Aqua blue during quarantine

Written: 9 december 2020
Travel time: 26 september — 8 october 2020
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 10.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 8.0
Rest in general was very successful. The staff is mostly friendly. The hotel is big and beautiful.
CHECK-IN: We arrived at the hotel around 6 am. We were immediately put on bracelets and sent to breakfast. We got to the room by 12.
ROOM: settled in a building, the windows of which overlook the road. But it was even cool - we watched the local color right from the balcony)) The room itself was relatively large, clean. On the wall is a large plasma with several Russian and Ukrainian channels. The air conditioner is located very correctly, from above and to the side, the cold stream did not blow on the bed. Lighting is multi-level, everything is working. The bathroom is excellent, large, plumbing brand new and modern. In general, there are no complaints about the number, it is just super.

CLEANING OF THE ROOM: at first they cleaned well and efficiently. Then they began to hack, despite the van dollar. Swans and hearts were not twisted for us, and we don’t need to)) The balcony was not cleaned at all.
Toward the end of the holiday, the cleaner began to break into the room from 9 am. As I understand it, specifically to get the lights out of cleaning, because. he did not appear again that day.
FOOD: Almost all the time we ate in the main restaurant. Loved the tables on the terrace. The waiters tried very hard to please, always with a smile, drinks were brought quickly and in any quantity.
Breakfast is always delicious. Highly recommend the croissants and feta cheese. Chicken and beef sausages. Our tourists scolded them strongly that, they say, they were made from garbage)) But ours were cooked from garbage, and those from real meat, only the grind is unusually large for us))
For lunch, always fish in breadcrumbs, fish in batter, stewed beef, fried chicken. And always delicious soups. I tell you this, a person who rarely eats first courses and doesn’t like them very much, but ate them with pleasure)) There are a lot of sweets, but believe it or not, but I have never tried them in 12 days))
For dinner, two or three types of grilled meat.
ALCOHOL: Locally produced drinks. Beer is quite even nothing. The wine is sour, you can drink only diluted with water. Strong alcohol is really strong)) Do not dilute, as practiced in some hotels. If you give baths a dollar, they will pour good gin.
CLEANLINESS: Clean, floors are constantly washed, pools are constantly cleaned. The smell of chlorine in connection with the pandemic has a calming effect))
BEACH: During our holiday, the rock was repaired and strengthened. I won’t say that it bothered us, there was no noise and dust from this. But the beach itself has been greatly reduced. Albatros water park and Albatros beach were closed and, as I understand it, they decided that for Aqua Blue a large beach was an unacceptable luxury. The sunbeds are very tired, it's time to update them. And in general, it would not hurt to refresh the beach at all. Because there can't be such a neglected beach in such a beautiful and large hotel))

You can dine on the beach if you wish.
Buses to and from the beach run frequently, this is not a problem.
It is difficult to call the reef chic, but nevertheless, we saw moray eels, stingrays, parrots, and all sorts of others. A hefty titanium triggerfish lives under the piles. They write that this fish is dangerous and aggressive, but he was friends with us. Almost on the beach in the anemone lives a family of clown fish.
The pontoon piles almost rotted, shifted and became dangerous. They are in need of repair for a long time.
The sandy slope on the beach is ideal for children.
Hedgehogs under stones, but still, corals on legs are very desirable. The price near the hotel and in the Old City is the same: corals for 5 bucks, masks for the whole face 10 bucks.
ANIMATION: Average. They learn to dance latin, aquarobics and darts on the beach, in the evening, miss-mister hotel and the like. Once a Cuban duet performed, they sang cool, they liked it very much. Personally, I really missed the disco. The animators invited me to go to some local club for 20 bucks per person and dance there. But we didn't go.
INFRASTRUCTURE BEHIND THE HOTEL:
Old City within walking distance. If you are too lazy to go, then a taxi will cost two bucks. They ask for more, of course, but for two they will be taken without problems.
Behind the hotel there is a small shopping street where you can buy everything that is brought from Egypt. Including a pharmacy, where it is better to pay either in pounds or by card. If in dollars, then they round not in your favor.
It's a good drive to Soho. We rode blue basses for a dollar by the nose. You should definitely go there, it's very beautiful.
Excursions were not bought from their guide, for which they were punished by his contempt.
In general, I recommend the hotel.
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