Not so good for kids...

Written: 20 march 2010
Travel time: 8 — 18 february 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 8.0
In general, I am satisfied, but this is a maximum of 4 stars.
The temperature of the air and water in the sea and in the heated pool is 24*, but the heating was sometimes not turned on, saving, the rate dropped to 19* and swimming was uncomfortable.
Sea: rocky shore, a small strip of sand, 4 meters wide, corals right off the shore, very sharp and traumatic, a large number of colorful fish, right next to the shore, at your feet. Panton one and a half meters wide and 4 meters long, when descending from Pantone, depth 15 meters, so that for children and those who cannot swim, the sea is not available.
At first, the guards did not allow entry into the sea from the sand, only from the pantone, but a storm began at sea, the pantone was broken and carried into the sea, they were allowed to enter from the sand, imagine a huge hotel, and a lot of people at 4 meters.

Food: standard, like drinks, a lot and not very tasty, but we ate a lot, we were not hungry. There is one large, main restaurant, in the main building on the second floor, the second is smaller in the basement, which no one told us about and we noticed it on the day of departure. It is difficult to call restaurants 10 tables covered with an awning, called fish and national, entry by appointment, the food is not tasty, but you have to try it. as a result, there are a lot of empty dirty tables that are not suitable for eating, you catch the waiter and he, with great reluctance, shakes the crumbs off the table and throws a couple of spoons with an air that he was torn away from a very important matter.
Animation, mostly aerobics and water polo, a concert of stray artists in the evening, did not like several different dance groups danced to the music of Jackson in costumes of evil spirits, sowing negative energy. There were no people who wanted to dance. There was live music and a disco in the central hall, but the sound was not of high quality, the repertoire was uninteresting and very loud.
Gym - outraged! A small room in the basement and all the simulators, except for dumbbells, are broken. Why is it needed if nothing works? In response to my complaint, the guide replied: they didn’t come for this!
The rooms are standard, TV, two Russian channels, the phone is next to the toilet, but it’s better not to use it, they will immediately turn on the meter, even if you didn’t get through anywhere. Giving $ 20 at the reception does not make sense, there is no difference.
Guide Ramadan, a tall, large, handsome man, about forty years old, was constantly at the hotel from morning to evening (since vacationers are 80% Russian), he speaks Russian perfectly, he has no complaints, but his main task is to cram vouchers for excursions to the first day, because on the second day, tourists buy these vouchers at half the price. At the same time, he says, do not buy vouchers anywhere, because you will be deceived and run away, and you will present claims to me.
Here, just yesterday they deceived Russian tourists from room 246, go and ask.

This trick works and many tourists immediately buy tickets from him. I give an example: Ramadan has a ticket to Israel, it costs $ 200 to Jerusalem, he offers to buy it on the first day for $ 170, but a tall, thin Arab in black walks on the beach every day glasses and a cap, named Misha, we bought tickets from him for $ 100, as a result, those who paid $ 100, and those who paid $ 200, and there were those who paid $ 250. By the way, that's all we bought the rest of the tickets from Misha two times cheaper than from Ramadan. What is the difference and is it worth paying more?
I think only in one thing, in the event of an accident or other cataclysms, Misha will wash off and will not help you in any way, but Ramadan will remain at his workplace and I don’t know if he will help, but there will be someone to make a claim if you stay alive.
The city is a 20-minute drive from the hotel, you can pre-book the hotel bus for a certain time, or you can go through the palm alley to the central highway and get into the city minibus, for one dollar for two persons, but you need to negotiate before you get in the car.
If you leave the hotel and go right along the road for 1 kilometer, you will find yourself in a very beautiful Soho Square, where there is a singing fountain, an indoor ice rink, a cheap duty free shop (cheaper than at the airport), concerts every evening and a lot of shops. The Savoy Hotel is also located there. If you want to see how a 5-star hotel should look like, go into it, just close your bracelet on your wrist for a watch, or put your hand in your pocket.
In general, I am satisfied with the rest, 30 thousand rubles, for two for 10 days!
If you want cool, welcome to Savoy for 100 thousand!
OrzhehovskyMurmanskFebruary 2010
Translated automatically from Russian. View original