be tomorrow, or something else. The Pegasus guide first answered the phone and talked to us, then did not answer the phone for several hours, and after 5 hours he finally arrived, but did not help in any way and left. In general, friends, I sum up: after spending one more night in our sheds, and having a few quarrels in the morning, we moved to the neighboring hotel Kalimeru, where it is much better. Some of the Russians lost heart, broke down, didn’t make a fuss, and spent their vacation in these stables, believing that there are such 5 stars, or that it’s not worth spending a day and a half sitting at the reception like us and demanding to fulfill the conditions contract. Someone went to another hotel 30 km away in the direction of Marsa Galeb and we do not know their fate.
Friends! Who wants to practice: English, negotiation technique, drinking a bar "out of spite" for the whole day, play the game "you're lying to me now, but I'll try to catch you on this", etc. - welcome to Kahramana. To everyone else - try to find out before departure how to behave correctly (from a legal point of view) in such situations, and....choose normal hotels, gentlemen! Everyone have a great holiday!
Friends! Who wants to practice: English, negotiation technique, drinking a bar "out of spite" for the whole day, play the game "you're lying to me now, but I'll try to catch you on this", etc. - welcome to Kahramana. To everyone else - try to find out before departure how to behave correctly (from a legal point of view) in such situations, and....choose normal hotels, gentlemen! Everyone have a great holiday!
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The hotel is a solid four with a plus. It is better to go there for those who love snorkeling and for whom the main thing in rest is the sea. From Hurghada airport 4 hours. Sea: The hotel is located on a coral reef, which after 50 meters abruptly breaks into the sea. Swimming in order to explore the reef - only from the pier.
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The hotel is a solid four with a plus. It is better to go there for those who love snorkeling and for whom the main thing in rest is the sea. From Hurghada airport 4 hours.
Sea:
The hotel is located on a coral reef, which after 50 meters abruptly breaks into the sea. Swimming in order to explore the reef - only from the pier. It is better not to cross the reef from the shore - it is very shallow and you can scratch on the corals, besides, to the right of the pier, 200 meters (where there are no breakers) a dangerous current - quite noticeably drags you into the sea. Friends with whom we rested tried it on themselves and were extremely careful in the future. Lifeguards on the beach are limited to whistling and waving their arms, well, they swear if you return. So the salvation of the drowning is the work of the drowning themselves. Be careful.
Swimming without a mask is almost nowhere. There is a shallow lagoon near the coast (waist-deep at high tide), where you can take a dip, well, swim 10 meters, but just be sure to take slippers, as for a reef, because. at the bottom there are fragments of corals, stones and hedgehogs. During a storm, it is quiet there, and fish climb into this lagoon and you can watch them. Friends even saw a moray eel and a small reef shark there, I myself saw a stingray, needle fish, angel fish, etc.
The reef from the pier is beautiful, rich, although it is not always possible to get to it, because. open sea - often a storm. Of the 8 days of arrival, the calm was 2 days, and another 2 we made our way to the pier in the mornings, while there were no rescuers, under prohibition flags, ropes, etc. and swim in the waves.
So it is better to count on snorkeling in Abu Dabab Bay, which is located 10 minutes from the hotel on a free bus.
To get on the bus you need to sign up at the reception, better before breakfast and better at 8 am. The bus will return in 4 hours - this is quite enough to swim and lie on the beach.
Large sea turtles can be seen in the bay in the center and closer to the right edge. The most beautiful thing is the underwater "flight" of these animals, when they rise to the surface to get fresh air. Unfortunately, there are half-witted ones who at this moment begin to pester the turtle, grab it and prevent it from rising to the surface. And basically, these are our compatriots. It will be very sad if, after the dugong (which is no longer in the bay), the turtles will also disappear.
There are coral reefs on the right and on the left. On the right - more populated, but on the left - the corals themselves are more beautiful - of different shapes and different colors - golden, green, blue, purple in different shades. There are also many different fish. Tourists are taken to the bay, and groups are also brought for diving. The advantages of the bay are also that there is sand and you can swim just like that, in addition, even in a storm you can find quiet near the corals.
Accommodation: Three types of rooms - sea view, standard and garden view. It should be understood that those rooms that are designated as "garden view" are at a decent distance from the sea - 7 minutes walk in the open sun at 40 degree heat (near the Kahramana Garden Hotel (former Amaraya)) The numbers of these rooms are from 300 to 320.
Rooms with sea view are located between the reception and the main restaurant, to the pier - numbered 100 rooms.
There are also rooms that are located to the right of the central restaurant, in the second bay (palm bay). as we understand it, this is the standard. The numbering starts from the number 200. They have a minus - far from the reception and the main restaurant, but they also have their pluses - close to the main sandy beach and the pool with a garden. We lived just there and were very satisfied, because. we had a view of the garden and the pool, and behind them we could see the sea (ATTENTION - this is ONLY UNDER THE CONDITION OF THE SETTLEMENT on the 2nd FLOOR, do not take the first one), so from the balcony it was possible to understand whether there was a wave on the sea or not.
When checking into this hotel, there are standard problems - they try to offer something a little different, they try to leave the best for Italians (the main vacationers) or for especially scandalous ones. We were offered the first floor. We went, looked, said that we had paid for a room with a sea view, and from the first floor there would be no sea view, and if they don’t have other rooms, then we ask for a written explanation with the stamp of the hotel, according to which we will demand compensation from your travel agency. The rooms on the second floor were found immediately, and all three in a row, as we needed and we were satisfied, because. insisted on their own, but without additional payment and without serious problems. Of course, all negotiations were conducted in English, so if anyone has problems with him, it is better to choose another hotel.
The rooms are quite comfortable and spacious. There is a sofa that easily turns into an extra bed for a child.
Service: In general, the service is quite decent, we did not feel discrimination (with the exception of pool bars, where they serve primarily Italians), towels are changed every day, towels on the beach, sunbeds, etc. enough and in a fairly clean and tidy form. The waiters in the restaurant are kind, the traders in the shops are not annoying. And in general, no one showed any impudence. We were with two adult girls (16 and 18) - we enjoyed talking with them, chatting, showing signs of attention, but there was no obsession (in contrast to the Grand Plaza in Hurghada, where the 14-year-old daughter had to be accompanied everywhere by her father).
Drinking: They try. The food is plentiful, quite varied, but... one cannot say that it is tasty. There were "successful dishes", but in general....In a word, you can choose, you won't get poisoned and you won't stay hungry, but if the main thing for you on vacation is to eat deliciously - this is not here.
Well prepared spaghetti and in general pasta, croissants, meatballs. From fruits - melons, oranges, lemons, pomegranates, goava, pears, apples.
A smooth movement of some products from one dish to another was noticed. For example, fried fish was served at lunch, for dinner or the next day we see this fish in a salad. In general, there is a pattern - yesterday's salads are put closer to the cooks and hot dishes, and fresh snacks are on the tables in the middle of the hall.
No minibar!! ! If you definitely need juice in bags, for example, to drink in the room, or bottles of fanta, cola, bring a supply with you or get ready to order glasses at the reception in the room (which is not always convenient) and at inhumane prices. The first day we ran around the entire hotel and only in an Italian restaurant they sold us a 100-gram pack of orange juice for 15 pounds (3 dollars). There are no liquor stores. The restaurant gives only bottled water, but you can take a lot.
Our questions were answered that they say take cola, fanta, diluted juice in the bars on the beach. They sipped into empty bottles.
Pegasus job: transfer is ok. We met as many as 4 people, they drove back also well and on time. The hotel guide sucks. To catch him, spent more than one day. At the agreed time is not, the phone is switched off. There was a feeling that he did not really need tourists, thank God for us, too. We did not go on excursions this time. far away, and into the desert on a quad bike - bought tickets from the guys on the beach (stand near the canopy with towels). Cheaper by $ 20 per person, but they did everything well.
Territory of the hotel: the area is large, a lot of blooming bougainvillea, original cactus plantings, lawns. Everything is neat. You can go to the territory of neighboring Kalimera or Amaraia. Amaraya is a second-line hotel, and Kalimera has a bad beach (they went to us) and it’s far from the pier, so it’s better to take Kahramana. Nice heated pool, you can swim in the evening, after sunset. There is a garden around the pool, so it is very pleasant to be there. In the morning, just do no one, tk. Italians go there from lunch to evening.
Entertainment: Animation is only in Italian, but you can easily go dancing or aqua aerobics. Will be received with open arms.
We liked the hotel. For a relaxing beach holiday, where the main thing is the SEA.
Sea:
The hotel is located on a coral reef, which after 50 meters abruptly breaks into the sea. Swimming in order to explore the reef - only from the pier. It is better not to cross the reef from the shore - it is very shallow and you can scratch on the corals, besides, to the right of the pier, 200 meters (where there are no breakers) a dangerous current - quite noticeably drags you into the sea. Friends with whom we rested tried it on themselves and were extremely careful in the future. Lifeguards on the beach are limited to whistling and waving their arms, well, they swear if you return. So the salvation of the drowning is the work of the drowning themselves. Be careful.
Swimming without a mask is almost nowhere. There is a shallow lagoon near the coast (waist-deep at high tide), where you can take a dip, well, swim 10 meters, but just be sure to take slippers, as for a reef, because. at the bottom there are fragments of corals, stones and hedgehogs. During a storm, it is quiet there, and fish climb into this lagoon and you can watch them. Friends even saw a moray eel and a small reef shark there, I myself saw a stingray, needle fish, angel fish, etc.
The reef from the pier is beautiful, rich, although it is not always possible to get to it, because. open sea - often a storm. Of the 8 days of arrival, the calm was 2 days, and another 2 we made our way to the pier in the mornings, while there were no rescuers, under prohibition flags, ropes, etc. and swim in the waves.
So it is better to count on snorkeling in Abu Dabab Bay, which is located 10 minutes from the hotel on a free bus.
To get on the bus you need to sign up at the reception, better before breakfast and better at 8 am. The bus will return in 4 hours - this is quite enough to swim and lie on the beach.
Large sea turtles can be seen in the bay in the center and closer to the right edge. The most beautiful thing is the underwater "flight" of these animals, when they rise to the surface to get fresh air. Unfortunately, there are half-witted ones who at this moment begin to pester the turtle, grab it and prevent it from rising to the surface. And basically, these are our compatriots. It will be very sad if, after the dugong (which is no longer in the bay), the turtles will also disappear.
There are coral reefs on the right and on the left. On the right - more populated, but on the left - the corals themselves are more beautiful - of different shapes and different colors - golden, green, blue, purple in different shades. There are also many different fish. Tourists are taken to the bay, and groups are also brought for diving. The advantages of the bay are also that there is sand and you can swim just like that, in addition, even in a storm you can find quiet near the corals.
Accommodation: Three types of rooms - sea view, standard and garden view. It should be understood that those rooms that are designated as "garden view" are at a decent distance from the sea - 7 minutes walk in the open sun at 40 degree heat (near the Kahramana Garden Hotel (former Amaraya)) The numbers of these rooms are from 300 to 320.
Rooms with sea view are located between the reception and the main restaurant, to the pier - numbered 100 rooms.
There are also rooms that are located to the right of the central restaurant, in the second bay (palm bay). as we understand it, this is the standard. The numbering starts from the number 200. They have a minus - far from the reception and the main restaurant, but they also have their pluses - close to the main sandy beach and the pool with a garden. We lived just there and were very satisfied, because. we had a view of the garden and the pool, and behind them we could see the sea (ATTENTION - this is ONLY UNDER THE CONDITION OF THE SETTLEMENT on the 2nd FLOOR, do not take the first one), so from the balcony it was possible to understand whether there was a wave on the sea or not.
When checking into this hotel, there are standard problems - they try to offer something a little different, they try to leave the best for Italians (the main vacationers) or for especially scandalous ones. We were offered the first floor. We went, looked, said that we had paid for a room with a sea view, and from the first floor there would be no sea view, and if they don’t have other rooms, then we ask for a written explanation with the stamp of the hotel, according to which we will demand compensation from your travel agency. The rooms on the second floor were found immediately, and all three in a row, as we needed and we were satisfied, because. insisted on their own, but without additional payment and without serious problems. Of course, all negotiations were conducted in English, so if anyone has problems with him, it is better to choose another hotel.
The rooms are quite comfortable and spacious. There is a sofa that easily turns into an extra bed for a child.
Service: In general, the service is quite decent, we did not feel discrimination (with the exception of pool bars, where they serve primarily Italians), towels are changed every day, towels on the beach, sunbeds, etc. enough and in a fairly clean and tidy form. The waiters in the restaurant are kind, the traders in the shops are not annoying. And in general, no one showed any impudence. We were with two adult girls (16 and 18) - we enjoyed talking with them, chatting, showing signs of attention, but there was no obsession (in contrast to the Grand Plaza in Hurghada, where the 14-year-old daughter had to be accompanied everywhere by her father).
Drinking: They try. The food is plentiful, quite varied, but... one cannot say that it is tasty. There were "successful dishes", but in general....In a word, you can choose, you won't get poisoned and you won't stay hungry, but if the main thing for you on vacation is to eat deliciously - this is not here.
Well prepared spaghetti and in general pasta, croissants, meatballs. From fruits - melons, oranges, lemons, pomegranates, goava, pears, apples.
A smooth movement of some products from one dish to another was noticed. For example, fried fish was served at lunch, for dinner or the next day we see this fish in a salad. In general, there is a pattern - yesterday's salads are put closer to the cooks and hot dishes, and fresh snacks are on the tables in the middle of the hall.
No minibar!! ! If you definitely need juice in bags, for example, to drink in the room, or bottles of fanta, cola, bring a supply with you or get ready to order glasses at the reception in the room (which is not always convenient) and at inhumane prices. The first day we ran around the entire hotel and only in an Italian restaurant they sold us a 100-gram pack of orange juice for 15 pounds (3 dollars). There are no liquor stores. The restaurant gives only bottled water, but you can take a lot.
Our questions were answered that they say take cola, fanta, diluted juice in the bars on the beach. They sipped into empty bottles.
Pegasus job: transfer is ok. We met as many as 4 people, they drove back also well and on time. The hotel guide sucks. To catch him, spent more than one day. At the agreed time is not, the phone is switched off. There was a feeling that he did not really need tourists, thank God for us, too. We did not go on excursions this time. far away, and into the desert on a quad bike - bought tickets from the guys on the beach (stand near the canopy with towels). Cheaper by $ 20 per person, but they did everything well.
Territory of the hotel: the area is large, a lot of blooming bougainvillea, original cactus plantings, lawns. Everything is neat. You can go to the territory of neighboring Kalimera or Amaraia. Amaraya is a second-line hotel, and Kalimera has a bad beach (they went to us) and it’s far from the pier, so it’s better to take Kahramana. Nice heated pool, you can swim in the evening, after sunset. There is a garden around the pool, so it is very pleasant to be there. In the morning, just do no one, tk. Italians go there from lunch to evening.
Entertainment: Animation is only in Italian, but you can easily go dancing or aqua aerobics. Will be received with open arms.
We liked the hotel. For a relaxing beach holiday, where the main thing is the SEA.
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