The Sharm Plaza Sharm El Sheikh
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4.5 Stars - 15 Reviews and 529 Opinions
Pacha Bay, PO Box 140, Sharm El-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt
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t.finlan
- Reviews: 2
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TERRIBLE
i have just got back from egypt, Sharm El Sheikh with a one week stay in sharm plaza but we only stayed 3 days in sharm plaza because the food and customer service of some of the staff was apauling and on 2 occasions my mother was told to shut up and sit down we were told that there were 5 restaurants when there was only 1 restaurant and 2 buffets considering this is suppost to be a 5 star resort it is DEFFINATLY not worth 5 stars but on a good side the hotel, the rooms and the beach is stunning.
in the end i would recommend the GHAZALA GARDENS which is a 4 star but a lot nicer food and more polite staff.
Unique Quality: poor food, 5 pools, sea front, beautifull hotel
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as3012
- Reviews: 1
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Best place
Was an excellent choice. I dont know what to say about the negative reviews this hotel was excellent. When we arrived we were asked if we wanted to upgrade to a seaview room for only $8 dollars a night, best choice ever.
The rooms were really clean and the whole atmosphere was excellent. The only issue was you did have to get a cab to wherever you want to go otherwise it would be a reasonably long long road but most of the activities pick you up from the hotel reception.
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kikerz
- Reviews: 1
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ABSOLUTE CRAP!!!!!!
this hotel is a disgrace! ther wer rats in the dining area, cocroaches in our room and waiters swearing! it should be shut down! we went ther afta the managment had changed hands and it was awful! our friends on the other hand , went to the same hotel when it had a different manager and apparently it was completley different!!!! im VERY VERY VERY angry as i also wasted money on an i wish package and it wasnt wat it turned out to be! it sed it was all inclusiv but it wernt!!!!! DONT BUY IT ITS A CONN! dont go to this hotel its a dirty
Unique Quality: DIVING WAS BRILL NOT MUCH ELSE WAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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chizz
- Reviews: 451
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Great hotel
Stayed here for 5 nights with breakfast included. Hotel is a taxi ride/car ride away from Naama Bay and is in a secluded spot by the beach. Rooms are bright and clean and well decorated. We had a great balcony with views of the sea. There is a small beach by the pool and a reef for snorkelling. Entertainment takes place by the pool in the afternoon with volleyball, music and an acrobatic show.
There is also another pool towards the hotel lobby. There are a few restaurants at the hotel such as a arabic one, tapas bar and italian, as well as a buffet restaurant with different themed nights. Breakfast is held here too and has an adequate selection of foods, although it can be said that this caters somewhat to the Russian guests. There is a gym and night club across from the hotel lobby in a separate building.
Unique Quality: We got a very good rate to stay here by booking online. Nice rooms, pool areas and reef.
- Opinion of Price: about average
The Sharm Plaza Sharm El Sheikh Photo: Room balcony
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SeamusInWarsaw
- Reviews: 1
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Excellent Holiday. We Will Be Back!!
We have just returned from Sharm El Sheikh, having spent two wonderful weeks at the Crowne Plaza. A hotel to be thoroughly recommended.
The Crowne Plaza is among the best that my wife and I have stayed at in over 15 years of package holidaying together, including trips to many European countries and islands and further afield to India, Sri Lanka and Mexico.
It is one of the few holidays where we have approached the packing up day with the thought that we really would have liked to stay longer, rather than that the holiday was nice but it’s nice to be going home. The whole experience was 1st class.
We are currently living outside the UK (in Warsaw, Poland) and, as we were booking late, we felt a little apprehensive of our choice of destination, tour operator and hotel.
All cause for concern quickly evaporated at the airport, where our tickets were readily available from the EXIM desk, and the flight arrived in good time. The reps at Sharm airport, on the transfer coach and at the hotel were efficient, courteous and extra helpful to us as the only English speaking travellers amongst their Polish group.
The hotel reception was well staffed, and we were soon in our room ready to unpack, shower, change and go for our evening dinner. As we had booked late our choice was limited, and we did not have a balcony, but the room was comfortable, clean, well supplied with towels, bedding and toiletries, as it continued to be throughout our stay.
We were on an All Inclusive basis, or “I Wish” as we found it to be called here, which gave us only the very minimum of irritation. All meals could be taken in the ‘buffet’ La Veranda restaurant, but if this was too busy it was possible to move into the adjacent HB section, which occurred a couple of times.
We soon realised that lots of people wanted breakfast at 9:00 am so we tended to get there a bit earlier or later; they also wanted lunch as soon as the restaurant opened at 1:00 pm so we avoided that as well, and dinner was best eaten after an aperitif in the bar to miss the early crowd.
Meals could, alternatively, be taken at a variety of other restaurants, some included in the AI package and some were only discounted. The C-View Beach BBQ restaurant was part of the AI on Sun/Tues/Thursday; booking ahead was necessary but we had no trouble as we did so at least 24 hours in advance on all occasions.
We could also use the Lebanese or Italian restaurants with 20% discount ‘I Wish’ vouchers (2 per room per week) and the Seville bar served a Tapas menu which was charged but reasonably priced.
The food in all of the locations was excellent, and we were especially impressed by the variety on the buffet and the speed at which all the trays were refilled or replaced. I am sure it was overwhelmed at times, but not at any of our visits during 2 weeks.
It does have to be noted that this hotel had large numbers of visitors from Russia, Poland, Italy and the UK, as well as local Egyptians and other nationalities so do not expect chips with everything. Chatting to some of the staff members we found that the winter/spring menu, when we were there, changes to a more UK-friendly one for the peak season when the visitor balance changes.
A concession to the ‘mad dogs and Englishmen’ who want chips and the mid-summer sun!
The AI drinks package included wine and beer, by the glass, and most soft drinks, but not spirits and some other exceptions. The bars available for AI were also at selected times, especially in the evening, but a little patience soon got us sorted out. It was, indeed, possible to get a drink at any time from 10:00 am until 11:00 pm, but we did not feel the need to test this to its full.
Drinks outside of the AI time zones were not cheap, but we did not expect them to be, and quite reasonable really. If you wanted to indulge at a cheaper rate, or to a greater extent, the local Na’ama bay area was only a 10-15 minute taxi away.
The hotel also laid on a bookable regular ‘shuttle bus’ free service if you wanted to plan for an evening out, but we found that the £50Egy taxi fare left us more flexible, and they could also supply a people carrier vehicle at £74Egy for groups up to 7 people.
The sea front area was very popular throughout the day, but never seemed over-crowded, despite some bed hogging with towels from early morning. We never struggled to find a nice place in the sun. There isn’t an actual beach at the Crowne Plaza, but they have constructed sand covered plateaus down to the sea, where there are two access piers into the water
There are several pools around the hotel with free towels supplied against a deposit card, supplied 1 per person when you check in. At the lower sea-level pool there is also a ‘beach’ volleyball and entertainment area, complete with a multilingual group of ever enthusiastic animation team. If you have children with you they will not suffer from a lack of choice of something to do!
Quick notes:
There is a cash machine on site and a bank branch, to change your cash into local currency, but do not take any torn or damaged GB notes with you, they will not be accepted – the Egyptian notes you receive may, however, be in very poor condition.
We tipped the guy who looked after our room, a couple of the waiters, one of the pool attendants, one of the breakfast chefs and several of the bar staff, but nobody will hold out their hand asking for a tip in the hotel.
Snorkelling and scuba diving is very popular in the whole Red Sea area, and the Crowne Plaza has its own scuba PADI approved training centre.
The hotel is built on quite a steep slope, so lots of climbs up and down, lots of stairs; the fit and healthy will enjoy it, not so much fun for others.
- Opinion of Price: N/A
- Related to: Family Travel, Diving and Snorkeling
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mtcowgirl
- Reviews: 123
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Luxury in the Desert
I stayed in the Crowne Plaza Sharm Resort in Sept. 2005.
My room was spacious with a large, comfortable King-sized bed. The bathroom was huge with a large bathtub shower and a huge countertop for all my girlie supplies. The tv was a bit small with poor reception but when you are diving or going to lay on the beach, how much tv do you watch?
The hotel complex is huge...I estimate that it took me nearly 10 minutes to get from my room to the lobby and then another five minutes to get to the gate where the dive shuttle picked me up (due to the bombings a month or so before I went security was very tight and it was a hassle for drivers to make regular pickups).
Getting to downtown was a bit of a pain as there was no shuttle service provided by the hotel. I had to take a taxi at 60LE each time I wanted to go to town. The drive to town was about 10 minutes and not comfortably walkable.
For people who just want to kick back and relax on the beach, only leaving the hotel a couple of times during their stay, the Crowne Plaza is a great choice!
But for those who like to dive or snorkel and are using a center in the downtown, I wouldn't recommend staying at the Crowne Plaza. It's just too far away and you have to do transport by shuttle or taxi all the time.
Unique Quality: With several pools, the hotel can easily accomodate all of its guests without becoming over crowded. I had a nice pool-view room and there were rarely more than a few people in the pool at any one time. The unfortunate part is that because there are so many pools in the complex, there is no pool bar drink service. That'd make things perfect!
There is one pool near the beach that has a great view of the sea. There's a bar/restaurant near the pool so drink service may be available.
When I went, there was no high speed internet service available in the rooms. I have read that since then the hotel has installed it and the initial fee is 60LE. Being that I was studying at the time of my vacation and needed internet, I'm happy to know that the hotel has upgraded its internet!
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catcus
- Reviews: 1
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second class citizen
We are just back from Egypt having stayed at the Crowne Plaza in Sharm. Holioday was completely spoiled by the catering which was not up to standard, very poor selection of food. never any dishes or cutlery . Staff were completely overwhelmed at times. I complained as did several others however judjing from the comments on this site they have heard it all before. We were half board and for dinner we were not allowed to use the main dining room La Veranda which was reserved for the all inclusive guests (mainly Russian I think)
Bars were very pricey for a miserable measure of drink. We could not use the beach bars as these were not able to accept money or room charge cards as they were for the use of the all inclusive guests. Altogether very dissapointing and certainly not five star as suggested by our travel agent.
Unique Quality: Nice complex with five clean pools one of which is supposed to be heated. Rooms a bit dated.
A bit isolated from town (about ten minutes in a taxi)
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AnnemarieC
- Reviews: 30
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Crowne Plaza Sharm El Sheikh
Nice large rooms, spacious en suite bathrooms with either terrace or balcony. A large complex but surprisingly quiet. The rooms are spread out and can be difficult to find. There are also lots of steps. Built on different levels leading down the the beach. Several pools and restaurants. Very pretty hotel, all whitewashed. Has a lovely Roman Bath pool, which is lit up at night. Staff are very helpful. Complimentary shuttle bus to and from the airport, as well as Sharm el Sheikh town (must be booked in advance). Food Ok but nothing special. 15 minute drive from the airport. Are currently undertaking building work either side of hotel and can be quite noisy by the beach area. Stay around the Roman Pool etc and you won't hear a thing.
- Opinion of Price: less expensive than average
- Related to: Family Travel, Diving and Snorkeling, Beaches
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o_z_l_e_m
- Reviews: 25
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Good Choice
I stayed for 3 days and everything was very good. When you come in the Crown Plaza's boundary, starting a new life.
We had a big room which has got a big open balcony in the garden :)) air conditioner was very good, room was very clean and there was a coffee machine in the room. There is 3 big open pool in the otel, there is a coffee shop. And it has got a very big area for taking sun bath. You can use landing for going into the sea without treading on corals. The restaurant was very well, all foods were delicious. And there is live music in the evening.
- Opinion of Price: N/A
The Sharm Plaza Sharm El Sheikh Photo: Crown Plaza Enterance
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dpriddey
- Reviews: 5
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Very comfortable stay
This is a great place in unwind in. Our room was lovely, particularly the cool, shady terrace on hot afternoons.
We loved the beach area, particulary the quieter end to the right, with the underwater jetty that you could stand on and watch fish swimming around the coral. We also thought the beach BBQ was the best of the 3 restaurants in the hotel complex. Very friendly laid-back staff.
2 downsides:
Steps throughout the resort would make staying here very awkward for people with mobility problems.
Food wasn't brilliant - best not to book full or half board, as the main restaurant was awful. We were B&B, which suited us well as there was a free shuttle bus to Neama Bay, which had loads of nice places to eat.
Otherwise, very nice! Can't comment on price as we had booked an inclusive package, but I suspect it was one of the more expensive in the area.
Unique Quality: Right on the Far Garden reef, so you could jump off the jetty into clear deep water and snorkel around some coral reefs. This would be a better choice than hotels in Naama Bay if you're interested in snorkeling.
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I am travelling to sharm first week in march I am looking for imformation about this hotel(bar &food prices)at crowne plaza.Temperture at this time of year in sharm,This is my second visit to sharm.
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I have just booked 2 weeks for august. Found some good reviews on www.Holidaysuncovered.com
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Hi, I stayed there in December, I was very impressed with the hotel, the food prices were reasonable, but I did find the drinks quite expensive, but I found that generally every where in Sharm the drinks were abit pricey. Have a good time,
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Right on the Far Garden reef, so you could jump off the jetty into clear deep water and snorkel around some coral reefs. This would be a better choice than hotels in Naama Bay if you're interested in snorkeling.
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Address: Pacha Bay, PO Box 140, Sharm El-Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt