Отличный отель для семейного отдыха Great hotel for a family holiday

We had a family vacation at Sharmillion Gardens Waterpark in May 2024.
Before leaving, we repeatedly read reviews about the hotel on various websites, some of them turned out to be useful, and we learned about many of the features of Sharmillion only on the spot.
To begin with, it is impossible to call the nearby Sharmillions of the first line different hotels; it is all one large hotel, without any boundaries or fences, with the exception of some conventions of the Sharmillions Club Resort.
All tourists unanimously praise Sharmillion for its huge, well-groomed green area and, of course, one cannot but agree with this, it is what it is, many beaches, swimming pools, bars, restaurants, a huge amount of space for relaxation. There are no queues anywhere, there are always plenty of free sun loungers and places to relax near the sea and near any of the pools.

The reviews repeatedly wrote about mosquitoes that did not allow vacationers to sleep, we prepared for this in advance and also bought a fumigator and repellents at home. At first glance, we didn’t see any mosquitoes or midges, we just noticed that during dinner the entire hotel area was treated with mosquito repellent. By the fourth night of our stay, we were so relaxed that we decided not to use the fumigator, and soon regretted it very much. From somewhere a small vile bug got into the room and I had to get up at night and plug the fumigator into the network. In addition, in the evening it is recommended to treat exposed areas of the body with repellents. In fact, this is a small vile that is invisible and not noticeable, but the bites can be painful, especially for children. Thus, we would advise not to take risks and use cheap mosquito repellents.
Many tourists complain about some of their grievances, and often completely irrelevant.
For example, waiting for branded alcohol in hotels in Egypt and Turkey, or demanding branded ice cream in a bar around the clock, is about the same as being surprised at the absence of pork on the menu. But they still write this, complain...
Now about the features of Charmillion:
1. A pleasant surprise was the availability of good Internet throughout the hotel, right down to the beaches and the sea. This has not been written about anywhere before. We bought an Etisalat SIM card, but we never actually needed it, except during excursions.
2. Alenka chocolates as payment for services is some kind of meme of this hotel. In our opinion, a small dollar is much more pleasant for a hotel employee than a large chocolate bar, which costs about the same. It is everyone's right to pay the cleaner or not, but according to observations, without a small payment, the level of room cleaning immediately drops. As an everywhere.
3. Towels were changed every day, I'm not sure about bed linen.
Of course, I would like it to be changed everywhere more often, but it is difficult to understand what their standards are (and not only theirs) and how many days a set of bed linen is required.
4. Room cleaning is normal, although apparently it depends more on the human factor. Some people complain about sand in the room, but most often the sand is brought from the beach, and to prevent it from being on the floor in the room, you need to take off your shoes in the hallway. But many people are too lazy to do this, so it’s difficult to demand sterile cleanliness in the room, especially after returning from the sea.
5. The sun loungers and parasols in Charmillion are very comfortable, there is no question about it. There are many of them and they suit every taste.

6. We knew that alcohol in Egypt was so-so, so we brought as much as possible with us. They didn’t check us at the airport, the guides said there was an acceptable limit, so see for yourself. The wine was good only a few times, mostly not very good. Beer, more or less. Rum and cola is of tolerable quality, but it is better not to drink it in the heat.
The whiskey is terrible, like everywhere else in hotels, we haven't tried anything else.
7. The distances at the hotel are not very large, oddly enough, even the child felt comfortable. We went to the sea at least twice a day, plus the water park was a must. In other hotels there is a distance from the room to the restaurant
8. We liked the a la carte restaurants, we went to Syrian and seafood, we were delighted. For a la carte you need to sign up in advance on the Internet, you can go twice to any of the five restaurants.
9. The food in the main restaurants is also very good. Every day is dedicated to a topic. For example, Thursday was seafood day, there were crabs, octopuses, and a lot of different fish. Everything is very diverse, in our opinion. There are a lot of fruits in season, we always had melons, dates, oranges, watermelons and so on. The vegetables are all fresh, which is not surprising; May is the season.
10. The sea and beach in Sharmillion have many features.
In particular, tourists write reviews about the red flag and it seems that swimming in the sea is prohibited at this time. This is wrong. A red flag applies to a pontoon when it is actually dangerous to go out onto the reef. But nothing prevents you from swimming in the sea near the shore at this time, the beach on the right is shallow, on the left a little deeper, mostly all vacationers sit in the sea there.
11. Wind. Well, where Nabk Bay is, there is wind, but in May it is very warm and pleasant, we compared it with Naama Bay, it is really stuffy there in May. Nabk is just right in the spring.
12. Reef. There is nothing to say here, Sharmillion has one of the best reefs in Sharm. There are a lot of fish, different fish, fed by decades of being near people, and swim to the shore on their own.
13. Some tourists write about “tired furniture” and “tired” rooms; in our opinion, everything was very decent at Sharmillion Gardens Waterpark.

If you were selling such furniture at home, they would write in the ad - almost new) and some more brazen ones would write new, they have not used it.
14. The water park in Sharmillin is a really cool water park. Not just a few slides, but a water park comparable to a large city water park in Europe. From the outside, few people are allowed there, so there are no queues, you just ride, and don’t wait all the time, as happens in other places.
15. If you choose between hotels, then Sea Life is cheaper, Gardens is more expensive, but the rooms in Gardens are larger, consist of several rooms and there are separate beds for children. If the size of the room is not important to you, then you can have a great rest in Sea Life. The service is exactly the same as in the garden and club resort.
16. There is also the distant Sharmillion Club Waterpark on the third line, this is completely different from the Gardens Waterpark, tourists are brought from there by bus, the walk is very far and uncomfortable.
We weren’t there, we can’t write anything about it, neither good nor bad. I think that in terms of comfort it’s about the same as in other Sharmillions.
17. Charmillion is located near Soho Square and the airport. The noise of the planes did not bother us; it was noisier in Naama. But around
18. Taxi. We installed the Indrive application and called a taxi from it. They tell stories that this is kind of illegal, but every time a car came. The prices are different, but since they don’t give change, it was always 200 pounds to Naama Bay (which is 17-18 km), 100 pounds to the center of Nabq
19. The dollar in May 2024 costs 46.5-47 pounds.
20. There is no point in reading reviews of any hotels that are older than 4 years, a lot has changed after Covid. The charm has come to life, everything works, trade is in full swing.
21. For medicines at the pharmacy we went to Naama Bey to the Khero pharmacy, which we recommend to everyone, in Nabq the pharmacies are twice as expensive.
22. Excursions were bought online from Coral, cheaper than in local shops.

Of course, most excursions in Egypt are, let’s say, specific. See for yourself. The Empire of Tourism is praised on the Internet, we did not buy from them, because all the excursions there were more expensive than those of Coral, and the Empire responded to Telega reluctantly and rarely, and Coral responded at any time of the day, even at night
23. The hotel guide Akhmet left the most unpleasant impression. We saw a lot, but this guy was rude, insulted us that we couldn’t help but buy expensive excursions from him, and generally behaved disgustingly. As a result, he decided to take revenge for the fact that he was not allowed to sell the excursion for 3 times more expensive, and did not inform about the departure time. Of course, we learned about the transfer without it at the reception, but as it is, be careful with such guides.
24. We contacted the reception desk several times with various problems, some were solved, others were promised to be solved, but in fact they only promised.
25. The air conditioning worked perfectly in the room, but we never left it on overnight so as not to catch a cold.
26.
I liked the children's disco and Kids Club, special thanks to Veronica, there was no variety there, 30 minutes of dancing, but the children liked it, and that's the main thing.
27. We didn’t go to adult animation, I think it’s like everywhere else in Egypt or Turkey, it’s not for everyone.
28. There was once a foam party, perhaps more than one in a week, overall it was very ok, everyone liked it, there was a lot of foam)
29. We brought masks for swimming with us; in fact, we could buy them on the spot in Nabq or Naama.
30. I liked that no one kicked me out of the sea and from the pools in the evening, and the sunset was quite late. In Naama, already at 16.00 many hotels asked to leave the beach.
31. The TV in the room was turned on several times, I know that there are many Russian-language and other channels. But there was no time to watch them; the sea and the water park were nearby.
32. At first glance, Italians, Russians, Kazakhs, Belarusians, and Ukrainians vacation most of all in Charmillion.
Everything is very decent, the contingent is solid, most likely married couples with children. There are a lot of children, including small ones, but somehow they never got in the way.

33. The bars near the reception are open 24 hours a day, including serving alcohol, but we didn’t see many people getting drunk.