Firstly as i'm a new member to "trip adviser" i'll give you a little background, married with children, we love going to sharm-el-sheikh, it's the kids favourite holiday destination so far, ben all through spain,france, florida,dominican republic.
Right let's get on with it, This was our 6th visit to sharm in 18 months, yes we love it. We usually stay at "child friendly" hotels as it's less hastle for us. the 3 corners well where do i start???
Upon arrival at the sharm airport (which can only be compared to the new terminal at gatwick) we are used to it (6 times remember) we then managed to escape with our luggage , lovly hot weather as always. 36 degrees,we then were taken to our "hotel" . Upon arrival the hotel looked awful, no private road to it no palm trees etc, however it's inside thet counts,right! we entered the hotel with people moaning(not good sign) no welcome drink?? come on this is sharm we always have a glass of orange upon arrival, Filled out necessary forms and were given key to room, room hhmmmmmmmmm, it was dark till you shut the door and inserted the card in the slot, then, well inspector morse would have loved it, the amount of filthy fingerprints on the inside of the door that was painted white was simply overwhelming, needed a drink?, yes you have bottled water "bakara" it's the cheap crap 5p a litre, we picked up the "frosted" glass to pour, but wait they were not frosted after all , ahhh the cleaner must have wiped them out with his floor cloth, nice touch.
Day 2 breakfast, horrible!! usual warm dried up stuff in those containers, cereal with flies attached, not enough room pushy holiday makers, ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!
I went to see the manager, who was a nice guy looked like chevy chase, Gave him this avalanche of problems we had encountered so far, told him we had also been to, reef oasis,hilton,coral sea,park inn,jaz mirabel and this was the worst so far, i felt much better! now, read carefully what i'm about to write, HE AGREED WITH ME. told me this hotel was not as good as any of the other ones that i had been to , bearing in mind 4 of the hotels were 4 star same as this one, he did offer to paint our room, to which i declined, got a free upgrade though to a much better slightly cleaner room. The main food is served in the "princessa restaurant" it has alcohol dispensers out side which i used, majority of people did not. food is great of you have no taste or are drunk as this is the key ingredient of this hotel. spinach pie anyone?? out of reception turm right 300yards on the left is a nice english restaurant full of customers from the st george, did i say it was NOT an english hotel but a belgian one!!
pools very small, sunloungers packed close together, just terrible.
i will keep my ace till the very end.
so location very poor. food terrible, rooms not cleaned well.mozzies everywhere , i'll tell you why at the end.
you may agree or disagree with me it's your choice, remember i have been to sharm 6 times, now the brochure, airtours,thompson, please could anyone tell me exactly where in the brochure that this hotel is situated next to "SHARM-EL-SHEIK SEWERAGE WORKS!!!!", thats where all the flies, and mosquito's come from, First thing every morning they "seperate"
the solids from the liquids, treat the liquid,(that's a laugh) then spray you know what on the land, we spoke to a couple who had to soak the towels in the bath then wedge them into the door frames to try and stop their morning fragerance.
as i said up to you, oh one last thing, the hotel is overbooked by 30 rooms, that means if you are one of the lucky ones to be transferred to the "kiroseiz" do it, the food is crap there also but it's much better, and it's a 5 star.
would i go back? does a camel smell like roses?
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