It takes 5-10 minutes to walk to the beach on the territory of a sister hotel, the path is planted with greenery, so it is quite comfortable. You can approach the administrator at the front desk - and you will be taken to the beach in a car. The entrance to the sea is a gently sloping sandy beach, it is convenient to relax with small children, and it is comfortable to swim - further deeper. The beach is in the bay - there are no big waves, there is no need for special shoes. On the beach there is a bar with drinks and the waiter regularly passes with an offer to bring something to drink.
The pool also has a bar, and you can sit at the counter without leaving the water - there are chairs in the water. Slides work on schedule, there is a Jacuzzi. During our holiday there were few people - there were enough free sun loungers everywhere - both on the beach and near the pool.
Very good and varied cuisine, the waiters and chefs are smiling and the service is at a high level.
Dinner was sometimes in the same restaurant as breakfast and lunch, sometimes - on the street in a restaurant with a multi-level terrace, edged with openwork lanterns - very beautiful. In general, the territory of the hotel is very well-groomed and with a harmonious design, beautiful illumination in the evening.
There is animation - exercises and water aerobics on the beach, during the day there are also events, in the evening there is always a children's disco and then a show - the program changes every day, artists are invited, we went several times - always spectacular and interesting. Animators speak Russian. Judging by the homemade crowns at the children's dinner, there is also a children's mini-club, it just wasn't relevant for us)
To the left of the hotel along the promenade, about 15 minutes walk, there is a two-story Cleopatra Bazar shopping center with fixed prices, before buying something from street vendors, you should look at the prices there, something can be bought cheaper and in shops, but the order of prices is something like this, at least there will be something to point to.
One of the criteria when choosing a hotel was the last renovation in 2018-2019, so the first shock occurred when checking into the room, which turned out to be dirty, dusty, without signs of repair, with old, dusty and creaking furniture, traces of dirt on the walls and even on picture that hung in the room. Bathtub with toilet in terrible condition, old tiles, cracked bathtub, unkempt old renovation with traces of brown paint on the walls. The next day, after tense negotiations with the hotel staff, along with other indignant tourists who came with us on the same day, the room was replaced with a larger room with less noticeable signs of wear, but in general this did not affect the impression of the hotel, since none of what kind of renovation IN THE ROOMS is out of the question.
The air conditioners are very noisy, it was impossible for us or the children to sleep. Since the room is hot at night, we slept with the door open, everyone was bitten by mosquitoes and the children had severe allergic reactions. It was not possible to install the mosquito fumigator in the room that we brought with us, as the sockets in our room are not correctly installed (sideways), which does not allow the fumigator to be installed in the correct position. One socket turned out to be normal, but it was located at the head of the head, which precludes the use of a fumigator for safety reasons. As a result, I had to sleep in the heat with the door closed to the street without air conditioning.
Cleaning in the room for 11 days was sweeping sand and correcting blankets. The bed for 11 days did not change at all, despite the appeal to the staff, towels were sometimes added. Beach towels can only be changed by the staff who clean the room.
In a room for 2 adults and 2 children in 35 degree heat you are entitled to 1 bottle of water 1.5 liters per day and then when they come to clean the room. You will not find bottled water on the territory of the hotel, you will have to run with glasses to a bar or fill a bottle in a restaurant, which is extremely inconvenient.
We used the pools exactly one day, since all the days we witnessed how the hotel staff cleaned the sun loungers and tiles near the pool in the morning. With a white bucket of unknown origin and purity, they simply collected water from the pool, incl. and children, and sprinkled on deck chairs and tiles, and then rubbed it all with a mop. Despite the fact that there is a vertical shower nearby, where water can be drawn directly from the tap. Not to mention that cleaning equipment must be appropriate.
The tables in the restaurant are sticky, so more than once I had to tear off the plate. Table mats, on which clean cutlery is placed on top, are sticky, with crumbs left over, sometimes simply cleaned with used napkins. It was a shock to us how unhygienic it is to put clean appliances on them. A napkin is issued for the entire meal ONE per person !! ! There are no napkins anywhere else. The clothes of the waiters and staff from the kitchen are untidy.
The big disappointment was the beach, which is located behind the fence NEAR THE CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION and the complete reconstruction of the first line of the hotel, during which equipment works and makes noise during the day, dust rises, workers walk. You also have to walk along this fence all the way to the beach, since the entire territory of the first line is fenced and closed. The sunbeds and umbrellas are old, the beach bar is mediocre.
Separately, I would like to point out the situation with food, namely with its quality. There were 4 of us and all of us had problems with the digestive tract every day for 11 days: diarrhea, stomach pain, vomiting, fever. The husband and child had severe food poisoning, both from food from the main restaurant and from the summer pizza bar. Almost from the first days we ate only rice, pure spaghetti and some mild soups, since everything else was either too spicy or unsuitable for taste. For children, especially small ones, it is very difficult to find food, since even ordinary potatoes and bananas are of disgusting quality. We didn’t drink alcohol at all, brushed our teeth only with bottled water, and didn’t even take drinks with ice. Since a visit to the doctor at the hotel costs decent money, we had to save ourselves with medicines bought at a pharmacy near the hotel.
In the hotel, the grass is treated with some kind of chemistry that the children had to breathe while playing on the playground. In addition, there were inconveniences during the evening fumigation of the territory from mosquitoes, when the stench of exhaust gases from the car that went around the territory stood for another 10 minutes.
Upon departure, given the long journey home and the presence of small children, we ordered a lunch to go with us in advance, since the departure from the hotel was at 7 am. But neither in the morning at the reception desk, nor by contacting the receptionist again before the transfer arrived for us, we never received it.
Of the positive moments, I can only name the renovation of the hotel territory, cleaning the territory itself (except for the facts described above), a gentle entrance to the sea on the beach, the good-natured attitude of the hotel staff, including animators, towards children, the location of the hotel near the tourist promenade and the opportunity to walk and visit shops and pharmacies.
The sea is super, not shallow, gradually gradually to a depth, protective shoes were not used, the bottom is normal, there are stones, but not critical. There are enough places on the beach itself, normal sunbeds, the beach is cleaned. There is a beach restaurant where you can dine. With fish and the underwater world, it’s not very good here, we took a boat trip from the locals on about. Utopia, yes, it’s cool, the corals are beautiful, the fish, and what kind of sand on the island is white and soft. This excursion is from inexpensive, but very cool in terms of impressions. We had our own masks, but they were given free to everyone who wanted to, we only took fins, and I also took a vest. Thanks to the local company TibaTour for a great trip and an adequate price. The site has all the contacts for communication.
The territory is small, beautiful and well-groomed, there are many flowering plants, they didn’t swim in the pools, the ox cools down during the night, as it’s pretty cool for me. There are water slides, we are not interested in principle, but the water is also cool there.
On nutrition, I can say without comment, even the breakfasts pleased, they cook deliciously and fresh products, it’s clear that everyone hasn’t tried it, it’s not real, there is always a choice, in my opinion you can please everyone. For me, the main thing is meat and fruits, everything is ok with this, pastries and desserts were all beautiful and appetizing in appearance, but I am eating a figure)), I tried a little tasty, but high in calories)). Of the fruits were oranges, guava, two kinds of dates, melon.
The service is good, the waiters and cooks are attentive, the dishes are cleaned quickly. In bars, bartenders are friendly, for a small tip they will remember preferences and serve you quickly and with a smile. A lot of tourists from Germany rested in our period, they always give tips and of course the staff is trying for them and this is normal, I don’t blame at all, as they say “he who pays the one who orders the music”, the salary of the staff is small, and the tip is a good help . The staff is wonderful, everyone greets, smiles, ask how you relax. Cleaning in the room is good and the room itself, too, arranged for us, on the 2nd floor. garden view. Water is brought daily, only when settling 2 bottles, then one at a time, it was enough. The hotel is suitable for a relaxing holiday, we are satisfied, price-quality ratio.
The food is standard, meat, poultry, vegetables, fruits, pastries, only artificial juices.
We took excursions from a local guide, his name is Mof Landius, we found him on social networks, they have Landius Tours, a very professional team, they told us about all their offers, we chose trips to Luxor and Cairo. Great trip, I really enjoyed it, informative and interesting. Moth told a lot about this country and traditions. We liked it very much, took another walk along the Nile. A very mysterious country, with strange and incomprehensible traditions for us.
The animation in the hotel is also not bad, I liked everything, during the day volleyball, dancing, and in the evenings the most beautiful, exciting shows.
In general, if you do not pay attention to minor disadvantages, in general, everything is fine. The main mood is to rest, and not to look for minuses in the hotel.
IMPORTANT! The hotel focuses more on tourists from Europe (the Arabs themselves even talk about this), because not all the staff understand Russian. About 80% of the guests are German speakers.
1) Numbers. They settled quickly, they did not ask for money. The furniture is old but well maintained. Generally speaking, comfort is felt. The room was on the 3rd floor overlooking the pools, a beautiful view. Also, 2 bottles of water are given upon check-in and 1 every subsequent day. Of the minuses - a noisy refrigerator and climate control.
2) Cleaning every day. Change of towels and linen. Wet cleaning of the room was also. The dopinder was given a dollar every other day, he was quite pleased with himself.
3) The hotel guide, according to the standard, tried to sell excursions at 3 expensive. Never, under any circumstances, agree, since there are many companies on the Internet that specialize in this (we took from tiba-tour, do not take it for advertising).
4) The pools are clean, big enough to accommodate a dozen people. The territory is well-groomed and without shops, there are no annoying sellers. Every morning and evening, the staff watered.
5) The staff can be seen to be tired, but honestly did their job. Pranksters bartenders and asking: “Maybe I can get you something to drink? ” the waiters in the dining room mean something.
6) It would be nice to update the interior of the dining room, but you pay attention to something else there? . Eda is excellent, diverse. During the whole holiday there were no problems with the stomach. Anyone who wants to can change the diet every day. There is no pork at all and I do not recommend trying their sausage. The bar is freely available, they pour it without sparing.
7) Go to the sea for about 5 minutes through the main building. Windy, but this is Hurghada. The beach is made in the form of a bay, sometimes greenery was nailed from blooming algae. There was one problem - people from the first line hotel got up almost at dawn and took the most comfortable sunbeds, and then calmly went to have breakfast. Aquashoes will be needed only for those who want to walk away from the main beach for corals and snorkeling.
8) Animation only in the main hotel. Every day at 21:30. Also, during the day, people were invited to active events by the sea: zumba, stretching, volleyball, etc.
9) They didn’t suffer with Wi-Fi, but immediately took a local operator’s card at the airport for $ 7 for 4Gb. The network was always and everywhere.
As a result - the hotel is a solid 4, and in some places even better. You can easily recommend to friends.
The room was cleaned daily, there are no complaints about the room or cleaning. (Checking in, they changed the room, because we got a completely smoky room by the previous tenants, they changed it reluctantly, they were playing for time, but without additional payments).
The hotel is certainly not new, but there are no special comments because of this.
The beach is good, they went into the water barefoot, without special shoes. Sometimes in the morning there were jellyfish, not very lively, true, but they were still alarming, the hotel staff caught them and cleaned them up, so there was nothing to worry about. We went for a walk to neighboring hotels and concluded that the beach in this hotel is the most well-groomed.
The food is varied, there was always a choice of meat, side dishes, salads. It seemed not enough fruit. I didn’t drink local alcohol in its pure form at all (in my opinion, the mash is still the same), but in the form of cocktails it’s still somehow possible.
I don't want to write about the staff. The only thing at the reception was a Russian girl Lyubov, very pleasant, she asked us how things were going, if there were any questions, and if there were any, she answered and explained everything.
I counted 4 pools, but I could be wrong. Three pools of different depths are located between the main building and the beach, the fourth deepest separately. The hotel does not have its own water park and slides, but you can go to the next one. Very beautiful from afar the pool flows into the sea)
The animation did its best, but there were catastrophically few people and it was difficult to organize something. But they tried very hard, well done! The enthusiasm of the guys wagon))) the most wonderful thing in this hotel is the "do not disturb" flag, which saved from annoying distributors of various services (I don't like it terribly).
P. S. there is no point in staying in a hotel for 10 days
In general, the hotel is beautiful, the area is large and also beautiful, the beach is good, there is where to walk. Suitable for a relaxing holiday.
The hotel area is small but very well maintained. The hotel is essentially on the second line, although it was sold to us as the first line, but it is only 5 minutes walk to the sea through a narrow and quiet one-way road through a beautiful garden through the main Grand Plaza 5 *. Those living on the second line can use the beach, infrastructure and bars on the territory of the first line (but not the restaurant).
2 pools, 1 of them heated, just right for the winter, there are 3 water slides that didn't work just a couple of times. There is nothing interesting to the right of the hotel, but on the left there are various cafes, souvenir shops and shops, it is very pleasant to walk along it in the evening, unless of course annoying Egyptian sellers scare you.
Nutrition. The food is wonderful for a 4-ki, there were seafood 2-3 times, not in all 5, and of course there were all sorts of cakes, there were fruits, but not much, there was even ice cream in the bar during the day, there were no queues, everything was delicious, except for drinks , but it's like that almost everywhere, yupi. I can’t say about alcohol, I didn’t drink, but my husband said it was weak and they poured it only from 11.00 to 00.00.
The beach is clean. The sea is clean, but there is no living creatures, we went on excursions with a mask to swim, for fun, you could take a boat or a catamaran for free for 30 minutes. a day and go for a ride, there were always enough sunbeds on the beach.
Tours were purchased from a local guide. Nice guy, knowledgeable guide. We have something to compare, believe me. They ordered from him a trip on ATVs through the desert, a horse ride, an excursion to Luxor.
Grand Plaza is ideal for a relaxing and measured holiday. Recommended for large families and young couples!