Romance without romance

Written: 23 june 2014
Travel time: 24 — 31 may 2014
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
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I wanted romance, sun and sea. Since we have already been to Egypt several times we decided to choose this hotel. As usual, let's start with the good. The hotel is quite new, not shabby. The room is small compared to the Egyptian fives, but cozy. The food is tolerable, the main spicy dishes are allocated to a separate table as local food. You won't be left hungry.
Now about the romance itself, for which we came. If you want to spend a romantic evening in your room - forget about it! The room does not even have a menu about food delivery as a room service. Go to the store and buy chips with cola...
We went to the beach - the beautiful sea, sun and wind. On the beach in Egypt there are no barriers from the wind. Therefore, after 11 it is hot in the sun, and cold in the shade. The beach is small, about 100 m. However, you can enter the water only on its right side. On the left are pieces of coral covered with sand with mounds and holes in which hedgehogs and snakes. On the beach, too, a fun contingent of vacationers 80% of retirement and pre-retirement age. When you see enough of these “tight, inflated tanned torsos and swimsuits”, you don’t just want romance, you want to get drunk. There would be fences, at least they would not see it all the time.

The idiocy of the beach lies also in the fact that all umbrellas are wooden with gaps between stuffed sticks (see photo). When you lie on the beach, umbrellas protect from the sun only until 11 from 15. Just when the sun is at its strongest, you hide under an umbrella, but there is no shade! The sun is at its zenith and mercilessly burns you through the holes between the sticks.
Even the first line of umbrellas is far enough from the sea - 20 meters. And these 20 meters you need to walk on almost stone ground on which sharp shells and stones come across. After our neighbors cut their legs, we began to walk to the sea in flip flops. Soft sand is only at the entrance to the sea.
There are no children in the hotel, but the hotel has no territory either. Therefore, your romantic mood will quickly be attacked by the screams of wild children who drive along the promenade 5 meters from the beaches or drive into apartments (neighboring beaches). We were also very lucky to get to a local wedding in a neighboring building - el Gusto apartments. In addition to the screams of children during the day on the beach - in the evening until 5 am, music was rumbling creating an unforgettable experience.
And now, the most beautiful thing is the sunset, we left the beach, sat down in a cafe on the tiny territory of our hotel, and then the noise and din caused by the crowds of our compatriots. It turns out that they were massively released from the Pyramis hotel, into which only “ours” are brought. Noise-gum, swearing, children are footballing bottles of water and throwing flip flops.
But that is not all. Electric cars that are rented begin to rumble along the promenade. Electric cars rumble because all the lanes on the promenade are tiled, and “what Russian doesn’t like fast driving”, especially for all-inclusive?
Such concepts as security exist only at the entrance to Sahl Hasheesh, and its own territory is completely absent. Not only on our beach, but also whoever you want can freely enter our hotel. We ourselves took advantage of this and got acquainted with neighboring hotels.
I don’t even write about such trifles as the lack of understanding of Russian at the reception, unsigned Russian dishes in the restaurant, the lack of normal alcohol in the hotel besides beer and sour wine.

But what surprised me once again was that there are modern flat LCD TVs in the room, but you can't connect to them via HDMI - there are no connectors!
In conclusion, I can say that this hotel is VERY different from all the other Egyptian fives in which we stayed. The complete absence of territory and secluded places on the territory of the hotel leaves only the room for romance.
It's strange, but this hotel is much less romantic than we expected.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original