Pool view.
by Mark2sparkWe had a great holiday.
The hotel has 5* facilities, it?s probably maintained at around 4.5*. It?s difficult to say now, with hotels in Dubai doing 6 or 7*, yet the Grand Floridian hotel on site in Florida Disneyworld still only being rated 5*. Still, don?t be mistaken, pretty much everything is cleaner and of a better standard than your typical 3* Spanish holiday hotel.
The staff are helpful, friendly, and speak good English.
The food is good, sometimes excellent. No pork on offer.
Home made soups and fresh baked bread very good.
Misleading food signs (such as ?Fish in Tricky sauce? or ?Foul Beans?) make all meals a hilarious event.
No A/I food available after restaurants close at 10pm, although room service is 24 hour, and cheeseburger and chips is only ?2.80!
Bar for A/I closes at midnight, although you can still buy drinks. On site disco (1st drink free) is open till 3am I believe, but never went.
The (bottled) beer (no draught) was very good, tasted a bit like a Michelob. No such thing as Bacardi, but Egyptian rum is very good, tastes (and was coloured) like Caribbean (Mount Gay) rum. All ice is made from mineral water.
One free 1.5L bottle of water pp available every day from the water station, next to the doorway for the indoor pool.
The weather was virtually cloudless blue sky everyday, temps about 23C (73F), UV4, all four of us got varying stages of sunburn / tan.
With a Bank, shops, and diving school on site, there almost is no reason to go out of the gates, apart from the obvious desire to explore further.
We booked the day trip to Cairo (by air) off the medhotels rep in reception, ?135 each, which included door to door, entrance fees to Citadel (Mohamed Aly mosque), Cairo Museum (with King Tut treasures), Lunch, Pyramids & Sphinx, perfume & papyrus factories. A long day (5.30am pickup) but back in time for evening meal, well worth the visit, even if just to experience the driving in Cairo!
All in all, a good value for money holiday.
2 outdoor pools. Swim up pool bar. 1 outdoor wave pool, with slide. 1 indoor pool (heated).
About 8 restaurants.
3 private beaches with jetties and dive school. Beach and pool masseurs.
Gym.
Kids club.
Varied evening entertainment.
Shops and Bank on site.
