Hotel information

Hotel information

GENERAL INFORMATION AND SERVICES

Accident

In case of an accident, please call the Reception immediately. Our extension is: 154

Adult friendly hotel

Our adult freindly hotel only receives guests over 14.

Á la carte meal

Á la carte meals are available in the Shiraz and Dubai Garden restaurants from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. every day. Please note that we can accept your last order 30 minutes before closing.

Arrival

You can occupy your room from 3 p.m. on the day of your arrival.

Audio and multimedia player

Audio and multimedia files can be played on the television in your room.

Bank, ATM

The branch bank of the Savings Bank (“Takarékszövetkezet”) and its ATM are found in our village.

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Banquet, conference, event

Our hotel can provide 3 different-sized conference rooms on 200 m2 conference area. The 3 conference rooms on the ground floor can be interconnected on demand.  In case of any kind of event, please contact our sales department.

Bambara Spa

All our guests can visit the wellness section of our sister hotel at a discount price. We provide you with a 15% discount on our current entrance fees.

Bar

Our hotel’s main bar, the Casablanca Bar waits for our Guests from 8 a.m. until 11 p.m. every day, depending on the occupancy. Our Guests can participate in a special live music program in the Casablanca Bar, depending on the occupancy. From 10:00 p.m. to 11 p.m. cheese specialties from Bükk can be tasted each night. Oriental program is offered on Saturdays.

The Menta Bar, located in the area of the Arabic Bath House, is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

The Beach Bar of the Moroccan Relaxation Garden provides a place for recreation seasonally (from late spring to early autumn) from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

You can order meals in our bars from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. every day.

Bathrobe, spa towel, sauna sheet

The room’s price includes the use of bathrobes and room towels placed in your room based on the number of guests that were indicated when the room was booked. On the day of departure, please leave them in your room, on the bed. Spa towels and sauna sheets are given to you at the Wellness Reception in exchange for the wellness card you have received on arrival. On the day of departure, please return the textiles and give the wellness card, together with the room card, to the receptionist. Your spa towel may be changed once a day; and the sauna sheet can be changed after the sauna séances.

Bathroom towels

The bathroom towels are placed in your bathroom. If you would like to change your towels, please leave them on the bathroom floor.

Bed mattress and bedding set

Its rest is ensured by the Cardo luxury mattress, Billerbeck and Billerbeck bedding set.

Extra pillows and blankets are available on request. If you need another type of pillow, you can find out about our offer from Párnamenü. Please report your request to our colleagues at the Reception.

Your bedding will be changed at least twice a week, however, if you want to change your bedding, please let us know at the Reception.

Blanket

If you need more blankets, please ask the Reception for them.

Blood pressure meter

Blood pressure meter can be requested at the recepcion.

Breakfast

Our half-board service: we offer buffet breakfast and buffet dinner, however, the main meals are arranged in two groups. You can choose from the following mealtimes on arrival: breakfast between 07:00 a.m. and 09:00 a.m. and dinner between 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., or breakfast between 09:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. and dinner between 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. We offer rich buffet breakfast, or, on request and for a fee, a la carte breakfast. We provide cold pack for our guests who leave early on the day of departure on request. Please inform the Reception the previous day.

Board games, cards

If you need board games or cards, please contact the Reception.

Chair

Please indicate your bathroom chair demand at the Reception.

Cold pack

We provide cold pack instead of breakfast or supper for our Guests who leave early or arrive late. Please indicate your need for a cold pack at the Reception minimum one day before your departure.

Comments and suggestions

Our management places great emphasis on the opinion and evaluation of our Guests.

Please contact the Reception and our managers to make any comments and suggestions.

Cooling/heating

The entire area of our hotel can be heated and cooled with automatic setting. Also, our Guests can set the heating and cooling individually on the thermostat unit.

Cooling/heating in the rooms with a digital thermostat

The room’s cooling/heating equipment can be controlled with the wall thermostat with a LCD display. The system is switched on with the mode button on the left, under the thermostat’s display; please use the same button to select whether you need the cooling or the heating mode. Below the display, the fan speed selector button is found on the right. To set the desired temperature, please press the “down arrow” or “up arrow” on the display’s right side. Please note: the heating and cooling system only operates with closed doors and windows.

Credit card

We accept Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, Amex cards, as well as SZÉP cards.

Departure

Dear Guests, please leave your rooms until 11 a.m. on the day of departure. If you would like to stay longer, please contact the Reception previously. Late check-out option is provided for an extra charge, depending on the hotel’s occupancy.

Dress code

We kindly ask you to dress for the occasion in different areas of our hotel to appear. In our Casablanca Bar area, please do not appear in swimwear and robes After 6 p.m. Appearance in Shiraz and Dubai Garden restaurants, swimwear and robes is not permitted. Thank you for your understanding and kind cooperation!

Doctor

If you would like to call the local doctor or ambulance, please ask the Reception for help (154).

Egerszalók

The village with almost 2,000 inhabitants is located at the confluence of the Mátra and the Bükk, in the valley of the Laskó stream. With its characteristic formations, fine wines and medicinal water, the village is one of the climates of the region. The real attraction of Egerszalók is the thermal water spring erupting from the depths of the land in the southern part of the village. The water flowing from the hillside of this spring formed the limestone deposit, the salt hill, which is also a unique attraction in Europe. A popular excursion destination for visitors to Egerszalók is the hive stones on the outskirts of the village, which were formed as a result of volcanic aftermath, as well as cave dwellings carved into rhyolite tuff stone and the Saffron Garden. The lake, which is inflated on the Laskó stream, is also of significant natural value and is also a popular destination for hikers.

Electric charging station

We provide an unlimited number of free charging for our hotel guests during their stay. To use the device, scan the QR code or visit https://start.altegoapp.hu website or download the application. You can also pay the costs of the charging through these interfaces. If you wish to use it, please contact the hotel’s reception.

Etiquette

Please do not bring and consume any food and drink bought outside the hotel in the hotel’s area. In the Spa and Wellness areas, food and drink can only be consumed in the Bar’s area.

Please only reserve the loungers while you are staying in the Spa and Wellness area. Please note that our colleagues make the unnecessarily reserved loungers free.

Smoking is only allowed in the designated areas.

Please wear appropriate clothing for the occasion in the various sections of our hotel. Thank you in advance.

Fire

In case of fire, please call the Reception immediately and choose the emergency exit which is nearest to your room. Do not use the elevator in case of fire.

Fishing

Fishing is allowed at the lake located 1.5 kilometres from our hotel. For more information, please contact the Reception.

Fitness

From 8 am to 8 pm in Timbuktu Fitness Technogym’s premium machines, treadmills, elliptical trainer, room bike, hand dumbbells and fitness ball are available for sports, free of charge on the second floor of the hotel.

Flower

If you would like to order flowers, please contact the Reception.

Hair dryer

Hair dryer is in the bathroom; it operates with a safety switch. There are also hair dryers in the dressing rooms of the Bath House and Spa.

Half board

Our half-board service: we offer buffet breakfast and buffet dinner, however, the main meals are arranged in two groups. You can choose from the following mealtimes on arrival: breakfast between 07:00 a.m. and 09:00 a.m. and dinner between 6:00 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., or breakfast between 09:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. and dinner between 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. At your request, we can provide you with lunch, instead of dinner, from 12 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Hammam

You can relax in the unique steam rooms of our Iranian Hammam, where your body is completely cleansed at almost 100% humidity and 45 degrees Celsius. At 3:30 p.m. every day, our spa master guides our Guests to the world of traditional Hammam steam bathing, which remained unchanged for 1,000 years.

Hiking tours, hiking trails

In the room folder, we inform you about the hiking possibilities on separate pages. For more information, please ask our colleagues at the Reception, they are happy to help you.

Horse riding

The Mátyus Riding Farm, near Egerszalók, offers child and adult riding services, riding lessons and field riding. Near our sister hotel, the Karap Riding Farm offers child and adult riding services, riding lessons and field riding in Felsőtárkány. If you would like to ride a horse or travel on a horse carriage, please contact the Reception.

Information service

Our receptionists are at your service 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.

In-room safe

You can use the in-room safe free of charge. Before you use it, please read the instructions placed next to the safe carefully.

Our hotel does not accept liability for any items placed outside the safe.

. If you want to know make sure your values are absolutely safe, you can use our central safe; we do not charge a separate charge for its use. Please contact the Reception to use this service.

Internet

WiFi is available in the whole area of the hotel (in the rooms and community spaces) free of charge. Password is not required. If you need a computer in your room, please indicate your need at the reception.

Ironing services

If you would like to request an ironing service, please contact reception. Please note that the ironing service will be provided between 6.00 and 20.30 hours for a tablecloth fee and will be completed within 1 hour.
An iron and ironing board are available on request at the location indicated by the hotel.

IT help

If you need help in IT matters, please contact the hotel’s reception service.

Laundry

Laundry is not operated in our hotel building. At your request, our partner laundry provides washing services for an extra charge if you indicate your demand until 9 a.m. Please kindly inquire about it at the Reception.

Price list:

Underwear: HUF 300 /pc

Trousers, T-shirt, shirt, jumper: HUF 1 700 /pc

Jacket, coat: HUF 3 000 /pc

LEISURE ACTIVITIES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA

The location and facilities of Shiraz Hotel guarantees many possibilities for hiking, sightseeing, sport, and for those guests who want to enjoy the spa, a comfortable sun lounger and other relaxing activities.

Cave houses

The connected cave houses on Sáfrány Street are owned by the local government and are under local protection. The open-air museum in the cave dwellings offers its exciting community venues as an architectural monument of local history, taking into account cultural and spiritual roots and folklore traditions. The cave complex provides space for folk showrooms, craft workshops, folk craft training rooms, a wine showroom, a small outdoor stage and a country house. The tuff stone forming the upper layer of the Bükkalja region, which stretches from the Tarna Valley to Miskolc, is easy to cut and carve. Today 18 cave settlements are known in Bükkalja. In the middle of the 19th century there were 33 cave dwellings in Egerszalók, some of them were inhabited even in the 60’s, some are still used today e.g. summer kitchen.

Demjéni-Thermal Valley

Bathing in the Roman-inspired Thermal Valley in Demjen. Lined with beautiful mosaics, the new Demjen Spa for health tourism awaits its guests with four pools and a total of forty-two experience elements. At night, the pools are illuminated, which gives the spa a magical atmosphere.5 Thermal pool with different temperature elements, 25 m swimming pool, Finnish sauna, rubber-ring rafting and kamikaze slide, split-track slide, diving pool.

Egerszalók Spa and Wellness Bath

The Egerszalók spa and wellness spa is located on the border of Egerszalók, next to the famous Sódomb, 1300 m away from our hotel. The facility with a water surface of 1900 m2 has a total of 17 outdoor and indoor pools – spa water pools, whirlpool, adventure pools, water slides, children’s pools ensure a pleasant stay for both older and younger people.

Egerszalók walk

The walk along the natural treasures of Egerszalók, implemented in 2007 within the framework of the Regional Development Operational Program, guides the visitor. The trail presents the unique salt hill in Europe, the area of which has expanded from the previous 1,200 square meters to 3,000 square meters due to the development, as well as the special rhyolite tuff formations and hive stones typical of the region. In addition to the tourist attraction, the demonstration trail contributes to the preservation of these natural values. The approximately 2.9 km walk offers the joy of movement and relaxation, as well as the uniquely healthy climate of the valley – and the salt hill – for those wishing to heal.

Salt hill

Excellent salts from its thermal water, which is very rich in minerals at 65-68 ° C, continuously build lacy white limestone tuff formations. The salt mound is an unparalleled attraction in Europe. It has been a well-known and popular medicinal water for decades. The medicinal water is suitable for the treatment of joint and rheumatic ailments, spinal diseases, bone injuries, musculoskeletal disorders and certain gynecological diseases, among others.

Lido

The Nostalgia Strandfürdő, which also welcomes guests for night bathing, is located on the outside of the spa and wellness spa and is open from Monday to Thursday and Sunday from 9 am to 11 pm, and from Friday to Saturday from 9 am to 1 am.

Excursions in the region

We would like to call your attention to the following popular nearby tourist attractions and destinations. You will find detailed information at the Reception about the programs in the region, the opening hours and distances.

Eger: Castle of Eger: Prison exhibition, Gallery of Eger, Dungeon, Heroes’ Hall, Wax Museum, Memorial Museum of Geza Gardonyi, Cathedral; Lyceum: Astronomy Museum, Magic Tower, Archdiocesan Library, Minaret, Dobo Square, Church of the Minorites; Kopcsik Marzipan Museum; Town under the town.

The Bükk Mountains: Szilvasvarad – Szalajka Valley, trout lakes, wildlife park, Forest Museum, Rockspring, Open- Air Forest Museum, Veil Falls and prehistoric caves of Istalloskő; Felsőtarkany – Western gate of the Bukk National Park, Lillafured – Lake Hamor, Anna Cave, St. Stephen’s cave; Belapatfalva – Abbey; Szarvaskő – castle ruins; Noszvaj – De la Motte Castle; Sikfőkut – boating lake, Sirok – castle ruins

Egerszalók: Salt hill, Cave Flats, “Betyarbujo kaptarkő” (Hiding stone of the Betyars), Roman Catholic Church, Lake of Egerszalok

Matra Mountains: Kekestető – observation tower, Sasto – boating lake and observation tower, Matrafured- railway, Paradfurdő – “Cifra” Stable, Recsk – Memorial Park: labor camp, Kisnana – Castle

Lake Tisza: Tiszafured – Bird Sanctuary, Poroszlo – boating on Lake Tisza and walking on the study trail, Lake Tisza Ecocenter

Eger: Thermal and Adventure Spa, Turkish Bath, Bitskey Aladar Swimming Pool

Egerszalok: Spa and Wellness Bath, Nostalgia Bath

Demjen: Thermal Valley Adventure Bath and Spa

Mezőkovesd: Zsory Bath

Bogacs: Thermal Bath

Miskolc-Tapolca: Cave Bath

Our reception colleagues are happy to give directions.

Loyalty program

Our hotel operates a loyalty program. Our colleagues at the Reception provide you with additional information during the check-out.

Lost and found

If you find a lost object in the hotel’s area, please give it to our receptionists.

Lost items

Make inquiries about lost items at the Reception.

Luggage room

We provide a safe luggage room on the days of you arrival and departure at the Reception, on request.

Luggage service

We provide a bell boy service 24 hours a day. Please ask for this service at the Reception.

Manicure, pedicure

The Hotel Bambara in Felsőtárkány offers special pedicure-manicure services with the French Peggy Sage premium products. The Sahara Beauty pedicure-manicure salon is located on the ground floor. Please ask for an appointment from 08:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Reception. The service is available by prior appointment.

Minibar

There are soft drinks, alcoholic beverages and snacks in the room’s minibar that will be charged on your room if they are opened. The minibar is filled daily. On the day of departure, please inform the receptionist about your consumption.

Newspapers, magazines

Newspapers and magazines are available at the Reception. After reading, please return the newspapers and magazines to the Reception.

Our massage services

We offer massages, spa treatments, massage rituals and unique Hammam treatments to our Guests. During the massages and beauty rituals, we use the following special organic products: the Italian Gerard’s, the exclusive La Sultana de Saba and the German Kurland products, which offer special scents and sophisticated textures. You can find a detailed description of the services in the Wellness treatments menu. If you would like to reserve an appointment, please contact the Wellness reception (164) from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Please note that the services are available by prior appointment.

Our sister hotel, the Wonderful Hotel Bambara ****Premium

The Bambara Hotel **** premium was built in Felsőtárkány, near Eger, bordered by a nature reserve, in the area of four acres of woodland, in the middle of a forest. The hotel’s building evokes West Africa, while its comfort provides the usual European five-star hotel standard.The African wildlife comes alive in the hotel’s atrium, where the life of a friendly Meerkat family can be followed.The house’s mascot meerkat Bijou makes children smile every day. In the forest which surrounds the hotel, the lost monkey town – the Bükk Mystery Park – makes the holiday a romantic family adventure.

Parking lot

For your safety, our hotel building has an enclosed parking lot with barrier and 24-hour video surveillance. Of course, it is available for our guests free of charge.

Pharmacy

There is a pharmacy in our village. Please contact the Reception and ask about the opening hours.

Phone charger, adapter

In you need a phone charger or adapter, please contact the Reception.

Photocopying, faxing, printing

Copying, printing and fax sending are available at the Reception for an extra charge.

Petrol station

The nearest petrol station is in Eger, next to the main road (no. 25), 6 km from the Hotel.

Pillow

If you need a different type of pillow than the ones in your room, please contact the Reception.

Pillow Menu

Our hotel considers it extremely important to provide its guests with maximum comfort and a restful sleep during their stay. Therefore, in order to increase the effect of the health-preserving treatments used during the day, we offer you the opportunity to choose from our most ergonomically designed pillows. Take a look at our Pillow menu using our room QR code informaiton and ask the reception staff if you want to try one!

Playroom (adult)

The Gao room is found on the ground floor, where you can play billiard and any other fun games. Board and card games can be requested at the reception.

„Please do not disturb”

If you do not want anybody to disturb you in your room, please hang the „Do not disturb” card on your door handle (please find the card on your cupboard). You can lock your room’s door from the inside by pressing the green button. Please note that the daily cleaning services after 4 p.m. are provided for an extra charge.

Razor and shaving foam

You can buy them at the Reception, together with other cosmetic products.

Relaxation huts

The relaxation huts in the Moroccan Relaxation Garden, on the bank of the pool, can be rented for an extra charge on request. For more information, please contact the Wellness Reception (164).

Restaurant

The Shiraz and Dubai Garden Restaurants offer the specialties of the Hungarian and international cuisine from 12 a.m. to 10 p.m. The rich buffet breakfast or a’la carte breakfast is available from 7 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., a’la carte or full board lunch from 12 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the buffet or á la carte dinner from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Depending on our occupancy, we try to apply a seating arrangement in our restaurant.

Room safe

The room safe is on the wardrobe’s shelf. Please find the user’s manual next to the safe. The safe can be used with its own security code. We assume responsibility only for the valuables stored at the Reception.

Room reservation

You can contact the receptionists regarding your next stay in our Hotel; they are happy to make a reservation for you.

Room card

You can enter your room with the room card you receive at the Reception. The electric network will be activated if you put your room card into the holder next to the electric switch. Please return the room card to the Reception on the day of your departure.

Room service

Based on the service sheets that can be viewed with the QR code in the room, we provide food and drink service in your room for a service fee.

Room cleaning, daily cleaning

If you need room cleaning service, please hang the “Room cleaning, please” card (you can find it on the cupboard’s shelf) on the room’s door handle or call the Reception. Please note that the daily cleaning services after 4 p.m. are provided for an extra charge (5 000 HUF).

Sauna etiquette

Thank you for your contribution to the use of the sauna in the following points:

  1. Please always leave your slippers outside the sauna!
  2. Entry with dry body, sauna sheets required!
  3. Please always place a sauna sheet in the sauna!
  4. Please do not use strong-smelling cosmetics or make-up!
  5. In all cases, please ensure that there is sufficient distance between you and your sauna companions.
  6. Please avoid loudness!
  7. After sauna, please use the pools only after showering!
  8. Meals and drinks are not allowed in the sauna!
  9. It is not allowed to bring newspapers, printed materials or books into the sauna!
  10. Participation in our sauna programs takes place in order of arrival.
  11. The sauna program can only be used with the use of a sauna sheet or sauna dress

Sewing

If you need sewing, please contact the Reception.

Shoe cleaning

There is shoe polish in each room and you can find a shoe shine machine on the ground floor, near the entrance. Please contact the hotel’s reception if you need shoe cleaning.

Slippers

If you need slippers, please contact the Reception.

Smoking

Please note that our entire hotel is a non-smoking area. If you wish to smoke, please use the designated smoking areas.

Souvenirs

Souvenirs If you like any product with the Hotel Shiraz logo or any other object in the hotel and you would like to take it home as a souvenir, our colleagues at the Reception and at the wellness reception are happy to assist you.

Colourful Moroccan souvenirs, Keve Camel and other plush animals, swimsuits, object you have left at home (toothbrush, toothpaste, razor, shaving foam, condom, tampon, deodorant, paper handkerchief), small and large bath towels, spa towels, adult and children bathrobes and sauna sheets with the Shiraz logo and other colourful souvenirs can be bought.

Special diet, food allergy

Please let us know of any food allergies, diet and special diet at the time of booking or arrival at the Reception. If you have any questions, you can feel free to contact our chefs or our service colleagues.

Spa and Wellness

The spa and wellness services are available from 08:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day. In the Bath House and Spa, you can walk under the Moorish arches to enter the various rooms providing different opportunities for recreation. The pools, the saunas and steam chambers of various temperatures, the Arabic Courtyard and the Moroccan Garden provide relaxation for both the body and the soul all day. In the Persian sauna world, you can enjoy the heat of the glowing lava stones in two Finnish saunas. The walls of our organic sauna are covered with alpine straw and their scent is enriched by the soft vapour of the herbs collected in the Bükk Mountains. In our spacious infra-sauna cabin, not only the in-depth infrared rays, but also the high oxygen content of the cabin helps to regenerate, thanks to the Pakistani salt bricks. Sit back in our Aqua Meditation Room and immerse yourself in the play of the rings created by the dripping water. Our Iranian Hammam section pampers the lovers of the steam in an oriental treatment room with 2 steam rooms and 2 heated stone beds. Take part in our special sauna rituals and our Hammam traditions several times a day, and enjoy the fruits and mint tea, as well. The experience showers are enriched with different aromatic scents.

Free Daily Programs:

  • Arabic Bath House (Spa)

11.00 a.m. Seasonally changing sauna séance

3.30 p.m. “Hammam Tradition” – steam chamber tradition

5.30 pm Offering fresh fruit scented with rose water

6.00 p.m. Seasonally changing sauna séance

Participation in our sauna pourings is only possible without a swimsuit, in a sauna sheet.

The Maxim Garden waits for our Guests with an outdoor sauna and Jacuzzi.

The Beach Bar of our Moroccan Relaxation Garden offers refreshment to our Guests seasonally (from late spring to early autumn).

The salt-water pool in the Arabian Courtyard is open all year round.

The hidden oasis of our Arabic Bath House is the indoor Menta Bar, which, depending on the occupancy, waits for our guests with a special selection of food and drink between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. every day.

  • Casablanca Bar

17.00 Moroccan mint tea offer
20.00 Moroccan mint tea offer
19.00-22.30 Hookah session
22.00-23.00 Taste of Bükk cheese specialties

Sport

Please inquire about the hotel’s sports facilities at the Reception.

Sun loungers

Sun loungers are available free of charge in the Arabic Garden and in the Moroccan Relaxation Garden around the outdoor pools. Please only reserve the sun loungers while you are staying in the Spa and Wellness area. Please note that our colleagues make the unnecessarily reserved loungers free.

Taxi

If you need taxi services, please contact the Reception.

Technical service

In case of any technical problems, please inform the Reception.

Telephone

You can use the phone in your room to make internal and external calls as detailed in the user’s manual. The calls will be charged on your room automatically.

Television

Please note that pre-set television channels are available on your room TV. You can check the channels on the information leaflet and on the television’s screen.

Thermometer

Thermometer can be requested at the recepcion.

Tours, excursions

Feel free to contact the reception for more information about local attractions and excursions.

Tooth brush and tooth paste

You can buy them at the Reception, together with other cosmetic products.

Umbrella

Umbrella is available at the Reception on request.

Wake-up call

Please ask for a free of charge wake-up call at the Reception.

Wellness extension

Our guests can use our wellness free of charge from 12.00 on the day of arrival, while they can also use it free of charge until 12.00 on the day of travel. We can provide wellness use before 12:00 on the day of arrival and after 12.00 on the day of travel for a wellness extension fee, which is 50% of the valid spa entrance fee. Weprovide a luggage room, lockers, bath towels and a sauna sheet for our guests. Please indicate this need at the Reception!

Wine tasting

We recommend you our rich wine list, which primarily offers the excellent wines of the famous winemakers of Eger and the Eger wine region. For more information, please contact our colleagues in the Restaurant and in the bar.

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