Just come back from our stay at Mirabel Club which is also part of the Mirabel Park and Mirabel Beach which is 5*.

What people say about Sharm airport is true it's a complete nightmare!!! We got off the flight and walked into the terminal and we couldn't get in because it was that packed with other people from other flights!! Total chaos!!! There is no formal queue for passport control. People were just pushing in creating their own queue. Once you get through passport control you then have another queue to double check that passport control have stamped what has to be stamped!! So they check and then double check!! Coming back you stand in a queue so they scan your bags and then you stand in another queue to check-in and then security randomly check your hand luggage once you get your boarding pass. Then you stand in another queue to get your passport stamped and then your passport gets checked to see if it’s been stamped!! I would advise to take pens with you as you will have to fill in a form for entry, ready for passport control and then also fill another form for when you leave!! So glad we didn’t go at peak time of the season!!

Beware don't let the guys outside the airport to take your luggage as they are after money!!

The hotel is lovely and kept clean and staff are friendly.

We arrived and got no great welcome from reception and didn’t get shown to our room, we got a map instead.

The card you use for the door also supplies the electric - as we thought we had no power on our first night!! We did encounter a few minor problems but were soon resolved. I.e. no coffee/tea making facilities in the room. My hubby is a total Tea freak so was gutted if he couldn’t have a brew in the morning. However we did ask for a kettle and they did bring 1, we had already taken our own t-bags so all we had to do is bring up the milk and sugar from the restaurant. We missed the time which is 10.30pm for getting a bite to eat so we had crisps in the bar!!

The rooms are kept very clean and change bedding and towels everyday. The pillows are lush, big and very soft.

The minibar in the room was empty, but we soon filled it with water, milk and bottles of coke etc. We don't drink a great deal so alcohol wasn't that important.

The weather was great in the day and cooler at night. The hotel does have a heated pool which we used and a large colder pool, plus kids pool.

There is kids entertainment during the day, the animation team are German but they do speak English and other languages. They play music from 10am onwards round the pool and then stops around noon, they come round again about 3pm for 20 mins. So they aren’t really in your face and it’s not too disturbing, some of it is quite fun.

Food round the poolside is quite nice, they do tuna, beef/ham baguettes, pizza (which is really nice) not too big, plus beef and chicken burgers. We never ate in the main restaurant for lunch.

They do ice cream which comes in a little plastic pot.

Breakfast is good as there is such a great selection; we also had toast, yogurt, pastries. The fruit isn't that great.

The evening meals were quite nice, there was always chicken and beef dishes, rice, potatoes, joints of meat such as beef, turkey, duck. They have pasta, fish, cheese, salad. Their bread rolls were also nice. So there is something to eat for everyone.

If we were to go to Sharm again we would stay in 5* hotel as you can tell the difference when you go see the Mirabel Beach and we would also like a bigger gym.

The gym is quote small seeing as it covers all the complex. They have 2 running machines, 2 bikes and 1 step machine, plus free weights and weight machines and it gets very hot so would dread to think how hot it would be in the summer!!