Hotel Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino, Egypt: reviews

Most tourists traveling to Egypt choose a hotel in Naama Bay, planning a fun and enjoyable pastime not only at the sea, but also in bars, restaurants, nightclubs, which is famous for this tourist center and the most popular resort in Sharm El Sheikh. Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino 5 * is ideal for such a diverse and full of unforgettable moments of relaxation. It is built with great scope to surprise with the wealth of infrastructure and provide maximum comfort in everything. Rest here is equally comfortable all year round. Guests always have a lot of opportunities to spend wonderful time both on the territory of the hotel and outside it, it's only worth to go out the gate and in fact you immediately get into the motley festive cycle of fun and entertainment.

Location

Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino is located in the famous Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, in its most beautiful bay and the eponymous city district of Naama Bay, only not in the central part, but closer to the edge, but still to interesting places of entertainment and good shops More than 10-15 minutes of easy walking. Near the hotel, right along the coast, there is a promenade along which you can walk, admiring the local beauties, and you can get to the supermarkets popular with Russian tourists with fixed prices, for example, to "Karfura" and "Pyramid". Opposite the hotel are the McDonald's, the bank branch, cafes and bars. To the Old Town, attracting its architecture and a large colorful market, just under 10 km. You can get there by taxi, paying from 3 dollars, or by local buses. For tourists, the ticket price is from 1 dollar, which you need to negotiate with the driver when boarding. The airport from the hotel is also close enough, about 7 km, which the shuttle transits in 10 minutes.

Territory and infrastructure

Pleasantly surprising and impressive with its chic territory Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino 5 *. The photo below shows one of its green corners. The hotel occupies an area of almost 140,000 square meters. Despite such impressive sizes, the whole territory is well-groomed, there are lots of green lawns, rockeries and flowerbeds with exotic cacti, year-round flowering bougainvilleas, various palm trees, oleanders and other evergreen vegetation. On the territory are two entrances - the main and the additional one. Near the first is a building with a reception, near a chain of shops where you can buy beach accessories, souvenirs and other Egyptian goods. Just behind the central building there are three restaurants: Citadel, Italian La Gondola and Indian Tandoori. Further, turning on the central avenue to the right, tourists get to two pools - a large adult and a small children's pool. Following the same alley, you can get to another very popular among the resting restaurant "Casablanca". A couple of dozen meters away from him diving center, beach restaurant with a bar and all the favorite sea. If you deviate from the central alley slightly to the left and walk a little along the paved path, you can get to a small clinic. If the central housing of the Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino moves to the left, the alley will lead to numerous buildings, several swimming pools with spacious sun terraces, a children's club, and sports grounds. Entering the hotel through the second entrance, you can also get to three of the seven pools, the Byblos Bar, the administrative building. To the left of this entrance is the casino. A little further - the restaurant "Le Dom".

Rooms

Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino 5 * took the first tourists in 1994. Since that time, the numbers have been updated several times. The last innovation (partial) was carried out here in 2009, which affects the state of furniture and equipment. The hotel is built in the design of an Egyptian village and consists of a central building, where there is only a reception service, and 32 two-storey cottages harmoniously arranged throughout the vast territory. From their location depends on the view from the windows, proximity to the sea, swimming pools, restaurants, access to the central street of Naama Bay, the opportunity to sleep at night and in some way security of stay. Of course, it is more comfortable to live in the buildings closer to the center of the hotel. To get a number in them, according to tourists' reviews, it is desirable for employees of the reception to present a present in the form of a sum of money (from $ 10). The interior, functionality and quality of service from the location of the buildings do not depend.

The design of many rooms in the Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino is quite curious. So, in them there is a zone of an entrance hall from which it is possible to get to the bathroom. The living room has an additional exit to the balcony (on the second floor) or veranda (on the first floor). In the same room there is a separate corner for bags and suitcases. Most of the rooms are spacious enough, very cozy, they have unusual internal arched constructions for Russians, partitions, decorated with paintings and small colorful floor mats. The total number of rooms in the hotel is 505 units.

Categories:

1. "Standard" area of up to 40 squares. Equipment: necessary furniture (beds, bedside tables, Arabic-style table, wardrobe, chairs), small refrigerator, air conditioning, free safe, telephone, TV. In the hygiene room, a bathroom with a shower, a wash basin, a toilet, a hairdryer, individual hygiene products, replenished as needed.

2. "Family" area of 55 squares. The rooms are two-room, and the second room is much smaller than the first, which is equipped with sleeping and living areas. Equipment: in the first room a large bed, upholstered furniture, TV, safe in the closet, small refrigerator, air conditioning; In the second - a bunk bed, a wardrobe, hangers, a window-window. The hygiene room is the same as in the "standards".

3. "Exclusive" area of 50 squares. This room is one-room, but with a spacious living room area, furnished with beautiful soft furniture and decorated with items of Arabic life (vases, table, figurines).

4. "Palm Suite" with an area of 42 squares. One-room, with a living room area.

5. "Garden Suite" area of up to 90 squares. These rooms are two-room, located on the first floors of the buildings, have a spacious terrace. Between the rooms (bedroom and living room) there is a door.

An electric kettle and iron and ironing board are provided in each room on request.

Food

A fairly good organized food in the Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino 5 *. Reviews of tourists on this occasion are somewhat divergent. Some people think that there are not enough meat and fruits in the menu, but some people are satisfied with everything, people are thankful to the chefs preparing delicious treats and waiters who, with their excellent work, create a pleasant atmosphere at breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Under the concept of "all inclusive", which is offered by almost all travel agencies selling tours to this hotel, tourists can eat and drink free of charge from 10 am to 12 pm. The main food with the buffet service is served in the restaurants "Le Dom" and "Citadel". Tourists, at will, can choose any. More crowded in the Citadel, which is associated with a more convenient location. Each restaurant at the Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino is delicious and fresh, with lots of desserts, baked goods, meat and fish dishes. The only complaint is that there are not enough fruits, but they can always be bought very cheaply in a supermarket or on the market. In addition to the two central, there are three a la carte restaurants - Indian, Italian and Lebanese. Each of them can be visited once a week for free. A snack between main meals is available at the poolside bar and on the beach. And in the bars "Blue Wave", which is near the same pool, and "Cactus" every day from 10 am to 6 pm, they serve free ice cream.

The hotel has 5 bars - in the lobby, on the beach and near some swimming pools. Here you can take beer, wine, tea, coffee, water, powder drinks, cola, phantom, juices. Beverages in bottles and cans are for money.

Leisure at the hotel

Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino has many facilities for entertainment. The photo below shows one of six adult pools, each of which has its name: Caesar, Byblos, Bellagio, Oasis, Cactus, Blue Wave. According to the area, depth and shape of the water mirror, they are all different. Near four there are bars. Three pools are heated in winter. Around Cactus, Blue Wave and Oasis there are spacious zones for sunbathing - with sun beds, umbrellas and a place for issuing beach towels.

For sports lovers, Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino offers wonderful tennis courts, a grassy football field, volleyball and basketball courts, a place for darts, volleyball, a billiard room. All this is free of charge (except for the lighting of tennis courts). There is no fitness room in this hotel, but guests can visit the gym with the Sonesta Club free of charge, which is about 10 minutes walk in a leisurely pace. Also in this hotel you can use water slides (free of charge) and a steam room (for a fixed fee).

The Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino has a massage room, a jacuzzi and a sauna.

In the lobby of the hotel, you can relax in the Internet club.

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For guests to have fun, they are entertained every day by talented animators. Almost in every review of their work there are kind and even enthusiastic words. Tourists are charged, a lot of comic quizzes, competitions, sports team games, aqua aerobics on the beach and near the pool, exciting evening shows, national dances. Separate performances are arranged in the restaurant "Citadel".

For children

For the youngest tourists, the service in Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino is well organized. Reviews of parents who are resting here with their babies note the presence of a good children's pool, plus there is a separated area in two adult pools, the water in which is heated in winter. Equipped with a platform with swings, slides, stairs and other attractions, it is possible to leave the child with a nanny. On request, a cot is available in the hotel rooms, and highchairs are available in the restaurants. There is no special menu for babies, but there is always a choice for the child from meals served in the restaurant.

Animation for kids works every day. With children spend a fun gymnastics, games, are engaged in a children's club.

Beach

For the sake of a unique, abundant fantastically beautiful exotic inhabitants and warm at any time of the year, many tourists choose as destinations for recreation Egypt, Sonesta hotels. Beach Resort and Casino is one of the three hotels of this company, located on the very coast and having its own beach, which have the right to use vacationers in the Sonesta Club and the Sonesta Royal Collection. This circumstance is due to the multitude of people, problems with sunbeds and free places under a canopy from the sun. Another nuance, which is desirable to take into account, before you go on vacation to this part of the coast, - stones under your feet when entering the sea. To avoid any trouble, you need to wear special bathing slippers "korolki". In other respects the beach of Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino 5 * is wonderful. It has a sandy cover, gently sloping into the water, sufficient length with shallow depth, where it is absolutely safe to frolic to the kids. Adults can enter the sea from the pontoon. Corals in the water area of this beach are alive, there at any time of the year there are many beautiful fish. Entertainment here includes diving, snorkeling, riding a banana, a pill, a catamaran, water skiing, a camel, beach animation.

Leisure outside the hotel walls

Location Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino 5 * (in walking distance from the center of the famous Naama Bay) gives guests a unique opportunity to enjoy not only the Red Sea, but also rest, full of festive fun, and in addition, to make a successful shopping. On the main promenade are Carrefour - an excellent supermarket with low prices - and the shopping center Pyramids Mall. Here you can buy gifts from all the relatives, a lot of souvenirs and other goods at prices, by 1-4 dollars cheaper than in the market with active bargaining. In "Karfur", plus everything, there is always a great selection of fruits, vegetables, sweets, and in the "Pyramid" there is a good cafe and currency exchange point. Among popular promo bars and restaurants one of the first places is occupied by Hard Rock, and for those who like to dance, the Little Budha nightclub is ideal, with two floors and two dance floors. In addition to these establishments, there are many other cafes, restaurants, and nightclubs in Naama Bay.

Among vacationers in Egypt, and Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino in particular, popular sightseeing tours to Israel, Jordan, Cairo, Luxor. All these excursions can be bought either in the hotel or in local travel agencies.

Additional Information

Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino rating in different travel agencies has about the same, within 4.2-4.4 out of 5 possible. To keep such good indicators, the hotel employees try to provide decent conditions for every guest. Suggested compliments:

• Birthday (cake, thematic decoration of the room, an invitation to one of the restaurants a la carte);
• Newlyweds (room decoration, provision of slippers, bathrobes, fruit, cake);
• Regular guests (fruit in the room on the day of arrival).

Rooms in the hotel are available after 14:00, children under 12 years old live without payment, and for an older child or adult, an extra bed will be charged 100 yen. E. Per day.

Wi-Fi in the hotel is paid, costs 15 y. E. Per day.

Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino: reviews of 2015

Many tourists who vacationed in this hotel, want to return here again, so they liked everything. The noted advantages:

• A large and unusually beautiful territory (it is nice to walk around it);
• The proximity of the beach and the sea;
• An excellent location for entertainment in Naama Bay;
• Proximity to the airport (short road to the hotel);
• Spacious and functional rooms;
• Abundant food;
• Many pools, among which there are heated;
• Beautiful staff.

However, some tourists think that up to 5 stars should improve the service of Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino. Reviews of 2015 note the following shortcomings:

• Too much territory (from some buildings far (up to 300 meters) go to the sea and restaurants;
• Obsolete furniture in the rooms;
• Access to the beach of vacationers of other hotels through the territory of Sonesta Beach Resort and Casino;
• The location of the playground next to the restaurant;
• A small beach provided by three hotels for vacationers;
• Absence of free sunbeds after 7 am;
• Stony entry into the water;
• Lack of a fitness room;
• Expensive Wi-Fi.

Conclusion: this hotel is suitable for all categories of tourists.