Первый раз в Израиле. First time in Israel.

The last review about this hotel is very negative and is no longer relevant at all, because. he is 4 years old, I will try to rehabilitate this hotel, but I will be objective.
We rested at the Prima Music 4 * hotel in Eilat in mid-November. It turned out that in cold November it was necessary to choose a country in order to fly not very long in time, but it was warm there, because. Egypt fell away immediately (I don’t like Arabs), they remembered Israel and did not regret it.
When choosing a hotel, we were guided by information from the Internet, first we decided on the Eilat area, then specifically with the hotel. Most of the hotels are located in the city center on the northern beach, there is only one beach for so many vacationers, there are also yacht parking, but the beach is completely cleared of corals and urchins, it’s probably more convenient to swim there, but why go to the Red Sea just to swim . There is another beach, which is located on the outskirts of Eilat, it is called Coral, a long coastline, it is not cleared of corals and urchins, there is a rocky and pebbly entry into the water and a lot of marine life. There are only 6 or 7 hotels in this area, among which Prima Music 4 * is the most inexpensive.

The hotel is located on a hill 200 meters from the sea, the beach is across the road, another drawback is the lack of balconies, but that's where the cons end. All rooms have a sea view: the hotel stands perpendicular to the sea, and the pentagonal rooms with a bay window and all the windows of the rooms are deployed parallel to the sea, an original find, very comfortable, the windows are large, open like a compartment. We had a standard double room, the rooms are small but very comfortable, there is an additional sofa, an electric kettle with a tea-coffee-sugar set that is updated daily, a large wardrobe with a lot of hangers and shelves, a free safe, a large plasma TV with a dozen ( ! ) Russian-language channels, mini-bar. The bathroom has everything you need: hair dryer, shampoo, shower gel, body lotion, room cleaning every day with the change of towels and everything that is over, beach towels are provided free of charge and without deposit.
We were afraid for food, because. in Israel it is kosher, but in vain. The food was varied and tasty, it turns out that a breakfast without meat can even be very tasty with a huge number of dishes, you don’t even remember about meat, a dinner of several types of meat and fish dishes, a lot of delicious desserts and fruits, not only seafood and pork, t . to. they do not fall under kosher principles.
About the beach and the sea. We went to the beach of the Reef Hotel, which is opposite our hotel, it should be paid, but we never paid, if you swim to the right, there are even more corals. In mid-November, the Red Sea in Eilat was warm and calm, water temperature +25, air +30. Such weather allowed for hours of snorkeling, looking at marine life, the impressions are the most positive, fish of all sizes and all colors, beauty! For those who want to go deeper, there are diving schools all over the coast.
We went on excursions to Jerusalem and Bethlehem, a very long but eventful trip, we left at 5 am, returned after 11 pm, got into another period of aggravation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, there were additional bus checks at various checkpoints, maybe at another time everything would have passed faster. The landscapes outside the window are peculiar: desert, sandstone, greenery only artificially planted, there was not enough such a pleasant Mediterranean color to the eye. I recommend visiting the oceanarium and the marine underwater observatory, which are located near the hotel on the coral beach.
You can get to the center of Eilat by a free bus (the hotel gives special coupons), but since it runs once an hour, a regular bus is not at all expensive (about 5 shekels or 40 rubles). Despite the difficult political situation in the north of the country, everything was very calm in Eilat, on dark warm evenings we walked along the embankment without any fear and admired the bright lights of Jordan on the other side of the Gulf of Eilat.

In general, I liked Israel, especially the sea, I recommend the hotel, but families without small children because of the beach, the Jews left a good impression, I think we will return to this country.