Что ожидали, то и увидели. What we expected is what we saw.

When we went to Taba, we knew that this "city" is located far from civilization and were not surprised when we saw what was before our eyes. If anyone has seen films about Mars, it was probably filmed there: desert, meteorite craters, just like in the movie. Nice, but not for long. There is a continuous construction near the sea itself, almost nothing has been completed, only some hotels. One of them is Sonesta. The hotel itself, as a building, is very personal, although the area below is not large, and it is difficult to climb up - solid steps. But everything is well done and beautiful, especially the restaurant at the top. But on both sides of the hotel - the ruins (construction). With a settlement - like everywhere else: 10 bucks and you have a cool room. We took 4 rooms, gave 20 bucks. All rooms are nearby, overlooking the sea and the pool. Beautiful. Removed differently. It all depends on the tip and who lives in the room. Our girls (young and beautiful) were not only cleaned, but licked and wore some lotions and creams, and in our family room no one even made the bed until we deliberately threw it on the floor. Food is a whole different story. . I must say right away that I am in Egypt for the 12th time and always turn a blind eye to the shortcomings of the hotel. But even my patience was not enough. The hotel saves on everything!! ! Huge queues are specially created for almost everything, so that you don’t want to go to take it. This applies to both food and drinks. I patiently stood in these lines, because the child is 3 years old, it's hot, but I'm thirsty. But it got so bad that sometimes they tried to get by somehow. The choice in the restaurant is like when. We were 7 nights, from the bottom 2 days there was something other than chicken, especially on Sunday. On other days, stewed chicken is finely chopped, so that some bones stick out and some other dish like vegetables and meat, which is fried in front of you and for which you have to stand in line for half an hour. Potatoes, one type of pasta and sometimes steamed vegetables. That's the whole selection. Salads. You can freely take only rice with pasta, this is such a salad with them. Everything else (such as cucumbers and tomatoes) is scattered in a second, and they bring it every half hour in a small salad bowl. That is, it is unrealistic to capture. I have never had stomach upsets. Here, on the 3rd day, I already took the pills and we all had a fever up to 38. I don’t know why. Perhaps from the water, which is issued from large barrels in bars (albeit without a queue), they give one bottle to the room upon check-in and that's it! We have been at home for the 3rd day, and I am still being treated, the disorder has not passed. Probably got something serious. Animation. Well done guys. I like it. True, there are only 4 of them and they were not given any equipment to work on the show. It was simply unrealistic to expect something better from them. They went all out like that. And the sporting events were great. There are no complaints about them, although this is far from what it should be, but it did not depend on them, but again on the greed of the hotel. Beach. There are enough sun beds for everyone, but if you want to take a place in the shade, get up at 6 in the morning and take it, otherwise you will roast in the sun all day. Towels for 7 days I could not change. Heard only one thing: in 10 minutes. Due to the fact that I speak English well, I managed to learn from them that 10 minutes for them is about 2-3 hours, as they explained to me smiling. We got tired of waiting and we left. Again, the greed of the hotel. Sea. This is just great!! ! Water is tea. The corals are just right next to the shore, even children can see. For the entrance, they cleared about 5 meters wide, and it is dangerous to enter from the left and right. Full of hedgehogs, snakes, saw moray eels, stingrays, a bunch of different fish. Everyone swam with a mask. Awesome and beautiful. . . scary, because two meters from all this we swim. Prices. Everything is overpriced by about 3 times compared to Hurghada due to lack of competition. Bargaining is useless!! ! There are already 3 shops and there are sellers who don’t give a damn about anything, they don’t even want to joke with ours, which is unnatural for Egypt. It's like I'm in another country. In conclusion. The rest was a success, because the mobile phone was silent, no one pulled, and I took a break from people and again enjoyed the beauties of the sea. My brother's wife and children liked the stay, who were abroad for the first time and did not see anything better. But we know that this should not be the case at all. The greed of the hotel spoils almost the entire buzz from the rest. You can not rest and strain your nerves. You can't test the patience of tourists like that. If you have any questions - write, I will answer.