Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms:
7.0
Service:
8.0
Cleanliness:
8.0
Food:
8.0
Amenities:
6.0
Traveled together with a friend from 03/09/12 to 03/20/12.
If you do not read the very categorically negative reviews, then the hotel as a whole corresponds to other reviews.
Settlement.
It happened around 14-00, so everything went pretty quickly - we chatted at the reception, joked, asked for a good number so that everything would work. We were settled for $ 20, although we warned that we would look first. The room is normal, especially considering that we were only going to sleep and wash there. It doesn't say in the description that there is a hair dryer in the room. And - yes, the shower is separated from the rest of the glass with a width of no more than 50 cm.
The hotel is really not new, but everything works properly, something is constantly being repaired, tinted, completed. When I discovered that the glass door to the floor was broken and told the reception about it, an employee got up with me, and after 15 minutes the door was removed from its hinges. A day later they put up a new one.
Service.
Cleaned daily, the cleaner is normal, smiling, speaks a little Russian, but better in English. He changed towels every other day, regularly made beauty out of towels, which sometimes even strained - my friend and I could not figure out where whose, and for what - we wiped our face or feet with them : ). Local shower gel and shampoo - rare rubbish, it's good that we brought our own. Well, with water, too, an ambush - unusually soft, does not wash hair well. You have to wash your hair every day, or even twice a day. But this is true everywhere, not just in this hotel. After a trip on ATVs and horses, I had to give clothes to the laundry - they called, they said the room number, an employee came and took the clothes. They remembered closer to dinner - they asked for a cleaner, and after 5 minutes the clothes were brought to the room - clean and ironed. Washing jeans costs £.15 (less than $3), the rest is cheaper. The entire staff is smiling and friendly, although, as you are to them, so are they to you. Do not think that these are second-class people.
Food and drinks.
The restaurant (after all, it’s more of a dining room) is quite diverse - 6-8 types of greens for a salad set, several ready-made salads, 4 side dishes, 3-4 meat dishes, plus two racks where they cook in front of you - in the morning: pancakes, waffles , donuts, omelettes, afternoon and evening: spaghetti, meat, pizza and more. There is only one soup for lunch. But they never left hungry. There really is no wine, there is beer (they open a bottle in front of you and pour it into glasses), strong drinks (gin, rum, whiskey, etc. ) and non-alcoholic drinks - cola, fanta, sprite, iced hibiscus tea, etc. There is a complete order with sweets - a bunch of types of puffs in the morning, cakes and pastries at lunch and in the evening, and at dinner and ice cream sometimes in the evenings. The offered assortment of dishes and drinks was more than enough in general - there is a choice, everything is fresh and tasty. Yes, and do not eat, we went there.
In the pool bar from 10 am to 10 pm, too, according to the All system - drinks and some pastries from breakfast. In the lobby bar - for a fee, on the beach, too, for a fee.
Territory.
The hotel has its own beach area, there is a certain feeling of crumpledness - they tried to fit a lot - and a beach bar and a restaurant and a sports ground and a small lawn, a place where they draw henna tattoos and even massage tables. Given that this is the first hotel to be built on this site, the area could have been a bit bigger. However, there are enough sun loungers for everyone. The sun sets at five o'clock in the evening behind the hotel building. The sea - not really - it's a bay - a lot of boats and yachts, plus jellyfish.
Animation.
The animators are trying very hard - there is enough entertainment, but they do not insist if someone refuses. Charging such as Pilates, water aerobics, darts, football, volleyball, table tennis, dance training, and much more. In the evenings they organize their own show or invite from outside. At 11-30 at night, everyone can go with them to a disco in a club. It costs from $10 to $30, depending on the club and drinks. If the club is nearby, then they leave in an hour - go to the hotel for 5 minutes - tourists will find their way, if by bus - then they return with the tourists. They have a hard job.
Tours.
We did not take them from the hotel guide. Before the trip, we went through the Internet, found a site where we liked everything - clearegypt. com (I also left a review there). Therefore, when the hotel guide gathered us in order to tell about the excursions, we only asked the prices for those that interested us, went nuts and left. If it was necessary to take food with you on an excursion, they took it themselves the day before in a bag and put it in the refrigerator in the room (anyway, the “bags” that are collected at the hotel are not at all what you want to gnaw on the road). Prices for excursions with a hotel guide are 2.5-3 times higher than on the website. In addition, if you leave the hotel and turn left, then after 50 meters on the right hand there will be a tour agency (next to cigarettes). A great guy works there, who will tell and explain everything to you. And the prices are quite reasonable too. Those who went from him, were quite satisfied. By the way, do not believe the hotel guide that if you lose your room key, you will be charged a fine, this is not true. My friend and I had 4 or 5 keys by the end of the holiday. We dried one key for two, and she remained in the store... The reception will give another one without any problems. Also, the keys fail if they lie next to the mobile phone - you have to go to the reception to reflash. Here for the loss of the bracelet is really a fine.
Composition of vacationers:
English-speaking comrades, a few people speaking German, before our departure, a company of young people speaking French appeared. There are Arab families - a husband and wife (sometimes with a child or two). There are a lot of Russian speakers - about 70-80% of all tourists - Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. Because of this, there is a strange feeling that I ended up in a kind of boarding house. But somehow it is very cozy and sincerely resting. All the staff are amazingly welcoming and friendly.
Nearby there is a hammam, a fitness room that does not belong to the hotel (if you leave the reception, turn right and go to the end of the building). There's also a pharmacy. Prices practically do not differ from ours, it’s just that it’s not immediately clear to them what you want. The boy who works there is very cute - he is learning Russian and has already mastered it well.
What else do I want to say.
Let's face it - no need to run into trouble - there are people around you and they are no worse, and maybe something better. You just don't know it. Respect the country and the people you are visiting. One way or another, they are not torn to us.
However, keep your head on your shoulders. As elsewhere, people are different, and someone lives with what - someone works hard for 12-16 hours a day, and someone, perhaps, sets up gaping tourists.
I will answer any questions for anyone
If you do not read the very categorically negative reviews, then the hotel as a whole corresponds to other reviews.
Settlement.
It happened around 14-00, so everything went pretty quickly - we chatted at the reception, joked, asked for a good number so that everything would work. We were settled for $ 20, although we warned that we would look first. The room is normal, especially considering that we were only going to sleep and wash there. It doesn't say in the description that there is a hair dryer in the room. And - yes, the shower is separated from the rest of the glass with a width of no more than 50 cm.
The hotel is really not new, but everything works properly, something is constantly being repaired, tinted, completed. When I discovered that the glass door to the floor was broken and told the reception about it, an employee got up with me, and after 15 minutes the door was removed from its hinges. A day later they put up a new one.
Service.
Cleaned daily, the cleaner is normal, smiling, speaks a little Russian, but better in English. He changed towels every other day, regularly made beauty out of towels, which sometimes even strained - my friend and I could not figure out where whose, and for what - we wiped our face or feet with them : ). Local shower gel and shampoo - rare rubbish, it's good that we brought our own. Well, with water, too, an ambush - unusually soft, does not wash hair well. You have to wash your hair every day, or even twice a day. But this is true everywhere, not just in this hotel. After a trip on ATVs and horses, I had to give clothes to the laundry - they called, they said the room number, an employee came and took the clothes. They remembered closer to dinner - they asked for a cleaner, and after 5 minutes the clothes were brought to the room - clean and ironed. Washing jeans costs £.15 (less than $3), the rest is cheaper. The entire staff is smiling and friendly, although, as you are to them, so are they to you. Do not think that these are second-class people.
Food and drinks.
The restaurant (after all, it’s more of a dining room) is quite diverse - 6-8 types of greens for a salad set, several ready-made salads, 4 side dishes, 3-4 meat dishes, plus two racks where they cook in front of you - in the morning: pancakes, waffles , donuts, omelettes, afternoon and evening: spaghetti, meat, pizza and more. There is only one soup for lunch. But they never left hungry. There really is no wine, there is beer (they open a bottle in front of you and pour it into glasses), strong drinks (gin, rum, whiskey, etc. ) and non-alcoholic drinks - cola, fanta, sprite, iced hibiscus tea, etc. There is a complete order with sweets - a bunch of types of puffs in the morning, cakes and pastries at lunch and in the evening, and at dinner and ice cream sometimes in the evenings. The offered assortment of dishes and drinks was more than enough in general - there is a choice, everything is fresh and tasty. Yes, and do not eat, we went there.
In the pool bar from 10 am to 10 pm, too, according to the All system - drinks and some pastries from breakfast. In the lobby bar - for a fee, on the beach, too, for a fee.
Territory.
The hotel has its own beach area, there is a certain feeling of crumpledness - they tried to fit a lot - and a beach bar and a restaurant and a sports ground and a small lawn, a place where they draw henna tattoos and even massage tables. Given that this is the first hotel to be built on this site, the area could have been a bit bigger. However, there are enough sun loungers for everyone. The sun sets at five o'clock in the evening behind the hotel building. The sea - not really - it's a bay - a lot of boats and yachts, plus jellyfish.
Animation.
The animators are trying very hard - there is enough entertainment, but they do not insist if someone refuses. Charging such as Pilates, water aerobics, darts, football, volleyball, table tennis, dance training, and much more. In the evenings they organize their own show or invite from outside. At 11-30 at night, everyone can go with them to a disco in a club. It costs from $10 to $30, depending on the club and drinks. If the club is nearby, then they leave in an hour - go to the hotel for 5 minutes - tourists will find their way, if by bus - then they return with the tourists. They have a hard job.
Tours.
We did not take them from the hotel guide. Before the trip, we went through the Internet, found a site where we liked everything - clearegypt. com (I also left a review there). Therefore, when the hotel guide gathered us in order to tell about the excursions, we only asked the prices for those that interested us, went nuts and left. If it was necessary to take food with you on an excursion, they took it themselves the day before in a bag and put it in the refrigerator in the room (anyway, the “bags” that are collected at the hotel are not at all what you want to gnaw on the road). Prices for excursions with a hotel guide are 2.5-3 times higher than on the website. In addition, if you leave the hotel and turn left, then after 50 meters on the right hand there will be a tour agency (next to cigarettes). A great guy works there, who will tell and explain everything to you. And the prices are quite reasonable too. Those who went from him, were quite satisfied. By the way, do not believe the hotel guide that if you lose your room key, you will be charged a fine, this is not true. My friend and I had 4 or 5 keys by the end of the holiday. We dried one key for two, and she remained in the store... The reception will give another one without any problems. Also, the keys fail if they lie next to the mobile phone - you have to go to the reception to reflash. Here for the loss of the bracelet is really a fine.
Composition of vacationers:
English-speaking comrades, a few people speaking German, before our departure, a company of young people speaking French appeared. There are Arab families - a husband and wife (sometimes with a child or two). There are a lot of Russian speakers - about 70-80% of all tourists - Russia, Ukraine, Belarus. Because of this, there is a strange feeling that I ended up in a kind of boarding house. But somehow it is very cozy and sincerely resting. All the staff are amazingly welcoming and friendly.
Nearby there is a hammam, a fitness room that does not belong to the hotel (if you leave the reception, turn right and go to the end of the building). There's also a pharmacy. Prices practically do not differ from ours, it’s just that it’s not immediately clear to them what you want. The boy who works there is very cute - he is learning Russian and has already mastered it well.
What else do I want to say.
Let's face it - no need to run into trouble - there are people around you and they are no worse, and maybe something better. You just don't know it. Respect the country and the people you are visiting. One way or another, they are not torn to us.
However, keep your head on your shoulders. As elsewhere, people are different, and someone lives with what - someone works hard for 12-16 hours a day, and someone, perhaps, sets up gaping tourists.
I will answer any questions for anyone
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