The hotel is not as important as the tour operator

Written: 31 october 2007
Travel time: 31 october — 7 november 2007
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday; For business travel; For families with children; For recreation with friends, for young people
Your rating of this hotel:
9.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 9.0
Service: 9.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 10.0
The hotel is wonderful, a little family, although it does not pull on 5 *, solid 4 *! We were with a company, so we drank and walked until the morning, or in couples, or with children. All conditions.

Details:
1) The staff is kind, everyone (albeit to varying degrees) speaks English, they will always explain, help, prompt, and for baksheesh (tips) their joy from communicating with you will have no limit at all. There was not a single boor, not a single significant negligence on the part of the staff.
2) The beach is very clean. The sea is very beautiful. There are corals, although not many. The fish were generally fed with buns from the dining room, as they say, from the hands. The downside is that there are few sunbeds, not enough, and shade.

3) The room is excellent, even though we (we traveled as a couple) were given with 2 separate beds. And friends had a kingsize, so ask in advance at the reception at the settlement. In general, you give 10 bucks to Michael Onyon (he settles everyone) and the problem is solved.
The view from the room was on the sea, comfortable, but NO BALCONY! Cleaned up.
But not carefully, but just for show, the bed was changed, towels, garbage, but the floors were not washed and did not bother much.
4) There is a lot of food. Everything got better in 6 days.
Even if it's monotonous. There are too many people in Palmyra, go to eat in the Oasis, there is absolutely NO ONE there. And it's much better there.
5) The animation was not great, of course, but it was clear that the guys were trying: beach football, and volleyball and aqua aerobics and in the polo pool, in the evening there was a disco in Ramses (nothing special, Arabic music mixed with old hits, but we liked it). The show was very good. Competitions are different there, Miss Sonesta, and. etc.

In short, parting words and advice are as follows:
1) it’s hard there without English, and also learn a couple of phrases in Egyptian Arabic, then you will always get prices down and smile from the bottom of your heart. Here are some: thank you - shukrAn, please - afuAn (it sounds closer to Athos), goodbye-ma salam, no-la (if you go on excursions, it saves a lot from Bedouin children), hazelnut hotel.
Mohammed is such an impudent monkey, yells, commands, a freak is shorter than SUCH ...AND WE ALL WERE SO GREATLY RELAXED AT THE SAME TIME!!!! ! THIS IS SUCH ENERGY: THIS IS THE SEA, THIS IS THE SUN, SAND AND WARM-WARM WIND, THE SKY IS LOW AS YOU CAN REACH YOUR HAND ...AND THE STARS ARE NOT LIKE OURS. IT SEEMS THAT TIME HAS STOP THERE.. .
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