Хороший семейный отель Good family hotel

Actually, hello everyone.
Rested family 2 + 2 plus company in Aquamarine, building 43, all rooms are directly opposite the beach access.
Tour operator TUI. Transfer ok, online check-in, departure in both directions without problems.
Immediately general impressions - I liked the hotel, there is almost nothing to complain about. English knowledge is NOT REQUIRED. Here everyone understands almost everything in Russian. But purely to soothe the soul, and at least basic English will not hurt. For example, tech. security personnel on the street, that is, everyone who does NOT work directly with customers, usually knows only a few words in Russian. Yes, and with English they, to be honest, not very much =)
I read the reviews below, did not really understand what exactly the complaints were about.

For food? Here it is in bulk, different and two or three times a week themed days - Italian cuisine seafood Arabic cuisine. Yes, they don’t serve lobsters with oysters, they don’t throw marbled meat, but everything else is normal here - several types of meat, fish, rice, eggs, a sea of ​ ​ u200bu200bsweets, fruits, salads, etc. - it’s a long time to write, but the words “all inclusive” in principle will outline the situation...
To "bars"? There are three free bars - on the beach, by the pool and above the canteen. Yes, free, yes, they pour whatever you want and YES, if you drink right at the bar, then half a glass. But Van Dollar does wonders. If you found money for the trip, then +30 dollars for the entire stay + cleaning + different bars, I think it’s not a problem to leave it here. In dutik, I'm 99.9% sure you left more. . .
About the settlement, what is not "immediately upon arrival"? Well, here they immediately warn that the standard check-in is at 14.00 local time, and it's not about money, but that the room may not be corny ready. There is nothing to whine about this.
We arrived at 10 in the morning, the first room out of three was given to us at 12 and without additional money, the other two rooms at 13 and 14. Bracelets are put on IMMEDIATELY upon arrival, WITHOUT settling.
So in the same place at the reception you can hand over ALL things to the left-luggage office (free of charge), change clothes and go swimming, sunbathe and drink - well, what do you usually do there right away)) Then after lunch, go to the reception and take the keys to the room.
Some of the good moments:

1. A huge beach, three entries into the sea: from the left to the right, pontoons to the depth with mini-pools inside - you can make a "bomb" and yell "Tagiiel!!! " - no one will say a word. In the middle, a path was cut in the corals, three meters wide. There are constantly crowds of people right up to the state of "traffic jam on Okruzhnaya". But there are also fish swimming in this passage and immediately at the exit there are HUNDREDS of different ones. And if you also feed them yourself - well, you have seen everything in a normal ear, where the fish is on the fish. It's the same here - you have to wave your hands right away in order to swim through this fish kublo... =) Below, near the cables near the bottom, moray eels and a sea stingray live, crawl out in the evening . . You can meet a barracuda right next to a bunch of people and it’s not sickly to fertilize the sea, if the one closest to it is you . .
In general, the fish reef and the atmosphere there are fire - very happy.
2. Local minibuses on the territory of Domina - taf-taf =)
Conveniently fast with a breeze. They travel often. If you need it straight big, then you can ask the local security guard (at each terminal) to call you taf-taf as soon as possible . .
3. Exchange for dollars pounds from any of your cards in a couple of minutes.
ATMs dispense pounds (they are desirable for purchases in the city). Pounds can be exchanged for dollars at any seller on the territory of the hotel, and the rate will be even more profitable by 2-5% than to change in our "homeland".
4. Cleaning in the room - everything is standard. Van dollar and you are molded "roosters from the city" swans =) Cleaning every two days. If you need more often - directly agree on the place. Water is delivered every day in 0.33 bottles. This is not enough for a family of 4 = You can’t drink from the tap.
5. Right now it will be stupid, but - tours from TUI (EXCEPT for a free tour of shaking money) are organized normally. With transfer all the nuances. What they promised, they did - there are generally zero complaints.
I understand that behind the fence it will be twice cheaper. On the other hand, behind the same fence, no one gives you guarantees that everything will go as ordered. Here everyone decides for himself, to the best of his experience, how to act.
6. The tour operator gave us a normal price for this particular hotel. In others (for the announced budget) or not 2 + 2 at all (family, 2 adults + 2 children), either the price per room is like a wing from an airplane, or the price for a single room is almost the same as for a 2-bed... In general , we had certain requirements for settling in and, of course, for the price.
7. BEER!!! ! Everyone writes that the local beer is atstoy, take booze with you!

Actually (here is my personal opinion) that all such hacks either obviously went to the hotel not according to their requests, or experienced alkonauts =
Beer is the place here, poured directly from bottles, yes. BUT! ! it doesn’t give off alcohol at all, it doesn’t give you a headache either immediately or in the morning, you can drink a lot of it and there are no unpleasant effects, it (yeah, that’s right) quenches thirst, I’m not afraid of this word, it’s delicious!
Just a miracle drink for all diseases =)
But if you are used to drinking stronger whiskey, then yes - take everything with you. Although (again, IMHO) you seem to be going to look at the fish reef to relax, and not bruise for half the night and then set the mosk back for half a day, where it was like...
Of the minuses, only two:
0. I do not consider the lack of slides in the pool a small number of animators as a minus. Going to the water park and hanging around there all day for a week will be much cheaper than going to Egypt. IMHO, for me, Egypt is primarily a sea of ​ ​ fish, corals, excursions, and not a stupid seal beach in the pool...
1. Slow resolution of technical issues.
We were so "lucky" that the lock on the door broke twice in a week and we waited an hour for the engineer to fix it. Then the card from the castle went bad. But here we were at least given two (another +1 spare). And then the air conditioner started rattling. You understand that at +42 on the street in a room without air conditioning you can only live in a shower with cold water. And he knocked notably - at night it was very stressful to sleep. And three days later it still hasn't been fixed.

2. Although the Internet is declared on the territory, in fact it is only in the very near visibility of the router with the antenna on the street (a long pole with a metal box on top and the antenna sticks out there). So - the antenna in front of our room in the 43rd building is broken off - there is no Internet from the word at all. Plus, when the Internet is still connected somewhere, the connection is often broken + as I understand it, there are restrictions on the number of megabytes per day. Often wrote "Access denied". I had to buy a card at the reception. 15 gig - 15 cu.
Now a little about everything:
If you are going for the first time, be prepared that ALL the locals will try to shake all the money out of you: for photo, video services, the bazaar, etc.
Therefore, advice:
0. If you already have a high-quality snorkel mask and fins, be sure to take them with you. You can also buy locally. The price is about 20 percent cheaper than the "native local" from where you are going there.
1. TANK MORE =) The more you tan, the more you look like a local and you are less bothered on the streets. With me it rolled with a bang =)
2. ALWAYS BARGAIN. I did not understand this and how to do it until I spent, I don’t know how, 23 all the money....Comes with experience.
If you don't want to know how to bargain, feel free to say the word "no" to all the sellers around. It is advisable to add "all bought, thank you. " Even in this case, if you really liked something until you drop, then it is very desirable to make your face a brick and rejoice "oh what a charm" with disgust on your face =) You need to rejoice more quietly - some sellers understand and can communicate in FIVE languages ​ ​...
3. BEFORE buying oils at the "oil factory", it is highly advisable to go to the Old City, walk around pharmacies and find out how much oil costs there. 100% will be cheaper and of the same quality, but without cheating Russian-speaking translators.
4. It is generally better not to take anything from buying home souvenirs, except for a magnet, because the cost of this can easily exceed the cost of the tour = Think three times "do we need it? ". Of the useful, I can only advise green (namely GREEN) mango, local oils and some delicacies that are made only in Egypt.
5. Be sure to visit fish restaurants both in the old town and in the hotel (although it is expensive here). Delicious and half the table of food. . .

6. Don't forget to smile and say hello to everyone you like even a little, you are cultured people (I hope)! Preferably in Arabic. Learn these 56 words at last. Attitude towards you can radically change for the better.
Actually, if you go with a company at a normal price, you don’t spit poison at the attendants with the phrase “where to twyum lobsters” and you are not picky about the number of “ku” and bows during the day, then you (a person with a family of children relatives) will like the hotel.
The rest of the nuances, I think, are painted below in the reviews.
There is nothing to add yet.
ps Arabs, as they write about other hotels, there really are almost no OR these are some adequate Arab families. Problems sracha inadequate we have not noticed.
p. p. s. I don’t want to say anything offensive, but after the Russians opened flights to Egypt (and this is like from 9.08), after a couple of days it became NOTICEABLE on the beaches that it became dirtier - scattered cups, cigarette butts, etc. Perhaps a coincidence. Or maybe not....