I and my 5 years old daughter spent 1 night in this hotel as part of our 3 night holiday in Aqaba and Dead sea . To start with :Aqaba is a very nice place to visit with very friendly people. We arrived to the Moevenpick around 12 mid day. The reception staffs at Moevenpick were very friendly but they were short of staff!!!...we were given our room 3 hours later which made my daughter very distressed...their excuse was that they are short of staff.

Very nice, well maintained and modern room. House keeping staffs are very friendly but again they are short of staff!!! Having said that I have to say that when I visited the Moevenpick on 30/03/2007 the hotel was fully booked.

Swimming pools, beach and out door gardens are really nice but not as nice as those of the Inter continental hotel in Aqaba.

Another thing I have to mention is that the hotel did not provide free high speed internet access - which would have been nice.

To sum up Moevenpick Aqaba, is an average 4.5 star rather than a 5 star hotel but I would still recommend for a short family holiday.try Dead sea Movenpick...slightly better and same charge.

we visited Aqabah in march 2005 and spend a wonderful 7 days in Movenpick resort. There are no words to describe the hotel, everything is as it should be at its best. the food is great and ther are different kind of restaurants for everyones taste, pools are not crowded and the location of the hotel is also ideal for everyone as it's close to some historical ruins of Ayla & the oldest church in the world and of course great access to shopping centers, the beach is really nice and above all the attention to details from the friendly people of Movenpick is unforgettable. If you want to feel the true meaning of SERENITY , Movenpick Aqabah is just the place.

March 22nd 2007. David and Ros, Southgate, N London. Two weeks in Aqaba at the Movenpick. Here are some highlights before some tips.
Jordan may be in the Middle East, but it is friends with all its neighbours. Re; terrorism it is safer than London. Re; walking out and about, it is safer than Little-Netherbottom-by-The-Stream, wherever the hell that might be.
Aqaba, Petra, Wadi Rum are must see must do's.
The Movenpick is superb and the staff are the business. Breakfast on the patio, staff remember your name. Very smart, friendly hotel, while the Intercontinental is huge and soulless (like a museum) and the Aqaba Gulf next door is just shabby and has no beach; believe me, you do not want to be a westerner on the stoney, public beach in a bikini in a Muslim country. Movenpick private beach is cute, protected and has all the beds and umbrellas you could need. Rooms are lovely.

Aqaba; ever been pestered in Egypt or pinched in Italy? Not in Aqaba. Muslim it may be, but relaxed it is and tolerant. Off licences on every street corner; just show a little respect. Drunken louts and girls with flashing boob tubes will be offensive to Jordanians who are just so friendly. My wife felt so comfortable she would take a stroll in the evening on her own in the streets to buy something and the shop owners would call out 'Welcome' just to see you walk by. It is all part of the Bedouin attitude to hospitality, which is so strong that for a foreigner to be abused or hurt in their country would bring shame on the nation. Plenty of restaurants and bars. Eating is cheap and good, wind and water sports are top knotch.

Sharm El Sheikh this is not. If you want a purpose-built, touristy, Blackpool-overseas then go to Sharm. Aqaba is a working city with 4000 years of history and a laid back lifestyle - but it is developing at the rate of knots. 3 huge multi hotel / appartment / golf / villa complexes are being built, so this city will become an even bigger city with more to do.

TIPS. - Movenpick; If you do not want to pay for a sea view, ask for a wing room with a view overlooking the breakfast patio.
- Bar meals are huge and great value.
- buy Water from the shops close by, the hotel charges £2 for 1.5 l while the shops sell it at 20p
- Always set your price before setting off in a taxi
- If you go to the aquarium, allow about 45 minutes inside. It ain't huge.
- Go under your own steam to Petra by taxi. It should cost £60 for 2 of you plus £22 each to get into Petra, saving £40+ and the taxi comes and goes when you want to. Get an english speaking driver. Take a coat. Really.
- Wadi Rum. Definitely go and stay overnight if you can. I have seen the stars from the top of the rockies ... these are just as good, but from a bedouin camp, with a fire and locals playing their own music.
- Smile. A Jordanian will ALWAYS smile back.

Husband and I stayed at this hotel from 2 - 6 March 2007 and we couldn't have wanted for anything better. We travelled from the Movenpick in Petra and settled into our accommodation very quickly. One restaurant was closed for refurbishment, but we loved the buffet in the other - from breakfast through to dinner - with dishes for everyone. The hotel gardens and beach are just lovely, well tended and the beach bar served wonderful salads and icecreams. As in our bedroom, we had no problems with the marble floors elsewhere which are obviously designed to keep everyone cool. Most importantly, the attention we received from all the staff was second to none, lovely people only wanting their guests to have a great time. We are finding excuses to go back very soon!