Hurghada has long been the most visited Egyptian resort by Russians, where it is wonderful to relax in winter and summer. Here, at any time of the year, the warm sea with its exotic inhabitants delights, wonderful weather, lots of entertainment for large and small. Hurghada is also famous for its first-class hotels. Bel Air Azur Beach Resort 4 * is one of those about which there are practically no negative reviews. Even demanding tourists can hardly find flaws here, and even those are insignificant. But the hotel has many advantages. We will try to tell in detail about everyone.
Location
Bel Air Azur Resort 4 * hotel is located in Hurghada itself, but not in the center, but in the promising young neighborhood "Arabia", located in the northern part of the city, about 2.7 km from the famous El Dahar, which can be reached by shuttle bus or walk. "Arabia" is developing intensively, delighting both tourists and local residents with new infrastructure that opens every year. Here there are a large number of shops of various kinds, bars, restaurants, discos, pharmacies, offices of travel companies, bank branches.
Near Bel Air Azur Resort 4 *, on the left side towards the city center, the Arabia Azur Resort hotel is located, which gave the name to the whole microdistrict. Its infrastructure can easily guests of Bel Air Azur. On the right side, literally a couple of hundred meters, a modern hospital has been built. The airport from the hotel is also quite close, only 8 km, which transport overcomes in 15-20 minutes. The distance to the Red Sea coast and the beach is about 300 meters, or about 5-7 minutes walk at a calm pace.
Territory
Bel Air Azur Beach Resort 4 * covers an area of ββ20,000 square meters. Tourists take buses from the airport to the main entrance of the hotel, in front of which there is a spacious parking area. After passing through the hall, guests enter the courtyard and the hotel territory, which is separated from the highway by the building. It protects guests from the noise of heavy traffic and other extraneous sounds. Everything is thought out and arranged here for a relaxed, carefree pastime.
The central place in the courtyard is occupied by a very large swimming pool, near which there is a bar, a terrace with comfortable tables, awnings and gazebos that save from the hot African sun. There are also sunbeds with mattresses. Around the pool there are alleys paved with colorful tiles, palm trees, flowers and evergreen shrubs grow. A bit in the back of the yard there are tennis courts and sports fields. Here, there is much more greenery, green lawns, flower beds, various trees delight the eye.
Infrastructure
Bel Air Azur Resort (Hurghada, Egypt), part of the Arabia Beach hotel chain, has a common infrastructure with the Arabia Azur Resort, a couple of tens of meters away. Some objects are located in the territory of one hotel, some in the territory of another. Guests can visit whatever they like. The reception is open around the clock and for two hotels at once.
There are almost no Russian-speaking staff, but the staff is fluent in English and German. At the reception you can leave things in the locker room, use the safe, call a doctor, rent a car, exchange currency, order laundry, dry cleaning and ironing services. On the territory of two hotels and in the lobby there are several shops (souvenir, with cosmetics and Egyptian goods), a hairdresser, a beauty salon, SPA, an amphitheater, an Internet cafe, a medical office (open 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening), numerous sports facilities, a department a can, a small zoo, several conference rooms, small in capacity, but comfortably decorated and equipped with the necessary modern equipment.
Accommodation
The hotel is a single three-story building. As for the rooms in Bel Air Azur Resort 4 *, the reviews of tourists are only favorable. Each room is made in warm beige and yellow colors, furnished with wicker furniture, decorated with beautiful curtains, rugs, lamps and paintings. The views from the windows are only on the courtyard and pool. The only difference is the distance from the restaurant and the bar, where a disco takes place in the evenings. Each room has a spacious balcony with outdoor furniture.
In Bel Air Azur Resort 4 * only Standard rooms are offered, but depending on the area (40-70 squares) and the number of beds, they are double, triple and quadruple. Furnishings and equipment: a necessary set of furniture, a cupboard with a safe that you can use for free, a minibar with free bottled drinking water (other drinks are chargeable), air conditioning, an electric kettle (coffee and tea supplies are replenished every day for free), TV (Russian channels no) phone. The hygiene room has showers, a toilet, a washbasin and a hairdryer. Individual hygiene products are replenished as needed.
The rooms are cleaned well enough, towels are changed daily, sheets and pillowcases - every other day. Many cleaners, to create a good mood among the guests, create beautiful compositions on the beds of towels and flower petals.
Nutrition
Regarding the catering in Bel Air Azur Resort 4 *, the reviews of tourists are also only favorable. Everyone can eat both in this hotel and in the neighboring Arabia Azur, but there are almost always queues. The all-inclusive concept, which sells all tours to the hotel, means the possibility of free food and drinks all day. The excellent work of the waiters is especially noted in the reviews. All of them quickly and diligently carry out their work, without rudeness, claims and obsession with the guests. The restaurant hall is always clean, all the dishes are whole, without chips, there are enough napkins on the tables, there are practically no lines for food.
There are two restaurants in Bel Air Azur Resort 4 * - the central one, where the main meals are held on the principle of "self-service" and a la carte, where you can have a great time and enjoy dishes prepared by individual order.
For breakfast, guests are offered cereals, cereals, cereals, milk, coffee, tea, high-quality juices, several types of omelettes, pancakes, jams, butter, yogurts, cottage cheese, pastries. The menu of lunches and dinners always has several dishes with meat, fish, soups, side dishes in the form of pasta, rice, potatoes cooked in several ways, fresh and stewed vegetables, salads, lots of fruits, fantastically delicious desserts, ice cream. During the day, great pizza is prepared by the pool, salads and several types of snacks are served.
The hotel has five bars - in the lobby, on the beach, by the pool, in the billiard room and in the cocktail bar. Drinks are offered here Egyptian and imported. Reviews about their quality are only positive.
Leisure
It is interesting and useful to spend time in Bel Air Azur Beach Resort 4 *. Hurghada with its various entertainment centers is, of course, very attractive, but tourists are not bored on the hotel grounds. The central place here is occupied by a very large pool, which is heated in cool weather. For sports enthusiasts, the hotel offers a billiard room, where there is a corner with tennis tables, excellent tennis courts, playgrounds for bocce, darts, squash, indoor soccer, gyms (female and male). All these facilities are located on the territories of both Arabia Beach hotels. Tourists can relax and improve their health in the SPA-center, equipped with a steam room, sauna, jacuzzi, massage rooms. These services are paid.
Animation
From morning to late evening, a professional team of animators does not let guests of the Bel Air Azur Beach Resort 4 * hotel get bored. Reviews of her work are in the words "unobtrusive, but good." The program includes: morning exercises in the air and in the water, sports on the territory, in the pool and on the beach, yoga, evening competitions, shows, folk dances, concerts of live music. There is also a disco at the hotel, and a beach party is held twice a week.
Services for children
It is very important for all tourists to pay attention that since 2013, the placement of children under the age of 18 is prohibited in the Bel Air Azur Resort 4 * (Hurghada). This hotel is focused only on adults, which is repeatedly gratefully noted in the reviews of guests. Also for adults only, the beach at Bel Air Azur Hotel is also available. Guests with children can be accommodated in the neighboring Arabia Azur Resort, also a four-star hotel, where for children there are two pools, a kids club, animation, a playground, cribs and high chairs are provided.
Beach
It should be noted that Bel Air Azur Resort 4 * is located not on the first, but on the second beach line . Egypt (Hurghada especially) is popular for its unique Red Sea and wonderful coastline. The beach of the hotel fully lives up to expectations. Itβs about 5 minutes to go to it. The cover here is sandy, sunbeds are always available, despite the fact that some tourists occupy them in the early morning. Next to the main beach there is the so-called "Marina" beach, where several ladders are equipped for launching into the water, although you can go into the water without them. Special shoes are not required. The depth here is somewhat greater, nearby is a lively very beautiful reef. It is fenced, but its wonderful inhabitants can be observed without interference. The beach of the Arabia Azur Hotel, where the entry into the water is more gentle and the depth begins about 50 meters from the shore, is also free to visit, but there are vacationers with children, which not everyone can like.
Entertainment on all beaches is enough. This is diving, snorkeling, windsurfing, kiting, catamaran, banana, camel riding. The necessary equipment for water sports are issued at the diving club. Here, beginners are taught.
Leisure outside the hotel
Bel Air Azur Resort 4 * is located in a new beautiful neighborhood. Here, the promenade is very popular with tourists, along which it is very pleasant to make an evening promenade. The embankment is lit up with so many lights that you can even see wildlife in the water near the shore. In the evenings, life is in full swing, bars and discos are working, the sounds of music are heard everywhere. For shopping in the area there is a network of supermarkets with fixed prices, the most famous of which is Metro. Convenient for hotel guests and the fact that El Dahar, a popular area for shopping and antiquities of Old Hurghada, is within walking distance. You can walk to it in 35-40 minutes, and on a minibus the journey takes no more than 5 minutes. You can also quickly get to the new district of Saqqala, the popular Sheraton street, to the port of Marina, where there are several fish restaurants.
Additional Information
A striking indicator of the quality of the services provided are reviews of the Bel Air Azur Resort 4 * hotel. Hurghada to all its guests, no doubt, will be remembered only from the best side. The hotel began to function in 2004 and at first it was focused on all categories of vacationers. In 2011, the last reconstruction took place here, and in 2013 the status of childfree was established, which was appreciated by hundreds of tourists looking for a quiet relaxing holiday. Hotel rating for 2015 was 4.56 out of five possible. The main contingent here is Germans, so many employees speak German, and animation takes place in the same language.
The hotel is always happy to regular customers who are provided with free fruit baskets, beer and juices in the room. Compliments are also provided for newlyweds and anniversaries.
Check in is officially announced from 14-00, but is carried out immediately upon arrival of tourists, if there is free availability. No cash reward is required.
Check out is held until 12-00.
Pets of any size and breed are not allowed.
Reviews
Hurghada can offer its guests hotels with different levels of service, regardless of stardom. 4 stars Bel Air Azur Resort fulfills completely. Noted advantages:
- convenient location;
- cleanliness around, in the territory, in restaurants, in rooms, on the beach;
- spacious functional rooms;
- tasty varied food;
- excellent service in bars and restaurants;
- good beach;
- wonderful staff work.
There are no negative reviews for this hotel.