The pearl of the hotel - snorkeling

Written: 30 september 2011
Travel time: 14 — 22 september 2011
Your rating of this hotel:
8.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 10.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 9.0
Food: 5.0
Amenities: 10.0
Undoubted advantages

The pearl of the hotel is snorkeling (that is, swimming with a snorkel and mask). On the left side of the beach, at a distance of 30-50 meters from the shore, first a coral wall 3-4 meters high begins, and along it stretches a strip of sandy bottom 10-50m wide, and behind it a strip of coral reefs. All this splendor stretches along the coast of 100-150 meters. I just didn't swim any further. It is to this place that boats with a transparent bottom go for excursions. That is, the inhabitants of the hotel every day and for free can enjoy what others pay money for. I cannot describe the beauty of the underwater world, but I can assure you that seeing this right from the beach is quite a rare thing.
Actually, when choosing a hotel, the main criterion was the possibility of snorkeling.

The hotel is located at the beginning of Naama Bay promenade. That is, it is not a fenced island. There is an opportunity to walk to the center in the evening, hang out.

The territory is huge, green, carefully groomed. Everything is done in Moorish style.

Just good.

We went broke for $ 200 for the opportunity to live not in a standart room, but in a pool view room and did not regret it at all. The room (2707) is very spacious, the terrace is large, overlooking the Cactus pool, 40 meters from the bar. There was never music in the pool, it closed at sunset.

The whole area is very quiet, there is practically no intrusive loud music. And if there is, then usually classics, rock - ballads, blues, that is, what we like.

In the a la carte restaurant Casablanca, there is no such divorce for alcohol (wine) that we encountered in Turkey.

Nuances.

The beach area is small. Although you can take a sun lounger at almost any time.

The walk to the beach from the room took 15 minutes.

Fumigation of the territory takes place every day at dawn and at sunset. The sight is not for the faint of heart.
There is such a “Sonderkommando” of two people with a pipe, like a bazooka, spewing out clouds of thick gray-white smoke. Within half an hour after fumigation, it is better not to go outside.

The greenery on the territory is undersized or does not create a significant shadow.

Nutrition.

The hotel has two main restaurants located in opposite parts of the territory. We found Le Dome more comfortable. But in the Citadel in the evenings there were performances on the street during dinner - live music, oriental dances. The restaurants themselves are really more like restaurants than what we have seen in Turkey (big decent eateries). In Casablanca you can eat a grill - you just need to sign up for the day at least every day.
The food itself is inferior to Turkey in diversity.
In addition, on the third day I got food poisoning with high fever, abdominal pain and diarrhea (despite the fact that I was always proud of my "iron" stomach) ...There is a pharmacy across the road - what they gave helped me get on my feet in a day .


Animation is minimal. In the evenings - only amateur performances. Board games (chess, backgammon) were not found. And it was very rare to see the pink t-shirt of the animator during the day.

I went diving once from Oonas Dive Club (located at the very beginning of the embankment, near the hotel). A very serious establishment. All instructors are Western Europeans. Their boat was spacious and comfortable.

Special thanks to the hotel guide Mohammed (Coral Travel). He helped with plane tickets ahead of schedule (I had to interrupt the vacation ahead of schedule). Although we were not "his" tourists (from Pegasus). About Pegasus - …………………………………. . (curses are indicated by dots)))))))
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