It is not worth it

Written: 14 november 2011
Travel time: 22 — 29 october 2011
Who does the author recommend the hotel to?: For a relaxing holiday
Your rating of this hotel:
3.0
from 10
Hotel ratings by criteria:
Rooms: 3.0
Service: 8.0
Cleanliness: 4.0
Food: 8.0
Amenities: 1.0
"In the dry residue"

- low combination of price / quality of accommodation in a hotel: room furnishings, condition of premises and common facilities, minor household inconveniences.
- weak support service for a highly isolated hotel: free transport to the "centre" for the stubborn, poor animation.
- negative external factors: aircraft noise; operating excavators in the surrounding area.
- undeveloped tourist infrastructure: there is simply nothing within walking distance; only minimal variety within a five minute drive.

+ good quality food.
+ friendly and helpful staff (especially Russian-speaking).
+ large beach, first line; good sea view.
+ pseudo-difficulties only unite : )

This is followed by a set of moderately emotional impressions in the form of theses. Bonus for consuming products of a creative attack - tips for vacationers.
For people allergic to sarcasm, I recommend that you immediately follow the last paragraph.

"Pros and cons"


The depreciation of fixed assets does not correspond well to the ambitions embodied in the logo of the Leonardo Plaza Hotel - an Italian man of ideal proportions with the obvious authorship of the creator of the Renaissance. Doors and furniture shamelessly reveal evidence of forced entry and battles over the contents of the minibar. The carpet looks like a big top arena after an anniversary world tour. Plumbing completely fell into decadence, in places pouring out streams of tears at unexpected angles.

Of particular entomological interest are solitary insects, extremely surprised by the new neighborhood in the condominium.
The pleasant hum of ventilation, pumps and kitchen equipment makes the atmosphere in the room more comfortable for a city dweller who is afraid of drowning in the ringing silence of the desert.
Separately, I would like to thank the Israeli Air Force for the regular flights of combat jet vehicles along the coast at an extremely low altitude. This saves you from the risk of over-relaxing on vacation. And at the same time it helps the functioning of the digestive organs, working to remove by-products from the body. Synergy on the move.

Basketball rings and a volleyball net should not mislead the guests of the boarding house - this is nothing more than a prop for photography, which does not imply the availability of equipment either for free or for rent.

The climax of insanity is a rotten, tattered awning on a metal structure located in the center of the permitted bathing area. Swimming does not interfere, but delivers monstrous aesthetic discomfort. Together with elderly guests drifting nearby in crooked poses, the object turns into an art installation, reminiscent of the frailty of life.
A sudden spoonful of honey in a proverbial barrel of tar. The inner courtyard of the hotel pleases with a wide green lawn with palm trees. Half-wild cats frolic among them, staring at especially weak and lonely pensioners with a bad gleam in their eyes.

The announced free shuttle buses on the "hotel-center" route operate on a flexible schedule, which allows the driver to interpret the "every hour" principle, depending on the mood and driving style. Identification marks, informative plates and awareness of the route guide are poorly visible or absent. All of the above gives a great chance to go on the "official" transport to marvelous ebony.


Of course, there are a number of higher-level hotels on the coast in the heart of the resort area (Isrotel, Marriot, etc. ). But most of them are located across the road from the main center of attraction - the sea itself.
Regular buses rush along the road, not to mention tourist and passenger transport.

The weakness of the resort infrastructure does not imply the presence of a pharmacy, a good selection of restaurants and cafes. Most of the space in the "center" is allocated for the sale of incredibly healing salt, mud and cosmetics based on their combination in different proportions.

"Last Paragraph"

If the call of the Judean mountains and the thirst for minerals in the steep brine outshine any inconvenience, a couple of tips:

1. check in on Saturday, when the hotel has more empty rooms and you can try to change the room if you were not lucky the first time. Particularly unlucky with the extreme numbers in the left wing from the entrance - the industrial noise from the outside is pretty annoying.

2. do not waste time and go to the "center" and back on paid mini-buses "for fife shekels per person".

3.
take all the necessary medicines with you: the nearest kosher Jewish pharmacy (by prescription) and a semi-legal Arabic one (expensive and underweight tablets) in the mountain town of Arad, which is 30 km away.

4. You can save on a hotel and stay in Arad in a private hotel, but you will have to spend half an hour there and the same amount back along the serpentine. That's another attraction.

5. network catering establishments in the "center", with a guarantee of an average level of nutrition, moderate spending and unpretentious service: Café Café ; McDonalds.

6. if you take not a regular, but an additional excursion to Jerusalem, all the advantages of a mini-group will open (you need to check with the representative of the operator).

7. Drink pomegranate juice in reserve in the center of Jerusalem. In the "center" on the coast, it is twice as expensive.
Translated automatically from Russian. View original