For active people, you can't lie on the beach, go swimming from the beach about 500 meters along the overpass, but you won't get fat, you walked 5-8 km a day, the reefs are beautiful, but you need to actively swim along them to see, we saw a lionfish, a moray eel, an octopus, a turtle, a lot of stingrays, ramps and slopes, the sea of small fish
We had a vacation with our daughter in July 2023.Excellent hotel, good and varied food, clean beach, magical sea, fish are just a fairy tale)))We want to come back here again
A good hotel. There is a lot of food, varied. A certain cuisine is assigned to each day of the week: Chinese day, European, Egyptian, etc. Several A la carte restaurants: Lebanese, Indian, Chinese, Italian. The staff is attentive, always ready to help: they serve in the main restaurant, lobby bar, drinks are also served on the beach. The room is clean, cleaning is daily, shampoo is always available, water is always replenished. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks flow like a river: pepsi, fanta, sevenap, non-carbonated sweet drinks, coffee, tea, alcoholic drinks are already available at lunch, among them wines (white, pink, red), rum, whiskey, gin. Freshly squeezed juice for a fee, unfortunately. The fruits were: mangoes, bananas, grapes, dates, oranges, apples. The territory is large and green. There are several pools, one of them is relax 18+ (i.e. sitting in the water at the bar you can have a drink, relax :)) The beach is clean, always prepared in the morning. The staff arranges sun beds, there are a lot of umbrellas, beach towels can be changed at least 10 times a day. The sea is clean and friendly, there is a high tide and low tide, you have to go to the sea along the pier, but this does not tire at all: it is fashionable to consider all kinds of animals, for example, fish can be seen from the pier. I am not ashamed to recommend this hotel.
We had a rest in April 2024. the rooms, the territory, the food are at the highest level. but if you want to swim in the sea, then walk along the pantone 500 meters to a small area and up a ladder into the sea. It's just awful. and so the swamp looks like a swamp. so you'll swim in the cold pool. and even take sun beds in the morning from 6.00 o'clock. There are no attractions . There are no animators. just drink, eat delicious, and swim in the pool, then this is here, and if the sea and fun are in another place. I personally went to the sea. and I got into the pool.
The best hotel on the African coast of Egypt. The staff is friendly, the waiters serve drinks even without tips, for a smile and a kind word in any language.
Nice hotel, on 4. Convenient location near the airport. The hotel was redecorated, the room was cleaned every day. As for the food, everything was necessary. The sea is good.
The food is normal, fruits are different, alcohol is only local, delicious bottled beer is only available at the pool bar with waves, the Internet is unlimited only in the lobby. The territory is large, clean and well-maintained, the rooms are also large, well cleaned. The staff is friendly, they will always help.
A great place to relax, the sea is clean and warm. We were in December, although the pools are not all heated, and the water park is not heated. The kitchen is delicious, the coffee is excellent. Animators well done girls!
Remnants of former luxury.
It is clear that at one time they invested decently in the hotel. Solid carved wooden panels, inlay and stone countertops... But, cheap shampoo gels, loose plumbing in the room and, in general, a feeling of "economy mode".
The territory is really large, but, as practice has shown, it is stupid. There is no walking area, as one might expect. The territory is mostly built up with small buildings or living quarters for staff with paths between them, and lighting, except on the main alley, is extremely scarce.
The food is quite varied, but it does not pull for 5 *. Ice cream was given out 1 time a week at dinner, the rest of the time 2EUR ...
Cocktails and alcohol on the list are free, we must pay tribute, quite diverse, but separate (for example, Pina Colada) for an additional fee.
Fresh fruits for an additional fee, in principle, there are few fruits, watermelons and strawberries, for example, were not there, despite the "season".
There is animation.
I probably won't come here a second time. Including because the topic of Egypt is largely closed to me. I went to the Pyramids, but that's a story that deserves a separate review.
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We went once , not bad))) but we won 't go a second time . There are pros and cons. I will not write about the beach, we knew that this is a bay with a high tide, we hope the owner will still make a decent beach with sand. We swam in the pools, they are clean, well-groomed, cleanliness is constantly monitored. The territory of the hotel is green, a good manicured lawn, well-groomed and trimmed shrubs and trees. The territory is clean, the staff is good everywhere , very polite , the animation is good, concerts are held every evening at the restaurant. Of the minuses, I note that we, as a married couple, were given a room with two beds, even after making them with a thick sheet, they parted ... as if in a five-star hotel, a mini-bar in the room is meant, in the freezer - it's empty. Trash is water !!! 2 bottles of 0.5 per day per room. If it is closed, you should take this bottle and go to a restaurant or snack bar near the restaurant, well, or to where there are coolers with water, fill yourself with water in a bottle there, you will not get a better bottle of water anywhere - nowhere!!!Bottled water is only in the room and only once a day!!! And then run and type!))) the snack bar on the beach is not bad, but it was surprised that he was alone ... The coffee in the hotel is not bad, despite the fact that these are machines. The kitchen is not bad, there are interesting dishes, but the sea products and fish do not know how to cook, especially the sea products - it's a pity that they were spoiled ... there are a lot of meat and meat dishes, they are delicious. Toilets..... only at the beginning of the hotel in the reception area, and in the beach area, I saw one, but it turned out to be 2 of them, of course this is Mali for such a territory, and there are queues often))))
I liked the separation of zones with pools, the sauna area with a large adult and children's pool, separated by buildings from the zone where there is constant music and parties with animation. Alcohol is so-so, you can drink tequila and rum... but... it's so-so.... Wine is impossible to drink…
A cool hotel with a good territory. The cuisine is quite diverse. The staff is super, helpful, friendly. The room is well cleaned. There are many a la carte restaurants.
The food is monotonous, but delicious. The service is excellent. The staff is friendly and will always help. The territory is large, everything is clean. The beach is excellent, in places the sea is covered with white sand. The pools are clean, the only thing is that you can't swim in them after sunset. The bar is strange, someone is given out in large glasses, someone in tiny ones)
Overall a good hotel. The territory of the hotel is very large. In fact, it consists of 2 hotels beach and garden. The rooms are decent, they are cleaned well. The beach is large, but entering the water without slippers is dangerous. The depth is knee-deep, in order to swim, you need to walk along the pier 300 meters.
The food is delicious, although monotonous.
Desserts are so-so, this is not a hotel problem, they are bad almost everywhere in Egypt.
If you stay more than 6 nights, you can go to 2 of the 4 restaurants for free. We recommend Lebanese.
A wonderful family-run hotel.
The pools are clean, the food is delicious and varied.
The sea is shallow. What is needed for children.
We had a great rest in May)
We had a great rest, a good hotel, The staff did a great job preparing the New Year's banquet, and generally at the level. Of course there are minor disadvantages, but the sea will block them. Therefore, it is solid '4.
The hotel is beautiful, well maintained, the rooms are not bad, the staff is attentive and responsive. The animation is great. The food is varied, and the a la carte restaurants are fun. It is better to buy excursions in the city (much cheaper).All sports activities (billiards, lawn tennis, mini golf) are paid. Taxi prices from the hotel are overstated by 5 times. What I won't say about bartenders, until you gild the handle, they don't move.
Great hotel. The rooms are good, the cleaning is excellent. There is both a shower and a bathtub. The territory is large. Food and drinks are normal. The sea is a little far away, but a cheerful bus carries the transfer. There are a lot of fish in the sea. Take the masks. It's a little boring. Mostly European pensioners have a rest, they live for several months. And so I really liked the hotel, clean and well maintained. There is a heated swimming pool.
Great hotel. Good and clean water in the pools. Going to sea from the pier is a long way to go, but the mood only increases. The room cleaning is excellent. The Internet is 3 out of 5, despite the fact that it is paid and relatively expensive. There are shops on the territory, but as always be careful - there are a lot of fakes. In the store "at the Bear" you can set a SIM card with good Internet and normal explanations of how to use it. The food is like everywhere else in Egypt. I found more meat in this hotel than in others. This year, the toilet on the beach was the cleanest - it pleased me. The alcohol is local, but of excellent quality.
I can say that the territory of the hotel is impressive, surrounded by greenery and flowers.The pools are very cold, except for Arab children, and drinking at the bar, no one swims.The sea and reef are gorgeous, there are a lot of fish, the water is clear.There is an entrance with a cleared lagoon for children and adults with an excellent bottom (you can swim without caralok).The room cleaning is excellent .Every day there are different figures for the child.He's thrilled.The food is good, even better than in many more expensive hotels.(All kinds of meat, lots of fruit and great pasta).Managers and employees at the reception solve issues (Marina, working with tourists, and George).I also want to highlight the evenings with live music, just a gorgeous singer of Salt, a pleasant voice, the songs are correctly chosen-"For everyone".The hotel has a good volleyball court on the beach, but the hotel management, despite all requests, did not agree to provide athletes and amateurs with a normal ball (they played deflated for 2 days, then pumped with bumps).Of course, after the complaint, they corrected themselves and brought a good ball.There
is also a very unpleasant moment-the waiters who just mock the Russians-they bypass us, only taking away dirty dishes, not offering drinks, ignoring, not communicating with our children ... (They serve Germans, Poles and Arabs differently)Of course, I would have left a tip, there would have been a different attitude -initially.In recent days, all the waiters have been smiling pleasantly and the service has improved, of course after criticism from Russian tourists.The animation of the hotel is average, the evening program is normal.Animators poorly involve tourists in activiti. Paid parties for € 14 are a separate story, completely not worth the money.There are almost no children in kid's club, because there is no one to deal with them.There are no master classes, contests and games.Only the evening disco.In general, the hotel is not bad, but I still did not have enough, entering the sea from the beach and moving.I recommend the hotel by 80%.
I've been back and back here 5 times already. This is the most beautiful place . The food is good, you can find everything to your liking! The staff is friendly, I am fundamentally)))) I speak Russian - and they, well done, all know our language, clean well. We always move into the same building. Everything suits me. And the sea - the sea is gorgeous ! If there are any disadvantages, the sea compensates for all this
I really liked everything, the sea, the beach, the fish, the corals, the WEATHER)
The attitude of the staff and in general the whole comfortable environment for recreation, beach volleyball, other active games, chess, etc. There are beautiful fish in the sea, coral in places, I didn't see sharks, really)
Nice hotel. The rooms are clean, on site. Good food. The staff is excellent. They are going to a meeting on all issues. The beach is big. There is a lot of beauty in the sea near the hotel. You don't have to go far to see a moray eel or a stingray. Just a walk along the pier. Great animation for kids and adults. Dancing, yoga, etc. In general, I definitely recommend this hotel.
We had a rest from December 2 to December 9, 2023.A good rest.The buffet is gorgeous....a choice for everyone...The animation is very normal...The staff is very friendly...It's a long way to the sea, you can think about the delivery...Thank you...
We stayed at the hotel for a long time. We can say that the beach, the restaurant and the rooms really match the stars of the hotel. All this is brightened up by a great animation team! The guys are trying very hard, Sveta, Katya And Elina, Russian girls who will always help you in everything! A wonderful place!
We returned from the hotel the other day. Advantages: green, well-groomed, blooming territory. Perfect cleaning quality in rooms and public areas. A wide coastline, its own reef with fish. You can swim in iora only from the pier.Cons: outdated rooms, dead furniture, plumbing leaks, air conditioning is buzzing. The food is very monotonous and tasteless.unlimited Wi-Fi only at the reception. Paid Wi-Fi costs $ 6 per day for each device and works disgusting. You can swim in the sea only from the pier, as the sea is shallow. The pier is about 400 meters. Boats and yachts also dock there, literally over the heads of the swimmers. I don't want to go to this hotel a second time.
Pros: the repair is normal for Egypt. Excellent food, again by Egyptian standards. Responsive staff. Amazing landscaping. Cons: there are no free shuttles to the city, only for money. The sea is a reef, three hundred meters wide. In bars on the beach and in pools, drinks are godlessly diluted. It is better to take it in a restaurant. In general, the hotel is very nice, I will be happy to stop by again.
We had a rest with the whole family, and we will be happy to come back here again! Good rooms, great food, and the rest thanks to the animation team is very fun and active!
We had a rest in December from the 20th to the 30th. The weather was good, the strong wind is not every day. There are floods in the bay and the sea goes away. There are cold currents on the reef and of course the long pantheon slightly spoils the mood, 300m in the wind in a wet swimsuit is not hot!!!
The pool with mountains is cold in another area. Everyone is swimming in a warm basik with a bar, there are children, volleyball and a bar.
The staff is friendly, they do not ask for tips, there is a lot of food, varied, without frills.
The rooms are normal, the cleaning is standard.
In general, a strong 4
I really liked the hotel, the animation is super (zumba, aqua aerobics, ptlates, volleyball and much more). The spacious rooms, towels and bed linen are changed every day. The food is delicious. One disadvantage is walking along the pier to swim. It is better not to take the second line far to the sea. But the second line is cheaper. There is a market on site. There, hospitable vendors treat you to delicious coffee. There are beautiful fish in the sea. And also in the evening I didn't really like the disco. There is no dance floor at all on the first line, and there is a dance floor on the second line, but no one is dancing
A gorgeous hotel. Cozy rooms. The food is just great. I really liked that there are 18+ pools where there are no children. The hotel is clean, the staff is polite. Good animation and wonderful evening shows. There are few Russians, the majority of them are Germans.
I'll start with the bottom line. I really enjoyed my stay in Stella, despite the initial doubts about the beach and going to the sea.
Now everything is as it is from the beginning.
This is my first trip to Egypt. I chose the hotel based on reviews and in general they turned out to be accurate. A large, beautiful territory with a beautiful landscape and an interesting architectural solution. The location of the buildings creates the feeling that you are in the Maghreb city (especially at night). The area has several pools, winding paths, which is good for jogging. The central alley of the buildings is under renovation and a full-fledged construction is underway, but it did not bother me at all, because I got a room with a great view of the SPA. It's through 2 alleys.Someone was unlucky and the view from their rooms overlooked the construction site, although maybe they were satisfied with it.....The room is slightly tired. Stains and smudges on furniture, doors. They cleaned every day. Towels were changed every day. The beach is long with a sufficient number of sun beds. In the early days of May, there were low tides in the morning, the sea returned at lunchtime. The numbers from the 6th began to ebb later. That is, coming to the beach in the morning there was a sea, at lunch there was an outflow and leaving the beach at 18.00 there was no sea. There is a long pier and from it there are 2 approaches to the shallow and deep sea. Coral slippers and a swimming mask are required! The wind blew every day, creating unpleasant sensations when leaving the water. And for the first few days, everyone went out for breakfast and dinner in jackets and sweatshirts. The food is normal, quite varied. Fruits include melon, guava, bananas, hard peaches (probably), dates. They gave me watermelon for dinner twice. There was no ice cream (the only hotel I've been to). It was sold at a beach restaurant for €2. Fresh fruit was also sold for 2€. There are a lot of monotonous sweets. Puffs,muffins,shortbread cookies,meringue and 4 kinds of local. There are no juices, yupi, cola, fanta, other chemicals. Various tea bags, coffee. There are no cocktails, beer, wine. Guided tour (Coral Odeon)I took a boat trip:bathyscaphe, PARADISE Island. There was a great lunch on the island. Excursion👍. Photographer Hassan is hot and touchy (I wouldn't use it this time. 75% of the photos are thrown away). They also praised the excursion to Luxor. Nice guys at the reception. Russian speakers. Special thanks to Marina. It is located in the lobby, where the recording is in a la carte. Quickly solves urgent problems. Almost all the staff in the restaurant is not very friendly. All cooks (except one grandfather on an omelet). All the managers of the restaurant. Almost all the waiters.They look past, they don't smile, they don't say hello. The most polite were cleaners with shovels and brooms, gardeners, suitcase deliverers, for which they received a dollar
Nice hotel. The reef is alive, the food is high-quality, the service is on the level. After sailing a little from the pier, you can see moray eels, turtles, large stingrays and a bunch of fish.
We were from 12/16/2022 to 12/26/12. I liked it. The room was first given, "tired ", but not bad. I went to the reception to Marina. She had no problem changing to a renovated room. The room is clean, everything is new, the bed and towels are snow-white. They cleaned it every day. The hair dryer is powerful. There are shampoos and gels.
I liked the restaurant. Everything is delicious. Meat, chicken, fish, turkey, even liver with different side dishes. Lots of fruits. Melon, persimmon, fresh dates, figs, peeled pomegranates, strawberries, apples, guava.. Always and constantly replenished. Good pastries, delicious cakes.
Sea approach from the pier. It is possible from the shore, but not very much. Children were playing in the sand on the shore. I liked the reef. There are sooo many fish.
There is a heated swimming pool.
There is an entertainment room every day, but in December it is cool in the outdoor area. We went to Stella Garden 4* . (One territory, but they are further from the sea) . They have a closed lobby. It was good there.
We got here on Christmas Day. Dinner was for a fee. But the buffet of drinks pleased me. There are a lot of arrogant Germans.
One of the disadvantages is a bad Internet connection. From the word at all.
I recommend the hotel.
At first glance, everything is not bad with food, it is varied, but not tasty. The staff is friendly, except the bartenders, outright louts. With the beach, everything is fine, clean, equipped! The five-star room level does not pull at all, three is the maximum, the finish is like in a cheap hostel, the air conditioning is noisy like a tractor. The beach is the main advantage of this complex!
A magnificent hotel with a gorgeous green area, a variety of food and evening entertainment. The beach is excellent, the nuance is a pontoon about 300 meters long, with access to the sea from it. The furniture in the rooms is a little outdated, but if you are not picky, then it is quite comfortable. The room cleaner (Mohamed) loves his job, every day he built us different shapes out of towels, and every day we came into the room with a smile, expecting a new pleasant surprise.
A nice hotel with a small territory, but everything is there: volleyball, tennis, beach, evening stage, billiards. Large areas of the restaurant. There are shops and a pharmacy nearby.
The tides do not allow swimming at the beach. But there is always a pier, and there are small reefs to see the fish. There is also a large shallow pool for children to swim halfway along the pier. And not only for children.
Very nice hotel!The rooms were cleaned every day, the food is good!The hotel's territory is large, the staff is polite.
We will definitely return to this hotel again.
Our room was cleaned by Ismail Adly, a very nice guy, every day we had some figurines and towels!
The guys from the pool bar are handsome!
We had a rest in April 2023.
A normal hotel, green area, rooms are clean, cleaned every day, towels are changed every day, there were no complaints about the room.
Among the disadvantages of the hotel: a small pontoon, most often you go and think if you have enough sunbed… There is also a disadvantage in nutrition, the same food every day, sometimes it happened that you would get a whole plate of food, and it is simply impossible to eat.. And you're going to eat French fries again 😐😐😐
Cheese is given only for breakfast, sausage is generally impossible to eat. There were strawberries and melons among the fruits. Who writes about seafood, I personally saw them once and I can't even call it seafood, it tastes like that too..
The only thing that saved me was visiting the restaurants on the territory of the hotel (where you need to register beforehand). I especially liked the Chinese restaurant on the territory of the garden.
There are shops on the territory of the hotel where you can buy something for an increased price, because there is nothing near the hotel - the desert.
There was no Wi-Fi in the lobby, it was also very annoying.
In general, except for the food, it's fine, but I won't come back a second time.
The food is excellent (meat, seafood are varied).Fruits, various salads,pastries,pastry.The service is also excellent.The territory is large with several swimming pools, playgrounds.The rooms are cleaned every day, the only disadvantage is the distant entry into the sea to a depth of.Therefore, it is easier to walk along the pier and swim and dive from there.
A very good hotel, the beach area is large, there are enough pools, comfortable sun beds, you can stay anywhere for a good rest, the only minus is the shallow sea, you have to walk along the pier 200 meters for swimming
The staff is very friendly, especially the waiters, special thanks to our waiter Mohamed, who arranged daily holidays for us, the menu in the restaurant changes daily, a large selection of dishes, in general, the rest in this hotel was a success!!!😃😉
Good morning, everyone. We just arrived from the hotel, where we rested for 7 days! THANKS for the rest! Meals - 5: chicken, veal, turkey, beef, shrimp, squid; animation-5: yoga, aqua aerobics, bocce, basketball, evening programs; cleaning-5: ours, let's call the "maid" - well done (100 times will ask to clean or not), the tour was taken from "san fan" on the yacht - 5, impressions for a year or more; SEA - 100.
The most lousy impression was left by the flight of the airline Red Wings- 2! The commander is well done, talking to passengers, the ban on drinking alcohol from dutifrey, but they sell on board and you can drink!!!!! Why is that?For a fee, coffee and tea and everything else, they give you water 1 time in 6 hours!!!!!!!!! There is no price list for what they sell (200p coffee, 50g pringles chips 400p, 0.33 1500p champagne, 1200p lunch)!!!! Not a single flight attendant will ask how you are, you may need help, they are in shape until they get off the ground, then they put on an apron and sell everything you want, coffee for 200 is boiling water, milk powder from a disposable bag and coffee from a bag!
I really enjoyed the rest, THANK YOU!!!!
The food is delicious and varied every day. The buffet. Who is too lazy to go to the dining room, you can eat on the beach. Two pools. One is heated with a bar in the middle. The rooms are clean. They clean up well. Now some of the buildings are closed for repairs. Some rooms on the 1st floor expand by attaching a balcony and arrange a terrace in front of the room. Drinks are locally produced, just like everywhere else. The sea off the coast can be said not at all. To swim, you need to walk along the pantone. But there are coral reefs and it is very beautiful with a mask.
Beautiful hotel, excellent service. Excellent food, kind, helpful staff. We had a good vacation, I recommend it! Transfer to the beach every 15-20 minutes.
The first impression is deceptive.The rooms have all the retro furniture.The pros are very clean, the rooms are cleaned every day, the bed linen is changed every day, all the lawns are trimmed, everything is neat, beautiful, they pay a lot of attention to the order, well done.The tide is out at sea, the water recedes a hundred meters.The pier is two hundred meters, there is a descent down the stairs in the middle, there is always a place to swim.I was diving with a mask-coral reefs, fish, very beautiful!Food 5+, meat, sweets, everything is enough.Excursions-Luxor, Cairo, safari....everything is interesting.There are a lot of junk at the hotel-magnets, souvenirs.I advise you to purchase travel insurance +medicine.A little boy got sick, they took him to the city, and he was treated by insurance.It is more suitable for families with children.
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Level 30 Local Expert
March 4, 2024
It was in early February 2024.
I liked the hotel.
There is not much variety in nutrition, however, everyone can find something delicious for themselves.
The main audience is Europe and America.
The animators are normal, my wife even went with them to a nightclub (transfer is free, to Hurghada for residents, only $ 20 for admission).
I didn't like the Ala carte restaurants.
The neighboring garden hotel - there are 2 restaurants and a large heated swimming pool, we went to it.
For drinks - beer is normal, gin and tonic too.
The rest is not very good for my taste.
The pier in the sea is long, but running on it is normal)
There were frequent tides.
Cleaners - you can give $ 1 a couple of times.
Excellent hotel, good infrastructure, 6 different pools, nature, palm trees, has its own reef , good food, what else do you need to spend your vacation by the red sea
Excellent service, the staff literally catches every eye. Clean rooms, very comfortable beds. Delicious food, special thanks to the chef for this.A huge plus of this hotel is the lagoon for those who do not know how to swim with a mask.
We went in early August 2022.
The food was quite tasty and varied (at lunches and dinners). There were seafood and European cuisine. The breakfasts were monotonous, but there was plenty to choose from. The drinks are so-so. The alcohol is local and peculiar. The only non-alcoholic drinks were coffee, water, pepsi and fanta. Local juices are also not very good.
The service is at the Egyptian level, not very good, but not to say that it is bad. The staff tries to please everyone, but is not attentive to the little things. That is, they seem to do everything, but sometimes they blunder.
The territory is large and well-groomed, there are a lot of greenery, plants, several gardeners monitor the territory every day. There are several pools. One large main pool, two smaller pools with bars inside the pool, a couple of children's pools. However, the sun loungers around the pools are always engaged in the morning.
The beach is large, sand with small pebbles, there are a lot of sun loungers with umbrellas, there is enough for everyone. The beach is not very suitable for simple swimming in the sea, mostly just snorkeling (in a mask with a snorkel). Entering the water from a pier 250 meters long. But it's worth it, there are a lot of corals, with a wide variety of fish and other marine life. There is something to see in masks. You can enter the water from the shore, but it is very shallow and you need to walk the same 250 meters through the water to go waist-deep, and always in coral slippers. Even just walking along the pier, you can see stingrays, crabs, various fish, once you saw a moray eel. In general, this is exactly what we wanted from the sea, to swim with a mask, to see the underwater world. But if you just want to swim, refresh yourself, then it's easier in the pool.
There are many 2 and 3-storey buildings with rooms on the territory. We were initially given a room that was not the one we ordered (in Egypt they say this is a common thing), they gave us a room with two separate beds, between which there is a pedestal on the ground floor. Although there should have been a room with one large bed on the top floor overlooking the pool. We saw this room and decided to immediately return to the reception, asked for another room, they told us: "check into this one for now, and after 2-3 hours we will look at another one if something becomes available." We said that we would not check in there, we would wait at the reception. And lo and behold, after 10-15 minutes they gave us another room, they did not ask us to pay extra money, oddly enough. This room was already with one large bed, on the 3rd floor overlooking the pool and partially visible to the sea. The renovation in the rooms is already very outdated, both mentally and physically worn out. But in general, you can live. The bed is comfortable, each with two pillows of different stiffness. That is, initially everything was done expensively and efficiently, but it is simply outdated. At first we were a little upset, but then we somehow accepted it.
Cleanliness is not at the best level, as I have already said, the Egyptians do everything bluntly basically. They also did the cleaning. The room was cleaned every day, the bed was made, towels were changed, swans and various figurines were twisted. But not everything is washed efficiently. There were drops and stains on the mirror, the floor was not washed efficiently. But again, not to say that everything is bad. Average.
We went to the local spa at the hotel. We can only recommend a massage. We signed up for the full program. And of all the good things, only the massage was done. In Turkey, similar programs at hotels were made much better. And here the hammam practically does not work, it is cold to sit in it, there is practically no steam, we sat in the sauna for only 2 minutes, then they took us further. The scrub is also a minute rubbing with coconut chips, the jacuzzi does not work normally. In general, only the massage was done for a long time and efficiently.
The animation in the hotel is not very active, various invited guests performed in the evenings, or animators held contests like "Mr. hotel". During the day, the animation team conducted various activities: yoga, zumba, volleyball, bocce, aerobics in the pool. But all this goes by almost unnoticeably. There were three Russian guys in the animation team.
By the way, it was expected that only Russians were vacationing in Egypt, but upon arrival it turned out that 50 percent of Germans, other Europeans, and many Arabs. Russians turned out to be quite a few 10-15 percent, and there was not even anyone to talk to. But in general, everything was peaceful, they did not notice any bad attitude towards the Russians.
In general, we were satisfied with the rest, there are more pluses than minuses.
We were at this hotel with a one-year-old child in August 2023.
We have something to compare it with, because in July we were in another 4* hotel.
It's not good enough.
There is practically no sea, although we counted very much when the tides were high, the water is very dirty near the shore, cigarette butts, wrappers are not for a child.
We didn't go to boarding school, I'm sure it's better there, but we have nothing to do there with a one-year-old still unfit child. They wanted him to sit on the bank , but that didn't happen either.
The food is monotonous, everything is always burnt, just very burnt, which is impossible to eat. The cakes were delicious.
The rooms are said to have been restored, sprinkled.
By the way, the big plus of this hotel is that you do not need to look for places for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We haven't visited the free restaurants, so we can't rate them either.
The pools are very dirty and there were water bugs, no one is fighting this, they bit the child hard, since he is practically immobilized in the water. We didn't even realize right away, we thought it was mosquitoes, but we didn't have bites, and then I saw it in the water and found it according to the description.
The staff is good, but one man at the reception, when we approached to extend the room, simply did not pay attention to my husband, although he was first in line, but he pretended to be busy with some business and until my husband's patience ran out, and he did not raise his voice, he did not warm up.
But with the extension, this is still the thing, of course, we were told that the hotel is overcrowded, and if our room is not available, then they will not be able to extend, but it's true a fiasco when you sit at the reception from 12 hours before departure (22:30), BUT we were lucky, at least until 18:00 we have extended. They also charged us $ 5 for the fact that our child slightly soiled the sheets, well, very strangely, they also said that it would not wash off. Nonsense.
Yes, the territory is large, I agree. Beautiful, no doubt.
We can't say anything about the animation, because we weren't at it, but the party was probably cool in terms of the audibility of the music in the room.)
The big minus of this hotel is everything is paid, well, just everything. We were at 4*, honestly, we couldn't compare, we expected more from 5*. At 4*, both ice cream, popcorn, and cotton wool were given for free, there was no fried food. There are simply no words here.