Real Review

Written: 23 july 2009
Travel time: 27 june — 11 july 2009
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
I stayed at this hotel for 2 weeks with my daughter. Chose this hotel because of the water park. I have been to Egypt 3 times, before that 2 times in Hurghada and 1st time in Sharm. First I want to talk about the people working in the hotel and outside its territory. Compared to Hurghada, this is just a paradise, no one is strongly imposed, everyone is very smiling and friendly, you can safely go outside the hotel, without fear that someone will constantly grab your hands and pull you into their shops. There are a lot of cafes outside the territory, by the way foreigners. tourists hung out there in the evenings, there is also a supermarket nearby (if you can call it that). Prices in the supermarket are very reasonable, Egyptian chips. production 3 pounds, ice cream "Extreme", "Mega" approx. 3 pounds, mango 16 pounds per 1 kg, watermelon 2.5 pounds per 1 kg. The exchange rate is 1 dollar = 5.5 pounds, so think for yourself, it's even cheaper than ours. On the territory of the hotel and in other cafes everything is 5 times more expensive.
Now about the hotel.
We arrived at the hotel in the morning at 11 o'clock and had to wait for check-in until 2 pm, but I already decided for myself that I would now go to the reception and ask to check in early. At that moment, our escort approached me and offered to check in early for $20. Of course I agreed, as did many others. In addition, I requested a room on the 2nd floor in the same building. Everything was done. The room is ordinary, it corresponds to 4 stars, I consider the location of the air conditioner as the main drawback, I had to climb and turn the bars, but anyway they turned it off at night, because the breeze got on the bed. Track. the lack of small towels, i. e. there is no huge bath towel, but there is a towel that can only be turned around, short, and you had to wrap your head with a face towel. Toiletries only liquid soap. If you turn on the hair dryer at full power, it works for 2 minutes, then it turns off and you have to wait for a while.

But for me this is not essential, because I always take my own gels, shampoos, hair dryer, I don’t use hotel ones. Mini bar in the room - 2 bottles. water a day, we washed our faces and brushed our teeth with this water, because the water in Sharm is very good. bad. Now about nutrition: I would not note the shortcomings, the food is varied for all tastes, children and many adults ate french fries in incredible quantities, there were always spaghetti and pasta, rice, potatoes, several types of meat, chicken, there was lamb, duck, pigeons, fish (solin), and for dinner there could still be some huge baked fish, I don’t know the name. Grill (steaks, lulya, shawarma, etc. ) In an Italian pizza restaurant, you can order filling to your liking, or you can just take Margarita, there were cannelloni, lasagna, etc. Baking in this hotel pulls on a C grade, I there is something to compare. There were few fruits: bananas, apples, oranges, dates, at first there was a melon, but then only for breakfast in the form of fr. salad with apple in syrup.
Of course in Egypt when cooking they always use local spices that we are not used to. But I personally made it a rule to never eat ready-made salads (there are always lettuce leaves, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta cheese and various dressings - you can mix everything, it will all be fresh, just cooked) and if the food is very spicy, I just don't eat. And yet, I think that wine in Egypt is trashy and it’s better not to drink it if you don’t want to have stomach problems, but it’s better to drink less, but better, for example brandy or vodka (by the way, it’s called “Finland”, only Egyptian production). The hotel mainly rests Germans, British and Poles, Slovaks and Belgians were also seen. There are few Russians, during our vacation no one got drunk, did not yell and did not shake the law, but this is probably because the hotel is all the same focused on family holidays (let my compatriots not be offended by me,
but I was not the first time in Egypt and Turkey and many times I saw our drunken and cheeky tourists. Of course, the Egyptians curry favor with foreigners, but if you are a friendly and smiling person, believe me, the attitude towards you will be no worse. For coffee lovers, in the hotel you can drink espresso, cappuccino, etc. not from vending machines, but they are prepared in coffee machines like in ordinary cafes. The animation is weak, in the afternoon aqua aerobics, polo, in the evening shows, such as Miss or Mr. Water Park, mostly in German, English, Polish, and Russian is rather weak, but still everything is clear, but in order to watch a dance with skirts or walking on broken glass knowledge in. lang. not necessary. Children work for children. club. At the bar children. water park ice cream from 12 to 17 hours. And, of course, hills. In addition, you can ride along the canals on gondolas (free of charge), there is a channel for rafting. In one of the pools there is a Jacuzzi, you can lie down and relax. The SPA salon also has a Jacuzzi (on certain hours for a fee),
gym (treadmill, bike, etc. ).

I thought for a long time what rating to give the hotel and still decided to put "5". And if someone wants to have everything super-duper, you don’t have to choose such hotels, you have to go to the Hilton or Marriott, where Egypt is. the president is resting. I wish you all a pleasant holiday! If you have any questions write, I will answer.
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