“Relaxing Christmas Holidays”

Very quiet and clean hotel - perfect for relaxation and lying in the sun. In december still 25°C and the sea is warmer than the air.

“Great house reef... Italian dive school...say no more”

This hotel is lovely but in the middle of nowhere, and everything is geared towards the Italians (not even the reception desk understood English). And a word of warning about the transfer from the airport, its at least an hour and a half, and thats without dropping other holiday makers off at other… Más

This hotel is lovely but in the middle of nowhere, and everything is geared towards the Italians (not even the reception desk understood English). And a word of warning about the transfer from the airport, its at least an hour and a half, and thats without dropping other holiday makers off at other hotels. If you want to do nothing more than lie about during the day soaking up sun and eating good food (great food if like fish, which I dont) and having an early night then this is the place to do it. Apparently there are activities by the entertainment staff, but since we were the only English in the hotel at the time we did not get to find out about them, in fact we were just ignored for the whole week. The house reef is great, morays, eagle ray and barracuda off the pier, although expect a couple of days out of seven to be choppy with poor visability and the red flag to stop you getting in the water. The diving is really expensive compared to Sharm and its almost all shore dives. Expect to pay a lot more than you planned as everytime you get in the water you pay park fees of 15 Euro (at the dolphin reef its 25 Euro to get in the water which was bereft of dolphins but a lovely cave dive to compensate). And at the end of the dives our bill was converted from Euros into Egyptian (no idea what rate they used) but at least we have a 20% discount card for life for any other dives with the company !!!!! The trip to turtle bay is good as there are turtles, but the dive is no deeper than 10 meters, and you may loose your mask due to the diver and snorkeller soup. Overall a good hotel, but a poor service if you dont speak Italian.

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“Great grilling at Dolphin House”

First and foremost, this hotel has been included in the portfolio of a mayor italian tour operator, so expect more than 90% of guests to be italians. We've been there end of August grilling ourselves at 43 celsius, luckily the place is windy therefore idling on the beach has been a pleasure. The b… Más

First and foremost, this hotel has been included in the portfolio of a mayor italian tour operator, so expect more than 90% of guests to be italians. We've been there end of August grilling ourselves at 43 celsius, luckily the place is windy therefore idling on the beach has been a pleasure. The breeze unfortunately can turn the sea quite hard to swim into sometimes, anyhow the well built pier helps you to dive beyond the beautifull reef into a crystal clear Red Sea. The whole hotel, in my opinion, is a little bit outdated and would need a renovation soon, the rooms are indeed huge and clean, if you need the AC to sleep do not forget earplugs. The cleaning service is very good and the guys are always nice and smiling. There is only one main restaurant, but on the beach, the bar serves a light lunch at noon and a la carte service at evening (booking required), the overall food quality is quite good, since the majority of guest are italians they managed to have a pasta corner and a pizza oven (only at dinner) so there are plenty of choices available. Right outside the hotel you may find some shops and a nice beduin tent if you want to sip a mint tea or a coffee or smoke hookah (with very hygenic disposable pipes). Since the hotel is located in the middle of nothing, there are several day tours availables, you may visit turtle bay, hamata islands or sharm el luli otherwise you can ride a jeep or quad or dromedary or arab horse and pay a visit to a beduin village. We decided to visit Luxor instead, there is a new road crossing the desert that will take you to Karnak and Luxor temples and the Kings Valley in some 4 hours by bus (it's worth the journey). The "animation" staff is 100% italian, I really appreciated them especially Terenzio and Achille, but I might understand it's not enjoyable at all if you do not understand italian.

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