
From
HungaryI want to start with that we enjoyed our stay very much, and would come back here definitely. The hotel used to be Le Meridien, and most information you can find is about that, there isn't that much up to date info you can find here, so here is some:
- There is no shuttle bus to the city. The hotel can call a taxi for a fix 200 EGP. If you want to go back to the hotel later I recommend you also mention to the taxi driver that it used to be Le Meridien, because many of them don't know about the current name. If you want to go to the city you pretty much have to go with taxi, as it is pretty far away, be aware of that, going to the city for every meal is not really an option.
- The spa is pretty expensive for egyptian prices, it says it is operated by some external party. A massage starts from 60 euros.
- You can not book all inclusive on booking.com, just full board, I'll describe the differences in the negatives part of the review. If you want to upgrade full board to all inclusive you can on the spot for 15 USD/person/night.
- I think there isn't that much activities going on as there could be. This is especially true for the nights, as in April the sun went down around 6 pm, and beside having dinner or drinking at the bar there just wasn't that much to do, no shows, nothing. This may be because it is April now, which is offseasonish, but because the city is not very close this is something to be aware of.
- I'm surprised that others say the food is bad honestly. For breakfast you have a kind of ordinary continental breakfast with some egyptian options. So you have cereals, eggs(they make omlettes on the spot for you with toppings you choose), cheese and cold meats, bread, sweet pastries, pancakes, etc. For lunch and dinner you have a buffet, but lunch and dinner were never the same on the same day, so you have a lot of variety.