Well, before writing my review, I read the previous ones and don’t agree too much. Beach. Pros: clean sand, large umbrellas, large distance between umbrellas, view of skyscrapers, good entry into the water. Well, that’s basically it, there’s basically enough space to reach the buoys, nothing will bite your legs, you don’t need swimming goggles or masks, I’d wear rubber slippers.
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Well, before writing my review, I read the previous ones and don’t agree too much.
Beach. Pros: clean sand, large umbrellas, large distance between umbrellas, view of skyscrapers, good entry into the water. Well, that’s basically it, there’s basically enough space to reach the buoys, nothing will bite your legs, you don’t need swimming goggles or masks, I’d wear rubber slippers.
Disadvantages: the umbrellas are very high (you will have to move the sunbeds all day to catch the shadow, and this is another pleasure), not everyone understands that if you occupy the sunbeds around the umbrella, then the shadow from it is also yours, you will still have to fight for it) )), well, there are very few sunbeds and umbrellas. If you want to be by the water, get up early; if you don’t want to get up early, there will always be places by the pool (no joke).
Food. (we took meals according to the breakfast + dinner system).
Pros: I left full, spent a full 9 days - 2 times I got crabs, 1 time oysters, sushi was served with strange frequency (2 days there was food, 2 days no), and if there was a kebab, then the meat was delicious, there were nuts, honeycombs, dor blue cheese is always in stock. Well, that’s probably all there is to it.
Cons: Apart from what I listed above, there is almost nothing to eat. The choice is sooooo small and scarce. A lot of different Indian cuisine and all sorts of strange stuff. A bunch of pots that you open, close and move on to the same incomprehensible pan. Almost all soups are terrible, out of 7 different ones, I probably ate 2. All sorts of steamed vegetables, chicken in all sorts of sauces, in short, terrible.
Desserts are a separate issue, almost everything is inedible, I, as a sweet tooth, had nothing to eat, thank you, at least they sometimes gave me sorbet. I didn’t like anything except all the baklava.
Fruits - I eat only watermelons and melon, often the watermelon is overripe, the melon is in small pieces, and for the last 3 days the variety has become tasteless. In short, disappointment.
A separate topic is drinks)))) When you take a table, the waiter runs up and asks what we will drink) So))) in the morning only tea and coffee, and in the evening only water and soda))) the rest is only for money! I'm not kidding, that's how it is)))
The topic of beer in a bar is a separate one, I learned about it in advance, so there is no point in classifying it as a disadvantage, but still, 15 bucks for half a liter of beer is beyond good.
The salad section is still a disappointment; I used spinach leaves and chopped cucumbers. The rest is inedible.
I haven’t eaten sushi, I don’t really like it, although I happily eat it at home. My wife really liked it.
In short, in such a hotel and in such a city I expected more.
Service. Pros: they always smile, try to help, run up, ask, bring.
Cons: sometimes they are sooooo intrusive, almost to the point of madness.
Well, it’s unpleasant for me when I’m eating and in my peripheral vision I catch the glance of a waiter who is trying to snatch an empty plate from me (I understand that the manager forces them to do this, but there is a limit to everything, I caught myself thinking that I’m taking my eyes off them in order to once again I wasn't bothered). We drive on, the waiters don’t take notes, they often forget, you start telling them the whole list, they only bring the last items (apparently those that they remember)). Another case, they forgot to bring me Mirinda, I’m not a proud person - I got up and went to the bar to get it, bodies directly blocked my way, they said: why are you rushing here? I speak for Mirinda! We will bring it to you! Why should I bring it if I already came for it myself? I picked it up and carried it)))))
The second case - the beach opens at 7-00, this is the time when the green flag is raised, although at 6-00 the sunbeds are already all occupied, at 6-45 I decided to swim, the beach boy shouts to me: You can’t swim - there is no lifeguard yet. And the water was completely calm and it was unrealistic to drown there.
After much debate, my wife finally convinced me not to go into the water, but at 7:02 the red flag was still hanging. I showed him my watch and waved my hand, and with all my appearance showed that I was running into the water, he already laughed at me and watched me do the swim.
Well, in general - judge for yourself what is better: indifference or overprotection beyond common sense? !
Numbers. Pros: large, clean, there are 4 bottles of water, a coffee machine, 6 capsules for it and 6 tea bags, replenished every day.
Cons: TV is terrible. The channels there are naturally only Arabic. I went to youtube only using folk ingenuity, and then it froze every 20 minutes, due to the fact that the TV has a weak processor. It reads the flash drive, and the laptop also connects to it via HDMI. So before going to bed I watched movies and entertainment programs. But it’s cringe to put restrictions on the TV in the room for crazy money)))
At first there were 2 robes, then only 1 was left, apparently due to the lack of tips)))) shame))
City: I wouldn’t say that there is really something to watch)))) videos on youtube are much more colorful than the real thing))) But the very cheap and accessible Uber taxi smooths out the disadvantages. Also, in one of the nearest malls we bought beer for 1 buck, non-alcoholic, but still, I love it for the taste and not for the intoxication (also no joke), we bought beer for all days. There is simply nothing to see in the old market of Doha) you will be saturated with the color of the city, but there is simply nothing to buy there))))
Would I recommend my friends to go here? ! Well, most likely yes, there are probably more advantages. You spend 80% of your time on the beach in the shade listening to your favorite music brought from home)))
Beach. Pros: clean sand, large umbrellas, large distance between umbrellas, view of skyscrapers, good entry into the water. Well, that’s basically it, there’s basically enough space to reach the buoys, nothing will bite your legs, you don’t need swimming goggles or masks, I’d wear rubber slippers.
Disadvantages: the umbrellas are very high (you will have to move the sunbeds all day to catch the shadow, and this is another pleasure), not everyone understands that if you occupy the sunbeds around the umbrella, then the shadow from it is also yours, you will still have to fight for it) )), well, there are very few sunbeds and umbrellas. If you want to be by the water, get up early; if you don’t want to get up early, there will always be places by the pool (no joke).
Food. (we took meals according to the breakfast + dinner system).
Pros: I left full, spent a full 9 days - 2 times I got crabs, 1 time oysters, sushi was served with strange frequency (2 days there was food, 2 days no), and if there was a kebab, then the meat was delicious, there were nuts, honeycombs, dor blue cheese is always in stock. Well, that’s probably all there is to it.
Cons: Apart from what I listed above, there is almost nothing to eat. The choice is sooooo small and scarce. A lot of different Indian cuisine and all sorts of strange stuff. A bunch of pots that you open, close and move on to the same incomprehensible pan. Almost all soups are terrible, out of 7 different ones, I probably ate 2. All sorts of steamed vegetables, chicken in all sorts of sauces, in short, terrible.
Desserts are a separate issue, almost everything is inedible, I, as a sweet tooth, had nothing to eat, thank you, at least they sometimes gave me sorbet. I didn’t like anything except all the baklava.
Fruits - I eat only watermelons and melon, often the watermelon is overripe, the melon is in small pieces, and for the last 3 days the variety has become tasteless. In short, disappointment.
A separate topic is drinks)))) When you take a table, the waiter runs up and asks what we will drink) So))) in the morning only tea and coffee, and in the evening only water and soda))) the rest is only for money! I'm not kidding, that's how it is)))
The topic of beer in a bar is a separate one, I learned about it in advance, so there is no point in classifying it as a disadvantage, but still, 15 bucks for half a liter of beer is beyond good.
The salad section is still a disappointment; I used spinach leaves and chopped cucumbers. The rest is inedible.
I haven’t eaten sushi, I don’t really like it, although I happily eat it at home. My wife really liked it.
In short, in such a hotel and in such a city I expected more.
Service. Pros: they always smile, try to help, run up, ask, bring.
Cons: sometimes they are sooooo intrusive, almost to the point of madness.
Well, it’s unpleasant for me when I’m eating and in my peripheral vision I catch the glance of a waiter who is trying to snatch an empty plate from me (I understand that the manager forces them to do this, but there is a limit to everything, I caught myself thinking that I’m taking my eyes off them in order to once again I wasn't bothered). We drive on, the waiters don’t take notes, they often forget, you start telling them the whole list, they only bring the last items (apparently those that they remember)). Another case, they forgot to bring me Mirinda, I’m not a proud person - I got up and went to the bar to get it, bodies directly blocked my way, they said: why are you rushing here? I speak for Mirinda! We will bring it to you! Why should I bring it if I already came for it myself? I picked it up and carried it)))))
The second case - the beach opens at 7-00, this is the time when the green flag is raised, although at 6-00 the sunbeds are already all occupied, at 6-45 I decided to swim, the beach boy shouts to me: You can’t swim - there is no lifeguard yet. And the water was completely calm and it was unrealistic to drown there.
After much debate, my wife finally convinced me not to go into the water, but at 7:02 the red flag was still hanging. I showed him my watch and waved my hand, and with all my appearance showed that I was running into the water, he already laughed at me and watched me do the swim.
Well, in general - judge for yourself what is better: indifference or overprotection beyond common sense? !
Numbers. Pros: large, clean, there are 4 bottles of water, a coffee machine, 6 capsules for it and 6 tea bags, replenished every day.
Cons: TV is terrible. The channels there are naturally only Arabic. I went to youtube only using folk ingenuity, and then it froze every 20 minutes, due to the fact that the TV has a weak processor. It reads the flash drive, and the laptop also connects to it via HDMI. So before going to bed I watched movies and entertainment programs. But it’s cringe to put restrictions on the TV in the room for crazy money)))
At first there were 2 robes, then only 1 was left, apparently due to the lack of tips)))) shame))
City: I wouldn’t say that there is really something to watch)))) videos on youtube are much more colorful than the real thing))) But the very cheap and accessible Uber taxi smooths out the disadvantages. Also, in one of the nearest malls we bought beer for 1 buck, non-alcoholic, but still, I love it for the taste and not for the intoxication (also no joke), we bought beer for all days. There is simply nothing to see in the old market of Doha) you will be saturated with the color of the city, but there is simply nothing to buy there))))
Would I recommend my friends to go here? ! Well, most likely yes, there are probably more advantages. You spend 80% of your time on the beach in the shade listening to your favorite music brought from home)))
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I noticed the hotel, thanks to the author of the previous and very detailed review. I realized that we need it at the InterContinental Doha Hotel on the beach. You can read more about our vacation in my story. They arrived in the evening. The hotel sparkled with luxury and chic. We were greeted with warmth and smiles.
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I noticed the hotel, thanks to the author of the previous and very detailed review. I realized that we need it at the InterContinental Doha Hotel on the beach.
You can read more about our vacation in my story.
They arrived in the evening. The hotel sparkled with luxury and chic. We were greeted with warmth and smiles. We passed the check through metal detectors, took away the kitchen knife in the case and put it in the safe before our departure. In the evening, there are no Russian speakers at the reception, but our knowledge of English was enough for a quick settlement. They asked for a deposit, banknotes older than 2009 are not accepted.
They issued 2 cards from the Superior room No. 603 on the 6th floor, overlooking the city and a little bit of the bay. There is no balcony.
The room is more than spacious, clean and beautiful! And most importantly - complete silence! Everything is comfortable, the bed is snow-white and very soft, on a huge, simply royal bed. But for my son, an extra bed, well, what a squeaky horror (The room has a huge and spacious closet. The bathroom is also large, there is everything you need. Towels are snow-white, soft and fragrant, of different sizes, 4 pieces each. Drinking water is added as needed. Tea and coffee pods refilled daily Minibar stocked but for a fee There is a safe, iron and ironing board Plenty of sockets making them easy to use Just a weird location No sockets in the bathroom and hallway near the mirrors! I found an outlet under the table!! ! and to turn on the hair dryer, you have to crawl under the table!... that's not so bad. . . you have to dry your hair almost lying down, otherwise the cord won't reach(((And laughter and sin, thought. . .
WI-FI throughout is not even bad, only intermittently on the beach.
I'm going to the beach. Towels are issued under the room number, huge and you can take more than one. We were unlucky with the weather in January, the wind and the sea are cold. But "beachboy" every morning adequately placed ashtrays at each umbrella. Cleaned the sand and washed the sun loungers. Everywhere is very clean and tidy. A lifeguard and security in one person is always on duty, even if there are practically no vacationers and no one swims. Service button on the umbrella stand. The pool is the same. There are a lot of sun loungers and tables for them, enough for everyone. There is a gym, a children's playroom and a small playground.
Well, the restaurant is generally above all praise. Service and maintenance is excellent, everything works smoothly, without too much fuss.
Food is a foodie's dream! Coffee, my favorite "double espresso visa hot milk" fragrant and very tasty, is served every morning at no extra charge. Juices are fresh and delicious. There are a lot of pastries, fruits and vegetables. Breakfasts are the same.
In the morning you do not have to stand in line for an omelet, just order your dish, call the table number and they will bring it to you. I called the dinners "guzzling" sorry, but everything is so fresh and tasty that even after trying a little bit I already overate ( Sushi, very decent, was served at a separate counter every evening. There is a lot of everything, everything is clean and beautiful. Sweets, my weakness , in general, works of art of a local confectioner. Drinks, any, at dinner are very expensive!
Respect to the waiters, they remembered our tastes and wishes from the first time.
The contingent of guests at the hotel is diverse, but mostly foreigners, there are very few Russian speakers. Many stayed for 2-3 days.
There were also ours. . . from Ukraine. . . honestly? ashamed of the nation.
To light music....in an elegant restaurant... dress code... romantic atmosphere... here he is....a guest in a tracksuit, elbow above his head with a phone in his hand to his ear... communicates to the whole hall on the phone, loudly saying that he was in Qatar and how expensive beer was here!
There is nothing interesting outside the hotel. To the metro station 5-7 minutes on foot, and very budget get to almost anywhere in Doha. In the near future, 3 more lines will open. Taxis can be taken at the entrance of the hotel, inexpensive and convenient.
From the hotel to the main attractions, and to the nearest mall, a free minibus takes time. The schedule can be obtained from the reception. Everything is thought out.
If we return, we will definitely return to this hotel, everything was very pleasant!
Anyone who loves to travel and explore different countries, Qatar is a must visit! Until ours come in large numbers! )))
You can read more about our vacation in my story.
They arrived in the evening. The hotel sparkled with luxury and chic. We were greeted with warmth and smiles. We passed the check through metal detectors, took away the kitchen knife in the case and put it in the safe before our departure. In the evening, there are no Russian speakers at the reception, but our knowledge of English was enough for a quick settlement. They asked for a deposit, banknotes older than 2009 are not accepted.
They issued 2 cards from the Superior room No. 603 on the 6th floor, overlooking the city and a little bit of the bay. There is no balcony.
The room is more than spacious, clean and beautiful! And most importantly - complete silence! Everything is comfortable, the bed is snow-white and very soft, on a huge, simply royal bed. But for my son, an extra bed, well, what a squeaky horror (The room has a huge and spacious closet. The bathroom is also large, there is everything you need. Towels are snow-white, soft and fragrant, of different sizes, 4 pieces each. Drinking water is added as needed. Tea and coffee pods refilled daily Minibar stocked but for a fee There is a safe, iron and ironing board Plenty of sockets making them easy to use Just a weird location No sockets in the bathroom and hallway near the mirrors! I found an outlet under the table!! ! and to turn on the hair dryer, you have to crawl under the table!... that's not so bad. . . you have to dry your hair almost lying down, otherwise the cord won't reach(((And laughter and sin, thought. . .
WI-FI throughout is not even bad, only intermittently on the beach.
I'm going to the beach. Towels are issued under the room number, huge and you can take more than one. We were unlucky with the weather in January, the wind and the sea are cold. But "beachboy" every morning adequately placed ashtrays at each umbrella. Cleaned the sand and washed the sun loungers. Everywhere is very clean and tidy. A lifeguard and security in one person is always on duty, even if there are practically no vacationers and no one swims. Service button on the umbrella stand. The pool is the same. There are a lot of sun loungers and tables for them, enough for everyone. There is a gym, a children's playroom and a small playground.
Well, the restaurant is generally above all praise. Service and maintenance is excellent, everything works smoothly, without too much fuss.
Food is a foodie's dream! Coffee, my favorite "double espresso visa hot milk" fragrant and very tasty, is served every morning at no extra charge. Juices are fresh and delicious. There are a lot of pastries, fruits and vegetables. Breakfasts are the same.
In the morning you do not have to stand in line for an omelet, just order your dish, call the table number and they will bring it to you. I called the dinners "guzzling" sorry, but everything is so fresh and tasty that even after trying a little bit I already overate ( Sushi, very decent, was served at a separate counter every evening. There is a lot of everything, everything is clean and beautiful. Sweets, my weakness , in general, works of art of a local confectioner. Drinks, any, at dinner are very expensive!
Respect to the waiters, they remembered our tastes and wishes from the first time.
The contingent of guests at the hotel is diverse, but mostly foreigners, there are very few Russian speakers. Many stayed for 2-3 days.
There were also ours. . . from Ukraine. . . honestly? ashamed of the nation.
To light music....in an elegant restaurant... dress code... romantic atmosphere... here he is....a guest in a tracksuit, elbow above his head with a phone in his hand to his ear... communicates to the whole hall on the phone, loudly saying that he was in Qatar and how expensive beer was here!
There is nothing interesting outside the hotel. To the metro station 5-7 minutes on foot, and very budget get to almost anywhere in Doha. In the near future, 3 more lines will open. Taxis can be taken at the entrance of the hotel, inexpensive and convenient.
From the hotel to the main attractions, and to the nearest mall, a free minibus takes time. The schedule can be obtained from the reception. Everything is thought out.
If we return, we will definitely return to this hotel, everything was very pleasant!
Anyone who loves to travel and explore different countries, Qatar is a must visit! Until ours come in large numbers! )))
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How much do you know about Qatar? Until recently, the country was not particularly welcoming to our tourists. Now, with the introduction of a visa-free regime a couple of years ago, interest in this direction is gaining momentum, especially in view of the fact that in 2022 this is where the World Cup will be held.
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How much do you know about Qatar? Until recently, the country was not particularly welcoming to our tourists. Now, with the introduction of a visa-free regime a couple of years ago, interest in this direction is gaining momentum, especially in view of the fact that in 2022 this is where the World Cup will be held.
Package offer of operator Join Up. A flight on the excellent Qatar Airways, the best airline in the world, impressed with the quality of the Airbus 320 boards, service, food and punctuality. The downside for group bookings is the impossibility of online check-in, but on the other hand, thanks to this, 3 seats were provided at the airport check-in, and even the 8th row right behind the business, with extra legroom, retractable monitors. It's better to try once, and even better not just one ...Fingerprints at passport control, the purpose of the visit - a couple of moments and visa-free stamps in three passports.
The host company Discover Qatar, according to the standard, meets in the arrivals hall with a sign, distribution by car within 10-15 minutes, but they only make individual transfers (it will be clear why later) and in full comfort in half an hour they were already at their beach hotel Intercontinental beach 5 * . When choosing a hotel for a vacation, another Intercontinental city option was considered with breakfast + dinner for almost the same price as a beach one for breakfast, but since it’s just a sin to sit in a hotel in the evening, and during the day you need a beach and a pool, the choice was made on Intercontinental beach 5 * . A hotel with the longest beach strip in Doha, about one kilometer, a fairly extensive green area with a thoughtful location and everything you need. Therefore, not even St. Regis is pretentious, albeit at the same price as our neighbor Interconti.
At the moment, the hotel is undergoing a partial renovation of the rooms, the facade and the main entrance, and possibly the main reception, because.
now there is a small reception desk closer to the right wing of the hotel, in which, in fact, they settled. Superior city view category in the middle part of the fourth floor with a view of 40% of the city and the sea, and 60% of the city desert, covering half of the panoramic window with a curtain you get a beautiful view of the sea))) There are no balconies in superior and deluxe rooms, only in club rooms. The room itself is more than 40 square meters with a king bed, distribution to the sleeping area and the work area, where a sofa with a table and a full-fledged work desk with an armchair are separately allocated. Safe for free, mini bar refrigerator for a fee, the presence of a board and iron for ironing.
In the room there is a set for making tea and coffee with daily replenishment of water (liter per person per day), tea and capsules for the coffee machine. Also daily treated with fruit, as in the photo. Superficial cleaning daily, along with a change of towels. Excellent cosmetics with lemon aroma.
The bathroom is more than decent, a bathtub and a shower, a long washbasin such that two can be accommodated for greater convenience. An unpleasant aftertaste left the fact that on two weekdays, when the hotel was at its minimum, there was no hot water for half a day. The reception culturally answered that in the near future we would send a brigade for repairs, etc. they were playing for time and miraculously appeared clearly at 6 pm. Clearly, scheduled repairs were being carried out, since the noise from the rest of the work could be heard already starting at 7 in the morning, somewhere far away, not loud, but still.
The air conditioner worked with a bang, both in the room and throughout the hotel, and in the room the touch control of the air conditioner and the control of the "status" of the room pressed the button - ordered cleaning. Wi-fi without restrictions, even on the beach. Exit to him through the beach club zone, which captures the guests living in the hotel and those who come for a day for money.
Towels are given as much as needed, as well as chilled water, there is also a small children's room and a gym at the exit. Immediately upon exiting the building there is a large zoned pool with a bar. The beds are excellent, clean, moderately soft. A set of four sun loungers under one umbrella, which is difficult to call an umbrella - a whole shadow maker. Nearby is a children's pool with a half-meter depth and an awning.
In the summer, when the water is warmer than the air in the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf and you feel like in a sauna, it is very difficult to withstand more than an hour in a not very early morning, the pool was an outlet. Moreover, an adult is just coolly pleasant, but a real paradise for children, just an oasis of circulating coolness. For a couple of days, there was no one in it except for me and the Kinder, and when local families began to appear closer to the weekend, it began to seem that they were climbing right into your bathroom)) but it became more fun.
Immediately behind the children's pool is a children's playground: under an awning, clean sand throughout, several slides and labyrinths, for an hourly change of scenery is quite. And a little further a lawn for mini football. From the side of the residence there are 2 hard courts. The beach is impeccable, sand is smoothed every morning, sunbeds to sunbeds and vacationers are dispersed along the entire length of the beach.
Now separately on nutrition. The main buffet restaurant Coral is open for breakfast from 6 am to 11 am, lunch and dinner. Breakfasts are excellent, to each his own taste. Daily 2 types of bacon, 2 types of sausages, omelettes on order and scrambled eggs, baked tomatoes and potatoes, various cereals, milk. Separately, a table with cheeses, could not resist taking pictures, especially delicious little heads of cheese in a red individual wax shell.
Landing in the restaurant hall is accompanied by employees who offer a table from the mass of free ones, and you can easily choose in the dialogue.
The waiters immediately offer coffee and juices, the choice of five types of fresh juices pleased every morning (as in the photo): orange, mango, carrot, pineapple and the most delicious watermelon. Yes, and this is in the presence of a mass of fruit. Fresh pastries, Belgian waffles with black and white chocolate. Vegetables and salads in abundance, mackerel in two positions, salmon. And every morning they added some kind of zest, as I called them khinkali with seafood (super green bags), fried shrimp, chicken rolls, etc. We went to the colorful and cozy Mykonos restaurant for lunch almost every day.
On weekdays, their business lunch for 99 QAR was great for a snack, three dishes for three were enough for a snack, which was very surprising because the price of water was 25 QAR for one and a half liters, they took it once, but then somehow I didn’t want to spend $ 8 in the presence of free at hand in the beach club.
One day we tried a seafood basket for 170 QAR - very worthy, satisfying and water as a bonus)) One of the evenings we decided to try dinner at the hotel, to take a break from the evening running around the city. The cost of dinner on weekdays is 195 QAR per adult, children under 6 years old are free, up to 12 years old - 50% discount, on weekends, depending on the topic, 250-350 QAR. So here are the dinners. Meat of all kinds, fish, steaks, kare with serving, pasta & pizza station, sushi show, shrimp and squid along with side dishes. Vegetables, fruits, cheeses duplicating the morning. Handmade cakes, delicious. A large bottle of water is complimentary. The restaurants have excellent service.
But you can’t eat like that every evening, in fact, that’s not why you came here ...Therefore, as planned, everyone else spent outside the hotel.
Thanks to the metro, we can say that there is public transport, the subway stop is 300 meters from the hotel. For the sake of interest, we drove RT once. The cost of a single ticket is 2 QAR for use within 3 hours. The stations are still being built, but the open ones are cooler, there are several employees for each passenger who will help you buy a ticket and lead you into the car (there are family ones, there are men's and gold ones). An ordinary family carriage, even with children's seats, everything is new, neat, they are trying very hard by 2022. And so everywhere taxis, and even better Uber.
From the hotel to the city center to the Gate mall or City center mall, the cost is 11 QAR, and through the whole city to Villagio mall (the city of Venice is under the roof, gondolas carry tourists along the canal, a sightseeing bus, a boutique wing, 2 ice arenas, food courts and a gaming center - all under one roof with a grocery megamarket) - 25 QAR or about 150 UAH. for a half hour trip. That is why airport transfers are individual, cheap and comfortable.
The best and obligatory place for walking is the cultural village, 5 minutes drive from the hotel, where all sorts of interesting things are collected. Narrow streets decorated with lanterns, a monument to the Koran, an imitation of the solar system, colored musical fountains. And what about the area between the boutique centers, where air conditioning blows from the sewer grate on the street. Also, you can’t go through the myo park Green hill park, greenery in all forms, and this is at their temperature.
Souq Waqif is essentially a typical Arab market, but it has its own charm, it is worth visiting along with the falcon and camel markets, but the Corniche frankly disappointed. We had dinner at various mid-level establishments, of which I would especially single out Vapiano at the Gate mall (I already wanted to try ours in Kyiv and Lviv, they wouldn’t disappoint), the Italian restaurant Vezuvio is expensive and tasteless, Al Bisana is an absolutely local institution with local cuisine, hookahs , the pricing policy is not high, tasty and colorful.
By the way, the hotel has a concierge service, from which you can sign up for organized trips to the malls and the city for free. When checking in, they ask either a credit card or ask to leave a deposit. At the same time, the deposit in dollars is packed in an envelope and remains a deposit in dollars until the eviction. When checking out, they print it out, exchange it for reals and make a calculation. That is, change in dollars or pay extra how much you worked up during your vacation.
We left a deposit of $300 for a week's stay, for lunch and dinner, as a result, a little more than $200 and paid. It is important to pay attention, everywhere they warn you a million times, but I specifically decided to check - dollars older than 2009 are not taken under any pretext, stock up on fresh ones or credit cards. They change dollars at the hotel at the rate of 3.5 with the official 3.65, quite acceptable.
The hotel is worthy from all sides and I can safely recommend it for a relaxing family holiday.
They didn’t get out on the excursion because they were on vacation with a three-year-old child, the main indicator of which was his words with a request: “Parents, let’s buy an apartment here” ?? ?
Package offer of operator Join Up. A flight on the excellent Qatar Airways, the best airline in the world, impressed with the quality of the Airbus 320 boards, service, food and punctuality. The downside for group bookings is the impossibility of online check-in, but on the other hand, thanks to this, 3 seats were provided at the airport check-in, and even the 8th row right behind the business, with extra legroom, retractable monitors. It's better to try once, and even better not just one ...Fingerprints at passport control, the purpose of the visit - a couple of moments and visa-free stamps in three passports.
The host company Discover Qatar, according to the standard, meets in the arrivals hall with a sign, distribution by car within 10-15 minutes, but they only make individual transfers (it will be clear why later) and in full comfort in half an hour they were already at their beach hotel Intercontinental beach 5 * . When choosing a hotel for a vacation, another Intercontinental city option was considered with breakfast + dinner for almost the same price as a beach one for breakfast, but since it’s just a sin to sit in a hotel in the evening, and during the day you need a beach and a pool, the choice was made on Intercontinental beach 5 * . A hotel with the longest beach strip in Doha, about one kilometer, a fairly extensive green area with a thoughtful location and everything you need. Therefore, not even St. Regis is pretentious, albeit at the same price as our neighbor Interconti.
At the moment, the hotel is undergoing a partial renovation of the rooms, the facade and the main entrance, and possibly the main reception, because.
now there is a small reception desk closer to the right wing of the hotel, in which, in fact, they settled. Superior city view category in the middle part of the fourth floor with a view of 40% of the city and the sea, and 60% of the city desert, covering half of the panoramic window with a curtain you get a beautiful view of the sea))) There are no balconies in superior and deluxe rooms, only in club rooms. The room itself is more than 40 square meters with a king bed, distribution to the sleeping area and the work area, where a sofa with a table and a full-fledged work desk with an armchair are separately allocated. Safe for free, mini bar refrigerator for a fee, the presence of a board and iron for ironing.
In the room there is a set for making tea and coffee with daily replenishment of water (liter per person per day), tea and capsules for the coffee machine. Also daily treated with fruit, as in the photo. Superficial cleaning daily, along with a change of towels. Excellent cosmetics with lemon aroma.
The bathroom is more than decent, a bathtub and a shower, a long washbasin such that two can be accommodated for greater convenience. An unpleasant aftertaste left the fact that on two weekdays, when the hotel was at its minimum, there was no hot water for half a day. The reception culturally answered that in the near future we would send a brigade for repairs, etc. they were playing for time and miraculously appeared clearly at 6 pm. Clearly, scheduled repairs were being carried out, since the noise from the rest of the work could be heard already starting at 7 in the morning, somewhere far away, not loud, but still.
The air conditioner worked with a bang, both in the room and throughout the hotel, and in the room the touch control of the air conditioner and the control of the "status" of the room pressed the button - ordered cleaning. Wi-fi without restrictions, even on the beach. Exit to him through the beach club zone, which captures the guests living in the hotel and those who come for a day for money.
Towels are given as much as needed, as well as chilled water, there is also a small children's room and a gym at the exit. Immediately upon exiting the building there is a large zoned pool with a bar. The beds are excellent, clean, moderately soft. A set of four sun loungers under one umbrella, which is difficult to call an umbrella - a whole shadow maker. Nearby is a children's pool with a half-meter depth and an awning.
In the summer, when the water is warmer than the air in the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf and you feel like in a sauna, it is very difficult to withstand more than an hour in a not very early morning, the pool was an outlet. Moreover, an adult is just coolly pleasant, but a real paradise for children, just an oasis of circulating coolness. For a couple of days, there was no one in it except for me and the Kinder, and when local families began to appear closer to the weekend, it began to seem that they were climbing right into your bathroom)) but it became more fun.
Immediately behind the children's pool is a children's playground: under an awning, clean sand throughout, several slides and labyrinths, for an hourly change of scenery is quite. And a little further a lawn for mini football. From the side of the residence there are 2 hard courts. The beach is impeccable, sand is smoothed every morning, sunbeds to sunbeds and vacationers are dispersed along the entire length of the beach.
Now separately on nutrition. The main buffet restaurant Coral is open for breakfast from 6 am to 11 am, lunch and dinner. Breakfasts are excellent, to each his own taste. Daily 2 types of bacon, 2 types of sausages, omelettes on order and scrambled eggs, baked tomatoes and potatoes, various cereals, milk. Separately, a table with cheeses, could not resist taking pictures, especially delicious little heads of cheese in a red individual wax shell.
Landing in the restaurant hall is accompanied by employees who offer a table from the mass of free ones, and you can easily choose in the dialogue.
The waiters immediately offer coffee and juices, the choice of five types of fresh juices pleased every morning (as in the photo): orange, mango, carrot, pineapple and the most delicious watermelon. Yes, and this is in the presence of a mass of fruit. Fresh pastries, Belgian waffles with black and white chocolate. Vegetables and salads in abundance, mackerel in two positions, salmon. And every morning they added some kind of zest, as I called them khinkali with seafood (super green bags), fried shrimp, chicken rolls, etc. We went to the colorful and cozy Mykonos restaurant for lunch almost every day.
On weekdays, their business lunch for 99 QAR was great for a snack, three dishes for three were enough for a snack, which was very surprising because the price of water was 25 QAR for one and a half liters, they took it once, but then somehow I didn’t want to spend $ 8 in the presence of free at hand in the beach club.
One day we tried a seafood basket for 170 QAR - very worthy, satisfying and water as a bonus)) One of the evenings we decided to try dinner at the hotel, to take a break from the evening running around the city. The cost of dinner on weekdays is 195 QAR per adult, children under 6 years old are free, up to 12 years old - 50% discount, on weekends, depending on the topic, 250-350 QAR. So here are the dinners. Meat of all kinds, fish, steaks, kare with serving, pasta & pizza station, sushi show, shrimp and squid along with side dishes. Vegetables, fruits, cheeses duplicating the morning. Handmade cakes, delicious. A large bottle of water is complimentary. The restaurants have excellent service.
But you can’t eat like that every evening, in fact, that’s not why you came here ...Therefore, as planned, everyone else spent outside the hotel.
Thanks to the metro, we can say that there is public transport, the subway stop is 300 meters from the hotel. For the sake of interest, we drove RT once. The cost of a single ticket is 2 QAR for use within 3 hours. The stations are still being built, but the open ones are cooler, there are several employees for each passenger who will help you buy a ticket and lead you into the car (there are family ones, there are men's and gold ones). An ordinary family carriage, even with children's seats, everything is new, neat, they are trying very hard by 2022. And so everywhere taxis, and even better Uber.
From the hotel to the city center to the Gate mall or City center mall, the cost is 11 QAR, and through the whole city to Villagio mall (the city of Venice is under the roof, gondolas carry tourists along the canal, a sightseeing bus, a boutique wing, 2 ice arenas, food courts and a gaming center - all under one roof with a grocery megamarket) - 25 QAR or about 150 UAH. for a half hour trip. That is why airport transfers are individual, cheap and comfortable.
The best and obligatory place for walking is the cultural village, 5 minutes drive from the hotel, where all sorts of interesting things are collected. Narrow streets decorated with lanterns, a monument to the Koran, an imitation of the solar system, colored musical fountains. And what about the area between the boutique centers, where air conditioning blows from the sewer grate on the street. Also, you can’t go through the myo park Green hill park, greenery in all forms, and this is at their temperature.
Souq Waqif is essentially a typical Arab market, but it has its own charm, it is worth visiting along with the falcon and camel markets, but the Corniche frankly disappointed. We had dinner at various mid-level establishments, of which I would especially single out Vapiano at the Gate mall (I already wanted to try ours in Kyiv and Lviv, they wouldn’t disappoint), the Italian restaurant Vezuvio is expensive and tasteless, Al Bisana is an absolutely local institution with local cuisine, hookahs , the pricing policy is not high, tasty and colorful.
By the way, the hotel has a concierge service, from which you can sign up for organized trips to the malls and the city for free. When checking in, they ask either a credit card or ask to leave a deposit. At the same time, the deposit in dollars is packed in an envelope and remains a deposit in dollars until the eviction. When checking out, they print it out, exchange it for reals and make a calculation. That is, change in dollars or pay extra how much you worked up during your vacation.
We left a deposit of $300 for a week's stay, for lunch and dinner, as a result, a little more than $200 and paid. It is important to pay attention, everywhere they warn you a million times, but I specifically decided to check - dollars older than 2009 are not taken under any pretext, stock up on fresh ones or credit cards. They change dollars at the hotel at the rate of 3.5 with the official 3.65, quite acceptable.
The hotel is worthy from all sides and I can safely recommend it for a relaxing family holiday.
They didn’t get out on the excursion because they were on vacation with a three-year-old child, the main indicator of which was his words with a request: “Parents, let’s buy an apartment here” ?? ?
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Everything is laid out in the previous review, everything is so. I will add that we were with a small child for 2 years, there is a special attitude towards children in the hotel, everything was for him. As for alcohol, we had two bottles of cognac and a bottle of wine in our luggage, there were no questions through the hotel frame.
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Everything is laid out in the previous review, everything is so. I will add that we were with a small child for 2 years, there is a special attitude towards children in the hotel, everything was for him. As for alcohol, we had two bottles of cognac and a bottle of wine in our luggage, there were no questions through the hotel frame. For the kids there is an indoor shallow pool and a playground. We rested in April, it was comfortable, we rented a car at the hotel, the office was normal.
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Otel prevosxodniy : -service otlicniy, nesmotrya na to wto narodu mnogo , kollektiv staraeca udelyat kajdomu klientu osoboe vnimanie. ogromniy plaj s basseynom; -sport zal diskoteka vse v oteli-; wto daje ne zadumivaewsya sxodit kuda nibud ewe
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Otel prevosxodniy : -service otlicniy, nesmotrya na to wto narodu mnogo , kollektiv staraeca udelyat kajdomu klientu osoboe vnimanie. ogromniy plaj s basseynom; -sport zal diskoteka vse v oteli-; wto daje ne zadumivaewsya sxodit kuda nibud ewe
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