Faraana Heights (Egypt / Sharm el-Sheikh): description, reviews and hotel reviews

It's no secret that Egypt has long been attractive to tourists. The reason is not only in the beauties of the Red Sea: many, including our compatriots, come here to see and touch the ancient history of the country.

Holidays in Egypt

Going on holiday in this country, you need to understand: many stereotypes here do not "work", and therefore carry some prejudices are not worth it. Egypt annually receives thousand armies of travelers from all over the world, including from our country. This country is interesting first of all to those who are hungry for new impressions. And in Egypt, tourists get practically "the sea", both in direct and figurative senses. After all, buying even the most economical tour, a bonus almost all travelers get absolutely free of charge the amazing Red Sea with its unique underwater world, as well as the opportunity to see with your own eyes, for example, the same pyramids.

All inclusive

In the last few years, for Russians visiting Egypt for holiday, "all inclusive" has become a familiar concept. Like Turkish colleagues, this country's hotels also offer an affordable menu with a varied buffet and a large selection of alcoholic beverages, albeit locally produced. However, with a more detailed study of the concept of "all-inclusive" schemes, many understand that the Turkish and Egyptian all inclusive are somewhat different.

At our compatriots the rest system "eat, drink, walk, without spending a single penny in place" is quite popular. However, if this scheme works in Turkey without fail and clearly, then many should know that when they come to Egypt, they will receive "all inclusive" with some "pitfalls".

First, most hotels in this country have one weak point - food. Therefore, not all even the most upscale hotels can guarantee a wide range of food. In addition, the concept of "all inclusive" in Egypt is not offered on a single, developed for the country approach. For example, some hotels offer free water entertainment, while having to pay for exercising in the gym or for fitness.

Sometimes four-star hotels, such as Faraana Heights (Sharm El Sheikh), have a more comprehensive range of all-inclusive services than the chic five. In general, many hotels working on this concept are located at this resort.

Sharm el-Sheikh

Many believe that this modern and very dynamic tourist center located on the Sinai peninsula is not exactly Egypt. The numerous hotels built here, including the four-star Faraana Heights, are maximally Europeanized. Therefore, they provide much better services and have better conditions for recreation than hotels in other resorts in Egypt.

Most hotels in Sharm el-Sheikh have a large territory and very developed infrastructure. An essential advantage for many is the availability of its beach on this coral plateau.

Today Sharm el-Sheikh is considered to be an ideal place for rest. Here very affordable prices, high enough service. In addition, the resort from the capital only four hours of flight, and the dry and warm climate, much more windless compared, for example, with Hurghada, gives the opportunity to visit the resort all year round.

Another advantage of this Egyptian city, which is most visited by our compatriots, is that there is a rather wide variety of prices for accommodation, as well as an abundance of fine restaurants with any cuisine and entertainment, for example, jeep safari, admiring the sunset on camels. But the biggest plus of Sharm el-Sheikh is his turbulent nightlife. Discos, clubs, casinos in the evenings are packed to capacity. The same can be said about hotels, tours in which in high season are bought instantly. And one of them is the four-star El Faraana Heights.

general information

The hotel is built in Sharm el-Sheikh in the northern part of its Nabq Bay district. The famous promenade promenade Naama Bay is distant from it for twenty kilometers.

The international airport of this resort is only ten minutes away. This is especially convenient for those Russians who come to rest with young children. I must say that there are a lot of such in the hotel, because such a short transfer is very convenient for kids who do not tolerate the road.

Faraana Heights is considered one of the most extreme in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, behind it is only an automobile road in the direction of Dahab. The hotel was built in 2010. He enters the hotel chain King Snefro Group. The territory on which this four-star hotel is built is sixty-four square meters.

It consists of the main building, where the registration desk is located and where you need to approach during the arrival, as well as a complex of two- and three-storey bungalows, built in an unusual Andalusian style for this region.

The territory on which the hotel is built is at a certain height from the general level of the coast. Therefore, the windows offer a magnificent panorama of the Red Sea and the famous bay of Nabq Bay. From the beach the hotel is separated by a road.

The territory of Faraana Heights (Sharm) is fully equipped. Everywhere fountains, ponds, nooks, where people can sit in the shade of palm trees and chat with each other. The paths, laid out by a stone, connect not only the buildings, but also the pool and many other objects with each other.

Infrastructure

The hotel Faraana Heights (Sharm 4 *) own secure parking, which can stop even the tourist shuttles. Pre-booking of parking spaces is not required. On the territory there is a gallery along which small shops are built, where not only food products are sold, but also many other retail goods necessary for tourists.

Area information Faraana Heights is very well chosen. It seems to be "in the outskirts", away from the noisy city center, but to the famous in the region waterfront of Naami Bay, where there are numerous establishments in which life does not stop even for a minute even at night, just twenty minutes away. The hotel offers a free daily shuttle service to the Bay of the same name.

Concierge services, packed lunches, ironing are available. The hotel has a laundry, a luggage storage room, which is especially convenient for those tourists who after a check-in have to wait for a certain time to transfer. Having handed over things, they can walk to the sea, go shopping or just sit in a restaurant or cafe.

Here, in the administrative building, there are conference and banquet halls. Managers of the hotel can help in organizing any event, be it a corporate party, seminar or wedding party. There is also a laundry, a safe-cell and a beauty salon.

Hotel Policies

The reception desk is open around the clock. Check-in is scheduled for 2 pm, check-out is at noon. However, this does not mean that guests will not be served at an inopportune hour. In the presence of free and ready-to-move-in rooms, the documents are processed in only fifteen to twenty minutes.

At the reception desk you can photocopy your passport, send a fax. Here, if necessary, tourists can issue a return transfer for a fee.

Express check-in and VIP services are available at the hotel. In the administrative building there is a car rental service, there is also a tour desk. The hotel rooms are free of charge for children up to the age of 12 on existing beds.

Residential fund

Faraana Heights 4 * is considered to be large in size. There are only three hundred and eighty-six rooms of the following categories: double and triple standard with a view of the pool or the inner garden, improved with windows overlooking the sea, and two-level suites with an area of forty or eighty square meters.

An iron and ironing board are available upon request, and an extra bed with a bed linen is provided.

In the rooms, the interior of which is designed in oriental style, new and comfortable two single or double beds are installed, there is also a wardrobe, bedside tables, dressing table, TV. For use of the safe and minibar, guests must pay extra. There is also a telephone.

On the floor is a bright ceramic coating with paths in the oriental style. Beautiful bright pictures hang on the walls. Illumination, chandeliers, sconces, curtains with bedspreads - all this is sustained in one color solution. In general, the interior of the hotel is excellent

In rooms for climate control, split systems with manual control are responsible. Before each one there is a small furnished balcony or terrace. The rooms are cleaned daily, and towels and bed linen are changed every three days.

Bathrooms

The bathrooms in the Faraana Heights Hotel are combined. They have a new plumbing - a shower cubicle, some apartments have a bath, a washbasin with a bedside table, a hair dryer, a bathrobe and slippers. All the necessary hygienic supplies of maids are updated daily. On the floor, the bathrooms have a non-slip tile.

Food

In Faraana Heights 4 * it is carried out on the concepts of "half board", "all inclusive" and "ultra all inclusive". Guests are fed in the main Domes restaurant restaurant, which is a buffet style. Breakfast starts at seven and ends at ten in the morning, lunch - from one to three, at dinner - from seven to ten in the evening. In addition, the hotel operates another restaurant - Cascada restaurant. It is located in an administrative building and faces the beautiful artificial waterfall in the courtyard. The restaurant is pre-booked. Tables can be booked at the reception.

Four bars that function in Faraana Heights 4 (Charm) - Andalucia lobby Bar, located at the main entrance to the hotel, decorated in a South American style and located by the pool, as well as snack and beach, are almost always crowded. Here, vacationers on the concept of "all inclusive" can get local drinks, including alcohol.

For children

Russian tour operators Faraana Heights is positioned as a family one, and therefore it is always full of children. For its small clients, the administration has provided a fairly wide range of services and entertainment. There is a large playground with slides and a swing, a games room and a mini club on the territory. If parents need to do something, they can use the babysitting service on request.

For babies a shallow pool is provided, which is always attended by specially trained personnel, which monitors the safety of small customers. In addition, in the restaurant you can get high chairs for the convenience of feeding, as well as special menu dishes. This must be warned in advance by the administration at the time of settlement.

Beach

The distance from the main building to the sea is four hundred meters. The beach is 400 meters away. Living on the concept of "ultra-" and "all-inclusive" umbrellas with sun beds, mattresses and beach towels are given for free.

Nabq Bay has its own specifics: during low tide the water goes very far. Coral reefs are also located close to the shore. However, the bathing area of Faraana Heights 4 * is famous for the absence of pronounced tides, and also there is a sandy entrance to the sea. The length of the beach is three hundred meters, the bottom is clean.

Entertainment

On the territory of the hotel there is a lot that the people living in it can combine their leisure with active pastime. Especially it concerns swimming pools with fresh and artificially created water, around which comfortable sunbeds are arranged for sunbathing. Many tourists prefer to spend time here. There is also an opportunity to play table tennis, chess, darts.

In the mornings, swimming lessons are held on aqua aerobics. There is also a well equipped gym with exercise machines. On the beach you can play volleyball.

There is a massage room, as well as a fitness center and a solarium. For slot machines and billiards you need to pay extra. Many entertainment for tourists are also offered on the beach, in particular, air hockey, rent of scooters and catamarans, banana riding, parachute jumping.

Separately, I want to say about diving, which in the Red Sea is truly amazing. Those who wish can rent all necessary equipment and, under the supervision of licensed instructors, admire the beauty of the underwater world. Many are just because of the excellent shore, convenient for diving, stop at Faraana Heights.

Reviews of holidaymakers

The hotel is offered today by many Russian travel companies. Therefore, here you can meet many of our compatriots. Those who first come to Egypt, the hotel Faraana Heights 4 really liked. Especially against the background of similar Turkish "fours."

Most of the Russians who have visited this hotel consider it to be completely appropriate to their category. Guests like the location, large and beautifully arranged territory, as well as perfectly renovated rooms with original interior.

As for nutrition, the reviews are also positive: the food is provided in large quantities, so the tourists do not stay hungry even if they come to the restaurant the latest. The kitchen in the hotel is very tasty, praises are also awarded to animators, which are very popular with children. Not bad work and staff - smiling and always alert.

Some Russians have so enjoyed staying in Faraana Heights that they intend to come here more than once. The only drawback is some consider an uncomfortable road to the sea, although the hotel provides a free shuttle to the beach.