This was my first visit to Egypt & to a Marriott hotel, the hotel is lovely. I has a very nice recption area with a lobby bar where you can sit outside & get great views out to sea & to Israil (i think!) opposite. The rooms were very clean & comfortable, had a mini bar, satalite tv with a few channels in English. The bathrooms were nice marble, prety much what you would expect from a very good 4* hotel.
The main restaurant has a large buffet & caters for everyone including a selection of local food at all meals which was nice to try. The cave bar is very unusual & does lovely lunch - the burger & fries was big enough for 2 of us. althought it is very hot at night as there is no a/c.
normally with a hotel chain you feel like you could be anywhere but the marriott has got it just night, the standard is high & you feel like you are in Egypt.
Just for your info the resort had just got an atm when we were there.
I would like to highlight how nice the staff were, they were professional at all times & did not hassle you for tips like I have heard some do in Sharm.
If you would like to do sightseeing in Egypt Taba is a grea place as you are near petra & cairo can be done by coach which makes is a lot cheaper about £60 for the day to cairo.
The cave bar has an area on top where they have cushions that you can sit on & they bring the water pipes & they also hold an egyptian night up there which was great!
The pool is very large but in a nice way & during the colder months one half is heated. there is a small slide in to one part of the pool. Theme: HotelComparison: less expensive than average
