Впервые в Египте. Просто огромный отзыв :) First time in Egypt. Just a great review :)

REHANA SHARM RESORT 4* or else REHANA SSH 4*
We rested with a company (5 young, but already adults and from that even more cheerful and active people), 7 days from 26.06 to 03.07. eleven.

Immediately, what is IMPORTANT: the mood with which you eat to rest will largely determine by 90% what impressions you will bring home from the Sinai Peninsula in particular and from Egypt in general. So take a good mood, smile and drive with you, and then the (if not all, then many) troubles that I read about here in the reviews earlier will fade.
Further, "a lot of bukaf", but I think it will be useful for those who are going to Egypt (Sharm) for the first time and to the REHANA 4 * hotel in particular.

TOUR OPERATOR AND FLIGHT.
Tour operator "TEZ tour", airlines "Dniproavia", travel agency "Madagascar" (Krivoy Rog). Once again, special thanks to the agency "Madagascar" for help in choosing a very decent hotel for adequate money and organizing a transfer to / from Dnepropetrovsk airport.

Do not take water (liquid) in any bottles with you on the boat in your hand luggage - you will have to throw it away during the check (except for the one bought in duty free). Bags / suitcases that are handed over as luggage should be wrapped in foil yourself in advance (at the airport 30 UAH / piece is expensive) and be sure that they are closed with locks.
Ask for tickets near the windows (seats A and F in each row, or A and E. if there are 6 and 5 seats in a row, respectively), it will be more interesting to fly. In flight, they are well fed, and in general the time will pass very quickly (approx. 3 hours 20 minutes). And one hour time difference between Ukraine and Egypt (it seems backwards).
Sharm has a chic airport, spacious, beautiful and perfectly air-conditioned. Immediately at the operator’s desk (the queue was 5-15 minutes), representatives will tear off one voucher and offer to fill out a migration card and paste a visa stamp into your passport for 20 bucks - don’t be fooled like many (50% of tourists) for this first "service" - take card (fill it out yourself, you need a pen and 3-5 min.
time), and the stamp will be glued to you at passport control for 15 bucks (better have them without change). You will receive your luggage in 3-5 minutes. from the tape, and not for almost 1 hour (as in the Dnieper). Don't take a porter for 1-10 bucks (it's only 50 meters to the buses). Representatives of the operator (they are all in a branded yellow and blue uniform) will tell you which bus to get on (also branded, there are both mega-liners and mikriks). Further, the delivery of tourists to hotels, we were the last ones on the move, we managed to see other hotels, but.

HOTEL.
On the second line, across the street from the "five" Rehan.
Medium sized hotel. Handsome receptionist. They gave me numbers and "ringed" them with bracelets (blue AI) right away - it took 10-20 minutes. Ask that the bracelets are not too tight, it's more convenient. Gave room keys and cards for towels (loss - 20 bucks). Immediately we did not offer money for a "better room", we decided to look at the proposed "Standard".

The porter (who doesn't decide anything : )) whispered: "Standard is bullshit, maybe VIP is necessary. " The rooms turned out to be very decent in the middle of the hotel between the reception and the main restaurant, on the second floor. So advice: look right away, and then decide to change or not, otherwise for your "money in your passport", you will be given the same normal number; )
The hotel is very green and beautiful (grass-carpet, flowers, cacti, flowering shrubs, palm trees), there are many beautiful places for photos and videos. Three large beautiful pools, on the two extreme there are bars on the water. On the middle is a huge two-story bar on the island and two normal slides (kids are thrilled). The water is clean. In the evening, as it gets dark, they are not allowed to swim in them - they say chemical treatment of water. Plenty of umbrellas and sunbeds by the pools free and always. Buildings of 2 and 3 floors, surrounded by greenery. nice. Near this hotel, buildings are still being completed, but this does not interfere at all and is not even visible.
In a word, the area is one of the strengths of the hotel.

STAFF.
Welcoming and friendly. Only men work. Maybe one or two European girls at the reception only. Khamov (as they wrote about other hotels here) is not at all. All are normal people. And the gardeners that cut the grass, water the flower beds and water every morning (smiling, but not a word in English), and the cleaners in the rooms (the minimum supply of English and Russian "-Swan is necessary": ), security guards, waiters and bartenders ("the highest caste", as we found out - a normal level of English-Russian - you can always explain / talk).
In this hotel there is no such thing that they directly extort money from you for services (baksheesh), when you check in, you gave a dollar to the porter; a very charming, sociable, kind and cheerful waiter Misha gave 5 pounds a couple of times (the exchange rate is 5.9 pounds per dollar) and changed him 5 hryvnia.

for a buck (a joke, but he was happy: ), a cleaner bucks for wonderful swans, and that's all - and always smiles, "-Pryvetkakdila: ))" and good mood and service. And another TIP: learn (I printed it out at home from e-net in advance) the most common words and phrases in Arabic, the Egyptians are simply delighted when you give them something interesting / unusual (except for "Salam-alaykem" and "shukran") on their native trying to say (correct pronunciation if something goes wrong), - it's so disposed - buzz!

HOLIDAYERS.
Probably a little less than half are Russians and Ukrainians. There were many Poles. A few English. They say there were a lot of Italians in front of us. At the end of the holiday, several Arab families stopped by.
It is easier to communicate with Poles in Ukrainian - better understanding. With the English (as well as with some of the staff) you can practice spoken English - my university level was enough. it is very interesting.
In general, on vacation people relax and are very willing to communicate, which is great!

NUTRITION.
There is plenty of everything, perhaps only there was not enough fruit (but perhaps not the season). Local cakes were made on the street in the oven, like meat / fish on fire. Everything is quite tasty and in a week you won’t get bored of it anyway. Watermelon and ice cream were also in front of the restaurant. There were no problems with cleanliness and seating in the restaurant (it is possible that the hotel was not 100% full then). The presence of sweets is especially impressive: halka, honey, and just a huge variety of all kinds of pretzels, cakes and pastries - a paradise for the sweet tooth! ; )
Drinks are not juices, they are diluted Yuppies (well, it's like everywhere else). Local wine, red and white from the packs in the restaurant - so-so (once they took it). Different coffee and cappuccino from the coffee machine (normal quality), local tea bags.
Somehow they didn't even take the first one. Dishes are always clean.
You can take everything out of the restaurant (the question is whether it is necessary : )
Recorded and were in Indian and Mexican restaurants: it's not just spicy food - it was FIRE! ! ! They ran to pour it into the main restaurant : ) This is also meat and other things like / from the main restaurant, but everything is probably bombarded with kilograms of hot (red and black) pepper - it will go for fun : ))).

"ALCOHOLIC" drinks (issued in a separate article: )

If someone thinks that you can get drunk in a hotel - it will not succeed. Local beer "Stella" (light in bottles and kegs) does not insert at all, you can drink at least 5 liters of it - just a refreshing moisture pleasant to the taste of beer : ))
The same goes for local alcoholic drinks (rum, brandy, whiskey, tequila) - we affectionately called them "shmurdyachek". Served by bartenders in unlimited quantities in the form of cocktails with cola, fanta, sprite and syrups. You can drink - cool, refreshing, but not drunk in principle : )
They took "Nemirov" vodka with them, but there was no desire to drink it, and in the shop they exchanged it for local tequila, which they brought home as a "souvenir" : ))
If you talk to the bartenders, then everyone offers "Business" - a bottle of any of this "shmurdyachka" for 5 bucks. Take and chat with a sprite in Ukraine - remember the taste of Egypt : )))

ROOM.
Quite nice and spacious with a balcony. There is a bathroom with shower, washbasin, mirrors and hair dryer. There is a phone hanging on the wall next to the toilet to call the reception if the paper runs out : )))
Water pressure (warm and hot: ) is good. There is a refrigerator. There is a safe. work, just figure out how to use it. The air conditioner is built in, and the remote control on the wall worked perfectly. Feature: there is no centralized lighting, as we are used to (a chandelier in the center of the ceiling), - to make it more or less light, you need to turn on all the lights on the mirrors, above the beds and the floor lamp : )
There were two, in width, I think that they were not even one-and-a-half, but double! ! ! beds! And when we moved them - yes, it's just a field! ! ! The bed is good and clean. They cleaned, changed towels and made "Swans" and a heart once, we asked. , and so at least every day such happiness (just did not want someone to be in the room). They took a mosquito fumigator with them, turned it on at night - there were no mosquitoes, though once one buzzed so much, as if it weighed a kilogram, that I covered myself with a blanket with my head - it was a joke : )))

There are coolers on the floor, but I would not recommend drinking water from them - rinse your mouth at most when brushing your teeth (it stinks when you put it in a bottle on the second day).
But, by and large, the room is only needed to spend the night, there is nothing to sit in it.

ANIMATION.
O! This is definitely the strength of this hotel. This was immediately noted by friends with whom my wife and I rested, and they were in Sharm for the second time.
Morning and afternoon - at the pool: water aerobics, darts, table tennis, dancing. In the evening, every day in the amphitheater - an entertainment program: "Miss" and "Mr. Hotel", "Comedy", "fakir show" (this is something! ). The main thing is to actively participate in everything, and then it will be really fun to relax.
There are seven animators, including two girls from Russia - Alina (just a smart girl) and Yulia, from Tunisia, Morocco, one funny Egyptian. Dancing is super, I downloaded these killer popular compositions and now I listen loudly in the car and remember the rest; )
After - a disco: good powerful and expensive sound and light (in the hall above the main restaurant), but it was only us, probably because it's late and AI ends ....: (
There is also billiards (but it is paid). And free (an hour per room daily) tennis - 2 courts (for the first time they played; and only we took it).
They said that our animation is better than in Rehan's "five".

SEA and BEACH.
Getting there is not difficult: I left the hotel, went down into a beautiful tunnel 60 meters under the road and went out onto the path next to Rehana 5 *, and there is always an open minibus and a "minibus" : )) carries at least one vacationer only 300 meters and 2 minutes (sit down longer). Above in the middle of the "five", walked 5 minutes past the pools - and on the beach!
The "five" beach is wide and long (200 meters), umbrellas and sunbeds with mattresses are in abundance (it was 15-20% full then).

There is our bar on the beach, and this is a huge "+", - all the same "shmurdyachek", cola, fanta, sprite (everything is possible with ice and in any quantity), hamburgers, sauce, french fries and corners-envelopes from dough with chicken meat - the bar is Heaven on Earth, or rather on the beach; )
The beaches have fresh water showers and very decent (beautiful and clean) toilets.
Melkatura 60 meters - knee-deep, and very warm water (good for kids, but look at the bottom). There are hedgehogs. Shoes are a must.
Take buns to the restaurant with you and feed the fish - it's SUPER! ! ! - the water will teem, so many beautiful and diverse fish, both small and larger, half-meter needles fly like arrows - pure delight to feed them all from your hands, take a photo, better a video ! ! !
Swim from a pontoon (70 meters long), the depth is 40 meters at once (on the last day the bottom was even clearly visible! ) - the wall of living corals is simply amazing, and the same beautiful fish are in abundance. From Pantone, it’s also better in shoes (slippers are sold around for 5 bucks), not so the steps of the stairs press the feet. Mask and snorkel - and you will be happy! ! ! The water is so salty that it holds. There was excitement, but you could always swim from the pantone before sunset. Do not neglect sunscreen and a T-shirt - always, even at sea!
Egyptians walk along the beach and offer all kinds of excursions.
It is interesting to play "international" volleyball.
The Red Sea is so beautiful that now I don’t want to go to the Black Sea for nothing.

CITY, TOURS, TAXI, ROADS, MERCHANTS and much more, it's impossible to describe everything here...
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I'll be happy to answer any questions you may have; )

Summing up, Rest (with a capital letter) was a success.
Impressions just SEA! ! !

I wish you a great holiday, otherwise why work then; )