Holidays in Rehana Sharm

Written: 14 november 2008
Travel time: 25 october — 5 november 2008
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children
Your rating of this hotel:
6.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 10.0
The hotel is located 500-700 meters from the sea, but the passage is convenient, the beach is large. Bottom: 100-150 meters corals, you can’t walk without special slippers. Then a sharp drop - depth. Since there was a very strong wind all the time of our stay, it was impossible to enter the water not from the pontoon (in shallow water, the depth is 20-40 cm). Not every day from the pontoon either, because it was stormy.
Now about the hotel itself. The rooms are not new, but in a fairly decent (for Egypt) condition. Torn bedspreads, dirty tulle is not the main thing. Plumbing is new and working. Do not look into the lockers - tons of dust. When we pointed to the spots on the tulle, they took it off. New, though not brought to the end of the holiday. All air conditioners EVERYWHERE have two modes - ON and OFF. Those. or stuffiness, or cold sabach.
The hotel was built as if by "eight" - one part is Rehana Sharm, the second half is Rehana prima life. The territory is common, good pools. The heated pool is located inside the Rehana Sharm buildings.

We had room 827 (this is the 3rd floor of the building next to the reception of Rehana Sharm) and a balcony inside, to the pool. One can only sympathize with those who had rooms not overlooking the pool - there is a construction site around (so they say, but in my opinion there is just a desert-garbage). From our room we could see the amphitheater where the evening shows were held, so we all sat on the balcony and watched. When settling, they paid 20 bucks and pointed with a finger - where we want to settle. From the conversations of vacationers, we know that in other buildings there were problems with hot water, and someone with cold water.
Nutrition: constant problems with plates, cups, spoons. Infuriates. You go and ask. Food. . . well, peculiar, but normal, we didn't go hungry. Various pastries. On the 11th day in the morning I wanted to crow - from the edible at breakfast only eggs (omelettes, casseroles, boiled, scrambled eggs). There is the same problem with air conditioning in the dining room - it’s cold inside, we tried to eat at the tables on the street (resigned to the abundance of flies during the day and mosquitoes in the evening). e. from under the arms, without going into details - have you finished eating or not. The waiters themselves, for the most part, are somehow twitchy and VERY dirty (meaning clothes)
Towels are a similar story. Towels are issued from 8-30 (they say that from 8), you need to hand it in before 18. We went to the sea at 7-30, at 8-00, returned as a rule after 18. Therefore, we had a problem taking and handing over a towel at one and the same same day. And in the morning to hand over and vyat another - it is impossible. That's all. In response to all questions, the phrase sounds - "one tourist - one day - one towel. " About changing a wet towel for a dry one - do not stutter, although I did not have such problems in other hotels.
Excursions in the hotel are very expensive. A trip to Jerusalem - $ 230. We bought in Naama (on the central alley, on the left, 100 meters from the intersection of the agency) for $ 90 per person. We traveled on the same bus with those who bought for 230, and some came up with for 260. The "guarantees" they talk about are nonsense. One of the buses (not ours) broke down in the desert at night, they stood for 4 hours without electricity without water. No one accepted any claims - neither those who sold for 230, nor those who sold for 100.

Absolutely disgusting spa. Rogues and brawlers. My friend and I ordered a pharaoh massage (55 min, cost $ 50). We were given a discount (always trade) and we agreed on a price of $ 40. We took 3 sessions. After the very first massage, they refused further ones (it looked like this - in a cramped small room of 7 square meters - 3 loungers, air conditioning is working to the fullest, the massage is fig. The massage therapists have a very tight schedule - 40 minutes of indistinct kneading and running, running, already new clients are standing ) We are not talking about any relaxation. Being dissatisfied, we refused 2 more sessions and asked for a refund for them. Oh what happened!! ! Scandal. It almost came to an end. The money was returned only after I said that I did not want to talk to them anymore and ask them to call the police. Only after that we were refunded the money for the service not rendered.
The cleaning in the rooms is tolerable. Were witnesses of "Replacement" of beds. We were asked: to change? Change, we say. 2 cleaners, the third one looks after them, took off the bed, turned it on the other side and made it again. Funny. Towels changed every day, no complaints.
We made an interesting observation: their African mosquitoes do not die from our fumigators! Not from the liquid in the can, not from Reid's records. Helped only aerosol Off.
On the penultimate day of rest, we accidentally found out that we can use the services of a bar in Rehan, which is located on the first line (from their pool to the right of the stairs) there is much more civilized, cappuccino and delicious pancakes are prepared.
The animation is mostly Russian, the guys are like clockwork, they constantly arranged something somewhere - dances, competitions, volleyball, aerobics, children's entertainment. We did not participate, but many liked it, those who wanted to be active did not get bored.
The impressions from the rest are contradictory, the hotel staff is quite stressful (it’s even strange, usually any pestering of vacationers is not welcome in hotels, people here were not particularly shy) and the nuances with dishes, towels, massage did not add a good mood. I think that following the principle "one tourist - one plate - one towel" they do not expect that someone will come to them a second time.
Raelno hotel for 4 or 3, no more.
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