Interesting holiday

Written: 16 may 2011
Travel time: 1 — 12 may 2011
Your rating of this hotel:
7.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 7.0
Service: 7.0
Cleanliness: 8.0
Food: 7.0
Amenities: 7.0
Rested in Isrotel Sport Club 4 * from 01.05 to 12.05. 2011
The hotel is located on the second line, but very close to the sea. True, you will have to cross the road with one-way traffic. We bought a standard room, but then we read on the Internet that some of these rooms come without balconies. When we arrived at the hotel, we were offered to pay $15 per night for a room with a balcony and a sea view. We did not even think and agreed. The room was on the 8th floor with a very nice sea view. The only downside was there was no safe. A safe box can be ordered at the reception for free. You will be given a key and when you need you can come there and put something or take something. About theft even in the rooms we were warned immediately, so be careful. Yes, you can only communicate with the reception in Hebrew or English. The room had a tea set (kettle, mugs, sugar, coffee and tea). We boiled water in a kettle, although they say that you can also drink from a tap. The room was cleaned in different ways, sometimes good, sometimes so-so, different cleaners.
The food was good, but monotonous. After five days, the food began to bother. You can eat dairy products safely, they are of very good quality. In the morning there were porridge, which was also very pleased. Soups are delicious!! ! The meat is mostly chicken, of various preparations. In general, the quality of products in Israel is monitored. On Independence Day, they held it on May 9 at the hotel staged a concert and buffet. And in the evening there were fireworks, very beautiful. There is a supermarket next to the hotel. You can buy a lot there. And clothes and food. Try the local ice cream (not in the hotel) very tasty. The hotel has ice cream by the pool during the day. There are 3 pools and one of them (1.0-1.6 m) was very often closed. Swimming competitions were often held in the large pool. At 18 o'clock they start to kick everyone out of the water. Children's pool under a canopy, very thought out. There is a playground right next to it. Animation only in Hebrew, sorry!!!!

The beaches are urban, they do not shine with cleanliness. Move only in shoes, glass comes across Sunbeds cost 15 shakes. You don't pay for an umbrella. All drinks on the beach are paid. The first day we went to that beach. which is to the right, then they began to go to the one to the left. It's better to get into the water. There are enough sun loungers, but at the peak of the influx of tourists it was necessary to sit very far from the water. Then the people subsided and the beaches were empty. And the locals moved out of the hotel and the quality of food and service deteriorated.
The water is lovely, clean and transparent 21-22 degrees. This temperature is due to cold currents all year round. In the evening you can take a walk along the promenade. There are no special shops, only a shopping center in the center of Eilat. It can be reached along the promenade. All prices are high. Water is expensive, with our money it starts from 50 rubles..... In general, all entertainment is also expensive. Nearby there is King Solomon for two, they gave 213 shakes (1 adult + 1 child), while we were given tickets for 6 attractions. There is not much to do inside. The child rode on the street on the rides. By the end of the trip, we gathered at the underwater observatory. I advise you to go there! 3 tickets (2 adults + 1 child) with a glass bottom boat and a cinema (a movie about a shark 20-25 minutes) cost about $ 100. You can buy tickets there from the aunt in the hotel. She speaks some Russian. Taxi to the observatory is about 40-47 sheiks. We were also in Jerusalem, on the Dead Sea, in Tel Aviv. But I will write a separate article about this.
Host Travellux. The representative was seen once, a certain Vera. I didn’t bring anything and I wrote about all the excursions from her words under dictation, asking 10 times. She left her phone number, and wrote the time of departure to the airport. Her prices for excursions are expensive. Jerusalem $150 per person, Dead Sea as well. On the beaches, private traders sell for $110.
The airport warned that the screening will be more thorough than at the time of arrival. Before the start of the interview, there are queues and the uncle asks what kind of composition you eat, how much luggage, and then he already says to whom you should go next. We were lucky the interrogation was simple and not complicated who was packing things? Were there strangers around at the time? Did someone ask you to send something? Did you leave luggage somewhere?

If you have a Jordanian or UAE visa in your passport, then the interrogation will be more thorough. The luggage of single girls is checked all, without hesitation. I advise you not to put dirt far, they can check it. Have a good rest and new impressions!! !
Translated automatically from Russian. View original