Good four, but the bay is very windy

Written: 8 september 2021
Travel time: 27 august — 3 september 2021
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 7.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 7.0
I have been in Egypt 6 times before, so there is something to compare with.
For me, the biggest disadvantage of this hotel is the windy bay - the pier is closed daily until lunch. Before the 11th round it is not opened. Even if it is open, then a strong current will not allow those who are not very good swimmers to swim normally. From the shore, the entrance is only in corals, and at the same time, if the tide is high, then the depth is 1-1.2 m, if the low tide is 0.5 m. Consolation is that even near the shore there are many fish swimming. The wind in summer helps to endure the heat, but in other seasons it can be uncomfortable. The reef itself is very beautiful, with a pontoon of 30m depth, a lot of fish. The beach is large, there were no problems with sunbeds.
Now about the hotel itself.

It is very close to the airport, but takeoffs and landings are not annoying. Distance to Soho - 5 minutes by taxi or minibus, to Naama Bay - 20 minutes. The area is very well maintained and beautiful. You can walk around the territory of all 3 hotels, swim in all pools and use the bars. The pools are good.
You can only eat in the restaurant of your hotel. There is a restaurant a la carte - pre-registration of 7 nights - fish, Japanese, French, Lebanese. Were in the fish (it is right on the shore) - very tasty and good service. Alcohol - no, you can only drink beer. Meals in the main restaurant - you will not be hungry, but the choice is small in all respects. Perhaps these are the consequences of Covid quarantine and they are saving. At first, there were no comments on spices, but at the end there was discomfort from their overabundance. There is delicious coffee at the 24-hour bar near the main restaurant. Ice cream, cotton candy, popcorn for money.
There is animation, in the top five it is more active, but they work in all areas - sports, children and evening programs.
The contingent is half of the Arabs, then Ukrainians, Kazakhs, Belarusians, Russians, a little Europeans. The behavior of some Arabs was annoying - they interfered with the passage on the stairs when entering and descending from the pier. Well, the traditional bathing of their women in clothes in the pool.
Rooms - a slight deterioration of furniture and repairs is visible, but without critical remarks. There were problems with the air conditioning, they fixed it on the second attempt. Slightly intrusive cleaning service and all the time hints of a dollar. We had a room in building 5 - thanks for the extra $ 10. Very convenient - in the same accessibility to the beach and to the main restaurant. From the balcony watched the performance of the animators.
Anex tour change your hotel guides. We received frank rudeness in response to the refusal of their excursion.
Special thanks to photographer Ismail (point near the main restaurant) for a great photo shoot. It's really professional. He suggests using their national clothes - the pictures turned out great.

We took an excursion on a yacht to Ros Mahamed with a dive - we bought it near Soho on the market 40% cheaper than from a hotel guide. The yacht is good and the whole organization of the excursion is on the level. Despite the horror stories of the hotel guide.
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