Sinai Peninsula and us :)

Written: 21 june 2010
Travel time: 23 may — 3 june 2010
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 9.0
Amenities: 10.0
Hello everyone! Our first trip to Egypt was a great success! Rested to the fullest. I'll try in order:
We flew from "Pegas Touristik". At 07:55 we flew from the airport "Borispol". As promised, we flew to UIA. The flight went great. We were fed and watered.
Upon arrival at the airport "Sharma" (12:30), we were met by an accompanying guide, and someone was taken to which hotel. An hour later we were at the hotel (in fact, it took about 15 minutes to go to the hotel. It took a lot of time to transport tourists to other hotels), but this did not tire us. On the contrary, we arrived at the hotel at 13:30, and the official check-in starts at 14:00.
At the reception they gave passports for registration of the room. Initially, they didn’t put money in their passports, they decided to first look at our “free” number. Because the settlement was supposed to start in half an hour, we were given straps and kindly offered to go to a restaurant to eat.

After dinner we decided to look at our room. Unfortunately it was already closed, but we knew where the windows faced.
The porter brought ours to our 502 room. It was cozy there, but we were embarrassed by 2 beds and the first floor. The porter, seeing our reaction, offered another room, but already for 30 c. u. After a little haggling, we settled on the amount of 20 USD. We stayed in room 541. It was chic - large, with a single bed and a wonderful view of the pool. We had a safe, TV, hair dryer, etc. The cleaning guy brought only 2 bottles of 0.5 liters of water to the room. Then you can collect water in the cooler on the ground floor.
Room cleaning. The guy cleaned our place every day. We, in turn, tried to leave the room in proper condition - lightly made the bed and left personal belongings in order. A dollar was left every other day. He, in turn, thanked us with a clean number and some crafts in the form of a swan, a crocodile, flowers : )
As for food: we ate in the main restaurant, as well as in the Oriental and Italian restaurants. You just need to pre-register in them (at 13:00 near the main restaurant). The food is great, varied. Everyone will be able to choose for themselves "snacks". Thanks chefs!! ! You could have a bite of french fries and sandwiches at the bar. They also give beer, schweppes, mineral water, cola, fanta, sprite and other local drinks.
As for service. We sat almost in the same place. Accordingly, we were served by the same waiters. Sometimes we gave them a dollar. And there were no problems with the long wait for drinks and other things. The main thing is to treat them in a normal way (without claims) and they will answer the same.
Tours. We were in Cairo, in the Ras Mohamed reserve, on the island of Tiran and rode quad bikes. Everyone loved it!! ! Forgive us "Pegas Touristik" - we did not take excursions from them. Expensive, however... Therefore, they chose from someone cheaper.

We went to Tiran from "Go diver" - they offer their services on the beach. Despite the fact that the guide did not speak Russian very well, we had a great swim and enjoyed the trip a lot. Fins, snorkels, masks were given to us for free, and we were also fed a delicious lunch.
We rode quad bikes from the company, whose representatives were opposite the water slide - "El Sherif". We rode about 3 hours in the desert. Too bad we didn't bring sweets. We were greeted by "Bedouin" children who would not refuse sweets
And they went to Cairo and Ras Mohammed from another tour. operator.
It is better to go to Ras Mohammed by bus, because there is an opportunity to visit the southernmost point of the Sinai Peninsula, mangroves, lake of desires. Look at the gorges formed as a result of earthquakes.
The good news is that after the tour you can buy a disc. Just before you give money for it, check the quality of the recording so that you don’t have to change it twice like us!
Ahmed Badawy, the lifeguard on the pier, will remain in our memory for a long time. A master of his craft and just a wonderful person. If Ahmed is on shift, you can safely swim in the sea, knowing that in difficult times he will always help you. Every time we went to the sea we got a lot of pleasure from communicating with him.
We also remember Omar Kornyabdalazam - the bar cleaner. Very hardworking, humble guy. Among ourselves, we called him "our tidy"
The receptionists - Karim (from 4 *) and Waleed (from 5 *) always helped us with a smile to sort out our questions.
We wish all the guys career and financial growth!!!
In general, we all really enjoyed it!
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