Novotel Sharm El Sheikh Beach 5 * (Egypt / Sharm el-Sheikh): review of tourists

A lot of holiday makers from around the world choose a famous Egyptian resort town of European importance Sharm el Sheikh. Reviews about rest in its hotels located on the Riviera coast of the Red Sea, flood all tourist portals.

A rich selection of leisure tours to the guests of the city is provided by 314 hotels (statistics are taken from the annual rating of Egypt hotels - 2015). Among them, the most five-star, but there are four- and three-star.

The Egyptian resort business is good because you can qualitatively relax here for a fairly democratic payment.

Principles of pricing are known. Roughly speaking, in most cases the standard price of the tour is structured: it consists of 70% of the payment for hotel services, 30% of the money you paid is the price of an air ticket. Accordingly, in the language of the accountant, the air travel is represented as overhead expenses, and the longer your stay in the Country of the Pharaohs, the more you get cheaper each day, on average (given the decrease in the share of these invoices).

In addition, significant price benefits promises the purchase of "hot tours."

In this article-review, we, talking about the Novotel, will also pay attention to the hotel complexes of other travel companies of different price categories.

Five-star hotel in the heart of Sharm el-Sheikh

Novotel Sharm el Sheikh Beach 5 * is a desirable place for many tourists. The Italians love him the most. So if you have the opportunity to buy a tour to rest in it, and even in the period from June to September, do not refuse! On the facade of this average hotel complex with a number of rooms in 197 rooms deservedly flaunts five stars. It really corresponds to the highest evaluation criteria: based on the quantity and quality of services provided, judging by the comfort in the client rooms, as well as the sophistication and aesthetics of interiors and landscaping (by the way, all the photos of this article illustrate it exclusively).

There are two swimming pools, three restaurants, two cafes and a bar. As part of all inclusive guests use the hammam, jacuzzi, gym. Also they are provided with a whole range of paid services: massage, beauty salon services, diving schools, windsurfing schools.

Location:

As well as it is necessary for the "right" five-star, Novotel Sharm el Sheikh Beach 5 * is located not only in the first line (according to the guests themselves, left the hotel - and here it is: the Red Sea), but also in the heart of the resort of Sharm el- Sheikh, near the city of Naama Bay, unofficially called "Egyptian Las Vegas". The local carefree and vibrant club life allows holidaymakers to "shake up", throw off the accumulated stress at work. Naama Bay is also a concentration of elite trading establishments, supermarkets, restaurants, casinos, diving clubs, sports arenas.

However, bright, sparkling, like champagne, the local spa life is not the only pastime for guests of Novotel Sharm el Sheikh Beach 5 *. Local sandy beaches are an object of admiration even for specialists in resort rest. Few places on Earth have such beauty! Sandy beaches, sandy bottom and ... magnificent corals. They really are the "works of art" of beach architects. Comfort and beauty, brought together.

Staff of "Novotel"

Holidaymakers in Novotel Sharm el Sheikh Beach 5 * note the high qualifications, courtesy and courtesy of the staff. Obviously, in addition to exemplary management, only special education and training can lead to such performance indicators. And indeed it is. After all, according to international requirements, employees of the "five-star", occupying key positions, really must have some knowledge and own the necessary foreign languages. In the responses of visitors to the hotel complex, contact and competence of Novotel employees are often noted.

About another hotel of the same network

In Egypt it often happens that completely different hotels belonging to the same network have similar names. It happens that such hotel complexes are even located within the same resort. In particular, in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, there is another five-star hotel with a similar name Novotel Beach 5 *. And, if we abstract from the level of comfort, "star", location in the first line, then we find a striking difference. The second hotel is quieter. He is not in the heart of the "Arab Las Vegas", but in the middle of the Ras Mohamed National Park. And on the other side of the hotel are the Sinai mountains.

So if the first hotel is more suitable for hangouts, then the second one is for meditation.

Also the organization of a food in these two hotel complexes differs. If the first practice the principle of all inclusive, then in the second use a more diverse formula for the choice of the visitor: BB (breakfast only), HB (breakfast and dinner), FB (three meals a day)

Here, amidst the fancifully landscaped exotic trees and lawn-tended territory, besides the outdoor pool, there is also a wonderful spa. By the way, it is considered one of the most remarkable on the coast of Sharm el-Sheikh.

400 meters from the Novotel Beach 5 * is its beach. It is sandy, spacious, well equipped with sun beds and umbrellas. For the convenience of holidaymakers wishing to enjoy the spectacle of the underwater coral kingdom, a special pontoon is laid to the nearest reef.

Also in this hotel, as an active holiday for clients, practice not water sports, but yoga, fitness, dancing.

Principles of hotel leadership "Novotel"

By the way, many experts consider the Novotel Sharm el Sheikh hotels to be the best on the coast. And this is not an unsubstantiated statement. First, there the staff does not take bribes. At all. Obviously, people value the workplace. Even the uniform of the personnel's staff is unique: exclusively white and ironed "with a needle".

In the hotels Novotel is constantly being replaced by worn furniture and sanitary ware. Here - active management, managers do not allow moral or physical depreciation in principle!

In addition, it is striking that in the "Novotel" every evening, arrange concerts and shows for tourists. This creates an effect of novelty. Many concerts are often invited to these concerts.

It is necessary to pay tribute to the specialists working in this company.

Five-star hotel "Savoy". Gourmet Gourmet

However, after hearing such praises for networked hotels with the Novotel console managed by Accor Group, those readers who could have had a rest in another Sharm el-Sheikh hotel in the Sharks Bay area may be internally indignant.

It's about another rating five-star - Savoy Sharm el Sheikh. According to its numbered fund, it is almost twice as large as the previously mentioned hotel complexes - there are 477 rooms in it.

Guests of the hotel "Savoy" live in several buildings: 4-storey (main) and seven seven-storey (bungalow).

A comfortable sitting area is located in three swimming pools. All of them differ in water temperature and depth. Around them - in plenty of sun beds and umbrellas. Warning waiters on the terrace by the pools take orders from people. In a word, you can temporarily feel yourself a Roman patrician.

Designers here created a truly romantic atmosphere: verandas with sofas, a luxurious garden. However, in the greatest delight from Savoy Sharm el Sheikh gourmets. Agree, not so often within one hotel there are 9 restaurants. And although tourists traveling to the Red Sea coast in their main mass "do not make from the food of the cult" (still the first violin is played by underwater coral exotics), however, if something, somewhere - is close to perfection, then about this It is necessary to speak. Therefore, we will continue the narrative about the restaurants of the hotel "Savoy 5 *". Among them is the main restaurant "Tirana" with an extensive buffet. The food there is delicious and nutritious in the framework of all inclusaive: a lot of meat, fish, vegetables. In the range of fruits, sweets, juices. The rest of the restaurants are à la carte (served by order). We recommend you to visit them - Chinese and Indian. Exotic restaurant "Caligula", here you will find the most unexpected grill: meat on a stone. Probably, it was prepared several thousand years ago.

Hotel Concord. A highlight: an infinity pool

Another five-star hotel, known in Sharm El Sheikh, is Concorde Sharm el Sheikh 5 *. The hotel complex of the first line is an ornament of the Soho region of Sharm-el-Sheikh. Out of 406 rooms of the hotel 288 - double "standards" with an area of 18 m ² . Visitors of this hotel complex in their reviews highly appreciate the infinity pool, made in the form of a picturesque lagoon, directly from which you can see the water area of the Red Sea. Thus, holidaymakers aesthetically enjoy the so-called infinity effect.

Another hotel is called the "sports arena" for the opportunities for active recreation provided to them. We will not in this article once again list even the entire repetitive and in other "five-stars" nomenclature of the sports grounds and clubs presented by the hotel. Just let us know that there is only one skating rink on the entire coast and a full-fledged modern football field. It is not surprising that in the sports press this hotel is presented as the No. 1 in Sharm El Sheikh.

Hotel "Dessole" (formerly - "Pyramid"). Mini-city

However, there are among holidaymakers and those who adore everything global, textured. Such people, respectively, will want to buy a tour not just a five-star hotel, but a five-star hotel. What can they have for them in the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh? Definitely - they can recommend the hotel Pyramisa Sharm el Sheikh Resort 5 *, which has 861 rooms! Guests live in nine two-story buildings, thirty two-story bungalows and 40 two-storey villas.

However, although this is known in the resort business name, but it is already outdated. Such is the dynamics and dialectics of development! Now this hotel complex is called in another way - Dessole Sharm el Sheikh 5 *. However, on the Internet and in tourist guides there are both names. "Why?" You ask. The answer is simple to extreme: "Well, do not miss the same customers!"

Visitors are served by five restaurants, six bars. There are 3 outdoor swimming pools and one indoor.

Impressive length of the hotel beach - one kilometer. It is divided into three parts: with a sandy bottom and a smooth approach, with an entrance to the water with the help of a pontoon, with an entrance to the water along a concrete underwater path.

In the infrastructure of the former hotel Pyramisa Sharm el Sheikh (let us call the hotel the old way), you can feel the scope. In fact - a mini-city with its infrastructure. There is an ATM, a pharmacy, shops, a hairdresser. Conference rooms of the hotel allow you to solve business issues, they are equipped not worse than modern offices. There is a wide choice of services: hammam, sauna, beauty salon, massage. There is a car rental, parking is available. One of the pools is equipped with water slides: for adults and for children. Equipped with a range of sports grounds, as well as rental of sports equipment.

Hotel Kahramana. Ideal for young people

Well, what about the holidaymakers who are not financially pulling a five-star hotel? For example, youth. After all, you want to hang out in the well-known in the world clubs Naama Bay ("Little Buddha", "Planet Hollywood", "Hardrock Cafe") and the budget is tight.
However, there is a way out, as the resort business of Sharm el-Sheikh is famous for its rating hotels in all price categories. Among the four-star hotel complexes also have their own flagships. For example, Kahramana Hotel Sharm el Sheikh 4 * is an average hotel of the second line with 118 rooms. The beach is not far away - 150 meters. The beach is well-kept, sandy, sun beds and umbrellas are enough for everyone.

How is it good? Location. Half of the above clubs are within five minutes of walking distance. Around - a fair amount of fish restaurants, pizzerias, cafes-hookahs. For sale interesting knickknacks in souvenir shops.

Nearby there is a store "Duty Free". However, we orient you at once: you are allowed to buy it only for 24 hours upon arrival. Therefore, it is better to determine the purchases in it immediately.

According to the reviews of tourists, this hotel complex is not without some drawbacks. Kahramana Hotel Sharm el Sheikh 4 * is not suitable as a boardinghouse for families with children and for elderly couples. The menu of the hotel restaurant is more like the menu of a three-star hotel. The hotel area is fairly compact, there is a swimming pool. The rooms do not have balconies. Here it is noisy in the evenings. Nearby quarters are characterized by a specific "party spirit". For someone, these shortcomings are critical, for someone compensated by "pluses": the sea, nightlife, excursions.

In short, this hotel can be recommended for youth recreation.

"Park Inn". Hotel-water park

"What kind of" four-star "is suitable for a quiet family holiday?" - some readers will ask. We will recommend them to Park Inn by Radisson Sharm El Sheikh Resort 4 *. It is a cozy, quiet second line hotel on the coast of Nabq bay with good children's infrastructure, which guarantees a safe holiday. From here to the noisy Naama Bay - 24 km.

The housing stock consists of one main two-storey building and nine three-storey buildings. The hotel complex has about 400 rooms. The infrastructure is developed. We will not focus on what is in other hotel complexes, we will tell about the "zest". The hotel has 10 swimming pools and 25 water slides! The professional work of the mini club is admirable. Here the organizers created a whole world for children. In the responses of visitors a lot of good is said about the animators.

With regard to the beach, you can say that guests of the hotel have no problem using the beach of the neighboring Radisson Blu Resort hotel belonging to the same hotel network Radisson. Obviously, this was stipulated in the project, because there are enough sun beds and umbrellas for everyone, and the bars on the beach function well.

Hotel Luna. Quality budget rest

However, for those who want to save here there is even more budget option - a three-star hotel Luna Sharm el Sheikh. Positive in its choice is a good location. Close to the Old Town, entertainment complex "A Thousand and One Nights", Naama Bay bay, water park.

The hotel is small. Its two-storey buildings form a ring, in the middle of which there is a swimming pool. Rest here is better in the period from June to September, as there is no water heating in the pool. In cold weather, it simply stays idle. The hotel area is compact, but landscaped very intricate and aesthetic.

Recommended to settle on the second floor (there are balconies).

The hotel rooms are quite comfortable, the bonus is the bathroom: functional, comfortable, spacious. Cleaning daily, thorough.

The food from the hotel restaurant is hearty, delicious. The main dishes - from beef, chicken, turkey, liver, from fish. Regularly - salads of fresh cucumber and tomato. Fruit: watermelons, dates and melons.

Of course, the assortment is not as wide as in the five-star hotels, but even the guests from Western Europe were quite satisfied with them.

The hotel does not have its own beach. His guests use the services of the beach of the city, called Farsha. The fare to it is 2 Egyptian pounds.

Conclusion

Concluding our narrative, we hope that you have a certain impression about the resort of Sharm el Sheikh. Its hotels are connected in a single resort infrastructure. It is alive (if you can say so), because it is constantly evolving. In particular, currently the third generation of hotels is most relevant. Advantageous position - in the south of the Sinai peninsula from ancient times determined the role of the Gulf of Kings, this is a crossroads to Jerusalem.

Fortunately, modern civilization has not spoiled these virgin lands. The Red Sea, which the national tradition has saved from commercial fishing, presents tourists with a unique natural environment.

Today, the hotel complex Sharm el Sheikh can be called a "country in the country", because here the mechanism of self-development, i.e., feedback, has already been launched. Funds earned by hotel infrastructure are invested to a considerable extent in the development of the hotel business itself.

Note that in this article we reviewed only a few hotels of this "country". Which of them should you prefer? Everyone for himself solves this issue, but many still choose the hotel Novotel Sharm el Sheikh Beach 5 *.

Many vacationers prefer to rest five-star hotels, designed to accommodate up to 400 customers.