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Food:
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Amenities:
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In Egypt for the second time, so I hope the review will be real.
But, from the very beginning: we arrived, we got to the hotel at about 12.00. Check-in after 14.00, money was not given. We were put on bracelets and we went for a walk around the hotel.
At 14.05 we were settled in a new room, but with a view of the backyard (as well as another couple who had flown in with us, who also refused to give money). The room is new, everything works. The view from the balcony, of course, is not very good - on a piece of the hotel and the construction site. But it is quiet (people who lived near the pools and animations could not sleep until 23.00). The room was cleaned and towels changed every day, cleaned very carefully. The towels were clean. One thing to complain about is the beach towels (we bought ours on the street). Just creepy, it feels like they are not washed, but simply dried. The most interesting thing is that foreigners took towels with me, so they were given brand new ones, still packed.
As well as juices / beer, Russians / Ukrainians are poured into plastic glasses, and foreigners - into normal ones. But these are trifles.
The hotel area is very large, as if divided into 2 zones - quiet - there are 2 and 2 pools. And the territory of the water park (loud, there is always fun, music, animation). There are many slides (also divided by color scheme, each part of the slides works at a certain time, at 10 am they run until 12.00, then a break from 12 to 14 on almost all slides, and almost all slides work until 17.00. There is a cool pool - they turn on the waves and you jump as if on the waves in the sea. A chic thing, the water, however, is icy, but this does not interfere with jumping. On the contrary, it is even better.
Stretching starts at 10.15 (the dark little boy led well). Then darts. At 12 aqua aerobics (I didn't like it, it's more show than aerobics). 2 heated pools - it is better to climb into them after some kind of slide (there is usually cold water). Then it gets really hot : )
There is a spa area, a jacuzzi and a gym for free, the rest (massage, sauna, etc. ) - for a fee. Wifi was free at the reception (and in the Panorama bar on the second floor, where you can drink tea / coffee and various alcoholic / non-alcoholic cocktails all day). There is also a snacks bar near the water park (there is pizza, french fries, chicken / meat, salads, fruits and drinks from 11 am to 5 pm). Lots of bars with drinks around the pools.
Sea. Walking to the sea is not as far as some people write. Cross the road, go to the Radisson Blu Resort hotel and walk for 10 minutes slowly (you can take the shuttle bus). Entrance from the pontoon (you can also from the shore, but there are dead corals). In March, it is advised to swim at 3 pm, then the wind subsides and the sea becomes warmer. There is a Coral bar on the sea, from 9 am you can drink tea / coffee, drinks, ice cream from 11 to 12 for free.
Nutrition. Simply incomparable. Huge selection of everything, especially sweets and salads. The only thing missing was the meat.
Basically, chicken (but different, sometimes stewed, sometimes fried, sometimes grilled, sometimes stuffed), there were cutlets (like in a hamburger), something like meatballs, turkey. There is fish (mostly stewed with lemon and garlic, but delicious). A separate word about sweet. There is a lot of it, all kinds of different things, especially for dinner! ! ! Dinner is usually the best in comparison to breakfast and lunch. For breakfast there were always fruit salads, scrambled eggs, puddings, oatmeal and rice porridge, soups, pancakes, cereals, muesli, fried eggs, potatoes, salads.
For lunch and dinner, there are also a lot of different salads, pizza, meat, some kind of grilled dish, soups (usually 2 different mashed soups), french fries and stew, pasta, lentils, beans, grilled vegetables, simply baked and stewed vegetables. All drinks except tea and coffee (this is only for breakfast, at other times - in the bar). For dinner, as many as 2 restaurants are open, you can go to any.
Animation. Not bad, most of all I liked Natasha from Veliky Novgorod.
She really loves her job and does it with pleasure (special thanks to her for good leisure). There was a fireshow and a snake show. For children, animation starts at 20.00, cartoons are shown, there is a children's disco. In general, the hotel is designed for families with children: a wonderful playground, children's pools, slides, a lot of entertainment for children.
The hotel has a lot of foreigners, mostly English, Italians and Germans. There are also Poles.
Tours. Of course, we did not take anything from the guide. For example, he sold a tour to Jerusalem at a discount for 150 dollars, and we got stuck for 75 : )). We went to Ras Mohamed for 35 dollars and to the desert on quad bikes (20 dollars). They took it to Naama Bay at the Luna Ross agency. But, in principle, prices are almost the same in all agencies, you can and even need to bargain.
The most interesting thing is that when we went to Jerusalem, they refused to give us dry rations at the reception.
Then it turned out that Pegasus forbade issuing dry rations to those who do not go on excursions from a guide. Other hotels didn't have this problem.
Naama Bay. You can get to Naama by a blue-and-white minibus. They stop, ask the driver - naama bey? He nods his head and you can go. The trip takes 20-25 minutes. They ask for 2 dollars, sometimes one. We paid 5 pounds per person (the rate is now 6 pounds for 1 dollar). And the locals go for 3 pounds)))
There are a lot of different and interesting things there. Discos, bars, cafes, McDonald's, etc.
Purchases. You can buy a lot of things in Naama Bay. And also, if you go left from the hotel (the area of the EL Hayat hotel), there is Sturbucks coffee further there. Walk slowly for about an hour. There is a supermarket opposite Strabucks coffee called 24on7. There are fixed prices and they are written immediately below the product. This is the only place where we realized that we spent a lot of money in vain. They have the cheapest prices we've seen.
For example, tea near the hotel they sold us a pack for $ 3, you can bargain for up to two. And there it cost 2.75 pounds)).
Oh yes, change money in Exchange. And then everyone strives to change by 5, or by 5.5. And the exchange rate is 6 pounds for 1 dollar.
Summing up, this is the first hotel that I am ready to go to again.
But, from the very beginning: we arrived, we got to the hotel at about 12.00. Check-in after 14.00, money was not given. We were put on bracelets and we went for a walk around the hotel.
At 14.05 we were settled in a new room, but with a view of the backyard (as well as another couple who had flown in with us, who also refused to give money). The room is new, everything works. The view from the balcony, of course, is not very good - on a piece of the hotel and the construction site. But it is quiet (people who lived near the pools and animations could not sleep until 23.00). The room was cleaned and towels changed every day, cleaned very carefully. The towels were clean. One thing to complain about is the beach towels (we bought ours on the street). Just creepy, it feels like they are not washed, but simply dried. The most interesting thing is that foreigners took towels with me, so they were given brand new ones, still packed.
As well as juices / beer, Russians / Ukrainians are poured into plastic glasses, and foreigners - into normal ones. But these are trifles.
The hotel area is very large, as if divided into 2 zones - quiet - there are 2 and 2 pools. And the territory of the water park (loud, there is always fun, music, animation). There are many slides (also divided by color scheme, each part of the slides works at a certain time, at 10 am they run until 12.00, then a break from 12 to 14 on almost all slides, and almost all slides work until 17.00. There is a cool pool - they turn on the waves and you jump as if on the waves in the sea. A chic thing, the water, however, is icy, but this does not interfere with jumping. On the contrary, it is even better.
Stretching starts at 10.15 (the dark little boy led well). Then darts. At 12 aqua aerobics (I didn't like it, it's more show than aerobics). 2 heated pools - it is better to climb into them after some kind of slide (there is usually cold water). Then it gets really hot : )
There is a spa area, a jacuzzi and a gym for free, the rest (massage, sauna, etc. ) - for a fee. Wifi was free at the reception (and in the Panorama bar on the second floor, where you can drink tea / coffee and various alcoholic / non-alcoholic cocktails all day). There is also a snacks bar near the water park (there is pizza, french fries, chicken / meat, salads, fruits and drinks from 11 am to 5 pm). Lots of bars with drinks around the pools.
Sea. Walking to the sea is not as far as some people write. Cross the road, go to the Radisson Blu Resort hotel and walk for 10 minutes slowly (you can take the shuttle bus). Entrance from the pontoon (you can also from the shore, but there are dead corals). In March, it is advised to swim at 3 pm, then the wind subsides and the sea becomes warmer. There is a Coral bar on the sea, from 9 am you can drink tea / coffee, drinks, ice cream from 11 to 12 for free.
Nutrition. Simply incomparable. Huge selection of everything, especially sweets and salads. The only thing missing was the meat.
Basically, chicken (but different, sometimes stewed, sometimes fried, sometimes grilled, sometimes stuffed), there were cutlets (like in a hamburger), something like meatballs, turkey. There is fish (mostly stewed with lemon and garlic, but delicious). A separate word about sweet. There is a lot of it, all kinds of different things, especially for dinner! ! ! Dinner is usually the best in comparison to breakfast and lunch. For breakfast there were always fruit salads, scrambled eggs, puddings, oatmeal and rice porridge, soups, pancakes, cereals, muesli, fried eggs, potatoes, salads.
For lunch and dinner, there are also a lot of different salads, pizza, meat, some kind of grilled dish, soups (usually 2 different mashed soups), french fries and stew, pasta, lentils, beans, grilled vegetables, simply baked and stewed vegetables. All drinks except tea and coffee (this is only for breakfast, at other times - in the bar). For dinner, as many as 2 restaurants are open, you can go to any.
Animation. Not bad, most of all I liked Natasha from Veliky Novgorod.
She really loves her job and does it with pleasure (special thanks to her for good leisure). There was a fireshow and a snake show. For children, animation starts at 20.00, cartoons are shown, there is a children's disco. In general, the hotel is designed for families with children: a wonderful playground, children's pools, slides, a lot of entertainment for children.
The hotel has a lot of foreigners, mostly English, Italians and Germans. There are also Poles.
Tours. Of course, we did not take anything from the guide. For example, he sold a tour to Jerusalem at a discount for 150 dollars, and we got stuck for 75 : )). We went to Ras Mohamed for 35 dollars and to the desert on quad bikes (20 dollars). They took it to Naama Bay at the Luna Ross agency. But, in principle, prices are almost the same in all agencies, you can and even need to bargain.
The most interesting thing is that when we went to Jerusalem, they refused to give us dry rations at the reception.
Then it turned out that Pegasus forbade issuing dry rations to those who do not go on excursions from a guide. Other hotels didn't have this problem.
Naama Bay. You can get to Naama by a blue-and-white minibus. They stop, ask the driver - naama bey? He nods his head and you can go. The trip takes 20-25 minutes. They ask for 2 dollars, sometimes one. We paid 5 pounds per person (the rate is now 6 pounds for 1 dollar). And the locals go for 3 pounds)))
There are a lot of different and interesting things there. Discos, bars, cafes, McDonald's, etc.
Purchases. You can buy a lot of things in Naama Bay. And also, if you go left from the hotel (the area of the EL Hayat hotel), there is Sturbucks coffee further there. Walk slowly for about an hour. There is a supermarket opposite Strabucks coffee called 24on7. There are fixed prices and they are written immediately below the product. This is the only place where we realized that we spent a lot of money in vain. They have the cheapest prices we've seen.
For example, tea near the hotel they sold us a pack for $ 3, you can bargain for up to two. And there it cost 2.75 pounds)).
Oh yes, change money in Exchange. And then everyone strives to change by 5, or by 5.5. And the exchange rate is 6 pounds for 1 dollar.
Summing up, this is the first hotel that I am ready to go to again.
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