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December 15, 2023
The once thriving hotel is slowly dying. After the departure of the “sentido” concept, every day it becomes sadder here. Remaining advantages: The area is still well-groomed and green, although in some places the lawn is already dying. The view from almost all the rooms is life-affirming, but the rooms themselves are quite tired. Well, the air conditioner is very noisy, from the early Jurassic period, well, not at all soft mattresses and old washed linen. However, we can note the normal renovation of the bathroom, the taps of which really do not have hot water (summer water flows), the tap in the washbasin is loose and there are some manually solvable problems with the operation of the toilet flush. By the way, the cleaning of the rooms was decent. The food is so-so, no frills, from the “we won’t go hungry” series, however, everything is edible and there were no poisonings. A couple of times there was even a grill for dinner, which, against the backdrop of general approximate poverty, caused an enthusiastic stir. The food generally corresponds to the hotel level. But the staff is sane, polite and helpful, especially when giving tips regularly. The beach is in satisfactory condition, clean. The sunbeds, although old, are intact. There are plenty of mattresses. The quality of towels depends on the mood of the towel manager and your tips. The sea is shallow. (lagoon) with enchanting Maldivian views. But if anyone is looking for fish, then there are none here except for stingrays. There are practically no people in the hotel, we counted 40 showers at most, an international contingent of 40+, no children. Thanks to the absence of people, the rest is good, without nerves. There are no queues, the beach is free, the bars are free. There are no snacks, but there is bottled beer. If you behave well, they will give you a cold one. This is a hotel for introverts.) The shops at the exit from the hotel are inappropriately expensive, but outside the territory, about a hundred meters from the exit, there is a small market with normal prices, where you can buy juices, mangoes, strawberries, halva etc. There are also shops with the usual Egyptian junk, but with real prices. Theoretically, there are animators here. But since there are no active people, there is no animation. The pools are clean, but still cool; everyone here prefers the sea. Wi-Fi...Oh! The local Wi-Fi is so primitive that I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out that it was installed here back in the time of Ramses II. The mirage of Wi-Fi can be observed in the lobby and at the exit from it, but only if you are persistent and have strong nerves. It disconnects from the network about once every two minutes, even at night. It’s better to immediately buy a decent SIM card with a lot of gigs at the airport, since the Egyptian Internet is like Turkish delight with poison... You will never know the truth, how many gigs are left on your SIM card. For example, our SIM card was 7.3 out of the declared 12 gig. And don’t even try to complain to the operator, they will clearly and without batting an eyelid come up with 100 decisive excuses for you. Overall, we cannot characterize this hotel as negative, but we cannot praise it either. Those who are not too pretentious about five-star show-off will be fine. We got a funny tour
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