Непятёрочная пятёрка Non-five five

I will add a few details that may be significant for those who expect to receive Intercontinental network service at this hotel and may be, in the end, very disappointed.

This is not 5* in the conventional sense, and not even good Egyptian 5*. The points:

- there is no bidet in the bathroom

- the room has central air conditioning, not a split system

- uninteresting food and the poorest sweet table that I have ever seen in Egypt

- lack of free access to all a-la cart restaurants

- time-limited work of street bars (one from 10 to 17, the second - from 12-30 to 17-30)

- ONE HOUR A DAY ice cream distribution in only one place on site

- the food system in the hotel does not correspond to the declared ALL, rather it is - FB

- according to the ALL system, only instant Nescafe is poured.

But even in the average "four" Jasmin Villladge in Hurghada, which is generally sold to the Germans as 3 *, there is a coffee machine in the lobby and you can make yourself espresso, cappuccino, mocaccino and so on during the day.

- a colossal amount of flies in the main restaurant and lobby

- old and very old beach towels

- no evening programs

At the same time, there are also pleasant things that cannot be ignored, although for 5 * they should be taken for granted:

- unlimited access to bottled drinking water +1.5 liters of water every day when the room is cleaned

- very tasty packaged juices (not diluted "yuppies")

- good large bright rooms and non-plastic furniture on the terraces

- there is a golf club (50 euros per day)

I recommend going to Taba only in two cases: if you like and want a secluded quiet vacation, or if you want to visit Jordan and Israel. The area is closed, inter-hotel infrastructure bases, shops, discos, shisha bars and so on.
Available shops in the only conditional shopping center, which is located around the hotel of the second line El Wekala, "ache" prices beyond good and evil. For a standard porcelain plate, which costs up to 6 dollars in Hurghada, they ask for 24 - and do not wrinkle. And in their own way they are right - there is no competition.

By the way, I draw the attention of those who are thinking of going to Taba in El Wekala - this is not the second line. That is, it is the second, because between the hotel and the sea there is only a strip of first-line hotels. But geographically this hotel is located three kilometers from the beach. On the sea carries a free taf-taf.

Tour operator Pegas Turistic did a good job. Despite all the reviews, apparently we were lucky. Flights both there and back went exactly at the time indicated on the ticket. We didn't need any special help from the hotel guides. We did not strain them with ourselves)))) Excursions according to Egyptian standards were well organized.

My recommendations are above.

Do not count on the service of a five-star chain hotel - it will not be there. Do not count on varied and interesting food. But you will have a nice room, a big beach, beautiful fish and the opportunity to visit other countries. And this is a lot! Good luck to all!