Отдых в июле Vacation in July

Review

Vacationing with my husband.
Flew from Kyiv Azurair, Tour operator Anex. Everything was on schedule, there were no transfers of dates and times of departure.
At the airport in Sharm, they tried to buy a Vodafone card, they even took a turn, but they never bought it, because the meeting guide from Anex ran and aggressively drove everyone onto the bus. Still, the guide did not wait for one person from our bus, they picked him up already at the exit from the airport.


Departure was at 14.00, arrived in the evening, had a standard dinner, then immediately settled in without delay. The room is normal on the 1st floor, overlooking the small pool and garden. Can you see the sea in the distance? . Even when choosing a hotel drew attention to the compactness of the hotel. Although below in the reviews everyone writes about a large territory, in my opinion it is small, well-groomed, green. Since we planned to rest in July, we chose a small hotel, where we would have to walk in the sun at a minimum.
Plus - this is the type of building - buildings with covered galleries, that is, almost everywhere you can go in the shade under the roof. The beach from our room (No. 725) is less than 5 minutes. Also close to the reception and the restaurant.

Room and cleaning.
Upon arrival, the room was cleaned, all accessories were in place. Everything worked properly, even though the furniture and plumbing is old. I contacted the hotel in advance, asking that, if possible, they give a room with a solid double bed and a solid mattress. I don't know if this label worked, but the mattress was solid, good and comfortable. There is no kettle, tea accessories, bathrobes and slippers in the room (they are not stated in the description of the room). There is also no iron, but they did not take it. The refrigerator worked and cooled well. The quality of cleaning is good, they washed the floors, made the bed, sculpted different differences from towels every day. Bed linen and towels are clean. Cleaning is always in the morning, which is very convenient.
Were the guys who cleaned every day encouraged? . The air conditioner worked, but we turned it on only when we were away. In the evening they turned it off and slept with the windows closed at night - there was enough coolness. There were no mosquitoes in the room, we slammed a couple of them and slept peacefully. But in the evening they sometimes bit during the evening animation or walks by the beach. There were a couple of bottles of water in the room when we checked in. Then, without restriction, they took bottled water in all bars - on the beach, in the hotel lobby bar. It is very convenient that you can take bottles of 0.5 l with you both on an excursion and on the beach in the morning before the bars open.

Nutrition.

Nutritionally, the impression is not clear. We mostly ate at the main restaurant. The restaurant consists of two halls - an indoor hall and a terrace. There is nowhere to wash your hands and go to the toilet in the restaurant. At the entrance there is a container with a disinfectant and that's it. There is a toilet and a sink only in the lobby (it's not far, but it's not very convenient to run back and forth).
Sit on the terrace in the morning and evening. It was hot during the day, so we sat in the indoor air-conditioned room. Immediately advice to those who will sit on the terrace - do not leave plates of food unattended. On the first day, we didn’t get our bearings, put the plates on a table on the terrace and went for coffee, we arrive - in the middle of the plate there is a dove, pecking at an omelette and a croissant. The terrace is covered with a protective mesh, but this does not help. Particularly active birds fly into the indoor restaurant and peck at sweets. In other reviews I read about the queues for food and upon arrival I understood what was meant. Most dishes are cooked in front of you, such as omelettes, pastas with gravy and vegetables, fish, meat, grilled vegetables. Therefore, while the dish is being prepared - you need to stand and wait. This is both a plus and a minus. On the one hand, everything is fresh, on the other hand, it is not always well fried (the same grilled vegetables are half-cooked or the chicken looks fried on top, but on the bone with blood).
The concept of the hotel is not to waste food, so meat, omelettes, grill are given out "in portions", "2 pieces". Every morning, at the entrance to the restaurant, on a special stand, they hang information about how many kilograms of food were thrown away yesterday. Separately, I will write about the work of waiters. We never used their services during our stay. Usually the waiters themselves offer drinks or bring cutlery and clear the table, seeing that it is necessary. Here we sometimes even went to special racks for cutlery and napkins. At the same time, the attitude towards foreigners (Europeans and Arabs) is completely different. Was in several hotels in Egypt, but such a clear attitude is the first time.
About paid fresh. With this, too, there was a nuance. In the mornings at the entrance to the restaurant they give fresh juices (mango, guava, orange) - a special table with a separate waiter who pours juices into glasses.

For guests with gold bracelets (repeated visits to the hotel), fresh juices are free of charge, for the rest, for a fee - $ 2 a glass, for “foreigners” - I don’t know. In general, I decided to buy fresh, went up to the waiter, ordered mango fresh, and he smiles at me and says, sorry, no, it's for a fee. I say ok, I know. He told me again, "sorry no. " I'm shocked to say the least. As a result, the waiter called some manager with a list of guests, who also first tried to dissuade me from buying fresh juice. But in the end, I still wrote out the bill and I managed to take a glass of juice. This attitude discouraged all desire to take these juices further.
In the lobby you can drink tea or coffee from the machine around the clock. True, these machines were not always in working condition.
In the pool bar from 12 to 17 pizza, hamburgers, french fries. Had a cheese pizza there a couple of times. Since we had a late flight (at 21.45), at 17 o'clock on the last day we ate pizza instead of dinner.

Beach and sea.
We chose the hotel primarily for a beach holiday. The beach and sea did not disappoint. Enough space, plenty of sunbeds. On the beach there is a bar open from 10 am. In the bar, both alcoholic drinks and juices (packaged mango, guava, apple juices are very tasty), sprite, fanta, cola, only bottled beer, but poured into glasses, yupi-type juices from vending machines, tea and coffee in vending machines (self-service ).
The beach is being removed. In the morning, at lunchtime and in the evening - sunbeds are arranged, glasses and other garbage are collected.
The coral is quite lively, there are a lot of fish. We saw eagle rays, stingrays (flock of 3), hornbills, surgeons (there are a lot of them), parrots, lionfish. We also saw a large brown moray eel. Under the pontoon in the algae live 2 Nemo fish. Napoleon was alone and did not appear much. But constantly swam a few huge tuna. The pontoon looks long in the photo, but in practice it is not so long.
After lunch, water activities begin - banana, parachute, twister, etc. Boats swim up to the pontoon and the impression is that you are bathing in gasoline. Once a full-fledged large boat sailed and landed the divers, also let in their vapors.

Territory and surroundings.

I wrote a little about the territory above. I will add that a big plus is the evening pool, which is open until 24 hours. In the immediate vicinity of the hotel is the Il Merkato area with shops and cafes. Been there several times. Since we did not have time to buy a SIM card at the airport, we went to Vodafone to buy a local SIM card. By the way, dollars in Vodafone are accepted only at the airport. At other points, payment is only in pounds. So I advise you to first change them at an ATM (usually they are at hotels). There is also the same ATM on Il Mercato (behind the Orange shop). We went to McDonald's to buy ice cream, to a pharmacy, to buy fruit (mangoes in $1-1.5 kilograms).
There were no tours this time. We went only on quad bikes to the desert (to meet the dawn) without camels and programs. We bought a trip on the beach of the hotel, it turned out to be an almost individual excursion for $ 20 - we were 5 people.

Departure.
The release of the room is standard at 12.00. On the penultimate day, notes are left in the rooms with gratitude and information that it is possible to extend the room for an additional fee. I found out in advance how to do it, wrote off the hotel, with three hundred who had already rested in it. As a result, we decided to extend the room until 18.00. With grief, they extended it in half (. On the day of departure at 16.30, they called and offered to pick up our luggage already. To which I replied that the luggage was not yet ready and we would bring it to the reception ourselves. they supposedly extended it to us until 17.00 and we already need to populate people.

In general, the rest was still satisfied.