Vladislav Babiy Review of Citadel Azur Resort
1. Rooms
1. Rooms
All rooms are facing the sea and most of them really can be seen. The question is how good ...
Very odd location - front line standards with great views. Deluxe and many others overlooking a piece of the sea and a standard roof))
Also, the deluxe has a completely incomprehensible shower room, and the standard often has a shower room with a window facing the sea (be careful, you can be seen;)).
2. Pools
Only three small and cold pools on a huge territory, all only until 17:00.
One of them is perfect for lovers of photography in the pool with panoramic sea views.
The jacuzzis on the street were almost all closed, and the few that were open were constantly occupied by the locals.
3. Food
At the 4 * or even 3 * level. It's good that there was almost always fish in batter, sometimes fried with vegetables.
"Sushi" - a washer of rice, sprinkled with sesame seeds with tiny pieces of cucumber inside))))
"Pizza" - dry lavash with tomato paste and a little cheese)
Good / edible also included grilled chicken (but very dry) and kebab.
There is no sweet pastry at all ... The country is so rich in fruits, and one tiny piece is put into the pastries
From fruits were: melon, dates (sometimes green), apples, pomegranate
The following set was given to the plane:
- a sandwich consisting of a long roll (as for regular hot dogs) with two slices of spicy cheese. I couldn't eat it ...
- the same sandwich, but with two pieces of some kind of "sausage";
- 3 pcs. round "sweet" buns;
- a tiny cucumber, jam, apple.
3.2 Food in "restaurants"
They will bring you the same thing that you can take absolutely calmly during a regular buffet for dinner))))
4. Sea
Very beautiful reef, but as for Hurghada, then generally WOW! A lot of different marine life (no moray eels)))
But, at the same time, absolutely AWESOME going out to sea. There is NO ONE pantone, as is usually the case in all hotels with a reef!
That is, you can either go to the steps at the entrance to the bay and from there swim to the reef ...
Or in one single place on the beach (where there are a lot of people) go into the water on the sand and then swim a little, climb over the stones and finally find yourself on the reef ...
Or for a long time (30 meters) trying to walk / get through the rocks and the reef (water up to the knee), then finally to be in the sea and swim normally! This is the picture that awaits you along the entire length of the beach.
5. Personnel
The cleaners are polite and smiling, but the cooks and waiters are 50/50 :(
A young tall guy with slicked hair who stands at the distribution of ice cream is generally an extremely unpleasant character. Looks like a serial killer and behaves in a similar way.
The local taxi manager is a nasty boor and a goat.
6. Transfer and departure to the city
You can NOT call Uber directly to the lobby ... It will simply not be allowed into the territory and you will have to walk to the barrier (about 20 minutes walk through the hills without much lighting). At the reception desk they could call and say skip, but they don't, so that the local cattle-taxi driver could cash in on you!
At the same time, when you return from the city to the hotel by any car, you will easily be let through to the very lobby.
For understanding, uber will cost $ 4-5 to the center of Hurghada.
And the hotel taxi driver will want $ 10 from you ...
At the same time, if there are two of you, then you will not be alone in the car ... At least 3 more strangers will be put to you !!!!
They say the car is designed for 7 seats ... True, one of them is the driver's, and 2 is the third row of seats in the trunk of the crossover))))))))
7. Territory
Huge and well appointed. The hotel is really large and striking in scale, you can safely walk through it in the evening. The length of the hotel is about 1 km along the coast with interesting infrastructure.
I think it was even cooler here before quarantine, due to animations and parties (which are closed during quarantine).
For dinner, pleasant live music is played in one of the halls and outside.
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