We expected better... (read and take note)

Written: 13 september 2009
Travel time: 29 august — 11 september 2009
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 8.0
To everyone who is going to visit this hotel, and to those who are just interested, I will tell you about what I remember most and what it is impossible not to write about.
Meeting at the airport.
Upon arrival in Egypt, we paid 15 dollars for visas and we were given a form to fill out. Therefore, who flies for the first time, take a pen with you (! ) Fill out the form, after which it is taken away at passport control. Pegasus met well, although what can be understood there when you just ask them for your bus number and then drive 5 minutes to the hotel.
Arrival at the hotel.

Since the rooms at the hotel are issued only after 14-00, in this case we were lucky, since we arrived around 18-00. There was no flea market at the reception, so we were promptly given the keys to the room, which was located in one of the 6 buildings. But, having read a bunch of reviews about the hotel and realizing in advance what is good and what is bad, I knew that this was not an option for us, so far from the sea, the main pool, and just FAR. Then, to our joy, a man from the servants approached us and asked if everything was fine with us. We said that the number does not suit us and we need to change it. They promised to thank you. This Arab, "taking the hand" of my MCH, went with him to the reception. As a result, we got a room in building 7/13 on the first floor. Looking ahead, I can say that at first we could hardly climb to our room, since we had to go uphill to get to it. But then, after carefully examining all the passages, we found an absolutely direct road to our corps and walked to it with no stress at all. So, we were given the keys, we left the suitcase at the warehouse and went in search of a room. The territory is really big, we could hardly find our building. 5-10 minutes after our arrival, a suitcase was brought to our room (they are transported around the territory by small electric vehicles). We gave the Arab a gingerbread and he took his leave.
Territory.
The hotel is actually very large, the area is quite landscaped. On the territory you can find beautiful bushes in the form of hats and skirts. We even took pictures there, as if in a hat. In total, I counted 6 pools. Two of them are hidden in the area of ​ ​ the 6th buildings. This so-called relaxation pools, where there is no animation. But I want to note that there are better and prettier sunbeds, and it’s very cool to take pictures there. By the way, on one of these pools there is even a water slide, very decent. Next to the pools. There is also a main pool, the largest, next to which there are also children's and deep pools. A little higher there is a separate pool with three amazing slides. This is so in fact - the slides are very even, I advise everyone and everyone to ride (! ). OOOOOOGromny minus of the hotel - its location on the mountain. Constant ups and downs on numerous stairs and slides are very exhausting (! ). Not far from the pools is an amphitheater. There are mattresses on which everyone sits. As a rule, everyone made the so-called sofas for themselves, that is, they put one mattress on the threshold closer to the wall. and the second was leaning against the wall. So you do not hesitate to take two mattresses at once - this is normal. Although, if there are not enough places for people, animators can take one mattress (! ). By the way, every morning and even in the afternoon all the lawns were watered with such slop that when going to the sea or to the pool, you had to pinch your nose. Unpleasant sensations before breakfast (! ).
Restaurants, bars and food in general.

The food is varied, pork, of course, no. The only negative for me personally is that there is no food near the main pool, I had to go to the main beach or relax beach (! ). They are not allowed to take anything out of the restaurant (! ), but they quietly put everything in bags and carried it out. It is IMPOSSIBLE to pour water into bottles from coolers (! ), although if there is no one nearby, then you can)))) During your meal, the waiters can silently take away your plate of food that you are still eating. They sometimes work very smartly when they don’t need to (! ). Beer can be poured like this: 1/3 beer, 2/3 foam. You ask them normally - pour more beer, why, they say, is there only one foam? And they let you grumble something in your Arabic and move a glass towards you, they say, take what you have. And at the same time, such a favor as if they are doing you that they poured something at all (! ). The service, of course, is not Turkish, it is still far from that. But, of course, there are exceptions. In the bar on the spawn, the waiters are very nice, in general, somehow we met more shitty waiters in the bars on the territory. The hotel information states that the pool bar closes at 5:30 pm, but as a rule, everything was already closed at 5:00 pm. You can sit quietly beer - a cleaner will come up to you and will stand over your soul and wait for you to finish drinking it to pick up a glass. Moreover, it is so obsessive to demand from you this glass that it is better to give than to waste your nerve cells. It pissed me off terribly - they still had to work for half an hour, and they had already closed and all the drinks were taken away from people (! ). You can drink whiskey, rum, beer and... miscalculated. If you want more - go buy for your money in a store on site or in a bar. In short, there is no choice. They don't know how to make cocktails. They usually suck. And the way ice swells into your glass, you drink it in general and think - is it water or is it still alcohol. So if you want to drink normally - ask immediately without ice (! ). And more about coffee. If you like normal coffee, then when ordering, specify that you want coffee from the machine, and speak more insistently, otherwise they are just waiting to drink instant coffee for you (! ),
Animation.
Oh, this is a separate song. The animation team employs two from Ukraine, three from Georgia, one from Brazil, the rest are Turks. A girl from Georgia, Nino, works with kids in a mini club. What can I say - well done. She quickly finds a common language with them and is very cool with them. Mini disco every day laziness on the main pool takes place and, of course, in the evening before the main show. Very cool animator Denise from Brazil. She is a black woman, she often performed aqua-gym, while we were constantly amazed why she painted her lips so brightly with red lipstick for water gymnastics? But that didn't stop us from having fun. Well done, she knew how to get all the girls, it was great! There were two club dances for all the time, although only once they saw the third dance, but as a rule they danced only one. I think it's kind of not enough. For the entire stay (14 days), only 2 cocktail games were played at the pool and 2 at the sea. For me, very little. We were advertised as a SUPER youth and incendiary hotel, but... alas! This is not true! Yes, there is a disco there, and it seems to be not bad, the music is good, sometimes there were small show programs right at the disco, the interior is pleasant. But disco only at night. But during the day everything is normal. The evening shows are every one vulgar, the animation chief has more, probably, there are no other jokes, how to make sounds like a fart pillow (sorry) when someone sits down. And constant banter over one of the animators, Gopher, like a gay boy. Well, apparently, they can’t come up with anything new. Children are generally not recommended to watch the show. I saw many adults just get up and leave the show. Because sometimes it was complete nonsense (! ) I'm serious, I'm not pretentious at all, but sometimes their shows were generally lulled, they were so boring and absolutely unfunny. I don’t want to offend anyone, but sometimes it seemed to me that some of their jokes could be laughed at by frank cattle, but people laughed. What, I didn't understand. So I made conclusions for myself about the level of animation, you judge for yourself. By the way, the animation eats together with the rest in the main restaurant, at the disco it always basically started with animation, which was supposed to stir up the people and pull them out to dance. They could also easily sit on the beach or by the pool with one of the vacationers, smoke and chat. Once I watched how one of the anime animators came to the beach, sat down with her friends and had a nice conversation with them for 40 minutes or even an hour. And don't forget to smoke. For me it is strange and incomprehensible. As a rule, they try to separate animators from vacationers.
Fish Masha was seen once, they came at 6 o'clock in the morning, she was already going to swim away. It sails very early, at 5 o'clock. So for the sake of such pleasure, I advise you to wake up early and not forget the testicles.

The reef is very beautiful, there are a lot of fish, but there will be more Relax on the beach. Once singled out a moray eel. The sight is not pleasant, especially realizing that she is at arm's length from you.
Sun loungers near the sea, if you want to get to the front rows, you really need to take 5-6 hours. Near the pool you can come later, but as a rule, at 9-10 o'clock there is little to be found.
Summing up, I will say that the hotel can by the standards of Egypt and 5, but it does not pull on it. Although we rested all the same for all 100, we just wanted a rest, we got it. They just realized for themselves that Egypt is really a third world country and you can’t expect anything better from it. I would not recommend this hotel to friends, but this is a subjective opinion. Decide for everyone for themselves. I rested there, it's true, but I don't want to go back there for anything. Too many minuses for one plus - just relaxing. Have a good rest, because the main thing is the right attitude!
Write, I will try to answer your questions)))
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