Egypt is among the countries most visited by Russian tourists. It attracts travelers with culture, world famous historical sites, the beauties of the sea and beaches. Egyptian hotels are among the most hospitable. Many Russians rested in the Royal Grand Sharm Resort hotel complex. What are the features of this hotel? What do guests who have been here write in their reviews?
General Hotel Information
The Royal Grand Sharm Resort Hotel is located in one of the most famous cities in Egypt - Sharm El Sheikh. Belongs to the category of five-star. Therefore, the name of the hotel is common, which sounds like Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 *. The former name is Iberotel Grand Sharm. There is a name for the complex, which sounds like Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 * Sharmelsheikh. But this is more often in English-language online sources, in which the name of the city of Sharm el-Sheikh is sometimes written in this way. Also known as the Royal Grand Sharm Resort Sharm El Sheikh. It is located on the first coastline. The distance from the hotel to the sea is about 200 meters. The distance from the airport is about 18 km. The number of rooms is represented by 350 apartments of the class corresponding to the five-star category of the hotel complex.
What does the hotel Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 * look like? See photos of the complex below.
We see that this is a relatively small, low-rise hotel with a pleasant design and colorful landscape surroundings. It is located really close to the sea, within a few minutes walk. Infrastructure objects are concentrated on the territory of the complex quite conveniently from the point of view of periodic visits by tourists several times a day.
Regarding the area of the hotel, there are two different methodologies for determining it. According to the first, it belongs to the region of Ras Um El Sid. In accordance with another methodology, the hotel complex should be attributed to the Hadaba area. Therefore, the full coordinates of the location of the hotel in some sources may sound like Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 * (Sharm El Sheikh) Sharm El Sheikh Hadaba. Many tourists are very impressed with the Hadaba area, and therefore it becomes one of the factors in choosing the hotel complex under consideration. We will explore the sights of the Hadaba area a little later.
In many sources, the hotel is associated primarily with the southern part of the Sinai Peninsula. Therefore, the name of the hotel may sound like Royal Grand Sharm Resort Sharm El Sheikh South Sinai Egypt.
If we consider the geographical aspect in more detail, then we can also note that the hotel is located in the extreme part of the Om al-Seyid plateau. Royal Grand Sharm Resort Sharm El Sheikh is also close to Ile Mercato and Phantasia Land. If the guest wishes to visit the center of Sharm el-Sheikh, then you can get there by car in 15 minutes.
Standard check-in times for the hotel are from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Departure - 12: 00-13: 00.
Infrastructure
Consider the specifics of the infrastructure of the Royal Grand Sharm Resort hotel. As part of it there are: private parking, car rental service, gift shops, a medical aid station, dry cleaning, laundry, as well as a diving training center and rental equipment for swimming under water. The most popular water sports among hotel guests are diving and snorkeling. Everywhere there is Wi-Fi. The structure of the public areas of the hotel has a garden, terrace, library.
Elements of the infrastructure of the hotel are consistent with its five-star class. Competitive hotel complexes offer a generally comparable set of services and opportunities for organizing a quality vacation. But the question is to what extent the actual content of the services meets the highest market requirements, how qualified they are provided by the hotel staff. Reviews of tourists indicate that the staff of the hotel complex copes with the tasks. We will examine the hotel reviews in more detail later.
Rooms
The rooms are equipped with balconies with beautiful views in any direction: depending on the particular apartment, it can be a hotel swimming pool, gardens or the Red Sea. All rooms have excellent quality air conditioning. The apartments are also equipped with satellite TV and a minibar.
The bathroom in all rooms is, of course, separate, since the Royal Grand Sharm Resort category is 5 stars. The structure of the hotel fund includes non-smoking apartments for tourists, rooms for people with disabilities, family apartments, suites for newlyweds, rooms with soundproofing.
Nutrition
It is possible to purchase tours within the framework of three catering schemes: only breakfast, half board, as well as "all inclusive". The breakfast-only format involves buffet meals. If half-board is booked, a similar type of treat will be open for tourists as well in the evening. Under the all-inclusive system, the guest will be able to have breakfast, lunch and dinner in the buffet format, as well as order a variety of drinks and snacks in the bars.
Entertainment
The entertainment infrastructure at Royal Grand Sharm Resort is varied. They are divided into paid and those that are included in the price. The first include riding a sea "banana", playing billiards, playing water sports, playing tennis, spending time in the sauna and jacuzzi. Among the free entertainment - classes in the gym, playing table tennis, volleyball on the beach, mini-golf. Free disco. Tourists are also actively entertained by animators. There is a spa where you can have a great time enjoying a massage that provides a great relaxing effect. The hotel also has a Turkish bath. There is a karaoke bar. For guests organized evening entertainment.
The hotel has a lot of tourists with children. For small guests in the hotel complex there is a mini-club, an exciting game room, a children's pool, as well as a playground - the child has plenty to have fun. You can hire a babysitter to look after the children.
Fans of relaxing in restaurants and bars in the area adjacent to the Royal Grand Sharm Resort hotel complex will also easily find the option of a comfortable pastime in a cozy atmosphere. Among the most famous restaurants working in the hotel area are Caravanserai (it offers visitors both exquisite dishes of local Egyptian cuisine and culinary masterpieces of foreign origin), La Seppia (positioned as a place where you can taste a large number of international dishes). Both restaurants have a gorgeous view of the Red Sea. Caravanserai Restaurant can also offer tourists buffet style delicacies. If a guest wants to try a seafood dish - the Gulf Stream bar, which is located near the pool, will certainly offer him a tasty and refined option. This bar also offers fresh salads. Pool Bar-Restaurant will offer tourists a wide range of light snacks, a delicious lunch and a large number of drinks. Fun Pub Bar specializes in treating visitors to a variety of drinks - made in Egypt or imported. At Shisha Corner, you can try the Shisha hookah that has become traditional in Egypt . Refreshing drinks and delicious juices are also available at the Beach Bar.
Before visiting the restaurant, it is advisable to choose the appropriate clothes - here a dress code is practiced.
Beach
The Royal Grand Sharm Resort category is 5 stars, and for hotel complexes of this level the norm is to have your own beach. This hotel is no exception. At the disposal of its guests is a beautiful sandy beach, its length along the sea is 230 meters.
Towels, umbrellas, sun loungers are available for tourists - everything you need for a comfortable pastime. On the beach near the coast, coral reefs extend through which the sea can be reached via a pontoon.
Services
The hotel reception is open 24 hours a day. You can ask specialists at the reception to check in or check out in an expedited manner. At the disposal of the tourist are a safe, a left-luggage office, a currency exchange service, an excursion booking office, as well as services of a ticket reservation agency. There is an ATM. Concierge services are also available. Airport shuttle services are available at an extra charge. The hotel's business center services are available: conference room, photocopying, faxing. The hotel also has a hairdresser and beauty salon.
Where can I fly from
Sharm el Sheikh is connected with a large number of Russian cities through airlines. In particular, planes from Moscow, Rostov, Kazan fly to this Egyptian resort. What should I look for when buying tickets to Sharm El Sheikh for tourists from these cities?
Kazan Airport is abbreviated as KZN. Sharm El Sheikh - SSH. Therefore, if a person wants to quickly find a flight from the capital of Tatarstan to an Egyptian resort, then you need to look for Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 (Sharm El Sheikh, Hadaba) KZN SSH KZN, and then choose one of the online booking services. The pages of one of them say, for example, that the cheapest flights to Sharm El Sheikh can be bought in the fall and spring. Some services provide the opportunity to book tickets to Egypt from Kazan a year before the trip.
The abbreviated name of the airport of Rostov-on-Don is ROV. Therefore, if we want to book a ticket from this Russian city to Sharm El Sheikh, then you need to look for Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 (Sharm El Sheikh, Hadaba) ROV SSH ROV. According to the information contained on the page of one of the online booking services, the cheapest tickets to the Egyptian resort can be bought in the fall.
You can fly to Sharm El Sheikh from Moscow via Domodedovo Airport, its abbreviated name is DME. That is, to quickly book a flight, you can dial Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 (Sharm El Sheikh, Hadaba) DME SSH DME, and then select the most advantageous offer on online booking services.
Attractions in the Hadaba area
We noted above that according to one of the methodologies of geographical location, the hotel should belong to the Hadaba district. Let us consider in more detail what sights a tourist can visit in it. The Hadaba district is located near Ras Umm-Sid Bay - this object also sometimes becomes a criterion for the geographical location of the Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 * hotel.
Hadaba is a residential area that is gradually transforming into a tourist one. There are a large number of entertainment venues, shops, which are especially numerous on Il Mercato Street. The trade infrastructure of the district is diverse. ATMs are available that are often needed by tourists.
A place where excellent quality stylish and original souvenirs are sold, as well as gifts in the national Egyptian style - Alf Leila wa Leila complex. There are plenty of places for entertainment, the atmosphere of which is orientally hospitable and at the same time colorful. In the Hadaba area, there is an Albatross water park where both adults and children can have fun. A large number of attractions in it attracts tourists from all over Sharm El Sheikh. There is also a dolphinarium in Hadaba, in which visitors will find a real show with the participation of smart and artistic dolphins. For guests of the Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 * Sharm el-Sheikh Hadaba is remembered as a colorful, hospitable and luxurious place, which every time you want to return to.
Despite the fact that there are a large number of places in the Hadaba area, suggesting noisy forms of hanging out with music and dancing, in the afternoon in this area it is quite quiet. And so many tourists like to stroll slowly, including with children. The area combines the beauty of local architecture and the modern design of shopping and entertainment centers, therefore, it will appeal to both lovers of the traditional urban environment and enthusiasts of shopping and noisy parties. The architecture of Hadaba combines elements of western trends in urban development and traditional local flavor. High-rise buildings are mainly built in the Western European style. But narrow streets with traditional architecture are adjacent to them. The combination of classic small and cozy buildings in oriental style with modern entertainment facilities is one of the most notable features of the Hadaba district.
Hotel reviews
We studied the specifics of the hotel infrastructure. Now it will be useful to explore the opinions of tourists about the Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 * hotel complex. Reviews of the hotel are present on a variety of thematic online portals. What do tourists write? What is the degree of mood in their opinions?
In general, the quality of leisure at the hotel is rated by tourists as high. Travelers are impressed by the developed infrastructure of the complex, the presence of their own beach, a relatively short distance to the airport. Especially flattering reviews were awarded to the work of hotel staff. Which, however, is not surprising for a five-star hotel. The employees of the complex are friendly, hospitable, polite, nice to talk to people.
We will study in more detail the opinions of tourists regarding certain aspects of pastime at the Royal Grand Sharm Resort. Reviews about the complex are presented online in a very wide range to make a sufficiently representative assessment of the hotel.
Tourists appreciate silence
Among the opinions reflecting the impressions of the hotel, a significant proportion of positive comments regarding the silence of the surroundings of the hotel complex. This can be traced both at the level of the hotel’s internal infrastructure and in the aspect of the city’s adjacent areas. We said about this above: Hadaba is still a largely residential area, and therefore noise typical of tourist quarters is not peculiar to it.
Room Rating
The quality and appearance of the rooms were especially appreciated by the guests of the Royal Grand Sharm Resort Sharm El Sheikh. Reviews of tourists include extremely positive opinions regarding apartments in a variety of nuances - furniture design, air conditioning, view from the windows.
If you examine the comments made by tourists about the rooms - some of them referred to the lack of kettles and utensils in the apartments. But other travelers, even if they noted such facts, did not consider this a significant drawback of hotel service.
Beach rating
Tourists positively assess the beach, which belongs to the hotel complex. The beach is clean, pleasant. The concept of its landscape is also highly appreciated by tourists. Tourists believe that guests of all ages can spend time comfortably on a local beach. True, not all guests liked the fact that full swimming is possible when using pontoons. But for many of the hotel guests, such an organization of access to the beach was quite impressive. In addition, corals adjacent to the coast, caused many tourists sincere delight.
Nutrition
Regarding catering, reviews vary greatly. And this is quite logical: food is one of the most subjectively assessed aspects of relaxation. Some tourists refer to the uniformity of the "buffet" diet, while others note that the composition of dishes within the framework of all nutrition formats is optimal. But the quality of products, regardless of their diversity, is estimated by tourists as high. Some of the guests lacked fruit, while others, on the contrary, found the diet overly saturated with them. Many noted the high quality of baking, as well as its wide enough range. In general, tourists do not express any particular complaints about the quality of products and their freshness.
Opinions vary regarding the quality of service at local restaurants. Some tourists cite the lack of free utensils and appliances during a mass visit by travelers of breakfast, lunch and dinner. Others did not feel such problems.
Many tourists note the variety and high quality of soft drinks. This is a particularly significant factor for relaxing in the hot Egyptian resorts. A comfortable pastime under the sun by the sea should be accompanied by the ability to cool in time and with pleasure. Hotel guests have no problems with this, judging by the reviews.
Quality of service
We noted above that tourists highly appreciate the quality of service for the staff of the Royal Grand Sharm Resort 5 * hotel. The reviews regarding the qualifications of the staff of the complex are extremely positive. Tourists are pleased to observe that there are no problems with the timely replacement of linen in the rooms, with the service during the organization of the buffet.
Entertainment rating
The hotel infrastructure offers a large number of opportunities for enthusiasts of discos, bars, sports enthusiasts.Judging by the opinions of tourists, regardless of preferences in terms of the way of rest, hotel guests can always choose for themselves an excellent option for spending time in comfort. Corresponding infrastructure is evaluated in extremely positive tones.
Tourists praise the team of animators working at the hotel. It is noted that the corresponding type of entertainment program can cheer up a person of any age. Also, according to many tourists, the work of animators is moderately noisy. It turns out that lovers of discos, enjoying a noisy vacation in the respective institutions, do not interfere with guests who want to stay in silence, enjoy the magnificence of the Red Sea, take a walk through the complex or in the Hadaba area.
Terrain and appearance
For many tourists it is important how the hotel and the surrounding area look like. Regarding the Royal Grand Sharm Resort hotel, we can say that most of the guests evaluate its design extremely positively, both in terms of architecture and in terms of room interior. Positive ratings were also given to the landscape adjacent to the hotel.