normal hotel, but the beach is just the BOMB

Written: 12 september 2018
Travel time: 30 august — 6 september 2018
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 10.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 6.0
Amenities: 7.0
We arrived at the hotel at 7 am. After a night flight, we had no energy at all and the children fell asleep on the sofa in the lobby. They asked us to check in as early as possible, but they explained to us that they wouldn’t even be able to settle for extra money, because the number of rooms is very small and you will have to wait until 12. It was very upset that they didn’t put bracelets on us and had to pay for breakfast at the hotel for 6 dol per person, but it's all tolerable. We could just go to the beach and stay there until 12:00, sleep on sun loungers and swim in the sea. The room we got was great. We booked a family room. The room sizes are very good and the children's room was spacious. Everything worked: faucets, plums, but the coolest thing was that we had free Wi-Fi in our room. What we were just unspeakably happy!
Food: tasty and simple, no frills. Crabs were not served, french fries were only 1 time near the sea and the pool, there were no hamburgers, pizza was given twice. There is a cafe on the beach near the hotel on the coastline and you could order a hamburger and fries or pizza there for dinner or lunch. You can also buy beer in the supermarket for hamburgers or pizza nearby.
On the third day of their stay in Sharm, they caught E. coli, were treated for 3 days and everything went away. It was harder for the children, but the antibiotic did its job. We are no strangers, we have been visiting Egypt for seven years. Take your medicine with you. I liked the hotel's reaction to complaints about E. coli - they immediately, instantly, attached an apparatus with sterilium for hands at the entrance to the dining room. Praise, well done! He helped us a lot. It is difficult for children to explain that after washing our hands we do not touch anything.

It often happened that there were not enough spoons or plates, it was worth waiting 5-10 minutes and they were brought again. Waiting is not critical. It was the same with beer on the beach and at the bar. Often he was not there at 5 pm, but by dinner time he already appeared.
The beach is just magical. Since we were with children, it was very important for us to enter the sea. Here I didn’t have to worry about the children, because it’s shallow 7 meters, and then the reef and the children, after an excursion in circles and in masks, began to understand that the reef was dangerous and they didn’t approach it. Sandy shore. We, adults, swam closer to the buoys and saw a lot of fish and even rays. Join Up offers a promotional scuba diving excursion for $35 per adult and free for children. They are taken to Ras Mohammed - a national reserve in the Red Sea. Take it, you won't regret it. Our friends took and the whole holiday was delighted. Too bad we didn't go because of the kids. It was day 36 and above, and the tour from 11-12 am to 17:00. Our babies would not have survived such a long stay at sea.
The hotel has a lot of Slavs (Ukrainians, Belarusians, Russians) and judging by the books left at the reception, there were a lot of Swedes. There were only 6 Europeans during our stay: grandparents from Italy and Germany.
The bulk of the Arabs in swimming suits adidas and "lascivious" Muslims who are no longer in the hijab and bathe in normal swimsuits.
All Arab hotel guests occupied the pools. In Palm Beach, Arab guys even drank bifeater and black Nemiroff, Heineken, not embarrassed by anyone and not afraid of condemning their “non-drinking” compatriots. BUT!! ! They behaved very quietly, as if there, inside the bottle, was not alcohol, but plain water. No shouting, waving, etc. I would say that they behaved more calmly when drunk than they behave when sober.
Were in a fish restaurant, in the old town, in Fares - a chain of fish restaurants. I liked everything very much. Delicious and not expensive. I was very impressed by the huge mosque - beautiful and new.
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