We rested in this hotel, there was a cool low price for the tour, the hotel is compact and small on the first line, it has its pros and cons, but they were satisfied with the rest, excellent location on the first line, almost all rooms overlook the side sea view, with a small choice, but delicious food.
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We rested in this hotel, there was a cool low price for the tour, the hotel is compact and small on the first line, it has its pros and cons, but they were satisfied with the rest, excellent location on the first line, almost all rooms overlook the side sea view, with a small choice, but delicious food. We took a small review and you can see everything.
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Perhaps I’ll start with the negative, because I have never come across either in hotels in Egypt or in hotels in Turkey on an all-inclusive basis with cutting off the bracelet when leaving. At 12.00 we gave the keys, we had a transfer at 15.00, but at the same time you have no right to eat. And this is a five star hotel.
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Perhaps I’ll start with the negative, because I have never come across either in hotels in Egypt or in hotels in Turkey on an all-inclusive basis with cutting off the bracelet when leaving.
At 12.00 we gave the keys, we had a transfer at 15.00, but at the same time you have no right to eat. And this is a five star hotel. I've never experienced anything like this and I hope it was the first and last time.
To my indignation, the manager brazenly answered me that then he would not accept our departure if we did not return the bracelet. This is such loyalty to the guests
The hotel is definitely good price and first line.
Good food, for a modest 4, but again, see above - the price we had was excellent.
The rest of course 5 does not pull.
Animation is very weak, it is practically non-existent. Neither for adults nor for children. The evening show is weak, the music in the column is terrible, the animators are obviously lazy and do everything to get off.
There is no music at the bar, which I also encounter for the first time. Also, only from 12.00 there will be French fries and a hamburger, that is, from 10 to 12 there is no food. If you have breakfast at 8, you will wait a long time and will definitely get hungry.
Wi-fi is exclusively paid: many guests found out about it on the spot and were unpleasantly surprised. I bought roaming right away.
The rooms are tired but spacious and large. This is a plus.
There is a hair dryer, a set of jars replenished once upon arrival. There are no slippers.
Water was also topped up on arrival. They didn't give any more. There is a cooler on the floor - you can dial it.
Our room 443 smelled of stale cat meat. It feels like the cat did its job on the sofa or carpet and it was never removed. In the rooms of friends, however, there was no smell. The views from the rooms are beautiful, on the sea.
The territory is small, but not the fact that this is a minus, because it is fast to go from the beach to the room. They try to green the territory, but very weakly. The neighbors in Safaga have shams, 4 stars, and even that is greener.
The beach is wide. Sand. The entrance is great for kids. To get to the depth you have to go for probably 5-7 minutes. Of course, you will not see fish and corals near the shore, that is, diving is not here.
The transfer to the hotel was individual, we arrived in 30 minutes. Back transfer was hotel and it took 2 hours! The bus drove in circles around Soma Bay picking up people. For children, such a transfer will be very tiring - keep in mind.
To summarize, I would give 5 for only 1 line. The rest is 3 plus.
But another huge plus of this hotel is of course the price. I don’t know how it was at other times, but we flew very profitable and in excellent company, and therefore turned a blind eye to many things.
Therefore, if you buy this hotel cheaply, the minuses will not spoil your mood.
At 12.00 we gave the keys, we had a transfer at 15.00, but at the same time you have no right to eat. And this is a five star hotel. I've never experienced anything like this and I hope it was the first and last time.
To my indignation, the manager brazenly answered me that then he would not accept our departure if we did not return the bracelet. This is such loyalty to the guests
The hotel is definitely good price and first line.
Good food, for a modest 4, but again, see above - the price we had was excellent.
The rest of course 5 does not pull.
Animation is very weak, it is practically non-existent. Neither for adults nor for children. The evening show is weak, the music in the column is terrible, the animators are obviously lazy and do everything to get off.
There is no music at the bar, which I also encounter for the first time. Also, only from 12.00 there will be French fries and a hamburger, that is, from 10 to 12 there is no food. If you have breakfast at 8, you will wait a long time and will definitely get hungry.
Wi-fi is exclusively paid: many guests found out about it on the spot and were unpleasantly surprised. I bought roaming right away.
The rooms are tired but spacious and large. This is a plus.
There is a hair dryer, a set of jars replenished once upon arrival. There are no slippers.
Water was also topped up on arrival. They didn't give any more. There is a cooler on the floor - you can dial it.
Our room 443 smelled of stale cat meat. It feels like the cat did its job on the sofa or carpet and it was never removed. In the rooms of friends, however, there was no smell. The views from the rooms are beautiful, on the sea.
The territory is small, but not the fact that this is a minus, because it is fast to go from the beach to the room. They try to green the territory, but very weakly. The neighbors in Safaga have shams, 4 stars, and even that is greener.
The beach is wide. Sand. The entrance is great for kids. To get to the depth you have to go for probably 5-7 minutes. Of course, you will not see fish and corals near the shore, that is, diving is not here.
The transfer to the hotel was individual, we arrived in 30 minutes. Back transfer was hotel and it took 2 hours! The bus drove in circles around Soma Bay picking up people. For children, such a transfer will be very tiring - keep in mind.
To summarize, I would give 5 for only 1 line. The rest is 3 plus.
But another huge plus of this hotel is of course the price. I don’t know how it was at other times, but we flew very profitable and in excellent company, and therefore turned a blind eye to many things.
Therefore, if you buy this hotel cheaply, the minuses will not spoil your mood.
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Of course, this hotel does not pull on 5 stars, we paid for 5 days, but in fact it turned out 4 days, there was a late check-in and an early check-out. This is my first experience of traveling abroad. The territory is gorgeous, but outside the hotel everywhere the desert is not suitable for any walks. The sea is gorgeous a la Skadovsk, because the spit is the first 80-100 meters, the depth is waist-deep, the water is warm.
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Of course, this hotel does not pull on 5 stars, we paid for 5 days, but in fact it turned out 4 days, there was a late check-in and an early check-out. This is my first experience of traveling abroad. The territory is gorgeous, but outside the hotel everywhere the desert is not suitable for any walks. The sea is gorgeous a la Skadovsk, because the spit is the first 80-100 meters, the depth is waist-deep, the water is warm. We went on a safari and rode ATVs, although no one warned that it would be fun with children, but difficult. Push the staff who work there, they got a little lazy, when we moved in they said that the room was clean, tidy, but in fact the bedding was dirty, they asked them to change it. So feel free to remind, they will gladly do it. Pitpnie is equally good that there was Egyptian and European food. Upon arrival in Ukraine, they brought an intestinal infection, after Egypt, they suffered for 1.5 weeks.
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I largely agree with the previous review, but I will also write something on my own. We rested in this hotel from August 19 to August 31.2019 with my wife and a child of 6 years. There was a hot TEZZ price - 1500+$ for 12 nights with 3 people with an early arrival and a late departure. The complex is located in the Safaga area, from Hurghada airport the road took a little less than an hour.
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We rested in this hotel from August 19 to August 31.2019 with my wife and a child of 6 years. There was a hot TEZZ price - 1500+$ for 12 nights with 3 people with an early arrival and a late departure. The complex is located in the Safaga area, from Hurghada airport the road took a little less than an hour. There is always wind, heat +40 is easily transferred with the wind. Lots of paragliders and surfers.
Arrived early, arrived at the hotel around 8 am. When asked about the possibility of early check-in, the porter replied that this was excluded, even for an extra charge, wait for 14-00. The bracelets were put on at 10-30 and released into the bar - to drink coffee and tea. This attitude was also towards the Arabs and the Czechs and the Germans, who arrived early. That is, we were simply not allowed to have breakfast. They argued that it takes time to clean up. And the hotel is full.
When leaving - according to the rules check out before 12-00. And they cut the bracelets off their hands. Late check-out until 15-00 - offered for 20 euros per adult. Until 18-00 - 25 euros per adult. For this money you can stay in the room and dine. Dinner is not included. We refused - for lunch on the day of departure they asked to pay in a restaurant - $ 8 per adult. From 12 to the bus you can use the infrastructure - the beach, the pool and do not hand over beach towels. Bags from 12 to the bus were stored in the storage room. They said that they have a shower - if you need to swim and change before the bus. But we swam in the pool from 12 to the bus.
ROOM. Everything is wooden, but old. You can live. The door opens with a key - no cards for you. TV flat 32 inches. We watched a couple of series from a flash drive. They gave the number g25 - at the ground level with access towards Shams Safaga and water slides. The handle fell off in the chest of drawers - screwed it on. There is no toilet brush in the bathroom. There is a hair dryer. The room is big. A cot was later brought for the child. There were no towels - they brought them in a couple of hours (I think this is such an easy tip extortion). There was a safe.
HOTEL. Very compact. It looks like it was once a richly built hotel. Lobby with a stained-glass window in the entire ceiling, many pools - including children's ones. restaurants and bars. smoking in the lobby. Trestle beds on the beach - wooden, well-worn, on them - such pillows made of leatherette - VERY CONVENIENT, even though they are not new.
Beach towels - most of them are old, need to be replaced, but there are also quite fresh ones. Immediately a hint - on the right, behind the "SPA center" - there is a mini-water park of the neighboring hotel of the same chain, you can go there for free to ride the slides, and there is a paddling pool for children.
Children's animation - we sometimes went only to the mini-disco at 20-30 in the evening. The animators are trying, but the program is hackneyed and very busy. In addition, right behind the amphitheater, where the disco sewer passes, sometimes it was simply covered with the smell of sewage. there is also a playground nearby - it's just old, it needs to be changed.
SEA: the sea, in principle, was the decisive factor why we chose this hotel after all. It is warm and clean. Starts immediately from the pools and pool bar. The beach is sandy, the bottom - mostly too. In this place, there is a natural shallow - even with a small child, you can go 150-200 meters into the sea, shallow. Further there is a sandy beam, where at low tide there is generally ankle-deep water, and already behind it the depth begins, and there are even several half-dead coral islands at the bottom. In general, it is safe to play with children in the sea, and swim to see fish, corals, jellyfish.
FOOD: You can get used to food. The choice is not so great (compare with other trips to Egypt), they cooked beef and chicken normally. Often on the street grill - lyulya, pizza, fried fish. Breakfast is ok - eggs and fried omelettes, vegetable salads, fruit salad, cereal, pastries - strudel, muffins and so on. For lunch there were always 2 soups, fried fish, beef, potatoes, rice, salads. You can choose delicious ones. There was always something delicious to eat for dinner. The pastry is very tasty. And different.
During the day, the snack bar is open by the pool 13-15 (french fries and a couple of hamburgers, hot dogs / sandwiches, fresh vegetables, ketchup). Snacks in it - exactly at the same time as lunch in the main restaurant. There is no drinking water in the rooms;
Cleaning: DAILY in the rooms there, the staff is friendly.
Guests: the hotel has a lot of people from Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, enough local Arabs and met a few - from Russia.
SUMMARY: The hotel is clearly not 5 *, as it is offered by many tour operators, rather a weak 4. The hotel needs renovation and better food. It is worth going here if there is a good price and if you need a shallow sea with a sandy bottom and a convenient entry.
Excursions - we went on a VIP boat (a large yacht and 20 people in total) for diving. Adult - 60. Child - 30. And ATVs, buggies, camels with Bedouins (25 adults, 15 children). Bedouin - nothing. All these tea parties, camels, massages, herbs - everything is tiring, unsanitary and expensive.
Overview to Hurghada - looked at the mosque and the Marina promenade. Well, they brought soaring oils to the shopping center. How could it be without it. All these oils can be bought in Ukraine - all stories about originality are lies and provocations. Everything is checked for coffee and tea and oils - everything is sold there is the most common.
We rested in this hotel from August 19 to August 31.2019 with my wife and a child of 6 years. There was a hot TEZZ price - 1500+$ for 12 nights with 3 people with an early arrival and a late departure. The complex is located in the Safaga area, from Hurghada airport the road took a little less than an hour. There is always wind, heat +40 is easily transferred with the wind. Lots of paragliders and surfers.
Arrived early, arrived at the hotel around 8 am. When asked about the possibility of early check-in, the porter replied that this was excluded, even for an extra charge, wait for 14-00. The bracelets were put on at 10-30 and released into the bar - to drink coffee and tea. This attitude was also towards the Arabs and the Czechs and the Germans, who arrived early. That is, we were simply not allowed to have breakfast. They argued that it takes time to clean up. And the hotel is full.
When leaving - according to the rules check out before 12-00. And they cut the bracelets off their hands. Late check-out until 15-00 - offered for 20 euros per adult. Until 18-00 - 25 euros per adult. For this money you can stay in the room and dine. Dinner is not included. We refused - for lunch on the day of departure they asked to pay in a restaurant - $ 8 per adult. From 12 to the bus you can use the infrastructure - the beach, the pool and do not hand over beach towels. Bags from 12 to the bus were stored in the storage room. They said that they have a shower - if you need to swim and change before the bus. But we swam in the pool from 12 to the bus.
ROOM. Everything is wooden, but old. You can live. The door opens with a key - no cards for you. TV flat 32 inches. We watched a couple of series from a flash drive. They gave the number g25 - at the ground level with access towards Shams Safaga and water slides. The handle fell off in the chest of drawers - screwed it on. There is no toilet brush in the bathroom. There is a hair dryer. The room is big. A cot was later brought for the child. There were no towels - they brought them in a couple of hours (I think this is such an easy tip extortion). There was a safe.
HOTEL. Very compact. It looks like it was once a richly built hotel. Lobby with a stained-glass window in the entire ceiling, many pools - including children's ones. restaurants and bars. smoking in the lobby. Trestle beds on the beach - wooden, well-worn, on them - such pillows made of leatherette - VERY CONVENIENT, even though they are not new.
Beach towels - most of them are old, need to be replaced, but there are also quite fresh ones. Immediately a hint - on the right, behind the "SPA center" - there is a mini-water park of the neighboring hotel of the same chain, you can go there for free to ride the slides, and there is a paddling pool for children.
Children's animation - we sometimes went only to the mini-disco at 20-30 in the evening. The animators are trying, but the program is hackneyed and very busy. In addition, right behind the amphitheater, where the disco sewer passes, sometimes it was simply covered with the smell of sewage. there is also a playground nearby - it's just old, it needs to be changed.
SEA: the sea, in principle, was the decisive factor why we chose this hotel after all. It is warm and clean. Starts immediately from the pools and pool bar. The beach is sandy, the bottom - mostly too. In this place, there is a natural shallow - even with a small child, you can go 150-200 meters into the sea, shallow. Further there is a sandy beam, where at low tide there is generally ankle-deep water, and already behind it the depth begins, and there are even several half-dead coral islands at the bottom. In general, it is safe to play with children in the sea, and swim to see fish, corals, jellyfish.
FOOD: You can get used to food. The choice is not so great (compare with other trips to Egypt), they cooked beef and chicken normally. Often on the street grill - lyulya, pizza, fried fish. Breakfast is ok - eggs and fried omelettes, vegetable salads, fruit salad, cereal, pastries - strudel, muffins and so on. For lunch there were always 2 soups, fried fish, beef, potatoes, rice, salads. You can choose delicious ones. There was always something delicious to eat for dinner. The pastry is very tasty. And different.
During the day, the snack bar is open by the pool 13-15 (french fries and a couple of hamburgers, hot dogs / sandwiches, fresh vegetables, ketchup). Snacks in it - exactly at the same time as lunch in the main restaurant. There is no drinking water in the rooms;
Cleaning: DAILY in the rooms there, the staff is friendly.
Guests: the hotel has a lot of people from Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, enough local Arabs and met a few - from Russia.
SUMMARY: The hotel is clearly not 5 *, as it is offered by many tour operators, rather a weak 4. The hotel needs renovation and better food. It is worth going here if there is a good price and if you need a shallow sea with a sandy bottom and a convenient entry.
Excursions - we went on a VIP boat (a large yacht and 20 people in total) for diving. Adult - 60. Child - 30. And ATVs, buggies, camels with Bedouins (25 adults, 15 children). Bedouin - nothing. All these tea parties, camels, massages, herbs - everything is tiring, unsanitary and expensive.
Overview to Hurghada - looked at the mosque and the Marina promenade. Well, they brought soaring oils to the shopping center. How could it be without it. All these oils can be bought in Ukraine - all stories about originality are lies and provocations. Everything is checked for coffee and tea and oils - everything is sold there is the most common.
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We rested in this hotel from August 11 to August 18.2019 with my wife and child 2.8 years old. The complex is located in the Safaga area, the road from Hurghada Airport took a little less than an hour, along the way they brought more people to two hotels. Arrived early, arrived at the hotel at dawn, around 5 am.
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We rested in this hotel from August 11 to August 18.2019 with my wife and child 2.8 years old.
The complex is located in the Safaga area, the road from Hurghada Airport took a little less than an hour, along the way they brought more people to two hotels.
Arrived early, arrived at the hotel at dawn, around 5 am. When asked about the possibility of early check-in, the porter replied that this was excluded, even for an extra charge, wait for 14-00. They put on the bracelets at 10-30, that is, we missed breakfast. Despite the fact that some of the guests were evicted before our eyes in the morning, they were in no hurry to give us rooms. Only closer to 13-00, the porter who had already changed by name, if I'm not mistaken, Hossan gave us a key with the words "this is a standard room, see what you don't like there - then call, we'll look for another one for extra money. "
We got number 339, on the third floor - a view of the roof of the lobby and the sea. The latch is broken from the inside, one of the bedspreads on the bed is burnt by a cigarette, the beds are separate, although we had a double bed in the reservation. Although I note that the area of the room is large. He's just tired, he needs repairs and new furniture. The air conditioner was fine.
Another option - was on the 4th floor in the left wing of the building (if you look towards the sea) - windows - to one of the pools, the sea and a neighboring hotel of the same network. And we might have agreed to extort the porter in the form of a $ 40 surcharge to him in your pocket, if that room did not have a persistent smell of dampness, rotting. So, we stayed in the originally proposed room 339.
Infrastructure: it is clear that once it was a richly built hotel. Lobby with a stained-glass window in the entire ceiling, many pools - including children's ones. restaurants and bars. I did not like the smell of tobacco in the lobby - from the 24-hour bar it smells of cigarettes, and people often smoke in the lobby itself. Trestle beds on the beach - wooden, well-worn, on them - such pillows made of leatherette. comfortable, but they are old and often torn.
Beach towels - most of them are old, need to be replaced, but there are also quite fresh ones. Immediately podstakzka - on the right, behind the "SPA center" - there is a mini-water park of a neighboring hotel of the same chain, you can go there for free to ride the slides, and there is a paddling pool for children. Unexpectedly, the elevators turned out to be a problem - they are old, with broken floor indicators, in a week I personally saw how they were repaired three times in the middle of the day, often I had to run up the stairs, because. the elevators didn't work.
Children's animation - we sometimes went only to the mini-disco at 20-30 in the evening. The animators are trying, but the program is hackneyed and very busy. In addition, right behind the amphitheater, where the disco sewer passes, sometimes it was simply covered with the smell of sewage. there is also a playground nearby - it's just old, it needs to be changed. There are foot washers at the exit from the beach, but they are often clogged.
Sea: the sea, in principle, was the decisive factor why we chose this hotel after all. It starts right from the pools and pool bar. Epschany beach, the bottom - mostly too. In this place, there is a natural shallow - even with a small child, you can go 150-200 meters into the sea, shallow. Further there is a sandy beam, where at low tide there is generally ankle-deep water, and already behind it the depth begins, and there are even several half-dead coral islands at the bottom. In general, it is safe to play with children in the sea, and swim to see fish, corals, jellyfish. They say sometimes a turtle comes, but we didn't see it. We saw clown fish, scorpion lionfish (poisonous, do not touch), guitar stingray, sea urchins at a depth
Food: and if you get used to slightly outdated interiors, then here's the food - overshadowed the trip. The choice is not so great (compare with other trips to Egypt), they cooked beef and chicken normally. The rest is conditionally cooked, but most often tasteless. Even potatoes managed to be undercooked. There was a good grill menu, but it is about once every 3 days. Fruit evening was caught twice - 4 pieces of watermelon for the first time and the same amount of melon for the second.
The breakfasts were especially poor, except for eggs / omelettes and pancakes there is nothing special. And then, when the queue is long, the guy took out a tray with pre-fried cold pancakes, rubbery and tasteless. Falafel, which I fell in love with in Egypt, in Sharm, was inedible here. In addition, the power mode itself is built in such a way that it looks more like not AI, but FB. The power supply is not interceptive, but parallel. From the end of breakfast to breakfast from 7 to 10 am, lunch from 13 to 15, dinner from 19 to 22.
During the day there is a snack bar by the pool, but it does not intercept hungry tourists between breakfast, lunch and dinner. Snacks in it - exactly at the same time as the ober in the main restaurant.
There is no drinking water in the rooms, we bought it ourselves. Since there is almost no desert around the hotel, there are practically no shops, drinking water had to be taken from one of the shops in the lobby - 1 dollar or 20 Egyptian pounds for one and a half liters of water.
Cleaning:
There is cleaning in the rooms, the staff was friendly, a couple of times they left them a dollar or two for tea, but they stopped, because for this money they, of course, made the beds and twisted swans out of blankets once! , But towels, despite the request, for three there they gave two large ones and two for legs and changed them only once in a week, partially - only large ones. There were toiletries in the bathroom. Since the entrance to our rooms is from an open gallery overlooking the desert, mountains and sunset, there are a lot of geckos crawling in this gallery in the evenings, such small lizards, a couple climbed into the room.
Guests:
The hotel has a lot of people from Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, enough local Arabs and met a few - from Russia.
SUMMARY: The hotel is clearly not 5 *, as it is offered by many tour operators, rather a weak 4. The hotel needs renovation and better food. It is worth going here if there is a good price and if you need a shallow sea with a sandy bottom and a convenient entry.
The complex is located in the Safaga area, the road from Hurghada Airport took a little less than an hour, along the way they brought more people to two hotels.
Arrived early, arrived at the hotel at dawn, around 5 am. When asked about the possibility of early check-in, the porter replied that this was excluded, even for an extra charge, wait for 14-00. They put on the bracelets at 10-30, that is, we missed breakfast. Despite the fact that some of the guests were evicted before our eyes in the morning, they were in no hurry to give us rooms. Only closer to 13-00, the porter who had already changed by name, if I'm not mistaken, Hossan gave us a key with the words "this is a standard room, see what you don't like there - then call, we'll look for another one for extra money. "
We got number 339, on the third floor - a view of the roof of the lobby and the sea. The latch is broken from the inside, one of the bedspreads on the bed is burnt by a cigarette, the beds are separate, although we had a double bed in the reservation. Although I note that the area of the room is large. He's just tired, he needs repairs and new furniture. The air conditioner was fine.
Another option - was on the 4th floor in the left wing of the building (if you look towards the sea) - windows - to one of the pools, the sea and a neighboring hotel of the same network. And we might have agreed to extort the porter in the form of a $ 40 surcharge to him in your pocket, if that room did not have a persistent smell of dampness, rotting. So, we stayed in the originally proposed room 339.
Infrastructure: it is clear that once it was a richly built hotel. Lobby with a stained-glass window in the entire ceiling, many pools - including children's ones. restaurants and bars. I did not like the smell of tobacco in the lobby - from the 24-hour bar it smells of cigarettes, and people often smoke in the lobby itself. Trestle beds on the beach - wooden, well-worn, on them - such pillows made of leatherette. comfortable, but they are old and often torn.
Beach towels - most of them are old, need to be replaced, but there are also quite fresh ones. Immediately podstakzka - on the right, behind the "SPA center" - there is a mini-water park of a neighboring hotel of the same chain, you can go there for free to ride the slides, and there is a paddling pool for children. Unexpectedly, the elevators turned out to be a problem - they are old, with broken floor indicators, in a week I personally saw how they were repaired three times in the middle of the day, often I had to run up the stairs, because. the elevators didn't work.
Children's animation - we sometimes went only to the mini-disco at 20-30 in the evening. The animators are trying, but the program is hackneyed and very busy. In addition, right behind the amphitheater, where the disco sewer passes, sometimes it was simply covered with the smell of sewage. there is also a playground nearby - it's just old, it needs to be changed. There are foot washers at the exit from the beach, but they are often clogged.
Sea: the sea, in principle, was the decisive factor why we chose this hotel after all. It starts right from the pools and pool bar. Epschany beach, the bottom - mostly too. In this place, there is a natural shallow - even with a small child, you can go 150-200 meters into the sea, shallow. Further there is a sandy beam, where at low tide there is generally ankle-deep water, and already behind it the depth begins, and there are even several half-dead coral islands at the bottom. In general, it is safe to play with children in the sea, and swim to see fish, corals, jellyfish. They say sometimes a turtle comes, but we didn't see it. We saw clown fish, scorpion lionfish (poisonous, do not touch), guitar stingray, sea urchins at a depth
Food: and if you get used to slightly outdated interiors, then here's the food - overshadowed the trip. The choice is not so great (compare with other trips to Egypt), they cooked beef and chicken normally. The rest is conditionally cooked, but most often tasteless. Even potatoes managed to be undercooked. There was a good grill menu, but it is about once every 3 days. Fruit evening was caught twice - 4 pieces of watermelon for the first time and the same amount of melon for the second.
The breakfasts were especially poor, except for eggs / omelettes and pancakes there is nothing special. And then, when the queue is long, the guy took out a tray with pre-fried cold pancakes, rubbery and tasteless. Falafel, which I fell in love with in Egypt, in Sharm, was inedible here. In addition, the power mode itself is built in such a way that it looks more like not AI, but FB. The power supply is not interceptive, but parallel. From the end of breakfast to breakfast from 7 to 10 am, lunch from 13 to 15, dinner from 19 to 22.
During the day there is a snack bar by the pool, but it does not intercept hungry tourists between breakfast, lunch and dinner. Snacks in it - exactly at the same time as the ober in the main restaurant.
There is no drinking water in the rooms, we bought it ourselves. Since there is almost no desert around the hotel, there are practically no shops, drinking water had to be taken from one of the shops in the lobby - 1 dollar or 20 Egyptian pounds for one and a half liters of water.
Cleaning:
There is cleaning in the rooms, the staff was friendly, a couple of times they left them a dollar or two for tea, but they stopped, because for this money they, of course, made the beds and twisted swans out of blankets once! , But towels, despite the request, for three there they gave two large ones and two for legs and changed them only once in a week, partially - only large ones. There were toiletries in the bathroom. Since the entrance to our rooms is from an open gallery overlooking the desert, mountains and sunset, there are a lot of geckos crawling in this gallery in the evenings, such small lizards, a couple climbed into the room.
Guests:
The hotel has a lot of people from Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, enough local Arabs and met a few - from Russia.
SUMMARY: The hotel is clearly not 5 *, as it is offered by many tour operators, rather a weak 4. The hotel needs renovation and better food. It is worth going here if there is a good price and if you need a shallow sea with a sandy bottom and a convenient entry.
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I want to leave a review about the hotel where we stayed, it was Imperial Shams Abu Soma Resort, I could recommend it. I'm not a very demanding tourist, I don't cling to any little things, I need it to be normal in general to people, to express it in food, service, etc. In general, I liked why we chose it, because this is the first line, I was interested in the location, I liked that inside the buildings - the pool, near the bar, and immediately the beach, that is, it is almost on the beach.
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I want to leave a review about the hotel where we stayed, it was Imperial Shams Abu Soma Resort, I could recommend it. I'm not a very demanding tourist, I don't cling to any little things, I need it to be normal in general to people, to express it in food, service, etc. In general, I liked why we chose it, because this is the first line, I was interested in the location, I liked that inside the buildings - the pool, near the bar, and immediately the beach, that is, it is almost on the beach. The hotel had a shop, but there was nothing outside. The food is completely normal, there was nothing delicious, there is no variety of seafood, except fried squid, but I think that tourists, not those who are not hungry, will not be hungry, but will remain satisfied with food.
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We chose this hotel because we wanted peace and comfort. After reading the reviews, chose Imperial. Settlement was not fast. We arrived at 6:30 and at the reception we were told to wait until 12 o'clock in the afternoon. The wait was very difficult, even water was not offered (there is something to compare).
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We chose this hotel because we wanted peace and comfort. After reading the reviews, chose Imperial.
Settlement was not fast. We arrived at 6:30 and at the reception we were told to wait until 12 o'clock in the afternoon. The wait was very difficult, even water was not offered (there is something to compare).
The sea is very clean, warm. Rooms are very spacious.
Food is monotonous, but you will not be hungry. One drawback - there is no free Wi-Fi.
I didn't like the way Abram's guide worked at this hotel! But if you do not take into account the shortcomings, I recommend the hotel for a family vacation!
Settlement was not fast. We arrived at 6:30 and at the reception we were told to wait until 12 o'clock in the afternoon. The wait was very difficult, even water was not offered (there is something to compare).
The sea is very clean, warm. Rooms are very spacious.
Food is monotonous, but you will not be hungry. One drawback - there is no free Wi-Fi.
I didn't like the way Abram's guide worked at this hotel! But if you do not take into account the shortcomings, I recommend the hotel for a family vacation!
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The hotel was chosen randomly. It was a good price and friends rested here and they basically liked it. Of course the hotel is far from infrastructure. Traveling to the city is expensive and you can't buy anything nearby. But the sea is cleaner and the atmosphere is very calm. In general, the hotel is not overloaded with people and there is no feeling of a crowd.
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The hotel was chosen randomly. It was a good price and friends rested here and they basically liked it. Of course the hotel is far from infrastructure. Traveling to the city is expensive and you can't buy anything nearby. But the sea is cleaner and the atmosphere is very calm. In general, the hotel is not overloaded with people and there is no feeling of a crowd. The territory is of normal size, and due to the common beach with neighboring hotels, there will be where to walk along the coast. You can also walk around the territories of neighboring hotels, well, at least one for sure. The beach is certainly not ideal, but it is close to the rooms. The only thing here is that in order to reach the depth you will need to spend time. There are many kite and wine surfers here. The main thing for us was that the beach was with a normal number of seats and we didn’t have to look for free sunbeds. There are enough for everyone here. Animation is both in the hotel and on the beach. But so as not to interfere, you can step aside since the beach is large and calmly relax. The only entertainment that we planned is a trip to Luxor. Initially, we contacted a local guide, his name is Mido Bikham, you can easily find it on social networks or just type it into any search engine. The man is very famous, he has his own tour company. The organization is just super from transport to lunch. Everything is not just according to the standard program, but much more. And by the way cheaper than a hotel. A trip to Luxor cost forty dollars per person, and the hotel wanted 95 dollars for this excursion. Moreover, they visited three temples, and the hotel offers a visit to only two. The hotel guide, of course, frightened with stories that it was impossible to take excursions anywhere else, but we were warned about this divorce and you don’t see each other) But we took a little alcohol. Everything in the hotel is a local spill and not that someone has a headache. But the taste is so-so and very weak. The food is also so-so. You won’t leave hungry, but there’s also plenty to please the eye, but it’s quite possible to choose for yourself. True, in a week I already want something new. In general, to summarize, but very well rested!
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We chose this hotel because of the quiet atmosphere and remoteness from the center. Last time we visited Egypt, we stayed in the center and we really didn’t like it there. There are not a lot of local especially clingy traders. Yes, and in the city itself is dirty and the sea is not as clear as here. But there are also some downsides.
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We chose this hotel because of the quiet atmosphere and remoteness from the center. Last time we visited Egypt, we stayed in the center and we really didn’t like it there. There are not a lot of local especially clingy traders. Yes, and in the city itself is dirty and the sea is not as clear as here. But there are also some downsides. Due to the remoteness from everything, there is nowhere to go outside the hotel. And the territory of the hotel itself is small in size. But you can walk around the neighboring territories. The beach is next to walk 1-2 minutes. This was one of the decisive factors for choosing this hotel. The whole beach itself is very long. But the entrance to the water to the depth is quite long. This is a great place for kite surfing and wind surfing or I can confuse what it's called. But there are many fans of these wind and wave-related sports. The sea itself is excellent, clean and warm. A good option for those who swim poorly, but for those who like to swim, it’s easy and take a walk to the depths. Moreover, the bottom is good. Enter comfortably. True, there are not too many fish, but still many swim with a mask with flippers. More than enough umbrellas. No problem finding unemployed. So the beach in my opinion is excellent! At this time, we arrived not so much for the sake of the sea as for the sake of excursions. We went to many places to see everything we had time to see. All excursions were taken through a local chiba tour company, type in the name in the browser search and you will immediately find it. We found them last time. Their prices are many times cheaper than taking from hotel guides. Wonderful service, English speaking guide and good transport. Of the excursions, I especially recommend Super El Gouna, this is something. It's like a whole set in one. It's Elgua and Dolphin Cove and fishing and bathyscaphe and banana and tablet riding and topped it all off with a great seafood lunch. And the cost of this pleasure is only $ 40 per person, but if they took it at the hotel, it would cost 65. In principle, there is little entertainment in the hotel, but still there is an animation team. During the day, a standard set such as volleyball or water aerobics and dancing. And in the evening simple shows. And then the disco. So you don't get bored at all. . But in general, nothing that wow) The hotel staff is peculiar, only the animators are funny, the rest are somewhat frowning, tense, but at the same time everyone is polite. But no one will flatter you and make false smiles here) The food, as they say, is Egyptian, that in a hotel in the city that everything is the same here. It’s impossible to stay hungry, but don’t expect any frills either. From meat they gave chicken and beef. There are both fresh and cooked vegetables. Standard garnishes. Pretty good food but not much choice. Well, in general, it's okay. It is better to bring local alcohol with you. Those who have ever rested know that the alcohol here is weak and not of the best quality. Well, in general, you can choose a hotel for those who are planning a relaxing holiday away from the bustle of the city.
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My friend and I chose a specially quiet and peaceful place, away from the city. I was in a city hotel last year and didn’t like it much, the sea was not so clean and clean, the city is dirty, there are a lot of locals, everything is different here. We got to the hotel before dinner, processed the documents quickly, gave a room with a sea view, everything was in working order, the air conditioner cooled normally, the beds were comfortable, the plumbing did not make noise, the furniture, of course, was not new, and this is to put it mildly, but in general, more or less.
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My friend and I chose a specially quiet and peaceful place, away from the city. I was in a city hotel last year and didn’t like it much, the sea was not so clean and clean, the city is dirty, there are a lot of locals, everything is different here. We got to the hotel before dinner, processed the documents quickly, gave a room with a sea view, everything was in working order, the air conditioner cooled normally, the beds were comfortable, the plumbing did not make noise, the furniture, of course, was not new, and this is to put it mildly, but in general, more or less. It’s exactly two minutes to go to the beach, this is a very big plus, the beach is excellent, there are always free sunbeds, the water is crystal clear, the entrance to the sea is convenient, in short, the sea covers all minor flaws with your head. The water is at a comfortable temperature, but I don’t advise you to be on the beach from one to four, it’s not really hot, though it’s much better in the evening, there’s no stuffiness like, for example, in Turkey or here in southern Ukraine. The food was standard, of course there is not much variety, but you will not stay hungry either. They mostly ate rice with chicken and fresh vegetables. I didn’t like their beef, and they don’t know how to cook potatoes at all. In the morning there were excellent pastries, but the cakes in the evening have the same name, none at all, ours are much tastier. The local alcohol is not very good, they only drank cold beer in the heat, I don’t understand how you can drink something stronger. There is animation in the hotel, during the day because of the heat we didn’t go anywhere, and in the evening there is something like a show, more like amateur performances, such an amateur. We tried to entertain ourselves, were on a super desert safari and of course visited the islands and swam in the open sea. The staff is generally friendly, we did not notice any rudeness on their part, our small requests and wishes were fulfilled quickly. Vacationers were different, mostly Western Europeans, very few Russian speakers. The territory of the hotel, by the way, is not large, but clean and well-groomed, the pools are also monitored, you can also go to the territory of neighboring hotels for a change. In general, we were quite satisfied with our vacation, the price and quality are quite consistent, we can recommend the hotel for a calm and measured beach holiday on the clear sea.
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