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3. oktober 2024
Overall impressions are positive, but it was not our best stay in Egypt. Negative: 1. At the reception we were given rooms numbered 5***, which are adapted to the Palace facility, but the standard differs from 6***. In addition, our rooms were at the very end of the facility, right next to the fence, bordering Port Ghalib. Therefore, we were far from everywhere and, at night, we heard loud music from a bar outside the hotel. We are used to the fact that in large facilities, when it is close to the swimming pool, it is far away to the beach or other attractions, but here it was far away from everywhere... I wanted to pay extra to change the room, but first of all, we arrived so late on Saturday (around 10 p.m. local time) that there was no room a lot of choice and secondly, those rooms that were left cost 150 EURO per DAY :O 2. For 4 out of 6 days we were attacked by really annoying flies outside and we couldn't lie (literally) either by the pool or on the beach for most of the day... 3. The only thing worse than flies were pushy sellers of all kinds of attractions. This was our 5th stay in Egypt, so we know what it's like there, but in this hotel it's really an exaggeration, even the red flags next to the umbrellas didn't discourage them, when I got impatient and asked them politely to leave us alone (because they were constantly interrupting our rest or conversations with our loved ones) then they stopped being friendly and started saying things like "there's no need to be nervous", "you should be nice", "we're all friends here" - as if I had to conduct discussions with them every day, all aimed at one thing, that is, buying from them. trips, diving, massage or safari… 4. The food was average and correct. On day 5 I had enough because most of the dishes tasted the same. 5. The evening animations were of a low standard, simply put. 6. A very modest, really modest early breakfast - from 5 to 7 a.m. at the Alfredo restaurant. We didn't really have anything to eat before we left. On the plus side: 1. During the day, the animators tried their best and were active, at the same time polite and not intrusive. 2. Access to the reef right next to the facility - great for beginners. 3. There are always enough sunbeds both on the beach and at the pool. 4. Really nice service in restaurants and bars, especially when you thanked them with dollars, but it must be admitted that even without it (there was no intentional "extending your hand"). 5. By Egyptian standards, it was generally clean - the swimming pool, hotel and restaurants. 6. A very nice and safe (which is not obvious in Egypt) water park - my older son and I had a lot of fun there.
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