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I will contribute my five cents about the rest in this hotel.
I rested with my family, with a child of 8 years from 11 to 25 June. At the airport, a Sinai only visa, no problem. We arrived at the hotel at about 12 noon, were immediately settled in the room, without any hint of surcharges. The room is standard, well-worn furniture, but everything is clean. maybe I didn’t pay attention. I saw lizards on the walls on the balcony, but I didn’t see cockroaches, beetles and other living creatures in the rooms. The handle on the toilet door was broken, I turned to the reception and after 10 minutes there was a master under the door who fixed the breakdown in 5 minutes . Room cleaning, towels were changed every day. Shampoos, gels, etc. were added as they were used. At what it cost to run into the cleaner in the corridor, he was immediately interested in how the tidying up and whether there were any problems. About a day later, the cleaner made swans and crocodiles out of bedspreads. So we have no complaints about the room service It was.
The food in the restaurant was varied, three types of fish, three types of meat, a large selection of side dishes, scrambled eggs in the morning, something grilled in the evening, they gave grilled crabs a couple of times. Drinks are standard for this system. True, if for breakfast there is an opportunity to take a table of teapots with tea or coffee, then at lunchtime and in the evening you need to catch the waiters in order to bring a cup of tea. The waiters are friendly, they don’t extort tips, but if you feed them, they will be happy to serve you once again. In general, I noticed such a system that as soon as you came and sat down at the table, the waiter immediately came up to you, you make an order for drinks and the second time you will have to catch it for subsequent drinks. On tap, you will also be poured, you will only stand in line from the waiters. There were few fruits, probably out of season: watermelons, melons, apples, bananas, oranges, grapefruits. Beer in the main restaurant from cans, juices from packages everywhere, there is mineral water. Dishes, mostly cups, are coated, but this is more of a problem with a machine wash. We didn't go to a la carte. In the lobby bar, draft beer, cocktails are prepared, there is a cocktail card (10 alcoholic and 10 ba), you can order milkshakes, after 12 at night you can order sandwiches. On the beach, canned beer, there are snacks, pizza from 12 to 13. The pool bar has a water bar, although the waiters are in no hurry to approach, so you have to get out, order, and go back down. Ice cream is served by the pool and on the beach from 16 to 17 hours, you can come up as many times as you like. Ice cream 4 types: ice cream, chocolate, mango, strawberry.

The territory of the hotel is large, all in greenery, flowers, a beautiful dancing fountain on the terrace of the lobby bar. At night, all the pools are illuminated with lanterns shimmering in different colors, each palm tree and bush are illuminated by an individual lantern.
There are many pools, interconnected by canals, yes there are slides from one pool to another and they are shabby, but they are closed for descent so that someone in a drunken stupor does not peel off his ass. In general, they rarely swam in the pools, sometimes in the evenings a child asked to dive from the sides of the pool. I didn’t notice the cleaning of the pools, occasionally they vacuumed the bottom, then one or the other pool. Often plastic wrappers from the corks of water bottles lay at the bottom. Seats by the pool ended at 10 am, but already at 12 you could find a place under an umbrella they give out mainly by the pool, on the beach I never managed to take it.
We came to the sea and it did not disappoint. A beautiful reef inhabited by many species of fish: napoleons, stingrays (sometimes they swim to the edge of the sea in shallow water, especially at low tide), parrot fish, spotted flathead often hunts at the bottom, many species of butterfly fish. Yes, boats bringing amateurs bother snorkeling, but it happens a couple of hours a day from about 15 to 17 hours and indicates that the reef is not bad (when I went diving to Tiran Island, we stopped at three places for snorkeling, there are more and more beautiful fish than I have seen at the hotel reef ). Although El Faraana has the best reef. There are always places on the beach. True, if you lie near the pontoon, then run far to the bar. Here everyone chooses for himself. Cleaning on the beach is rare, but I haven’t seen mountains of cigarette butts, only the dishes are constantly cleaned, the absence of ashtrays is annoying, you constantly have to go to the trash cans. Sellers of all kinds of excursions pester, but not very much, after all, people also need to earn money.
The biggest problem with this hotel is the animation. She is so unobtrusive that she simply does not exist. Mini disco for children with hackneyed tracks and dances and indistinct shows. After dinner, the entire audience attacks the lobby bar with the goal of drinking to chat. Music plays, live, saxophonist. But there are not enough shows. Walking around the neighborhood, in many hotels, in the amphitheaters, fervent melodies and shows are heard. seats on the terrace of the lobby bar is sorely lacking. You may need a stronger team of animators, even if a few people less. By the pool, the animator responsible for the music probably puts only his favorite tracks (I haven’t even heard such tracks, but sometimes Russian chanson), he sings along, dances. It’s a pity to watch water aerobics as 10 people, of which five are animators, repeat some awkward movements. In general, if you came not to drink, then in the evenings you will need to look for something to do.

The hotel has several shops, the prices of which are not encouraging. Merchants take advantage of the lack of infrastructure and don’t want to haggle too much, wringing the already inhumane price tag (a mask with a snorkel at the hotel costs from $ 25, slippers for corals 15, while the price in the Old City is 10 and 5, respectively). If you leave the hotel and go to the right about 1 km, between the Baron hotels there is Baron Boulevard with shops, where the price tag is much more humane and there is plenty to choose from, by the way, be careful when buying local tanning oils that promise an instant chocolate tan, because. it can end with burns and a few days of lost vacation, first sunbathe with a protective cream, reducing the protective factor.
Taxi from the hotel to Naama Bay $ 8, Old Town - $ 10, Soho - $ 4. If you go shopping, then to the Old Town - there is a lower price tag and more choice. In Soho, you can just walk, very good sculptures, a dancing fountain, a skating rink, a bowling alley, performances by artists. In Naama Bay, you can sit in a cafe, hookah, souvenirs, though the merchants are intrusive and get taxi drivers who cling to a step.
Since our trip coincided with Euro 2012, a few words about it. Football was shown in the conference room, on the big screen, though it was impossible to get through with drinks, the secret was revealed later, when in the middle of the match the waiter began to offer beer for money, but his business failed. We were sent to watch the Russia-Greece match at Melia Sinai. That show was already projected on the wall of the building near the pool and bar, so drinks were allowed, and with Melia Sharm bracelets we were served at the bar.
The main contingent of tourists are foreigners, many Poles and Italians. Russian percent 20.
Internet in the hotel is paid. 1 hour 6 euros, week 52 euros.
Of the excursions, I liked diving near Tiran Island and motorcycle safari on quad bikes, I didn’t like the Cleo Park water park. Next time we will definitely take the Nautilus to Ras Mohammed.
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