30 Jun 2025
We came off the cruise ship and met our group and guide Bilal at the pier. Started our day with a few stops and went to the area of the beach to ride the camels. When we arrived Bilal told us that the small camels I. The parking lot were included and if we wanted a ride on the beach it would cost 20 euros more (say what) most of us wanted to do what we thought we were to be getting and ride on the beach (5 minute ride). Line was long and most of us thought Bilal was trying to move the tour along and thought if he told us we would need to pay more we would chose the little ones that would walk are d the parking lot. Bilal went to talk to the guys on the beach and “worked a deal” with them so we all could ride them. Then we went to the Hercules Cave and found out we could pay more (8 euros) to go into the “big cave” that our cost was only for the little cave. The little cave was nothing much more than a tourist trap with people selling their items and offering you to have a picture taken with their parrots. Not what we again were expecting since we didn’t want to spend more for a tour that was to be a private tour and ended up being with 11 others and no reduction in price. Lunch was at a location of the guides choosing but had been planned. Very busy with workers yelling at each other and complete chaos so it wasn’t worth the 20 euros per person (and we were not told price prior to eating) After lunch we went “shopping in the markets” or should I say taken to a store and need g to listen about their rugs they sell and then had to go to a pharmacy and listen to their sales pitch on offerings (handed bags and asked to put items in them to buy). Most of the people that I spoke to were not happy with the bait and switch on things and being told we could shop (only at their preloaded bed locations) we did not have time to e en look around d in any shops since there was t any time left. Not what any of us thought!! When expecting a private tour and spending over 300.00 for two and then expected to pay more for everything in the tour description isn’t what we had in mind. I did 12 Viator tours this vacation and this was the worst one.