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We rested at the Caribbean World Resort Soma Bay 5 * from 16.08. 09 to 29.08. 09.
They flew from Moscow by Ural Airlines. There: disgusting feeding, black pieces of sausage with buckwheat, nothing more. The service staff is good. Back: the food was better - chicken with wood rice, pleased with a piece of sausage. The salon is dirty, there was a broken seat nearby, the staff is not pleasant. In general, it was scary back (But the flights were without delay!
We flew to Egypt for the first time and the wind surprised us, it was very strong, it blew off all the caps and it was generally unexpected that there would be such a windmill. It wasn't hot; Most likely, because of the wind, the city is dirty, because all the garbage flies.
We drove 1 hour to the hotel. The hotel is new built in 2007. At the reception, we asked for two different rooms, but in the same building (there were 2 families), after about ten minutes, we were taken by electric car through a beautiful large green area, simultaneously showing numerous bars, restaurants, swimming pools.
They brought it, got up - I didn’t like the remoteness from the restaurant, the pool, the sea, and in general the room was out of the way. For the second family, they gave a room not only in the same house with us, but in the other side, and also on the outskirts. We returned to the reception. After paying $30 per family and after waiting about an hour, (due to the high occupancy of the rooms) we were settled in 4 (the best, in my opinion) building. A couple with a child on the 1st floor, me and my boyfriend on the 3rd floor. The rooms are big! new! clean! We had one large bed, on the 1st floor two separate (moving) + upon request they brought a crib (on wheels). The rest of the rooms are the same! I repeat - large, new, clean, beautiful rooms, LCD TV, a bath with a shower (very comfortable), a hair dryer in the bathroom, a huge mirror, one phone on the bedside table, the other in the toilet next to the bathroom)) you can call back between rooms for free, by dialing 7 and the room number.
There are 3 Russian channels on TV - the first, RTR planet and music. A big plus is the free in-room safe! Mini bar - 2 bottles of mineral water on the day of arrival free of charge, the rest for the money. Huge balcony with two chairs! View from the room to the pool. It was generally convenient for a couple with a child - exit from the room through the balcony directly to the pool. The child ran alone! Near the restaurant and 3 minutes to the sea. They always cleaned the room, changed the towel every day (even if they were not on the floor), linen (I won’t say how often, they didn’t follow it very much). Rooms are cleaned by men, they make excellent housewives! )
The hotel area is green, beautiful, many palm trees and flowers - pleasing to the eye! Gardeners are constantly watering, digging and doing something! The territory is large, includes many bars. At first, they could not understand where and how long the bars were open, and what they offered, but then a day later they got used to it!
They have cola, sprite, fanta, soda, juices (diluted), beer, rum cola, whiskey cola, sex on the beach, etc. , a wide variety of delicious alcoholic and non-alcoholic/cocktails. All inclusive is open until 24.00. Ice cream is distributed from 15.00 to 17.00 in the bar next to the pools (closer to the reception) creamy and chocolate, free of charge. Delicious, dairy, in any quantity for both adults and children! On the way to the beach in the middle of the territory in the bar from 13.00 and during the day you can have a snack (french fries, meatballs, sometimes burgers). And somewhere from 11 to 12 in a bar right next to the beach, you can have breakfast (pastries, sausage, cheese, butter, bread) who did not have time to go to the main restaurant until 11 am. You can also have lunch near the beach in a bar-restaurant (for some reason, lunch lasts a little less time than in the main restaurant), but only pizza is baked here =)
Main restaurant. It is better to sit inside (+ air conditioning) and inside all the waiters are supervised, so they behave accordingly.
It’s just that outside the restaurant, when they ate the first days, the waiter was rude and didn’t clean well, there’s no such thing inside! Either the manager or the chef is in the hall. And in general, as I understand it, the staff in this hotel clings to their workplace, because it is considered an excellent place to work (prestigious or something)). I saw the manager come up and check the glasses for cleanliness.
The food in the restaurant is delicious! Especially where not in common trays, but a little further, omelettes, pancakes, donuts (very tasty) are prepared separately in the morning, pasta with any filler of your choice (pasta) in the afternoon, and in the evening too. They had a barbecue outside - there is the most delicious meat (than in the stalls). The side dish is always rice, pasta, vegetables, just potatoes, french fries - there were no problems with this. Fresh vegetables were always available for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There were fruits - bananas, yellow and green pears (green ones are delicious, yellow ones are not possible to eat), small tasty bananas, grapes. In the evening, watermelon or melon (sometimes neither one nor the other).
During dinner, a boy outside the main restaurant bakes delicious fresh tortillas. Every evening a themed dinner - Arabic, Italian, fish ...in principle, the assortment of food does not change much from this! The exception is BBQ Dinner! Real fireworks are going on outside the restaurant. On the fire they roast lamb on a spit, chicken, they do something like shawarma in pita bread, kebab! On a fish day, shrimp on a stick and crabs (not big) are barbecued outside. Drinks - all carbonated, beer, white wine, red wine, "juices", water (cooler), black tea, green tea, there was even red, instant coffee (in the morning). And in the evening, bottled wine and bottled beer are sometimes poured outside - of course, it tastes better than what is poured in a bar. There is also a sufficient selection of pastries, undoubtedly very tasty (for all types of meals). There is a children's menu - there are separate trays with food at a low level (so that the children get it), though there are not many of them - three.
There, too, you can find tasty or dietary) Minuses, however, these trays are not replenished like the others. Who did not have time, he was late. I understand there are problems with napkins in Egypt. Because on excursions and in a restaurant, one per person, or none at all. Fresh juices cost 3 euros. The queues were not long, but always. In general, the food is good, but I confess that everyone had an upset stomach (from our company, for sure). Most likely due to water. Water is available only in coolers, we had to stock up for the night - to collect water in empty bottles. You can buy sealed bottled water in bars.
In the evening, animation is in English (rarely there is a parallel translation into German, Russian, French). Children's animation is completely for German children. Of the animators, German nationality generally prevails, there are French, Italians.
Two animators speak Russian - one boy (by the way, rotten and always sleepy) and the girl Natasha (this is a children's animator), but she always walked around the territory with some kind of child and it was not entirely clear what she was doing. Who does not know English - the animation will not be very interesting! Except for some dance programs, or when a cobra tamer came. Many Arabs know Russian, but it’s more effective to communicate with them in English))) But anyway, any of them will guess that you are from Russia (although there was no flag behind your shoulders)).
There are many pools on the territory, one for children (paddling pool 60 cm) two 1.2m each. and one 1.6m. , there is a jacuzzi with warm water. And one pool is closer to the sea with two working slides. Gorki, by the way, I work according to my unspoken schedule, that is, not always. The pools are cleaned every evening and the water in them is also changed, due to which they were always cool.
The beach is sandy, clean, sunbeds were always found (although there were 5 of us), though not on the first line, but you can find free ones. Towels are issued free of charge on cards, cards are given upon arrival at the reception. If lost, fine. The entrance to the sea is magnificent, sandy, gentle, it is not a long walk to the depth. The sea is transparent. There are fish - small shoals constantly swim near the shore, a little further on the right side there is coral. Well, if you go at least waist-deep, throw a crumb of bread (they took rolls in a restaurant), then you can see a lot of fish! Flocks flock and eat everything in an instant! The sea is beautiful, salty, warm… mmm… THE SEA is red! )))
The hotel is really designed for an active sports holiday (optional of course). Volleyball on the beach, competitions, soccer behind the fence, water polo, chess, dancing, aqua aerobics, darts, something like ping pong (a ball tied to a string on a stick), pilates on the grass - all in the open sea air!
Indoor billiards, gym. There is a spa. Tourist boys on the beach, we took a separate yacht from them, went and looked at the corals. Everything went great! Other excursions were taken from guides: 35 dollars about. Utopia and 50 quads, bedouins, camels for the whole day. By the way, the guides make a discount on excursions, so we spent less than we thought!
There is a playground with a slide and swings. There is a mini club, but it is for the Germans. The hotel has two small pools, one with slides for children. The restaurant has high chairs for children, but no one seems to have used them (not a very good view). There is also a children's menu, but not for too young (starting from 4). Arabs really love children!
The hotel has a lot of people with children! The contingent is Germans, French, Poles, Spaniards. Initially, when we arrived there were a lot of Germans! Russians were a minority. But in the end, a whole bus of ours arrived and it became somehow more fun.
Personally, I was happy!
Most of our holiday fell on their Ramadan. It didn't affect the guests at all! On the contrary, we encouraged them in this matter, sympathized, and in return they poured / cleaned better than usual.
There are many shops on the territory with everything you want - clothes, a pharmacy, cigarettes, souvenirs, gold, perfumes, toys ...if you forgot something, or you need it, you can buy it. Bargain! There are no shops outside the hotel.
In the evening in the Aladdin cafe they smoked a hookah (shisha) 3 euros on water and 7 on alcohol.
Next comes karaoke (the words of the song are written on the big screen and popular music plays throughout). More like a disco. And quite in the evening, on the second floor of the restaurant there is a disco. Were once, we did not like it, there were five people on it. Mostly we went to the sea in the evening, lay on hammocks and looked at the starry sky!
Oh Caribbean, you are amazing! Excellent hotel! And I really liked the country!
Of course, I would love to go back there!
Thanks to everyone who read to the end!! ! ; )
They flew from Moscow by Ural Airlines. There: disgusting feeding, black pieces of sausage with buckwheat, nothing more. The service staff is good. Back: the food was better - chicken with wood rice, pleased with a piece of sausage. The salon is dirty, there was a broken seat nearby, the staff is not pleasant. In general, it was scary back (But the flights were without delay!
We flew to Egypt for the first time and the wind surprised us, it was very strong, it blew off all the caps and it was generally unexpected that there would be such a windmill. It wasn't hot; Most likely, because of the wind, the city is dirty, because all the garbage flies.
We drove 1 hour to the hotel. The hotel is new built in 2007. At the reception, we asked for two different rooms, but in the same building (there were 2 families), after about ten minutes, we were taken by electric car through a beautiful large green area, simultaneously showing numerous bars, restaurants, swimming pools.
They brought it, got up - I didn’t like the remoteness from the restaurant, the pool, the sea, and in general the room was out of the way. For the second family, they gave a room not only in the same house with us, but in the other side, and also on the outskirts. We returned to the reception. After paying $30 per family and after waiting about an hour, (due to the high occupancy of the rooms) we were settled in 4 (the best, in my opinion) building. A couple with a child on the 1st floor, me and my boyfriend on the 3rd floor. The rooms are big! new! clean! We had one large bed, on the 1st floor two separate (moving) + upon request they brought a crib (on wheels). The rest of the rooms are the same! I repeat - large, new, clean, beautiful rooms, LCD TV, a bath with a shower (very comfortable), a hair dryer in the bathroom, a huge mirror, one phone on the bedside table, the other in the toilet next to the bathroom)) you can call back between rooms for free, by dialing 7 and the room number.
There are 3 Russian channels on TV - the first, RTR planet and music. A big plus is the free in-room safe! Mini bar - 2 bottles of mineral water on the day of arrival free of charge, the rest for the money. Huge balcony with two chairs! View from the room to the pool. It was generally convenient for a couple with a child - exit from the room through the balcony directly to the pool. The child ran alone! Near the restaurant and 3 minutes to the sea. They always cleaned the room, changed the towel every day (even if they were not on the floor), linen (I won’t say how often, they didn’t follow it very much). Rooms are cleaned by men, they make excellent housewives! )
The hotel area is green, beautiful, many palm trees and flowers - pleasing to the eye! Gardeners are constantly watering, digging and doing something! The territory is large, includes many bars. At first, they could not understand where and how long the bars were open, and what they offered, but then a day later they got used to it!
They have cola, sprite, fanta, soda, juices (diluted), beer, rum cola, whiskey cola, sex on the beach, etc. , a wide variety of delicious alcoholic and non-alcoholic/cocktails. All inclusive is open until 24.00. Ice cream is distributed from 15.00 to 17.00 in the bar next to the pools (closer to the reception) creamy and chocolate, free of charge. Delicious, dairy, in any quantity for both adults and children! On the way to the beach in the middle of the territory in the bar from 13.00 and during the day you can have a snack (french fries, meatballs, sometimes burgers). And somewhere from 11 to 12 in a bar right next to the beach, you can have breakfast (pastries, sausage, cheese, butter, bread) who did not have time to go to the main restaurant until 11 am. You can also have lunch near the beach in a bar-restaurant (for some reason, lunch lasts a little less time than in the main restaurant), but only pizza is baked here =)
Main restaurant. It is better to sit inside (+ air conditioning) and inside all the waiters are supervised, so they behave accordingly.
It’s just that outside the restaurant, when they ate the first days, the waiter was rude and didn’t clean well, there’s no such thing inside! Either the manager or the chef is in the hall. And in general, as I understand it, the staff in this hotel clings to their workplace, because it is considered an excellent place to work (prestigious or something)). I saw the manager come up and check the glasses for cleanliness.
The food in the restaurant is delicious! Especially where not in common trays, but a little further, omelettes, pancakes, donuts (very tasty) are prepared separately in the morning, pasta with any filler of your choice (pasta) in the afternoon, and in the evening too. They had a barbecue outside - there is the most delicious meat (than in the stalls). The side dish is always rice, pasta, vegetables, just potatoes, french fries - there were no problems with this. Fresh vegetables were always available for breakfast, lunch and dinner. There were fruits - bananas, yellow and green pears (green ones are delicious, yellow ones are not possible to eat), small tasty bananas, grapes. In the evening, watermelon or melon (sometimes neither one nor the other).
During dinner, a boy outside the main restaurant bakes delicious fresh tortillas. Every evening a themed dinner - Arabic, Italian, fish ...in principle, the assortment of food does not change much from this! The exception is BBQ Dinner! Real fireworks are going on outside the restaurant. On the fire they roast lamb on a spit, chicken, they do something like shawarma in pita bread, kebab! On a fish day, shrimp on a stick and crabs (not big) are barbecued outside. Drinks - all carbonated, beer, white wine, red wine, "juices", water (cooler), black tea, green tea, there was even red, instant coffee (in the morning). And in the evening, bottled wine and bottled beer are sometimes poured outside - of course, it tastes better than what is poured in a bar. There is also a sufficient selection of pastries, undoubtedly very tasty (for all types of meals). There is a children's menu - there are separate trays with food at a low level (so that the children get it), though there are not many of them - three.
There, too, you can find tasty or dietary) Minuses, however, these trays are not replenished like the others. Who did not have time, he was late. I understand there are problems with napkins in Egypt. Because on excursions and in a restaurant, one per person, or none at all. Fresh juices cost 3 euros. The queues were not long, but always. In general, the food is good, but I confess that everyone had an upset stomach (from our company, for sure). Most likely due to water. Water is available only in coolers, we had to stock up for the night - to collect water in empty bottles. You can buy sealed bottled water in bars.
In the evening, animation is in English (rarely there is a parallel translation into German, Russian, French). Children's animation is completely for German children. Of the animators, German nationality generally prevails, there are French, Italians.
Two animators speak Russian - one boy (by the way, rotten and always sleepy) and the girl Natasha (this is a children's animator), but she always walked around the territory with some kind of child and it was not entirely clear what she was doing. Who does not know English - the animation will not be very interesting! Except for some dance programs, or when a cobra tamer came. Many Arabs know Russian, but it’s more effective to communicate with them in English))) But anyway, any of them will guess that you are from Russia (although there was no flag behind your shoulders)).
There are many pools on the territory, one for children (paddling pool 60 cm) two 1.2m each. and one 1.6m. , there is a jacuzzi with warm water. And one pool is closer to the sea with two working slides. Gorki, by the way, I work according to my unspoken schedule, that is, not always. The pools are cleaned every evening and the water in them is also changed, due to which they were always cool.
The beach is sandy, clean, sunbeds were always found (although there were 5 of us), though not on the first line, but you can find free ones. Towels are issued free of charge on cards, cards are given upon arrival at the reception. If lost, fine. The entrance to the sea is magnificent, sandy, gentle, it is not a long walk to the depth. The sea is transparent. There are fish - small shoals constantly swim near the shore, a little further on the right side there is coral. Well, if you go at least waist-deep, throw a crumb of bread (they took rolls in a restaurant), then you can see a lot of fish! Flocks flock and eat everything in an instant! The sea is beautiful, salty, warm… mmm… THE SEA is red! )))
The hotel is really designed for an active sports holiday (optional of course). Volleyball on the beach, competitions, soccer behind the fence, water polo, chess, dancing, aqua aerobics, darts, something like ping pong (a ball tied to a string on a stick), pilates on the grass - all in the open sea air!
Indoor billiards, gym. There is a spa. Tourist boys on the beach, we took a separate yacht from them, went and looked at the corals. Everything went great! Other excursions were taken from guides: 35 dollars about. Utopia and 50 quads, bedouins, camels for the whole day. By the way, the guides make a discount on excursions, so we spent less than we thought!
There is a playground with a slide and swings. There is a mini club, but it is for the Germans. The hotel has two small pools, one with slides for children. The restaurant has high chairs for children, but no one seems to have used them (not a very good view). There is also a children's menu, but not for too young (starting from 4). Arabs really love children!
The hotel has a lot of people with children! The contingent is Germans, French, Poles, Spaniards. Initially, when we arrived there were a lot of Germans! Russians were a minority. But in the end, a whole bus of ours arrived and it became somehow more fun.
Personally, I was happy!
Most of our holiday fell on their Ramadan. It didn't affect the guests at all! On the contrary, we encouraged them in this matter, sympathized, and in return they poured / cleaned better than usual.
There are many shops on the territory with everything you want - clothes, a pharmacy, cigarettes, souvenirs, gold, perfumes, toys ...if you forgot something, or you need it, you can buy it. Bargain! There are no shops outside the hotel.
In the evening in the Aladdin cafe they smoked a hookah (shisha) 3 euros on water and 7 on alcohol.
Next comes karaoke (the words of the song are written on the big screen and popular music plays throughout). More like a disco. And quite in the evening, on the second floor of the restaurant there is a disco. Were once, we did not like it, there were five people on it. Mostly we went to the sea in the evening, lay on hammocks and looked at the starry sky!
Oh Caribbean, you are amazing! Excellent hotel! And I really liked the country!
Of course, I would love to go back there!
Thanks to everyone who read to the end!! ! ; )
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