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3.5* Emily Joan Smith Rating Overall: I would go back if it wasn’t for the mosquitos, if they had more places to chill in the evening and if the food wasn’t so samey. Pros: Staff - All the staff were extremely kind and helpful. They really went out their way to make you feel special. Prompt Response - we had a quite a few problems with our standard room before they upgraded us to a deluxe room. However, every problem was responded to promptly even if it wasn’t a permanent fix. Pool Choice - Mum liked that there were lots of pools and each pool was different in height. The Sea - the hotel was by the sea and you could see glimpses of it whilst walking up and down the stairs of the complex. (However it wasn’t so easy to get in the water once you were at the beach). Weather - I went end of may - early April. Weather was beautiful. 28 - 32 degrees. In all honesty it was getting too hot for me at some points. (Dip in the pool lots/ drink water) Fusion Restaurant - the best place to eat in the hotel. Other a la carte restaurants you had to pay extra for drinks. Sunday Evening - The best night for entertainment, the hotel outsource entertainment and organises a meal on the beach. (This is extra and you have to pay for it). Transfer - Only like 20 mins away! Cons: WiFi - only free in the Lobby but really patchy and didn’t work very well. We bought WiFi so we could use it around the complex. However it was still dodgy and had to log on every 5 minutes. A la carte restaurants - most of the a la carte restaurants you had to pay extra for your drinks. Which I found very very odd as it’s an all inclusive restaurant. The Italian food wasn’t that great either. Food - Very samey. However every person I spoke to at the airport felt the same way about their hotel food. Evening Entertainment - although the entertainment staff are lovely, I felt there was limited/ good entertainment. This could be because we were the only English and didn’t really know what was going on, but also the entertainment there was extremely loud and if you wanted just to chill, there wasn’t many places to sit in the evening. Construction: SO much construction work happening all over the hotel. Lobby bar - not all bars had all inclusive drinks. The lobby bar was not included in all inclusive. Massages - Not good, didn’t rate them. In small hut like spaces, with no privacy. Beach - not a walk into the water beach. Was on a rock cliff and have to get a jetty into the water. Mosquitos - LOADS! We got bitten alive!!

It was our first experience in Egypt. We came upon the advice of our friends who stayed there before. They gave us new, beautiful and comfortable rooms. There were few TV channels but we didn't spend much time in the room. Since we arrived at the hotel late, they served us sandwiches in the room. On the day of check-out, they allowed us to eat from the open buffet. The open buffet was good enough, we would have liked to see more cheese in the morning but that is not possible in Egypt. We liked the food in the evening, there was a chocolate waterfall every day and they served sushi every day. There are many pools in the hotel, but we spent more time in the quiet one. When it is windy, they don't allow you to enter the sea because the corals are dangerous. Watch out for taxi drivers. We paid too much when we came from the airport, always bargain. Don't pay more than 20 dollars from the airport. If not, there is an application, it is much cheaper, you can easily call from there, if you have an internet package. The internet in the hotel is only in the lobby.