Dirty, the darkness of the Arabs, the sea is beautiful, but too windy, so often they are not allowed to swim

Written: 22 august 2021
Travel time: 11 — 18 august 2021
Your rating of this hotel:
3.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 5.0
Service: 2.0
Cleanliness: 3.0
Food: 5.0
Amenities: 3.0
The rooms are very tired, the cleaning was a blunder, the kettle and the light in the hallway did not work, there was a huge spot on the curtain, as if someone had defecated there, the lock on the balcony doors did not work, the chair staggered on its last legs, half of the sockets did not work, the wires in the lamps they are held only with electrical tape, there is no toilet brush, I was surprised by the bath instead of the shower (of course, with fungus and quite dirty). "Vandoliar" solved the problem of the kettle and lighting. The room is really very large, a comfortable bed with a good mattress, a working fridge and air conditioning all the time. The water from the tap flows smelly, then you walk for half an hour and smell until it disappears. Every day they did a light cleaning, brought 2x600 ml bottles of water, 2 shower gels and 2 shampoos. I was extremely surprised in the toilet by 3/4 of the used roll of toilet paper (hello, are you completely stunned with your savings there ?! ), however, there was also a new skein separately, but still the impression is so-so. They settle in the farthest building (up to the pontoon for 15-20 minutes at an average pace), if you want closer - $ 10 per night.
Early check-in does not exist in principle - they offered $ 20, they did not take it. We sat for 7 hours in a stuffy and hot hall, where the Arabs constantly smoked. The bracelet is hung up after 11:00, be prepared to go into the heat in the city and get your own food and water. Do not buy Wi-Fi in any case - they spent $ 45 for three, and the Internet lasted 10 minutes and disappeared. With a fight they knocked out the money back and bought local sim cards. While you wait to check in, your suitcases are roasted under the scorching sun to such an extent that it is impossible to open the lock until the metal in the room has cooled down. The food is normal, it is always possible to choose something, for Slavic stomachs the choice is not very large, but quite tolerable. Drinks are a problem. It is clear that local alcohol can hardly be called alcohol, only beer is not bad. Fanta, sprite and cola are diluted, but that's it. Juices are terrible. But the worst thing is ice that is frozen from tap water, and it stinks terribly of chemistry and some kind of melted plastic, so it’s simply impossible to drink any of the drinks (except water and beer), only in the mornings it was normal as long as there is ice from normal water .
The beach is dull, to the pier go to the end of the beach under the sun, and then through the entire pontoon (320 meters). The bay is windy, we managed to swim only once before lunch, the rest of the time the red flag hung and the rescuers did not let us in. After lunch, we always swam from 16 to 18, then the sun sets and everyone is asked to get out of the water (a strong current begins). The reef is almost dead, there are few fish, but overall not bad. Heaps of tourists trample on corals, killing the already not very lively reef. A little sailing towards Rixos, we saw a stingray, a barracuda, a huge Napoleon, a moray eel. The big minus of the hotel is a huge number of Arabs. Women constantly look at you like you are trash, men devour you with their eyes, children squeal, roll tantrums, trample on you, push and this is normal here. And they also leave behind just a garbage dump, it looks disgusting, in the evening you go and either constantly kick empty cups, or stick your slippers to some kind of sticky, half-dried liquid. Arabic music is constantly playing, which is already on the third day, a separate story is Arabic rap (you just need to hear it : )).

100% we will not go here again, but to call the rest terrible all the same, the language does not turn - the sea, mountains, palm trees and the feeling of "doing nothing" will not spoil any Arab)))
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