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Holidays at Continental Plaza in November 2023
Great hotel for a budget holiday in Egypt!
Pros:
*first line,
*a large well-groomed area surrounded by greenery: palm trees, grass, shrubs and everywhere full of colorful flowers (! ) A feast for the eyes!
*a wide, spacious sandy beach, and everything with it: a bar with tables (water, juices, beer, snacks - French fries, salad burgers, after lunch - pancakes...and for a fee there is ice cream, natural juices) toilet, locker room, summer shower, towels issued by card, and always places available!
*relatively short pontoon, 20 meters
*expanse for snorkelers plus an interesting house reef, and you can see the bottom behind the coral crust, and not a frightening abyss like in other hotels.
I didn’t notice any downsides to the hotel for its price category.
The rooms are all standard, wide, everything works: air conditioning, plumbing, TV (who watches that? ), refrigerator (without drinks), there is hot water.
The rooms are cleaned daily, the bed and towels are white and clean. From cosmetics: soap, shampoo and shower gel in plastic mini bottles that are replenished as used.
The cuisine is standard Egyptian. There will always be something to eat until you're full. Everything is! Eggs, meat, fish, rice, potatoes, beans, pasta, vegetables, fruits, baked goods, yogurt, always 2 types of soups, tea, coffee, drinks and much more...
There are 2 bars with drinks on the reception floor.
Not far from the entrance to the main building there are shops where you can buy goods (bargain!!! ), but the prices will be twice as high as in the Old Market, so I advise upon arrival at the hotel on the first evening to take a taxi to the Old Town (Old Market) and buy everything you need: masks for snorkeling, corals, Mangoes, aromatic teas, oils, medicines, etc. etc...for example, the hotel will ask for $10 for corrals, negotiate down to $7, but in the Old Market they cost $5.
Round-trip taxis can be found for $15 per car.
If your company consists of 3-4 people, then it is definitely more profitable to go to Old Market.
About excursions...The guide will offer them at an expensive price. There will be people offering excursions on the beach...be careful not to fall for the expensive pleasure.
Find the website Empire Tourism in Egypt on the Internet and study the names of excursions and prices for them, and compare...they have the most realistic prices. Or find the travel agency NEMO on Instagram - very pleasant communication and low prices. With NEMO we swam to Rass Mohamed for $17 per person, and our friends had previously been scammed on the same excursion for $35 per person - they bought it from an Arab on the beach. We paid $20 for a photo + video underwater when diving with a diver, and our friends paid $40, and the quality of their photos is much worse...
Speaking of the reef...We went with the NEMO travel agency to Rass Mohamed...
The only thing I liked was swimming on a boat; there were 2 stops for an hour, we snorkeled around a coral island while those who wanted to dived - I’ll tell you that Continental’s snorkeling is much more interesting and varied, so you shouldn’t expect anything better.
Be sure to take mosquito repellent with you, otherwise you will have sleepless nights.
If you are looking for a more interesting reef, swim to the right until you reach the shore of the Rark Regency Hotel (formerly Hyatt) - you need to swim past 2 pontoons and further; and to the left, sail past the Grand Plaza and to the Reef Oasis Blue Bay - then it’s not so interesting, and you can feel the current. The most interesting direction is to the right to Hayat.
Buy a massage course at a local spa - they charge $25 for one procedure, and if you decide to do 5 procedures, it costs $20...I recommend Ulshat or Maya among the masseuses - they do their job conscientiously.
The Internet is much better than in 21, you can catch it not only at the reception, but also on the territory, near the beach...
but the quality is inconsistent, so buy a SIM card at the airport and you will have problem-free Internet.
The holiday was a success, I recommend this hotel!
Great hotel for a budget holiday in Egypt!
Pros:
*first line,
*a large well-groomed area surrounded by greenery: palm trees, grass, shrubs and everywhere full of colorful flowers (! ) A feast for the eyes!
*a wide, spacious sandy beach, and everything with it: a bar with tables (water, juices, beer, snacks - French fries, salad burgers, after lunch - pancakes...and for a fee there is ice cream, natural juices) toilet, locker room, summer shower, towels issued by card, and always places available!
*relatively short pontoon, 20 meters
*expanse for snorkelers plus an interesting house reef, and you can see the bottom behind the coral crust, and not a frightening abyss like in other hotels.
I didn’t notice any downsides to the hotel for its price category.
The rooms are all standard, wide, everything works: air conditioning, plumbing, TV (who watches that? ), refrigerator (without drinks), there is hot water.
The rooms are cleaned daily, the bed and towels are white and clean. From cosmetics: soap, shampoo and shower gel in plastic mini bottles that are replenished as used.
The cuisine is standard Egyptian. There will always be something to eat until you're full. Everything is! Eggs, meat, fish, rice, potatoes, beans, pasta, vegetables, fruits, baked goods, yogurt, always 2 types of soups, tea, coffee, drinks and much more...
There are 2 bars with drinks on the reception floor.
Not far from the entrance to the main building there are shops where you can buy goods (bargain!!! ), but the prices will be twice as high as in the Old Market, so I advise upon arrival at the hotel on the first evening to take a taxi to the Old Town (Old Market) and buy everything you need: masks for snorkeling, corals, Mangoes, aromatic teas, oils, medicines, etc. etc...for example, the hotel will ask for $10 for corrals, negotiate down to $7, but in the Old Market they cost $5.
Round-trip taxis can be found for $15 per car.
If your company consists of 3-4 people, then it is definitely more profitable to go to Old Market.
About excursions...The guide will offer them at an expensive price. There will be people offering excursions on the beach...be careful not to fall for the expensive pleasure.
Find the website Empire Tourism in Egypt on the Internet and study the names of excursions and prices for them, and compare...they have the most realistic prices. Or find the travel agency NEMO on Instagram - very pleasant communication and low prices. With NEMO we swam to Rass Mohamed for $17 per person, and our friends had previously been scammed on the same excursion for $35 per person - they bought it from an Arab on the beach. We paid $20 for a photo + video underwater when diving with a diver, and our friends paid $40, and the quality of their photos is much worse...
Speaking of the reef...We went with the NEMO travel agency to Rass Mohamed...
The only thing I liked was swimming on a boat; there were 2 stops for an hour, we snorkeled around a coral island while those who wanted to dived - I’ll tell you that Continental’s snorkeling is much more interesting and varied, so you shouldn’t expect anything better.
Be sure to take mosquito repellent with you, otherwise you will have sleepless nights.
If you are looking for a more interesting reef, swim to the right until you reach the shore of the Rark Regency Hotel (formerly Hyatt) - you need to swim past 2 pontoons and further; and to the left, sail past the Grand Plaza and to the Reef Oasis Blue Bay - then it’s not so interesting, and you can feel the current. The most interesting direction is to the right to Hayat.
Buy a massage course at a local spa - they charge $25 for one procedure, and if you decide to do 5 procedures, it costs $20...I recommend Ulshat or Maya among the masseuses - they do their job conscientiously.
The Internet is much better than in 21, you can catch it not only at the reception, but also on the territory, near the beach...
but the quality is inconsistent, so buy a SIM card at the airport and you will have problem-free Internet.
The holiday was a success, I recommend this hotel!
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