I went for Umrah with my wife and I visited Madinah from 8-11 March 2008. We had booked a room through our usual travel agent. He ensured us that this is a five stars hotel. Upon arrival they said we have to wait to go and check the room and then they asked us to go to a small room... more

A very big hotel in a great central location. The entrance and receptions areas are furnished to a high standard but after that everything becomes quite ordinary. The corridors have no furnishings and with the marble floor the noise moves around so easily that is easily disturbs in your room. The rooms themselves are the usual standard with nothing special... more

good: the location is wonderful- the view is greate- the breakfast is fantastic- shopping mall down bad: the furniture is over used - the bed is not as we excpected- mini bar empty- ironing board have burn marks- carpet strings annoyed me cuz they stick in my clothes-- we only added 100 SA in dar al eman "the hotel next... more

Great stay. The Hotel is clean and friendly staff. The place is really big with shops on the ground floor. The room was cleaned everyday. I had a great view of the haram from my room. more

Nice location. One of the hotels right at the front of the mosque. One of the ladies entrance ( gate 16 ) is right next to this hotel. However for visiting prophets tomb, the entrance is a different gate about 50 metres, i think gate 25. Very good access if you want to pray on time. However, one siituation which... more

Good bits: clean and modern hotel. Spacious rooms and huge buffet available for breakfast. Very helpful and knowledgeable bell boys, waiters, cleaners. A well known supermarket on the ground floor from where you can get snacks, food, fruit, etc…. Bad bits: Incompetent reception staff (don’t bother asking them any questions..... you will be wasting your valuable time and money). I... more

Stayed here during an Umrah trip; a family of 5 - our first trip to Medina. We had to wait 20 minutes to check in because there were only two people at the desk. Ironically, we stood near the sign that read something like "True excellence in Swiss hospitality". Most of the time we were there we only saw two... more

Stayed in a deluxe room absolutely beautiful, great size, excellent storage space for luggage, huge wardrobes, clean room, kitchenette and bathroom which was re-stocked daily with toiletries and clean towels, clean sheets daily and a delicious basket of fresh fruit brought in too.Staff were friendly and very hospitable. Situated very close to haram about 3mins, huge hotel and shopping complex,... more

AA. Stayed at the Movenpick for 5 nights during our Hajj trip. The room was quite big and well set up. The air conditioning broke down a couple of times. The biggest problem with the hotel is its sheer size-it has over 1,000 rooms in 2 towers-we kept getting lost all the time! It took us about 3 days just... more