The private beach hotel Club Azur Resort is located in one of the most promising resort areas of Hurghada - Makadi. Despite the four stars that are assigned to him according to the hotel classification system, he offers guests chic conditions and a lot of entertainment. The bay in which it is located is slightly inferior to Sharm el-Sheikh in the number and beauty of the underwater fauna - because it also boasts almost untouched coral reefs. Here is a very green, beautiful and well-groomed area, professional and funny animation, helpful attentive staff. You can safely go here to both young people who want to have a good time, and married couples with children who want peace and comfort. This hotel has French management and real Parisian charm with an Egyptian touch. Maybe that's why Club Azur Resort is becoming increasingly popular with guests from all over the world, including from Russia. This can be proved by the reviews they left about vacations in this hotel.
Makadi District
This is the resort region of Hurghada with a great future. It actually arose from scratch, because it was built specifically for vacationers. And in the near future it will turn into an independent administrative village. Even its center - Madinat Makadi - is not an old city, like, for example, the center of Hurghada, but the territory of the Sol I Mar, Jazz and Iberotel hotels. They are built in a single Moroccan style, and look like the scenery from the film about oriental tales. Resorts here are mainly with foreign management - French, German and Italian. Makadi Bay is removed from all the noisy establishments and entertainments. Its coral reefs are very good and attract tourists from other areas of Hurghada. The hotels here are excellent, with European service. They stand on deserted shores, and all infrastructure is concentrated on their territory. There are no bars, discos, or shops around, although markets are already forming near some hotels. So, for example, the situation is with the Club Azur Resort hotel (Makadi). Picturesque surroundings, desert and mountains, romantic sunrises and sunsets and landscape not yet spoiled by man are the hallmark of these places. Russian tourists have only recently discovered this Egyptian zest. Comfortable hotels and nature in all its originality are the perfect combination for a family vacation or a romantic pastime. The beaches in Makadi are long, and despite the fact that they belong to hotels, you can walk along the coast for a long time.
Almost all world hotel chains have opened their branches here. The sea and corals are “living” here, so divers are eager to get into Makadi. In this regard, the resort has opened several professional diving centers. Rather wealthy people settle here, or at least with incomes somewhat above average.
How to get there and what's interesting is located nearby
Hotel Club Azur Resort, as already mentioned above, is located in the popular bay of Makadi Bay among divers, twenty-five kilometers from the airport. Almost as much drive from here to the center of Hurghada. Transfer from the airport - about forty minutes. The hotel is part of the huge Azurov hotel complex. Nearby is the Royal, and across the road is the Grand. The hotels "Stella" and "Harmony" are adjacent to this complex, on the beaches of which the guests of "Azura" are allowed without problems. Nearby is a market where you can buy cheap souvenirs and fruits. A quarter of an hour walk from the hotel is Makadi center with a pedestrian zone and a disco, bars and a shopping gallery. Guests of the Club Azur Resort (Hurghada) can easily get here to spend the evening if they get bored with animation, or want to see the surroundings. Makadi does not have its own promenade, characteristic of other Egyptian resorts, and this is the only place for walking.
Territory
Club Azur Resort Hotel consists of a stylish park with tropical trees, palm trees, flowers, walking paths, and several two- and three-story buildings. Its architecture - the so-called colonial style - is conducive to coziness and comfort. An amphitheater is intended for holding shows or concerts. Since the hotel is a club hotel (that is, it has the concept of a “mini-town”), there is its own shopping gallery where tourists get all kinds of little things for the beach, souvenirs, and even jewelry. The hotel has a large conference room. There are many toilets on site, even with hygienic showers.
Number of rooms
Hotel Club Azur Resort 4 * (Hurghada) is quite large. It has almost three hundred and forty rooms. Most of them are standard, but there are also family rooms, which can also be used to relax in a large company. If you are lucky, the sea will be visible from the windows. The rooms have everything you need to relax after a tiring sun for or on excursions. In the bathroom - a hairdryer, liquid soap, shampoo. In the minibar every day they report not only drinking water, but also a bottle of cola and Sprite. In the evening, you can enjoy coffee or tea. Everything you need, including sugar, is also added daily. There is an electric kettle. The room is air-conditioned with a safe. Everywhere there are balconies or terraces. They are very spacious, as are the rooms. The TV is flat, has three Russian channels. There is a connector for a flash drive.
Are you going to visit a restaurant for dinner in an evening dress? An iron can be requested at the reception. For regular customers there is a loyalty program - Azura passport. If this document is available, you will be placed in the ordered building with a sea view, and in the room you will be met with a basket of fruit. There is also a free room extension until evening, as well as juice and beer in the minibar. But in all rooms of the hotel there is perfect cleanliness, and at the same time, homely atmosphere. At late departure, they provide a room for half an hour in order to wash and change clothes after the beach.
Nutrition
In the Club Azur Resort 4 * hotel (Hurghada), tourists are served by the all inclusive system. This includes three meals a day in the main restaurant "Le Chapot", snacks and drinks on the beach and pool, Egyptian-made alcohol. There are five bars in the hotel. The round-the-clock Palm is open in the lobby of the main building (it gives out alcohol until two in the night, and French pastries are especially good here). The beach bars Macadella and Tropicana are open until five in the evening, as is the poolside establishment. They can be used as restaurants for a light lunch at sea. There is also a night disco. The bar there is open from eleven in the evening until two in the night. The Italian a la carte restaurant Piccolino is open after sunset. You can sign up here, and then you are guaranteed a special dinner with views of the sea and the hotel gardens. And in the summer, the Sea Treasure paid seafood restaurant is open. It is built in the form of a ship. Tourists claim that there is a very pleasant atmosphere and excellent seafood.
There is a hookah room in the hotel with an eastern corner and traditional drinks typical of Egypt. Club Azur Resort (Egypt) hosts dinners on a specific theme every evening. Mexican, Mediterranean, Oriental, fish cuisine and so on are changing. Unusual snacks for the Egyptian “all inclusive” - Thai-style soups on coconut milk, Chinese chips, breaded cheeses. Constantly three or four kinds of meat and fish, a variety of fruits. Great pastries. The chef of the hotel is constantly present at meals, wonders if visitors are satisfied. For those who come from excursions, a late dinner is provided - by the way, with a good choice, including hot dishes. Milkshakes all day at the bars, and ice cream at the pool and beach at lunchtime.
Service and entertainment for holidaymakers
Club Azur Resort provides guests with free Wi-Fi. But he "catches" only near the administration. There you can send a fax if necessary. There is an ATM on site. In case of health problems, tourists go to the clinic. After all, they are all insured, and the doctor will serve you according to the submitted documents. The hotel has a laundry service. And entertainment for the guests simply can not be counted. Sports games and activities - water gymnastics, morning exercises, volleyball, darts. Do you like billiards and table tennis? Here it is all free. Rental bicycles are also included in the price. Good gym. A tennis court with lighting and rackets is also completely free. In the evenings, music plays, a disco rattles, and a variety of shows attract the audience in the amphitheater. Often invite real actors, as in Turkey or Greece.
Want to get well? The hotel invites you to a spa center with a jacuzzi, massages, hammam, steam room and other treatments. A hairdresser will help to bring beauty. Hotel Club Azur Resort 4 pays a lot of attention to children. For them, special chairs are displayed in the main restaurant and a children's menu is provided. The mini club is open almost all day. In the evening, a disco is organized especially for the kids. You can ride horses and camels. After sunset, foam parties are held on the beach.
Sea and sun baths
The beach at the Club Azur Resort 4 * hotel is its own, convenient for vacationers, one hundred meters long. It is a sand lagoon, without any sea urchins and other troubles. The beach is well equipped - there are mattresses, sunbeds and umbrellas, and sun loungers. The entrance is sandy, gentle, ideal for young children. But a little further away, where corals begin, you will need special shoes. The combination of a coral reef with an excellent sandy entrance is a rare combination in Egypt. You can almost walk there. The reef itself is an island - very convenient for swimming with masks. There are a lot of all kinds of fish, all kinds of sizes and colors. You can still go to the territory of neighboring hotels and use their piers.
There is a professional water center on the beach. For extra money you ride a banana, water skiing, carry fishing. A rental mask for snorkeling is free. Windsurfing, kayaking and a catamaran as a test for thirty minutes are given free of charge for each room. If you like, further rental for a fee. The hotel Club Azur Resort (Egypt) has two pools. One of them is intended for children, and it is heated in winter. The second, for adults, is huge, stretching almost across the entire territory. Beautifully decorated with hydromassage and artificial waterfalls. It is literally a few steps inland, and if someone doesn’t have enough sunbeds by the sea, you can sunbathe by the pool - this is very close. Therefore, many tourists prefer to spend time on green lawns. Beach towels give out large and fluffy.
Where to go and what to see
A characteristic of Makadi is the lack of public transport that would go in the area. Tourists have to move between hotels on foot. Some resorts provide especially shuttle basses to get to the center of Hurghada, but this is usually expensive. Therefore, the most popular form of transport is a taxi or hitchhiking. This lesson is not very tiring, because any car for ten dollars for the whole company will drive anywhere voting tourists. In the Club Azur Resort 4 * hotel (Egypt), you can book excursions. Of the not very distant tourists prefer to sail on the island of Giftun and dive with a mask, or even go fishing. Or visit the Bedouin village in the desert on ATVs, meet the sunset in the mountains and return home under the stars. From long journeys advise a trip to Cairo. Although tiring, it is very informative. Closer to Makadi are attractions such as the monasteries of St. Anthony and St. Paul, as well as the luxurious Luxor with its temples and tomb. If you live in hotels in other areas of Hurghada, then this trip stretches for two days. But the journey from Makadi lasts no more than twenty-four hours.
Shopping
But what to bring home to those who visited the Club Azur Resort? Reviews of tourists indicate that the most popular among holidaymakers in Makadi are products made of local gold or silver. Jewelry shops can be found both in the hotel and in the resort center, where there is a pedestrian zone. Egyptian medicinal and perfume oils are also purchased here. Hookahs and tobacco for them — cherry, apple, and other smells — are always popular with tourists. The largest and most expensive with accessories cost no more than thirty dollars. When traveling to Luxor, vacationers usually buy different crafts made of stone, vases and statuettes of the gods. True, in Makadi all this will cost significantly more than in the same Hurghada. Therefore, even if you take a taxi and spend half an hour traveling to the bazaar, you will save much more on buying souvenirs. In Hurghada, there are many more, and it is better to bargain. But it is up to you to choose.
Club Azur Resort 4 * - reviews
In their responses, tourists write that the hotel made a very good impression on them, and they are pleased with their stay here. The staff is not only working, but very attentive and cordial in communication. No rudeness, the attitude towards everyone is beautiful. Animators are beyond praise, they work day and night, and constantly involve guests in their fun undertakings. Spacious, comfortable and clean rooms. Fine, varied and decent food. According to the all-inclusive system, more options are provided here than in the fives. Tipping is not required, alcohol is not diluted. Shop assistants are unobtrusive. Unlike the neighboring Azurov, the territory of the Club is very compact, no need to go far anywhere. Tours at Club Azur Resort attract people who prefer quiet meditation at sea, diving and water sports, as well as European-level service, to noise and hustle.