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Tell me, please, how is the atmosphere there in general and food in particular? I am going to go with the children in 2 weeks, one of them is an infant, relatives are worried about us in connection with the last May unrest in Egypt
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The hotel is great! Food in 6 restaurants - the sea. Just a lot and high quality. Lunch at a restaurant on the beach. 4 a la carte restaurants. Find for your infant. Don't worry about the situation in Hurghada, everything is fine there. The hotel is far from the city and from other hotels in particular. I really liked this hotel.
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answered 14 years ago
I now offer it to everyone who can afford more than 1000 for vacation
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"Meals in 6 restaurants - the sea."
Sea food - how is it? For whom?
You, the topikstarter, me or your tourists who returned?
Sea food - how is it? For whom?
You, the topikstarter, me or your tourists who returned?
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answered 14 years ago
oresta52, thank you very much for the information, it really relieved me :) And it was somehow scary, especially with the little one (he is only 11 months old). Now we'll definitely take it with us :)
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Judging by the answers of tourists, they ate the same assortment of dishes as I did in November. And listing everything is somehow not serious, since this hotel has a lot of other advantages besides food!
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"they ate the same assortment of dishes"
I would swim in the dishes, like in the sea))))
I would swim in the dishes, like in the sea))))
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answered 14 years ago
I mistakenly put you a plus "you are our hungry papa74". I will correct my mistake tomorrow.
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"You are our starving papa74" - mind you, our label, I was not the first to start.
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oresta52 replied
"Don't worry about the situation in Hurghada, everything is fine there. The hotel is far from the city and from other hotels in particular."
But the distance from everything is a big minus than a plus.
And how well the travel agents in the face of Orest52 sing about the situation in Egypt, Hurghada.
They just "make" it, this environment.
http://www.turpravda.ua/forum/topic.php?id=1&t=58530
"Don't worry about the situation in Hurghada, everything is fine there. The hotel is far from the city and from other hotels in particular."
But the distance from everything is a big minus than a plus.
And how well the travel agents in the face of Orest52 sing about the situation in Egypt, Hurghada.
They just "make" it, this environment.
http://www.turpravda.ua/forum/topic.php?id=1&t=58530
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answered 14 years ago
Everything for tourists.
"Don't worry about the situation in Hurghada, everything is fine there"
Everything for earning!
"Don't worry about the situation in Hurghada, everything is fine there"
Everything for earning!
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You would only Temko throw on the situation in Egypt. Why did you go there, discouraging others? Have people poured reproaches on this score a little? I will not insert links, because in no case do I want to be like you! And you continue in the same spirit, collect the news of the "yellow" press, your own answers, since nothing bad was noticed in the reviews by tourists who came from a holiday from Egypt, no one was hurt during the entire revolution. And you like these horror stories, please, amuse people.
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answered 14 years ago
For Basic
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Rest time at the hotel 03/19/2011-03/26/2011. after the revolution.
What's new.
Now only the third and fourth buildings are open.
The Blue Marlin Fish Restaurant is closed. The Brazilian El Gaucho Restaurant is open only on Monday and Friday (19.00-23.00). On other days, the Italian "La Gondola" is open (the main dishes available from the menu are almost identical to the buffet of the main restaurant "Citadel". Appetizers and salads are buffet style. Reservation is not required now). There are no themed dinners in the Citadel restaurant. Café Gelateria is closed. Ice cream is now served at Café Mozart. Only two beach bars are open (near the royal lagoon and lagoon No. 1, from 10.00 to 17.00). There is also a bar near the pool (between the third and fourth buildings). The lobby bar is open from 7.00 to midnight. "Fan bar" is open from 18.00 to 3.00. Bars offer free liquor only! local production (in pure form and cocktails based). Beer - draft "Sahara" and bottled "Stella". There are both packaged juices and powdered drinks.
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Rest time at the hotel 03/19/2011-03/26/2011. after the revolution.
What's new.
Now only the third and fourth buildings are open.
The Blue Marlin Fish Restaurant is closed. The Brazilian El Gaucho Restaurant is open only on Monday and Friday (19.00-23.00). On other days, the Italian "La Gondola" is open (the main dishes available from the menu are almost identical to the buffet of the main restaurant "Citadel". Appetizers and salads are buffet style. Reservation is not required now). There are no themed dinners in the Citadel restaurant. Café Gelateria is closed. Ice cream is now served at Café Mozart. Only two beach bars are open (near the royal lagoon and lagoon No. 1, from 10.00 to 17.00). There is also a bar near the pool (between the third and fourth buildings). The lobby bar is open from 7.00 to midnight. "Fan bar" is open from 18.00 to 3.00. Bars offer free liquor only! local production (in pure form and cocktails based). Beer - draft "Sahara" and bottled "Stella". There are both packaged juices and powdered drinks.
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answered 14 years ago
And as for earnings, I didn’t earn anything here on the tourist truth and I don’t hope to earn it. On the contrary, I’m wasting my precious time writing (I still have to think about how to write correctly so that dad likes 74!)
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answered 14 years ago
review from a competing site, I’ll send the link in a personal, look (this is practically a candidate, according to the amount invested in it - so for sure)
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answered 14 years ago
About the sea of food or swimming between courses)))
"Consciously did not want to describe this moment, but if you really insist, I will say ..)
I already wrote that at the hotel, during our stay, only the third and fourth buildings were open, and not all rooms were occupied. On some days, only 5-10 people dined at the same time. It seems that it is difficult for hotel workers to reorganize the cooking schedule. In practice, it looked like this. You approach the food warmer with the inscription "grill fish", you open the lid, and there is nothing there. You go to another food warmer, and there is half a serving of cold rice. This happened more than regularly. One day we go to the cafe "Mozart", and the entire range of pastries of the "Austrian confectionery" is represented by two dilapidated slices of apple strudel. There was a day when the hotel was out of tomatoes. And in general, the food was very modest. Chicken, beef, one single type of fish, potatoes, rice, pasta and stewed beans. But most importantly, everything was fresh.
Paradox. People from a cheaper hotel were traveling with us on the bus. Namely - Stella Makadi. Happy as elephants. Food - heaps. Their menu included quail, lamb, turkey, shrimp, crabs, mussels, strawberries
"Consciously did not want to describe this moment, but if you really insist, I will say ..)
I already wrote that at the hotel, during our stay, only the third and fourth buildings were open, and not all rooms were occupied. On some days, only 5-10 people dined at the same time. It seems that it is difficult for hotel workers to reorganize the cooking schedule. In practice, it looked like this. You approach the food warmer with the inscription "grill fish", you open the lid, and there is nothing there. You go to another food warmer, and there is half a serving of cold rice. This happened more than regularly. One day we go to the cafe "Mozart", and the entire range of pastries of the "Austrian confectionery" is represented by two dilapidated slices of apple strudel. There was a day when the hotel was out of tomatoes. And in general, the food was very modest. Chicken, beef, one single type of fish, potatoes, rice, pasta and stewed beans. But most importantly, everything was fresh.
Paradox. People from a cheaper hotel were traveling with us on the bus. Namely - Stella Makadi. Happy as elephants. Food - heaps. Their menu included quail, lamb, turkey, shrimp, crabs, mussels, strawberries
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answered 14 years ago
True, in Stella for several days there were problems with empty sunbeds. With us, everything is exactly the opposite.
I understand that the time is now and I hope that very soon life in the hotel will return to its usual course. Therefore, one should not immediately conclude that one can die of starvation in the Citadel.)"
I understand that the time is now and I hope that very soon life in the hotel will return to its usual course. Therefore, one should not immediately conclude that one can die of starvation in the Citadel.)"
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answered 14 years ago
Walking in the dark on the beach is not recommended. There are two rather large stray dogs walking there (they are not there during the day). When I took this photo,
http://radikal.ua/data/upload/05615/fb1a9/6fea9f14b6.jpg
they scared me a lot, although I myself have a German shepherd and I'm not afraid of dogs.)
http://radikal.ua/data/upload/05615/fb1a9/6fea9f14b6.jpg
they scared me a lot, although I myself have a German shepherd and I'm not afraid of dogs.)
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answered 14 years ago
The hotel is located, alone, in the middle of the desert. The main evening entertainment for vacationers is free internet and drinks in the lobby, accompanied by live music.
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answered 14 years ago
papa74, and thank you for the comprehensive information :) My friend's mother flew to the Citadel yesterday, according to the first-hand review, everything seems to be ok :)
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The photo is beautiful))))
Too bad there are no dogs...
No need to exaggerate! If ice cream is served not in Gelateria, but in Mozart, then I don’t see a problem in this at all)))
"Chicken, beef, one single kind of fish, potatoes, rice, pasta and stewed beans" - oh yes ... what is there to eat? You can die of hunger!!! Apparently, the author of this review usually has a million other dishes at home, in addition to all this at once.
And tourists from Stella Makadi, apparently, not only "Satisfied like elephants" returned, but also fattened like the same elephants))
Perhaps, in the Citadel now there is not such a range of dishes as before (grilled quail and lamb were excellent). But there is no need to promise starvation to those who go there.
Fish restaurant "Blue Marlin" in the Citadel - paid. Very few people went there! I do not think that its closure has fundamentally changed anything.
3 and 4 buildings are very good. If the 5th one is also opened, it is quite enough, and these are the best options in this hotel.
Too bad there are no dogs...
No need to exaggerate! If ice cream is served not in Gelateria, but in Mozart, then I don’t see a problem in this at all)))
"Chicken, beef, one single kind of fish, potatoes, rice, pasta and stewed beans" - oh yes ... what is there to eat? You can die of hunger!!! Apparently, the author of this review usually has a million other dishes at home, in addition to all this at once.
And tourists from Stella Makadi, apparently, not only "Satisfied like elephants" returned, but also fattened like the same elephants))
Perhaps, in the Citadel now there is not such a range of dishes as before (grilled quail and lamb were excellent). But there is no need to promise starvation to those who go there.
Fish restaurant "Blue Marlin" in the Citadel - paid. Very few people went there! I do not think that its closure has fundamentally changed anything.
3 and 4 buildings are very good. If the 5th one is also opened, it is quite enough, and these are the best options in this hotel.
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- "Alcohol exclusively! local production." How to survive it?! What a horror!!! We can't live a day without alcohol! Moreover, in Russia they are accustomed exclusively to high-quality imported drinks! And then you have to muck poison. Oh no no no!!!
- "There are both packaged juices and powdered ones." And in many hotels there are no packaged juices!
- "Only two beach bars are open (near the royal lagoon and lagoon No. 1, from 10.00 to 17.00). The pool bar is also open (between the third and fourth buildings). The lobby bar is open from 7.00 to midnight. "Fan bar" is open from 18.00 until 3:00." Claim original! "ONLY 2 bars"... They listed a bunch of bars, and everything is not enough for them!
- "There are both packaged juices and powdered ones." And in many hotels there are no packaged juices!
- "Only two beach bars are open (near the royal lagoon and lagoon No. 1, from 10.00 to 17.00). The pool bar is also open (between the third and fourth buildings). The lobby bar is open from 7.00 to midnight. "Fan bar" is open from 18.00 until 3:00." Claim original! "ONLY 2 bars"... They listed a bunch of bars, and everything is not enough for them!
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answered 14 years ago
Krasotas, I also tried to see the dogs)) Regarding the food, we were told everything yesterday by eyewitnesses who are now resting, so we are calm .. I had already seen the review that papa74 threw off and was also surprised, it seems that people on vacation put My task is to eat and drink as much as possible :)) To be honest, I'm more concerned about my safety and the kids. But again, from the people who are now resting there, I learned that everything is calm. So I hope that the rest will be as calm as possible :)
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That's right, we heard the information directly from the hotel. The hotel is very good, one sandy beach and 2 coral, 3 swimming pools (2 heated). Jacuzzi - free of charge. Wifi is free. The feeling is that you live in a fortress on what a paradise island! One piece of advice for you: If you want to go to the city, then on the way back, negotiate with a taxi to take you to the hotel (it is better to pay upon arrival). And then the first barrier from the hotel, oh how far! Taxi drivers often use this to blackmail passengers. They will take you to the barrier with the name of the hotel, and be healthy, and there are still kilometers to go.
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answered 14 years ago
oresta52 I don't think we're going to the city, but thanks for the advice anyway :)
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the food is ok, but the hotel is not at all suitable for small children, there are a lot of open terraces and steps and very little greenery, there is a children's menu in the main restaurant, but we were at the end of March, it didn't work, don't worry about safety, the hotel is on the outskirts, so even if they start waving flags 30 km in the desert will not stomp
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Are there rooms that are very close to the pool?
Until what time is ALL open in bars and restaurants?
Until what time is ALL open in bars and restaurants?
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Which pool are you interested in? There are 3 of them:
Next to the Palm Pool (the most active, with music, water polo, bar) - the left side of building No. 3 (if you are facing the sea): No. 3219-3224, 3119-3130, 3019-3030. From the first floor (No. x0xx) from the balconies there is direct access to the pool. The closest ones are No. 3022-3030. For families with children, these rooms can be recommended. It is convenient to walk through the balcony to the pool and back! But there the view of the sea is limited by the standing 4th building in front. So, see for yourself what is more important to you.
On the 3rd floor of the 4th building, the exit from rooms 4201-4212 is also directly to the bar and the Palm Pool (through the front door, and not through the balcony), but I recommend number 4201-4210, and number 4211-4212 - corner. In them, the view from the balcony on the right is limited by a protruding wall. Although, maybe you don't care)) Our favorite pool was Palm. Therefore, we booked No. 4205. We asked for any of the 4201-4210 range. Provided this one. The only drawback of these rooms is that they do not have one where there is one large bed. Separate only. One big one in #4211. We were offered, but the view from the balcony did not suit. In general, from this building to the pool - at hand, and to restaurants and the sea - optimally.
Next to the Palm Pool (the most active, with music, water polo, bar) - the left side of building No. 3 (if you are facing the sea): No. 3219-3224, 3119-3130, 3019-3030. From the first floor (No. x0xx) from the balconies there is direct access to the pool. The closest ones are No. 3022-3030. For families with children, these rooms can be recommended. It is convenient to walk through the balcony to the pool and back! But there the view of the sea is limited by the standing 4th building in front. So, see for yourself what is more important to you.
On the 3rd floor of the 4th building, the exit from rooms 4201-4212 is also directly to the bar and the Palm Pool (through the front door, and not through the balcony), but I recommend number 4201-4210, and number 4211-4212 - corner. In them, the view from the balcony on the right is limited by a protruding wall. Although, maybe you don't care)) Our favorite pool was Palm. Therefore, we booked No. 4205. We asked for any of the 4201-4210 range. Provided this one. The only drawback of these rooms is that they do not have one where there is one large bed. Separate only. One big one in #4211. We were offered, but the view from the balcony did not suit. In general, from this building to the pool - at hand, and to restaurants and the sea - optimally.
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